Patents by Inventor John Butters
John Butters 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).
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Patent number: 12000911Abstract: A time-multiplexed dual atomic magnetometer includes first and second vapor cells such that an external magnetic field induces Larmor precession of atoms within the vapor cells. The magnetometer includes first and second polarimeters for measuring first and second polarizations of first and second probe beams that propagate through the first and second vapor cells, respectively. The magnetometer includes a controller that gates the probe beams such that (i) the first probe beam propagates through the first vapor cell during a first measurement stage, (ii) the second probe beam does not propagate through the second vapor cell during the first measurement stage, (iii) the second probe beam propagates through the second vapor cell during a second measurement stage that begins when the first measurement stage ends, and (iv) the first probe beam does not propagate through the first vapor cell during the second measurement stage.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: John Butters
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Publication number: 20230236270Abstract: Time-multiplexed atomic magnetometry uses first and second atomic vapor cells to measure an external magnetic field. Each vapor cell operates according to a sequence of alternating pumping and probing stages. However, the sequences are temporally offset from each other such that the second vapor cell is pumped while the first vapor cell is probed, and the first vapor cell is pumped while the second vapor cell is probed. With this time-multiplexed operation, the external magnetic field can be measured without any time gaps. The Hilbert transform of the signals may be taken to obtain their instantaneous phases, which may then be interleaved to form a single gapless time sequence that represents the external magnetic field over a time window that lasts for several continuous pumping/probing stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventor: John Butters
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Patent number: 11639976Abstract: Time-multiplexed atomic magnetometry uses first and second atomic vapor cells to measure an external magnetic field. Each vapor cell operates according to a sequence of alternating pumping and probing stages. However, the sequences are temporally offset from each other such that the second vapor cell is pumped while the first vapor cell is probed, and the first vapor cell is pumped while the second vapor cell is probed. With this time-multiplexed operation, the external magnetic field can be measured without any time gaps. The Hilbert transform of the signals may be taken to obtain their instantaneous phases, which may then be interleaved to form a single gapless time sequence that represents the external magnetic field over a time window that lasts for several continuous pumping/probing stages.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: NEARFIFLD ATOMICS, INC.Inventor: John Butters
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Publication number: 20220214411Abstract: Time-multiplexed atomic magnetometry uses first and second atomic vapor cells to measure an external magnetic field. Each vapor cell operates according to a sequence of alternating pumping and probing stages. However, the sequences are temporally offset from each other such that the second vapor cell is pumped while the first vapor cell is probed, and the first vapor cell is pumped while the second vapor cell is probed. With this time-multiplexed operation, the external magnetic field can be measured without any time gaps. The Hilbert transform of the signals may be taken to obtain their instantaneous phases, which may then be interleaved to form a single gapless time sequence that represents the external magnetic field over a time window that lasts for several continuous pumping/probing stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventor: John Butters
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Patent number: 11287494Abstract: Time-multiplexed atomic magnetometry uses first and second atomic vapor cells located adjacent to a sample to be measured. Each vapor cell operates according to a sequence of alternating pumping and probing stages. However, the sequences are temporally offset from each other such that the second vapor cell is pumped while the first vapor cell is probed, and the first vapor cell is pumped while the second vapor cell is probed. With this time-multiplexed operation, the magnetic field generated by the sample can be measured without any time gaps. The Hilbert transform of the signals may be taken to obtain their instantaneous phases, which may then be interleaved to form a single gapless time sequence that represents the magnetic field of the sample over a time window that lasts for several continuous pumping/probing stages.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: NEARFIELD ATOMICS, INC.Inventor: John Butters
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Publication number: 20220034982Abstract: Time-multiplexed atomic magnetometry uses first and second atomic vapor cells located adjacent to a sample to be measured. Each vapor cell operates according to a sequence of alternating pumping and probing stages. However, the sequences are temporally offset from each other such that the second vapor cell is pumped while the first vapor cell is probed, and the first vapor cell is pumped while the second vapor cell is probed. With this time-multiplexed operation, the magnetic field generated by the sample can be measured without any time gaps. The Hilbert transform of the signals may be taken to obtain their instantaneous phases, which may then be interleaved to form a single gapless time sequence that represents the magnetic field of the sample over a time window that lasts for several continuous pumping/probing stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventor: JOHN BUTTERS
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Patent number: 10909159Abstract: A system with methodology for providing multi-language support for dynamic ontology. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises: storing an ontology for a data store, wherein the ontology comprises a plurality of data types; for each data type of the plurality of data types: storing, in the ontology, one or more display values, wherein each display value is associated with a locale; determining a locale identifier corresponding to a particular locale; selecting a particular display value corresponding to the particular locale; displaying the particular display value.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.Inventors: David Leblanc, John Butters, Christopher Cook
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Publication number: 20190188219Abstract: A system with methodology for providing multi-language support for dynamic ontology. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises: storing an ontology for a data store, wherein the ontology comprises a plurality of data types; for each data type of the plurality of data types: storing, in the ontology, one or more display values, wherein each display value is associated with a locale; determining a locale identifier corresponding to a particular locale; selecting a particular display value corresponding to the particular locale; displaying the particular display value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: DAVID LEBLANC, JOHN BUTTERS, CHRIS COOK
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Patent number: 10248722Abstract: A system with methodology for providing multi-language support for dynamic ontology. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises: storing an ontology for a data store, wherein the ontology comprises a plurality of data types; for each data type of the plurality of data types: storing, in the ontology, one or more display values, wherein each display value is associated with a locale; determining a locale identifier corresponding to a particular locale; selecting a particular display value corresponding to the particular locale; displaying the particular display value.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: David Leblanc, John Butters, Chris Cook
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Publication number: 20170242922Abstract: A system with methodology for providing multi-language support for dynamic ontology. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises: storing an ontology for a data store, wherein the ontology comprises a plurality of data types; for each data type of the plurality of data types: storing, in the ontology, one or more display values, wherein each display value is associated with a locale; determining a locale identifier corresponding to a particular locale; selecting a particular display value corresponding to the particular locale; displaying the particular display value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: DAVID LEBLANC, JOHN BUTTERS, CHRIS COOK
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Publication number: 20070231872Abstract: Methods and apparatus inject noise into a substance, detect the combination of the noise and the signal emitted by the substance, adjust the noise until the combination signal takes on the characteristic of the signal generated by the substance through stochastic resonance, and apply such characteristic signals to responsive chemical, biochemical, or biological systems. The generated signal may be stored, manipulated, and/or transmitted to a remote receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: NATIVIS, INC.Inventors: John Butters, Bennett Butters, Patrick Naughton, Miller Puckette
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Publication number: 20050030016Abstract: A method and apparatus for interrogating a sample that exhibits molecular rotation are disclosed. In practicing the method, the sample is placed in a container having both magnetic and electromagnetic shielding, and Gaussian noise is injected into the sample. An electromagnetic time-domain signal composed of sample source radiation superimposed on the injected Guassian noise is detected, and this signal is cross-correlated with a second time-domain signal produced by the same or similar sample, to produce a cross-correlated signal with frequency domain components. The latter is plotted in the frequency domain by a fast Fourier transform to produce a frequency domain spectrum in a frequency range within DC to 50 KHz. From this spectrum, one or more low-frequency signal components that are characteristic of the sample being interrogated are identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: John Butters, Bennett Butters, Lisa Butters