Patents by Inventor William Brian Fallon

William Brian Fallon 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).

  • Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling a device under test
    Patent number: 8140465
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for monitoring and controlling a device under test, the device under test comprising a plurality of registers, each register having a register value and comprising a plurality of data bits for controlling a setting or settings of the device under test. The apparatus comprises display means for displaying an interactive register map to a user. The interactive register map is configured to display a plurality of register values simultaneously, and further adapted to display one or more data fields corresponding to each register value, each data field relating to one or more of the data bits and having a first indicator for representing a corresponding device setting. In this manner, a user can readily appreciate which device settings are controlled by the same register value, and hence can be written simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Wolfson Microelectronics plc
    Inventors: Ian Bowman Brockbank, Ricky Wong, William Brian Fallon, Martin David Twigg, Nicholas Roche
  • Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling a device under test
    Publication number: 20080216007
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for monitoring and controlling a device under test, the device under test comprising a plurality of registers, each register having a register value and comprising a plurality of data bits for controlling a setting or settings of the device under test. The apparatus comprises display means for displaying an interactive register map to a user. The interactive register map is configured to display a plurality of register values simultaneously, and further adapted to display one or more data fields corresponding to each register value, each data field relating to one or more of the data bits and having a first indicator for representing a corresponding device setting. In this manner, a user can readily appreciate which device settings are controlled by the same register value, and hence can be written simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ian Bowman Brockbank, Ricky Wong, William Brian Fallon, Martin David Twigg, Nicholas Roche