| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 377019000 | Measuring or testing | 40 |
| 20080232538 | TEST APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a test apparatus for testing a device under test, the test apparatus including: a pattern generator that generates an expected value pattern of an output signal of the device under test; a timing generator that generates a timing signal indicating a timing for acquiring the output signal of the device under test by delaying a reference clock; a comparator that acquires the output signal of the device under test at the timing designated by the timing signal and compares the acquired output signal to the expected value pattern; and a measurement circuit that starts operating at the timing designated by the timing signal and counts a number of pulses of the output signal of the device under test. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080253498 | Electronic sensor with optimised counting capacity - Electronic sensor comprising at least:
| 10-16-2008 |
| 20080298535 | Circuit structure for timer counter and electrical device using the same - A circuit structure for a timer counter counting the cycles of the pulse width of a digital signal corresponding to a clock signal is provided, wherein the signal type of the digital signal is Non-return to zero code. The timer counter circuit structure includes a first counter module and a second counter module. The first counter module receives the digital signal and the clock signal and counts the cycles of the pulse width of the digital signal corresponding to the clock signal while the logic of the digital signal is high. The second counter module receives the inverted digital signal and the clock signal and counts the cycles of pulse width of the inverted digital signal corresponding to the clock signal while the logic of the inverted digital signal is low. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090003510 | Electronic Device For Counting the Number of Rotations of an Object With Storage Means - A device for counting the number of rotations of an object in a system, in which a storage means carries counting data designed to represent the number of rotations counted. The counting data is used for conditionally resetting the storage means if and only if two separate conditions are fulfilled, where at least of one of the conditions is the reception of information from an external device, thereby insuring that the counting data represents the number of rotations counted from a predetermined time. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090046827 | Time interval measurement for capacitive detection - Capacitive detection systems, modules, and methods. In one embodiment, time interval measurement(s) are generated that are monotonic functions of the capacitance(s) of capacitive sensor(s) in a capacitive sensing area. In one embodiment, the generated time interval measurement(s), or any other monotonic function(s) of capacitance(s) of capacitive sensor(s) in a capacitive sensing area, may be analyzed to detect the presence of an object near the capacitive sensing area and/or to detect the position of an object near the capacitive sensing area. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090052609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF IDENTIFICATION OF CIRCUITRY - A system that includes a controller for enabling an enumeration operation. The enumeration operation is performed by a controller ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090116610 | LOW LATENCY COUNTER EVENT INDICATION - A hybrid counter array device for counting events with interrupt indication includes a first counter portion comprising N counter devices, each for counting signals representing event occurrences and providing a first count value representing lower order bits. An overflow bit device associated with each respective counter device is additionally set in response to an overflow condition. The hybrid counter array includes a second counter portion comprising a memory array device having N addressable memory locations in correspondence with the N counter devices, each addressable memory location for storing a second count value representing higher order bits. An operatively coupled control device monitors each associated overflow bit device and initiates incrementing a second count value stored at a corresponding memory location in response to a respective overflow bit being set. The incremented second count value is compared to an interrupt threshold value stored in a threshold register, and, when the second counter value is equal to the interrupt threshold value, a corresponding “interrupt arm” bit is set to enable a fast interrupt indication. On a subsequent roll-over of the lower bits of that counter, the interrupt will be fired. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090245454 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A signal processing device includes a detecting part that detects intensity of an input signal, a timer part that includes a time constant circuit and measures time based on a time constant of the time constant circuit, and a determination circuit that counts the number of times of switching of the input signal detected by the detecting part within the time measured by the time constant circuit. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090262883 | PRESSURE-INDUCED COUNTER - A pressure-induced counter includes a pressure acquisition unit, a delay unit and a counter unit. The pressure acquisition unit is electrically coupled to the counter unit via the delay unit. The pressure acquisition unit is configured for acquiring a pressure signal of an external pressure applied thereon to generate and output an original electrical signal corresponding to the pressure signal. The delay unit is configured for processing the original electrical signal outputted from the pressure acquisition unit to obtain a processed electrical signal by depressing the leading-edge jitter existing therein. The counter unit is configured for receiving the processed electrical signal transmitted from the delay unit and taking count of the received signals. