Michael J Brady

US Patent:

7298925, Nov 20, 2007

Filed:

Sep 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/675094

Inventors:

Tomasz J. Nowicki - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Marco Martens - Groningen, NL
Jennifer Q. Trelewicz - Gilroy CA, US
Timothy J. Trenary - Berthoud CO, US
Joan L. Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
Michael T. Brady - Ithaca NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06K 9/32

US Classification:

382298, 382235

Abstract:

A method and system for efficient scaling in the transform domain, wherein transform coefficient data is provided as an input to a data processing system and scaled in the transform domain by application of a combined matrix. Some embodiments utilize discrete cosine transform data. One embodiment of the invention generates a combined matrix for one-dimensional scaling by selecting a rational scaling factor and matrix dimension value, generating a matrix with some zero values, applying a one-dimensional inverse transform, regrouping, and applying a one-dimensional forward transform. One application of the invention performs up-scaling operations, and another performs down-scaling operations. The invention also provides for two-dimensional scaling by selecting horizontal and vertical scaling parameters and generating first and second combined matrices responsive to the parameters and combining them into a single combined matrix. The invention may also incorporate a predetermined cost function.

US Patent:

7474805, Jan 6, 2009

Filed:

Aug 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/845359

Inventors:

Tomasz J. Nowicki - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Marco Martens - Groningen, NL
Jennifer Q. Trelewicz - Gilroy CA, US
Timothy J. Trenary - Berthoud CO, US
Joan L. Mitchell - Longmont CO, US
Michael T. Brady - Ithaca NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06K 9/32
G06F 17/14

US Classification:

382298, 708400

Abstract:

Methods and systems for efficient scaling in the transform domain are provided when transform coefficient data is provided as an input to a data processing system, comprising generating a first matrix from transform coefficient data; zeroing out a row or column of, or inserting a row or column of zeros into, the first matrix; generating a second matrix by applying a one-dimensional inverse transform to the first matrix with the zeroed-out at least one row, the at least one column, the inserted at least one row of zeros or the at least one column of zeros; generating a third matrix by regrouping the second matrix; generating a combined matrix by applying a forward transform to the third matrix; and the data processing system scaling the data represented by the transform coefficient data by applying the combined matrix to the transform coefficient data.

US Patent:

7676841, Mar 9, 2010

Filed:

Feb 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/049628

Inventors:

Gregory M. Sobchuk - Hingham MA, US
Shekhar Subramaniam - Coppell TX, US
Khurram Zaheer - Malden MA, US
Alexander Gelfenshteyn - Bronx NY, US
Ramesh Shetty - Woburn MA, US
Michael Brady - Boston MA, US
George Donnegan - Stoughton MA, US
Roger McGuire - Carrollton TX, US

Assignee:

FMR LLC - Boston MA

International Classification:

G06F 11/30

US Classification:

726 23, 726 24

Abstract:

Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for mitigating against a cyber attack on a network. An indication is received from an intrusion detection system that an event has occurred representing a threat to the network. Upon receiving the event from the intrusion detection system, automated processes determine a port associated with the threat and automatically block the port.

US Patent:

61778729, Jan 23, 2001

Filed:

Nov 13, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/192052

Inventors:

Venkata S. Rao Kodukula - Peekskill NY
Michael John Brady - Brewster NY

Assignee:

Intermec IP Corp. - Woodland Hills CA

International Classification:

G08B 1314

US Classification:

3405727

Abstract:

An impedance matching circuit in accordance with the principles of the present invention employs series-connected transmission lines to match a high reflection coefficient source impedance with a load impedance. The matching circuit is formed on a dielectric substrate material and accommodates the relatively limited capabilities of photo-lithographic circuit production. The new impedance matching circuit may be constructed of three series-connected transmission line sections. A first section, the section that is to be connected to the source, transforms the high source impedance into a relatively low valued impedance that is substantially resistive. The reflection coefficient of the first section is substantially equal to the reflection coefficient of the source. A second may be implemented as a quarter-wave transformer that transforms the low impedance developed by the first section into an intermediate impedance value. The third section transforms this intermediate value impedance into an impedance that substantially matches that of the load.

