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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7769554 | Instrument check system There is implemented an instrument check system for storing check data of an instrument for a long period of time in an instrument body in a stylized format. The instrument check system comprises an instrument provided with an AD converter for converting a voltage v... | 08/03/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7401005 | Averaging trace function with indexing by a process signal A recording of a first selectable process signal of a system is indexed by a second process signal that is different from the timing signal of the system. First process signals acquired in this way are stored in a memory as a function of the index-forming second pro... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7373557 | Performance monitor for data processing systems A portable scalable performance monitoring system is provided for monitoring the performance of one or more data processing systems in real time. The portable scalable performance monitoring system may include data capture and control mechanisms such as data samplin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359837 | Peak data retention of signal data in an implantable medical device Methods and apparatus for storing data records associated with an extreme value are disclosed. Signal data is stored in a first buffer of a set of buffers. If a local extreme value for the first buffer exceeds a global extreme value, signal data is stored in a secon... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359820 | In-cycle system test adaptation Disclosed are a method, information processing system and computer readable medium for performing a system test on a program. The method comprises creating a test plan associated with a system test. The system test is for testing a program within an environment. At ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7272532 | Method for predicting the quality of a product A method is provided for predicting a quality characteristic of a product to be manufactured. The method may integrate one or more of feature and tolerance information associated with the product, manufacturing characteristic information associated with the manufact... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260490 | Method for measuring a delay time of a digital circuit and corresponding device and digital circuit In a method and device measuring a delay time of a section of a digital circuit, an output signal of the section is saved in different memory locations with a clock and earlier by a time interval with respect to the clock, different durations being assigned to the t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260493 | Testing a device under test by sampling its clock and data signal There is provided a method that includes (a) sampling a data signal and a clock signal by applying strobes for obtaining a corresponding bit values each for the data signal and for the clock signal, each of the strobes having a different phase offset with respect to... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7236894 | Circuits, systems and methods for dynamic reference voltage calibration A circuit, system and method adjusts a reference voltage, such as an internal or external reference voltage VREF, in response to a first voltage at a first contact, such as a pin on a memory controller used for reading or writing data, and a second voltag... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225110 | Extending width of performance monitor counters A performance monitor includes at least one Monitor Mode Control Register (MMCR) and plural Performance Control Monitors (PMCs). Each PMC is controlled by the MMCR to pair or group the PMCs so that the overflow from one PMC can be directed to its pair/group. By coup... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225105 | Extending width of performance monitor counters A performance monitor includes at least one Monitor Mode Control Register (MMCR) and plural Performance Control Monitors (PMCs). Each PMC is controlled by the MMCR to pair or group the PMCs so that the overflow from one PMC can be directed to its pair/group. By coup... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219029 | Method for testing a memory device and memory device for carrying out the method A memory device for data storage has a memory module with at least one memory bank in which data are stored and from which the stored data are read out, and a logic unit for controlling a writing and a reading of data to and from the at least one memory bank. Furthe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7184920 | Delay measurement system Performing delay measurement between master and slave devices. The master transmits a delay measuring signal at a fixed timing relative to a synchronous pattern signal in an overhead and transmits a frame signal in which an internal delay time, associated with a fra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162376 | Circuits, systems and methods for dynamic reference voltage calibration A system comprises a master device and a plurality of memory devices coupled to the master device by an interconnect in an embodiment. The master device obtains a plurality of values representing reference voltage values and selects a first value in the plurality of... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143008 | Method of collecting and storing storage network performance information, computer system, and program To provide a method of collecting and storing storage network performance information that allows tracking of the cause of application performance deterioration. It is automatically judged whether or not performance information collected, to be stored, from componen... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7076375 | Apparatus and method for incorporating the use of a processing device into a battery charger and tester A method and apparatus for charging and testing a battery wherein the battery is monitored throughout the process and loads are adjusted by a microprocessor based upon the data collected during the process. Furthermore, the microprocessor allows battery information ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075313 | Electronic measuring instrument and method for operating an electronic measuring instrument An electronic measuring instrument encompasses a sensor for the acquisition of process variables, a main memory for the operating parameters of the measuring instrument as well as several additional memory blocks for at least part of the operating parameters of the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066005 | Noncontact sensitivity and compliance calibration method for cantilever-based insturments A method for determining physical properties of micromachined cantilevers used in cantilever-based instruments, including atomic force microscopes, molecular force probe instruments and chemical or biological sensing probes. The properties that may be so determined ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069005 | Method for analyzing signal and signal analyzer having function for displaying slot information A measuring section measures a digital multiplex signal divided into slot units, as a signal to be measured. A display control section displays, on a screen, a measured waveform of the signal. An analyzing section analyzes, in the slot units, information relating to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053790 | Remote meter reading system using grouped data structure The present invention relates to a remote meter reading system using a grouped data structure. The central processing unit of the electronic electric power meter collects the data having similar function and groups the same. Each group is classified into main items,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047138 | Zero dead time architecture and method for flow cytometer A method and apparatus for providing a zero dead time for flow analyzers, flow cytometers, and other measurement devices. A circular buffer is used to store data from a flow analyzer in a plurality of data storage areas, until it is convenient to implement more time... