Patents by Inventor Katherine K. Hutchison

Katherine K. Hutchison 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).

  • Computer tool for system level design
    Patent number: 5359523
    Abstract: A tool for system design is provided which allows a user to generate a first set of objects, each defining a portion of the system. The objects may have a parent-child relationship wherein one or more child objects each define a portion of the parent object. A second set of implementable objects is generated, each of the second set of objects is associated with the first set of objects. Links between the first and second sets are generated, the links describing the relationship between requirements associated with the first set and implementations associated with the second set. A matrix of interdependencies is generated between a selected set of the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Marvin T. Talbott, Katherine K. Hutchison
  • Method and apparatus for aiding system design
    Patent number: 5357440
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for aiding system design with a computer. The system is decomposed into a plurality of objects. The objects may have a parent-child hierarchical relationship wherein one or more of the child objects each define a portion of a parent object. A plurality of text files are generated. Information links may be generated between the objects and the text files on a plurality of different hierarchical levels, so that each object is associable with multiple ones of the text files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Marvin T. Talbott, Henry L. Burks, Richard W. Shaw, Michael Amundsen, Katherine K. Hutchison, Donald D. Strasburg
  • Method and apparatus for system design
    Patent number: 5355317
    Abstract: A system level automation tool for system design using a computer is operable to generate a first set of objects each defining a portion of the system. The objects have a parent-child relationship wherein one or more child objects each define a portion of the parent object. A second set of implementable objects is associated with the first set of objects using a transitional mapping (TRAM) describing the relationships between the first and second sets of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Marvin T. Talbott, Henry L. Burks, Richard W. Shaw, Donald D. Strasburg, Katherine K. Hutchison