Rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus capable of performing automatic search reproduction
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide a novel and useful rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus capable of performing automatic search reproduction, in which t... Read More
Inventors: Sugiyama, Hiroyuki; Sakurai, Masaki; Abe, Ryuzo; Yusa, Yasuhiro; Yoshihara, Kenji;, Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
Transducer for high speed boats
In accordance with the invention, a transducer assembly is provided which affords a number of significant advantages over the prior art. One important aspect of the invention concerns the shaping of t... Read More
Inventors: Stiner, Roy E.;, Assignee: Lowrance Electronics, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) |
Cross-monitored pair of clocks for processor fail-safe operation
An object of the present invention is to provide a cross-monitored clock-pair system which provides independent operation of a pair of microprocessor subsystems. In accordance with the present inventi... Read More
Inventors: Blow, Brian A.; Wright, Mark E.;, Assignee: Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Instant photographic apparatus
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an instant photographic apparatus which promotes easy cleaning and handling of a dark box. It is another object of the present invention t... Read More
Inventors: Ishikawa, Masahiro; Ozaki, Koji; Mashiko, Harumitsu; Seto, Takashi; Takahashi, Kazuhisa; Hoshi, Fumihiko;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Track accessing control apparatus having a high-pass filter for extracting a tracking signal
An object of this invention is to provide an optical apparatus which can determine the exact travel distance of an optical pick-up or objective lens in relation to a track access operation, and thus c... Read More
Inventors: Yamamuro, Mikio;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Film carrier for endodontic dental radiographs
The object of the present invention is to provide a film carrier of the aforementioned type with increased patient comfort for endodontic test radiographs in the parallel method, and which has adequat... Read More
Inventors: Fuhrmann, Andreas;, Assignee: |
Predictive read-write inhibit decision using fuzzy logic
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Principles of Fuzzy Logic This invention involves the application of fuzzy logic techniques to the read-write inhibit decision process. While fuzzy logic methods are know... Read More
Inventors: Ottesen, Hal H.; Sharma, Arun; Sri-Jayantha, Muthuthamby;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method for dynamically measuring computer disk error rates
The system incorporating the present invention is directed to a dynamic method for evaluating disk drive error rates and passing or failing the disk drive based on these dynamic evaluations. More part... Read More
Inventors: Klingsporn, Benny J.; Fairchild, Steven E.; Lundgreen, Mark T.; Geroche, Michael R.;, Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston, TX) |
Adaptive pulse width modulated motor control
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a spindle motor 102, voice coil motor (VCM) 128, a VCM power amplifier 124a, 124b, a spindle power amplifier 126, a VCM/spindle drive circuit... Read More
Inventors: Rowan, Bryan Scott;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Resynchronization of mirrored logical data volumes subsequent to a failure in data processor storage systems with access to physical volume from multi-initiators at a plurality of nodes
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, a typical data processing system is shown which may function as a basic computer controlled system used in implementing the present invention of the r... Read More
Inventors: Maddalozzo, Jr., John; McBrearty, Gerald Francis; Shieh, Johnny Meng-Han;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
High speed burst read address generation with high speed transfer
The above object and advantages of the present invention are achieved in a preferred embodiment of a memory system which incorporates the principles of the invention. The memory system which couples t... Read More
Inventors: Bowden, III, Raymond D.; Nibby, Jr., Chester M.;, Assignee: Bull HN Information Systems Inc. (Billerica, MA) |
System and method for transferring information between multiple buses
In a first aspect, a method and system transfer information between multiple buses. Information is transferred through a first bus between multiple first bus devices. Information is transferred throug... Read More
Inventors: Moore, Charles R.; Muhich, John S.; Reese, Robert J.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Multimedia computer system having multimedia bus
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an improved multimedia computer system. Another object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia player system having a computer-b... Read More
Inventors: Jung, Yong-Hyun;, Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, KR) |
Method and apparatus for obtaining data from a data circuit utilizing alternating clock pulses to gate the data to the output
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for obtaining data from a data circuit having a selected delay between the time a clock signal initiates functioning of the circuit and the ... Read More
Inventors: Proebsting, Robert J.;, Assignee: Intergraph Corporation (Huntsville, AL) |
Counter control circuit in a burst memory
The above mentioned problems with high data rate memory devices and other problems are addressed by the present invention and which will be understood by reading and studying the following specificati... Read More
