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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156362 | Hardware monitoring and decision making for transitioning in and out of low-power state A power management controller (PMC) that interfaces with a processor comprising one or more cores. The PMC may be configured to communicate with each respective core, such that microcode executed by the respective processor core may recognize when a request is made ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7451436 | Aggregate handling of operator overloading System and method for aggregate handling of operator overloading. A program is created, including an aggregate comprising multiple data elements of one or more data types, and an operator applied to the aggregate. At least one of the data types is user-defined, and ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 6944826 | Method of operating a system of co-located computers and remote human interfaces A system and method for providing a consistent work environment to a plurality of users is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may include a plurality of computing systems which are located at a common location and connected by a network. Each of a plurality of... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944331 | Locating regions in a target image using color matching, luminance pattern matching and hue plane pattern matching A system and method for locating regions in a target image that match a template image with respect to color and pattern information. The template image is characterized with regard to pattern and color. The method comprises performing a first-pass search using colo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941390 | DMA device configured to configure DMA resources as multiple virtual DMA channels for use by I/O resources Various embodiments of a system and method for configuring a set of DMA resources as multiple virtual DMA channels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may include a context memory configured to store context parameters for each of the virtual DMA channels, a ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934667 | System and method for configuring a device to perform measurement functions utilizing conversion of graphical programs into hardware implementations A computer-implemented system and method for generating a hardware implementation of graphical code. The method comprises first creating a graphical program. A first portion of the graphical program may optionally be compiled into machine code for execution by a CPU... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6823283 | Measurement system including a programmable hardware element and measurement modules that convey interface information System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations. A measurement module includes measurement circuitry for performing signal conditioning and/or signal conversion, and interface circuitry which provides an interface for the measurement circuitry. A carr... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6808030 | Enlargement drilling system The invention concerns a drilling apparatus for enlarging a bore in the ground, comprising a drilling head (6) having a drilling bit (12); a percussion piston (14) which is driven by a drive medium (9) and which impacts against the drilli... | 10/26/2004 |
