Patents by Inventor John H. Kieft

John H. Kieft 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: 4910596
    Abstract: A high bandwidth multiple spot video processing system includes a mosaic array, a dual memory buffer, and a processor. The array and dual memory buffer, operative independently of the processor, are cooperative to provide digital data representative of the spatial intensity distribution of a two-dimensional input signal incident on the mosaic array at a selectable frame rate. A buffer controller, coupled to the processor and to the dual memory buffer, for implementing a communications protocol that allows the processor to selectively operate in a mode synchronous with the data frame rate or asynchronous with the data frame rate to respectively provide a real-time processing mode and a special processing capability. The dual memories of the dual memory buffer each share the same address space of the global memory of the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: John H. Kieft