Patents by Inventor Keith Klinger

Keith Klinger 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).

  • Method and system for performing sample rate conversion
    Patent number: 9009032
    Abstract: A method and system for performing sample rate conversion is provided. The method may include configuring a system to convert a sample rate of a first audio channel of a plurality of audio channels to produce a first audio stream of samples. The system may be dynamically reconfigured to convert a sample rate of a second of the plurality of audio channels to produce a second audio stream of samples, wherein the first and second audio streams are output from the system at the same time. The method may further include arbitrating between request for additional data from the first and second audio stream of samples, where processing of the first channel is suspended when the request corresponds to a second channel that is of higher priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: David Wu, Keith Klinger
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAMPLE RATE CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20080114605
    Abstract: A method and system for performing sample rate conversion is provided. The method may include configuring a system to convert a sample rate of a first audio channel of a plurality of audio channels to produce a first audio stream of samples. The system may be dynamically reconfigured to convert a sample rate of a second of the plurality of audio channels to produce a second audio stream of samples, wherein the first and second audio streams are output from the system at the same time. The method may further include arbitrating between request for additional data from the first and second audio stream of samples, where processing of the first channel is suspended when the request corresponds to a second channel that is of higher priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: David Wu, Keith Klinger