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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6486893 | Property browser which displays properties of sub-objects in an Active X control A system and method for enabling a property browser to display properties of sub-objects of a control, such as an ActiveX control. The system and method further enables a user to manipulate properties of sub-objects of the control. The method determines t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6473707 | Test executive system and method including automatic result collection Abstract A test executive program which provides greatly improved configurability and modularity, thus simplifying the creation, modification and execution of test sequences. The test executive program includes process models for improved flexibility, mod... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6459707 | Relay multiplexer system and method for prevention of shock hazard A relay multiplexing system which provides improved safety from hazardous voltage conditions. The relay multiplexing system comprises a relay multiplexer module and a terminal block which connects to the relay multiplexer module. The relay multiplexer mod... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6453273 | System for analyzing signals generated by rotating machines A signal analysis system and method for analyzing an input signal acquired from a mechanical system. The mechanical system may include at least one rotating apparatus. The signal analysis system may include an input for receiving samples of an input signa... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452498 | System and method for providing geographic-based advertising A geographic-based communications service system has a mobile unit for transmitting/receiving information, and access points connected to a network. The access points are arranged in known geographic locations and transmit and receive information from the... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6445391 | Visible-object determination for interactive visualization A system and method for performing visible object determination based upon a dual search of a cone hierarchy and a bounding (e.g. hull) hierarchy. Visualization software running on a host processor represents space with a hierarchy of cones constructed by... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6437805 | System and method for accessing object capabilities in a graphical program A system and method for creating a graphical program, wherein the graphical program is operable to access capabilities of an object. During creation of the graphical program, the user operates to place an object node in the graphical program, wherein the ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434515 | Signal analyzer system and method for computing a fast Gabor spectrogram A signal analyzer, method and memory medium for generating a time varying spectrum for input signals characterized by frequency components which change in time. The signal analyzer includes a source of a sequence of digital signals representative of an in... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6418504 | System and method for coupling peripheral buses through a serial bus using a split bridge implementation A Wide Area Serial PCI system for connecting peripheral devices to a computer. The WASP system includes a host computer system connected through a serial bus to a remote device. The serial bus can range from several meters to several kilometers or more. T... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6418392 | System and method for simulating operations of an instrument A system and method for controlling an instrumentation system, wherein the present invention includes an improved instrument driver software architecture. The instrument driver software architecture of the present invention provides a number of features, ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6414635 | Geographic-based communication service system with more precise determination of a user's known geographic location A geographic based communications service system that includes a network and a plurality of access points connected to the network and arranged at known locations in a geographic region. One or more service providers or information providers may be connec... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401220 | Test executive system and method including step types for improved configurability A test executive program which provides greatly improved configurability and modularity, thus simplifying the creation, modification and execution of test sequences. The test executive program includes process models for improved flexibility, modularity a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397378 | Test executive system and method including distributed type storage and conflict resolution A test executive program which provides greatly improved configurability and modularity, thus simplifying the creation, modification and execution of test sequences. The test executive program includes process models for improved flexibility, modularity a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393493 | System and method for optimizing serial USB device reads using virtual FIFO techniques A USB-based data acquisition system including virtual buffer software which increases USB data transfer rates with minimal changes to DAQ driver level software. The virtual buffer software operates to receive or intercept calls made by the DAQ driver leve... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6373423 | Flash analog-to-digital conversion system and method with reduced comparators A flash A/D conversion system and method with a reduced number of comparators. The voltage range applied by the comparators is moved or adjusted to provide an A/D converter with a much greater voltage range. The system comprises a reduced plurality of com... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6370631 | Memory controller including compression/decompression capabilities for improved data access An integrated memory controller (IMC) which includes data compression and decompression engines for improved performance. The memory controller (IMC) of the present invention preferably sits on the main CPU bus or a high speed system peripheral bus such a... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6370569 | Data socket system and method for accessing data sources using URLs A Data Socket client and associated applications and/or tools which provide programs with access to data from various sources and having various types or formats, wherein the access is provided invisibly to the user. The Data Socket client allows the user... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6366862 | System and method for analyzing signals generated by rotating machines A signal analysis system and method for analyzing an input signal acquired from a mechanical system. The mechanical system may include at least one rotating apparatus. The signal analysis system may be configured to: (a) receive samples of the input signa... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366686 | Video acquisition system including an improved event architecture A data acquisition (DAQ) system and method which includes an improved event architecture. The DAQ device includes event logic coupled to receive one or more external or internal events from event sources. The event logic comprises one or more event select... