Patents by Inventor Howard Y. Bell
Howard Y. Bell 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: 11953434Abstract: Disclosed is a spectroscopic device, system, and method for measuring the concentration of one or more molecular species of interest in a gas, liquid or solid sample, where the device may be portable, may be commercially manufactured, and/or may be adapted to existing systems and/or integrated with new systems to provide optical gas sensing for such systems. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods can be particularly useful in monitoring the purity of, e.g., a certain gas species, including determining whether a gas mixture contains certain gas species above a set concentration limit.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: SHELL OIL COMPNY, THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventors: Mark Zondlo, Lei Tao, Da Pan, Josh Collins, Paul Guiguizian, Howard Y. Bell, Alice Margaret Sophie Elliott, Patrick Minter Killough, Bernardus Maria Geertshuis, Herie Javier Soto
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Patent number: 11922265Abstract: This disclosure relates to a card having (i) an infrared-blocking material capable of blocking a plurality of near infrared wavelengths and (ii) at least one phosphor particle capable of absorbing at least one near-infrared wavelength, and a card reader capable of allowing a user to interrogate the card and determine if it is authentic, and to read information from the card. The card reader typically includes a processor configured to cause the card reader to emit at least one wavelength of light, receive at least one additional wavelength of light emitting by the at least one phosphor particle, and identify at least one characteristic of the at least one phosphor particle selected from the group consisting of a location on the card, a rise time of the phosphor, and a decay time of the phosphor.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joahua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Patent number: 11898956Abstract: Disclosed is a spectroscopic device, system, and method for measuring the concentration of one or more molecular species of interest in a gas, liquid or solid sample, where the device may be portable, may be commercially manufactured, and/or may be adapted to existing systems and/or integrated with new systems to provide optical gas sensing for such systems. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods can be particularly useful in monitoring the purity of, e.g., a certain gas species, including determining whether a gas mixture contains certain gas species above a set concentration limit.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: SHELL OIL COMPNY, THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventors: Mark Zondlo, Lei Tao, Da Pan, Josh Collins, Paul Guiguizian, Howard Y. Bell, Alice Margaret Sophie Elliott, Patrick Minter Killough, Bernardus Maria Geertshuis, Herie Javier Soto
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Patent number: 11667799Abstract: A cooperative vehicle-highway communication system allows vehicles and pedestrians to determine their location by sensing selected coatings on roadways, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces in both indoor and outdoor environments. The systems recognize intelligent materials under sensors to determine geo-location. The intelligent materials are incorporated into paints on the roadway surface to mark key locations. Additionally, vehicles recognize highway paint/markings and signs with intelligent paint that provide specialized message content to support driver information and control applications. The intelligent paint materials include a coating that absorbs light while converting the absorbed light to electromagnetic energy. This electromagnetic energy is read by sensors to recognize the materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Howard Y. Bell, Joshua E. Collins, Robert A. Ferlis, Kunik Lee
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Publication number: 20220343090Abstract: This disclosure relates to a card having (i) an infrared-blocking material capable of blocking a plurality of near infrared wavelengths and (ii) at least one phosphor particle capable of absorbing at least one near-infrared wavelength, and a card reader capable of allowing a user to interrogate the card and determine if it is authentic, and to read information from the card. The card reader typically includes a processor configured to cause the card reader to emit at least one wavelength of light, receive at least one additional wavelength of light emitting by the at least one phosphor particle, and identify at least one characteristic of the at least one phosphor particle selected from the group consisting of a location on the card, a rise time of the phosphor, and a decay time of the phosphor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joahua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Patent number: 11435228Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for interrogating a photo-responsive material, such as for authentication purposes, utilizing a light source to illuminate a photo-responsive material, a detector to capture an emission from the photo-responsive material, and a processor to receive a response from the detector while the photo-responsive material is being illuminated after a maximum response has been received, then measuring a change in the received response.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Publication number: 20220221334Abstract: Disclosed is a hand-held optical apparatus and method for using the apparatus to activate and detect optical emissive materials as part of a safety interlock system. Typically, the hand-held optical apparatus will include one or more light sources capable of emitting at least one wavelength of light towards an optical emissive material, a light detector capable of detecting a response from the optical emissive material, and control circuitry configured to cause at least one of the one or more light sources to emit the at least one wavelength at a power density less than a predetermined threshold, receive a signal from the light detector representing a detected response, and repeat until the microprocessor determines the detected response matches an expected response.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Howard Y. Bell, Joshua E. Collins, Victor Zazzu, Wenyu Hu
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Publication number: 20220187203Abstract: Disclosed is a spectroscopic device, system, and method for measuring the concentration of one or more molecular species of interest in a gas, liquid or solid sample, where the device may be portable, may be commercially manufactured, and/or may be adapted to existing systems and/or integrated with new systems to provide optical gas sensing for such systems. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods can be particularly useful in monitoring the purity of, e.g., a certain gas species, including determining whether a gas mixture contains certain gas species above a set concentration limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Mark ZONDLO, Lei TAO, Da PAN, Josh COLLINS, Howard Y. Bell, Alice Margaret Sophie ELLIOTT, Patrick Minter KILLOUGH, Bernardus Maria GEERTSHUIS, Herie Javier SOTO
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Patent number: 11320308Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for shaped incoherent light for control (SILC). More particularly, disclosed is a method for controlling the evolution of photo-responsive systems (including chemical species, biochemical species or material compounds) using a device capable of producing shaped incoherent light for such control. The disclosed device integrates a polychromatic incoherent source in an adaptive feedback control loop.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventors: François Laforge, Herschel Rabitz, Howard Y. Bell, Joshua E. Collins
