Patents by Inventor Serge Hembert

Serge Hembert 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: 10368028
    Abstract: A video and/or audio decoder provided with a first terminal for supplying an analog audio and/or video signal, including: a first circuit capable of supplying a digital signal which is an image of said analog signal; a digital-to-analog converter capable of receiving as an input said digital signal; an amplifier coupling a second output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter to the first terminal; and a second circuit capable of comparing a signal representative of the voltage or current level on the first terminal with a reference signal, and of deducing therefrom whether the first terminal is connected or not to an analog input terminal of a video signal display and/or audio signal playing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventor: Serge Hembert
  • Patent number: 10205464
    Abstract: An analog video signal supply circuit includes a processing circuit that supplies first and second digital video signals. First and second digital-to-analog converters convert digital signals to analog signals. A control circuit controls operation in a first configuration where the first digital video signal is applied to an input of the first digital-to-analog converter and the second digital video signal to an input of the second digital-to-analog converter. The control circuit further controls operation in a second configuration where the first digital video signal is simultaneously applied to the inputs of the first and second digital-to-analog converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventor: Serge Hembert
  • Publication number: 20180035069
    Abstract: A video and/or audio decoder provided with a first terminal for supplying an analog audio and/or video signal, including: a first circuit capable of supplying a digital signal which is an image of said analog signal; a digital-to-analog converter capable of receiving as an input said digital signal; an amplifier coupling a second output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter to the first terminal; and a second circuit capable of comparing a signal representative of the voltage or current level on the first terminal with a reference signal, and of deducing therefrom whether the first terminal is connected or not to an analog input terminal of a video signal display and/or audio signal playing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventor: Serge Hembert
  • Patent number: 9813655
    Abstract: A video and/or audio decoder provided with a first terminal for supplying an analog audio and/or video signal, including: a first circuit capable of supplying a digital signal which is an image of said analog signal; a digital-to-analog converter capable of receiving as an input said digital signal; an amplifier coupling a second output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter to the first terminal; and a second circuit capable of comparing a signal representative of the voltage or current level on the first terminal with a reference signal, and of deducing therefrom whether the first terminal is connected or not to an analog input terminal of a video signal display and/or audio signal playing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventor: Serge Hembert
  • Publication number: 20170223299
    Abstract: A video and/or audio decoder provided with a first terminal for supplying an analog audio and/or video signal, including: a first circuit capable of supplying a digital signal which is an image of said analog signal; a digital-to-analog converter capable of receiving as an input said digital signal; an amplifier coupling a second output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter to the first terminal; and a second circuit capable of comparing a signal representative of the voltage or current level on the first terminal with a reference signal, and of deducing therefrom whether the first terminal is connected or not to an analog input terminal of a video signal display and/or audio signal playing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventor: Serge Hembert
  • Publication number: 20170222656
    Abstract: An analog video signal supply circuit includes a processing circuit that supplies first and second digital video signals. First and second digital-to-analog converters convert digital signals to analog signals. A control circuit controls operation in a first configuration where the first digital video signal is applied to an input of the first digital-to-analog converter and the second digital video signal to an input of the second digital-to-analog converter. The control circuit further controls operation in a second configuration where the first digital video signal is simultaneously applied to the inputs of the first and second digital-to-analog converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
    Inventor: Serge Hembert
  • Patent number: 6307334
    Abstract: In a television receiver comprising a horizontal deflection circuit (2) associated with a flyback transformer (9), the horizontal deflection circuit comprises a switch (6) which is controlled by a control signal (Hdrive) generated by a deflection control circuit (1). The deflection control circuit generates a phase difference signal (Vcomp) which is a function of the phase difference of a horizontal synchronisation pulse and a flyback pulse and generates the control signal (Hdrive) as a continuous function of the phase difference signal (Vcomp). The deflection circuit is further arranged to generate at least one discrete phase jump of the control signal (Hdrive) when the phase difference signal (Vcomp) lies outside of a range of preset values (Vlow, Vhigh).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Thomson multimedia S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Giard, Serge Hembert
  • Patent number: 5757209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit for supplying the extremum voltage among several input voltages, including, for each input voltage, a first bipolar transistor, the base of which receives the input voltage and the emitter of which is connected to a common output supplying the extremum voltage; a first current source for biasing the emitter of the first transistor; and switching means for disconnecting the first source from the first transistor when this transistor is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Klaas Van Zalinge, Serge Hembert