Patents by Inventor Peter M. Waller

Peter M. Waller 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).

  • Patent number: 8245440
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for aquaculture. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of cultivation areas, a collection area, a pump for returning the culture from the collection areas to at least one of the cultivation areas and a delivery system for providing gases and/or nutrients to the culture. Also disclosed is a method for regulating water temperature of an aquaculture including circulating a culture through a system described herein, and storing the culture in the collection area or at least one of the cultivation areas for at least a portion of a 24 hour period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Randy D. Ryan, Peter M. Waller, Murat Kacira, Peiwen Li
  • Publication number: 20110023360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for aquaculture. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of cultivation areas, a collection area, a pump for returning the culture from the collection areas to at least one of the cultivation areas and a delivery system for providing gases and/or nutrients to the culture. Also disclosed is a method for regulating water temperature of an aquaculture including circulating a culture through a system described herein, and storing the culture in the collection area or at least one of the cultivation areas for at least a portion of a 24 hour period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Randy D. Ryan, Peter M. Waller, Murat Kacira, Peiwen Li
  • Publication number: 20020008167
    Abstract: A ground based remote sensing system for use in conjunction with agricultural irrigation systems. The ground based remote sensing system includes a sensor package mounted to a carriage for movement along a track attached to the agricultural irrigation system. The track is triangular in cross section and includes springs between abutting sections so that travel of the carriage along the track will not be compromised by misalignment between the abutting sections. The sensor package is mounted to the carriage by a mount which acts to ensure that the sensor package remains in a predetermined orientation with respect to the agricultural crop from which data is being gathered. The mount also includes an inclinometer to permit correction of agricultural data gathering errors due to misalignment of the sensor package with respect to the agricultural crop. The ground based remote sensing system also includes conducting rails to transmit energy from a speed control circuit to the carriage motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Julio A. Haberland, Charles W. DeFer, Peter M. Waller, Christopher Y. Choi, Paul D. Colaizzi, Michael A. Kostrzewski