US Patent:

62154028, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

Nov 13, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/191642

Inventors:

Venkata S. Rao Kodukula - Peekskill NY
Michael John Brady - Brewster NY
Christopher Adam Feild - Yorktown Heights NY
Paul Andrew Moskowitz - Yorktown Heights NY

Assignee:

Intermec IP Corp. - Woodland Hills CA

International Classification:

G08B 1314

US Classification:

3405728

Abstract:

A radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder (tag) in accordance with the principles of the invention includes a patch antenna. The patch antenna may be co-located with RFID circuitry and an impedance matching circuit on one side of a substrate. A ground plane may be formed on the opposite side of the substrate. A quarter wave transformer may provide an "RF short" to ground to connect the RFID circuitry on one side of the substrate with a ground plane located on the opposite side of the substrate.

US Patent:

62397036, May 29, 2001

Filed:

Apr 28, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/300968

Inventors:

Daniel J. Friedman - Tarrytown NY
Paul A. Moskowitz - Yorktown Heights NY
Michael J. Brady - Brewster NY
Harley K. Heinrich - Brewster NY

Assignee:

Intermec IP Corp - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G08B 1341

US Classification:

3405727

Abstract:

A bonding pad for a semiconductor device is provided with a mechanical supportive structure substantially surrounding the pad. The mechanical supportive structure prevents cracking of passivation material over the pad when a lead is compression bonded to the pad.

US Patent:

40794040, Mar 14, 1978

Filed:

Dec 30, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/756042

Inventors:

Liam David Comerford - Croton-on-Hudson NY
John David Crow - Mohegan Lake NY
Robert Allan Laff - Yorktown Heights NY
Eric Gung-Hwa Lean - Mahopac NY
Michael John Brady - Brewster NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H01L 3112
G02B 514

US Classification:

357 19

Abstract:

An optical assembly structure wherein miniature optical components such as lasers, modulators, lenses, thin-film and fiber-optic waveguides, and photodetectors are critically aligned and supported for coactive operation by means of two or more wafers which are formed with complementary grooves and mortises to support the loose optical components such as lenses and fiber-optic waveguides and to receive alignment rails to insure the relativity of the wafers, which also have formed integral therewith optical elements such as waveguides, modulators, and lasers, to produce an integrated optical assembly somewhat in the manner of an "optical bench," wherein the bench structure also provides an active optical element.

US Patent:

57397546, Apr 14, 1998

Filed:

Jul 29, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/681742

Inventors:

Alejandro Gabriel Schrott - New York NY
Michael John Brady - Brewster NY
Thomas A. Cofino - Rye NY
Richard Joseph Gambino - Stony Brook NY
Robert Jacob Von Gutfeld - New York NY
Harley Kent Heinrich - Brewster NY
Paul Andrew Moskowitz - Yorktown Heights NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G08B 1314

US Classification:

340572

Abstract:

The present invention is a magnetic sensor used with one or more frequency band pass filters and a logic circuit that produces a ("critical") signal that is used for enabling and disabling an external electronic circuit, e. g. a computer circuit. The magnetic sensor produces a signal when excited by an externally applied alternating current (ac) magnetic field. The external ac magnetic field can comprise one or more frequencies, each of which induces an electrical signal at the respective frequency in the sensor. Depending on the linearity of the sensor, one or more harmonic frequencies of the signal frequencies can also be induced in the sensor. One or more bandpass filters is connected to the magnetic sensor and each of the bandpass filters is tuned to filter the signal to select filtered signals, from the output of the sensor. A logic circuit is activated by one or more of the filtered signals or a combination of one or more of the signal frequencies. When the logic circuit is activated, a critical signal is applied to an electronic circuit to enable or disable the external electronic circuit.

Address:

71 Tyndale St, Roslindale, MA 02131

VIN:

1G6DC67A070193659

Make:

CADILLAC

Model:

STS

Year:

2007