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20090016477 | Signal timing phase selection and timing acquisition apparatus and techniques - Signal timing phase selection and timing acquisition apparatus and techniques are disclosed. A timing phase that is most closely aligned with a phase of information carried by a received signal is selected from a plurality of timing phases. The selected timing phase may be used, for example, as a reference signal for a phase detector in a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL). The received signal may be sampled one or more times per timing phase. In a multiple-sample implementation, the samples may be used for timing phase selection, for detection of a known initial pattern of a burst of information to thereby detect the start time of a an information burst, or both. | 01-15-2009 |
20140164861 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELF-TESTING A COMPONENT FOR SIGNAL RECOVERY - A circuit having a component for signal recovery, such as an adaptive equalizer, may be tested in order to ensure that the component operates properly. Unfortunately, external test equipment may be expensive and prone to being damaged. According to an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a circuit including BIST (Built-in Self-Test) circuitry for testing a component for signal recovery with a stress signal that simulates an imperfect signal received over a communication channel. The circuit also has a detector for determining whether the component is operating properly with the stress signal. Thus, no external test equipment is needed for testing the component. In some implementations, the BIST circuitry includes a low-pass filter for filtering a transmit signal into the stress signal. Thus, the amount of circuitry involved in generating the stress signal can be reduced. | 06-12-2014 |
20150103874 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELF-TESTING A COMPONENT FOR SIGNAL RECOVERY - A circuit having a component for signal recovery, such as an adaptive equalizer, may be tested in order to ensure that the component operates properly. Unfortunately, external test equipment may be expensive and prone to being damaged. According to an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a circuit including BIST (Built-in Self-Test) circuitry for testing a component for signal recovery with a stress signal that simulates an imperfect signal received over a communication channel. The circuit also has a detector for determining whether the component is operating properly with the stress signal. Thus, no external test equipment is needed for testing the component. In some implementations, the BIST circuitry includes a low-pass filter for filtering a transmit signal into the stress signal. Thus, the amount of circuitry involved in generating the stress signal can be reduced. | 04-16-2015 |
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20080300694 | OPERATOR INTERFACE TERMINAL FOR CORRELATING DATA POINTS TO TIME POINTS - An operator interface terminal receives individual data points from a machine at individual time points. The operator interface terminal correlates the individual data points to the individual time points as the data points are received. The operator interface terminal transfers the data points correlated to the time points to a central information system. The operator interface terminal receives a control instruction from an operator. The operator interface terminal processes the control instruction to transfer a control signal to the machine, wherein the control signal drives the machine to operate based on the control instruction. | 12-04-2008 |
20090085917 | VARIABLE AND EVENT ASSOCIATION ON A DISPLAY - A method is provided for associating a variable and an event on a display. The variable is displayed relative to a time period on the display, resulting in a graph of the variable. A user input is received indicating a portion of the time period. A determination is made if the event occurred during the time period portion indicated by way of the user input. If the event occurred during the indicated portion of the time period, the event is displayed on the display. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089402 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - A graphical display system comprises a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) system and a communication device. The HMI system processes status data from a plurality of machine systems to generate graphical displays indicating status of the machine systems. The HMI system is receives selection information indicating the communication device and a selected set of the graphical displays. The HMI system transfers HMI interface software based on the selection information. The communication device receives and processes the HMI interface software to transfer a display request for the selected set of the graphical displays. The HMI system receives and processes the display request to transfer the selected set of the graphical displays. The communication device receives and displays the selected set of the graphical displays. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089698 | AUTOMATION VISUALIZATION SCHEMA WITH ZOOMING CAPACITY - In order to display automation data, a method is performed including the operations of: receiving an identification of a user, receiving a first view level from a plurality of view levels, wherein each of the plurality of view levels is associated with one of a plurality of hierarchical levels of an enterprise system, selecting a first subset of automation data from the enterprise system based on the user's identification and the first view level, displaying a graphical representation of the first view level, and displaying the first subset of automation data with the graphical representation of the first view level. | 04-02-2009 |
