Patents by Inventor Todd ROCKOFF
Todd ROCKOFF 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).
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Patent number: 12658971Abstract: A wireless transmitter and antenna are provided on the transmit side, and a receiver and an antenna are provided on the receive side. A transmitter receives samples from a video source via media signals, permutes the input samples into input vectors, and encodes each input vector with reference to a set of orthogonal codes to produce analog SSVT signals per encoder. The wireless transmitter modulates the SSVT signals generated by the SSVT transmitter onto one or more carrier frequency signals. Once modulated, the carrier frequency signals are then broadcast by the antenna. On the receive side, the antenna receives the broadcast and provides the modulated carrier signals to the wireless receiver. In response, the wireless receiver demodulates the carrier frequency signals and produces the corresponding analog SSVT signals, which are then decoded into reconstructions of the input media samples into output vectors, which are then permuted into output samples that are sent to a video sink for display.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: HYPHY USA Inc.Inventors: Robert Hannebauer, Todd Rockoff
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Patent number: 12646481Abstract: A transmitter includes a distributor that receives a stream of digital video samples and distributes the digital video samples into vectors in a buffer per a permutation. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) per vector receives from its corresponding vector the digital video samples and converts the digital video samples into analog video samples. Each source driver includes a collector that receives analog video samples from each DAC and stores the analog video samples of the corresponding vector, and amplifiers that receive the stored analog video samples in parallel from the collector and amplifies the stored analog video samples onto a column of the display panel. Synchronization uses modified MFM and sample phase alignment. The source drivers are integrated with the substrate of the display panel using transistors. An AR/VR headset uses analog video transport between processor and visor and transmits and receives wirelessly.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2024Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: HYPHY USA Inc.Inventors: Eyal Friedman, Robert J. Clarke, Alex Henzen, Dean Rubine, Todd Rockoff
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Publication number: 20260134816Abstract: A transmitter includes a distributor that receives a stream of digital video samples and distributes the digital video samples into vectors in a buffer per a permutation. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) per vector receives from its corresponding vector the digital video samples and converts the digital video samples into analog video samples. A wiring harness transports each series of analog video samples to a source driver of a display panel of a display unit. Each source driver includes a collector that receives analog video samples from each DAC and stores the analog video samples of the corresponding vector, and amplifiers that receive the stored analog video samples in parallel from the collector and amplifies the stored analog video samples onto a column of the display panel. Synchronization uses modified MFM and sample phase alignment. The source drivers are integrated with the substrate of the display panel using transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2025Publication date: May 14, 2026Inventors: Eyal FRIEDMAN, Robert J. CLARKE, Alex HENZEN, Dean RUBINE, Todd ROCKOFF
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Patent number: 12625655Abstract: Video samples from a camera or cameras of a mobile device are sent as analog levels to a system-on-chip (SoC) or other processor of the device. The analog levels are the analog video samples or be an encoded form of the video samples. The samples are converted to digital and interpolated within the SoC to produce digital RGB samples suitable for display. Or, the analog video samples are interpolated within the SoC using analog processing to produce analog RGB samples. Or, only the G samples are transmitted to the SoC, and processed using analog processing. After processing within the SoC, the samples are sent as analog levels or in encoded form to a corresponding receiver of a display integrated with column drivers. Digital functionality of the DDIC of the display is moved into the SoC or into circuitry separate from, and connected to, the SoC via an MIPI DSI interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: HYPHY USA Inc.Inventors: Timothy J. Vehling, Eyal Friedman, Alex Henzen, Robert Steven Hannebauer, Dean Rubine, Todd Rockoff
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Publication number: 20260094581Abstract: A transmitter includes a distributor that receives a stream of digital video samples and distributes the digital video samples into vectors in a buffer per a permutation. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) per vector receives from its corresponding vector the digital video samples and converts the digital video samples into analog video samples. Each source driver includes a collector that receives analog video samples from each DAC and stores the analog video samples of the corresponding vector, and amplifiers that receive the stored analog video samples in parallel from the collector and amplifies the stored analog video samples onto a column of the display panel. Synchronization uses modified MFM and sample phase alignment. The source drivers are integrated with the substrate of the display panel using transistors. An AR/VR headset uses analog video transport between processor and visor and transmits and receives wirelessly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2025Publication date: April 2, 2026Inventors: Eyal FRIEDMAN, Robert J. CLARKE, Alex HENZEN, Dean RUBINE, Todd ROCKOFF
