Patents Assigned to A&A Technologies
  • Auto-calibration surface plasmon resonance biosensor
    Patent number: 9823192
    Abstract: A surface plasmon resonance biosensor comprises: a prism, an incident light incident to a side of the prism and reflected at the side of the prism, the incident light comprising a first incident light having a first incident angle and a second incident light having a second incident angle, and a detector comprising pixels for detecting the incident light reflected at the side of the prism, where positions of pixels of the detector correspond to incident angles of the incident light, and where positions of pixels of the detector are calibrated by at least the first incident light having the first incident angle and the second incident light having the second incident angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ecolife Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benny L. Chan, Suganda Jutamulia
  • Hash based data processing
    Patent number: 9824106
    Abstract: Hash based data processing generates an output dataset based on combining a plurality of input datasets. Input datasets may be divided into a plurality of portions using a hashing algorithm that hashes based on a data attribute of at least one of the input datasets. Pairs of the portions may then be combined through join operations that may be performed at least partly in parallel, based on the data attribute used in the hashing algorithm. The combined dataset portions resulting from the join operations may then be combined to generate an output dataset to be stored in a location that is accessible to user devices. In some cases, one or more step datasets may be generated and stored prior to the output dataset, the step dataset(s) including subset(s) of the data in the output dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Naidu Rongali
  • Biodegradable and biocompatible shape memory polymers
    Patent number: 9822222
    Abstract: This invention relates to shape memory block copolymers comprising: at least one switching segment having a Ttrans from 10 to 70° C.; and at least one soft segment, wherein at least one of the switching segments in linked to at least one of the soft segments by at least one linkage, and wherein the copolymer transforms from a first shape to a second shape by application of a first stimulus and the copolymer transforms back to the first shape from the second shape by application of a second stimulus. The shape memory block copolymers may be biocompatible and biodegradable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Xian Jun Loh, Jun Li
  • Photo check-in method, apparatus, and system
    Patent number: 9826050
    Abstract: Method and device of sharing photos and associated information among users of a social network platform are disclosed. The method includes: a mobile device sending, to a server, a first location of a first photo and a current location of the mobile device; receiving a first plurality of POIs, at least one of which is located near the first location of the first photo and another one of which is located near the current location of the mobile device; determining a first POI among the first plurality of POIs as a first check-in location of the first photo; and sending the first photo and the first POI to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ying Qi, Bin Liu, Wei Luo, Beiqi Wu, Pinlin Chen, Runjia Huang, Chao Huang, Wanxiang Huang
  • Providing user-influenced search results based on product attributes
    Patent number: 9824117
    Abstract: Techniques for providing user-influenced search results may be provided. The system can introduce an enhanced query language that allows users to reprogram a computer system responsible for providing search results. In an embodiment, the enhanced query language is generated by the system and exposed to users. In another embodiment, a query language is generated by the user and translated by the system to an enhanced query language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eden Grail Adogla, Vikram Bisht
  • Fan assembly
    Patent number: 9822778
    Abstract: A fan assembly comprising an air inlet, at least one air outlet, an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller to draw air through the air inlet, at least one heater assembly, and a user interface for allowing a user to select a speed setting for the motor from a user selectable range of speed settings, and for allowing a user to select one of a first and second operational mode of the fan assembly. A rotational speed of the motor is set depending on the user selected speed setting, and is selected from a first range of values when the first operational mode of the fan assembly has been selected, and from at least one second range of values when the second operational mode of the fan assembly has been selected, with each value within each of the range of values being associated with a respective speed setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Charles Edward Park, Tom Vallance Hamilton Crawford
  • Turbocharger system having an air-cooled wastegate actuator
    Patent number: 9822696
    Abstract: A system and methods for a vehicle are provided for adjusting each of a speed of a radiator fan and a position of grille shutters of the vehicle responsive to a temperature at a wastegate exceeding a temperature threshold. In one example, a system may include a radiator fan at a front end of a vehicle, an engine coupled to an exhaust passage, a turbine in the exhaust passage having a bypass conduit, a wastegate positioned in the turbine conduit, and the wastegate receiving airflow from downstream of the radiator fan via a cooling duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shuya Shark Yamada, Timothy J. Gardner, Christopher David Tiernan, Matthew Coon, Shawn Michael Spannbauer
  • Gas turbine engine with axial movable fan variable area nozzle
    Patent number: 9822732
    Abstract: A turbofan engine includes a fan variable area nozzle includes having a first fan nacelle section and a second fan nacelle section movably mounted relative the first fan nacelle section. The second fan nacelle section axially slides aftward relative to the fixed first fan nacelle section to change the effective area of the fan nozzle exit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory A. Kohlenberg, Sean P. Zamora
  • PRU short beacon detection
    Patent number: 9825472
    Abstract: A device for detecting a short beacon signal includes a power-receiving unit (PRU) to receive the short beacon signal from one or more power-transmitting units (PTUs). An active load level is asserted for detection by the one or more PTUs in response to the short beacon signal. The active load level, once asserted, makes a detectable change in a reflected impedance associated with the PRU as measured by at least one of the one or more PTUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John S. Walley, Angel Arturo Polo
  • Method of making thermally-isolated silicon-based integrated circuits
    Patent number: 9824932
    Abstract: Thermally isolated devices may be formed by performing a series of etches on a silicon-based substrate. As a result of the series of etches, silicon material may be removed from underneath a region of an integrated circuit (IC). The removal of the silicon material from underneath the IC forms a gap between remaining substrate and the integrated circuit, though the integrated circuit remains connected to the substrate via a support bar arrangement that suspends the integrated circuit over the substrate. The creation of this gap functions to release the device from the substrate and create a thermally-isolated integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Wojciechowski, Roy Olsson, Peggy J. Clews, Todd Bauer
  • Generator for a wind turbine
