Patents by Inventor Peter Spear

Peter Spear 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: 9418157
    Abstract: A keyword estimation process and tool provides data for on-line visits to websites within a secure search environment. Blocks having probability mass functions are created to build a base using data from sources. The blocks include categories for keywords. Using an algorithm, the keywords for a target number of visits and other metrics may be estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ACRONYM MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Selina Eizik, John Peter Spear, Jonah Feld
  • Publication number: 20150127635
    Abstract: A keyword estimation process and tool provides data for on-line visits to websites within a secure search environment. Blocks having probability mass functions are created to build a base using data from sources. The blocks include categories for keywords. Using an algorithm, the keywords for a target number of visits and other metrics may be estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: ACRONYM MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Selina EIZIK, John Peter SPEAR, Jonah FELD
  • Patent number: 8670809
    Abstract: Adaptations and improvements to tubular metal powder filters include employing cross sectional geometries of any suitable shape, aligning the inner conductor off-axis, replacing the inner conductive wire with a conductive trace or a superconductive trace carried by a printed circuit board, combining multiple filters within a single common outer conductive housing, and employing meandering and other non-parallel signal paths. The various adaptations and improvements are designed to accommodate single-ended and differential signaling, as well as superconducting and non-superconducting applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: D-Wave Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Murray C. Thom, Sergey Uchaykin, Thomas Mahon, David Pires, Peter Spear, Jacob Craig Petroff
  • Patent number: 8346325
    Abstract: Adaptations and improvements to tubular metal powder filters include employing non-circular cross sectional geometries, aligning the inner conductor off-axis, replacing the inner conductive wire with a conductive trace carried on a printed circuit board, combining multiple filters within a single common outer conductive housing, and employing meandering and other non-parallel signal paths. The various adaptations and improvements are designed to accommodate single-ended and differential signaling, as well as superconducting and non-superconducting applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: D-Wave Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Murray C. Thom, Sergey Uchaykin, Thomas Mahon, David Pires, Peter Spear, Jacob Craig Petroff
  • Publication number: 20110183853
    Abstract: Adaptations and improvements to tubular metal powder filters include employing non-circular cross sectional geometries, aligning the inner conductor off-axis, replacing the inner conductive wire with a conductive trace carried on a printed circuit board, combining multiple filters within a single common outer conductive housing, and employing meandering and other non-parallel signal paths. The various adaptations and improvements are designed to accommodate single-ended and differential signaling, as well as superconducting and non-superconducting applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Murray C. Thom, Sergey Uchaykin, Thomas Mahon, David Pires, Peter Spear, Jacob Craig Petroff
  • Publication number: 20060095220
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of compensating for crosstalk between electromagnetic sensors in an array, each sensor having a flux transformer with a current therein which does not vary smoothly with an applied magnetic field, each sensor configured to produce an output signal comprising a stepwise varying component and a finely varying component. The method comprises, for each sensor to be compensated, applying a crosstalk compensation function to the output signal of the sensor to be compensated, the crosstalk compensation function based at least in part on at least one of the stepwise and the finely varying components of at least one other of the sensors in the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: VSM MedTech Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jiri Vrba, Peter Spear, Jack McCubbin, Richard Willis
  • Patent number: 4411159
    Abstract: A member of composite material incorporates at least one strain responsive member within a part at which a strain is induced by a load in use. A signal which is a function of a strain detetected by the strain responsive member is communicated to an indicator or monitoring device which registers the applied load causing the strain.In one embodiment a leaf spring for a vehicle comprises upper and lower elements of one or more superimposed strips of pre-impregnated longitudinally extending carbon fibres and an inner element of one or more strips of pre-impregnated glass fibres. During laying up of the strips two strain gauges (13, 14), which may be on or integral with a carrier strip, and their leads (13a, 13b, 14a, 14b) are introduced into the active length of the spring which experiences a bending moment on the application of a load. The gauges are positioned at a pre-determined distance apart which is maintained when the member is cured, as by hot press moulding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Rubery Owen Group Services Limited
    Inventors: Peter Spear, Paul A. Anson