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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7974800 | Method, apparatus, and program for detecting the correlation between repeating events A detecting apparatus detects the degree of correlation between first events and second events repeatedly occurring in an observed apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires second event count values each indicating the number of second events occurring duri... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7542860 | Method and device for detecting the location of a pulse-type mechanical effect on a system part A method and device detect a position of a pulsed mechanical effect on a plant component. An operating noise in the plant component is continuously recorded by sensors which are arranged on the plant component and converted by the above into a measured signal. The m... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7418358 | Dynamic voltage controller A processing apparatus uses dynamic scaling of voltage (DVS) and includes a controller. This is particularly applicable to software defined radio (SDR), but may also be for other reconfigurable electronic systems. The controller includes a plurality of processing re... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7369953 | Femtosecond spectroscopy using minimum phase functions A method determining a transient response includes providing a measured magnitude of the Fourier transform of a complex electric field temporal profile of a pulse sequence comprising a probe pulse and a dummy pulse, wherein the probe pulse is indicative of the trans... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366049 | Apparatus and method for updating data in a dual port memory A dual port memory is updated at substantially the same data sampling rate as a clock frequency of the dual port memory. The dual port memory stores data relating to each different parameter value in a stream of data samples, and provides the stored data from an add... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356096 | Multiple hypothesis channel estimation and prediction for OFDM systems A method of modeling channel parameters in Doppler environments estimates both the channel model and the coefficients simultaneously, thus not requiring additional packet overhead. This adaptive technique refines the channel coefficients as the estimate of the model... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350089 | System for memory hot swap A system may include a motherboard, a chipset coupled to the motherboard, a memory module mount coupled to the chipset, a power transistor electrically coupled to the memory module mount, a voltage regulator to provide power to the power transistor, and an I/O expan... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7330045 | Semiconductor test apparatus Output data of a device under test (DUT) is obtained at timing of both rising and falling edges of a clock output from the DUT, and output data of a DDR type device is fetched in synchronization with the clock. A semiconductor test apparatus comprises a clock side t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328122 | Speed sensor A speed sensor includes a magnetic pickup generating a cyclical output based upon passing teeth of a rotating gear. A counter counts the number of clock pulses that are generated during a measurement period of the cyclical output. The measurement period, in terms of... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313493 | Method of retrieving phase and magnitude of weak ultra-short optical pulses using a stronger unknown pulse A method determines a complex electric field temporal profile of an optical pulse. The method includes providing a measured magnitude of the Fourier transform of a complex electric field temporal profile of a pulse sequence comprising the optical pulse and a dummy p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7277354 | Apparatus and method for updating data in a dual port memory A dual port memory is updated at substantially the same data sampling rate as a clock frequency of the dual port memory. The dual port memory stores data relating to each different parameter value in a stream of data samples, and provides the stored data from an add... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277511 | Two-stage non-linear filter for analog signal gain control in an OFDM receiver An analog signal gain control circuit(ASGC) for a digital radio HomePlug orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver includes a digital variable gain amplifier (DVGA) to control the gain of a received signal to achieve a desired signal amplitude to ma... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263802 | Barrier movement operator having service reminders An electronic service reminder to automatically notify a user as to when and what type of maintenance should be performed on the garage door operator, based on a variety of factors, including time, materials and operating environment. The garage door operator is con... | 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 |
| 7253401 | Spectral gamma ray logging-while-drilling system A method for determining concentrations of naturally occurring radioactive elements in earth formation by analysis of gamma ray energy spectra measured by at least one gamma ray detector while the borehole is being drilled. Gain of the gamma ray detector is controll... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7209774 | Pulse oximeter with separate ensemble averaging for oxygen saturation and heart rate The use of two separate ensemble averagers for processing a detected waveform for use in calculating oxygen saturation and a pulse rate. The ensemble averager used for calculating oxygen saturation operates on a signal which has been normalized, while the ensemble a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7196534 | Semiconductor test instrument Output data of a device under test (DUT) is obtained at timing of both rising and falling edges of a clock output from the DUT, and output data of a DDR type device is fetched in synchronization with the clock. A semiconductor test apparatus comprises a clock side t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184936 | Timing variation measurement system and method The present invention is a system and method that facilitates measurement of timing variations (e.g., timing delays) in a semiconductor chip. The timing variations are measured and presented as digital values without extensive off chip measurement and analysis equip... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7158900 | Pulse output function for programmable logic controller At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising obtaining a first frequency and a second frequency. The method also comprises creating a table of values comprising a plurality of target frequencies intermediate to the first an... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146283 | Calibrating analog-to-digital systems using a precision reference and a pulse-width modulation circuit to reduce local and large signal nonlinearities A calibration unit and technique for calibrating A/D systems (e.g., data acquisition devices) using a pulse-width modulation (PWM) circuit to reduce nonlinearity. The calibration unit may be coupled to an analog-to-digital module (ADM) of the A/D system. The PWM cir... