Patents by Inventor Theodore Basil Staros

Theodore Basil Staros 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 reducing digital filter coefficient word size and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 8671127
    Abstract: Electronic component resource utilization for certain digital filters may be significantly reduced by using a method for determining a set of coefficient words using a smaller word size. The disclosed method and/or apparatus may be used to determine an initial set of coefficient words for a digital filter for a predetermined frequency, a predetermined quality factor (“Q”), and a predetermined sampling frequency, and determining a gain error value for the digital filter for the set of coefficient words. If the determined gain error value is greater than a predetermined threshold, the quality factor may be modified by multiple predetermined amounts. The set of coefficient words may be redetermined using the modified quality factors as often as necessary until the gain error drops below the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: HBC Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Basil Staros, John Crawford LeVieux
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING DIGITAL FILTER COEFFICIENT WORD SIZE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20090119356
    Abstract: Electronic component resource utilization for certain digital filters may be significantly reduced by using a method for determining a set of coefficient words using a smaller word size. The disclosed method and/or apparatus may be used to determine an initial set of coefficient words for a digital filter for a predetermined frequency, a predetermined quality factor (“Q”), and a predetermined sampling frequency, and determining a gain error value for the digital filter for the set of coefficient words. If the determined gain error value is greater than a predetermined threshold, the quality factor may be modified by multiple predetermined amounts. The set of coefficient words may be redetermined using the modified quality factors as often as necessary until the gain error drops below the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore Basil Staros, John Crawford LeVieux
  • Image display apparatus
    Patent number: D569371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore Basil Staros, Dennis Peter Kerkhof, Joe John Dombrowski