Patents by Inventor Hector M. Rubio
Hector M. Rubio 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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Patent number: 11604747Abstract: Systems and methods for communication between heterogenous processors via a virtual network interface implemented via programmable hardware and one or more buses. The programmable hardware may be configured with a multi-function bus such that the programmable hardware appears as both a network device and a programmable device to a host system. Additionally, the programmable hardware may be configured with a second bus to appear as a network device to an embedded system. Each system may implement network drivers to allow access to direct memory access engines configured on the programmable hardware. The configured programmable hardware and the network drivers may enable a virtual network connection between the systems to allow for information transfer via one or more network communication protocols.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Patrick Karl Sisterhen, Ashish S. Chaudhari, Moritz Daniel Fischer, Daniel Paul Jepson, Hector M. Rubio, Andrew Michael Lynch, Klaus Martin Braun, Antonia Marie Walls Jones
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Publication number: 20210349842Abstract: Systems and methods for communication between heterogenous processors via a virtual network interface implemented via programmable hardware and one or more buses. The programmable hardware may be configured with a multi-function bus such that the programmable hardware appears as both a network device and a programmable device to a host system. Additionally, the programmable hardware may be configured with a second bus to appear as a network device to an embedded system. Each system may implement network drivers to allow access to direct memory access engines configured on the programmable hardware. The configured programmable hardware and the network drivers may enable a virtual network connection between the systems to allow for information transfer via one or more network communication protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Patrick Karl Sisterhen, Ashish S. Chaudhari, Moritz Daniel Fischer, Daniel Paul Jepson, Hector M. Rubio, Andrew Michael Lynch, Klaus Martin Braun, Antonia Marie Walls Jones
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Patent number: 10621025Abstract: A system may include a data acquisition hardware device (DAQ) for acquiring sample data and/or generating control signals, and a host system with memory that may store data samples and information associated with the DAQ and host system operations. The DAQ may push hardware status information to host memory, triggered by predetermined events taking place in the DAQ, e.g. timing events or interrupts. The DAQ may update dedicated buffers in host memory with status data for any of these events. The pushed status information may be read in a manner that allows detection of race conditions, and may be used to handle data acquisition, output control signaling, and interrupts as required without the host system having to query the DAQ. The DAQ may also detect data timing errors and report those data timing errors back to the host system, and also provide improved output operations using counters.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Rafael Castro Scorsi, Hector M. Rubio, Gerardo Daniel Domene-Ramirez
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Publication number: 20180267848Abstract: A system may include a data acquisition hardware device (DAQ) for acquiring sample data and/or generating control signals, and a host system with memory that may store data samples and information associated with the DAQ and host system operations. The DAQ may push hardware status information to host memory, triggered by predetermined events taking place in the DAQ, e.g. timing events or interrupts. The DAQ may update dedicated buffers in host memory with status data for any of these events. The pushed status information may be read in a manner that allows detection of race conditions, and may be used to handle data acquisition, output control signaling, and interrupts as required without the host system having to query the DAQ. The DAQ may also detect data timing errors and report those data timing errors back to the host system, and also provide improved output operations using counters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Rafael Castro Scorsi, Hector M. Rubio, Gerardo Daniel Domene-Ramirez
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Patent number: 9996407Abstract: A system may include a processing unit executing program instructions (SW), a data acquisition (DAQ) hardware device for acquiring sample data and/or generating control signals, and host memory configured to store data samples and various data associated with the DAQ and processor operations. The DAQ device may push HW status information to host memory upon being triggered by predetermined events taking place in the DAQ device, e.g. timing events or interrupts, to avoid or reduce SW reads to the DAQ device. The DAQ device may update dedicated buffers in host memory with status data on any of these events. The status information pushed to memory may be read in a manner that allows detection of race conditions. Interrupts generated by the DAQ device may be similarly handled. Upon generating an interrupt, the DAQ device may gather information required to handle the interrupt, and push the information into system memory, along with information identifying the interrupt.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Rafael Castro Scorsi, Hector M. Rubio, Gerardo Daniel Domene-Ramirez
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Publication number: 20160217028Abstract: A system may include a processing unit executing program instructions (SW), a data acquisition (DAQ) hardware device for acquiring sample data and/or generating control signals, and host memory configured to store data samples and various data associated with the DAQ and processor operations. The DAQ device may push HW status information to host memory upon being triggered by predetermined events taking place in the DAQ device, e.g. timing events or interrupts, to avoid or reduce SW reads to the DAQ device. The DAQ device may update dedicated buffers in host memory with status data on any of these events. The status information pushed to memory may be read in a manner that allows detection of race conditions. Interrupts generated by the DAQ device may be similarly handled. Upon generating an interrupt, the DAQ device may gather information required to handle the interrupt, and push the information into system memory, along with information identifying the interrupt.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Rafael Castro Scorsi, Hector M. Rubio, Gerardo Daniel Domene-Ramirez
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Patent number: 9323699Abstract: A system may include a processing unit executing program instructions (SW), a data acquisition (DAQ) hardware device for acquiring sample data and/or generating control signals, and host memory configured to store data samples and various data associated with the DAQ and processor operations. The DAQ device may push HW status information to host memory upon being triggered by predetermined events taking place in the DAQ device, e.g. timing events or interrupts, to avoid or reduce SW reads to the DAQ device. The DAQ device may update dedicated buffers in host memory with status data on any of these events. The status information pushed to memory may be read in a manner that allows detection of race conditions. Interrupts generated by the DAQ device may be similarly handled. Upon generating an interrupt, the DAQ device may gather information required to handle the interrupt, and push the information into system memory, along with information identifying the interrupt.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Rafael Castro Scorsi, Hector M. Rubio, Gerardo Daniel Domene-Ramirez
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Publication number: 20140129752Abstract: A system may include a processing unit executing program instructions (SW), a data acquisition (DAQ) hardware device for acquiring sample data and/or generating control signals, and host memory configured to store data samples and various data associated with the DAQ and processor operations. The DAQ device may push HW status information to host memory upon being triggered by predetermined events taking place in the DAQ device, e.g. timing events or interrupts, to avoid or reduce SW reads to the DAQ device. The DAQ device may update dedicated buffers in host memory with status data on any of these events. The status information pushed to memory may be read in a manner that allows detection of race conditions. Interrupts generated by the DAQ device may be similarly handled. Upon generating an interrupt, the DAQ device may gather information required to handle the interrupt, and push the information into system memory, along with information identifying the interrupt.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATIONInventors: Rafael Castro Scorsi, Hector M. Rubio, Gerardo Daniel Domene-Ramirez