Patents by Inventor Jonathan Cottinet

Jonathan Cottinet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10955898
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an appended module coupled to a core having a standby state comprising a first power supply circuit, a first clock and a circuit that recognizes multiple vocal commands timed by the first clock. The appended module includes a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, a second clock independent of the first clock and having a frequency lower than that of the first clock, digital unit timed by the second clock including a sound capture circuit that delivers a processed sound signal, and a processing unit configured in order, in the presence of a parameter of the processed sound signal greater than a threshold, to analyze the content of the processed sound signal and to deliver, when the content of the sound signal comprises a reference pattern, an activating signal to the core that can take it out of its standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini
  • Patent number: 10593361
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and/or receiving a potential aggressor audio signal includes a transmission and/or a reception of successive groups of data timed by a first clock signal within respective successive frames synchronized by a second clock signal. In the presence of a risk of interference of the potential aggressor audio signal with a different, potential victim, signal, during the transmission or reception of the potential aggressor audio signal, the frequency of the first clock signal is modified while keeping the frequency of the second clock signal unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini
  • Patent number: 10264353
    Abstract: Several first digital streams of first digital samples at a first sampling frequency are processed to issue corresponding stream that are converted into second digital streams sampled at a second sampling frequency lower than said first sampling frequency. At least one delay to be applied to at least one first digital stream to satisfy a condition on the second digital streams is determined and applied to at least one first digital stream before converting. The converting operation performed is decimation filtering of the first digital streams. The application of the at least one delay to at least one first steam involves skipping a number of first digital samples in the at least one first digital stream. The number skipped depends on the value of the at least one delay. Samples that are skipped are not delivered for decimation filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.R.O., STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Claude Bini, Dragos Davidescu, Igor Cesko, Jonathan Cottinet
  • Publication number: 20180275737
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an appended module coupled to a core having a standby state comprising a first power supply circuit, a first clock and a circuit that recognizes multiple vocal commands timed by the first clock. The appended module includes a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, a second clock independent of the first clock and having a frequency lower than that of the first clock, digital unit timed by the second clock including a sound capture circuit that delivers a processed sound signal, and a processing unit configured in order, in the presence of a parameter of the processed sound signal greater than a threshold, to analyze the content of the processed sound signal and to deliver, when the content of the sound signal comprises a reference pattern, an activating signal to the core that can take it out of its standby state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini
  • Patent number: 10001829
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an appended module coupled to a core having a standby state comprising a first power supply circuit, a first clock and a circuit that recognizes multiple vocal commands timed by the first clock. The appended module includes a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, a second clock independent of the first clock and having a frequency lower than that of the first clock, digital unit timed by the second clock including a sound capture circuit that delivers a processed sound signal, and a processing unit configured in order, in the presence of a parameter of the processed sound signal greater than a threshold, to analyze the content of the processed sound signal and to deliver, when the content of the sound signal comprises a reference pattern, an activating signal to the core that can take it out of its standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini
  • Publication number: 20180130492
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and/or receiving a potential aggressor audio signal includes a transmission and/or a reception of successive groups of data timed by a first clock signal within respective successive frames synchronized by a second clock signal. In the presence of a risk of interference of the potential aggressor audio signal with a different, potential victim, signal, during the transmission or reception of the potential aggressor audio signal, the frequency of the first clock signal is modified while keeping the frequency of the second clock signal unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini
  • Publication number: 20180063638
    Abstract: Several first digital streams of first digital samples at a first sampling frequency are processed to issue corresponding stream that are converted into second digital streams sampled at a second sampling frequency lower than said first sampling frequency. At least one delay to be applied to at least one first digital stream to satisfy a condition on the second digital streams is determined and applied to at least one first digital stream before converting. The converting operation performed is decimation filtering of the first digital streams. The application of the at least one delay to at least one first steam involves skipping a number of first digital samples in the at least one first digital stream. The number skipped depends on the value of the at least one delay. Samples that are skipped are not delivered for decimation filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMicroelectronics Design and Application S.R.O., STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventors: Jean Claude Bini, Dragos Davidescu, Igor Cesko, Jonathan Cottinet
  • Patent number: 9905262
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and/or receiving a potential aggressor audio signal includes a transmission and/or a reception of successive groups of data timed by a first clock signal within respective successive frames synchronized by a second clock signal. In the presence of a risk of interference of the potential aggressor audio signal with a different, potential victim, signal, during the transmission or reception of the potential aggressor audio signal, the frequency of the first clock signal is modified while keeping the frequency of the second clock signal unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ALPS) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini
  • Publication number: 20160232938
    Abstract: A method for transmitting and/or receiving a potential aggressor audio signal includes a transmission and/or a reception of successive groups of data timed by a first clock signal within respective successive frames synchronized by a second clock signal. In the presence of a risk of interference of the potential aggressor audio signal with a different, potential victim, signal, during the transmission or reception of the potential aggressor audio signal, the frequency of the first clock signal is modified while keeping the frequency of the second clock signal unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini
  • Publication number: 20160170467
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an appended module coupled to a core having a standby state comprising a first power supply circuit, a first clock and a circuit that recognizes multiple vocal commands timed by the first clock. The appended module includes a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, a second clock independent of the first clock and having a frequency lower than that of the first clock, digital unit timed by the second clock including a sound capture circuit that delivers a processed sound signal, and a processing unit configured in order, in the presence of a parameter of the processed sound signal greater than a threshold, to analyze the content of the processed sound signal and to deliver, when the content of the sound signal comprises a reference pattern, an activating signal to the core that can take it out of its standby state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Cottinet, Jean Claude Bini