Patents by Inventor Maria G. Podesta

Maria G. Podesta 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 for reducing echoes in television equalizer video signals and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 5512959
    Abstract: An adaptive method for suppressing video signal echoes in television equalizers including digital filters having coefficients which are updated in an adaptive and iterative manner using a modified LMS (Least Mean Square) algorithm until the difference, or output error, between a target output signal, called the reference signal, and an outgoing signal from the equalizer is gradually reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, S.r.l.
    Inventors: Viviana D'Alto, Fabrizio Airoldi, Fabio Scalise, Maria G. Podesta