Patents by Inventor Yoko Simon

Yoko Simon 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).

  • Display firmware upgrade without external devices
    Publication number: 20070174418
    Abstract: In a system for upgrading firmware of a display device (DD), a plurality of instructions are executable by a processor to upgrade the firmware. A graphics controller, which is coupled to the processor, generates the displays displayable on the DD. The DD is coupled to the graphics controller via a cable and the communications between them is compliant with a display data channel command interface (DDC/CI) standard defined by video electronics standard association (VESA). The plurality of instructions are communicated to a DD controller of the DD via the cable. The DD controller decodes the plurality of instructions received into a set of commands specific to the DD and the DD controller writes the set of commands to the firmware to upgrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Juventino Garcia, Seen Yee Cheong, Yoko Simon, Joe Goodart, Vinesh Gandhi, Shuguang Wu