Patents by Inventor Martin Pilot

Martin Pilot 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: 7705864
    Abstract: A display controller system is controlled to provide a display surface zoom using hardware scaling from user input at the operating system, application program or hardware level. User input defining coordinates of a frame portion within a frame buffer memory is obtained, and a resolution of the zoom display device is determined. An aspect ratio of the zoom portion defined by the user input is adjusted to correspond to the zoom display device resolution. The display controller system is programmed to implement the display surface zoom to provide a full screen view of the zoom portion on the zoom display device. In the display controller system, the zoom portion of the frame buffer memory is scaled, converted into a display signal and output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Matrox Graphic Inc.
    Inventors: Kamran Ahmed, James Anglehart, Alexandre Lahaise, Jean Lapointe, Martin Pilot, Daniel T. Wood
  • Patent number: 7272635
    Abstract: The network comprises a master node and a plurality of slave nodes. To configure the network, the master node transmits over the network a hailing message at any attenuated level compared to normal communication signals to be transmitted over the network. Upon receiving the hailing message at one of the slave node, a reply message is transmitted, also at an attenuated level. Receiving the reply message at the master node allows it to configure the slave node from which the reply message originated. Also disclosed are a method of managing a network so as to monitor the connections between the slave nodes, and a method of managing a network when a recovery operation is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Domosys Corporation
    Inventors: Pierre Longtin, Steve Baril, Patrick Vachon, Martin Pilote
  • Publication number: 20060050090
    Abstract: A display controller system is controlled to provide a display surface zoom using hardware scaling from user input at the operating system, application program or hardware level. User input defining coordinates of a frame portion within a frame buffer memory is obtained, and a resolution of the zoom display device is determined. An aspect ratio of the zoom portion defined by the user input is adjusted to correspond to the zoom display device resolution. The display controller system is programmed to implement the display surface zoom to provide a full screen view of the zoom portion on the zoom display device. In the display controller system, the zoom portion of the frame buffer memory is scaled, converted into a display signal and output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kamran Ahmed, James Anglehart, Alexandre Lahaise, Jean Lapointe, Martin Pilot, Daniel Wood
  • Publication number: 20040139181
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a network for interconnecting a plurality of electronic devices for their configuration and control, the network comprising at least one of the plurality of electronic devices being a local node including a controller, a memory and at least one local virtual variable having a value representative of a state of the local node, the local virtual variable being stored in the memory of the local node, the non-selected electronic devices being remote nodes including a controller and a memory, the memory having stored therein at least one remote virtual variable having a value representative of a state of the remote node, the remote virtual variable being reported by the controller of the remote node on the network in response to a change in the value of said remote virtual variable, and at least one action being stored in the memory of the local node for execution by the controller of the local node, the action using the local virtual variable and the remote virtual var
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Steve Baril, Martin Pilote