Patents by Inventor Ronald John Yates

Ronald John Yates 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).

  • Method for identifying and communicating with a plurality of slaves in a master-slave system
    Patent number: 6854053
    Abstract: A method of identifying a plurality of slave processors using a master processor is provided which includes assigning a unique identification code to each of the plurality of slave processors, and transmitting an attention command from the master processor to the plurality of slave processors. The master processor then transmits a request for the slaves' unique identification code to the plurality of slave processors. The master processor then determines whether one of the plurality of slave processors unique identification code matches the classification characters. If there are no matches, a last added classification character is incremented by 1. If only one matches, the master processor identifies the one of the plurality of slave processors, and removes a last added classification character. Otherwise, if more than one matches, the master processor adds a new classification character, and sets a last added classification character to a minimum identification code character value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Signet Scientific Company
    Inventors: Gert H. Burkhardt, Craig Stephen Trommler, Ronald John Yates, Albert Hai Zhou
  • Method for identifying and communicating with a plurality of slaves in a master-slave system
    Publication number: 20020049822
    Abstract: A method of identifying a plurality of slave processors using a master processor is provided which includes assigning a unique identification code to each of the plurality of slave processors, and transmitting an attention command from the master processor to the plurality of slave processors. The master processor then transmits a request for the slaves' unique identification code to the plurality of slave processors. The master processor then determines whether one of the plurality of slave processors unique identification code matches the classification characters. If there are no matches, a last added classification character is incremented by 1. If only one matches, the master processor identifies the one of the plurality of slave processors, and removes a last added classification character. Otherwise, if more than one matches, the master processor adds a new classification character, and sets a last added classification character to a minimum identification code character value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Gert H. Burkhardt, Craig Stephen Trommler, Ronald John Yates, Albert Hai Zhou