Combined parallel and pipelined video encoder

    公开(公告)号:US09781439B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-03

    申请号:US14761821

    申请日:2014-01-28

    CPC classification number: H04N19/42 H04N19/436 H04N19/50

    Abstract: A method of encoding video data including a sequence of digital image frames, in a pipelined processing system is provided. The method includes dividing each frame in the sequence into a plurality of sections, each section including a horizontal band across a frame. The method further includes subdividing each section into a plurality of macroblocks, and encoding a representation of each macroblock in each section to form an output stream. The sections of each frame are processed during adjacent steps in a pipeline of the pipelined processing system.

    Image raster rotation
    12.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09779482B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-03

    申请号:US14782013

    申请日:2014-04-14

    Inventor: Gilles Ries

    CPC classification number: G06T3/60 G09G5/39 G09G5/393 G09G5/395 G09G2340/0492

    Abstract: A method allows changing an image raster direction from an application raster direction to a screen raster direction, in-flight while pixel values of an image are transferred successively from an application output memory to a display unit. A single buffer memory array is implemented between the application output memory and the display unit. Two writing orders for cells of the buffer memory array are used in turn, each being combined with a different reading order for the cells. The method can be hardware-implemented, and is adapted for burst-handling of the pixel values.

    Coarse symbol boundary detection in OFDM receivers

    公开(公告)号:US09729377B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-08

    申请号:US14787325

    申请日:2014-05-16

    Inventor: Achraf Dhayni

    CPC classification number: H04L27/2663 H04L27/2666

    Abstract: A method for determining a symbol boundary in a data packet belonging to a received OFDM signal is provided. The data packet includes a first training filed and a second training field, which begins with a guard interval. The method includes detecting the beginning of the data packet, and starting an automatic gain control process. The method further includes, after the automatic gain control process is locked, determining autocorrelation peaks and estimating the symbol boundary from times of the autocorrelation peaks.

    Reconfigurable output stage
    14.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09705400B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-11

    申请号:US14889892

    申请日:2014-06-02

    CPC classification number: H02M3/158 H03F3/2173 H03F3/2175

    Abstract: An output stage configuration with four configurable input/output terminals and four switches is specified. Each switch has a first main terminal, a second main terminal and a control terminal, which receives a control signal for controlling the open or closed state of the switch. The output stage is included in a circuit together with a first control apparatus and a second control apparatus. When a control stage of the first control apparatus is connected to the output stage, a control stage of the second control apparatus is electrically disconnected from the output stage, and the output stage operates in a first operating state. When the control stage of the second control apparatus is connected to the output stage, the control stage of the first control apparatus is electrically disconnected from the output stage, the output stage then operating in a second operating state.

    OFDM packets time synchronisation
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09847901B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-19

    申请号:US14767960

    申请日:2013-11-25

    Inventor: Achraf Dhayni

    CPC classification number: H04L27/266 H04L27/265

    Abstract: A method and an apparatus determine a time of start of series of OFDM symbols forming an OFDM packet, wherein one or more symbols of the OFDM signal includes a plurality of copies of a short training sequence made of a plurality of time-domain samples. The method includes determining a coarse time index, determining a fine time index, and determining the time of start of each OFDM symbols based on the fine time index. The coarse time-domain sample of the coarse time index is within a coarse estimation error interval, and the time-domain samples of the coarse estimation error interval are converted into frequency domain samples. A metric value is determined for each frequency domain samples, and the fine time index is the time index corresponding to one of the coarse estimation error interval having its associated frequency domain sample having the lowest metric value.

    Neighbour cell measurements
    20.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09693272B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-27

    申请号:US14438949

    申请日:2013-11-28

    CPC classification number: H04W36/0088 H04W24/10 H04W76/28

    Abstract: An efficient way is described for a user equipment, camping on a cell of a first radio access technology, RAT, to perform measurements on the transmissions from a neighboring radio cell of a different RAT. Recurrent time gaps that are available for making the measurements are not correlated or synchronized with the recurrent times at which the desired information are transmitted by the transmitter in the second RAT. Therefore, mapping is performed of the time gaps onto the interval at which the desired information is transmitted. The mapping continues until a time interval is covered that ensures that the information in the recurring desired block of information can be obtained. During the mapping of the measurement gaps, only those time intervals that have not already been covered by the mapping are used for obtaining the desired information.

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