Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for optical recognition are provided. In some embodiments, systems for optical recognition are provided, the systems comprising: at least one hardware processor that: identifies a plurality of fixation points in optically detected data; identifies features of the plurality of fixation points; and identifies one or more characteristics of an object represented in the optically detected data. In some embodiments, methods for optical recognition are provided, the methods comprising: identifying a plurality of fixation points in optically detected data using a hardware processor; identifying features of the plurality of fixation points using the hardware processor; and identifying one or more characteristics of an object represented in the optically detected data using the hardware processor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 22, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
Abstract: The invention provides methods for identifying cell binding and/or lytic polypeptides that permit production of specific polypeptide therapeutics in a high throughput manner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 1, 2012
Date of Patent:
November 1, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
Valeriy Domenyuk, Chris Diehnelt, Stephen Johnston
Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for generating and/or analyzing medical images having elongated structures are provided. In some embodiments, a method for analyzing medical images is provided, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of images includes a portion of an elongated structure; receiving a location of interest within a least one of the plurality of images; determining an orientation of the elongated structure in response to receiving the location of interest; adjusting image planes of each of the plurality of images to correspond with the orientation of the elongated structure; and causing the elongated structure to be displayed in the adjusted image planes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2013
Date of Patent:
September 20, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
Abstract: Substrates may be bonded according to a method comprising contacting a first bonding surface of a first substrate with a second bonding surface of a second substrate to form an assembly, and compressing the assembly in the presence of an oxidizing atmosphere under suitable conditions to form a bonding layer between the first and second surfaces, wherein the first bonding surface comprises a polarized surface layer; the second bonding surface comprises a hydrophilic surface layer; the first and second bonding surfaces are different.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 16, 2016
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Nichole Herbots, Ross Bennett-Kennett, Ashlee Murphy, Brett Hughes, Ajjya Acharya, Clarizza Watson, Robert Culbertson
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying therapeutic agents that are multifunctional radical quenchers. It also provides compounds of formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as treatment or suppression of diseases associated with decreased mitochondrial function resulting in diminished ATP production and/or oxidative stress and/or lipid peroxidation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
Sidney Hecht, Omar Khdour, Sandipan Roy Chowdhury, Poulami Talukder
Abstract: Porous materials are fabricated using interpenetrating inorganic-organic composite gels. A mixture or precursor solution including an inorganic gel precursor, an organic polymer gel precursor, and a solvent is treated to form an inorganic wet gel including the organic polymer gel precursor and the solvent. The inorganic wet gel is then treated to form a composite wet gel including an organic polymer network in the body of the inorganic wet gel, producing an interpenetrating inorganic-organic composite gel. The composite wet gel is dried to form a composite material including the organic polymer network and an inorganic network component. The composite material can be treated further to form a porous composite material, a porous polymer or polymer composite, a porous metal oxide, and other porous materials.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2011
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2016
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract: The present invention describes a device and method for measuring flow rate from air flow using acoustic resonance. It is shown that the device can be used to measure breath flow rate and biomarker concentration within human breath.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 3, 2011
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of formula (I): compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as treatment or suppression of diseases associated with decreased mitochondrial function resulting in diminished ATP production and/or oxidative stress and/or lipid peroxidation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting For and on Behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
Sandipan Roy Chowdhury, Omar Khdour, Sidney Hecht
Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for on-line boosting of a classifier are provided, comprising: receiving a training sample; for each of a plurality of features, determining a feature value for the training sample and the feature, using the feature value to update a histogram, and determining a threshold for a classifier of the feature; for each of the plurality of features, classifying the training sample using the threshold for the classifier of the feature and calculating an error associated with the classifier; selecting a plurality of best classifiers from the classifiers; and, for each of the plurality of best classifiers, assigning a voting weight to the one of the plurality of best classifiers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of, Arizona State University
Inventors:
Nima Tajbakhsh, Hong Wu, Wenzhe Xue, Jianming Liang
Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptides, compositions thereof, and methods for use of the polypeptides in treating bacterial infection and for use as disinfectants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 1, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
Stephen Johnston, Valeriy Domenyuk, Chris Diehnelt
Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for fabricating porous materials using thixotropic gels. A shear force is applied to a thixotropic material causing the material to flow. Multiple components are added to the thixotropic material while applying the shear force causing the multiple components to be distributed in the material. The shear force is removed such that the static properties of the thixotropic material in the absence of the shear force retain a distribution of the multiple components in the thixotropic material to form a composite gel material that includes liquid within a network of inter-connected solid particles that include the distributed plurality of components. The liquid in the composite gel material is removed to form a porous composite material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2010
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2016
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract: Threshold gates and related circuitry are disclosed. In one embodiment, a threshold gate includes a threshold realization element and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element. The MTJ element is switchable from a first resistive state to a second resistive state. To realize a threshold function with the MTJ element, the threshold realization element is configured to switch the magnetic tunnel junction element from the first resistive state to the second resistive state in accordance with the threshold function. In this manner, the threshold gate may implement a threshold function that provides an output just like a complex Boolean function requiring several Boolean gates.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
Sarma Vrudhula, Nishant S. Nukala, Niranjan Kulkarni
Abstract: A product formed from a first material including a geopolymer resin material, a geopolymer resin, or a combination thereof by contacting the first material with a fluid and removing at least some of the fluid to yield a product. The first material may be formed by heating and/or aging an initial geopolymer resin material to yield the first material before contacting the first material with the fluid. In some cases, contacting the first material with the fluid breaks up or disintegrates the first material (e.g., in response to contact with the fluid and in the absence of external mechanical stress), thereby forming particles having an external dimension in a range between 1 nm and 2 cm.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2016
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Dong-Kyun Seo, Dinesh Medpelli, Danielle Ladd, Milad Mesgar
Abstract: A nozzle for producing a liquid jet or a single-file stream of droplets of a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector comprising the nozzle of the invention for providing the liquid jet or single-file stream of a fluid to a vacuum system are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 22, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
R. Bruce Doak, John Spence, Uwe Weierstall, Daniel P. DePonte
Abstract: Described herein are multi-segmented nanowires, nanosheets and nanobelts, and devices and methods using them for the generation of multicolor and white light.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
February 23, 2016
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Cun-Zheng Ning, Zhicheng Liu, Leijun Yin, Fan Fan, Hao Ning, Sunay Turkdogan, Patricia L. Nichols
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of natural isotopes 44Ca/42Ca 87Sr/86Sr as biomarkers to measure changes in bone mineral balance and loss.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 9, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 16, 2016
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
Ariel Anbar, Joseph Skulan, Gwyneth Gordon, Jennifer Morgan
Abstract: Preparing porous materials includes forming a mixture including a geopolymer resin and a liquid between which a nanoscale (1-1000 nm), microscale (1-1000 m), and/or milliscale (1-10 mm) phase separation occurs. The mixture is solidified (e.g., at an ambient temperature or a relatively low temperature), and a portion (e.g., a majority or a significant majority) of the liquid is removed from the solidified mixture. The liquid can include organic liquids from agricultural, geological, industrial, or household sources. The porous materials have accessible pores with a range of pore sizes including nanoscale pore sizes, microscale pore sizes, milliscale pore sizes, or a combination thereof. The porous material may be treated further to form another material, such as a composite.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2010
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2016
Assignee:
ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Dong-Kyun Seo, Dinesh Medpelli, Jungmin Seo
Abstract: A microfluidic device for size-based particle separation and methods for its use, where the microfluidic device comprises: (a) an inlet reservoir, where the inlet reservoir is configured for communication with an inlet electrode, (b) an insulator constriction coupled to the inlet reservoir via a microchannel, where the insulator constriction comprises an insulating material, and (c) a plurality of outlet channels each defining a first end and a second end, where the first end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to the insulator constriction, where the second end of each of the plurality of outlet channels is coupled to one of a plurality of outlet reservoirs, and where the plurality of outlet reservoirs are configured for communication with one or more outlet electrodes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 24, 2015
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
Alexandra Ros, Bahige G. Abdallah, Tzu-Chiao Chao