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Number: 708/207
Name: Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating > Electrical digital calculating computer > Particular function performed > Maximum/minimum determination
Description: Subject matter in which the largest or smallest of a group of numbers is found.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7589729 Image synthesis by rank-1 lattices Sep. 15, 2009
7574466 Method for finding global extrema of a set of shorts distributed across an array of parallel processing elements Aug. 11, 2009
7552155 Apparatus and method to find the maximum or minimum of a set of numbers Jun. 23, 2009
7500089 SIMD processor with exchange sort instruction operating or plural data elements simultaneously Mar. 3, 2009
7454451 Method for finding local extrema of a set of values for a parallel processing element Nov. 18, 2008
7447720 Method for finding global extrema of a set of bytes distributed across an array of parallel processing elements Nov. 4, 2008
7420557 Vertex processing when w=0 Sep. 2, 2008
7328227 Low power vector summation apparatus Feb. 5, 2008
7233964 Method and system for compositing three-dimensional graphics images using associative decision mechanism Jun. 19, 2007
7228324 Circuit for selectively providing maximum or minimum of a pair of floating point operands Jun. 5, 2007
7206920 Min/max value validation by repeated parallel comparison of the value with multiple elements of a set of data elements Apr. 17, 2007
7197486 Optimization method with constraints and apparatus therefor Mar. 27, 2007
7158891 Method and system to build optimal models of 3-dimensional molecular structures Jan. 2, 2007
7096132 Procedure for estimating a parameter of a local maxima or minima of a function Aug. 22, 2006
7072921 Device for determining the rank of a sample, an apparatus for determining the rank of a plurality of samples, and the ith rank ordered filter Jul. 4, 2006
7072922 Integrated circuit and process for identifying minimum or maximum input value among plural inputs Jul. 4, 2006
6993541 Fast hadamard peak detector Jan. 31, 2006
6948056 Maintaining even and odd array pointers to extreme values by searching and comparing multiple elements concurrently where a pointer is adjusted after processing to account for a number of pipe Sep. 20, 2005
6931424 Storage efficient minimization logic Aug. 16, 2005
6931513 Data converter with statistical domain output Aug. 16, 2005
6868430 Arithmetic unit for correcting detection output in which corrected operation output is sensitive to mechanical factors Mar. 15, 2005
6848074 Method and apparatus for implementing a single cycle operation in a data processing system Jan. 25, 2005
6842764 Minimum and maximum operations to facilitate interval multiplication and/or interval division Jan. 11, 2005
6804693 Method for reducing skew in a real-time centroid calculation Oct. 12, 2004
6769005 Method and apparatus for priority resolution Jul. 27, 2004
6751638 Min and max operations for multiplication and/or division under the simple interval system Jun. 15, 2004
6748405 Method and circuits for performing the quick search of the minimum/maximum value among a set of numbers Jun. 8, 2004
6718357 Microcomputer including an upper and lower clip circuit Apr. 6, 2004
6606047 Methods and apparatus for estimating clipped samples during analog to digital conversion Aug. 12, 2003
6539408 Preconditioning of source data for packed min/max instructions Mar. 25, 2003
6529923 Method for improving the accuracy in the determination of a waveform center of a waveform signal Mar. 4, 2003
6490375 Methods for finding peaks in a characteristic surface of an image Dec. 3, 2002
6470440 Vector compare and maximum/minimum generation apparatus and method therefor Oct. 22, 2002
6463450 Method and apparatus for the location of the peak of a function using a filter bank Oct. 8, 2002
6446101 Apparatus for fast determination of a prescribable number of highest value signals Sep. 3, 2002
6411975 Digital processing Jun. 25, 2002
6347324 Ordering devices Feb. 12, 2002
6341296 Method and apparatus for efficient selection of a boundary value Jan. 22, 2002
6243663 Method for simulating discontinuous physical systems Jun. 5, 2001
6115725 Semiconductor arithmetic apparatus Sep. 5, 2000
6081820 Method and apparatus for filtering a signal using a window value Jun. 27, 2000
5997171 Method and system for digital data storage, abstraction and compression to preserve the most useful characteristics of the data Dec. 7, 1999
5991785 Determining an extremum value and its index in an array using a dual-accumulation processor Nov. 23, 1999
5894426 Maximum/minimum value determination apparatus Apr. 13, 1999
5890105 Low bit rate coding system for high speed compression of speech data Mar. 30, 1999
5867408 Process and device with digital signal processor for the implementation of a viterbi algorithm Feb. 2, 1999
5841679 Vector computation device and vector computation method Nov. 24, 1998
5787005 Method and apparatus for signal threshold adjustment that compensates for signal asymmetry Jul. 28, 1998
5752072 Sorting scheme without compare and branch instructions May. 12, 1998
5748672 System for measuring jitter in a non-binary digital signal May. 5, 1998

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