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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107750 | Method of generating motion vectors of images of a video sequence A digital image processing system and method for removing motion effects from images of a video sequence, and generating corresponding motion compensated images. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106924 | Method and system for video rendering, computer program product therefor A method of rendering video frames starting from source frames of a scene acquired using a multi-viewpoint camera system including a Free Viewpoint Video (FVV) synthesizing process. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098720 | Method and apparatus for suppressing adjacent channel interference and multipath propagation signals and radio receiver using said apparatus A method detects multipath propagation in a modulated digital signal. The method provides a first value of channel frequency, representing the modulated digital signal free of multipath propagation, providing a second value of said channel frequency, representing th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090199 | Reduction of color bleeding effects in a digitally processed image A method of processing digital images to reduce the effects of color bleeding. Chrominance components for pixels in a working window are determined and weights are assigned to the pixels in the working window. A chrominance correction for a center pixel in the worki... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8060732 | Multiple purpose integrated circuit An integrated circuit is operable to execute boot loader code and a boot code from external memory. To provide security so that the CPU does not execute malicious codes, the circuit resets in a restricted mode in which only certain functional units may be connected.... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054883 | Method for transcoding compressed video signals, related apparatus and computer program product therefor Transcoder apparatus for transcoding an input video bit-stream having a first encoding profile (e.g., MPEG-2) into an output video bit-stream having a second encoding profile (e.g., H.264), the first encoding profile including motion estimation information, the appa... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8044677 | Electrical system, voltage reference generation circuit, and calibration method of the circuit A voltage generation circuit that includes: a voltage generator integrated in a semiconductor chip and structured to generate an output voltage in accordance with a calibration parameter; a heater operable to heat the voltage generator; a control device configured t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044653 | Low drop-out voltage regulator A low drop-out DC voltage regulator regulates a voltage from a DC supply and includes: a pass device controllable to maintain a voltage at an output of the regulator and arranged to provide a first current from the DC supply, at least part of said first current bein... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042157 | System for restricting data access A filter is arranged to selectively block or allow a data access command from an initiator according to whether the initiator is secure or insecure and whether a data source or destination being accessed is privileged or unprivileged. The data access command contain... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8023563 | Method and system for processing signals via perceptive vectorial quantization, computer program product therefor The system carries out conversion of digital video signals organized in blocks of pixels from a first format to a second format. The second format is a format compressed via vector quantization. The vector quantization is performed by means of repeated application o... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004521 | Graphic rendering method and system comprising a graphic module A graphic rendering method includes: providing data primitive representing primitives of a scene; defining a plurality of three-dimensional cells of a scene view frustum; ordering the cells according to an order based on cell depths from a reference plane; associati... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000467 | Data parallelized encryption and integrity checking method and device A method and device for encrypting and/or decrypting binary data blocks protecting both confidentiality and integrity of data sent to or received from a memory. The encryption method comprises steps of: applying to the input data block a reversible scrambling proces... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000333 | Method, system and station for communicating data packets using ARQ A system (50) for communicating data packets from a first station (100) to a destination (400) via at least one of a plurality of second stations (200) which are coupled to the destination (400), in which the second stations (20... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991081 | Process and devices for transmitting digital signals over buses and computer program product therefore Digital signals are transmitted on a bus at given instants selectively in a non-encoded format and an encoded format. The decision whether to transmit the signals in non-encoded format or in encoded format is taken in part, based on a comparison of the signal to be ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7989982 | Transmitting apparatus of digital signals on a supply line of electronic devices and corresponding method A power converter having a noise component and a modulator configured to vary a frequency of the noise component of the power converter on the basis of a digital signal to be transmitted. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975921 | NFC reader having a passive operating mode with low electrical consumption An inductive coupling reader includes a passive interface circuit for modulating the impedance of an antenna circuit and extracting from the antenna circuit a data signal and a RF clock signal, and circuitry for coupling the reader to a removable security module. Th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962834 | Method and system for correcting burst errors in communications networks, related network and computer-program product The errors that may occur in transmitted numerical data on a channel affected by burst errors, are corrected via the operations of: ordering the numerical data in blocks each comprising a definite number of data packets; generating for each block a respective set of... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957492 | TFCI decoding apparatus and method Wireless communication systems according to 3rd Generation standards allow for large flexibility in payload transmission. To signal the specific combination of transport block sizes multiplexed into one composite transport channel, a transport format combination ind... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956431 | Method of manufacturing an image sensing micromodule A method of manufacturing a micromodule including the steps of: producing an integrated circuit on an active face of a chip made of a semi-conductive material, making a via passing through the chip, electrically linked to the integrated circuit, and inserting the ch... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952503 | High speed voltage following device for analog-to-digital conversion system A voltage following device is described, for the driving of a sampling network coupleable to an analog/digital converter, comprising at least one first transistor provided with a first terminal to receive an input signal, and a second terminal to provide an output s... