Patents by Inventor Olivier Picard

Olivier Picard 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).

  • Apparatus for and method of testing applications
    Patent number: 7167820
    Abstract: A receiver/decoder (for example for digital television) normally receives and/or decodes transmitted data in a normal transmitted signal. In order to test an application running on the receiver/decoder, a special test signal could be generated, or a normal signal could be modified before supply to the receiver/decoder. However, this is costly and complex. To overcome these problems, the receiver/decoder simulates the reception of such transmitted data to produce simulated data; and the application to be tested processes such simulated data in addition to, or instead of, such transmitted data. Simulation may involve generating the simulated data in the receiver/decoder, or controlling the generation of the simulated data by a workstation and receiving the simulated data from the workstation. Data generation may employ a model of the transmitted signal, the model having various parameters which can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Jean Claude Sarfati, Eric Delaunay, Abdellah El Omari, Olivier Picard, Alain Cancel
  • Apparatus for and method of testing applications
    Publication number: 20040015316
    Abstract: A receiver/decoder (for example for digital television) normally receives and/or decodes transmitted data in a normal transmitted signal. In order to test an application running on the receiver/decoder, a special test signal could be generated, or a normal signal could be modified before supply to the receiver/decoder. However, this is costly and complex. To overcome these problems, the receiver/decoder simulates the reception of such transmitted data to produce simulated data; and the application to be tested processes such simulated data in addition to, or instead of, such transmitted data. Simulation may involve generating the simulated data in the receiver/decoder, or controlling the generation of the simulated data by a workstation and receiving the simulated data from the workstation. Data generation may employ a model of the transmitted signal, the model having various parameters which can be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Sarfati, Eric Delaunay, Abdellah El Omari, Olivier Picard, Alain Cancel