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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095328 | Systems and methods for monitoring moving surfaces This present specification provides, amongst other things, an electro-optical monitoring system for obtaining a once-per-revolution signal based on the surface reflection of a rotating device that mandates non-contacting sensor input in potentially hostile environme... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7860675 | Pattern inspection apparatus, pattern inspection method, and pattern inspection program The present invention has an object of realizing a defect inspection estimated at high accuracy by preparing a reference image that reflects the change of the blur with time from a sampled image and design data. The present invention comprises a point spread functio... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856330 | Measuring apparatus, testing apparatus, and electronic device A measuring apparatus measures a signal-under-test having a signal level that changes at predetermined bit time intervals. A strobe timing generator sequentially generates strobes at even time intervals. A level comparator detects a level of the signal at a timing a... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7734435 | Systems and methods for monitoring moving surfaces using light signals This present specification provides, amongst other things, an electro-optical monitoring system for obtaining a once-per revolution signal based on the surface reflection of a rotating device that mandates non-contacting sensor input in potentially hostile environme... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7415370 | Method of compressing values of a monitored electrical power signal A method of compressing values of a waveform of a monitored electrical power signal. The method includes acquiring data representative of periods of the waveform, decomposing the waveform of the power signal into a plurality of components over a plurality of periods... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409320 | Complex signal decomposition and modeling A system, method and program product for monitoring a complex signal for ultrasensitive detection of state changes, or for signature recognition and classification is provided. A complex signal is decomposed periodically for empirical modeling. Wavelet analysis, fre... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401008 | Method, computer program, and system for intrinsic timescale decomposition, filtering, and automated analysis of signals of arbitrary origin or timescale A method and system for intrinsic timescale decomposition, filtering, and automated analysis of signals of arbitrary origin or timescale including receiving an input signal, determining a baseline segment and a monotonic residual segment with strictly negative minim... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7369604 | Time correlation of data acquisition samples from independent systems in a logic analyzer Apparatus according to the subject invention includes two independent acquisition systems, wherein one of the two independent acquisition systems acquires the acquisition clock of the other acquisition system along with a signal from a known acquisition reference po... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359810 | Characterizing newly acquired waveforms for identification of waveform anomalies A method of characterizing a newly acquired waveform with respect to previously acquired waveforms during monitoring of a generally repetitive signal, where the previously acquired waveforms have been rasterized into a two-dimensional array of memory locations, read... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353410 | Method, system and calibration technique for power measurement and management over multiple time frames A method and system and calibration technique for power measurement and management over multiple time frames provides responsive power control while meeting global system power consumption and power dissipation limits. Power output of one or more system power suppli... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346464 | Gait waveform feature extracting method and individual identification system A gait waveform feature extracting method and an individual identification system extract features of the gait waveform. A one-step waveform corresponding to one step of a walking movement is specified using, as an index, a peak amplitude corresponding to a state wh... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7317309 | Wideband signal analyzing apparatus, wideband period jitter analyzing apparatus, and wideband skew analyzing apparatus A wideband signal analyzing apparatus for analyzing an input signal includes frequency-shifting means for generating a plurality of intermediate frequency signals by shifting a frequency of the input signal as much as respectively different frequency-shifting amount... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290068 | Apparatus and method for writing information to a designated information storage medium with an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording A method to write information to a designated information storage medium using an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format, whereby a previously-determined media bit for the designated information storage medium is examined, and a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275004 | Method and apparatus to perform on-die waveform capture An integrated circuit is provided that includes a first port to receive a first signal from a first channel and a first device coupled to the first port to modify a channel response of the first signal received from the first channel. A waveform capture device may b... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272763 | Built-in self test circuitry for process monitor circuit for rapidchip and ASIC devices A test circuitry approach which addresses the shortcoming associated with current process monitor circuitry. The approach provides a means of testing that can be employed in association with any and all tester platforms. On-chip built-in self test (BIST) circuitry i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264593 | Method for determining, monitoring and updating correction data for liquid-filled transmission systems Method for determining, monitoring and updating correction data for correcting measured value distortions and for calibrating liquid-filled transmission systems, via which signals from the patient detected in the body of a patient are transmitted to an external meas... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260485 | Method and systems for distinguishing between materials having similar spectra Various computer-implemented methods and systems are provided. One computer-implemented method includes determining a ratio between output signals generated by detecting spectra for a single event in two or more detection windows. The spectra are characteristic of d... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254500 | Monitoring and representing complex signals A method of displaying signals containing a spatial and a temporal aspect, where multiple signals are received by multiple sensors. The received signals are decomposed into separate signal components within one or more distinct frequency bands. Signal components are... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248987 | Signal processing system for sensor A signal processing system for a sensor for judging whether an event to be detected has occurred on the basis of a frequency of a sensor output includes a converting device for converting the sensor output into a square wave, a presuming device for presuming whether... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245161 | Apparatus and method for verifying glitch-free operation of a multiplexer An apparatus and method for verifying glitch-free operation of a multiplexer are provided. The apparatus includes a circuit having a plurality of flip-flop elements that receive as inputs the plurality of clock signals that are inputs to the multiplexer, and a corre... