Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating inventions 06/07

20070150530 - Resisting cache timing based attacks: Executing a program on a processor based system, the program including an implementation of an algorithm including one or more modular multiplication operations and one or more modular squaring operations, such that the program performs the execution of each of the one or more modular multiplication operations in a first... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070150531 - Apparatus and method for generating random number using digital logic: An apparatus and method for generating random numbers using digital logic are provided. The apparatus includes a shift register which sequentially moves bit values stored therein, a feedback circuit which performs a predetermined logic operation on the bit values stored in the shift register to generate a feedback signal, an... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070150532 - System for generating a high-definition format in standard video instant messaging: A mechanism for generating a 16:9 aspect ratio video image or other non-standard format video for transmission to an application expecting a standard 4:3 image. Software or firmware is inserted between the camera and the application. The image is cropped to obtain the desired aspect ratio (e.g., 4:3 is cropped... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070143382 - Electronic clipboard module with remote unit: An electronic clipboard with an optional associated remote personal unit worn by a player. The clipboard can include a flat electronic unit with an optionally writeable flat display. The associated unit can be a wrist or other unit with a small display worn by a player. A protective cover can... Agent: Clifford Kraft

20070143383 - Signal averaging circuit and method for sample averaging: An averaging circuit and method are provided to compute a running average over a number of samples without the need for maintaining a large sample queue or register. Generally, the method includes the steps of (i) receiving and accumulating data samples in a plurality of sample-accumulators while counting the number... Agent: William Nuttle

20070143384 - Random number generating method and semiconductor integrated circuit device: A random number generating method uses: a plurality of unit circuits each having a first and a second logic circuit formed into an identical shape through an identical fabrication process and an amplifier circuit for forming a binary signal by amplifying a noise superposed on the differential voltage of threshold... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070143385 - Pcr elbow determination by use of a double sigmoid function curve fit with the levenberg-marquardt algorithm and normalization: Systems and methods for determining characteristic transition values such as elbow values in sigmoid or growth-type curves, such as the cycle threshold (Ct) value in PCR amplification curves. A double sigmoid function with parameters determined by a Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) regression process is used to find an approximation to a curve... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070143386 - Method and system for reconfigurable pattern filtering engine: Methods and systems for a reconfigurable pattern filtering engine may include assembling a hardware filter from a plurality of minimum length hardware filters. A length of the assembled hardware filter may vary in multiples of a length of one of the minimum length hardware filters. The assembled hardware filter and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070143387 - Linear transformation circuit: A first device is described. The first device may include a linear transformation circuit to implement multiplication by a matrix D. The linear transformation circuit may have an input to receive a vector having N digital values and an output to output N first output signals, a sign-adjustment circuit to... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20070143388 - Prime calculating apparatus, key issuing system, and prime calculation method: The present invention offers a prime calculating apparatus for calculating a prime which can be determined whether it has been duly generated. The prime calculating apparatus (i) generates a random number, (ii) calculates a multiplication value R by multiplying a management identifier by the random number, and (iii) calculate a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070143389 - Efficient error-check and exact-check for newton-raphson divide and square-root operations: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs both error-check and exact-check operations for a Newton-Raphson divide or square-root computation. During operation, the system performs Newton-Raphson iterations followed by a multiply for a divide or a square-root operation to produce a result, which includes one or more... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070136404 - Display device with electromagnetic interference shield: A display device includes a display panel unit, a flexible cable, an electronic module, and a shield. The display panel has a side. The flexible cable is mounted on and extends along the side of the display panel unit, and is coupled electrically to the display panel unit. The electronic... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070136405 - Multi-panel sliding cover for a device: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a multi-panel cover component for a multi-panel body component nested within the cover component. The cover component is moveable with respect to the body component, so as to provide an image or functional change in the component being presented... Agent: Lawrence Edelman, Esq

20070136406 - Method and system for numerical computation visualization: A tool allows a user to visualize numerical computations (as opposed to visualizing only data). The tool inputs and reads in data and computations in an information source (e.g., a spreadsheet file) and then parses the read data. The extracted information is then used to build a software object, which... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070136407 - Scheme for securing locally generated data with authenticated write operations: A scheme for securing a locally generated data on a system using authenticated write operations is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a private/public key pair is randomized and repeatedly generated to protect operations to data blocks.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070136408 - Identification of occluded edge regions from 3d point data: An improved interface and algorithm(s) can be used to simplify and improve the process for locating an occluded edge from a series of points in a point cloud. An interface can allow the user to select a hint point thought to be near an edge of interest, which can be... Agent: Stallman & Pollock, LLP

20070136409 - Interpolator and designing method thereof: Interpolation of signed values A and B is efficiently performed by simple circuitry. To calculate an interpolated value C based on a 4-bit values A (bits a3a2a1a0) and B (bits b3b2b1b0) expressing a negative number by twos complement notation and a 4-bit interpolation rate D (bits d3d2d1d0) consisting of only... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070136410 - Finite impulse response filter for a time-synchronized system: A Finite Impulse Response (“FIR”) filter that uses an approximation of the time integral of the impulse response derived from data collected at non-uniform intervals and processes time-synchronized measurements taken at uneven intervals.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070136411 - Cyclic redundancy checking value calculator: A CRC value calculator enables throughput to be improved while keeping down the increase in the size of the circuitry. This is achieved by using (n+1) basic CRC circuits to configure a CRC value calculator in which the width of the data processed during one clock cycle is m2n bits.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070130239 - Identification of edge regions from 3d point data: An improved interface and algorithm(s) can be used to simplify and improve the process for locating an edge from a series of points in a point cloud. An interface can allow the user to select a hint point thought to be near an edge of interest, which can be used... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP Attn: Michael A. Stallman

20070130240 - Circuit arrangement and method for initializing a random number generator: A circuit arrangement for initializing a random number generator includes a volatile random access memory and an access device for storing and reading information in the random access memory. The information is read out from at least one area of the random access memory as a starting value or read... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070130241 - Systems and methods for implementing cordic rotations for projectors and related operators: A CORDIC processor is configured to perform orthogonal or oblique CORDIC projections in order to cancel interference in a received signal. The CORDIC projection can be used to rotate an interference signal vector so that its only non-zero component is in the last Euclidean coordinate of the representative vector. A... Agent: Tensorcomm, Inc.

20070130242 - Arithmetic operation unit, information processing apparatus and arithmetic operation method: An arithmetic operation unit, which generates information representing whether or not an arithmetic operation result has been shifted when the arithmetic operation result is normalized, has an arithmetic logical unit outputting the arithmetic operation result, a normalizer having a plurality of shifter normalizing the arithmetic operation result, a shift amount... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP