John Mack Sutton

US Patent:

6958953, Oct 25, 2005

Filed:

May 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/437123

Inventors:

Eric E. Retter - Austin TX, US
John M. Sutton - Essex Junction VT, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G04C011/02

US Classification:

368 47, 368 82, 368155, 368156, 725 25

Abstract:

Under the present invention a real time clock circuit, within a set-top box, is provided with an internal clock generator for generating multiple clock signals. Once generated, a first clock signal is divided into an initial set of values representing time and optionally day/date intervals, and then communicated to a set of clock registers. The initial set of values can then be communicated (directly or via a set of DCR registers) to a display component within the set-top box. Updated clock signals are received by the set of DCR registers from an external source such as a satellite or the like thus making the clock very accurate, and are communicated to the display component. Similar to the initial set of values, the updated set of values could be communicated to the display component directly from the set of DCR registers, or via the set of clock registers.

US Patent:

7017066, Mar 21, 2006

Filed:

Apr 10, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/411864

Inventors:

Eric E. Retter - Austin TX, US
John M. Sutton - Essex Junction VT, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1/12
G06F 1/14
G06F 1/04
G04C 11/00
G04C 19/00
G04C 19/02

US Classification:

713400, 713500, 713501, 713502, 368 47, 368 82

Abstract:

The present invention provides hardware-based synchronization within a device such as a set top box so that sets of data values can be communicated between a set of DCR registers operating at a first frequency and a set of clock register operating at a second frequency. Specifically, to communicate an initial set of data values from the set of DCR registers to the set of clock registers, a control signal is stretched and then synchronized with a clock signal having the second frequency. To communicate a current set of data values from the set of clock registers to the set of DCR registers, the control signal is synchronized with a clock signal having the first frequency. By communicating the current set of data values to the first set of registers, a hardware component (e. g. , a CPU) can access the current set of data values without restriction.

US Patent:

7661008, Feb 9, 2010

Filed:

Aug 3, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/196111

Inventors:

Eric E. Retter - Austin TX, US
John M. Sutton - Essex Junction VT, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1/00

US Classification:

713500, 713501, 368 47, 375354, 375355

Abstract:

Under the present invention a real time clock circuit, within a set-top box, is provided with an internal clock generator for generating multiple clock signals. Once generated, a first clock signal is divided into an initial set of values representing time and optionally day/date intervals, and then communicated to a set of clock registers. The initial set of values can then be communicated (directly or via a set of DCR registers) to a display component within the set-top box. Updated clock signals are received by the set of DCR registers from an external source such as a satellite or the like thus making the clock very accurate, and are communicated to the display component. Similar to the initial set of values, the updated set of values could be communicated to the display component directly from the set of DCR registers, or via the set of clock registers.

US Patent:

20190321132, Oct 24, 2019

Filed:

Apr 23, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/392566

Inventors:

- Port Orchard WA, US
John NEERGAARD - Port Orchard WA, US
Stewart A. SKOMRA - Lisbon OH, US
Greg BOOTH - Port Orchard WA, US
John SUTTON - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

A61B 90/98
A61B 90/96
A61B 50/33

Abstract:

An article of manufacture such as surgical steel suspends an elongated antenna radiator above the surface of the steel. The steel surface acts as a ground plane that increases transmission/reception efficiency of the suspended radiator at UHF frequencies. Other embodiments support building reconfigurable surgical trays and the population of same with surgical instruments through a mixed or virtual reality human-machine interface to generate Centerline Gerber/Plot File data for Computer Numerical Control production and Human and/or Robotic Assembly of reconfigurable (or non-reconfigurable) Surgical Trays and the Human and/or Robotic population of Instruments in the Surgical Tray. Example applications include the use of the original Surgical Implant, Surgical Instrument, Surgical Tray, and other related Asset design and manufacturing databases including lot control for pre-populating a digital catalog/database that is used for both Human and Machine Surgical Set assembly and disassembly. Also, this same process may take as input high-resolution imagery and physical attribute capture of Assets to create a next-best-than original facsimile to the original design database and reconstitute a design database from this facsimile

Address:

1817 Timbercreek Rd, Benbrook, TX 76126

VIN:

3A8FY68B17T593675

Make:

CHRYSLER

Model:

PT CRUISER

Year:

2007

Address:

758 Adler Fls Ln, Round Rock, TX 78665

Phone:

5123417418

VIN:

2GCEC13J971656056

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

SILVERADO 1500

Year:

2007