公开(公告)号：US20110127874A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-02

申请号：US12737609

申请日：2009-07-14

申请人： Michael Frank ,  Sven Gattermann ,  Peter Van Hasselt

发明人： Michael Frank ,  Sven Gattermann ,  Peter Van Hasselt

IPC分类号： H02K3/46

CPC分类号： H02K1/30 ,  H02K11/01 ,  H02K55/04 ,  Y02E40/625

摘要： A rotor for an electrical machine, in particular a synchronous machine has a rotor axis which defines a rotor shaft. The rotor has a winding support which is arranged on the rotor shaft such that they rotate together, in such a way that it surrounds the rotor shaft in a centre section with respect to the rotor axis. The winding support is fitted with a superconducting rotor winding. The rotor has a sleeve which at least radially surrounds the winding support and the rotor winding with respect to the rotor axis. At least in the area, in which it radially surrounds the winding support and the superconducting rotor winding, the sleeve is formed integrally from a metal alloy, which is non-magnetic, has an electrical conductivity of at least 60% of the electrical conductivity of copper at 20° C., has a mechanical tensile strength of at least 250 N/mm2 at 200° C. and has a 0.2% proof stress of at least 200 N/mm2 at 200° C.

摘要翻译： 用于电机的转子，特别是同步电机具有限定转子轴的转子轴线。 转子具有绕转支撑件，该支撑件布置在转子轴上，使得它们一起旋转，使得其相对于转子轴线在中心部分围绕转子轴。 绕组支架配有超导转子绕组。 转子具有至少围绕绕组支撑件和转子绕组相对于转子轴线径向包围的套筒。 至少在其径向围绕绕组支撑件和超导转子绕组的区域中，套筒由非磁性的金属合金整体形成，其导电率至少为电导率的60％ 在20℃的铜，在200℃下的机械拉伸强度为至少250N / mm 2，并且在200℃下具有至少200N / mm 2的0.2％屈服应力。

公开(公告)号：US20100302069A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-02

申请号：US12733458

申请日：2008-07-18

申请人： Michael Frank ,  Petko Faber

发明人： Michael Frank ,  Petko Faber

IPC分类号： B60Q1/48

CPC分类号： G01S15/931 ,  G01S7/527 ,  G01S7/539 ,  G01S2013/9314 ,  G01S2013/9317 ,  G01S2015/934

摘要： An object classification method in which a vehicle moves toward an object includes: (a) ascertaining a first characteristic quantity from the variation of a first signal received by a distance-measuring sensor; (b) ascertaining an additional characteristic quantity from the variation of a second signal received by the distance-measuring sensor; (c) ascertaining a distance traveled by the vehicle between step (a) and step (b); (d) ascertaining a predictive quantity associated with the distance ascertained in step (c); (e) comparing the predictive quantity with the additional characteristic quantity; and (f) generating an object classification signal.

摘要翻译： 车辆向物体移动的物体分类方法包括：（a）根据距离测量传感器接收的第一信号的变化确定第一特征量; （b）根据距离测量传感器接收的第二信号的变化确定附加特征量; （c）确定车辆在步骤（a）和步骤（b）之间行驶的距离; （d）确定与步骤（c）中确定的距离相关联的预测量; （e）将预测量与附加特征量进行比较; 和（f）生成对象分类信号。

公开(公告)号：US20100176667A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-15

申请号：US12666824

申请日：2008-06-24

申请人： Michael Frank ,  Peter Van Hasselt

发明人： Michael Frank ,  Peter Van Hasselt

IPC分类号： H02K55/00 ,  H02K9/00

CPC分类号： H02K55/04 ,  H02K7/003 ,  H02K9/20 ,  Y02E40/625

摘要： The invention relates to an electric machine (2) comprising a rotor (6) that contains a shaft (18, 22) that is located, when in operation, in the ambient temperature range, and a superconducting rotor winding (30) that is cooled to a cryogenic temperature when in operation and which is arranged on the shaft (18,22). Said machine also comprises a cooling system (8) for cooling the rotor winding (30), said system comprises a compensation pressure reservoir (50, 64) for a cooling medium (42). In said electric machine, the compensation pressure reservoir (50, 64) is arranged on the shaft (18, 22).

