Patents by Inventor Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher

Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher 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: 9992441
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to customizing contents displayed at a sink device by converting received contents from a source device. The source device provides, to the sink device, the contents and display information of the source device. The display information of the source device may indicate spatial arrangements (e.g., locations and sizes) of the contents in the source device. The sink device may map sub-display regions of the source device to sub-display regions of the sink device. Moreover, the sink device generates output images for display in sub-display regions of the sink device according to the mapping. By mapping display regions at the sink device, images can be displayed in different arrangements at the sink device without the source device having any information on the configuration of sub-display regions of the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher, William Mulcahy
  • Publication number: 20160198117
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to customizing contents displayed at a sink device by converting received contents from a source device. The source device provides, to the sink device, the contents and display information of the source device. The display information of the source device may indicate spatial arrangements (e.g., locations and sizes) of the contents in the source device. The sink device may map sub-display regions of the source device to sub-display regions of the sink device. Moreover, the sink device generates output images for display in sub-display regions of the sink device according to the mapping. By mapping display regions at the sink device, images can be displayed in different arrangements at the sink device without the source device having any information on the configuration of sub-display regions of the sink device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher, William Mulcahy
  • Patent number: 8695034
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering screen display data to existing display devices. Some embodiments of an apparatus include an interface to receive an input stream for a display device. The apparatus further includes a module to generate on screen display data for the display device. The apparatus includes a multiplexer, the multiplexer to multiplex the on screen display data into the input stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher
  • Patent number: 8099648
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for detecting errors in a physical interface during the transmission or receipt of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a physical interface formed as a first IC on a first substrate portion to detect transmission errors in data exchanged with a second IC formed on a second substrate portion, the physical interface including multiple input ports and output ports, including a first subset of input ports configured to receive in-bound encoded data bits and a first subset of output ports configured to transmit in-bound decoded data bits to the second IC; and one or more error recovery modules coupled between the plurality of input ports and output ports, where a first error recovery module of the one or more error recovery modules is coupled between at least one of the first subset of input ports and at least one of the first subset of output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Silicon Image, inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Schmidt, Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher
  • Publication number: 20110209027
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for detecting errors in a physical interface during the transmission or receipt of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a physical interface formed as a first IC on a first substrate portion to detect transmission errors in data exchanged with a second IC formed on a second substrate portion, the physical interface including multiple input ports and output ports, including a first subset of input ports configured to receive in-bound encoded data bits and a first subset of output ports configured to transmit in-bound decoded data bits to the second IC; and one or more error recovery modules coupled between the plurality of input ports and output ports, where a first error recovery module of the one or more error recovery modules is coupled between at least one of the first subset of input ports and at least one of the first subset of output ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SILICON IMAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian K. Schmidt, Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher
  • Patent number: 7937644
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for detecting errors in a physical interface during the transmission and/or receipt of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating error-detection codes in a physical interface for the transmission of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) includes an N-bit-to-N+2-bit (“N bit/(N+2) bit”) physical layer (“PHY”) encoder configured to insert a physical interface error detection bit with N application data bits to form N+1 unencoded data bits, and encode said N+1 unencoded data bits to yield N+2 encoded data bits. The apparatus further includes an error-detection code generator configured to generate a number of bits constituting an error-detection code that includes said physical interface error detection bit, wherein N represents any integer number of data bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Schmidt, Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher
  • Patent number: 7836223
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to operation of a media interface to provide bidirectional communications. An embodiment of a method includes connecting a first device to a second device via a media interface, the media interface including a communication channels for unidirectional data transmission, the media interface being in compliance with a media protocol. The method further provides for configuring the first device and the second device for bidirectional data transmission, the bidirectional data transmission being conducted according to a network protocol, and transmitting bidirectional data between the first device and the second device via the media interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher
  • Publication number: 20100153805
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for detecting errors in a physical interface during the transmission and/or receipt of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating error-detection codes in a physical interface for the transmission of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) includes an N bit-to-N+2 (“N bit/N+2”) bit physical layer (“PHY”) encoder configured to insert a physical interface error detection bit with N application data bits to form N+1 unencoded data bits, and encode said N+1 unencoded data bits to yield N+2 encoded data bits. The apparatus further includes an error-detection code generator configured to generate a number of bits constituting an error-detection code that includes said physical interface error detection bit, wherein N represents any integer number of data bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Brian K. Schmidt, Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher
  • Patent number: 7694204
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for detecting errors in a physical interface during the transmission and/or receipt of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to operate as or within a receiving physical interface. The apparatus includes a decoder configured to decode a subset of encoded data bits to yield decoded data bits. It also includes a physical interface (“PI”) error detection bit extractor configured to extract a physical interface error detection bit from the decoded data bits. As such, the apparatus uses the physical interface error detection bit to determine whether the encoded data bits include at least one erroneous data bit as an error. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an error detector configured to operate within a physical layer. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus efficiently transmits error detection codes within, for example, an NB/(N+1)B line coder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Schmidt, Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher
  • Publication number: 20090064231
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering screen display data to existing display devices. Some embodiments of an apparatus include an interface to receive an input stream for a display device. The apparatus further includes a module to generate on screen display data for the display device. The apparatus includes a multiplexer, the multiplexer to multiplex the on screen display data into the input stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Lawrence Llewelyn Butcher