Patents by Inventor Michael Cerna

Michael Cerna 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: 6775629
    Abstract: System and method for estimating signal parameters (e.g., frequency, amplitude and/or phase) of one or more tones present in an input signal. Samples of the input signal are received, and a frequency transform of the samples generated. An amplitude peak in the frequency transform corresponding to the tone is identified. Two or more frequency bins are selected proximate to the identified frequency in the transform. A tone frequency value is determined that minimizes a difference between two or more expressions, each including respective numerator and denominator terms corresponding to respective frequency bins and whose ratios each represent a complex amplitude of the tone at a respective bin. Each expressions includes a tone frequency variable that represents a correct tone frequency value of the tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Rao, Michael Cerna
  • Publication number: 20030040875
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating signal parameters (e.g., one or more of frequency, amplitude and/or phase) of one or more tones present in an input signal. The method may comprise first receiving samples of the input signal, wherein the input signal includes the tone, and generating a frequency transform of the samples. The method may then identify an amplitude peak in the frequency transform corresponding to the tone. Two or more frequency bins may then be selected proximate to the identified frequency location in the frequency transform. The method may then determine a tone frequency value that minimizes a difference between two or more expressions. The expressions include numerator and denominator terms that correspond to respective frequency bins, wherein a ratio of each numerator term and its corresponding denominator term represent a complex amplitude of the tone at a respective bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yong Rao, Michael Cerna