Printed circuit board mounting cage
In carrying out principles of the present invention in accordance with a preferred embodiment thereof, a mounting cage for supporting a plurality of circuit board frame module assemblies comprises fir... Read More
Inventors: Conroy-Wass, Theodore R.; Moore, Peter W.;, Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company (Los Angeles, CA) |
Service integrated transmission system
It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a method of operating a transmission system of the above type which permits, at the transmitting end, a combination of signals of differe... Read More
Inventors: Koeck, Klaus;, Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.m.b.H. (Frankfurt am Main, DE) |
Means to differentiate between commands and data on a communications link
It is therefore an object of this invention to differentiate between commands and data while requiring minimum bandwidth, providing dc balance and sufficient bit transitions for the receiver to mainta... Read More
Inventors: Janniello, Frank J.; Ramaswami, Rajiv; Steinberg, David G.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Data processing device for FM multi-channel broadcasting
The present invention was conceived to overcome the above problems and thus aims to provide a data processing device for FM multi-channel broadcasting which is capable of appropriately executing data ... Read More
Inventors: Kimura, Kazuhiro; Hayashibe, Shigeaki; Ozawa, Toshiyuki; Hiramatsu, Tatsuo; Tomida, Yoshikazu;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
High density microelectronic packaging module for high speed chips
In accordance with the above-stated requirements, the present invention, a high density microelectronic packaging method suitable for use in various module sizes including standard military formats, u... Read More
Inventors: Lindberg, Frank A.;, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Hybrid organic-inorganic planar optical waveguide device
OF THE INVENTION For purposes of clarity, the detailed description of the invention is divided into the following subsections: A. Planar Optical Waveguide Device B. Materials Used to Form the Planar ... Read More
Inventors: Dawes, Steven B.; Johnson, Ronald E.; Maschmeyer, Richard O.; Shoup, Robert D.;, Assignee: Corning Incorporated () |
Method and apparatus for managing data on rewritable media to define read/write operational status
The method and apparatus for managing data on rewritable media are used to define the read/write operational status required for a drive element to read/write data on a rewritable media by making the... Read More
Inventors: Dodt, William C.; Donze, Jerry L.; Gottehrer, Terry R.; Korngiebel, Ronald W.; McCarthy, Donald F.;, Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation (Louisville, CO) |
Converter to convert a computer graphics signal to an interlaced video signal
A preferred embodiment of the invention described in more detail below takes the form of a converter which receives a VGA 640.times.480 mode non-interlaced graphics signal. The converter converts this... Read More
Inventors: Bishop, Michael D.;, Assignee: VideoLogic Limited (Kings Langley, GB) |
Video peripheral board in expansion slot independently exercising as bus master control over system bus in order to relief control of host computer
What is claimed is: 1. A video peripheral board having connections for an expansion slot of a general purpose computer for providing video I/O capabilities to said general purpose host computer, said ... Read More
Inventors: Cutter, Daniel F.;, Assignee: Data Translation, Inc. (Marlboro, MA) |
Method for controlling the expansion of connections to a SCSI bus
: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method to control connectivity circuitry that is an improvement over and above the standard SCSI connectivity. It is another object of this inve... Read More
Inventors: Hotchkin, Glenn T.;, Assignee: Unisys Corporation (Blue Bell, PA) |
Method and apparatus for directly and automatically accessing a bank of data storage devices with a computer
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 is a block diagram view of the preferred embodiment of the data transfer apparatus 11 of the present invention electrically coupled to a computer 13. The preferred data... Read More
Inventors: Adams, Brett A.; Stevens, Martin R.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method for predicting what video data should be in a cache which is in a disk-based digital video recorder
Cache management/disk utilization for a digital video recorder according to the present invention employs a cache in conjunction with an array of inexpensive disk drives for recording and playing vide... Read More
Inventors: Windrem, Kevin D.; Casper, David; Greco, Anna; Murray, Scott; O'Connor, Paul; Zamani, Elaine B.;, Assignee: Tektronix, Inc. (Wilsonville, OR) |
Video storage
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided video storage apparatus including storage means, transfer means and processing means, wherein said storage means comprises a plu... Read More
Inventors: Bopardikar, Raju C.; Braine, Adrian R.;, Assignee: Discreet Logic Inc. (Quebec, CA) |
Method and apparatus for converting an image signal
It is an object of the present invention to resolve the problems encountered in the prior art, eliminate the difference between aspect ratios and the shift of information by one-half scan line interva... Read More
Inventors: Maekawa, Hitoshi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Contrast/brightness control circuit for television receiver
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a television receiver which overcomes the problem of the conventional television receiver. Another object of the present invention is to... Read More
