Patents by Inventor Michael Blauer

Michael Blauer 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: 5315171
    Abstract: An analog feedback rank order filter electronic circuit for receiving a number N of analog input signals (V.sub.1, V.sub.2, . . ., V.sub.N) and reproducing at its output (V.sub.o) the magnitude of that one of the input signals having a magnitude which is the K.sup.th largest among the magnitudes of the N input signals, K being an adjustable rank parameter in the range of 1 to N, comprising: N comparator subcircuits, a summation subcircuit, an integrator subcircuit and means for generating a control signal whose magnitude selects the desired rank parameter K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Inventors: Michael Blauer, Martin D. Levine