Patents by Inventor Bruce Calvert Barnes

Bruce Calvert Barnes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Biomimic artificial neuron
    Patent number: 7080054
    Abstract: An artificial neuron is formed from an input subcircuit, a capacitor free leaky integrator subcircuit, and an output switching subcircuit. The input subcircuit is configured to supply a pulsed input signal. The capacitor free leaky integrator subcircuit is configured to supply a parasitic capacitance and to utilize the parasitic capacitance to provide differing time constants for the rising and falling edges of an output signal produced in response to the pulsed input signal. The output switching subcircuit s configured to, upon receipt of a sufficient output signal from the capacitor free leaky integrator subcircuit, switch off the input subcircuit and to release a neuron firing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Idaho Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Wells, Bruce Calvert Barnes