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110182398 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE HAVING POWER FAILURE DETECTION FUNCTION - A motor driving device that accurately achieves power failure detection according to a power failure tolerance with a relatively simple configuration. A counter input computing unit determines, as a counter input value, a value that is inversely proportional to the power failure tolerance determined from a voltage amplitude value and supplies the counter input value to a counter. The counter accumulates the input value at predetermined intervals and outputs an output value. A comparator determines that power failure occurs if the output of the counter | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110235771 | CMOS READOUT ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR PHOTON-COUNTING ARRAYS - Embodiments of the present invention include complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) readout architectures for photon-counting arrays with a photon-counting detector, a digital counter, and an overflow bit in each of the sensing elements in the array. Typically, the photon-counting detector is a Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (APD) that emits brief pulses every time it detects a photon. The pulse increments the digital counters, which, in turn, sets the overflow bit once it reaches a given count. A rolling readout system operably coupled to each sensing element polls the overflow bit, and, if the overflow bit is high, initiates a data transfer from the overflow bit to a frame store. Compared to other photo-counting imagers, photon-counting imagers with counters and overflow bits operate with decreased transfer bandwidth, high dynamic range, and fine spatial resolution. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120027159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING COUNTER THRESHOLD VALUE - A system and method for configuring threshold values for fixed time delay counters of a System on a Chip (SoC) uses a reference clock signal and one or more frequency sub-range control signals corresponding to a frequency sub-range of the reference clock signal. A frequency sub-range of the reference clock signal is determined using the frequency sub-range control signals and the determined frequency sub-range is used to select a counter threshold value. The selected counter threshold value is provided to a counter and the counter then is updated at each cycle of the reference clock signal for a predetermined count based on the counter threshold value. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120121059 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE FREQUENCY OF A VIBRATING WIRE SENSOR USING A DIGITAL COUNTER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system for measuring the frequency of a vibrating wire sensor using a digital counter system, which measures changes in the length of a structure to monitor changes in the structure, comprising: a processor which outputs an excitation signal to an excitation signal interface unit for a vibrating wire sensor, and compares the counted value input from an external source with a consumed time to calculate a resonant frequency; said excitation signal interface unit for a vibrating wire sensor, which receives the excitation signal from the processor, converts the received signal into a form capable of generating an excitation, and outputs the converted signal; said vibrating wire sensor, which outputs an intrinsic vibration signal in response to the excitation signal; a received signal interface unit for the vibrating wire sensor, which receives an intrinsic vibration signal output by the vibrating wire sensor, converts the received signal into a signal recognizable by the processor, and outputs the converted signal to the processor; a signal-converting unit which converts the amplified intrinsic vibration signal into a digital signal; and a counter which counts the digital intrinsic vibration signal output from the signal converting unit and outputs the counted value to the processor. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120257708 | COUNTING DEVICE AND COUNTING METHOD - A counter counts the run lengths of a binarized signal. A counting result correcting portion generates frequency distributions for run lengths for first run lengths, which are from a rising edge to a falling edge of the signal, and second run lengths, which are for a falling edge to a rising edge of the signal, calculates a total number of first run lengths of lengths that are no less than 0 times and less than 1 times a representative value for the first run lengths, calculates a total number of second run lengths of lengths that are no less than 0 times and less than 1 times a representative value for the second run lengths, calculates a total number of first run lengths, calculates a total number of second run lengths, and corrects the counting results. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130142299 | TIMER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A timer device includes a RES input terminal, an OUT output terminal, a delay circuit that delays a signal input to the RES input terminal, and a pre-settable down counter that counts a given set value, and outputs a measurement completion signal via an output terminal when the counting of the set value is completed. When a predetermined signal is input to an input terminal after an output of the measurement completion signal, the pre-settable down counter completes the output of the measurement completion signal based on a delay signal obtained by the delaying the predetermined signal using the delay circuit. