Patents by Inventor Bill E. Tennyson

Bill E. Tennyson 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).

  • Absolute magnitude difference function generator for an LPC system
    Patent number: 4373191
    Abstract: An absolute magnitude difference function (AMDF) generator for a linear predictive coding (LPC) system including a high speed low pass filter, with the AMDF generator formed on a single semiconductor chip including a data bus, control bus, memory, and a plurality of arithmetic logic units (ALU) for performing a plurality of functions in a reduced number of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Fette, Bruce D. Harte, Bill E. Tennyson