Patents by Inventor Graham Kirsch
Graham Kirsch 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).
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Publication number: 20240078247Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for direct data transfer. An example method comprises transferring data between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is a bit vector operation device, and transforming the data using a data transform engine (DTE) by rearranging the data to enable the data to be stored on the first device when transferring the data between the second device and first memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Isom Crawford, JR., Graham Kirsch, John D. Leidel
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Patent number: 11816123Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for direct data transfer. An example method comprises transferring data between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is a bit vector operation device, and transforming the data using a data transform engine (DTE) by rearranging the data to enable the data to be stored on the first device when transferring the data between the second device and first memory device.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Isom Crawford, Jr., Graham Kirsch, John D. Leidel
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Publication number: 20210200783Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for direct data transfer. An example method comprises transferring data between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is a bit vector operation device, and transforming the data using a data transform engine (DTE) by rearranging the data to enable the data to be stored on the first device when transferring the data between the second device and first memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Isom Crawford, JR., Graham Kirsch, John D. Leidel
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Patent number: 10956439Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for direct data transfer. An example method comprises transferring data between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is a bit vector operation device, and transforming the data using a data transform engine (DTE) by rearranging the data to enable the data to be stored on the first device when transferring the data between the second device and first memory device.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Isom Crawford, Jr., Graham Kirsch, John D. Leidel
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Patent number: 10802795Abstract: An imaging system may include an array of pixels that each generates pixel data and a pixel data compression system. The pixel data compression system may include pixel data to variable-precision floating-point conversion circuitry, discrete wavelet transform circuitry, encoding circuitry, and serialization circuitry. The pixel data to variable-precision floating-point conversion circuitry may generate bits associated with a floating-point representation of the pixel data. The bits associated with the floating-point representation may include a sign component, an exponent component, and a mantissa component. The exponent component may be offset by a value to generate the floating-point value associated with the pixel data.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Graham Kirsch
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Patent number: 10783942Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing a corner turn using a modified decode. An example apparatus can comprise an array of memory cell and decode circuitry coupled to the array and including logic configured to modify an address corresponding to at least one data element in association with performing a corner turn operation on the at least one data element. The logic can be configured to modify the address corresponding to the at least one data element on a per column select basis.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Graham Kirsch, Martin Steadman
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Publication number: 20200065064Abstract: An imaging system may include an array of pixels that each generates pixel data and a pixel data compression system. The pixel data compression system may include pixel data to variable-precision floating-point conversion circuitry, discrete wavelet transform circuitry, encoding circuitry, and serialization circuitry. The pixel data to variable-precision floating-point conversion circuitry may generate bits associated with a floating-point representation of the pixel data. The bits associated with the floating-point representation may include a sign component, an exponent component, and a mantissa component. The exponent component may be offset by a value to generate the floating-point value associated with the pixel data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Graham KIRSCH
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Publication number: 20190189169Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing a corner turn using a modified decode. An example apparatus can comprise an array of memory cell and decode circuitry coupled to the array and including logic configured to modify an address corresponding to at least one data element in association with performing a corner turn operation on the at least one data element. The logic can be configured to modify the address corresponding to the at least one data element on a per column select basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Graham Kirsch, Martin Steadman
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Patent number: 10217499Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing a corner turn using a modified decode. An example apparatus can comprise an array of memory cell and decode circuitry coupled to the array and including logic configured to modify an address corresponding to at least one data element in association with performing a corner turn operation on the at least one data element. The logic can be configured to modify the address corresponding to the at least one data element on a per column select basis.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Graham Kirsch, Martin Steadman
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Patent number: 10122945Abstract: Electronic devices may include image sensors having configurable image sensor pixel interconnections. Image sensors may include image sensor pixels coupled to analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The analog circuitry may include many analog circuit blocks. The analog circuit blocks may control and read out signals from associated image sensor pixels. The configurable interconnect circuitry may be controlled to reroute the connections between the analog circuit blocks and specific groups of image sensor pixels. Digital circuitry may be coupled to the analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The digital circuitry may include digital circuit blocks. There may be significantly more image pixels controlled by a small number of analog circuit blocks, which are in turn controlled by a smaller number of digital circuit blocks. The image sensor pixel array, the configurable interconnect circuitry, the analog circuitry, and the digital circuitry may be vertically stacked.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Graham Kirsch
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Publication number: 20180174630Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing a corner turn using a modified decode. An example apparatus can comprise an array of memory cell and decode circuitry coupled to the array and including logic configured to modify an address corresponding to at least one data element in association with performing a corner turn operation on the at least one data element. The logic can be configured to modify the address corresponding to the at least one data element on a per column select basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Graham Kirsch, Martin Steadman