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Publication number: 20260074739Abstract: Infrastructure electronics equipment incorporates infrastructure Local-Site Transports (LSTs). LSTs convey payload sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic (EM) pathways whose physical properties are usually unknown when the equipment (e.g., Cameras, Displays, Set-Top Boxes) is manufactured. Prior LSTs hedge against EM pathway degradation in several ways: requiring high-quality cables (e.g., HDMI); restricting transmission distance, (e.g., HDMI); and/or reducing quality, via compression, to extend transmission distance somewhat (e.g., Ethernet). The subject of this disclosure is an infrastructure LST for sampled signals that causes the physical errors inevitably arising from propagation of sensory payloads over imperfect EM pathways to manifest in a perceptually benign manner, leveraging legacy infrastructure and reducing costs to achieve a favorable ratio of fidelity to transmission distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: Rob HANNEBAUER, Todd ROCKOFF, Dean RUBINE
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Patent number: 12531007Abstract: A transmitter includes a distributor that receives a stream of digital video samples and distributes the digital video samples into vectors in a buffer per a permutation. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) per vector receives from its corresponding vector the digital video samples and converts the digital video samples into analog video samples. A wiring harness transports each series of analog video samples to a source driver of a display panel of a display unit. Each source driver includes a collector that receives analog video samples from each DAC and stores the analog video samples of the corresponding vector, and amplifiers that receive the stored analog video samples in parallel from the collector and amplifies the stored analog video samples onto a column of the display panel. Synchronization uses modified MFM and sample phase alignment. The source drivers are integrated with the substrate of the display panel using transistors.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2024Date of Patent: January 20, 2026Assignee: HYPHY USA Inc.Inventors: Eyal Friedman, Robert J. Clarke, Alex Henzen, Dean Rubine, Todd Rockoff
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Patent number: 12506510Abstract: Infrastructure electronics equipment incorporates infrastructure Local-Site Transports (LSTs). LSTs convey payload sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic (EM) pathways whose physical properties are usually unknown when the equipment (e.g., Cameras, Displays, Set-Top Boxes) is manufactured. Prior LSTs hedge against EM pathway degradation in several ways: requiring high-quality cables (e.g., HDMI); restricting transmission distance, (e.g., HDMI); and/or reducing quality, via compression, to extend transmission distance somewhat (e.g., Ethernet). The subject of this disclosure is an infrastructure LST for sampled signals that causes the physical errors inevitably arising from propagation of sensory payloads over imperfect EM pathways to manifest in a perceptually benign manner, leveraging legacy infrastructure and reducing costs to achieve a favorable ratio of fidelity to transmission distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 23, 2025Assignee: HYPHY USA Inc.Inventors: Rob Hannebauer, Todd Rockoff, Dean Rubine
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Publication number: 20250124652Abstract: A transmitter includes a distributor that receives a stream of digital video samples and distributes these samples into vectors in a buffer per a permutation. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) per vector receives from its corresponding vector the digital video samples and converts the digital video samples into analog video samples. Each source driver includes a collector that receives analog video samples from each DAC and stores the analog video samples of the corresponding vector, and amplifiers that receive the stored analog video samples in parallel from the collector and amplifies the stored analog video samples onto a column of the display panel. An AR/VR headset uses analog video transport to its processor, and from the processor to a display of the visor. Analog video transport is used between a camera and processor and between processor and display. Analog video is transmitted to or within the headset wired or wirelessly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Eyal FRIEDMAN, Robert J. CLARKE, Alex HENZEN, Dean RUBINE, Todd ROCKOFF, Simon MOLLOY