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种包括转子（6）的电机（2），该转子包含在工作时在环境温度范围内定位的轴（18,22）和被冷却的超导转子绕组（30） 在操作中并且布置在轴（18,22）上的低温温度。 所述机器还包括用于冷却转子绕组（30）的冷却系统（8），所述系统包括用于冷却介质（42）的补偿压力储存器（50,64）。 在所述电机中，所述补偿压力贮存器（50,64）设置在所述轴（18,22）上。

公开(公告)号：US20100153686A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-17

申请号：US12337159

申请日：2008-12-17

申请人： Michael Frank

发明人： Michael Frank

IPC分类号： G06F15/76 ,  G06F9/06

CPC分类号： G06F9/3885 ,  G06F9/3851 ,  G06F9/3857 ,  G06F9/3877 ,  G06F12/1027 ,  G06F2212/301

摘要： A processor unit and a coprocessor unit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the processor unit includes a functional unit that receives a set of instructions in an instruction stream and provides the set of instructions to the coprocessor unit. The coprocessor executes the instructions and initiates transmission of a set of execution results corresponding to the set of instructions to the processor unit's functional unit. The processor functional unit may be coupled to the coprocessor unit through a shared bus circuit implementing a packet-based protocol. The processor unit and the coprocessor unit may share a coherent view of system memory. In various embodiments, the functional unit may alter entries in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) located in the coprocessor unit, resume and suspend a thread executing on the coprocessor unit, etc.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种处理器单元和协处理器单元。 在一个实施例中，处理器单元包括功能单元，其接收指令流中的一组指令并将该组指令提供给协处理器单元。 协处理器执行指令并且启动与处理器单元的功能单元相对应的一组指令的执行结果的传输。 处理器功能单元可以通过实现基于分组的协议的共享总线电路耦合到协处理器单元。 处理器单元和协处理器单元可以共享系统存储器的相干视图。 在各种实施例中，功能单元可以改变位于协处理器单元中的翻译后备缓冲器（TLB）中的条目，恢复和暂停在协处理器单元上执行的线程等。

公开(公告)号：US07501912B2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-10

申请号：US11505453

申请日：2006-08-17

申请人： Tiberiu Jamneala ,  Paul Bradley ,  Michael Frank

发明人： Tiberiu Jamneala ,  Paul Bradley ,  Michael Frank

IPC分类号： H03H7/46

CPC分类号： H03H9/706 ,  H03H9/0004

摘要： A method and circuit matches a device to n filters, wherein each filter is a SAW filter, BAW filter, or FBAR filter. The method and system: (a) provide an inductor or transmission line connected between a common terminal and ground; (b) provide a plurality of capacitance values (C1m, C2m, . . . , Cnm) each corresponding to one of the n filters; and (c) for each of the n filters, directly connect a first terminal of the filter to either: (1) the common terminal, or (2) a first terminal of a corresponding capacitor having the correspondence capacitance value calculated in step (b), where a second terminal of the corresponding capacitor is directly connected to the common terminal.

摘要翻译： 方法和电路将器件与n个滤波器相匹配，其中每个滤波器是SAW滤波器，BAW滤波器或FBAR滤波器。 方法和系统：（a）提供连接在公共端子和地之间的电感器或传输线; （b）提供每个对应于n个滤波器之一的多个电容值（C1m，C2m，...，Cnm） 和（c）对于n个滤波器中的每一个，直接将滤波器的第一端连接到：（1）公共端子，或者（2）具有在步骤（b）中计算的对应电容值的相应电容器的第一端子 ），其中相应电容器的第二端子直接连接到公共端子。

公开(公告)号：US07483058B1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-27

申请号：US10634302

申请日：2003-08-04

申请人： Michael Frank ,  Ricardo J. Motta ,  Justin Reyneri ,  David Xiao Dong Yang ,  William R. Bidermann ,  Odutola Oluseye Ewedemi

发明人： Michael Frank ,  Ricardo J. Motta ,  Justin Reyneri ,  David Xiao Dong Yang ,  William R. Bidermann ,  Odutola Oluseye Ewedemi

IPC分类号： H04N5/228

CPC分类号： H04N5/3355 ,  H04N5/232

摘要： A video imaging system includes a digital image sensor for performing image capture operations and a digital image processor for performing image processing operations. The digital image sensor includes a sensor array outputting digital pixel data, an image buffer for storing the pixel data, a first processor and a first interface circuit for transferring the pixel data onto a pixel bus. The digital image processor includes a second interface circuit coupled to receive the pixel data from the pixel bus, a frame buffer coupled to store the pixel data, an image processing pipeline for processing the pixel data stored in the frame buffer into video data, and a second processor. The digital image sensor and the digital image processor transfer control information over a control interface bus and the digital image sensor performs the image capture operations independent of the image processing operations performed by the digital image processor.