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Publication number: 20220082502Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a method and system for the excitation, identification, and authentication of light emitting materials using a mobile device comprising at least one Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL), for use in a variety of applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Publication number: 20220041928Abstract: New methods and assays for multiplexed detection of analytes using phosphors that are uniform in morphology, size, and composition based on their unique optical lifetime signatures are described herein. The described assays and methods can be used for imaging or detection of multiple unique chemical or biological markers simultaneously in a single assay readout.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicants: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC., LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, U.S.A , AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESInventors: Howard Y. BELL, Joshua E. Collins, Paul L.A.M. Corstjens, Sukwan Handali, Hans J. Tanke
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Publication number: 20220011316Abstract: A testing system and test cartridge for analyzing a sample of water from a water source for specific analyte levels. The test cartridge including a membrane filter that captures a target analyte while allowing a labelled conjugate to permeate through the membrane. The conjugate includes an analyte-specific labelled binding reagent to bind with the target analyte for optical detection. The direct membrane interrogation (i.e., on-filter detection), determines analyte levels without elution of the analyte from a filter thereby improving analyte recovering and assay sensitivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Johan M. SPOOR, Stephane CAMARROQUE, Michael C. JONES, James PODER, James STAVE, Howard Y. BELL, Joshua E. COLLINS, Paul GUIGUIZIAN, Herschel WATKINS, Jacob SOMERSON, Philip SCHREIBER, Timothy MUFF, Laura BUCKNAM
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Publication number: 20210311029Abstract: A system and method for lateral flow assays, utilizing a test strip having at least three sections, where the second section contains multiple test lines arranged at an angle to the direction of flow, each test line configured to capture at least one conjugated rare earth particle bound to an analyte of interest, where the test strip is configured to be read in a direction perpendicular to the direction of flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell, Paul Corstjens, Annemieke Geluk
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Publication number: 20210311044Abstract: A rapid diagnostic test strip, system, and methodology are disclosed. The test strips utilize a sample pad on a proximal portion of a substrate. When a sample (potentially containing various analytes) is provided to the sample pad, it is transported to a conjugate release pad located distally from the sample pad. The conjugate release pad includes two or more targeted materials, where each targeted material includes an upconverting rare-earth particle capable of conjugating to an analyte. The conjugated analytes are then transported distally along the test strip, where they may bind to one or more test lines. An absorbent pad is located distally from the test lines. The one or more test lines can the be briefly illuminated with one or more specific wavelengths of light that the rare-earth particles absorb, and the rare-earth particles then emit a response that can be detected and measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Publication number: 20210293705Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for interrogating a photo-responsive material, such as for authentication purposes, utilizing a light source to illuminate a photo-responsive material, a detector to capture an emission from the photo-responsive material, and a processor to receive a response from the detector while the photo-responsive material is being illuminated after a maximum response has been received, then measuring a change in the received response.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Intelligent Material Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Publication number: 20210285817Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for shaped incoherent light for control (SILC). More particularly, disclosed is a method for controlling the evolution of photo-responsive systems (including chemical species, biochemical species or material compounds) using a device capable of producing shaped incoherent light for such control. The disclosed device integrates a polychromatic incoherent source in an adaptive feedback control loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: François Laforge, Herschel Rabitz, Howard Y. Bell, Joshua E. Collins
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Publication number: 20210230477Abstract: Disclosed is a process for on- and off-site tagging of fracking sand and a composition of matter capable of being utilized in that process. The composition of matter includes a linker polymer conjugated to a rare earth particle. The method involves forming two mixtures, a first involving mixing a linker polymer conjugated to a rare earth particle into an aqueous blend of fracking sand, and a second involving an activated amine terminated polymer in an aqueous solution. The second mixture is then added to the first mixture, and covalent amide bonds are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Intelligent Material Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Publication number: 20210198570Abstract: Disclosed is a novel composition of matter that provides highly efficient energy conversion from NIR to NIR wavelengths, with either up-, down-, or both up- and down-converting transitions. Disclosed is a composition having the molecular formula NaYF4:YbxTmyNdz, where 0?x?0.98, 0?y?0.02, and 0?z?0.06. Also disclosed is a core-shell structure, wherein the core is a composition having the molecular formula NaYF4:YbxTmyNdz, where 0?x?0.98, 0?y?0.02, and 0?z?0.06, and the shell is composition having the molecular formula NaYF4:Ndw, where 0?w?0.1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell
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Publication number: 20210165417Abstract: A cooperative vehicle-highway communication system allows vehicles and pedestrians to determine their location by sensing selected coatings on roadways, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces in both indoor and outdoor environments. The systems recognize intelligent materials under sensors to determine geo-location. The intelligent materials are incorporated into paints on the roadway surface to mark key locations. Additionally, vehicles recognize highway paint/markings and signs with intelligent paint that provide specialized message content to support driver information and control applications. The intelligent paint materials include a coating that absorbs light while converting the absorbed light to electromagnetic energy. This electromagnetic energy is read by sensors to recognize the materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Howard Y. Bell, Joshua E. Collins, Robert A. Ferlis, Kunik Lee
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Patent number: 10921815Abstract: A cooperative vehicle-highway communication system allows vehicles and pedestrians to determine their location by sensing selected coatings on roadways, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces in both indoor and outdoor environments. The systems recognize intelligent materials under sensors to determine geo-location. The intelligent materials are incorporated into paints on the roadway surface to mark key locations. Additionally, vehicles recognize highway paint/markings and signs with intelligent paint that provide specialized message content to support driver information and control applications. The intelligent paint materials include a coating that absorbs light while converting the absorbed light to electromagnetic energy. This electromagnetic energy is read by sensors to recognize the materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Howard Y. Bell, Joshua E. Collins, Robert A. Ferlis, Kunik Lee