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NAT INSTR CORP
US·719 granted patents·30 pending applications·29,429 citations·filing 1986–2017
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749 records- 0199US6219628B1System and method for configuring an instrument to perform measurement functions utilizing conversion of graphical programs into hardware implementationsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 17, 2001·568 cites·59 claims
- 0298US9769006B2Spectral stitching method to increase instantaneous bandwidth in vector signal analyzersNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 19, 2017·55 cites·20 claims
- 0398US9548882B2Spectral stitching method to increase instantaneous bandwidth in vector signal analyzersNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 17, 2017·56 cites·18 claims
- 0498US7725356B2Network-based system for selecting or purchasing hardware productsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 25, 2010·48 cites·65 claims
- 0598US7290244B2System and method for configuring a reconfigurable systemNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 30, 2007·183 cites·50 claims
- 0698US7200838B2System and method for automatically generating a graphical program in response to a state diagramNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 3, 2007·154 cites·46 claims
- 0798US7177786B2Implementing a model on programmable hardwareNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 13, 2007·49 cites·73 claims
- 0898US7114091B2Synchronization of distributed systemsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 26, 2006·96 cites·55 claims
- 0998US7062718B2Configuration diagram which graphically displays program relationshipNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 13, 2006·339 cites·73 claims
- 1098US6961686B2Specifying and targeting portions of a graphical program for real-time responseNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 1, 2005·104 cites·36 claims
- 1198US5481741AMethod and apparatus for providing attribute nodes in a graphical data flow environmentNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 2, 1996·752 cites·33 claims
- 1298US4901221AGraphical system for modelling a process and associated methodNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1986·Granted Feb 13, 1990·530 cites·125 claims
- 1397US9110558B2Physics based graphical program editorNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 18, 2015·31 cites·21 claims
- 1497US9098164B2Physics based diagram editorNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 4, 2015·31 cites·21 claims
- 1597US7761847B2Timed sequence for a graphical programNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 20, 2010·81 cites·24 claims
- 1697US7707014B2Implementing a data flow block diagram having a control flow node on a programmable hardware elementNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 27, 2010·41 cites·90 claims
- 1797US7650264B2Implementing a graphical program on a programmable hardware element to configure an instrument to perform a measurement functionNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 19, 2010·38 cites·59 claims
- 1897US7558711B2Generating a hardware description of a block diagram model for implementation on programmable hardwareNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 7, 2009·38 cites·81 claims
- 1997US7542867B2Measurement system with modular measurement modules that convey interface informationNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 2, 2009·105 cites·100 claims
- 2097US7210117B2System and method for programmatically generating a graphical program in response to program informationNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 24, 2007·180 cites·81 claims
- 2197US7134090B2Graphical association of program iconsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 7, 2006·124 cites·142 claims
- 2297US7024660B2Debugging a program intended to execute on a reconfigurable device using a test feed-through configurationNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 4, 2006·144 cites·88 claims
- 2397US6823283B2Measurement system including a programmable hardware element and measurement modules that convey interface informationNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 23, 2004·138 cites·42 claims
- 2497US6763515B1System and method for automatically generating a graphical program to perform an image processing algorithmNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 13, 2004·302 cites·58 claims
- 2597US6584601B1System and method for converting graphical programs into hardware implementations which utilize probe insertionNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 24, 2003·216 cites·39 claims
- 2697US6437805B1System and method for accessing object capabilities in a graphical programNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 20, 2002·448 cites·84 claims
- 2797US6173438B1Embedded graphical programming systemNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 9, 2001·369 cites·81 claims
- 2897US5732277AGraphical system for modelling a process and associated methodNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 24, 1998·381 cites·139 claims
- 2997US5291587AGraphical system for executing a process and for programming a computer to execute a process, including graphical variable inputs and variable outputsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 1, 1994·242 cites·18 claims
- 3096US9652213B2Global optimization and verification of cyber-physical systems using floating point math functionality on a system with heterogeneous hardware componentsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2015·Granted May 16, 2017·41 cites·22 claims
- 3196US7987448B2Conversion of a first diagram having states and transitions to a graphical data flow program using an intermediate XML representationNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 26, 2011·36 cites·21 claims
- 3296US7979843B2Conversion of a first executable diagram having interconnected nodes to a second executable diagram using an intermediate XML representationNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 12, 2011·31 cites·20 claims
- 3396US7903008B2Source-measure unit based on digital control loopNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 8, 2011·42 cites·39 claims
- 3496US7882490B2Automatic generation of a data flow diagram from a diagram with states and transitionsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 1, 2011·34 cites·20 claims
- 3596US7831914B2Presenting multiple views of a systemNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 9, 2010·36 cites·16 claims
- 3696US7818715B2Generating a hardware description from a graphical program in response to receiving a diagram with states and state transitionsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 19, 2010·34 cites·26 claims
- 3796US7694273B2Automatic modification of a graphical program based on corresponding changes to a diagram with states and state transitionsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 6, 2010·43 cites·20 claims
- 3896US7627860B2Graphically deployment of a program with automatic conversion of program typeNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 1, 2009·99 cites·57 claims
- 3996US7478337B2Configuring graphical program nodes for remote executionNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 13, 2009·96 cites·32 claims
- 4096US7367028B2Graphically deploying programs on devices in a systemNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 29, 2008·100 cites·116 claims
- 4196US7197418B2Online specification of a system which compares determined devices and installed devicesNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 27, 2007·68 cites·46 claims
- 4296US6934668B2Specifying and targeting portions of a graphical program for execution by multiple targetsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 23, 2005·67 cites·36 claims
- 4396US6802053B1Graphical programming system with distributed block diagram execution and front panel displayNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 5, 2004·154 cites·162 claims
- 4496US6608638B1System and method for configuring a programmable hardware instrument to perform measurement functions utilizing estimation of the hardware implentation and management of hardware resourcesNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 19, 2003·140 cites·87 claims
- 4596US5966532AGraphical code generation wizard for automatically creating graphical programsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 12, 1999·413 cites·50 claims
- 4695US8943469B2Type generic graphical programmingNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 27, 2015·29 cites·29 claims
- 4795US7984423B2Configuration diagram which displays a configuration of a systemNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 19, 2011·75 cites·48 claims
- 4895US7882491B2Automatic generation of a graphical program with a structure node in response to receiving a diagram with states and state transitionsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 1, 2011·32 cites·20 claims
- 4995US7827068B2Network-based system for selecting or purchasing software productsNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 2, 2010·18 cites·19 claims
- 5095US7818716B2Priorities of transitions of a diagram with statesNAT INSTR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 19, 2010·32 cites·18 claims
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