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246335 | Analyzing substrate noise In one embodiment, a method for analyzing substrate noise includes applying a static timing analysis (STA) algorithm to a description of a digital circuit. Application of the STA algorithm generates timing information on one or more gates in the digital circuit. The... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246017 | Waveform measuring apparatus for measuring waveform data and writing measurement data to acquisition memory A waveform measuring apparatus can sequentially and continuously read measurement data from an acquisition memory, where the measurement data has been written by multiple acquisitions, after acquisition stops. The waveform measuring apparatus writes measurement data... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230711 | Envelope functions for modulation spectroscopy A spectrometer and spectrometry method comprising modulating a light source with a carrier waveform multiplied by an envelope function, directing light from the light source through a sample region and to a photodetector, and demodulating current from the photodetec... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228262 | Semiconductor integrated circuit verification system An aspect of the present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit verification system that includes a compiler configured to receive circuit descriptions of a semiconductor integrated circuit to be verified and create a circuit database, a circuit analy... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222033 | Electromagnetic emissions and susceptibility calculating method and apparatus A method and apparatus that predicts electromagnetic emissions and susceptibility attributes of an electric device. A simulation is conducted which utilizes a series of mathematical calculations to predict performance of four facets of electromagnetic interference (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216046 | Method of generating a variable persistence waveform database A variable persistence waveform database is generated by defining a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) time-ordered queue buffer for maintaining a selected number of waveform records. Digital data samples of a measurement signal are acquired and stored in a plurality of wave... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7190771 | Internet telephony devices with circuity to announce incoming calls A system detects an incoming telephone call and routes the ring signal to a loudspeaker so that it can be heard at a distance from the telephony device. Once the incoming call has been acknowledged the incoming signal is routed to the headset. New incoming calls are... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191079 | Oscilloscope having advanced triggering capability An advanced trigger circuit includes two trigger decoders, each triggering on one of respective pluralities of continuous-time trigger events. In one embodiment, a programmable timer begins timing in response to an output signal of the first trigger decoder and gene... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191113 | Method and system for short-circuit current modeling in CMOS integrated circuits A method and system for short-circuit current modeling in CMOS circuit provides improved accuracy for logic gate power dissipation models in computer-based verification and design tools. The model determines the short circuit current for each complementary pair with... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187730 | Method and apparatus for predicting CCK subsymbols An apparatus and a method for symbol decoding of baseband data in a wireless communications network is disclosed, and specifically CCK subsymbol prediction and symbol demodulation that occurs at 5.5 Mbps or 11 Mbps. The apparatus is configured to demodulate or predi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177772 | System and method for generating and measuring noise parameters A method for measuring noise parameters includes generating a noise signal at a noise source. The noise signal includes a first input signal at a first frequency and a second input signal at a second frequency. The first input signal and the second input signal are ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177783 | Shape based noise characterization and analysis of LSI The invention allows the inclusion of cross-talk coupling and other noise in circuit simulation by considering a resultant glitch in more detail than just its peak value. A set of parameters represents the noise, with an exemplary embodiment using a triangle approxi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158137 | Architecture for improved display performance in a signal acquisition and display device A multiple channel signal acquisition device wherein each channel performs a respective rasterization process to provide respective waveform imagery, the respective waveform imagery having a display parameter reduced at a decay rate, the respective waveform imagery ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7123845 | Receiving apparatus with waveform degradation compensating function A receiving apparatus comprises a first waveform degradation compensating unit, a second waveform degradation compensating unit, a received waveform measuring unit for measuring waveform data on a received signal, a control unit for controlling compensation characte... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7092849 | Extracting causal information from a chaotic time series Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a system, and a computer code for analyzing the state of a first system (e.g., the autonomic system) from a time-varying signal representing a chaotic series of time intervals between quasi-periodical events pro... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079143 | Waveform drawing system and method A waveform drawing routine is disclosed that includes receiving an array of predecessor image data points, wherein the predecessor image data points form a predecessor line that has a predecessor high end point and a predecessor low end point, receiving an array of ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072804 | Digital trigger filter for a real time digital oscilloscope A real time DSO is equipped with a Digital Trigger Filter that performs high frequency rejection, low frequency rejection, AC and DC triggering. The Digital Trigger Filter includes first and second digitally implemented IIR (Infinite Input Response) Filters. A digit... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069488 | Signal sampling with sampling and reference paths A signal-analyzing unit has a sampling path and a reference path both receiving a digital test signal. The sampling path has a first comparator for comparing the test signal against a first threshold value and providing a first comparison signal, and a first samplin... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058530 | Comparative spectrum trace method and apparatus for detecting transmitters An improved method and system for detecting covert surveillance devices uses frequency spectrum traces produced by a spectrum analyzer. The electromagnetic spectrum is scanned in a reference area to produce a reference frequency spectrum trace. The electromagnetic s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7039536 | Method and apparatus for analyzing a source current waveform in a semiconductor integrated circuit The invention provides a method of analyzing a source current at a higher speed and an enhanced accuracy in a semiconductor integrated circuit including a digital circuit. The method to analyze a waveform of the source current, with consideration of re-distribution ... | 05/02/2006 |
