Patents by Inventor Brain M. Kelleher

Brain M. Kelleher 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).

  • Method and apparatus for correction of underflow and overflow
    Patent number: 5038314
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for correcting underflow of binary data and for correcting overflow of binary data from computation unit for producing binary data in a fixed point range comprising: detecting mechanism for detecting underflow of binary data from the fixed point range and for detecting overflow of binary data from the fixed point range; output mechanism for providing binary output data in the fixed point range; and inverting mechanism, responsive to said detecting mechanism, for inverting all bits of binary data produced in the fixed point range by the computation unit and for providing the inverted binary data to said output mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Brain M. Kelleher