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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6330518 | Method and apparatus for assembling custom compliance tests for configurable specifications A process for building a platform compliance test for only software components necessary to an application is disclosed. Initially the application is parsed to reveal only component needed for performance of the application, those components names are the... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327706 | Method of installing software on and/or testing a computer system A method of installing software on and/or testing software for build-to-order computer system includes reading a plurality of component descriptors from a computer readable file. Each component descriptor describes a respective component of the computer s... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6266436 | Process control using multiple detections Controlling processes comprising detecting and measuring a parameter, for example presence and location of an element of a good, with at least two determinations as representations of the target parameter, transmitting signals to the computer, and process... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6175786 | Vehicle diagnosing apparatus A vehicle diagnosing apparatus diagnoses a vehicle by being connected to an electronic control unit which is mounted on the vehicle and by receiving data, via the electronic control unit, from various sensors mounted on the vehicle. The judging result of ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6148277 | Apparatus and method for generating model reference tests A test generation method and apparatus for generating an executable testcase from a high-level functional description that is generated from functional description data relating to a target system. Provided is a computer system with a knowledge base store... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6141628 | Programmable logic controller software with embedded class logic and alarm/shutdown functionality A computer-implemented method and a computer-readable program for designing software applications for execution in a programmable logic controller includes determining whether a physical input is analog or discrete, and responsive to the physical input be... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6133727 | Method for verifying semiconductor device tester A method for verifying correct operation and functional stability of a tester for semiconductor devices is disclosed. In addition, a method for creating a standard device for use with the tester is also disclosed. In creating a standard device according t... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6125339 | Automatic learning of belief functions A method providing automatic learning belief functions enabling the combination of different, and possibly contradictory information sources. The present invention provides the ability to determine erroneous information sources, inappropriate information ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6125336 | Apparatus for device qualification A batch of devices is installed in a handler of a tester. A known qualification test is executed on the batch of devices to determine a first resultant binout. The resultant binout for the batch is stored. Without displacing the devices, a trial qualifica... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122600 | Method device qualification A batch of devices is installed in a handler of a tester. A known qualification test is executed on the batch of devices to determine a first resultant binout. The resultant binout for the batch is stored. Without displacing the devices, a trial qualifica... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6081771 | Apparatus checking method and apparatus to which the same is applied In a method of checking an apparatus, failure time intervals of sections of an apparatus are divided into a plurality of failure time interval groups, each of which is indicated by a specific failure time interval. A plurality of check programs are classi... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078875 | Automated auditing system The present invention provides automated systems for performing electrostatic discharge (ESD) device efficacy verification and recording the results for an ESD auditing program. Systems of the present invention comprise at least one ESD device testing uni... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6061643 | Method for defining durable data for regression testing A method and computer product for facilitating regression testing during the development and other life cycle phases of a software application comprised of transactions. A regression test is comprised of test cases containing test data describing the targ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6038520 | Method and apparatus for application's specific testing of assembled circuits A method and apparatus for testing specific assembled circuits begins by configuring a plurality of applications specific testing entities to test assembled circuits, where the configuring is based on the types of assembled circuits being tested. Next, a ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6002992 | Test system for verifying angle/time based systems and method therefor A test system (10) for testing real-time angle/time based control systems includes a digital signal generator (16), a multi-channel pulse analyzer (22), and a test system host (12). The test system host (12) controls the execution of a user generated test... | 12/14/1999 |
| 6002868 | Test definition tool In a diagnostic application, a plurality of independent test modules are executed in a multi-tasking fashion. The diagnostic application is modular with a front end module issuing commands to lower level modules. A lower level test dispatcher module recei... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5995915 | Method and apparatus for the functional verification of digital electronic systems A method and apparatus capable of generating and executing large numbers of functional tests for complex digital electronic systems at low cost are presented. The apparatus includes a test generator which uses a decision tree representation of a verificat... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5987394 | Apparatus for preparing vehicle diagnosing program An apparatus for preparing a vehicle diagnosing program which diagnoses a vehicle via an electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle automatically prepares diagnosing function programs. Each of the diagnosing function programs is made up of a plurality... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5963565 | Apparatus and method for external supervision of electronic test equipment operating parameters An apparatus to supervise the testing of electronic components includes a computer storing a command file with an electronic component test instruction. A communication link is connected to the computer. An electronic component testing apparatus is connec... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5937368 | User-definable electrical test query for vehicle quality assurance testing during manufacture A method establishes test setpoints for vehicle electrical testing during vehicle manufacture. The method includes implementing test setpoints for a test protocol using software in a system computer, such that the setpoints can be changed by an operator o... