Patents by Inventor Raphael Houlmann

Raphael Houlmann 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).

  • Apparatus and method for low latency, reconfigurable and picosecond resolution time controller
    Patent number: 10056974
    Abstract: A reconfigurable and timely accurate method of generating, with a low latency, an output signal in response to multiple input signals, wherein said input signals occur at independent times, and wherein the occurrence of several input signals according to predetermined pattern is interpreted as a Super Event and wherein a detected Super Event triggers the production of a specific output signal heralding this Super Event, characterized in that said method comprises a first step of time acquisition of the occurrence of said input signals, a second step of adaptation of the acquisition data flow to the clock of the reconfigurable processing unit, a third step of determining the occurrence of a Super Event by comparing the events pattern to the super event definition, a fourth step identifying the Super Event and generating at least one event/signal corresponding to at least one trigger signal, a fifth step of adaptation of the generation data flow to the asynchronous generation device, a sixth step of applying a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ID QUANTIQUE SA
    Inventors: Bruno Sanguinetti, Raphael Houlmann
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW LATENCY, RECONFIGURABLE AND PICOSECOND RESOLUTION TIME CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20170170893
    Abstract: A reconfigurable and timely accurate method of generating, with a low latency, an output signal in response to multiple input signals, wherein said input signals occur at independent times, and wherein the occurrence of several input signals according to predetermined pattern is interpreted as a Super Event and wherein a detected Super Event triggers the production of a specific output signal heralding this Super Event, characterized in that said method comprises a first step of time acquisition of the occurrence of said input signals, a second step of adaptation of the acquisition data flow to the clock of the reconfigurable processing unit, a third step of determining the occurrence of a Super Event by comparing the events pattern to the super event definition, a fourth step identifying the Super Event and generating at least one event/signal corresponding to at least one trigger signal, a fifth step of adaptation of the generation data flow to the asynchronous generation device, a sixth step of applying a
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: ID QUANTIQUE SA
    Inventors: Bruno Sanguinetti, Raphael Houlmann