Patents by Inventor Mark Joseph Hickey

Mark Joseph Hickey 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).

  • Publication number: 20240111064
    Abstract: A medical imaging device for use in imaging a subject using both gamma rays and light rays emanating from the subject, the device comprising: separation means to separate gamma rays and light rays emanating from the subject into a gamma ray channel comprising gamma rays and a light ray channel comprising light rays; first sensor means arranged to receive and detect gamma rays from the gamma ray channel and to generate first signals for use in forming a first image of the subject; second sensor means arranged to receive and detect light rays from the light ray channel and to generate second signals for use in forming a second image of the subject; wherein the first sensor means and the second sensor means are arranged to receive gamma rays and light rays, respectively, which propagate from the subject upon substantially coincident paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SERAC IMAGING SYSTEMS LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Victor POLIJANCZUK, George William WYLDE, Matthew Robert HICKEY, Paul Andrew CLOAD, Mark Joseph ROSSER
  • Patent number: 8255674
    Abstract: A logic arrangement and method to support implied storage operation decode uses redundant target address detection, whereby target addresses of previous instructions are compared with the target address of the current instruction, and if equal, and the target addresses of previous instructions are not used as sources, the current instruction is decoded as a store instruction. This allows a redundant operation in an instruction set architecture to be redefined as a store instruction, freeing up opcodes normally used for store instructions to be used for other instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Hickey, Adam James Muff, Matthew Ray Tubbs, Charles David Wait
  • Patent number: 7814299
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement and method support instruction target history based register address indexing, whereby register addresses to be used by an instruction are decoded using a target history table of previous target register addresses, and an index into the target history table supplied by an index value in the instruction. An instruction may include at least one index value that identifies a previously used register address. During execution of the instruction, the index is retrieved from the instruction, and then a register address is retrieved from the target history table using the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Hickey, Adam James Muff, Matthew Ray Tubbs, Charles David Wait
  • Publication number: 20100191937
    Abstract: A logic arrangement and method to support implied storage operation decode uses redundant target address detection, whereby target addresses of previous instructions are compared with the target address of the current instruction, and if equal, and the target addresses of previous instructions are not used as sources, the current instruction is decoded as a store instruction. This allows a redundant operation in an instruction set architecture to be redefined as a store instruction, freeing up opcodes normally used for store instructions to be used for other instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Hickey, Adam James Muff, Matthew Ray Tubbs, Charles David Wait
  • Publication number: 20100125719
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement and method support instruction target history based register address indexing, whereby register addresses to be used by an instruction are decoded using a target history table of previous target register addresses, and an index into the target history table supplied by an index value in the instruction. An instruction may include at least one index value that identifies a previously used register address. During execution of the instruction, the index is retrieved from the instruction, and then a register address is retrieved from the target history table using the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Hickey, Adam James Muff, Matthew Ray Tubbs, Charles David Wait
  • Patent number: 7187863
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a stream of data is transmitted by dividing the stream of data into a first substream and a second substream, transmitting the first substream in a first data channel, and transmitting the second substream in a second data channel. Before transmitting the first and second substreams, a first marker signal is inserted in the first substream and/or a second marker signal is inserted in the second substream. A receiver circuit receives the substreams, detects at least one marker signal, and reassembles the data stream from the substreams based on at least one detected marker signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Marie Cox, Mark Joseph Hickey, Jack Chris Randolph, Dale John Thomforde, Frederick Jacob Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20030112827
    Abstract: A method of deskewing parallel data streams includes receiving the plurality of data streams and storing each of the received data streams in a respective buffer. Synchronization signals in the data streams are detected, and the buffers are controlled to read out the stored data streams on the basis of the detected synchronization signals. Numerous other methods and apparatus are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Marie Cox, Mark Joseph Hickey, Jack Chris Randolph, Dale John Thomforde, Frederick Jacob Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20030112881
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a stream of data is transmitted by dividing the stream of data into a first substream and a second substream, transmitting the first substream in a first data channel, and transmitting the second substream in a second data channel. Before transmitting the first and second substreams, a first marker signal is inserted in the first substream and/or a second marker signal is inserted in the second substream. A receiver circuit receives the substreams, detects at least one marker signal, and reassembles the data stream from the substreams based on at least one detected marker signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Marie Cox, Mark Joseph Hickey, Jack Chris Randolph, Dale John Thomforde, Frederick Jacob Ziegler