Craig E Rupp

US Patent:

8374552, Feb 12, 2013

Filed:

Sep 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/564189

Inventors:

Craig E. Rupp - Ames IA, US
Richard Henry Mace Keene - Newport, GB

Assignee:

National Instruments Corporation - Austin TX

International Classification:

H04B 1/00

US Classification:

455 631, 455 6711, 455 6714, 455 70, 455 6754, 455317, 455316, 455 673, 455 674, 375347, 375224, 375221, 375223

Abstract:

Testing a plurality of communication devices. A plurality of signals may be received from the plurality of communication devices. The plurality of signals may include a signal from each of the plurality of communication devices, where a first subset of the plurality of signals has a different frequency than a second subset of the plurality of signals. The received signals may be combined into a combined signal. The combined signal may be downconverted to a combined signal, e. g. , by mixing the combined signal with an output from at least one local oscillator. The downconverting may generate a plurality of lower frequency signals, each corresponding to one of the plurality of received signals. Testing may be performed on each of the plurality of lower frequency signals.

US Patent:

8392044, Mar 5, 2013

Filed:

Jul 28, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/845326

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Thompson - Catawba SC, US
Craig E. Rupp - Ames IA, US

Assignee:

Deere & Company - Moline IL

International Classification:

G01C 22/00

US Classification:

701 23, 180168, 31856812, 318587

Abstract:

A robotic mower boundary sensing system includes a boundary driving circuit on a charging station transmitting an encoded signal on a boundary wire, a boundary sensor on a robotic mower and including an inductor receiving the encoded signal, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower receiving the encoded signal from the boundary sensor and decoding the signal and cross correlating the received signal to determine the distance of the boundary sensor from the boundary wire.

US Patent:

8605774, Dec 10, 2013

Filed:

Mar 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/072135

Inventors:

Craig E. Rupp - Ames IA, US
Gerardo Orozco Valdes - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

National Instruments Corporation - Austin TX

International Classification:

H04B 3/46

US Classification:

375224, 375232, 375297, 375298, 375308

Abstract:

A system and method for estimating a time delay introduced by an envelope tracking amplifier (ETA) of a transmitter. The ETA receives a first baseband signal that is generated by the transmitter and operates on the first baseband signal to produce an output signal. The receiver receives a second baseband signal in response to the transmitter's transmission of the output signal. The receiver generates a model signal that represents an estimate of the first baseband signal. The receiver computes a first time delay between the amplitude envelopes of the second baseband signal and the model signal. The receiver computes a second time delay between phase signals derived respectively from the second baseband signal and the model signal. The receiver estimates the time delay that is introduced by the ETA of the transmitter by subtracting the second time delay from the first time delay.

US Patent:

20130211625, Aug 15, 2013

Filed:

Dec 21, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/724112

Inventors:

Deere & Company - , US
Craig E. Rupp - Ames IA, US

International Classification:

A01D 34/00

US Classification:

701 2, 901 1

Abstract:

A robotic mower boundary sensing system includes a boundary driving circuit on a charging station transmitting an encoded signal on a boundary wire, a boundary sensor on a robotic mower and including an inductor receiving the encoded signal, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower receiving the encoded signal from the boundary sensor and decoding the signal and cross correlating the received signal to determine the distance of the boundary sensor from the boundary wire.

US Patent:

20130211704, Aug 15, 2013

Filed:

Dec 21, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/724159

Inventors:

Deere & Company - , US
Craig E. Rupp - Ames IA, US

International Classification:

A01D 34/00

US Classification:

701300

Abstract:

A robotic mower boundary sensing system includes a boundary driving circuit on a charging station transmitting an encoded signal on a boundary wire, a boundary sensor on a robotic mower and including an inductor receiving the encoded signal, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower receiving the encoded signal from the boundary sensor and decoding the signal and cross correlating the received signal to determine the distance of the boundary sensor from the boundary wire.

US Patent:

20140039826, Feb 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 3, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/566860

Inventors:

Gerardo Orozco Valdes - Austin TX, US
Michael J. Lyons - Pflugerville TX, US
Craig E. Rupp - Ames IA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

702123

Abstract:

System and method for testing units under test (UUTs). A test sequence is provided that includes an acquisition sequence and a processing sequence. The acquisition sequence may include a sequence of acquisition functions for performing acquisitions on one or more UUTs. The processing sequence may include a sequence of processing functions for processing measurement data resulting from the acquisitions. Each acquisition function may be performed, including performing a plurality of acquisitions, thereby generating respective measurement data sets, and storing the respective measurement data sets in order of the acquisitions. Each processing function may be performed, including retrieving and processing each respective measurement data set in order of acquisition. At least one processing function of the processing sequence may be performed concurrently with at least one acquisition function of the acquisition sequence.

US Patent:

20190057462, Feb 21, 2019

Filed:

Oct 23, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/168371

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Craig Eugene Rupp - Ames IA, US
A. Corbett S. Kull - Palatine IL, US
Austin Brock Atchison - Lake Zurich IL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/02
G05B 15/02
A01D 41/127
G08G 1/00
G06Q 10/06
H04W 4/70
G06Q 10/04
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A method begins by a drive unit affiliated with farm equipment receiving data from the farm equipment to produce agricultural data. The method continues with the drive unit determining a filtering constraint based on one or more parameters selected from a plurality of lists of agricultural parameters and filtering the agricultural data based on the filtering constraint to produce filtered agricultural data. The method continues with the drive unit determining processing of the filtered agricultural data and executing the processing of the filtered agricultural data.

US Patent:

20160066505, Mar 10, 2016

Filed:

Jun 15, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/739823

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Craig Eugene Rupp - Ames IA, US
A. Corbett S. Kull - Palatine IL, US
Austin Brock Atchison - Lake Zurich IL, US

Assignee:

The Climate Corporation - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

A01D 41/127
G05B 15/02
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A method begins by a drive unit affiliated with farm equipment receiving data from the farm equipment to produce agricultural data. The method continues with the drive unit determining a filtering constraint based on one or more parameters selected from a plurality of lists of agricultural parameters and filtering the agricultural data based on the filtering constraint to produce filtered agricultural data. The method continues with the drive unit determining processing of the filtered agricultural data and executing the processing of the filtered agricultural data.