Michael J Landis, 40Brownsburg, IN

5831347, Nov 3, 1998

Jul 24, 1997

8/899966

Michael David Landis - Fishers IN
Gabriel Alfred Edde - Indianapolis IN
David Michael Browning - Indianapolis IN

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

G11C 1400

307 64

In an electronic instrument subject to power line interruptions and having a standby power supply, an external timer is used to time a predetermined brief period (e. g. 15 seconds to 1 minute). If the timer has not yet expired when standby power is once again developed, then a controller will cause a real time clock to start timing, using the currently held time of day. If the timer has expired when standby power is once again developed, the controller will cause the time of day clock to indicate that its time is no longer accurate. Moreover, if the timer has expired, then the controller will not cause the receiver to be turned on. If the timer has not expired, then the controller will determine if the receiver was turned on when the AC power line failure occurred, and if so, the controller will cause the receiver to turn on. If the receiver was turned off when the AC power line failure occurred, then the controller will cause the receiver to remain in standby mode. If, however, a reset was caused by an extremely fast phenomenon, such as a kine arc, then the receiver would not have had time to store status bytes.

5659368, Aug 19, 1997

Sep 15, 1994

8/302802

Michael David Landis - Fishers IN

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

H04N 7087

348467

A system for processing auxiliary video signals provides for decoding an extended data services signal in line 21 of field 2. Extended data services provide a general purpose video system information and control capability in addition to basic closed caption operation. Extended data services information is arranged in packets of data. Each packet provides information regarding current of future video programs, the source of the video program, and miscellaneous information such as time of day. The extended data services data may be decoded to control the operation of a video system including a videocassette recorder (VCR) and a television receiver.

5852406, Dec 22, 1998

May 5, 1995

8/435818

Gabriel Alfred Edde - Indianapolis IN
Michael David Landis - Hamilton IN

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

A04Q 100

34082506

A multi-protocol serial data bus system includes two clock lines and a data line. A controller generates a first clock signal and a first data signal according to a first serial data bus protocol during a first mode of operation of the system, and generates a second clock signal and a second data signal according to a second serial data bus protocol during a second mode of operation. The first clock signal and the first data signal are provided on the first and third signal paths, respectively, during the first mode of operation. The second clock signal and the second data signal are provided on the second and third signal paths, respectively, during the second mode of operation.

5528749, Jun 18, 1996

Aug 5, 1994

8/286472

Michael D. Landis - Fishers IN
Gabriel A. Edde - Indianapolis IN
David M. Browning - Indianapolis IN

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

G06F 1134

39518221

To accomplish automatic error correction in an electronics instrument, the instrument includes a controller, coupled to at least one peripheral unit via a communications bus for bidirectional communication with the peripheral unit, coupled to a memory circuit for storing data indicative of the operational status of the peripheral unit, and coupled to a power supply which supplies power to the peripheral unit. The controller reads the operational status data from the peripheral unit and upon detection of an error condition, writes data indicative of status to the memory circuit and causes a removal of power, for a predetermined time, from said peripheral unit, followed by the reapplication of the power. The power supplies themselves are also monitored and, in the event of a detected error in power supply output, the power supply is turned off and turned on in an attempt to clear the problem. In this way, a peripheral unit not having an external reset pin can, nevertheless, be reset by the controller to clear problems caused by transient interference.

5617146, Apr 1, 1997

May 23, 1995

8/450955

David J. Duffield - Indianapolis IN
Michael D. Landis - Fishers IN
Gabriel A. Edde - Indianapolis IN

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

H04N 708

348460

A system for processing a television signal including a data component, such as extended data services data, includes a decoder for processing the data component to provide data representing time information. A control device responds to the data for modifying time information, e. g. , time of day, that is maintained in the system. The time information decoded from the video signal is compared to the time information maintained in the system to determine a time difference. If the time difference is in a predetermined range, the time difference indicates that the time information from the television signal is invalid. The control device responds to the time difference being in the predetermined range by preventing modification of the time information maintained in the system. A user may provide an input via a device such as a remote control to control the manner in which the control device responds to the time difference.

5327176, Jul 5, 1994

Mar 1, 1993

8/018361

Joseph W. Forler - Indianapolis IN
John F. Teskey - Indianapolis IN
Michael D. Landis - Fishers IN

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

H04N 544
H04N 5445
H04N 560

348564

A system for processing audio and video components of a television signal provides for automatic control of closed caption signal display in response to the status of an audio muting feature. The system includes an operating mode in which enabling audio muting also enables the closed caption display and disabling muting disables generation of the closed caption display.

5561461, Oct 1, 1996

Dec 22, 1994

8/362284

Michael D. Landis - Fishers IN
Gabriel A. Edde - Indianapolis IN

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. - Indianapolis IN

H04N 0708

348725

A television receiver includes a decoder for decoding a data component of a television signal, such as extended data services (EDS) data. The data component includes data representative of time of day information. A controller in the receiver processes the time of day information to set the time of day stored in the television receiver to a time value that is accurate to seconds.

6195078, Feb 27, 2001

Jan 27, 1998

9/000300

Aaron Hal Dinwiddie - Fishers IN
Michael David Landis - Fishers IN

Thomson Licensing S.A. - Boulogne

G09G 500

345114

An on-screen display generator includes a character buffer containing a plurality of entries, and an attribute buffer also containing a plurality of entries. Each entry in the character buffer has a corresponding entry in the attribute buffer. The entries in the character buffer each specify a display character, and the corresponding entry in the attribute buffer specifies the display attributes of the display character. Control circuitry retrieves corresponding entries from the character and attribute buffers substantially simultaneously, and generates a signal representing the image of the display character specified in the retrieved display character entry having the attributes specified in the retrieved attribute entry.