Patents by Inventor Nicolas Louboutin

Nicolas Louboutin 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).

  • Vibrator and audio resource sharing for mobile communication device
    Patent number: 9367334
    Abstract: A communication device includes at least two output apparatuses, and an interface circuit configured as an interface between the at least two output apparatuses and software drivers supported by an operating system embedded within the communication device, so that the software drivers can access the output apparatuses. The interface circuit includes an access control circuit configured to temporarily allocate a first one of the at least two apparatuses with a first one of the software drivers, so that other ones of the software drivers cannot access the first output apparatus during its allocation to the first software driver. The interface circuit also includes shared resource circuits configured to dynamically direct communication from the first software driver to the temporarily allocated first output apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventor: Nicolas Louboutin
  • Vibrator and Audio Resource Sharing for Mobile Communication Device
    Publication number: 20140310726
    Abstract: A communication device includes at least two output apparatuses, and an interface circuit configured as an interface between the at least two output apparatuses and software drivers supported by an operating system embedded within the communication device, so that the software drivers can access the output apparatuses. The interface circuit includes an access control circuit configured to temporarily allocate a first one of the at least two apparatuses with a first one of the software drivers, so that other ones of the software drivers cannot access the first output apparatus during its allocation to the first software driver. The interface circuit also includes shared resource circuits configured to dynamically direct communication from the first software driver to the temporarily allocated first output apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventor: Nicolas Louboutin