20090222113 | AUTOMATION HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE HAVING VIRTUAL GRAPHIC CONTROLS - Within an industrial automation environment, a human-machine interface (HMI) is provided comprising a HMI computer, a display electrically coupled with the computer, and a controller wirelessly coupled with the computer. The controller is configured to detect motion of the controller, and wirelessly transmit motion data related to the motion of the controller to the HMI computer. The HMI computer is configured to receive industrial automation data, wirelessly receive motion data from the controller, process the motion data into control data, and select a first set of industrial automation data for display in response to the control data. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222734 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE DISPLAY VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR A HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - A Human-Machine Interface (HMI) system provides graphical displays to communication devices. The HMI system processes status data from machine systems to generate display data for the graphical displays. The HMI system receives selection information indicating one of the communication devices and one of the graphical displays. In response, the HMI system retrieves display parameters for the selected communication device and retrieves the display data for the selected graphical display. The HMI system processes the display data and the display parameters to display a first model of the selected communication device rendering the selected graphical display. The HMI system allows the user to modify the graphical display and view a second model of the communication device rendering the modified graphical display. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222752 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION VISUALIZATION OBJECT HAVING INTEGRATED HMI AND CONTROL COMPONENTS - In order to update control and visualization configurations in an industrial automation environment, a method is performed including the operations of; receiving a single software object containing machine configuration information related to a new machine attribute, updating a visualization configuration with a new visualization attribute corresponding to the new machine attribute, and updating a control configuration with a new control attribute corresponding to the new machine attribute. | 09-03-2009 |
20090288029 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH USER OPTIONS - A method of displaying automation data is provided. First individual data points correlated with individual time points are received from a machine system. The first individual data points are stored in correlation with the individual time points. A user input is received indicating a selected time. The selected time is processed to determine if any of the individual time points are later in time than the selected time. In response to determining that none o the individual time points are later in time than the selected time, a graphical representation of second individual data points from the machine system are displayed. In response to determining that a one of the individual time points is later in time than the selected time, a graphical representation of at least the individual data point correlated with the selected time is displayed. | 11-19-2009 |
20110218651 | OPERATOR INTERFACE TERMINAL FOR CORRELATING DATA POINTS TO TIME POINTS - An operator interface terminal receives individual data points from a machine at individual time points. The operator interface terminal correlates the individual data points to the individual time points as the data points are received. The operator interface terminal transfers the data points correlated to the time points to a central information system. The operator interface terminal receives a control instruction from an operator. The operator interface terminal processes the control instruction to transfer a control signal to the machine, wherein the control signal drives the machine to operate based on the control instruction. | 09-08-2011 |
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20080279455 | MACHINE CHARACTER RECOGNITION VERIFICATION - Data on a document is recognized using at least two machine recognition processes. Data from one machine recognition process is used as reference data; data formed using the other recognition process is used as verification data. If the verification data matches the reference data, machine recognition may be verified. If the verification data does not exactly match the reference data, an assessment is made of the likelihood that the verification data is sufficiently close to the reference data to suggest an error in the verification data. This may be done by applying a fitness function to the verification data, to assess the likelihood that the verification data represents a mis-recognized version of the reference data. In one embodiment, the verification data is OCR data, and the reference data is MICR data. | 11-13-2008 |
20090193059 | Data consistency control method and software for a distributed replicated database system - A distributed replicated database system having a plurality of federated database systems and methods of updating and reading database records from the distributed replicated database system are disclosed. Each federated database system contains a complete copy of a database. Moreover, each federated database system comprises at least one server divided into at least one logical partition. A logical partition contains records of the database and all logical partitions in a federated database system cumulatively stores all records in the database. A data structure is maintained which indicates whether the records in a given logical partition are up-to-date. When an update or insert request is received, the data structure is modified to indicate that all logical partitions storing a copy of the record to be updated, or partitions into which the new record is to be inserted, are not up-to-date. When the record has been updated or inserted, the data structure is modified to indicate that the logical partition storing the record is up-to-date. When a read request is received, the record is read from an up-to-date logical partition storing the record. | 07-30-2009 |
