Patents by Inventor Ruben Fontes

Ruben Fontes 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).

  • System and method for reducing noise in a sensor system
    Patent number: 10151608
    Abstract: A sensor system has an acquisition unit comprising an analog to digital converter generating a series of digital sensor signals, a first evaluation unit receiving the series of digital sensor signals for evaluation, wherein the first evaluation unit generates output signals that correspond to a sensor event, and a second evaluation unit independent from said first evaluation unit receiving the series of digital sensor signals. At least a first and second series of digital sensor signals is processed by the second evaluation unit to generate a control signal that is configured to select a sampling frequency controlling the analog-to-digital converter, wherein the first and second series of digital sensor signals are sampled at different sampling frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ruben Fontes, Lionel Portmann
  • System And Method For Reducing Noise In A Sensor System
    Publication number: 20170176225
    Abstract: A sensor system has an acquisition unit comprising an analog to digital converter generating a series of digital sensor signals, a first evaluation unit receiving the series of digital sensor signals for evaluation, wherein the first evaluation unit generates output signals that correspond to a sensor event, and a second evaluation unit independent from said first evaluation unit receiving the series of digital sensor signals. At least a first and second series of digital sensor signals is processed by the second evaluation unit to generate a control signal that is configured to select a sampling frequency controlling the analog-to-digital converter, wherein the first and second series of digital sensor signals are sampled at different sampling frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Ruben Fontes, Lionel Portmann