IP Library Granted Patent US 7,009,625
Granted Patent B2
US 7,009,625 · App. 10/386,861 · Granted Mar 7, 2006

Method of displaying an image of device test data

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Patent No.
US 7,009,625
App. No.
10/386,861
Granted
Mar 7, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of displaying an image of device test data includes receiving a first device test file and a second device test tile including a first plurality of bits and a second plurality of bits, respectively. The method may also include generating a first graphic image representative of the first device test file by depicting each of the first plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display. The method may also include generating a second graphic image representative of the second device test file by depicting each of the second plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display. Further, the method may include overlaying the second graphic image onto the first graphic image.

Claims (35)

1. A method of displaying test data for a device, said method comprising:

receiving a first device test file comprising a first scan test pattern, wherein said first device test file includes a first plurality of bits;

receiving a second device test file comprising a second scan test pattern, wherein said second device test file includes a second plurality of bits;

generating a first graphic image representative of said first device test file by depicting each of said first plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display;

generating a second graphic image representative of said second device test file by depicting each of said second plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display; and

overlaying said second graphic image onto said first graphic image.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a visual attribute associated with each pixel is dependent upon a value associated with each of said first and said second plurality of bits.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein each said first device test file and said second device test file is a device test result file.

4. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein said visual attribute associated with each pixel is color.

5. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein said visual attribute associated with each pixel is brightness.

6. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein said value associated with each of said first and said second plurality of bits is an ASCII character representative of a binary value.

7. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein said value associated with each of said plurality of bits is an ASCII character representative of a don't care value.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of bits represents a state of a storage element within said device.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein a position of a given pixel within said first graphic image and said second graphic image corresponds to a position of an associated one of said plurality of bits within said first device test file and said second device test file, respectively.

10. A method of displaying test data for a device, said method comprising:

receiving a first graphic image representative of a first device test file comprising a first scan test pattern including a first plurality of bits, wherein said first device test file depicts each of a first plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display;

receiving a second graphic image representative of a second device test file comprising a second scan test pattern including a second plurality of bits, wherein said second device test file depicts each of a second plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display; and

generating a third graphic image by overlaying said second graphic image onto said first graphic image.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein a visual attribute associated with each pixel is dependent upon a value associated with each of said first and said second plurality of bits.

12. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein a visual attribute associated with each resultant pixel is dependent upon a comparison of said visual attributes associated with each pixel of said first and said second graphic image.

13. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein each of said first and said second device test files is a device test result file.

14. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein a visual attribute associated with each pixel is color.

15. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein a visual attribute associated with each pixel is brightness.

16. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein each of said plurality of bits represents a state of a storage element within said device.

17. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein a position of a given pixel within said graphic image corresponds to a position of an associated one of said plurality of bits within said test file.

18. A carrier medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to:

receive a first test file comprising a first scan test pattern, wherein said test file includes a first plurality of bits;

receive a second test file comprising a second scan test pattern, wherein said test file includes a second plurality of bits;

generate a first graphic image representative of said first test file by depicting each of said first plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display;

generate a second graphic image representative of said test file by depicting each of said plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display; and

overlay said second graphic image onto said first graphic image.

19. A carrier medium comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to:

receive a first graphic image representative of a first device test file comprising a first scan test pattern including a first plurality of bits, wherein said first device test file depicts each of a first plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display;

receive a second graphic image representative of a second device test file comprising a second scan test pattern including a second plurality of bits, wherein said second device test file depicts each of a second plurality of bits using a unique pixel of a display; and

generate a third graphic image by overlaying said second graphic image onto said first graphic image.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2015
From: ORACLE USA, INC.; SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.; ORACLE AMERICA, INC.
To: ORACLE AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 037280/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2003
From: DICKINSON, PAUL J.
To: SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 013865/0712 →