Patents by Inventor Philippe Meillan

Philippe Meillan 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).

  • Equipment for measuring digital channels multiplexed by packets in a signal particularly analog
    Patent number: 4630266
    Abstract: An analog or digital signal mixed with packet-mode digital channels can be the video signal from a television station link in which the digital channels transmit magazines. The packets are inserted at least in the active parts of free lines of the field synchronization signal, to the extent of one packet per line. The measuring equipment comprises for a selected digital channel, means (2) for detecting the address of the digital channel in the packets of the signals (SV) and means for counting (3) and displaying (5) parameters such as the number of packets received, the number of received erroneous packets, the number of not received lost packets, the number of received data words and the number of received erroneous data words during a predetermined cyclic period. Several digital channels mixed in analog or digital signals (CT) can be processed by the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: The Establissement Public Telediffusion de France
    Inventors: Georges Deparis, Jacques Duverne, Philippe Meillan