Patents by Inventor Wouter DEBURCHGRAEVE

Wouter DEBURCHGRAEVE 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).

  • Master slave processing acquisition and rotation
    Patent number: 12236275
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a method comprising acquiring a master role by a processing unit of a multi-processor system, executing by the processing unit a master function part of a set of tasks: comprising searching an available processing unit of the multi-processor system; wherein in case an available processing unit is found, controlling the found processing unit to perform a slave function part of the set of tasks, and in case no available processing unit is found, executing by the processing unit the slave function part of the set of tasks, wherein the master function comprises a master to slave switching function for releasing the master role and the slave function composes a slave to master switching function for acquiring the master role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventor: Wouter Deburchgraeve
  • METHOD AND PROCESSING UNIT FOR PERFORMING TASKS THROUGH MASTER SLAVE ROTATION
    Publication number: 20220276902
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a method comprising acquiring a master role by a processing unit of a multi-processor system, executing by the processing unit a master function part of a set of tasks: comprising searching an available processing unit of the multi-processor system; wherein in case an available processing unit is found, controlling the found processing unit to perform a slave function part of the set of tasks, and in case no available processing unit is found, executing by the processing unit the slave function part of the set of tasks, wherein the master function comprises a master to slave switching function for releasing the master role and the slave function composes a slave to master switching function for acquiring the master role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventor: Wouter DEBURCHGRAEVE