Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating inventions 12/07

20070299892 - Algebra operation method, apparatus, and storage medium thereof: An algebra operation method includes the steps of converting algebra operations for a plurality of objects which appear in a program into an algebra operation sequence object described using object access data used to access the plurality of objects and object state data used to store states associated with the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070299893 - Control apparatus: A control apparatus that communicates with a host apparatus, and includes: an input module; a control arithmetic section for performing an arithmetic process on an input signal obtained from the input module, and outputting a control signal; an output module in which an output value of the control signal from... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070299894 - Random number generating apparatus, random number generating control method, memory access control apparatus, and communication apparatus: A random number generating apparatus generates and outputs a random number or pseudo-random number. The random number generating apparatus includes a random number generator for generating the random number or pseudo-random number, and a random-number output controller for, when the random number or pseudo-random number generated by the random number... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070299895 - System and method of generating electrical stimulation waveforms as a therapeutic modality: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method of generating electrical stimulation waveforms using Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS). The waveform generation substantially reduces intensive processor calculations and commands required for the generation of waveforms via Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). DDS technology is integrated into single-integrated circuit components, capable... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070299896 - Method in creating a symbol pattern, symbol pattern obtained thereby, method and system for finding a position in such symbol pattern and computer program product for performing the method: The invention relates to a method in creating a two-dimensional symbol pattern which may be utilized to determine a position in a large area covered by the pattern, for example for recording handwritten information by means of a pen-like instrument. The invention is useful for creating a symbol pattern having... Agent: Laurence A Weinberger, Esq.

20070299897 - Reduction of errors during computation of inverse discrete cosine transform: Techniques are described to reduce rounding errors during computation of discrete cosine transform using fixed-point calculations. According to these techniques, an inverse discrete cosine transform a vector of coefficients is calculated using a series of butterfly structure operations on fixed-point numbers. Next, a midpoint bias value and a supplemental bias... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070299898 - System and method for implementing irregular data formats: A computer system comprises a processing unit configured to process fixed size data words comprising at least one exponent field of variable size and a mantissa of variable size; an input device configured to provide data words to the processing unit; and an output device configured to output data words... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070299899 - Mulptiplying two numbers: Techniques are described to multiply two numbers, A and B. In general, multiplication is performed by using Karatsuba multiplication on the segments of A and B and adjusting the Karatsuba multiplication based on the values of the most significant bits of A and B.... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Portfolio Ip

20070299900 - Booth decoder apparatus and method: A Booth decoder apparatus and method are provided. The Booth decoder apparatus may comprise three circuits that run in parallel. A first circuit is used to generate a shift control signal output. A second circuit is used to generate a zero control signal output. A third circuit is used to... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070299901 - Division unit, image analysis unit and display apparatus using the same: A division unit, an image analysis unit and a display apparatus using the same capable of simplifying the computation of overall average gray scale are provided. The shift-add type of division unit includes a plurality of shift units for shifting an input signal by a different number of bits, an... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070299903 - Optimized dft implementation: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for implementing a discrete Fourier transformation (DFT) of a predetermined vector size, wherein at least one DFT module is configured to perform DFTs of a first predetermined number and of a vector size corresponding to a second predetermined number, to multiply... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070299902 - Sparse tree adder: Embodiments disclosed herein provide sparse adder circuits comprising Ling type propagate and generate circuits and sparse carry circuits to efficiently add first and second operands to one another.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070294326 - Hybrid computer: In the hybrid computer of the invention, cells including analog integrator circuits (1, 2) and micro controllers connect with each other through coordinator cells and they operate synchronously and make time continuous integration. By means of micro controllers, results of the integration process are transferred to the digital computer having... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070294327 - Method for synthesizing linear finite state machines: Method and apparatus for synthesizing high-performance linear finite state machines (LFSMs) such as linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs) or cellular automata (CA). Given a characteristic polynomial for the circuit, the method obtains an original LFSM circuit such as a type I or type II LFSR. Feedback connections within the original... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070294328 - Cleaning compositions comprising surfactant boosting polymers: A method of identifying, selecting, and designing polymers that give surfactant boosting properties in the presence of free ion hardness. Such methods also result in increased cleaning when used in a cleaning composition.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070294329 - Filtering for vpu: Included are embodiments for processing video data. At least one embodiment includes receive logic configured to receive the video data chosen from a plurality of formats and filter logic configured to filter the video data according to the instruction. Similarly, some embodiments include transform logic configured to transform the video... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070294330 - Systems, methods and computer program products for providing a combined moduli-9 and 3 residue generator: Systems, methods and computer program products for providing a combined moduli-9 and 3 residue generator. The methods include receiving a number in binary coded decimal (BCD) or binary format. A modulus-9 residue of the number is calculated. The modulus-9 residue that is calculated includes a modulus-3 residue of the number.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20070288539 - Methods and apparatuses for finding rectangles and application to segmentation of grid-shaped tables: In a method for identifying cells, line graphics are converted into vectors (12) having a canonical form without vector overlaps or crossings. Connecting vectors (22, 24, 26, 30, 32) are associated, including (i) forking vectors (22) having common starting points, and (ii) meeting vectors (24) having common ending points. A... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20070288540 - Sorting points into neighborhoods (spin): A method for an unsupervised analysis of data according to a reordered distance matrix. According to preferred embodiments thereof, the present invention is useful for large scale multidimensional data, more preferably data having at least four dimensions. The present invention is also preferably used for data comprising a plurality of... Agent: Martin D Moynihan Prtsi Inc

