ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,959, issued on June 24, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Sparse encodings for control signals" was invented by Pirmin Robert Vogel (Zurich) and Christopher Gori (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document discloses techniques, apparatuses, and systems for sparse encodings for control signals. Integrated circuits (ICs) may transmit various signals to manage interactions between circuit components of the IC. These critical signals are common targets for malicious attacks because, when altered, they can cause the IC to perform differently than is intended, and in some cases, bypass security measures. ...