Patents by Inventor Guy D. Couturier

Guy D. Couturier 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).

  • Patent number: 4454590
    Abstract: The device performs the function ##EQU1## for image processing, where W.sub.i are fixed weights for any specific application. It uses a PROM and accumulator algorithm, in which the memory stores the values ##EQU2## in 2.sup.M words, with addresses formed from one bit of each data word in a given bit position. In operation the most significant bit of each data word is used first to address memory, and in successive clock cycles the other bit positions are used down to the least significant. The memory output words are supplied to the adder-accumulator, and in each clock cycle the adder-accumulator output is shifted left one bit and used as a second input thereof. Then if the data words have N bits designated j=0 to N-1, after N clock cycles the memory output words have each been effectively multiplied by 2.sup.j and accumulated in the sum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Ronald A. Belt, Guy D. Couturier