Patents by Inventor Patrick Sharp

Patrick Sharp 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: 8516304
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a logic analyzer with enhanced analyzing and debugging capabilities and a method therefore. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a logic analyzer having a first input receiving a plurality of signals and an output for providing an indication of a detection, by the logic analyzer, of at least one trigger event; and a built in self test block having a first input for receiving one or more of the signals appearing at the first input of the logic analyzer, a second input coupled to the output of the logic analyzer for selectively enabling the BIST block, the BIST block generating and maintaining a signature based upon the first and second inputs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: James Ray Bailey, Christopher Wilson Case, James Patrick Sharpe
  • Patent number: 8254189
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for tuning control signals associated with one or more memory devices. The method includes performing a number of memory access operations on at least one memory device and recording results of the memory access operations. Specifically, the memory access operations are performed with different time delays for a first edge of a control signal. The control signal used for capturing data is provided by the at least one memory device. The method further includes selecting a time delay from the time delays used in the memory access operations. Moreover, the method includes utilizing the selected time delay in performing subsequent memory access operations on the at least one memory device. Also disclosed is a system including at least one memory device and an integrated circuit operatively coupled to the at least one memory device. The system incorporates the method for tuning control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Wayne Foley, James Patrick Sharpe, James Alan Ward, Keith Allen Wahnsiedler
  • Publication number: 20120144256
    Abstract: A system for testing or debugging a device under test having an embedded logic analyzer. In one embodiment, the system includes software stored in non-transitory memory for testing a device under test having an embedded logic analyzer, the software program product having instructions which, when executed by a computing device associated with the device under test cause the computing device to reconstruct signals of interest in the device under test based at least in part upon signals captured by the embedded logic analyzer during the test or debug session, and cause the computing device to display the reconstructed signals of interest to a user of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: James Ray Bailey, Christopher W. Case, James Patrick Sharpe, James Alan Ward, Michael Anthony Marra, III
  • Publication number: 20110047427
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a logic analyzer with enhanced analyzing and debugging capabilities and a method therefor. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a logic analyzer having a first input receiving a plurality of signals and an output for providing an indication of a detection, by the logic analyzer, of at least one trigger event; and a built in self test block having a first input for receiving one or more of the signals appearing at the first input of the logic analyzer, a second input coupled to the output of the logic analyzer for selectively enabling the BIST block, the BIST block generating and maintaining a signature based upon the first and second inputs thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: James Ray Bailey, Christopher Wilson Case, James Patrick Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20100277993
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for tuning control signals associated with one or more memory devices. The method includes performing a number of memory access operations on at least one memory device and recording results of the memory access operations. Specifically, the memory access operations are performed with different time delays for a first edge of a control signal. The control signal used for capturing data is provided by the at least one memory device. The method further includes selecting a time delay from the time delays used in the memory access operations. Moreover, the method includes utilizing the selected time delay in performing subsequent memory access operations on the at least one memory device. Also disclosed is a system including at least one memory device and an integrated circuit operatively coupled to the at least one memory device. The system incorporates the method for tuning control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Nathan Wayne Foley, James Patrick Sharpe, James Alan Ward, Keith Allen Wahnsiedler
  • Publication number: 20080091455
    Abstract: An automated, Web-based system and method for rating a candidate for employment, wherein an application and/or resume are submitted electronically and are subjected to an automated review process, wherein the applicant's qualifications may be first rated against a minimal, pre-selected set of employment criteria, and wherein the application, if it passes the initial screen, is subsequently screened against a more robust, pre-selected set of rating criteria to determine qualification for a particular position or set of positions. The invention also includes the ability to automate the scoring and rating of written narrative responses provided by job applicants, wherein the computerized method implements preselected methods of obtaining consensus, if required, between individual raters and then applies the scores in a predefined manner to obtain a final rating for the applicant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
    Inventors: Bridget Dongara, Valerie Duhart, Dennis Harp, Kim Leotis, J. Patrick Sharpe, Van Yee