20090285471 | System, method and computing device for detecting duplicate financial documents - A method and system are disclosed for identifying in real time duplicate financial documents processed by a financial institution or check clearinghouse. A collection of hash values representative of previously processed financial documents are maintained in a memory, such as a GPU memory. When a new financial document enters the financial institution or check clearinghouse for processing, one or more features of the financial document are captured. A hash value is generated from the one or more features of the financial document. A search is performed in the collection of hash values for a matching hash value. If a match is found, a potential fraudulent event or operational error may be indicated. If a match is not found, the hash value representative of the new financial document is added to the collection of hash values. | 11-19-2009 |
20120224763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECTECTING DUPLICATE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS - A method and system are disclosed for identifying in real time duplicate financial documents processed by a financial institution or check clearinghouse. A collection of hash values representative of previously processed financial documents are maintained in a memory, such as a GPU memory. When a new financial document enters the financial institution or check clearinghouse for processing, one or more features of the financial document are captured. A hash value is generated from the one or more features of the financial document. A search is performed in the collection of hash values for a matching hash value. If a match is found, a potential fraudulent event or operational error may be indicated. If a match is not found, the hash value representative of the new financial document is added to the collection of hash values. | 09-06-2012 |
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20090154874 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH NON-EQUALLY SPACED OUTPUT PORTS - The invention relates to multiport routing devices for routing optical signals which also provide beam attenuation by imparting a controllable offset between an optical beam and a selected optical port. A multiport optical routing device of the present invention has a plurality of non-equally spaced optical ports disposed in a row to enable beam offset for attenuation without substantially increasing optical crosstalk between adjacent ports in a compact port arrangement. | 06-18-2009 |
20090214207 | PACKAGING A RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MODULE - A hermetically packaged, MEMS array-based ROADM module is disclosed. The enclosure sidewalls and a top lid are made of Kovar, and the base is made of alumina ceramic AuSn-soldered to the enclosure sidewalls. The MEMS array is attached to the ceramic base. The optics are passively pre-aligned using a removable template and epoxied to an optical bench. The optical bench is actively aligned as a whole and attached to the ceramic base. A plurality of electrical feedthrough contact pins extend from the bottom of the ceramic base for connecting the MEMS to a connector on a printed circuit board. In one embodiment of the invention, the ceramic base extends beyond the footprint of the sidewalls of the enclosure of the module, for mounting additional electronic components, for example MEMS driver circuitry chips, directly to the ceramic base of the enclosure. | 08-27-2009 |
20090263080 | STRESS FREE MOUNTING OF OPTICAL BENCH FOR WSS - An optical bench in a wavelength selective switch (WSS) is mounted using a combination of fixed mounts and stress-free mounts. The WSS is packaged in an enclosure including a base, a sidewall, and a lid. The optical switching engine is attached directly to the base. The optical bench is attached to the base and the optical components supported thereon are aligned with the array of switching elements of the switching engine. The optical bench is attached to the base with at plurality of mounts, which include at least one movable mount supporting movement of the optical bench in a plane parallel to the optical bench and at least one fixed mount maintaining optical alignment between the dispersive element and the array of switching elements. | 10-22-2009 |
20100061727 | HITLESS MxN WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength selective switch (WSS) based on an array of MEMS mirrors tiltable in 1-dimension about only one axis exhibits “hitting” or unwanted port connections during switching. Two WSS's can be cascaded to create M×N switching functionality in a hitless manner by the inclusion of block ports at specified positions in one or both of the WSS's. Greater use efficiency of ports can be achieved if quasi-hitless performance is acceptable. | 03-11-2010 |
20120257853 | MxN WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A wavelength selective switch (WSS) based on an array of MEMS mirrors tiltable in 1-dimension about only one axis exhibits “hitting” or unwanted port connections during switching. Two WSS's can be cascaded to create M×N switching functionality in a hitless manner by the inclusion of block ports at specified positions in one or both of the WSS's. Greater use efficiency of ports can be achieved if quasi-hitless performance is acceptable. | 10-11-2012 |
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20100029639 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia. | 02-04-2010 |
20100056603 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia. | 03-04-2010 |
20110207730 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia. | 08-25-2011 |
20130171077 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia. | 07-04-2013 |
20140314685 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF - Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia. | 10-23-2014 |