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Publication number: 20250069565Abstract: A transmitter includes a distributor that receives a stream of digital video samples and distributes the digital video samples into vectors in a buffer per a permutation. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) per vector receives from its corresponding vector the digital video samples and converts the digital video samples into analog video samples. Each source driver includes a collector that receives analog video samples from each DAC and stores the analog video samples of the corresponding vector, and amplifiers that receive the stored analog video samples in parallel from the collector and amplifies the stored analog video samples onto a column of the display panel. Synchronization uses modified MFM and sample phase alignment. The source drivers are integrated with the substrate of the display panel using transistors. An AR/VR headset uses analog video transport between processor and visor and transmits and receives wirelessly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Eyal FRIEDMAN, Robert J. CLARKE, Alex HENZEN, Dean RUBINE, Todd ROCKOFF
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Patent number: 12112718Abstract: A video display includes a display panel with gate drivers and source drivers. Each of said the source drivers is arranged to receive a discrete-time continuous-amplitude signal representing a video stream over a transmission medium and to decode the signal using demodulation to produce a plurality of samples for output on outputs of the source drivers. At least one of the source drivers is arranged to extract a gate driver timing control signal from the signal and to output the gate driver control signal to the gate drivers in order to synchronize the gate drivers with outputs of the source drives, whereby the video stream is displayed on the display panel of the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: HYPHY USA Inc.Inventors: Alex Henzen, Todd Rockoff
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Publication number: 20240282241Abstract: A transmitter includes a distributor that receives a stream of digital video samples and distributes the digital video samples into vectors in a buffer per a permutation. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) per vector receives from its corresponding vector the digital video samples and converts the digital video samples into analog video samples. A wiring harness transports each series of analog video samples to a source driver of a display panel of a display unit. Each source driver includes a collector that receives analog video samples from each DAC and stores the analog video samples of the corresponding vector, and amplifiers that receive the stored analog video samples in parallel from the collector and amplifies the stored analog video samples onto a column of the display panel. Synchronization uses modified MFM and sample phase alignment. The source drivers are integrated with the substrate of the display panel using transistors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Eyal FRIEDMAN, Robert J. CLARKE, Alex HENZEN, Dean RUBINE, Todd ROCKOFF
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Publication number: 20240281187Abstract: Video samples from a camera or cameras of a mobile device are sent as analog levels to a system-on-chip (SoC) or other processor of the device. The analog levels are the analog video samples or be an encoded form of the video samples. The samples are converted to digital and interpolated within the SoC to produce digital RGB samples suitable for display. Or, the analog video samples are interpolated within the SoC using analog processing to produce analog RGB samples. Or, only the G samples are transmitted to the SoC, and processed using analog processing. After processing within the SoC, the samples are sent as analog levels or in encoded form to a corresponding receiver of a display integrated with column drivers. Digital functionality of the DDIC of the display is moved into the SoC or into circuitry separate from, and connected to, the SoC via an MIPI DSI interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: HYPHY USA Inc.Inventors: Timothy J. VEHLING, Eyal FRIEDMAN, Alex HENZEN, Robert Steven HANNEBAUER, Dean RUBINE, Todd ROCKOFF
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Patent number: 12039951Abstract: A video display includes a display panel with gate drivers and source drivers. Each of said the source drivers is arranged to receive a discrete-time continuous-amplitude signal representing a video stream over a transmission medium and to decode the signal using demodulation to produce a plurality of samples for output on outputs of the source drivers. At least one of the source drivers is arranged to extract a gate driver timing control signal from the signal and to output the gate driver control signal to the gate drivers in order to synchronize the gate drivers with outputs of the source drives, whereby the video stream is displayed on the display panel of the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: HYPHY USA INC.Inventors: Alex Henzen, Todd Rockoff
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Patent number: 11948536Abstract: A timing controller of a display set is integrated with an encoder for transport of analog signals between a display controller and source drivers of the display panel. The timing controller and integrated encoder are within an integrated circuit and are part of a chipset. The integrated circuit is located immediately after the SoC of a display set or is integrated within the SoC. A video signal sent to the timing controller chip is unpacked into sample values which are permuted into vectors of samples, one vector per encoder. Each vector is converted to analog, encoded and the analog levels are sent to the source drivers which decode into analog samples. Or, each digital vector is encoded and then converted to analog. A line buffer uses a memory to present a row of pixel information to the encoders. A mobile telephone has an integrated TCON with SSVT transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: HYPHY USA INC.Inventors: Eyal Friedman, Todd Rockoff
