Patents by Inventor Pierre Courant

Pierre Courant 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: 7509514
    Abstract: The method is applicable to the reception of data in the case of a digital transmission in which the pieces of data are transmitted by a unit of equipment A to a unit of equipment B with an accompanying clock signal HA. This accompanying clock signal transmitted by the transmitter equipment A is used by the receiver equipment B to sample the transmitted data. An alternation is effected at the receiver equipment B between a phase of operation during which the clock signal HA accompanying the data is replaced by a local clock signal HLS of the same frequency and a phase of operation during which the local clock signal is periodically re-synchronized with the accompanying clock signal. Means to implement the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Pierre Courant, Christophe Marron
  • Patent number: 7444533
    Abstract: The method is applicable to the reception of data in the case of a digital transmission in which the pieces of data are transmitted by a unit of equipment A to a unit of equipment B with an accompanying clock signal HA. This accompanying clock signal transmitted by the transmitter equipment A is used by the receiver equipment B to sample the transmitted data. An alternation is effected at the receiver equipment B between a phase of operation during which the clock signal HA accompanying the data is replaced by a local clock signal HLS of the same frequency and a phase of operation during which the local clock signal is periodically re-synchronized with the accompanying clock signal. Means to implement the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Pierre Courant, Christophe Marron
  • Publication number: 20080144755
    Abstract: The method is applicable to the reception of data in the case of a digital transmission in which the pieces of data are transmitted by a unit of equipment A to a unit of equipment B with an accompanying clock signal HA. This accompanying clock signal transmitted by the transmitter equipment A is used by the receiver equipment B to sample the transmitted data. An alternation is effected at the receiver equipment B between a phase of operation during which the clock signal HA accompanying the data is replaced by a local clock signal HLS of the same frequency and a phase of operation during which the local clock signal is periodically re-synchronized with the accompanying clock signal. Means to implement the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventors: Pierre COURANT, Christophe Marron
  • Publication number: 20050198549
    Abstract: The method is applicable to the reception of data in the case of a digital transmission in which the pieces of data are transmitted by a unit of equipment A to a unit of equipment B with an accompanying clock signal HA. This accompanying clock signal transmitted by the transmitter equipment A is used by the receiver equipment B to sample the transmitted data. An alternation is effected at the receiver equipment B between a phase of operation during which the clock signal HA accompanying the data is replaced by a local clock signal HLS of the same frequency and a phase of operation during which the local clock signal is periodically re-synchronized with the accompanying clock signal. Means to implement the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Pierre Courant, Christophe Marron