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130188766 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING DURATION OF A TIME INTERVAL - A method and apparatus for measuring the duration of a transient signal with high precision. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130315366 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING APPARATUS AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING METHOD - A physical quantity measuring method includes: (a) generating a synchronized input signal from an input signal, wherein the synchronized input signal is synchronized with a reference clock; (b) measuring a total number (N | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140029715 | Integrated Digital Discriminator For a Silicon Photomultiplier - Apparatuses and methods are provided that minimize the effects of dark-current pulses. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided where a first pixel is struck (i.e., a primary pixel). Pixels struck within a fixed time frame after the primary pixel is struck are referred to as secondary pixels. After a short fixed time frame has expired, the number of primary and secondary pixels is added. If the count exceeds a threshold, the primary pixel was activated by the first (or early) photon from a true gamma event. If the threshold is not met then it is likely the primary pixel generated a dark pulse that should be ignored. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20150036782 | SENSOR DEVICE - In order to provide a suitable sensor device for a sensor system in which a plurality of request sources request the acquisition of information for the same sensor, the sensor device is provided with a physical mass sensing unit ( | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036783 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INPUT CONTROL SIGNALS OF A SERIALIZED COMPRESSED SCAN CIRCUIT - A device and a method for generating input control signals of a serialized compressed scan circuit are provided. A control signal generating device receives a test clock signal from a clock input port and a state enable signal from a state enable bus, and correspondingly generates a shift enable signal, a capture enable signal and a strobe signal. A clock gating device is coupled to the control signal generating device, and receives the shift enable signal, the capture enable signal and the strobe signal. When the shift enable signal is enabled, the clock gating device controls the test clock signal as a serialized scan clock signal. When the strobe signal or the capture enable signal is enabled, the clock gating device controls the test clock signal as a scan clock signal. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160043726 | TEST CIRCUIT AND TEST METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A test circuit of a semiconductor apparatus may include a period signal counting block configured to count a period signal by a predetermined number of times, and enable an overflow signal. The test circuit of the semiconductor apparatus may include a clock signal counting block configured to count an internal clock signal until the overflow signal is enabled, and may output clock counting codes. The test circuit of the semiconductor apparatus may include an update register configured to receive and store the clock counting codes based on the overflow signal. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160043727 | PERIOD MEASURING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a counting detection block suitable for generating a counting value of a clock signal transmitted through a first transmission path and a counting value of a target signal transmitted through a second transmission path during a counter enable section, and blocking the first transmission path and the second transmission path based on a comparison result obtained by comparing a predetermined code value with the counting value of the clock signal; and an output block suitable for outputting the counting value of the target signal corresponding to when the first and second transmission paths to a predetermined pad are blocked, based on a test mode signal. | 02-11-2016 |
| 377020000 | Time combined with measurement of another parameter | 6 |
| 20110038451 | ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION TIMING MEASUREMENT - An integrated circuit for high-resolution timing measurement includes a delay pulse generator, the first oscillator to generate the first clock with the first frequency, the second oscillator to generate the second clock with the second frequency, an oscillator tuner, a sampling module, a counter, wherein the delay pulse generator generated a delayed pulse from the second clock, the oscillator tuner controls the second frequency to be as close as possible to the first frequency without being the same as the second frequency, the sampling module samples the delayed pulse at the first frequency, the counter generates a digital counter value by counting a number of sampling by the sampling module, and a time width of the delayed pulse can be calculated by the digital counter value. The second oscillator can be a tunable ring oscillator with one or more coarse tune stages and one or more fine-tune stages. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20120281806 | TIME INTERPOLATOR CIRCUIT - A time interpolator circuit increases the accuracy of digital counting circuits. