Patents by Inventor Robert A. Dennison

Robert A. Dennison 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).

  • Publication number: 20180046916
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system perform computations using a sparse convolutional neural network accelerator. Compressed-sparse data is received for input to a processing element, wherein the compressed-sparse data encodes non-zero elements and corresponding multi-dimensional positions. The non-zero elements are processed in parallel by the processing element to produce a plurality of result values. The corresponding multi-dimensional positions are processed in parallel by the processing element to produce destination addresses for each result value in the plurality of result values. Each result value is transmitted to a destination accumulator associated with the destination address for the result value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: William J. Dally, Angshuman Parashar, Joel Springer Emer, Stephen William Keckler, Larry Robert Dennison
  • Publication number: 20180046900
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system perform computations using a processor. A first instruction including a first index vector operand and a second index vector operand is received and the first index vector operand is decoded to produce first coordinate sets for a first array, each first coordinate set including at least a first coordinate and a second coordinate of a position of a non-zero element in the first array. The second index vector operand is decoded to produce second coordinate sets for a second array, each second coordinate set including at least a third coordinate and a fourth coordinate of a position of a non-zero element in the second array. The first coordinate sets are summed with the second coordinate sets to produce output coordinate sets and the output coordinate sets are converted into a set of linear indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: William J. Dally, Angshuman Parashar, Joel Springer Emer, Stephen William Keckler, Larry Robert Dennison
  • Publication number: 20060174282
    Abstract: This invention is a signal coupler that works with, but is not restricted to multi-satellite, multi-receiver systems using one cable with a multi-slot transponder selector. The invention solves the difficulty of connecting a multi-output signal coupler to multiple receivers, where each receiver exhibits the characteristics of a master as specified by the DiSEqC protocol. By using a microcontroller with store and forward characteristics, it solves the issues of receiver command collisions, and is able to direct return commands (in DiSEqC 2.x systems) to only the receiver that initiated the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Dennison, Alexander Chee
  • Publication number: 20050280594
    Abstract: An antenna rotor system with a single cable including an antenna, a rotor unit and a control unit is disclosed. The antenna is mounted on the rotor unit for receiving radio signals to pass to the rotor unit. The control unit provides control signals and electrical power to control and drive the rotor unit for rotating the antenna. The single cable connected between the rotor unit and the control unit carries the radio signals, the control signals and the electrical power. Therefore, the installation of the antenna rotor system of the present invention is simpler, faster and lower cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Dennison, Alexander Chee
  • Publication number: 20040245208
    Abstract: A container (1) with a flexible neck (2) that permits the neck (2) to be moved into any position while continuing to spray liquid (12) from the container (1). The container (1) can be used with any conventional spray nozzle attachment (3) having an attachment ring (4), tubing (11), a trigger (6) and a nozzle (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Robert A. Dennison
  • Publication number: 20040104194
    Abstract: A bottle with a flexible neck containing less than a gallon of sprayable liquid which in its sold position has its center line or axis vertical. The flexible neck permits the bottle to be moved into any position and continue to spray liquid from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Robert A. Dennison
  • Publication number: 20040035819
    Abstract: A flexible assembly made of plastic material for attachment onto a liquid spray bottle between the spray nozzle and the bottle of liquid. The flexible bottle assembly has an upper end threaded to fit into the bottom of the spray nozzle and its lower end is threaded to fit onto the bottle of liquid to be sprayed. The length of the flexible assembly is preferably about 3½ inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Robert A. Dennison
  • Patent number: 5257403
    Abstract: A multiplication circuit for use in an FM television transmitter and receiver is provided. The multiplication circuit includes a limiting circuit for limiting a subcarrier supplied thereto and a dividing circuit coupled to the limiting circuit and dividing the output of the limiting circuit by a predetermined factor. A mixer is coupled to the dividing circuit and mixes the output of the dividing circuit with the subcarrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis A. Rovira, David P. Womble, Allen Walter, Robert Dennison