Patents by Inventor Richard F. Webb

Richard F. Webb 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: 4821174
    Abstract: A signal processing system that includes a ring bus; a multiplicity of system modules, each coupled to the ring bus and operative to receive and transfer blocks of data words over the ring bus; and a bus control module coupled to the ring bus and operative to support simultaneous data transfers between specified pairs of system modules in accordance with concurrent execution of multiple programs of data transfer instructions. In an alternate embodiment, the signal processing system may include a plurality of ring buses wherein each system module is coupled to all of the ring buses and operative to receive and transfer blocks of data words over any one of the ring buses. In addition, the bus control module is also coupled to all of the ring buses and operative to support simultaneous data transfers between specified pairs of system modules over all of the ring buses. Moreover, each ring bus may comprise individual bus segments for system module to system module coupling about the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Richard F. Webb, Charles W. Brooks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4760525
    Abstract: The processor is optimized for high-speed processing of large vectors, to fully utilize VHSIC technology, and to implement a signal processor having the highest possible throughput per volume while maintaining flexibility. It includes a 25 MHz embedded 1750A computer for performing control function scalar operations and set-up of vector signal processing instructions to be performed by a vector processing unit. The 40 MHz vector processing unit (VPU) performs high speed processing of real and complex vectors. The VPU's control portion provides an interface and status to the embedded 1750A computer. It also provides the control necessary for vector processing to occur concurrently with 1750A execution and concurrent with I/O of vector data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Richard F. Webb