Patents by Inventor Lothar Windolf

Lothar Windolf 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: 4845497
    Abstract: A 001 conference circuit for a digital communication system in which the analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters of at least two subscriber terminal stations have different bandwidth of their processable analog signals or in the code format of the digital signals or in the bit rate of the digital signals. It is not necessary for any conference participant to adapt to the equipment of any one of the other participants because the conference circuit comprises transcoders and corresponding transdecoders of different construction for each conference participant. This anoids the requirement that all conference participants must agree on the same bandwidth, the same code and the same bit rate.When establishing a conference connection, a control circuit actuates the appropriate transcoder and the corresponding transdecoder required for each conference participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: U. S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gunter Weick, Lothar Windolf