20070288541 - Apparatus and method for performing a calculation operation: The invention provides an apparatus and a method for performing a calculation operation with at least one input signal consisting of signal sections, wherein each signal section of said input signal has a constant amplitude. The apparatus comprises a signal transformation unit for transforming at least one input signal into... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070288542 - Multi-port mixed-radix fft: A processor for performing a fast Fourier transform or inverse fast Fourier transform comprises a radix-2 butterfly structure; and a radix-4 butterfly structure. A method of performing a fast Fourier transform or inverse fast Fourier transform comprises selectively performing a radix-2 butterfly operation on an input data stream; and selectively... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070282930 - System and methodology for management and modification of human behavior within a goal-oriented program: A system and methodology for human behavior modification or maintenance implemented by electronic two way communication between a host computing device with software adapted to the task, and a user. The system employs collected data regarding user identity, availability, and behavior, and generates a customized program of sequential events during... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070282931 - System, arrangement and method for providing numerical analysis data, and numerical analysis data utilizing device: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a numerical analysis data providing system. The system can include a server side computer which may provide numerical analysis data to a user side computer connected to a network. The server side computer can record a material name and a property item... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070282932 - Bus inverting code generating apparatus and method of generating bus inverting code using the same: A bus inverting code generating apparatus and a method of generating bus inverting code is provided. The bus inverting code generating apparatus includes a bit comparator comparing present input data with previous input data for each bit and outputs a bit comparison result; a bit counter counting bits of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070282933 - Data coding: Embodiments of methods, systems and/or devices for data coding are disclosed.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070282934 - Method and apparatus for post-processing a raw bit sequence of a noise source: An apparatus for post processing a raw bit sequence generated by a noise source, comprises a derivation unit for deriving a random word from each bit sequence input into the derivation unit and a skip unit for skipping skip sequences of consecutive bits of the raw bit sequence and inputting... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070282935 - Method and system for analyzing ditigal audio files: A method and system for analyzing audio files is provided. Plural audio file feature vector values based on an audio file's content are determined and the audio file feature vectors are stored in a database that also stores other pre-computed audio file features. The process determines if the audio files... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070282936 - Digital implementation of fractional exponentiation: Provided are digital processing apparatuses and techniques for estimating the fractional exponentiation of the base number 2, i.e., 2f where f is a fractional value. In one representative embodiment, a calculation is made of a folded quantity, which is equal to 1−f if f is greater than a specified threshold... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070282937 - Methods and systems for data analysis and feature recognition including detection of avian influenza virus: Systems and methods for automated pattern recognition and detection of avian influenza virus in a data set corresponding to an aspect of a biological sample. The method includes receiving a first data set corresponding to a first aspect of a first biological sample, analyzing the first data set using results... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070282938 - Integer rounding operation: Systems, methods, processors, media, and other embodiments associated with integer rounding a floating point number in one micro-operation (uop) are described. One system embodiment includes a memory to store an integer rounding floating point instruction and a processor to perform the integer rounding floating point instruction. The processor may include... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa C/o Intellevate