Inventors: Yamaguchi, Koichi; Onda, Teturou;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and appparatus for generating a compact post-diagnostic case record for browsing and diagnostic viewing
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 includes a series of major rectangular blocks which represent PC or workstation-class computers. Each workstation preferably includes a monitor, suitable input devi... Read More
Inventors: Bernadett, Michael J.; Castorino, Michael; Dilorenzo, Sharon; Fee, Nancy; Foster, George; Martin, Irene; Michener, James; Wallace, David;, Assignee: Eigden Video (Nevada City, CA) |
Fast data exchange system between different type computer and medium storing program of extent information and transformation
An object of the present invention is to resolve the above mentioned problem. Another object of the present invention is to quickly exchange or share a file between plural computers of different types... Read More
Inventors: Shinkai, Yoshitake;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
System for the real-time scheduling and loading of look-up tables for a patterning device
I claim: 1. A method for processing digitally encoded pattern information for use in a patterning method wherein a plurality of arrays are spaced across the path of a moving substrate to be patterned,... Read More
Inventors: Cox, Steven W.;, Assignee: Milliken Research Corporation (Spartanburg, SC) |
System for transferring 32-bit double word IDE data sequentially without an intervening instruction by automatically incrementing I/O port address and translating incremented address
In accordance with the invention, a system is provided for transferring data expressed as 32-bit words between a host personal computer operative in a 32-bit mode and an IDE peripheral storage device ... Read More
Inventors: Epstein, Jeffrey E.; Heppenstall, Mark F.;, Assignee: Future Domain Corporation (Irvine, CA) |
Apparatus and method for retrieving information using standard objects
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As a general overview, document manager uses a standard-set of objects. The document manager runs at a client computer and retrieves documents downloaded from a server compute... Read More
Inventors: Grout, Gordon Blair;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System for controlling a serial data channel with a microprocessor
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A system for controlling the bidirectional transfer of data through a serial data channel conne... Read More
Inventors: Carlton, James E.; Schaeuble, Werner J.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and apparatus for positioning a transducer using embedded servo track encoding
In the present invention, all the servo information necessary for both the track accessing and track following functions is combined and encoded in one sequence on the servo tracks of a magnetic disc.... Read More
Inventors: Nalley, Robert E.; Shenfield, Leonard R.;, Assignee: Disctron, Inc. (Milpitas, CA) |
Head positioning servo for disk drives
There is disclosed a positioning apparatus for positioning a magnetic head in a disk drive comprising: the magnetic head to be positioned; a positioning servo for positioning the head; and, a driver c... Read More
Inventors: Brown, Stewart C.;, Assignee: Tecstor, Inc. (Huntington Beach, CA) |
Open loop acceleration/deceleration control for disk drive stepper motors
In accordance with the present invention, there is a relatively inexpensive, but efficient open loop, pulse width modulation technique for controlling the acceleration and deceleration profile of a st... Read More
Inventors: Bryant, Lawrence M.;, Assignee: |
Multiplexing I/O module
The invention is embodied in an I/O module that performs external addressing of banks of I/O contacts in addition to coupling I/O data. The I/O module performs high density multiplexing with a minimum... Read More
Inventors: Struger, Odo J.; Brown, Ronald A.;, Assignee: Allen-Bradley Company (Milwaukee, WI) |
Modular computer assembly
The present invention specifically addresses and alleviates the above mentioned deficiencies associated in the prior art. More particularly, the present invention discloses a modular computer chassis ... Read More
Inventors: Wong, Albert C.; Kutnick, Robert D.;, Assignee: Amkly Systems, Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
Ergonomic docking station for a portable computer
The foregoing problems are solved and a technical advance is achieved by a portable PC docking station that enables the use of the portable PC display while docked and raises and orients the portable ... Read More
Inventors: Cavello, Christopher;, Assignee: Dell U.S.A., L.P. (Round Rock, TX) |
High-performance modular memory system with crossbar connections
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS System Platform FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a Symmetrical Multi-Processor (SMP) System Platform according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. System Plat... Read More
Inventors: Bauman, Mitchell A.;, Assignee: Unisys Corporation (Blue Bell, PA) |
System and method for checking bits in a buffer with multiple entries
FIG. 1 shows a computer system 100 having a processor 110, also referred to herein as a controller 110, a cache array 120, and a data buffer 130. In use, the controller 110 receives data inputs S0, S... Read More
Inventors: Jin, Daming; Fischer, Timothy C.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX) |
Control circuitry for data transfer in an advanced data link controller
The increased use of Bit-Oriented-Protocols has resulted in a need for a low-cost, high speed LSI chip that can accommodate the three major BOP protocols. It is also an object of the present invention... Read More
Inventors: Kyu, Shikun; Hepworth, Edward C.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
I/O Systems 