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933794 | Scalable parallel processing apparatus and method for performing fast multipole scattering calculations A scalable parallel processing method and apparatus for performing fast multipole method (FMM) scattering calculations. The processing method is preferably implemented on a parallel multi-processor wherein a plurality of processors communicate with each o... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5920830 | Methods and apparatus for generating test vectors and validating ASIC designs Methods and apparatus for generating test vectors for use in testing ASIC designs at both the functional and circuit levels, and for comparing the results of functional level and circuit level tests, employ a set of software tools to facilitate generating... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5914874 | Automatic application restarting system and method In a multi-tasking operating system, when an application has terminated, a termination discriminator designating section designates a termination discriminator (termination code) the content of which indicates restartability or non-restartability of the a... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5897609 | Multiple port protocol test apparatus and method thereof An improved multiple port protocol test apparatus and a method thereof by which it is possible to more easily perform a test with respect to the multiple port protocol, and increase an adaptability and interrelationship with respect to the standard of the... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5896535 | Method and system for testing computer system software A method, and associated circuitry, for testing operation of computer software of a computer system, such as a telephonic switch system. The computer system may be installed and optionally on-line while the computer software is being tested. Multiple port... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5894424 | Semiconductor testing apparatus The present invention offer a semiconductor testing apparatus which is able to test all functions of a semiconductor device in a short time. The semiconductor testing apparatus comprises a conditional imperative statement part storing therein all statemen... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5877961 | Electronic support work station and method of operation A computer-controlled electronic support system includes an electronic work station with a display screen and pointing device coupled to a central processing unit where an operator performs an operation on a workpiece. The workpiece operation begins by an... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5847955 | System and method for controlling an instrumentation system A system and method for controlling a computer-based instrumentation system which provides simplified application development and improved performance for instrumentation systems. The present invention provides a system including a software architecture w... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5828985 | Semiconductor test system A software structure in a semiconductor test system for easily modifying and transferring data for controlling a hardware when the hardware is changed or replaced. The semiconductor test system includes, an input for providing a test program for specifyin... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819208 | Quantifying circuit performance The invention relates to automated testing of equipment items of the electronic, electrical, and optical type over a range of environmental conditions. A testing apparatus operates to vary an operating environment of an item of test equipment between a lo... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5799266 | Automatic generation of test drivers A test driver generator is provided for generating test drivers. The test driver generator receives test expressions designating execution sequences of test functions of software interfaces and corresponding attribute value specifications for the designat... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790871 | System and method for testing and debugging a multiprocessing interrupt controller A processing system comprising at least one processing unit, a plurality of I/O devices, and a central interrupt control unit intercoupling the processing unit and the plurality of I/O devices. The central interrupt control unit is configured to receive i... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5790438 | Radio navigation testing method and device using standard signal measuring and generating equipment For the testing of radio navigation instruments by means of an automatic testing system controlling electric signal measuring and generating equipment, said instruments using radio navigation signals comprised of complex-shaped composite low-frequency sig... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5781456 | Software select and test A software-controlled select and test system for use with a spacecraft. The system reduces the assembly, integration, test time and improves performance of the payload and spacecraft by optimizing the performance using standardized algorithms. The system ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5774708 | Method to test the running of a program of instructions carried out by an ASIC and ASIC pertaining thereto A method and apparatus to test the running of a program of instructions encoded on one or more words, carried out by an integrated circuit, the program being contained in a memory connected to a central processing unit by means of an instruction address b... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5764545 | Disk drive test sequence editor An apparatus for creating or editing a test program for testing a disk drive by entry command inputs. The apparatus includes an input that allows the user to select the desired test instructions and subsequence of test instructions to create or edit a tes... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5757680 | Method and arrangement for configuring electronic device for multiple testing formats Disclosed is an electronic device that can communicate with a plurality of testing devices that utilize a plurality of communication formats. To accommodate the plurality of testing devices, the electronic device can be configured to communicate with exte... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754426 | Instrument descriptor (ID) monitor system A system and method for controlling instrumentation, continuously reflecting the state of instrumentation, and for automatically updating the state of the instrument. A system and method to monitor instrument states in a graphical user environment.... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5754454 | Method for determining functional equivalence between design models The present invention determines whether two design files have identical functionality by attempting to create a binary decision diagram (BDD) for corresponding verification output pairs(302). When the BDD creations are not successful for all evaluated ou... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5748497 | System and method for improving fault coverage of an electric circuit The present invention is a method and system which determine signal probability and transfer probability for each node in a netlist describing an electrical circuit; determine, using the signal probability and transfer probability, a fault detection proba... | 05/05/1998 |