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Patent number: 9899070Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing a corner turn using a modified decode. An example apparatus can comprise an array of memory cell and decode circuitry coupled to the array and including logic configured to modify an address corresponding to at least one data element in association with performing a corner turn operation on the at least one data element. The logic can be configured to modify the address corresponding to the at least one data element on a per column select basis.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Graham Kirsch, Martin Steadman
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Publication number: 20170242902Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for direct data transfer. An example method comprises transferring data between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is a bit vector operation device, and transforming the data using a data transform engine (DTE) by rearranging the data to enable the data to be stored on the first device when transferring the data between the second device and first memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Isom Crawford, JR., Graham Kirsch, John D. Leidel
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Publication number: 20170243623Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing a corner turn using a modified decode. An example apparatus can comprise an array of memory cell and decode circuitry coupled to the array and including logic configured to modify an address corresponding to at least one data element in association with performing a corner turn operation on the at least one data element. The logic can be configured to modify the address corresponding to the at least one data element on a per column select basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Graham Kirsch, Martin Steadman
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Publication number: 20170195587Abstract: Electronic devices may include image sensors having configurable image sensor pixel interconnections. Image sensors may include image sensor pixels coupled to analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The analog circuitry may include many analog circuit blocks. The analog circuit blocks may control and read out signals from associated image sensor pixels. The configurable interconnect circuitry may be controlled to reroute the connections between the analog circuit blocks and specific groups of image sensor pixels. Digital circuitry may be coupled to the analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The digital circuitry may include digital circuit blocks. There may be significantly more image pixels controlled by a small number of analog circuit blocks, which are in turn controlled by a smaller number of digital circuit blocks. The image sensor pixel array, the configurable interconnect circuitry, the analog circuitry, and the digital circuitry may be vertically stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Graham KIRSCH
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Patent number: 9641776Abstract: Electronic devices may include image sensors having configurable image sensor pixel interconnections. Image sensors may include image sensor pixels coupled to analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The analog circuitry may include many analog circuit blocks. The analog circuit blocks may control and read out signals from associated image sensor pixels. The configurable interconnect circuitry may be controlled to reroute the connections between the analog circuit blocks and specific groups of image sensor pixels. Digital circuitry may be coupled to the analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The digital circuitry may include digital circuit blocks. There may be significantly more image pixels controlled by a small number of analog circuit blocks, which are in turn controlled by a smaller number of digital circuit blocks. The image sensor pixel array, the configurable interconnect circuitry, the analog circuitry, and the digital circuitry may be vertically stacked.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Graham Kirsch
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Publication number: 20150172578Abstract: Electronic devices may include image sensors having configurable image sensor pixel interconnections. Image sensors may include image sensor pixels coupled to analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The analog circuitry may include many analog circuit blocks. The analog circuit blocks may control and read out signals from associated image sensor pixels. The configurable interconnect circuitry may be controlled to reroute the connections between the analog circuit blocks and specific groups of image sensor pixels. Digital circuitry may be coupled to the analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The digital circuitry may include digital circuit blocks. There may be significantly more image pixels controlled by a small number of analog circuit blocks, which are in turn controlled by a smaller number of digital circuit blocks. The image sensor pixel array, the configurable interconnect circuitry, the analog circuitry, and the digital circuitry may be vertically stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Graham KIRSCH
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Patent number: 9032185Abstract: A command engine for an active memory receives high level tasks from a host and generates corresponding sets of either DCU commands to a DRAM control unit or ACU commands to a processing array control unit. The DCU commands include memory addresses, which are also generated by the command engine, and the ACU command include instruction memory addresses corresponding to an address in an array control unit where processing array instructions are stored.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Graham Kirsch
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Patent number: 9013615Abstract: Electronic devices may include image sensors having configurable image sensor pixel interconnections. Image sensors may include image sensor pixels coupled to analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The analog circuitry may include many analog circuit blocks. The analog circuit blocks may control and read out signals from associated image sensor pixels. The configurable interconnect circuitry may be controlled to reroute the connections between the analog circuit blocks and specific groups of image sensor pixels. Digital circuitry may be coupled to the analog circuitry via configurable interconnect circuitry. The digital circuitry may include digital circuit blocks. There may be significantly more image pixels controlled by a small number of analog circuit blocks, which are in turn controlled by a smaller number of digital circuit blocks. The image sensor pixel array, the configurable interconnect circuitry, the analog circuitry, and the digital circuitry may be vertically stacked.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventor: Graham Kirsch
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Patent number: 8797387Abstract: A self calibrating stereo camera includes first and second spatial transform engines for directly receiving first and second images, respectively, of an object. The first and second spatial transform engines are coupled to a stereo display for displaying a fused object in stereo. A calibration module is coupled to the first and second spatial transform engines for aligning the first and second images, prior to display to a viewer. The first and second point extracting modules, respectively, receive the first and second images for extracting interest points from each image. A matching points module is coupled to the first and second point extracting modules for matching the interest points extracted by the first and second point extracting modules. The calibration module determines alignment error between the first and second images, in response to the interest point matches calculated by the matching points module.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Aptina Imaging CorporationInventors: Anthony R. Huggett, Graham Kirsch