Patents by Inventor Michael Guffroy

Michael Guffroy 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: 8395702
    Abstract: Systems for transmitting and receiving signals of video digital images for links of the “LVDS” type comprise a transmit module, a transmission link and a receive module. The “RGB” video signal comprises the colour and synchronization signals and a clock signal. The “LVDS” video signal transmitted via the transmission link comprises several primary signals, the first primary signal dedicated to the clock signal, the second primary signal comprising the synchronization information, the other primary signals comprising only the colour encoding information. The function of the “LVDS” transmit module is to encode the “RGB” video signal into an “LVDS” video signal and the function of the receive module is to decode the “LVDS” signal into an “RGB” signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Yves Sontag, Michael Guffroy
  • Publication number: 20120050611
    Abstract: Systems for transmitting and receiving signals of video digital images for links of the “LVDS” type comprise a transmit module, a transmission link and a receive module. The “RGB” video signal comprises the colour and synchronization signals and a clock signal. The “LVDS” video signal transmitted via the transmission link comprises several primary signals, the first primary signal dedicated to the clock signal, the second primary signal comprising the synchronization information, the other primary signals comprising only the colour encoding information. The function of the “LVDS” transmit module is to encode the “RGB” video signal into an “LVDS” video signal and the function of the receive module is to decode the “LVDS” signal into an “RGB” signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventors: Yves SONTAG, Michael GUFFROY
  • Patent number: 7471217
    Abstract: The field of the invention is that of serial digital data transmissions. Such digital data is, in particular, of video type. In certain types of transmission, the links used cannot pass direct current. Such is the case in particular with the so-called “AC-coupled” links used in aeronautics for transferring video signals between computers. In this case, it becomes essential to transmit binary words comprising, if possible, similar quantities of zeroes and ones. The subject of the invention is an encoder or a decoder of 9-bit binary words into 10-bit binary words, said 10-bit binary words being designed to be transmitted over links that cannot pass direct current, said binary words comprising between four ones and six ones regardless of the initial 9-bit binary word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Yves Sontag, Michael Guffroy
  • Publication number: 20070222648
    Abstract: The field of the invention is that of serial digital data transmissions. Such digital data is, in particular, of video type. In certain types of transmission, the links used cannot pass direct current. Such is the case in particular with the so-called “AC-coupled” links used in aeronautics for transferring video signals between computers. In this case, it becomes essential to transmit binary words comprising, if possible, similar quantities of zeroes and ones. The subject of the invention is an encoder or a decoder of 9-bit binary words into 10-bit binary words, said 10-bit binary words being designed to be transmitted over links that cannot pass direct current, said binary words comprising between four ones and six ones regardless of the initial 9-bit binary word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Yves Sontag, Michael Guffroy