Patents by Inventor Pierre Roger Bernard Le Pifre

Pierre Roger Bernard Le Pifre 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).

  • Device and method for decoding digital TV broadcast
    Patent number: 8824568
    Abstract: For use as or in connection with a set-top box, a digital TV broadcast signal is decoded by processing its audio stream into and read from a FIFO buffer. According to certain embodiments, fullness of the FIFO buffer is compared to a reference fullness, which can be updated based on changes to the bit rate of the audio stream. In response to the FIFO buffer fullness, the set top box regulates the rate at which the audio stream is decoded. The disclosed decoding methods do not need to rely on the accuracy or presence of a system time encoded into the broadcast signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Roger Bernard Le Pifre
  • Device And Method for Decoding Digital TV Broadcast
    Publication number: 20100321568
    Abstract: For use as or in connection with a set-top box, a digital TV broadcast signal is decoded by processing its audio stream into and read from a FIFO buffer. According to certain embodiments, fullness of the FIFO buffer is compared to a reference fullness, which can be updated based on changes to the bit rate of the audio stream. In response to the FIFO buffer fullness, the set top box regulates the rate at which the audio stream is decoded. The disclosed decoding methods do not need to rely on the accuracy or presence of a system time encoded into the broadcast signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventor: Pierre Roger Bernard Le Pifre