Patents by Inventor Phillippe Leyendecker

Phillippe Leyendecker 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).

  • Slow video display trick mode
    Patent number: 6965726
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for performing a trick mode on a video signal containing a plurality of original pictures. The invention includes the steps of, in response to a trick mode command, selectively repeating (216) at least one of the original pictures to convert the video signal to a trick mode video signal having the original pictures and at least one repeated original picture and selectively displaying (218) at least a portion of the original picture and at least a portion of the repeated original pictures in accordance with a predetermined sequence to avoid a vibration artifact. Each original picture and each repeated original picture can contain at least two fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing SA.
    Inventors: Phillippe Leyendecker, Franck Abelard, Thomas Herbert Jones, Terry Wayne Lockridge
  • Slow video display trick mode
    Publication number: 20040170384
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for performing a trick mode on a video signal containing a plurality of original pictures. The invention includes the steps of, in response to a trick mode command, selectively repeating (216) at least one of the original pictures to convert the video signal to a trick mode video signal having the original pictures and at least one repeated original picture and selectively displaying (218) at least a portion of the original picture and at least a portion of the repeated original pictures in accordance with a predetermined sequence to avoid a vibration artifact. Each original picture and each repeated original picture can contain at least two fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Phillippe Leyendecker, Franck Abelard, Thomas Herbert Jones, Terry Wayne Lockridge