Inventors: Manning, Troy A.;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise,, ID) |
Method and apparatus of burst read and pipelined dynamic random access memory having multiple pipelined stages with DRAM controller and buffers integrated on a single chip
These objects of the present invention can be achieved by using a single-chip DRAM system comprising a DRAM array with a plurality of pipelined stages, a control logic for controlling said DRAM array,... Read More
Inventors: Katayama, Yasunao;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
X-ray imaging apparatus dose calibration method
A general object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for automatically calibrating the selectable dose rates from an X-ray imaging system. A more specific object is to accomp... Read More
Inventors: Meccariello, Thomas V.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Milwaukee, WI) |
Laser tube for polarized laser emission
An object of the present invention is to simplify the structure and increase the efficiency in laser tubes provided with integrated lasers mirrors. This and other objects are achieved by including at ... Read More
Inventors: Krueger, Hans; Welsch, Wolfgang;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE) |
Small digital time division switching arrangement
The present invention relates to a small digital time division switching arrangement and, more particularly, to a small digital time division switching arrangement comprising a pair of cooperating pro... Read More
Inventors: Aranguren, William L.; Langseth, Rollin E.;, Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Method for transmitting spectrum-compatible high-definition television signal and circuit therefor in a television signal transmission system
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, an analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter) 1 is to convert luminance signal Y and chrominance signals R-Y, B-Y into digital data. A circuit of integ... Read More
Inventors: Cho, Hyun-Deok;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, KR) |
Interference suppression system
The main object of the present invention is to provide circuitry for preprocessing signals arriving on a pair of lines at a receiver so as to reject interference appearing when the driver is powered d... Read More
Inventors: Long, Brian; Hynes, Michael J.;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) |
Method for fitting a stabilized artificial limb
This invention discloses a method for fitting a stabilized prosthetic device to an amputee. The prosthetic device includes a torque absorber, an interconnecting pylon, and a base adapted to receive a ... Read More
Inventors: Wilson, Michael T.;, Assignee: |
Self-routing steering network
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an illustrative embodiment of a steering network 100, in accordance with the principles of my invention, employed as a concentrator stage in a wide band communicatio... Read More
Inventors: Knauer, Scott C.;, Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Time division multiplex data transfer system and method for telephone switching or like applications
We have hereby succeeded in drastically reducing the number of data memories required for selective data transfer between a plurality of time divided input highways and a plurality of time divided out... Read More
Inventors: Kawamura, Masataka; Kamigaki, Masaharu;, Assignee: Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Dynamic contact checking circuit
The present invention is directed to the use of a simple indicator circuit means for energizing the light emitting diode of an opto-isolator so that the light emitting diode is driven in a dynamic fas... Read More
Inventors: Black, Jr., Robert A.;, Assignee: Honeywell Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Amenable logic gate and method of testing
The logic device of the present invention performs computational logic functions suitable to concurrent or serial logic machines. It applies to any computer application in which reliability and testab... Read More
Inventors: Moore, Donald W.;, Assignee: Aerojet-General Corporation (La Jolla, CA) |
Semiconductor memory device having extended period for outputting data
The object of the present invention, in consideration of the above-mentioned problems in the conventional art, is to provide a semiconductor memory device in which the period of outputting data during... Read More
Inventors: Takemae, Yoshihiro; Nakano, Tomio; Nakano, Masao; Sato, Kimiaki;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Semiconductor memory with an improved nibble mode arrangement
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor memory which is capable of receiving and producing data consisting of a plurality of bits at a high speed. The above and other objects ... Read More
Inventors: Matsumoto, Tetsuro;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Semiconductor memory device and operating method thereof with transfer transistor used as a holding means
An object of the present invention is to attain a higher writing speed of data in a semiconductor memory device without increasing the occupied area thereof. Another object of the present invention is... Read More
Inventors: Tobita, Youichi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Pipelined SAM register serial output
The present invention contemplates modifications to a video RAM or VRAM to increase the speed of reading data at the serial port. In the prior art, each rising edge of a serial clock or SC clock signa... Read More
Inventors: McLaury, Loren L.;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Multiplexer-related 
