Patents Examined by Lisa C. Sievers
  • Patent number: 7403875
    Abstract: A signal processing system allows reconstruction of a non-uniformly sampled analog signal including sampling an analog signal at a sampling period of resulting in a quantized non-uniformly sampled signal. The non-uniformly sampled signal includes a sampled signal and an amplitude error between a signal sampled with the equidistant sample period and the non-uniformly sampled signal. A reconstructed amplitude error is determined through the time offset and the non-uniformly sampled signal, and is subtracted from the non-uniformly sampled signal. The signal processing system may be implemented in an electrocardiogram monitoring device or a mobile phone device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Vogel, Dieter Draxelmayr
  • Patent number: 7403869
    Abstract: Reference data observations for given system are used to develop a reference set of such observations. Subsequent observations (comprising, in one embodiment, current observations) are then used to facilitate selection of portions of this reference set to yield a resultant set of observations that serves as a model. This model can then be used in comparison to actual system performance to detect, for example, a trend towards a faulty condition. Pursuant to a preferred approach, the model is recomputed from time to time and, pursuant to a particular embodiment, is recomputed with each new set of current observations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Smartsignal Corporation
    Inventors: Stephan W. Wegerich, Xiao Xu
  • Patent number: 7383140
    Abstract: A method for measuring the value of an electronic component, including applying a voltage or a current signal to the electronic component, where the signal has a first tone and a second tone of a different frequency, measuring a response signal from the electronic component, where the response signal also has a first tone and a second tone, applying signal processing on the measured response signal to generate a frequency domain signal, and calculating the value of the electronic component by using a relationship between the first tone of the response signal and the second tone of the response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Gustavo Jesus Castro Paz, George C. Topala
  • Patent number: 7359824
    Abstract: Systems, methods and media for providing a distributed execution environment with per-command environment management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of digital systems are connected to a serving device. The serving device comprises a sequencer to originate environment attributes and commands to be executed within the environment. Each digital system under test and serving device comprises a listener with a queue to receive environment attributes and commands. A listener on a digital system under test or serving device implements the environment attributes and executes the received commands within the specified environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Erhard Blouin, Barry Alan Kritt, Douglas Alan Law, Kuldip Nanda, Paul Allen Roberts
  • Patent number: 7340373
    Abstract: A weight detecting apparatus for a crane includes a base machine comprising a lower traveling body and an upper rotating body; weights mounted on this base machine; ID (identification) tags which are installed on the respective weights and in which ID information on weight mounting conditions has been written; and an ID reader for reading the ID information. In this weight detecting apparatus weight detecting apparatus, the mounting conditions of the weights are detected by wireless communications between the ID reader and the ID tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Shimomura
  • Patent number: 7162375
    Abstract: A differential termination and attenuator network having an automated common mode termination voltage generator includes first and second termination resistors coupled in parallel with corresponding resistive attenuator circuits. A monitoring circuit coupled to input nodes of the network generates an output signal representative of the combination of a DC common mode voltage on the input nodes and an adjustable termination voltage. A control circuit generates scaled termination and compensation voltages and associated drive currents using the adjustable termination voltage and the monitoring circuit output signal. The scaled termination voltage and the scaled compensation voltage operate on the differential termination and attenuation network to optimize the dynamic range of a differential amplifier connected to the first and second attenuator outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Van Epps, Ira G. Pollock