Patents by Inventor Tom Appermont

Tom Appermont 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).

  • Demodulator device and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 8161276
    Abstract: A demodulator device and a method of operating the demodulator device where the demodulator device runs a loaded operating system and operates a communication protocol enabling a host application to control the demodulator device. The demodulator device is configured to respond to receipt of an abort command of the communication protocol by carrying out an abort process which stops current operations and reinitializes the loaded operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V.
    Inventors: Olivier Elshocht, John Hornsby, Joel Grad, Panagiotis Arkoudopoulos, Philip Marivoet, Tom Appermont
  • DEMODULATOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090327676
    Abstract: A demodulator device and a method of operating the demodulator device where the demodulator device runs a loaded operating system and operates a communication protocol enabling a host application to control the demodulator device. The demodulator device is configured to respond to receipt of an abort command of the communication protocol by carrying out an abort process which stops current operations and reinitializes the loaded operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V.
    Inventors: Olivier Elshocht, John Hornsby, Joel Grad, Panagiotis Arkoudopoulos, Philip Marivoet, Tom Appermont
  • SYSTEM HAVING PLURALITY OF HARDWARE BLOCKS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090293072
    Abstract: A system having a plurality of hardware blocks and a method of operating that system where power to each hardware block is independently controlled according to whether or not the respective hardware block is needed for use. A counter is provided in the respective device driver of each hardware block, the counter being configured to be incremented each time a task requests use of the respective hardware block and to be decremented each time a task ceases use of the respective hardware block. The value of the counter is used to control whether or not to power up or power down the respective hardware block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V.
    Inventors: Olivier Elshocht, John Hornsby, Joel Grad, Panagiotis Arkoudopoulos, Philip Marivoet, Tom Appermont