Data acquisition system with collection of hardware information for identifying hardware constraints during program development
The present invention comprises a system and method for displaying DAQ device configuration information in response to program creation. The present invention preferably operates in a data acquisition... Read More
Inventors: Austin, Paul F.;, Assignee: National Instruments Corporation (Austin, TX) |
Process of maintaining a distributed map of transaction identifiers and using hashing to access these maps
The present invention provides systems and methods for efficiently communicating with remote nodes by using a hashing function to access a distributed global map of transaction identifiers. In particu... Read More
Inventors: Gondi, Albert C.; Klein, Johannes; Lanka, Sitaram V.; Hansen, Roger J.; Joshi, Sameer;, Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston, TX) |
Image processor
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an image processor in which an operation of the image processor is performed at a high speed and real time mapping processing is performed... Read More
Inventors: Shiraishi, Naoto; Fujii, Tatsuya;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for automatically correcting overlay alignment of a semiconductor wafer
In an effort to solve the problems as described above, it is a feature of an embodiment of the present invention to provide, in semiconductor fabricating stepper equipment, a semiconductor wafer overl... Read More
Inventors: Park, Chan-Hoon; Cho, Bong-Su; Kang, Hyun-Tae;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Kyungki-do, KR) |
Systems and methods for quantifying qualitative medical expressions
It is an object of the invention to provide systems and methods that can evaluate qualitative expressions of likelihood to provide a more precise measure of statistical meaning. The systems and method... Read More
Inventors: Segal, Michael M.;, Assignee: SimulConsult, Inc. (Brookline, MA) |
System and method for the near-real time capture and reporting of large population consumer behaviors concerning television use
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now in detail to the various figures of the drawing wherein like reference characters refer to like parts, there is shown at 20 in FIGS. 1A-1B, a system for the ... Read More
Inventors: Link, John F.; Graves, George A.; Endler, III, George; Heimark, Christopher J.; Brown, Thomas A.;, Assignee: QCOM TV, Inc. (West Chester, PA) |
Gas evolution component analysis
The problems outlined above are in large part solved by a method for volatilizing two or more compounds from the surface of a wafer in a vapor mix, separating the volatilized chemicals according to th... Read More
Inventors: Dawson, Robert;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Remote computation framework
Referring now to FIG. 1, a client-server computer system 10 is shown. The client-server computer system 10 includes at least one client computer 12 having a client process 12'. The client process 12'... Read More
Inventors: Morwood, Mark Roy;, Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) |
Compilier system using an intermediate abstract form and machine-specific installers
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide information processing method and system in which an intermediate language program independent of any specific computer or machine is used... Read More
Inventors: Koizumi, Shinobu; Kyushima, Ichiro; Watanabe, Tan; Kohno, Toshiaki; Domen, Singi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Use of run-time code generation to create speculation recovery code in a computer system
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, programming code includes speculative code. The speculative code is code which is executed early based on speculation that the res... Read More
Inventors: Buzbee, William B.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
System and method for emulating disk tracks to maintain data format compatibility
An object of the present invention is to resolve the above-described problems, whereby, when a conventional disk device is replaced by a new disk device having a disk track with a data format differen... Read More
Inventors: Matsushima, Hitoshi;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (JP) |
Method and apparatus for parallel loads equalizing utilizing instruction sorting by columns based on predicted instruction execution time
In view of the above-described problems of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a parallel processing system wherein a group of instructions are rearranged so as to equal... Read More
Inventors: Kodama, Takashi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Video reproduction device
In order to solve the above-described problems, it can be proposed to provide a video reproduction device with a buffer memory. In the device, a memory controller retrieves video data from the data st... Read More
Inventors: Omura, Kazuhiko; Iguchi, Masayoshi; Yoshiyama, Masatoshi; Nishikawa, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Nagoya, JP); Xing Inc. (Nagoya, JP) |
Asynchronous clock switching between first and second clocks by extending phase of current clock and switching after a predetermined time and appropriated transitions
The present invention provides an integrated circuit microprocessor, operable in conjunction with at least one external bus for exchanging data between the microprocessor and circuitry external theret... Read More
Inventors: Ventrone, Sebastian T.; VonReyn, Timothy J.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising Azo compound