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Patent number: 11838047Abstract: Infrastructure electronics equipment incorporates infrastructure Local-Site Transports (LSTs). LSTs convey payload sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic (EM) pathways whose physical properties are usually unknown when the equipment (e.g., Cameras, Displays, Set-Top Boxes) is manufactured. Prior LSTs hedge against EM pathway degradation in several ways: requiring high-quality cables (e.g., HDMI); restricting transmission distance, (e.g., HDMI); and/or reducing quality, via compression, to extend transmission distance somewhat (e.g., Ethernet). The subject of this disclosure is an infrastructure LST for sampled signals that causes the physical errors inevitably arising from propagation of sensory payloads over imperfect EM pathways to manifest in a perceptually benign manner, leveraging legacy infrastructure and reducing costs to achieve a favorable ratio of fidelity to transmission distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HYPHY USA INC.Inventors: Rob Hannebauer, Todd Rockoff, Dean Rubine
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Publication number: 20230343304Abstract: A video display includes a display panel with gate drivers and source drivers. Each of said the source drivers is arranged to receive a discrete-time continuous-amplitude signal representing a video stream over a transmission medium and to decode the signal using demodulation to produce a plurality of samples for output on outputs of the source drivers. At least one of the source drivers is arranged to extract a gate driver timing control signal from the signal and to output the gate driver control signal to the gate drivers in order to synchronize the gate drivers with outputs of the source drives, whereby the video stream is displayed on the display panel of the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Alex HENZEN, Todd ROCKOFF
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Publication number: 20230326429Abstract: A timing controller of a display set is integrated with an encoder for transport of analog signals between a display controller and source drivers of the display panel. The timing controller and integrated encoder are within an integrated circuit and are part of a chipset. The integrated circuit is located immediately after the SoC of a display set or is integrated within the SoC. A video signal sent to the timing controller chip is unpacked into sample values which are permuted into vectors of samples, one vector per encoder. Each vector is converted to analog, encoded and the analog levels are sent to the source drivers which decode into analog samples. Or, each digital vector is encoded and then converted to analog. A line buffer uses a memory to present a row of pixel information to the encoders. A mobile telephone has an integrated TCON with SSVT transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Eyal FRIEDMAN, Todd ROCKOFF
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Publication number: 20230327701Abstract: Infrastructure electronics equipment incorporates infrastructure Local-Site Transports (LSTs). LSTs convey payload sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic (EM) pathways whose physical properties are usually unknown when the equipment (e.g., Cameras, Displays, Set-Top Boxes) is manufactured. Prior LSTs hedge against EM pathway degradation in several ways: requiring high-quality cables (e.g., HDMI); restricting transmission distance, (e.g., HDMI); and/or reducing quality, via compression, to extend transmission distance somewhat (e.g., Ethernet). The subject of this disclosure is an infrastructure LST for sampled signals that causes the physical errors inevitably arising from propagation of sensory payloads over imperfect EM pathways to manifest in a perceptually benign manner, leveraging legacy infrastructure and reducing costs to achieve a favorable ratio of fidelity to transmission distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Rob HANNEBAUER, Todd ROCKOFF, Dean RUBINE
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Publication number: 20230223981Abstract: A wireless transmitter and antenna are provided on the transmit side, and a receiver and an antenna are provided on the receive side. A transmitter receives samples from a video source via media signals, permutes the input samples into input vectors, and encodes each input vector with reference to a set of orthogonal codes to produce analog SSVT signals per encoder. The wireless transmitter modulates the SSVT signals generated by the SSVT transmitter onto one or more carrier frequency signals. Once modulated, the carrier frequency signals are then broadcast by the antenna. On the receive side, the antenna receives the broadcast and provides the modulated carrier signals to the wireless receiver. In response, the wireless receiver demodulates the carrier frequency signals and produces the corresponding analog SSVT signals, which are then decoded into reconstructions of the input media samples into output vectors, which are then permuted into output samples that are sent to a video sink for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Robert HANNEBAUER, Todd ROCKOFF