Patents by Inventor Norman E. Heckman

Norman E. Heckman 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: 4760596
    Abstract: A concurrent echo cancellation and channel equalization signal processor for hybrid full duplex communication, including a decision device and three transversal adaptive filters, in which the gain coefficients of the three transversal filters are adjusted in accordance with a fast Kalman algorithm to minimize the error between the estimated far end signal after it has passed through a hybrid (produced by summing the filter outputs) and the estimated received far end signal (produced by the decision device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: GTE Laboratories Incorporated
    Inventors: Jagannath P. Agrawal, Norman E. Heckman
  • Patent number: 4157589
    Abstract: A system includes arithmetic logic units, each including two 2:1 multiplexers, one 8:1 multiplexer, and a three input majority gate. Each 2:1 multiplexer provides a specific one of two data inputs when a select input signal is at a specific one of two binary states. The 8:1 multiplexer provides output signals indicative of specific ones of eight data inputs in accordance with the binary states of three select input signals. Electrical signals indicative of two input variables are coupled, respectively, to the select input of the two 2:1 multiplexers. Two outputs therefrom are coupled to two of three select inputs of the 8:1 multiplexer, and to two inputs of the majority gate.A carry-in signal is coupled to both the third select input of the 8:1 multiplexer, and to the third input of the majority gate. The arithmetic logic unit acts as an adder, subtractor, AND gate, OR circuit, exclusive OR circuit, and NOR circuit.Arithmetic and logical functions on two input binary variables of the form A.sub.0, A.sub.1. .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1979
    Assignee: GTE Laboratories Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher W. Kapral, Norman E. Heckman