Patents by Inventor Glenn D. House

Glenn D. House 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).

  • Circuit for providing a select rank-order number from a plurality of numbers
    Patent number: 4802108
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing bit operations on a plurality of sample value numbers arranged in binary format to derive a select rank-order number. The bit operations are performed first on all the most significant bits of the sample value numbers to derive the most significant bit of the rank-order number. All bits of like significance of the sample value numbers are grouped and each succeeding group of less significant bits is sequentially processed to derive the corresponding bits of the rank-order number with the least significant bit of the rank-order number being lastly derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Carol Bagdis, Glenn D. House, Wanda T. Reiss