摘要翻译： 视频成像系统包括用于执行图像捕获操作的数字图像传感器和用于执行图像处理操作的数字图像处理器。 数字图像传感器包括输出数字像素数据的传感器阵列，用于存储像素数据的图像缓冲器，用于将像素数据传送到像素总线的第一处理器和第一接口电路。 数字图像处理器包括耦合以从像素总线接收像素数据的第二接口电路，耦合以存储像素数据的帧缓冲器，用于将存储在帧缓冲器中的像素数据处理为视频数据的图像处理流水线，以及 第二处理器。 数字图像传感器和数字图像处理器通过控制接口总线和数字图像传感器传送控制信息执行与数字图像处理器执行的图像处理操作无关的图像捕获操作。

公开(公告)号：US20080151081A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US12043877

申请日：2008-03-06

申请人： Michael Frank

发明人： Michael Frank

IPC分类号： H04N5/217

CPC分类号： G06T5/002 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/20182 ,  H04N5/365

摘要： A method for removing a stationary noise pattern from digital images uses an adaptive noise estimation algorithm to calculate a prediction of the fixed pattern noise and a confidence estimate for the prediction. In one embodiment, a predicted noise value is obtained from the captured image and a predicted image derived from spatial and temporal pixel value prediction techniques. The predicted noise value is used to update a fixed pattern noise estimate only when the confidence estimate for the predicted image is high. In another embodiment, the confidence estimate is used as a weight factor for blending the noise prediction into the noise estimate. In yet another embodiment, the adaptive noise estimation algorithm is applied to a prediction area in the image for calculating scaling parameters which scaling parameters are used to calculate a noise estimate for the entire image based on a reference noise image.

摘要翻译： 从数字图像中去除固定噪声模式的方法使用自适应噪声估计算法来计算固定模式噪声的预测和预测的置信估计。 在一个实施例中，从捕获的图像获得预测的噪声值，以及从空间和时间像素值预测技术导出的预测图像。 预测的噪声值仅在预测图像的置信度估计值高时用于更新固定模式噪声估计。 在另一个实施例中，将置信估计用作将噪声预测混合到噪声估计中的权重因子。 在另一个实施例中，自适应噪声估计算法被应用于图像中的预测区域，用于计算缩放参数，该缩放参数用于基于参考噪声图像来计算整个图像的噪声估计。

公开(公告)号：US07291507B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-06

申请号：US10950001

申请日：2004-09-23

申请人： William R. Bidermann ,  Michael Frank

发明人： William R. Bidermann ,  Michael Frank

IPC分类号： G01R31/26

CPC分类号： H01L23/544 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H01L2223/54413 ,  H01L2223/5444 ,  H01L2223/5448 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A method for providing an identifier for a semiconductor chip after the manufacture of the semiconductor chip using a fabrication process includes selecting one or more circuit elements formed on the semiconductor chip where each of the circuit elements having an electrical parameter that has a time-invariant statistical process variation, measuring data values of the electrical parameter of the one or more circuit elements, processing the data values, and deriving the identifier for the semiconductor chip using the processed data values. The identifier identifies the semiconductor chip from other semiconductor chips manufactured using the fabrication process. The circuit elements can be selected from the group of bipolar transistors, MOS transistors, light detecting pixel elements, and memory cells. The chip identification method is particularly useful for identifying image sensor chips where the dark current values or the defective pixel locations can be used as the chip identifier.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在使用制造工艺制造半导体芯片之后为半导体芯片提供标识符的方法包括选择形成在半导体芯片上的一个或多个电路元件，其中每个电路元件具有电参数，该电参数具有时不变统计 处理变化，测量一个或多个电路元件的电参数的数据值，处理数据值，以及使用处理的数据值导出半导体芯片的标识符。 标识符从使用制造工艺制造的其他半导体芯片识别半导体芯片。 电路元件可以选自双极晶体管，MOS晶体管，光检测像素元件和存储单元组。 芯片识别方法对于识别其中可以使用暗电流值或缺陷像素位置作为芯片标识符的图像传感器芯片特别有用。