    Patent number: 9825507
    Abstract: It comprises a rotor and a stator that they both may be formed of a single piece or they may be formed of a number of sectors. The generator further comprises at least one active module unit as an independent unit from both the rotor and the stator. The active module unit includes at least one permanent magnet, a magnet support structure attached thereto, a first attaching mechanism to removably attach the magnet support structure to the rotor or the stator, at least one coil module comprising at least one coil winding and a magnetic core, and a second attaching mechanism to removably attach the coil module to the other of the rotor or the stator. The coil module is spaced apart from the permanent magnet a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ALSTOM Renewable Technologies
    Inventor: César Muñiz Casais
  • Method and apparatus for providing enhanced service authorization
    Patent number: 9825930
    Abstract: An approach is provided for authorizing one or more services from service providers in a communications network. The approach includes receiving a request from a first service provider, the request having an associated primary token and a secondary token identifier, the secondary token identifier relating to resources of a second service provider. Based, at least in part, on the secondary token identifier, a secondary token is identified; and then the secondary token is sent to the first service provider, wherein the first service provider and the second service provider belong to different trust domains and the first service provider can use the secondary token to access resources of the second service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Yan Fu
  • WLAN transmitter having high data throughput
    Patent number: 9826373
    Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) transmitter includes a baseband processing module and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters. The processing module selects one of a plurality of modes of operation based on a mode selection signal. The processing module determines a number of transmit streams based on the mode selection signal. The processing of the data further continues by converting encoded data into streams of symbols in accordance with the number of transmit streams and the mode selection signal. A number of the plurality of RF transmitters are enabled based on the mode selection signal to convert a corresponding one of the streams of symbols into a corresponding RF signal such that a corresponding number of RF signals is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hansen, Jason A. Trachewsky, Nambirajan Seshadri, Kelly Brian Cameron, Hau Thien Tran, Ba-Zhong Shen
  • Method and apparatus for adjusting a sleep mode display mechanism of an electronic device
    Patent number: 9823725
    Abstract: An electronic device performs a method for adjusting a sleep mode display mechanism. The method includes determining, responsive to a trigger, whether a trusted device is proximate to the electronic device. The method further includes adjusting a sleep mode display mechanism of the electronic device when the trusted device is determined to be proximate to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Parikshit Dharawat
  • Post-regulated flyback converter with variable output stage
    Patent number: 9825531
    Abstract: A power circuit is described that includes a transformer arranged to store energy. The power circuit further includes a parallel switch device arranged in parallel to a secondary side winding of the transformer, an output port coupled to a device and the secondary side winding of the transformer, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive, from the device, information indicative of a required voltage associated with the device, and control, based on the information, the parallel switch device to generate, based on an amount of energy stored at the transformer, the required voltage as an output voltage at the output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Gerald Deboy, Anthony Sanders
  • All-flat sensor with exposed colorful member and electronic device using such sensor
    Patent number: 9824257
    Abstract: An all-flat sensor includes a coupling substrate; a sensing chip, which is disposed on the coupling substrate, has first electrodes arranged in an array and a first dielectric layer covering over the first electrodes, and is electrically connected to the coupling substrate; and a second dielectric layer covering over the sensing chip and providing an outlook color. An electronic device using the all-flat sensor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: J-Metrics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bruce C. S. Chou
  • Transfer-bonding method for the light emitting device and light emitting device array
    Patent number: 9825013
    Abstract: A light emitting device array including a circuit substrate and a plurality of device layers is provided. The circuit substrate includes a plurality of bonding pads and a plurality of conductive bumps located over the bonding pads. The device layers are capable of emitting different colored lights electrically connected with the circuit substrate through the conductive bumps and the bonding pads. The device layers capable of emitting different colored lights have different thicknesses and the conductive bumps bonded with the device layers capable of emitting different colored lights have different heights such that top surfaces of the device layers capable of emitting different colored lights are located on a same level of height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Yung Yeh, Chia-Hsin Chao, Ming-Hsien Wu, Kuang-Yu Tai
  • Enhanced back side illuminated near infrared image sensor
    Patent number: 9825073
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a photodiode disposed in semiconductor material to accumulate image charge in response to light directed through a back side of the semiconductor material. A scattering structure is disposed proximate to the front side of the semiconductor material such that the light that is directed into the semiconductor material through the back side is scattered back through the photodiode. A deep trench isolation structure is disposed in the semiconductor material that isolates the photodiode and defines an optical path such that the light that is scattered back through the photodiode in the optical path is totally internally reflected by the DTI. An antireflective coating is disposed on the back side of the semiconductor material and totally internally reflects the light scattered by the scattering structure to confine the light to remain in the optical path until it is absorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Eric A. G. Webster
  • Converter and electric generator in which groups of windings are used to generate output voltages according to a power requirement
    Patent number: 9825551
    Abstract: The converter includes a plurality of input lines and one or more output lines. Each input line is connected to a group of supply circuits and the supply circuits of each group are connected to different output lines. The electric generator comprises a stator and a rotor. The stator has a plurality of windings. Each winding has a plurality of phases. Each phase comprises bars connected in series. The phases have a first connection at one end, a second connection at the other end and a third connection in an intermediate position between the first and the second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Oesterheld, Thierry Lecomte, René Wilhelm Schaefer
  • Vehicle wheel
    Patent number: D803133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: George Bucher, Dean Carbis, Jesse Diephuis