Patents by Inventor Marc Couvrat

Marc Couvrat 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: 6760837
    Abstract: An execution unit for a processing engine comprising first head part circuitry for deriving an intermediate signal from an input signal. The execution unit also comprises further circuitry which receives the intermediate signal and operates on it to produce a final signal. The further circuitry is typically configured to perform one or more signal processing functions in combination with the first circuitry, and generally comprises separate circuitry for each function. The intermediate signal is configured to be usable by each of the separate circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert Laurenti, Jean-Pierre Giacalone, Emmanuel Ego, Marc Couvrat
  • Patent number: 6704582
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are presented to allow the creation of a personalized audio signal for a communication device., An option to record audio input and create a call signal audio file is selected via an input mechanism (203). Audio input is recorded when a record button (204) is pressed and the recording is terminated when the record button (204) is pressed a second time. Processing circuitry (220) optionally applies audio compression, filtering and encoding algorithms to said audio input and creates a call signal audio file. The call signal audio file is then stored in the memory circuitry designated for call signal audio files (210). Additional audio output circuitry (207) plays the call signal audio file when an incoming call is detected by the transceiver (201).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Laurent Le-Faucheur, Marc Couvrat
  • Patent number: 6658578
    Abstract: A processor (100) is provided that is a programmable fixed point digital signal processor (DSP) with variable instruction length, offering both high code density and easy programming. Architecture and instruction set are optimized for low power consumption and high efficiency execution of DSP algorithms, such as for wireless telephones, as well as pure control tasks. The processor includes an instruction buffer unit (106), a program flow control unit (108), an address/data flow unit (110), a data computation unit (112), and multiple interconnecting busses. Dual multiply-accumulate blocks improve processing performance. A memory interface unit (104) provides parallel access to data and instruction memories. The instruction buffer is operable to buffer single and compound instructions pending execution thereof. A decode mechanism is configured to decode instructions from the instruction buffer. The use of compound instructions enables effective use of the bandwidth available within the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert Laurenti, Jean-Pierre Giacalone, Emmanuel Ego, Anne Lombardot, Francois Theodorou, Gael Clave, Yves Masse, Karim Djafarian, Armelle Laine, Jean-Louis Tardieux, Eric Ponsot, Herve Catan, Vincent Gillet, Mark Buser, Jean-Marc Bachot, Eric Badi, N. M. Ganesh, Walter A. Jackson, Jack Rosenzweig, Shigeshi Abiko, Douglas E. Deao, Frederic Nidegger, Marc Couvrat, Alain Boyadjian, Laurent Ichard, David Russell
  • Patent number: 6438720
    Abstract: A circuit for interfacing a processor with a host processor is provided that has a memory associated with the processor that is selectively accessible by either both the processors or by the host processor, a plurality of storage devices selectively interconnectable with the memory and host processor, and a logic circuit interconnected with the storage devices and processors for interconnecting at least a portion of the storage devices to the memory in response to signals from the processors. An integrated circuit is provided that has a microprocessor, a memory associated with said processor that is selectively accessible by said microprocessor or a host processor, a plurality of storage devices selectively interconnectable with said memory and said host processor, and a logic circuit interconnected with said storage devices and interconnectable with said processors for interconnecting at least a portion of said storage devices to said memory in response to signals from said processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Frederic Boutaud, Jason Jones, Marc Couvrat, Oliver Mougenot, Mansoor A. Chishtie
  • Publication number: 20020019250
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are presented to allow the creation of a personalized audio signal for a communication device., An option to record audio input and create a call signal audio file is selected via an input mechanism (203). Audio input is recorded when a record button (204) is pressed and the recording is terminated when the record button (204) is pressed a second time. Processing circuitry (220) optionally applies audio compression, filtering and encoding algorithms to said audio input and creates a call signal audio file. The call signal audio file is then stored in the memory circuitry designated for call signal audio files (210). Additional audio output circuitry (207) plays the call signal audio file when an incoming call is detected by the transceiver (201).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Laurent Le-Faucheur, Marc Couvrat
  • Patent number: 5838934
    Abstract: A circuit for interfacing a processor with a host processor is provided that has a memory associated with the processor that is selectively accessible by either both the processors or by the host processor, a plurality of storage devices selectively interconnectable with the memory and host processor, and a logic circuit interconnected with the storage devices and processors for interconnecting at least a portion of the storage devices to the memory in response to signals from the processors. An integrated circuit is provided that has a microprocessor, a memory associated with said processor that is selectively accessible by said microprocessor or a host processor, a plurality of storage devices selectively interconnectable with said memory and said host processor, and a logic circuit interconnected with said storage devices and interconnectable with said processors for interconnecting at least a portion of said storage devices to said memory in response to signals from said processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Frederic Boutaud, Jason Jones, Marc Couvrat, Oliver Mougenot, Mansoor A. Chishtie
  • Patent number: 5751618
    Abstract: An arithmetic circuit is provided in which the circuit scale can be reduced and the circuit delay can be shortened. The upper 24 bits and lower 16 bits of the 40 bit data A and B, that is input into the arithmetic circuit 100, are calculated in the first arithmetic circuit 110 and the second arithmetic circuit 120, respectively. The carry transmission control circuit 130 transmits the carry between the arithmetic circuit 120 and the arithmetic circuit 110 when the arithmetic circuit dividing signal p does not divide the arithmetic circuit, and the command control circuit 140 outputs an identical command to each of the arithmetic circuits. As a result, this circuit becomes an arithmetic circuit of 40 bits. The carry transmission control circuit 130 stops the transmission of the carry between the arithmetic circuit 120 and the arithmetic circuit 110 when the signal p divides the arithmetic circuit, and the command control circuit 140 outputs each of the independent commands to each of the arithmetic circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Shigeshi Abiko, Shintaro Mizushima, Marc Couvrat
  • Patent number: 5734927
    Abstract: An electronic device for transferring data between a serial port and a memory of a CPU is provided having a plurality of data registers for transferring data between said serial port and said memory in response to a first set of control signals, a data bus connected to said registers and said memory for passing data to and from said memory in response to a portion of said first set of control signals, first control circuitry for generating said first set of control signals and for generating at least one interrupt to said CPU, at least one control register connected to said first control circuitry for providing mode control information to said first control circuitry, a plurality of address registers for storing data address, at least one address generator connected to said address registers for automatically generating addresses in response to a second set of control signals, an address bus connected to said address registers, and second control circuitry connected to said address generator, a portion of sai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Frederic Boutaud, Marc Couvrat, Yves Masse, Mansoor A. Chishtie, Alain Vallauri, Ajay Padgaonkar, Jason Jones
  • Patent number: 5483554
    Abstract: Modulator especially for digital cellular telephone systems, characterised in that it comprises a programmable peripheral processor (25) carrying out, with the same circuits, the modulation function and the channel coder/decoder tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerard Chauvel, Gael Clave, Marc Couvrat