公开(公告)号：US20070255904A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-01

申请号：US11739322

申请日：2007-04-24

申请人： Michael Frank ,  Santiago Fernandez-Gomez ,  Robert Laker ,  Aki Niimura

发明人： Michael Frank ,  Santiago Fernandez-Gomez ,  Robert Laker ,  Aki Niimura

IPC分类号： G06F12/08

CPC分类号： G06F13/1642

摘要： A system and methods are shown for handling multiple target memory requests. Memory read requests generated by a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) client are received by a PCI bus controller. The PCI bus controller passes the memory request to a memory controller used to access main memory. The memory controller passes the memory request to a bus interface unit used to access cache memory and a processor. The bus interface unit determines if cache memory can be used to provide the data associated with the PCI client's memory request. While the bus interface unit determines if cache memory may be used, the memory controller continues to process the memory request to main memory. If cache memory can be used, the bus interface unit provides the data to the PCI client and sends a notification to the memory controller. The memory controller identifies the memory request, or returned data associated with the request, and discards it to ensure no data is returned to the bus controller from the memory controller. Once the data is received from the bus interface unit, the bus controller is free to send new memory read requests to the memory controller.

摘要翻译： 显示了用于处理多个目标存储器请求的系统和方法。 由PCI总线控制器接收由外围组件互连（PCI）客户机产生的存储器读取请求。 PCI总线控制器将存储器请求传递给用于访问主存储器的存储器控​​制器。 存储器控制器将存储器请求传递到用于访问高速缓冲存储器和处理器的总线接口单元。 总线接口单元确定是否可以使用高速缓存存储器来提供与PCI客户机的存储器请求相关联的数据。 当总线接口单元确定是否可以使用高速缓冲存储器时，存储器控制器继续处理对主存储器的存储器请求。 如果可以使用高速缓冲存储器，则总线接口单元向PCI客户端提供数据，并向存储器控制器发送通知。 存储器控制器识别与请求相关联的存储器请求或返回的数据，并丢弃它，以确保没有数据从存储器控制器返回总线控制器。 一旦从总线接口单元接收到数据，总线控制器就可以向存储器控制器发送新的存储器读请求。

公开(公告)号：US07280705B1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-09

申请号：US10634296

申请日：2003-08-04

申请人： Michael Frank ,  Ricardo J. Motta

发明人： Michael Frank ,  Ricardo J. Motta

IPC分类号： G06K9/40 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N2209/046

摘要： A digital imaging system includes an image sensor, a frame buffer and a tone correction circuit. The tone correction circuit computes tone corrected pixel data using one or more tone correction curves. In operation, tone corrected pixel data for a first pixel is computed by generating a pixel mask for an m×n neighborhood of pixels surrounding the first pixel, applying a blending mask of weight factors to the pixel mask and computing a selector value based on the pixel mask and weight factors associated with the blending mask. The selector value is used to derive a first tone correction curve for use to compute the tone corrected pixel data for the first pixel. The first tone correction curve can be selected from the multiple tone correction curves based on the selector value or it can be derived by blending multiple tone correction curves based on the selector value.

摘要翻译： 数字成像系统包括图像传感器，帧缓冲器和色调校正电路。 色调校正电路使用一个或多个色调校正曲线来计算色调校正像素数据。 在操作中，通过生成用于围绕第一像素的像素的m×n个像素的像素掩模来计算第一像素的色调校正像素数据，将加权因子的混合掩模应用于像素掩码，并基于像素掩码计算选择器值 和与混合掩模相关联的体重因子。 选择器值用于导出用于计算第一像素的色调校正像素数据的第一色调校正曲线。 可以根据选择器值从多个色调校正曲线中选择第一个色调校正曲线，或者可以通过根据选择器值混合多个色调校正曲线来导出。