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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7230176 | Method and apparatus to modify pitch estimation function in acoustic signal musical note pitch extraction In one aspect thereof this invention provides a method to estimate pitch in an acoustic signal. The method includes initializing a function ƒt and a time t, where t=0, x′0=ƒ0(F0), x′0 is a pitch estimate a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215126 | Apparatus and method for testing a signal path from an injection point The invention includes an apparatus and method for testing an electronic signal path. The apparatus includes a signal generator (102) configured to inject a test signal into the electronic signal path at an injection point when coupled to the signal path. The... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7191100 | Method and system for predictive physiological gating of radiation therapy A method and system for physiological gating for radiation therapy is disclosed. A method and system for detecting and predictably estimating regular cycles of physiological activity or movements is disclosed. Another disclosed aspect of the invention is directed to... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181670 | Pipeline architecture for maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoders The sliding window approach to pipeline maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoder architecture is modified to decrease processing time. Once the forward metrics have been calculated for the first sliding window of the decoder, the reverse metrics for each window are calcul... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7133887 | Detection and identification of stable PRI patterns using multiple parallel hypothesis correlation algorithms An algorithmic approaches that can be implemented in software/firmware/hardware that filters out stable PRI patterns detected within a system that is prosecuting against radar based transmissions are disclosed. The algorithms allow downstream computing assets to con... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6996291 | Systems and methods for correlating images in an image correlation system with reduced computational loads After one or both of a pair of images are obtained, an auto-correlation function for one of those images is generated to determine a smear amount and possibly a smear direction. The smear amount and direction are used to identify potential locations of a peak portio... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6959266 | Method and system for predictive physiological gating of radiation therapy A method and system for physiological gating for radiation therapy is disclosed. A method and system for detecting and predictably estimating regular cycles of physiological activity or movements is disclosed. Another disclosed aspect of the invention is directed to... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6788785 | Stable adaptive filter and method A Fast Affine Projection (FAP) adaptive filter and method of adaptive filtering are disclosed, which reduce instability associated with FAP filters caused by error accumulation in the process of inversion of an autocorrelation matrix. The method provides updating of... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6754340 | Stable adaptive filter and method Stable adaptive filter and method are disclosed. The invention solves a problem of instability associated with Fast Affine Projection adaptive filters caused by error accumulation in an inversion process of an auto-correlation matrix. The Stable FAP uses a simplific... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6724838 | Methods and apparatus to despread dual codes for CDMA systems A correlator and matched filter for use with coded transmission, such as CDMA, form new codes from the sums and differences of the original codes, where only one of the new codes is non-zero for each element position and effect hardware savings using the new codes. | 04/20/2004 |
| 6693975 | Low-order HDSL2 transmit filter The present invention comprises a method of obtaining coefficients for a transmit filter such that the power spectral density of the output for the different frequencies comes close to but does not exceed a maximum power spectral density of a communicatio... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6427121 | Global positioning system tag system A communications system for determining the position and velocity of an object using a plurality of GPS signals transmitted by a plurality of GPS sources includes an interrogator remote from the object and responsive to the plurality of GPS signals. The i... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6408107 | Rapid convolution based large deformation image matching via landmark and volume imagery An apparatus and method for image registration of a template image with a target image with large deformation. The apparatus and method involve computing a large deformation transform based on landmark manifolds, image data or both. The apparatus and meth... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6401106 | Methods and apparatus for performing correlation operations Methods and apparatus for implementing an enhanced digital signal processor through the addition of modular computation units which can be operated in parallel are described. In various embodiments the computation units are implemented as configurable com... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6370208 | Correlator for CDMA applications Correlators categorize different combinations of code sequences and identify locations for which code elements for the code sequences are equivalent. Then, a dispreading operation is performed once for each equivalent combination. The equivalent combinati... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6038271 | Correlator with cascade data paths to facilitate expansion of correlator length A correlator is disclosed and includes a data bus for receiving blocks of n bit parallel in phase (I) and n bit parallel quadrature (Q) signal data and n bit parallel I and Q reference data from respective I and Q signal channels and I and Q reference cha... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5675320 | Glass break detector The glass break detector uses sampling techniques and statistical analysis of the acoustic signal to determine whether a random type signal typical of a glass break event has been detected. A host of experiments are analysed and the collective results inv... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673210 | Signal restoration using left-sided and right-sided autoregressive parameters Signal reconstruction methods reconstruct a missing portion of a signal from a first known portion of the signal preceding the missing portion, and a second known portion of the signal succeeding the missing portion. The first known portion of the signal ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5629883 | Correlation detector A correlation detector capable of obtaining a more correct and natural correlation value. The correlation detector outputs a correlation value representative of autocorrelation in accordance with a sum (r+ra) of the number r of consecutive autocorrelated ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5471137 | System checking and troubleshooting package for an electronic metering device An integral electronic meter system diagnostics package including a microprocessor, storage memory, logic for automatically and periodically performing a pre-select series of system diagnostic tests, and recording any results which exceed predefined progr... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5417114 | Echo based detecting apparatus employing signal generator and correlator An ultrasonic detecting apparatus which includes a sequence generating means and a transmission signal generating means for generating a transmission signal corresponding to the sequence. The detecting apparatus also includes a transmitting means to trans... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5415045 | Apparatus and method for detecting flaws in and inspecting an object An ultrasonic detecting apparatus which includes a generator which generates more than three transmission signals. The detecting apparatus also includes a transmitter/receiver which transmits waves, which may be ultrasonic waves, to an object and receives... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5412590 | Appliance temperature sensor having noise filtering An appliance temperature sensor for acquisition of usable data in a noisy environment collects a plurality of temperature readings in a buffer. It then screens that batch of data to determine whether or not its noise content is acceptably low before forwa... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5404320 | Autocorrelation processing method and apparatus Autocorrelation processing finds a series of equally spaced pulses and noise. Pulses that are very narrow with inter-pulsed durations of several hundred times the width of the pulse are processed. A threshold detector receives an input from a sensor, the ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5343404 | Precision digital multimeter and waveform synthesizer for multi-signals with distorted waveforms embedded in noise Electrical signals suffer usually from distortion and noise. This invention gives a very precise and simple digital circuitry as well as basis for software to measure the phase difference between harmonic components of any of two of the input signals. The... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5335248 | Apparatus for correlating multi-frequency signals An apparatus and method of processing transmitted signals through the use of correlator means and RAM means thereby accomplishing synchronization and data interpretation. Specifically, a plurality of correlators are coupled to RAM means which cooperate to... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5299144 | Architecture for covariance matrix generation The present invention provides an apparatus and method for generating a covariance matrix. According to one aspect of the invention, an apparatus is provided which generally includes a memory, a circular buffer, a multiply-accumulator, and an arithmetic l... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5272923 | Inspection apparatus An inspection apparatus utilizing a pulse compression technique is described which comprises a signal generator, a transmission/reception probe; first and second correlators and an adder. The signal generator generates a composite transmission signal cons... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5257364 | Method for generating a correlated sequence of variates with desired marginal distribution for testing a model of a communications system To provide a time series having correlated interarrival times for use in traffic and queueing studies, an independent identically distributed random number stream is first transformed to a sequence of correlated uniform variates by a special modulo-1 auto... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5203823 | Detecting apparatus An ultrasonic non-destructive inspecting apparatus is constructed to comprise a transmission signal generator, an ultrasonic probe, a correlator and an adder wherein a transmission signal based on a sequence is generated and transmitted to a specimen, its... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5148385 | Serial systolic processor A serial systolic processor for performing neural network functions. A serial processor (90) provides the digital processing circuits for processing an input serial data stream applied to a serial input (20). A memory (29) stores digital signals represent... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5065629 | Ultrasonic insection apparatus An ultrasonic flaw inspecting apparatus is provided in which the transmission signals comprising N number of the binary code sequences having sharp autocorrelation functions are input to an object to be inspected by a single transducer for transmission an... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5048060 | Digital signal receiving circuit with means for controlling a baud rate sampling phase by a power of sampled signals In a baude rate sampling type receiving circuit for use in a system for transmitting digital data signal at a transmission baude rate, in order to control the sampling phase at the optimum phase, desired elements of an autocorrelation function of a series... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5007101 | Auto-correlation circuit for use in pattern recognition An auto-correlation unit for pattern recognition to obtain auto-correlation functions as for sampled signals is disclosed N pieces of sample values Xn (n=0 to N-1)are extracted from a series of the sample values expressed with an accuracy of op... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4979110 | Characterizing the statistical properties of a biological signal The statistical properties of a biological signal intermittently obscured by a relatively independent biological process are estimated by noting the time intervals during which the obscuring process is occurring. From the time intervals, a windowing funct... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4860239 | Correlator with variably normalized input signals A digital complex correlator for correlating in-phase and quadrature components of data samples by shearing the in-phase and quadrature data pairs by a predetermined multiple of the noise in the correlation window under analysis. The sheared data is multi... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4860357 | Binary autocorrelation processor A system for converting known speech segments into machine storable binary signals for the purpose of later attempting a match between a stored signal and an incoming signal using autocorrelation techniques. Through the use of a clipper and a sample and h... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4791599 | Auto-correlation arrangement An auto-correlation apparatus for producing N auto-correlation values R(k), (k=0, . . . N-1) of an auto-correlation function of a sequence of digital samples x(n), (n=-.infin. . . . 0, . . . p) of an input signal, each sample being encoded as words of "b"... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4766563 | Auto-correlation filter A digital filter for obtaining the power of a filtered signal passing through a particular frequency band for each frame (short time division) includes an auto-correlation circuit for calculating the auto-correlation function of the input signal, and a su... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4646323 | Method and system for digital data transmission A system and method for digital transmission of pulses of a predetermined duration includes a transmitter (30) and a receiver (40). A data stream (ai) is transformed into a narrow band signal spectrum and following transmission is demodulated t... | 02/24/1987 |
