Patents by Inventor Jen-Kuang Huang

Jen-Kuang Huang 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: 8781796
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating individualized predictions of alertness or performance for human subjects. Alertness or performance predictions may be individualized to incorporate a subject's individual traits and/or individual states. These individual traits and/or individual states (or parameters which represent these individual traits and/or individual states) may be represented by random variables in a mathematical model of human alertness. The mathematical model and/or prediction techniques may incorporate effects of the subject's sleep timing, the subject's intake of biologically active agents (e.g. caffeine) and/or the subject's circadian rhythms. The mathematical model and/or prediction techniques may incorporate feedback from the subject's measured alertness and/or performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Trustees of the Univ. of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Christopher Mott, Daniel Mollicone, Hans Van Dongen, Jen-Kuang Huang, David Dinges
  • Publication number: 20120191425
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating individualized) predictions of alertness or performance for human subjects. Alertness or performance predictions may be individualized to incorporate a subject's individual traits and/or individual states. These individual traits and/or individual states (or parameters which represent these individual traits and/or individual states) may be represented by random variables in a mathematical model of human alertness. The mathematical model and/or prediction techniques may incorporate effects of the subject's sleep timing, the subject's intake of biologically active agents (e.g. caffeine) and/or the subject's circadian rhythms. The mathematical model and/or prediction techniques may incorporate feedback from the subject's measured alertness and/or performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Mott, Daniel Mollicone, Hans Van Dongen, Jen-Kuang Huang, David Dinges