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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6067628 | Method to monitor universal serial bus hub overcurrent A method for recognizing an overcurrent event in a universal serial bus is described. The method comprises the step of monitoring communication between a first layer and a second layer of the software layers of the universal serial bus. The method further... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6052749 | System for forming an intelligent I/O (I2 O)-aware device by connecting both a peripheral control connector having an I/O processor mounted and non-I2 O device to same bus Apparatus, and an associated method, converts a conventional computer peripheral device, such as an I/O (input/output) subsystem into an I2 O-aware device. An IOP mounted upon a connector card is connected to a computer bus to which the convent... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6047341 | Disk-cartridge-type adapter including sensor and processor supplying power from power source to drive interface upon detecting rotation of magnet according to sensor output A disk-cartridge-type adapter is capable of reducing power consumption. The adapter has a sensor for detecting the rotation its of a motor of a drive into which the adapter is inserted. If the sensor detects that a magnet (101) attached to a spindle of the mot... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6044428 | Configurable universal serial bus node A Universal Serial Bus node having a non-volatile memory is preprogrammed with the data bits necessary to configure an attached state machine to become a translator or modified translator for signals from a computer peripheral device. On startup, the Univ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6026453 | System for facilitating serial data communications utilizing number of cycles input signal remained asserted to indicate data output logical state An apparatus for improving I/O pin interfaces for serial data communications is disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an improved serial interface is provided, which comprises an oscillator input, a signal input, a... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6026469 | Connected module type distinguishing apparatus and method A module type distinguishing apparatus and method for differentiating between modules based upon the presence or absence of a pulling resistor at a specified pin connection of the modules. A high impedance pulling resistance is connected to the line and i... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6016523 | I/O modular terminal having a plurality of data registers and an identification register and providing for interfacing between field devices and a field master An transfer body is provided for interfacing between field devices and a field master. One form of the transfer body is an input/output (IO) body. The IO body has a plurality of in-data registers for accepting data from the field devices, a plurality of o... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6014717 | PCMCIA host adapter and method for variable data transfers A PCMCIA host adapter includes the capability to master a non-DMA system bus and control a DMA data transfer between a DMA capable peripheral and the internal system memory. A peripheral can be coupled to the system through a PCMCIA card plugged into a PC... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6006295 | Translator with selectable FIFO for universal hub cables for connecting a PC's PCMCIA or parallel ports to various peripherals using IDE/ATAPI, SCSI, or general I/O A universal cable connects a personal computer's parallel port or PCMCIA socket to a variety of types of external peripheral devices. The universal cable contains a translator circuit that converts signals from the parallel port or PCMCIA socket to extern... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5987553 | Adaptor board interconnection for a processor board and motherboard A computer system includes a motherboard to which a selected one of various processor boards can be coupled via an adaptor. The boards include a CPU and a heat transfer member. The adaptor includes core logic such as a Northbridge module and power control... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5960212 | Universal input/output controller having a unique coprocessor architecture A coprocessing core is provided with a unique architecture wherein the register block of the coprocessor is divided into a plurality of sub-blocks containing registers. In indirect addressing of the register block, the value loaded into a base pointer poi... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958027 | Method and system for optimizing the flow of isochronous data and clock rate information A computer system to optimize the flow of data and clock rate information to an isochronous bus is discussed. In one embodiment, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) host is coupled directly to a data producer or data consumer. The data received from the data pro... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958020 | Real time event determination in a universal serial bus system The system of the present invention comprises a system for implementing a real time capability in peripheral devices. The system of the present invention functions with a computer system including a processor, a memory, and a video controller, each couple... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5944803 | Isolatable multi-point serial communication utilizing a single universal asynchronous receiver and transmitter (UART) A communication interface circuit in an aircraft entertainment system uses a single Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter (UART) for sending and receiving data to and from a number of devices. The UART is coupled to a number of transceivers each... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5935224 | Method and apparatus for adaptively coupling an external peripheral device to either a universal serial bus port on a computer or hub or a game port on a computer An adapter or converter for coupling an external device to a universal serial bus (USB) port. An adapter is disclosed for use in connecting a joystick to the USB port of a computer. The adapter includes a receptacle for coupling with a game port plug on t... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5928347 | Universal memory card interface apparatus A removable memory card interface apparatus enables a removable memory card to communicate with a number of peripheral devices directly without the need for the memory card's host or a host computer. The interface apparatus includes a micro-controller ope... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5922062 | Combined IDE and SCSI disk controller interface for common hardware reference platforms A universal disk controller for microprocessor systems is capable of use as a PCI interface with either SCSI drives or IDE drives. To effect selection of the appropriate one of the IDE or SCSI drives for use with the interface, a configuration logic circu... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5909596 | Self-configuring PC card with connector capable of using the pin configuration of an attached peripheral to identify the peripheral A multiple function PC card that is an input/output card providing two or more functions not used simultaneously including a PC connector for connecting the multiple function PC card to a computer, a device connector for connecting external devices access... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5881317 | Adaptive operation of audio peripherals based on the functionality of analog audio interface A computer system is provided with a device driver for adaptively operating a number of audio peripherals through a pair of digital audio controller and analog audio interface, in accordance with the audio functions supported by the analog audio interface... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5875415 | Universal host interface for data acquisition systems A universal interface system for use with a data acquisition system including a data acquisition device such as a bar code scanner or scanner integrated terminal for providing digital data signals indicative of acquired data for transmission to a host dev... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5864715 | System for automatically terminating a daisy-chain peripheral bus with either single-ended or differential termination network depending on peripheral bus signals and peripheral device interfaces A peripheral device interface is coupled between a computer system bus and a peripheral bus. The peripheral device bus includes a signal line which can be configured in either a single-ended or a differential configuration. A peripheral controller is coup... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5845149 | Industrial controller with I/O mapping table for linking software addresses to physical network addresses An industrial controller having a number of addressable I/O modules, employs an I/O map table linking software addresses used for developing the control program to actual physical addresses of the I/O modules on a network. By employing software addresses ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5842045 | Terminal unit having a universal multi-protocol modular jack automatically sets its protocol to match with protocol of a modular plug connecting to the jack A terminal unit of the present invention and applicable to a wired services network distinguishes two or more different kinds of plugs possibly connected to its general-purpose modular jack, reads a particular protocol matching the plug out of its storage... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5838989 | Common interface for a network having different communication media employing a carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) protocol A switchable interface for conveniently coupling a network station of the CSMA/CD type to a network having any of a variety of communication media. The invention provides a single interface connector through which connection may be made directly to a twis... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5828905 | Adapter and method of connecting devices associated with at least three different protocols A method and apparatus for connecting a computer to one or more peripheral devices includes providing an adapter module connectable directly or by means of standard cabling to a peripheral device. The adapter module includes a plurality of electrical conn... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5822548 | Programming interface for a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter A universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) computer programming interface emulates three-wire interface control. A register select circuit is supplied with address signals from a host CPU and has a plurality of register outputs organized into fi... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5815682 | Device independent modem interface A device independent modem interface employs a call control and data transfer application programming interface for application programs to access a modem in a device independent fashion. A universal modem driver reads device specific information from a r... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5809234 | Method and apparatus for automatic matching of parameters of an interface Problems of matching an interface to a transmission protocol are resolved by implementing fuzzy logic. A set of fuzzy logic rules is used to select transmission parameters based upon degrees of membership of characteristics of a received signal. The chara... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5805931 | Programmable bandwidth I/O port and a communication interface using the same port having a plurality of serial access memories capable of being configured for a variety of protocols A programmable bandwidth I/O port using a DRAM connected to a plurality of serial access memories. Data is synchronously transferred between the DRAM and the serial access memories and is asynchronously transferred between the serial access memories and a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5784635 | System and method for the rationalization of physician data A system and method for rationalizing physician data in which source data is collected from source computers located at, for example, physicians' offices, hospitals, testing laboratories and pharmacies. Source data is expected to be in diverse formats and... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5781795 | Computer system having means for setting keyboard control information at system installation A computer system wherein at the time of system installation, no matter what keyboard is used, the user can use that keyboard to proceed with the installation processing in the same way as when a standard keyboard is used. The computer system has a new in... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778205 | Data communication system and portable data processing terminal used therein A data communication system comprises a portable data processing terminal, such as an electronic notebook, and an external data processing apparatus, such as a personal computer. When the electronic notebook is connected to an RS232C I/F box connected to ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5768561 | Tokens-based adaptive video processing arrangement A multi-standard video decompression apparatus has a plurality of stages interconnected by a two-wire interface arranged as a pipeline processing machine. Control tokens and DATA Tokens pass over the single two-wire interface for carrying both control and... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5754890 | System for automatic identification of a computer data entry device interface type using a transistor to sense the voltage generated by the interface and output a matching voltage level A circuit using a single transistor to detect the interface type to Which a combination pointing device is connected. The pointing device may be connected to a PS/2 interface, which generates a voltage greater than or equal to 0 volts, or a serial interfa... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5748913 | Computer system capable of transferring video data between card devices A PC card device controller has a local bus for realizing a direct path function to directly connect first and second two card sockets to each other, in addition to a ZV port path. In a multimedia mode, video data are directly transferred between PC card ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5727170 | User defined port and protocol scheme for a programmable logic controller The PLC has a user configurable protocol port attached thereto. Briefly stated, at the PLC communication port or as a result of a user program or I/O event, a special flag bit may be set which thereby allows the communication port to be activated. This is... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5696994 | Serial interface having control circuits for enabling or disabling N-channel or P-channel transistors to allow for operation in two different transfer modes A serial interface includes a first port capable of transmitting and receiving data in a serial fashion. A first p-channel transistor is coupled to the a first port. A first n-channel transistor is coupled to the a first port. A first control circuit is c... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694213 | Adapter enabling computer sensing of monitor resolution An adapter for coupling a display monitor to a computer that controls the monitor generates any selected one of a number of codes that can be sensed by the computer and which identify the image resolution at which the particular monitor operates or a reso... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5671374 | PCMCIA interface card coupling input devices such as barcode scanning engines to personal digital assistants and palmtop computers A variety of PC card interfaces to interface from many different types of input devices to Personal Digital Assistants or palmtop computers through PCMCIA slots. The disclosed interfaces can receive data in undecoded format from laser based, wand based or... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5649128 | Multiple bus interface adapter for connection to a plurality of computer bus architectures A multiple bus interface is provided for connection to the bus of a data processing device. It includes a common interface adapted for connection to any one of several bus architectures for operation therewith. The interface adapter includes a control int... | 07/15/1997 |