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130142300 | TIMER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A timer device includes a RES input terminal (first external terminal), an input time determination circuit that determines the time length relationship between an input time of a predetermined signal input to the RES input terminal and a given determination time, and a pre-settable down counter (counting circuit) that counts a given set value. The pre-settable down counter changes a process according to a determination result of the input time determination circuit. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130182815 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FREQUENCY DETERMINATION - In a method for determining a frequency of an input signal, a first count value is determined by counting clock edges of a reference clock signal while the input signal corresponds to a first level value. Further, a second count value is determined by counting clock edges of the reference clock signal while the input signal corresponds to a second level value. The frequency of the input signal is determined as a function of the first and the second count value. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140169517 | TRACKING A RELATIVE ARRIVAL ORDER OF EVENTS BEING STORED IN MULTIPLE QUEUES USING A COUNTER - An order controller stores each received event in a separate entry in one of at least two queues with a separate counter value set from an arrival order counter at the time of storage, wherein the arrival order counter is incremented after storage of each of the received events and on overflow the arrival order counter wraps back to zero. The order controller calculates an absolute value of the difference between a first counter value stored with an active first next entry in a first queue from among the at least two queues and a second counter value stored with an active second next entry in a second queue from among the at least two queues. The order controller compares the absolute value with a counter midpoint value to determine whether the first counter value was stored before the second counter value. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140254742 | DELAY MEASUREMENT DEVICE, METHOD AND MEDIUM - An electronic circuit delay measurement device that includes: a delay section configured by a loop that reduces a pulse width of an input pulse by a specific reduction time and outputs the pulse, and that is connected such that the output pulse is employed as input; a pulse output section that is provided in the delay section loop, and that outputs a pulse of pulse width determined according to a delay time of an electronic circuit of a delay time measurement target when provided with a signal for starting a delay measurement, and that, for a pulse that has been input, outputs a pulse of pulse width determined according to the delay time of the electronic circuit; and a counting section that counts a pulse number of pulses output from the pulse output section. | 09-11-2014 |
| 377024000 | Dimension | 6 |
| 377240200 | Distance and Human Activity (e.g., pedometer, nonpowered golf carts) | 6 |
| 20080310579 | PACE CAPTURE DEVICE FOR ASSISTING WITH A SPORTING ACTIVITY - The present invention includes a system and method for monitoring a user's pace and providing an indication of the user's average pace in conjunction with performing an activity. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes monitoring a user's pace relating to the performance of the activity and calculating pace data relating the user. In response to a first signal, the method stores the pace data and in response to a second signal retrieves the pace data. The method then calculates an assistance pace for the user over a defined time interval and transmits an output signal reflecting the assistance pace based the pace data, such as in the example of a golf club assisting in the swinging pace of the golf club. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090190713 | Monitoring Devices, Monitoring Systems, and Methods of Monitoring - A method of monitoring activities of a user may include receiving information about the user, determining whether the user takes a step, determining the number of steps taken by the user and the length of the steps, and determining at least one of speed of the user, distance traveled by the user, and heart rate of the user. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090323888 | STEP COUNT MEASURING SYSTEM - A step count measuring system includes a pedometer and a step count managing apparatus which are able to communicate, with each other. In the pedometer, a step count value sequentially detected for each unit of time is stored, and a time counted in the pedometer is stored as first time data by being brought into associated with each of the step count values. When a battery is replaced in the pedometer, a reset is executed to start initialization processing, and the time stored as first time data is stored as second time data which can be discriminated from the first time data. A recording time of each of the step count values being associated with the first time data before the initialization processing is set on the basis of the time counted by the step count managing apparatus, and a recording time of each of the step count values being associated with the second time data after the initialization processing is set on the basis of the second time data. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100189209 | Step Rate Optimization Device - A step rate optimization device ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20130028368 | PEDOMETER FOR SHOE - An electromotive unit that produces an electric current in response to a pressure applied thereto when a user lands the ground on his/her foot while walking or running, or a pressure detector that detects variation in the applied pressure is formed like a flat plate and arranged within a small space in a shoe. A wire material is provided to deliver, outside the shoe, the electric current produced in response to the pressure applied when the user lands the ground on his/her foot or a signal indicative of the variation in the applied pressure. The wire material is connected to a pedometer unit outside the shoe to perform counting. The wire material can be fixed and mounted onto a desired portion in the opening of the shoe by using a fastener or by being formed as a fixable wire material. