Patents by Inventor Stephane Penain

Stephane Penain 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: 7020199
    Abstract: A data proccssing device, for example, an MPEG decoder, comprises a bus system [BUS] over which a transmitter circuit, for example a variable length decoder circuit [VLD], can transfer a series of samples to a receiver circuit, for example an Inverse Scanning [IS] circuit. The transmitter circuit is arranged for transmitting only a start of the series of samples which extends up to a point where the samples that are left are equal to a reference value and for transmitting an indication “end of transmission” after the last transmitted sample. The receiver circuit is arranged for placing the reference values after the sample preceding the indication “end of transmission”, so as to reconstitute the series of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Stephane Penain, Jean-Christophe Seguy
  • Patent number: 6831950
    Abstract: A first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*] and a second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] are encoded. The second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] is correlated with the first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*]. This may concern, for example, an encoding of stereoscopic (3D) video. The first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*] is encoded in such a manner that certain data blocks serve as a reference [REF] for predictively encoding [PE] the other data blocks in the first sequence [SQ1]. The second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] is encoded in such a manner that all data blocks [DB2-*] are predictively encoded [PE] with respect to those data blocks [DB1-*] in the first sequence [SQ1] which serve as a reference [REF].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Stephane Penain, Gilles Goutelle
  • Publication number: 20030190079
    Abstract: A first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*] and a second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] are encoded. The second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] is correlated with the first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*]. This may concern, for example, an encoding of stereoscopic (3D) video. The first sequence [SQ1] of data blocks [DB1-*] is encoded in such a manner that certain data blocks serve as a reference [REF] for predictively encoding [PE] the other data blocks in the first sequence [SQ1]. The second sequence [SQ2] of data blocks [DB2-*] is encoded in such a manner that all data blocks [DB2-*] are predictively encoded [PE] with respect to those data blocks [DB1-*] in the first sequence [SQ1] which serve as a reference [REF].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Stephane Penain, Gilles Goutelle
  • Publication number: 20030169826
    Abstract: A data processing device, for example, an MPEG decoder, comprises a bus system [BUS] over which a transmitter circuit, for example a variable length decoder circuit [VLD], can transfer a series of samples to a receiver circuit, for example, an IS circuit. The transmitter circuit is arranged for transmitting only a start of the series of samples which extends up to a point where the samples that are left are equal to a reference value and for transmitting an indication “end of transmission” after the last transmitted sample. The receiver circuit is arranged for placing reference values after the sample preceding the indication “end of transmission”, so as to reconstitute the series of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Stephane Penain, Jean-Christophe Seguy