Patents by Inventor Carlos J. Cabral

Carlos J. Cabral 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).

  • Performance monitor and method therefor
    Patent number: 6937961
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a monitoring unit and method which counts a number of qualified clusters of a selected event type based on a size threshold, granularity threshold, and distance threshold time. In one embodiment, a qualified cluster is a cluster which meets both the size threshold and granularity threshold. In one embodiment, a qualified cluster is detected and counted by the cluster counter if it occurs at least the distance threshold time after a previous counted qualified cluster. For example, in one implementation, the performance monitor waits until a distance threshold time expires prior to detecting a next qualified cluster. Alternatively, all qualified clusters are detected where the cluster counter counts a qualified cluster only if it occurs at least the distance threshold time after a previous qualified cluster, regardless of whether it was counted by the cluster counter or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos J. Cabral, Jose M. Nunez
  • Performance monitor and method therefor
    Publication number: 20040064290
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a monitoring unit and method which counts a number of qualified clusters of a selected event type based on a size threshold, granularity threshold, and distance threshold time. In one embodiment, a qualified cluster is a cluster which meets both the size threshold and granularity threshold. In one embodiment, a qualified cluster is detected and counted by the cluster counter if it occurs at least the distance threshold time after a previous counted qualified cluster. For example, in one implementation, the performance monitor waits until a distance threshold time expires prior to detecting a next qualified cluster. Alternatively, all qualified clusters are detected where the cluster counter counts a qualified cluster only if it occurs at least the distance threshold time after a previous qualified cluster, regardless of whether it was counted by the cluster counter or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Carlos J. Cabral, Jose M. Nunez