Patents by Inventor Darwen John Cook

Darwen John Cook 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: 6356301
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus that verify the correct operation and calibration of a wobbling coil CRT monitor landing adjustment jig. The video test signal and the wobbling coil signal are disconnected from the CRT under test. The invention receives the video test signal and the wobbling coil signal and generates a modulated video test signal by modulating the video test signal with the wobbling coil signal. The modulated video test signal simulates a correctly adjusted CRT or a CRT with a known amount of misadjustment regardless of the actual state of adjustment of the CRT under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: David Christian Steele, David Alan Jones, Darwen John Cook
  • Patent number: 4074352
    Abstract: A modular interface unit to serve as a building block in the framework of an Input-Output Subsystem of a digital data processing system. The unit, designated as a Base Module, manages a group of Intelligent I/O Interface Control units (Line Control Processors) and provides a Base Module distribution-control interface called a Distribution Card unit. A group of Line Control Processors have a common set of backplane connections to the distribution-control means and to a maintenance unit and termination control unit. The maintenance unit permits the exercising and diagnosis of any selected Line Control Processor on the Base Module. The termination control unit provides clocking and control functions for all of the Line Control Processors in the module and also common termination impedances for the interconnecting backplane lines. Means are provided for priority ranking of the various Line Control Processors within the Base Module unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: Burroughs Corporation
    Inventors: Darwen John Cook, Donald Alexander Millers, II