Patents by Inventor Gerald L. Kmetz

Gerald L. Kmetz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Floating point/logarithmic conversion system
    Patent number: 4583180
    Abstract: A digital transformation system for converting between logarithm functions and floating point functions very quickly by normalizing the floating point number in the range of one to two, and adapting one function as the other function, after a correction, which correction is generated by a ROM using the one function as an address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald L. Kmetz
  • Electronic musical instrument
    Patent number: 4240317
    Abstract: An electronic organ having an improved note generator, an improved control logic circuit for assigning note generators to generate output frequency signals corresponding to selected notes in accordance with the availability of the note generators, and an improved combination of a bass note assignment circuit and bass note generator is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald L. Kmetz