Patents by Inventor Craig D. Bryant

Craig D. Bryant 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: 8199149
    Abstract: Automatic generation of a frequency domain mask is achieved by drawing a reduced waveform representing frequency domain data for an input signal as a pixel map. The reduced waveform is blurred by applying a user selected frequency offset, and from the blurred waveform data points are selected to generate upper and lower limits. The selected upper limit data points form an upper limit mask and the lower limit data points form a lower limit mask. When the upper and lower limit data masks are combined and translated back to frequency/amplitude units from the pixel map, they form an envelope mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian S. Dees, Craig D. Bryant, Lynne A. Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 8184121
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods, systems, and apparatus for multi-domain markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn A. Engholm, Craig D. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20090153559
    Abstract: Automatic generation of a frequency domain mask is achieved by drawing a reduced waveform representing frequency domain data for an input signal as a pixel map. The reduced waveform is blurred by applying a user selected frequency offset, and from the blurred waveform data points are selected to generate upper and lower limits. The selected upper limit data points form an upper limit mask and the lower limit data points form a lower limit mask. When the upper and lower limit data masks are combined and translated back to frequency/amplitude units from the pixel map, they form an envelope mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: TEKTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Ian S. Dees, Craig D. Bryant, Lynne A. Fitzsimmons
  • Publication number: 20080281560
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for determining measurement apparatus acquisition parameters and related processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: TEKTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Kathryn A. Engholm, Craig D. Bryant, Yi He
  • Publication number: 20080259082
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods, systems, and apparatus for multi-domain markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: TEKTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Kathryn A. Engholm, Craig D. Bryant
  • Patent number: 7159187
    Abstract: A method of creation/editing masks/waveforms for an instrument invokes a mask editor from an application running on the instrument. A context or signal waveform displayed in the application is transferred as a reference to a mask editor graphic display together with an unrelated current mask, which may be a previously existing mask or a default mask. The current mask is edited with respect to the reference to define a new mask, such as by changing the positions of points, adding points or deleting points that define the current mask. Then the mask editor is exited and the application recalled, with the new mask being applied to the context in the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle L. Bernard, Craig D. Bryant
  • Patent number: 6850238
    Abstract: A display of code power levels and relationships of multiple spreading factor orthogonal codes in a code division multiple access (CDMA) signal has a first code graph of code domain power (CDP) for all the codes at the largest code spreading factor that includes all codes at all spreading factors plotted in a linear code indexing order and a second graph of CDP where the codes are plotted in bit-reversed order to group together the sub-codes of each code of lower spreading factor. Markers on each graph are tied together such that movement of one marker on one graph to a particular code value causes the other marker on the other graph to move to the corresponding code value. The sub-codes related to a particular code bar in the graphs indicated by the markers may be differentiated by using grey scale or color variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig D. Bryant, Thomas L. Kuntz, Kathryn A. Engholm
  • Publication number: 20030085925
    Abstract: A method of creation/editing masks/waveforms for an instrument invokes a mask editor from an application running on the instrument. A context or signal waveform displayed in the application is transferred as a reference to a mask editor graphic display together with an unrelated current mask, which may be a previously existing mask or a default mask. The current mask is edited with respect to the reference to define a new mask, such as by changing the positions of points, adding points or deleting points that define the current mask. Then the mask editor is exited and the application recalled, with the new mask being applied to the context in the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Kyle L. Bernard, Craig D. Bryant
  • Publication number: 20030025704
    Abstract: A display of code power levels and relationships of multiple spreading factor orthogonal codes in a code division multiple access (CDMA) signal has a first code graph of code domain power (CDP) for all the codes at the largest code spreading factor that includes all codes at all spreading factors plotted in a linear code indexing order and a second graph of CDP where the codes are plotted in bit-reversed order to group together the sub-codes of each code of lower spreading factor. Markers on each graph are tied together such that movement of one marker on one graph to a particular code value causes the other marker on the other graph to move to the corresponding code value. The sub-codes related to a particular code bar in the graphs indicated by the markers may be differentiated by using grey scale or color variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Craig D. Bryant, Thomas L. Kuntz, Kathryn A. Engholm