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20160003639 | METHOD OF COUNTING STEP NUMBER APPLIED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a method of counting step-number. When detecting step-number executed by an electronic device, a g-sensor of the electronic device detects whether the moving speed is normal (one step per second), i.e. the detection result is the G value, or the movement speed has abnormal variation (such as one step per two seconds or five seconds), i.e. the detection result is the G value at Y axis, and the electronic device computes the step-number according to sums of maximum values and minimum values of speed variations every second within a counting period, and average of the sums. The processing unit determines the variation of the step-numbers of the G values and the G values at Y axis, and selects one of the two step-numbers for use as a correct step-number detection result, so as to achieve the objective of precisely computing step-number upon the speed variation. | 01-07-2016 |
| 377025000 | Temperature | 6 |
| 20100040191 | WIRELESS TEMPERATURE SENSOR - The invention relates to an integrated temperature sensor ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20130129035 | PROGRAMMABLE RING OSCILLATOR USED AS A TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A method of programming a ring oscillator for use as a temperature sensor comprises selecting an initial number of delay elements for use in a ring oscillator. The method further comprise starting a system clock counter and counting pulses of the ring oscillator until the system clock counter reaches a programmed value. The method also comprises determining whether a number of counted ring oscillator pulses is between lower and upper count thresholds and changing the number of delay elements for the ring oscillator as a result of the number of counted ring oscillator pulses being less than the lower count threshold or greater than the upper count threshold. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140211905 | RATIO METER OF A THERMAL SENSOR - A ratio meter includes a converter circuit, a first counter, a delay circuit, and a second counter. The converter circuit is configured to receive a temperature-independent signal, to convert the received temperature-independent signal into a first frequency signal during a first phase, to receive a temperature-dependent signal, and to convert the temperature-dependent signal into a second frequency signal during a second phase. The first counter is configured to receive the first frequency signal and to generate a control signal by counting a predetermined number of pulses of the first frequency signal count. The delay circuit is configured to delay the control signal for a predetermined time delay. The second counter is configured to receive the second frequency signal and to generate a count value by counting the second frequency signal. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140286472 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a measurement method that enables high precision measurement of temperature or humidity or the like over a wide range. A semiconductor device of the present invention determines which is faster out of a reference oscillation and a thermistor oscillation, and using the faster oscillation as a reference, measures a count value based on the other oscillation. Moreover, the count based on the faster oscillation is employed as a reference value, and a count value based on the other oscillation when the reference value is taken as a measurement value. A frequency ratio is computed based on the reference value and the measurement value, and based on the computed frequency ratio, a table expressing correspondence relationships between frequency ratio and temperature is referred to and a temperature acquired. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20160047695 | TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION CIRCUIT AND COUNT VALUE CORRECTION CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a temperature estimation circuit includes a first oscillator, a second oscillator, an enable period setting unit, a first counter, a first memory, a second memory, and an operation unit. The operation unit executes a computation to calculate an operation temperature based on an operation-time count value that is outputted from the first counter during a normal operation, the first count value, and the second count value. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160187204 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device having a sensor capable of improving precision while suppressing increase in occupation area. A semiconductor device has: a first counter; and a second counter (time measuring circuit) measuring time until a count value, which is obtained by counting a first signal having a frequency corresponding to a first voltage, reaches a largest count value which can be counted by the first counter. The first counter obtains a piece of digital information corresponding to the first voltage on the basis of a count value obtained by counting a second signal having a frequency corresponding to a second voltage, which is different from the first voltage, on the basis of the time measured by the time measuring circuit. | 06-30-2016 |
