Patents by Inventor Makia Powell

Makia Powell 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: 8725786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a specific semiconductor-based computational device situated in the machine to perform the steps of a partial SRT (PSRT) division of a dividend X by a divisor D to obtain a quotient Q. The steps include: causing a computer to obtain the dividend X and the divisor D; representing the dividend X and the divisor D as a digital representation having a plurality of bits; and performing iteratively a series of steps until a desired accuracy of the quotient Q is achieved. The invention also relates to an article of manufacture including a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a partial SRT (PSRT) division of a dividend X by a divisor D to generate a quotient Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventor: Makia Powell
  • Publication number: 20100281087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a specific semiconductor-based computational device situated in the machine to perform the steps of a partial SRT (PSRT) division of a dividend X by a divisor D to obtain a quotient Q. The steps include: causing a computer to obtain the dividend X and the divisor D; representing the dividend X and the divisor D as a digital representation having a plurality of bits; and performing iteratively a series of steps until a desired accuracy of the quotient Q is achieved. The invention also relates to an article of manufacture including a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a partial SRT (PSRT) division of a dividend X by a divisor D to generate a quotient Q.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: University of Massachusetts
    Inventor: Makia Powell