Patents by Inventor Olivier Scouarnec

Olivier Scouarnec 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: 7755580
    Abstract: A method for regulating the biasing voltage of column control circuits of an array screen formed of LEDs distributed in lines and columns, the column control circuits being adapted to turning on at least one LED of a line. The method includes increasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through at least one activated LED is smaller than a determined luminance current and of decreasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through each activated LED is equal to the determined luminance current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Céline Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz, Danika Chaussy, Philippe Maige
  • Patent number: 7463252
    Abstract: A method and circuit for displaying an image by activation of pixels of an array screen based on an image stored in digital form in memory point rows of a frame memory, having a stand-by mode that provides, at a frequency proportional to the display frequency, a cyclic succession of offset values; and for each row address of the frame memory, activating pixels of a screen line associated with said address offset by a same offset value based on the read states of the row associated with the address, and/or activating pixels of a screen line associated with the row address based on the read states of the frame memory row associated with the address offset by a same offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Céline Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz
  • Patent number: 7173640
    Abstract: A method for displaying an image on an array screen by activation of screen pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel of a same row corresponding to a memory point of a same memory row, the memory point being set to an activation state when the corresponding pixel is to be activated, including the steps of identifying, among sets of the memory rows, the row sets for which at least one memory point of a row of the set is at the activation state; and successively selecting the only lines corresponding to the rows of the sets of rows identified for the pixel activation. The present invention also provides a device for displaying an image on an array screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Céline Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz
  • Patent number: 6952242
    Abstract: A control signal for controlling a correction circuit for at least one electron beam that scans a screen line by line, the amplitude of which varies along each line according to a curve of a first type determined by line parameters, each of the line parameters varying, from one line to another, according to a curve of the first type determined by column parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Le Briz, Olivier Scouarnec, Corinne Ianigro
  • Publication number: 20050035933
    Abstract: A method for regulating the biasing voltage of column control circuits of an array screen formed of LEDs distributed in lines and columns, the column control circuits being adapted to turning on at least one LED of a line. The method consists of increasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through at least one activated LED is smaller than a determined luminance current and of decreasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through each activated LED is equal to the determined luminance current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Celine Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz, Danika Chaussy, Philippe Maige
  • Publication number: 20040051725
    Abstract: A method for displaying an image on an array screen by activation of screen pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel of a same row corresponding to a memory point of a same memory row, the memory point being set to an activation state when the corresponding pixel is to be activated, including the steps of identifying, among sets of the memory rows, the row sets for which at least one memory point of a row of the set is at the activation state; and successively selecting the only lines corresponding to the rows of the sets of rows identified for the pixel activation. The present invention also provides a device for displaying an image on an array screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Celine Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz
  • Publication number: 20040021654
    Abstract: A method and circuit for displaying an image by activation of pixels of an array screen based on an image stored in digital form in memory point rows of a frame memory, having a stand-by mode that provides, at a frequency proportional to the display frequency, a cyclic succession of offset values; and for each row address of the frame memory, activating pixels of a screen line associated with said address offset by a same offset value based on the read states of the row associated with the address, and/or activating pixels of a screen line associated with the row address based on the read states of the frame memory row associated with the address offset by a same offset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Celine Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz
  • Publication number: 20040017725
    Abstract: A method for regulating the biasing voltage of column control circuits of an array screen formed of LEDs distributed in lines and columns, the column control circuits being adapted to turning on at least one LED of a line. The method consists of increasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through at least one activated LED is smaller than a determined luminance current and of decreasing the biasing voltage when the current flowing through each activated LED is equal to the determined luminance current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Celine Mas, Eric Benoit, Olivier Scouarnec, Olivier Le Briz
  • Patent number: 5870044
    Abstract: An digital-analog converter uses at least 2.sup.N -1 identical current sources capable of being calibrated to convert a number encoded on N bits and an additional current source designed to replace one of the 2.sup.N -1 current sources during the calibration of one of said sources. The additional current source is connected to the output by means of a sole additional commutator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Francis Dell'ova, Nathalie Dubois, Olivier Scouarnec