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6359630 | Graphics system using clip bits to decide acceptance, rejection, clipping A method and computer graphics system for clip testing using clip bits stored in a general-purpose register for each vertex of a geometric primitive. In one embodiment, a rendering unit or other processor sets bits in a clip bits register for each vertex ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359575 | Analog to digital converter having a digital to analog converter mode An analog to digital (A/D) converter which includes A/D converter and D/A converter modes. The A/D converter includes an internal digital to analog (D/A) converter (DAC) that may be used in a feedback loop during A/D operations (in the A/D mode), and may ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349274 | Configuration manager for configuring a data acquistion system A data acquisition system comprising a Configuration Manager for intelligently managing access to DAQ configuration information. The data acquisition system comprises a computer system coupled to a data acquisition device, a data acquisition application (... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6332116 | System and method for analyzing signals of rotating machines A signal analysis system and method for analyzing an input signal acquired from a mechanical system. The mechanical system may include at least one rotating apparatus. The signal analysis system may be configured to: (a) receive samples of the input signa... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6326918 | Method and apparatus for geographic-based communications service A geographic-based communications service system has a mobile unit for transmitting/receiving information, and access points connected to a network. The access points are arranged in a known geographic locations and transmit and receive information from t... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317637 | System and method for maintaining output continuity of PID controllers in response to changes in controller parameters A PID control system and method which maintains continuity of the control output in spite of changes in controller parameters. The controller parameters include a proportional gain, an integral gain, a derivative gain, and a manual/automatic mode paramete... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6294945 | System and method for compensating the dielectric absorption of a capacitor using the dielectric absorption of another capacitor A system and method, wherein the dielectric absorption of a capacitor is cancelled by a compensating circuit. One embodiment uses a compensation circuit comprising a compensating capacitor with substantially identical characteristics as the capacitor to b... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6285095 | Automatic compensation of an AC attenuator using a digital to capacitance converter An AC attenuator system including a compensation circuit for providing a selectable trimming impedance for the AC attenuator. The compensation circuit comprises a plurality of capacitors preferably coupled in parallel with a portion of the attenuator, whe... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6282699 | Code node for a graphical programming system which invokes execution of textual code A system and method for creating a graphical program, wherein the graphical program is operable to invoke execution of textual code. The user selects a code node for inclusion in the graphical program, wherein the code node is displayed on the screen. The... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6275989 | Interactive television system and method for displaying web-like stills with hyperlinks A system and method for displaying still video images related to video content in an interactive broadcast television system. The system and method of the present invention may also be used for simulating an Internet home page on an interactive television... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6275975 | Scalable mesh architecture with reconfigurable paths for an on-chip data transfer network incorporating a network configuration manager A computer chip including a data transfer network which comprises a plurality of communications links for transmitting data, a plurality of communication nodes, and a plurality of modules. Each of the communication nodes is directly connected to two or mo... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6275519 | Frame synchronization in a digital communications system In a digital communication receiver, a system and method for recovering the timing of frames in the received signal. The receiver synchronizes an internal frame clock with a series of received data frames in the received data stream. One embodiment of a m... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269160 | Communications device including an improved CPE alerting signal (CAS) detection system A communications device is presented including a DTMF detector for detecting a DTMF signal. When the DTMF signal is a Mode 2 Caller ID CAS, the first DTMF tone has a frequency of about 2130 Hz, and the second DTMF tone has a frequency of approximately 275... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6263311 | Method and system for providing security using voice recognition Method and system for providing security to a space by detecting an unauthorized presence in the space using voice recognition. A plurality of acceptable voice patterns is generated from sounds of authorized users and stored in the security system. Sounds... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259428 | System and method for dynamically substituting colors in a graphic image A system and method for dynamically substituting colors in graphic images. The color substitution method receives a color to be replaced within the graphic image (Cr) and a new color (Cn). The method also receives a hue variance % value, which indicates t... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6256625 | Video acquisition system including objects with dynamic communication capabilities A video capture system and method which includes improved software control of image acquisition and processing. The method comprises first creating an image application using one or more objects. Acquired data is preferably stored in an image object, and ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6256337 | Rapid acquisition of PN synchronization in a direct-sequence spread-spectrum digital communications system In a direct sequence spread spectrum communication system, a system and method for recovering the timing of a pseudo-random noise (PN) sequence used for despreading the received signals. In one embodiment, the communication system is a time-division duple... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6256335 | Slow tracking of PN synchronization in a direct-sequence spread-spectrum digital communications system In a direct sequence spread spectrum communication receiver, a system and method for recovering the timing of a pseudo-random noise (PN) sequence used for despreading the received signals. In one embodiment, the receiver performs a slow tracking to mainta... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6249125 | Test system for detecting defective batteries A system and method that reduces system cost in testing defective batteries. In a particular embodiment, a test system may be configured to reduce system cost by wiring two-wire relays from a plurality of batteries to a plurality of multiplexers located i... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6247161 | Dynamically configured on-chip communications paths based on statistical analysis A computer chip including a data transfer network which comprises a plurality of communications links for transmitting data, a plurality of communication nodes, and a plurality of modules. Each of the communication nodes is directly connected to two or mo... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243738 | Data acquisition system which includes remote access to data acquisition devices A remote device access (RDA) feature for enabling access and control of remote devices in a data acquisition (DAQ) system. The data acquisition system comprises at least one client computer system executing a client DAQ application. The data acquisition s... | 06/05/2001 |