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7928960 | Analog input device with integrated pressure sensor and electronic apparatus equipped with said input device In an input device, a control element is operated by a user; a pressure sensor is mechanically coupled to the control element and is provided with a monolithic body of semiconductor material housing a first sensitive element, which detects an actuation of the contro... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925803 | Method and systems for mesochronous communications in multiple clock domains and corresponding computer program product Full-duplex communication over a communication link between an initiator operating with an initiator clock and a target operating with a target clock involves, in communication from the initiator to the target: storing data from the initiator in a first FIFO memory ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925051 | Method for capturing images comprising a measurement of local motions A method for capturing a sequence of video images, using an imager including an estimation of the parameters of a model of global motion between successive images. The method may include measurement of local motions on edges of the images, with the estimation of the... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920654 | Signal processing method and apparatus using bit confidence values In a UMTS/GSM receiver with EDGE services capability, a data sequence incorporating PSK symbols is separated into bits which are assigned confidence values and input to convoluntional decoder (33) to provide improved decoding. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920036 | Frequency tuning circuit for lattice filter A lattice tunable filtering circuit includes a first input and a second input, and a first output and a second output. The circuit includes two series branches and two parallel branches. The first and second series branches include a Tunable Resonator Component (TRC... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7904775 | Microprocessor comprising signature means for detecting an attack by error injection A method for monitoring the execution of a sequence of instruction codes in an integrated circuit comprising a central processing unit provided for executing such instruction codes. Current cumulative signatures are produced using deterministic address, control or d... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903763 | Bandwidth selection for FM applications A system and method to optimize the quality of a modulated signal. In one aspect, an AM demodulator is used in conjunction with proper bandwidth selection of an FM signal. For example, the AM demodulator can be used to generate an instantaneous absolute value of the... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903561 | Communication device, a method of operating a communication device and a communication system A mobile station (100) in a mobile communication system obeys commands received from a serving base station (300) to decrease its transmission rate, and obeys commands received from the serving base station (300) to increase its transmission rat... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895447 | Secure processor arrangement A system and method for verifying the authenticity of instructions retrieved from a memory for execution by a processor. In one embodiment, an instruction monitor monitors execution parameters associated with the retrieved instruction and resets the system in respon... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888994 | Differential to single-ended conversion circuit and comparator using the circuit An electrical circuit for conversion from differential to single-ended includes a differential amplifier stage and first and second buffer circuits. The differential amplifier stage includes a first and a second input; and a first and a different second charging cir... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884588 | Control method and device for a system of interleaved converters using a designated master converter Control device for a switching converter structure comprising at least a first and a second interleaved converter, wherein the control device is configured to designate one converter as master and at least the other converter as slave, to set a time delay of the ope... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7848718 | Method apparatus comprising integrated circuit and method of powering down such circuit The present invention relates to a mobile apparatus comprising an integrated circuit to operate predefined functions, which integrated circuit is susceptible to be set in a standby operating mode wherein which said circuit can resume operation within a predefined de... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7863972 | Self-calibration of continuous-time filters and systems comprising such filters A continuous-time filter system comprises a master control unit and a slave unit with one or more slave filters. The master control unit includes an integrator having circuit elements which match those elements of the slave filter that define the slave filter's time... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860252 | Circuit security A system is provided in which a first circuit is protected by security features provided by a second circuit. The first circuit comprises a processor which retrieves content from a memory. Initially, the contents of the memory are authenticated using security featur... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855584 | Low lock time delay locked loops using time cycle suppressor A delay locked loop (DLL) architecture includes a time cycle suppressor circuit suitable for use with synchronous integrated circuits containing a clock generator. Utilization of the improved delay locked loop architecture with a time cycle suppressor circuit disclo... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853854 | Iterative decoding of a frame of data encoded using a block coding algorithm A method for the iterative decoding of a block of bits having a number N of bits to be decoded where N is a whole number greater than or equal to two, using an iterative decoding algorithm, comprises the generation of a current block of N intermediate decision bits ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852350 | Graphic antialiasing method and graphic system employing the method An antialiasing method includes: providing a first fragment; computing a first coverage area representing a portion of the first fragment covered by a first primitive; providing a second fragment juxtaposed to the first fragment and at least partially covered by a s... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7835627 | Method and device for restoring sound and pictures An embodiment improves the quality of sound rendition during restitution of sound and picture originating from a source signal exhibiting temporal drift. To restore the sound and the pictures at a selected fixed picture rate, a picture sequence is calculated at the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7817466 | Semiconductor array including a matrix of cells and a method of making a semiconductor array having a matrix of cells A semiconductor array includes a matrix of cells, the matrix being arranged in rows and columns of cells, and a plurality of control lines. Each cell is coupled to a number of control lines allowing to select and read/write said cell. At least one of said control li... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813497 | Echo canceller with interference-level controlled step size Echo canceling method comprising the steps: a) receiving a first signal and a second signal, said second signal comprising an echo of the first signal, b) generating an echo replica signal by filtering the first signal with a finite impulse response filter, said fin... | 10/12/2010 |