What is claimed is: 1. An electrophotographic photoreceptor which comprises a conductive support and a light-sensitive layer which contains at least one bis-azo compound selected from the group consis... Read More
Inventors: Itoh, Akira; Nagamura, Hideki;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited (Tokyo, JP) |
Facsimile mail system
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile mail system designed to simplify the user's operations when a facsimile mail service is utilized. It is another object of the ... Read More
Inventors: Okada, Akihiro; Tashima, Hirotaka;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kanagawa, JP) |
Digital feed system
A convolute roll of elongated sheet stock such as polystyrene foam sheet is fed into a punch or blanker with precise control of the feed length. The feed of the sheet stock into the blanker is control... Read More
Inventors: Ritter, Frank; Balordi, Romano;, Assignee: Maryland Cup Corporation (Owings Mill, MD) |
Data replacement system using high-speed clock for initialization
An object of the present invention is to reduce time required for an initialization operation such as mentioned above in a data replacement system such as that as described above with reference to FIG... Read More
Inventors: Maruyama, Akira; Nara, Hiroichi;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kanagawa, JP) |
Elevator system
Briefly, the present invention relates to new and improved methods and apparatus which enable the percentage of car occupancy to be determined at any given time, i.e., how much of the available floor ... Read More
Inventors: Enriquez, Emanuel E.;, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Database model system and method
The present invention provides a database model system and method which offer a flexible and generic database design. The present invention provides many advantages over traditional database modeling ... Read More
Inventors: Russell, Norman Robert;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX) |
Method and apparatus for reservation of data buses between multiple storage control elements
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an efficient reservation system of bidirectional data buses among a plurality of requesters where communications between requesters cannot... Read More
Inventors: Herzl, Robert Dov; Schroter, David Andrew;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Three wave surface acoustic wave (SAW) signal processor
The apparatus of the present invention may include a substrate with a nonlinear interaction region wherein counter traveling surface waves are combined to produce signals representative of the product... Read More
Inventors: Solie, Leland P.;, Assignee: Sperry Corporation (New York, NY) |
High throughput extended-precision multiplier
We claim: 1. A multiplier responsive to an external clock signal and a plurality of external control signals which cyclically processes a multiple-precision multiplicand word and a multiple-precision ... Read More
Inventors: New, Bernard J.; Flaherty, Timothy J.;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Electroheating apparatus and methods
The present invention addresses these needs. One aspect of the present invention provides methods of heating a conductive fluid. Methods according to this aspect of the invention may include the step ... Read More
Inventors: Reznik, David;, Assignee: |
Optical character recognition apparatus
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved optical character recognition apparatus which can eliminate the aforenoted shortcomings and disadvantages encountered with ... Read More
Inventors: Abe, Keiko; Fujikawa, Takayuki; Takasaki, Susumu; Sakai, Katsumasa; Aoki, Hiromichi;, Assignee: |
Editing scanned document images using simple interpretations
A method and apparatus for editing a scanned image is disclosed. The present invention provides for editing of the scanned image in terms of interpretations of graphical objects defined therein. An in... Read More
Inventors: Bagley, Steven C.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Method for enhancing connected and degraded text recognition
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for recognizing connected and degraded text. An image preprocessing technique is provided which reduces the amount of spurious noise in scanned te... Read More
Inventors: Bose, Chinmoy B.; Kuo, Shyh-Shiaw;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Model-based adaptive segmentation
The invention provides, in one aspect, a machine vision method for segmenting an image. The method for segmenting an image is based on adaptive thresholding and prior knowledge of a characteristic of ... Read More
Inventors: Nichani, Sanjay; Scola, Joseph;, Assignee: |
System for recognizing handwritten letters
An object of this invention is to provide a handwritten letter recognition system capable of transmitting at a high speed the reading and recognition results from the handwritten letter reading and re... Read More
Inventors: Tsukawaki, Tomohiro;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Saitama, JP) |
Document processing apparatus having a ruled line print control function
What is claimed is: 1. A document processing apparatus having a ruled line print control function, comprising: input means for inputting character information, ruled line information including data of... Read More
Inventors: Yoshida, Hiroichi; Murai, Hiroko;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
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