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039834 | High speed processor interconnect tracing compaction using selectable triggers In particular, a system and method for receiving high speed processor bus traces for study of computer system capacity and operation uses a small FIFO memory and skips unused bus cycles to avoid the requirement for memory speed to match the processor bus speed. A ti... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035959 | Adapter for controlling a measuring device, a measuring device, a controller for a measuring device, a method for processing measurement and a recording medium A measuring device, a measuring device controller, a measuring system, a measurement process performing method and a recording medium thereof which can easily and adequately perform a measurement process are provided. The present invention is constructed to include ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032214 | Performance markers to measure performance of features in a program A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide a mechanism for inserting performance code markers into programs to obtain and provide data regarding the run-time operation of the programs. The computing system has an init module, a performance code marker m... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013243 | Multiplexed signal quality display, method, and program, and recorded medium where the program is recorded Since a multiplexed signal quality display system according to the present invention is provided with a memory means which stores measurement results obtained by measuring electric powers of signals present in all of channels within a band used and a display means w... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006933 | Semiconductor module for outputting power loss A switching semiconductor device (11) provided in a semiconductor module (10) includes a plurality of switching semiconductor elements. A loss calculating section (12) calculates a power loss generated in the switching semiconductor device (1... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6970999 | Counting latencies of an instruction table flush, refill and instruction execution using a plurality of assigned counters A method and system for analyzing cycles per instruction (CPI) performance in a processor. A completion table corresponds to the instructions in a group to be processed by the processor. An empty completion table indicates that there has been some type of catastroph... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6956422 | Generation and measurement of timing delays by digital phase error compensation A circuit and method for generating a delayed event following a trigger pulse occurring at a random time between clock pulses is disclosed. The circuit includes a clock circuit, a voltage converter, an analog-to-digital converter circuit, a memory storage circuit, a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954838 | Virtual counter for data rate conversion A virtual counter for dynamically calculating memory addresses at a digital switch that receives data streams of different data rates. The switch has a memory that is divisible into partitions with each partition being divisible into multiple locations. A virtual co... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6947854 | System and method for on-line monitoring and billing of power consumption The present invention comprises systems and methods related to monitoring of energy usage on a power line. In a preferred embodiment, this system comprises (a) an electronic microprocessor-controlled digital electricity metering device coupled to the power line and ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937965 | Statistical guardband methodology A method for creating a guardband that incorporates statistical models for test environment, system environment, tester-to-system offset and reliability into a model and then processes a final guardband by factoring manufacturing process variation and quality agains... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6917898 | Generation and processing of statistical information A method and system are provided for generating statistical information from input data relating to the operation of a monitored system over time. The monitored system is preferably a contact center or call centre. The method involves pegging input data relating to ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909979 | Waveform measuring instrument using equivalent time sampling The present invention is intended to provide a waveform measuring instrument whose waveform reproducibility in the equivalent time sampling system is improved. The present invention is characterized by that, in a waveform measuring instrument configured so th... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6892167 | Real-time data acquisition and storage network A real-time data acquisition and storage network for real-time acquisition and storage of analog and digital data from one or multiple network-connected data sources to one or multiple network-connected storage devices during a data recording session, and precise re... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6892149 | Identifying data loss in a transmission system Identifying data loss in a transmission system includes shifting one of a received waveform and a transmitted waveform, determining differences between the transmitted and received waveforms at various shift points, and identifying a smallest of the differences betw... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6885953 | Oscilloscope panel capture and implementation A method and apparatus for saving the operational settings of an instrument. The method comprises the steps of: initiating the saving operation, initializing, by each software object, of any software object below it, initializing the internal variables belonging to ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6792378 | Method for testing I/O ports of a computer motherboard A method for testing I/O ports of a computer motherboard under test. A non-volatile memory on the computer motherboard under test is provided with a test code for initializing the computer motherboard and testing its I/O ports, in which the test code includes a plur... | 09/14/2004 |
