Peter A White

US Patent:

20090300054, Dec 3, 2009

Filed:

Jul 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/183409

Inventors:

Kathleen Fisher - Los Altos CA, US
Edward David Burke - Tigard OR, US
David Walker - Princeton NJ, US
Peter Duncan White - Beaverton OR, US
Kenny Qili Zhu - Plainsboro NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707102, 707E17009

Abstract:

A system is disclosed for formulating structure descriptions from data. In some embodiments, data arrives with an unknown format. The data may be ad hoc data that is considered semi-structured. Disclosed embodiments analyze chunks of the data to determine tokens. Tokens are analyzed to identify base types and compound types such as structs, unions, and arrays. Descriptions are generated and undergo scoring and rewriting for optimization. The generated descriptions may be fed to a data description language such as Processing Ad Hoc Data System (PADS) and compiled for processing the raw data. In some embodiments, the raw data is parsed, printed, or reformatted using the generated descriptions.

US Patent:

41863682, Jan 29, 1980

Filed:

May 30, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/910177

Inventors:

Peter M. White - Portland OR
David L. Timmins - Portland OR

Assignee:

Tektronix, Inc. - Beaverton OR

International Classification:

H01C 704

US Classification:

338 28

Abstract:

An improved resistance-type sensor for an electrical temperature probe includes a thin-film platinum resistor deposited on an oxidized silicon chip. The chip is eutectically bonded to the planar reverse side of a beryllium oxide tip-piece having a hemispherical face adapted for contacting the surface of an object being measured. The tip-piece is set in a thermal insulating plastic mount, spaced from a pair of low resistance electrical leads held by the mount. Very fine wires bonded between the leads and platinum resistor form high thermal impedance electrical connections to the temperature-sensing element.