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7113876 | Technique and electronic circuitry for quantifying a transient signal using threshold-crossing counting to track signal amplitude Circuitry adapted for carrying out associated techniques for: (a) calculating a damping factor, e.g., a damping ratio represented by ζ, or a quality factor Q, where ζ≈1/2Q, for a transient signal received, having been emitted from a resonator-type sensor element... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7105831 | Ambient air alpha particles ionization detector An ionized alpha particle detector to directly measure alpha activity in ambient air that counts alpha pulses instead of measuring radon concentration is provided by an open-air ionization chamber, a means for collecting ions, a voltage source, a charging means and ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107166 | Device for testing LSI to be measured, jitter analyzer, and phase difference detector LSI test equipment can acquire output data of an LSI as a device under test by a clock signal output from the LSI to be measured and acquire measurement data synchronously with the output data having jitter. The LSI test equipment includes a clock side time interpol... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085668 | Time measurement method using quadrature sine waves A time measurement circuit includes N time stamping units that each includes a dual sinusoid interpolator for achieving high timing resolution. The time measurement circuit is capable of time stamping input signals at a high re-trigger rate, and is thus well suited ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076447 | Systems and methods for aggregating buyers for the purchase of telecommunication services via a network A system facilitates the purchase of telecommunication services from a variety of sellers. The system aggregates buyers for purchasing at least one telecommunication service as a group, generates a request for purchasing the telecommunication services, provides the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072785 | Rate measurement for anomalous trigger events A method and apparatus for processing anomalous trigger event conditions to provide anomalous trigger event rate measurements. The apparatus operates to identify one or more trigger events in at least one input signal IN, determine the number of events during a peri... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7043383 | Frequency error detection apparatus and method based on histogram information on input signals A frequency error detection apparatus and method based on histogram information of an input signal. The apparatus includes an A/D converter for and converting an analog signal into digital values; a zero crossing point detector for detecting sign changes of the digi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039538 | Pulse oximeter with separate ensemble averaging for oxygen saturation and heart rate The use of two separate ensemble averagers for processing a detected waveform for use in calculating oxygen saturation and a pulse rate. The ensemble averager used for calculating oxygen saturation operates on a signal which has been normalized, while the ensemble a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7006936 | Pulse width measuring device with automatic range setting function A pulse width measuring device is disclosed that calculates the pulse width of a signal to be measured, based on a count value and a count clock signal. In the pulse width measuring device, the counter circuit has a plurality of bits that are divided into an exponen... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6959293 | Method and device for automatic visual perception A visual perception processor comprises histogram calculation units, which receive the data DATA(A), DATA(B), . . . DATA(E) via a single data bus and supplying classification information to a single time coincidences bus. In a preferred embodiment the histogram calc... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957365 | Method and apparatus for using acoustic signals to identify disk drives that are likely to fail One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates determining whether a disk drive is likely to fail. The system monitors a first acoustic signal emitted from the disk drive during operation of the disk drive. Next, the system compares chara... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6943712 | Voltage built-in real-time digital non-linearity measurement device and method for analog to digital converters A nonlinearity detection system and method for an analog to digital converter (ADC) includes a triangular wave generator that generates a triangular wave that is output to the ADC. A differentiator module communicates with the ADC and generates an output signal that... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6934646 | Waveform complexity detector Trial decimations are performed on an acquired waveform. Each trial produces a sequence of packets applied to a complexity detection circuit. Each packet contains a decimation value to be used in place of acquisition values to be suppressed along a decimation sample... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6907368 | Method and device for detecting a pulse-type mechanical effect on a system part A method and device for detection of a pulsed mechanical effect on a plant component includes continuously recording an operating noise in the plant component with a sensor disposed on the plant component and converting the recorded noise into a measured signal with... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895348 | Information playback apparatus with an unusual waveform circuit An unusual waveform detection circuit is a digital-type unusual waveform detection circuit that arbitrarily sets a threshold used for determining an unusual waveform and produces an unusual waveform determination signal by comparing an input signal with the threshol... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6871152 | Method and apparatus for performing eye diagram measurements An eye diagram analyzer equips each SUT data and clock signal input channel with individually variable delays in their respective paths. For a range of signal delay of n-many SUT clock cycles, the SUT clock signal delay might be set at about n/2. For each data chann... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6847914 | Method for determining the rotational position of the drive shaft of a commutated DC motor A method for determining the position of a shaft of a commutated direct current (DC) motor based on the current ripples contained in an armature current signal includes digitally sampling the armature current signal to generate signal values at sampling points. The ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6810341 | Time varying harmonic analysis including determination of order components A system and method for analyzing order components present in a physical signal X acquired from a physical system. Measurement information for the physical signal X may be received, where the measurement information includes information indicating a plurality of ord... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6792392 | Method and apparatus for configuring and collecting performance counter data A system and method are described for configuring and collecting performance counter information of a computer system. The method includes providing one or more performance objects, each object containing a predetermined set of events. A user is allowed to select th... | 09/14/2004 |
