Patents Assigned to ETH Zurich
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Publication number: 20220327717Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to capturing facial training data for one or more subjects, the captured facial training data including each of the one or more subject's facial skin geometry tracked over a plurality of times and the subject's corresponding jaw poses for each of those plurality of times; and using the captured facial training data to create a model that provides a mapping from skin motion to jaw motion. Additional implementations of the disclosure are directed to determining a facial skin geometry of a subject; using a model that provides a mapping from skin motion to jaw motion to predict a motion of the subject's jaw from a rest pose given the facial skin geometry; and determining a jaw pose of the subject using the predicted motion of the subject's jaw.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicants: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)Inventors: Dominik Thabo Beeler, Derek Edward Bradley, Gaspard Zoss
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Publication number: 20220326681Abstract: Methods and systems for sequence-controlled polymer encoding, decoding, and storage are provided. In various embodiments, input data is encoded into one or more sequence controlled polymer, wherein encoding the input data comprises applying an error-correction code. The one or more sequence-controlled polymer are synthesized. The synthesized one or more sequence-controlled polymer are encapsulated in a plurality of particles. The plurality of particles are embedded into a feedstock.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: ETH ZURICHInventors: Robert N. Grass, Yaniv Ehrlich
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Publication number: 20220280029Abstract: An endoscope for inspection of the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal, in particular of the small intestine of a human, includes an elongated, flexible tubular structure and a flexible, elongated element placed inside the tubular structure such that a distal portion of the elongated element protrudes from a distal end of the tubular structure and is connected to an endoscopic tip, wherein the elongated element is engaged with the tubular structure in such way that a rotation of the tubular structure around the elongated element in a first rotation direction will increase a gap between the endoscopic tip and the distal end, while a rotation of the tubular structure around the elongated element in a second rotation direction, opposite to the first rotation direction, will decrease the gap between the endoscopic tip and the distal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: ETH ZÜRICHInventors: Bradley J. NELSON, Sean L. LYTTLE
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Publication number: 20220284696Abstract: A system and a method for training a semantic segmentation model includes obtaining a plurality of sets of images each having an index z for visibility, iteratively training the model. Iteratively training the model includes (a) for each z above 1, obtaining preliminary semantic segmentation labels for each image of the set of images of index z?1 by applying the model to each image of the set of images of index z?1, (b) processing each preliminary semantic segmentation labels using semantic segmentation labels obtained using the model on a selected image of index 1, and obtaining processed semantic segmentation labels, (c) training the model using the set of images of index z?1 and the associated processed semantic segmentation labels, and (d) performing steps (a) to (c) for z+1.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE, ETH ZURICH THE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICHInventors: Wim ABBELOOS, Christos SAKARIDIS, Luc VAN GOOL, Dengxin DAI
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Publication number: 20220260763Abstract: A method of producing a diffractive optical element (1) comprises the steps of providing at least one substrate (3) having a surface (4) and generating a relief structure (2) in the surface (4) of the substrate (3) using a processing device (5). The relief structure (2) is generated such that a distance (D) between a surface (8) of the relief structure (2) and the surface (4) of the substrate (3) along the third direction (z) varies essentially continuously. A diffractive optical element (1) comprises a relief structure (2), wherein at least in a portion of the relief structure (2) a distance (D) between the surface (8) of the relief structure (2) and the surface (4) of the substrate (3) varies essentially continuously. A virtual image display device comprises at least a first and a second of such diffractive optical elements (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicants: ETH Zurich, Universiteit Utrecht Holding B.V.Inventors: David J. NORRIS, Nolan LASSALINE, Raphael BRECHBÜHLER, Freddy RABOUW
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Publication number: 20220257501Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of plant extracts from the genera Salvia, Artemisia, Echinacea, and optionally further plant extracts, for the cosmetic treatment of the skin. The invention further relates to cosmetic preparations which comprise such combination of plant extracts. These plant extracts and cosmetic preparations are particularly useful for stimulation of the lymphatic system, including rejuvenation, anti-ageing, detoxification and increased firmness of the skin, for puffy-eye treatment and/or for anti-swelling effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicants: ETH Zurich, Universität BaselInventors: Michael Detmar, Epameinondas Gousopoulos, Matthias Hamburger, Olivier Potterat, Jihye Kim, Antonia Elisabeth Schantl
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Publication number: 20220240535Abstract: The invention relates to products for the production of chocolate products and chocolate-like products, whereby sweetening and/or mass-providing filling substances obtained from the cocoa fruit pulp or also from the placenta and/or the cocoa fruit shell replace, either wholly or in part, the conventional sweetening and mass-providing filling components, in particular sugar, in such products. The invention relates not only to a suitable process for the production of such products, but also to the use of such products.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicants: KOA Switzerland GmbH, ETH ZurichInventors: Ursina KRAHENMANN, Erich WINDHAB
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Patent number: 11393107Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to capturing facial training data for one or more subjects, the captured facial training data including each of the one or more subject's facial skin geometry tracked over a plurality of times and the subject's corresponding jaw poses for each of those plurality of times; and using the captured facial training data to create a model that provides a mapping from skin motion to jaw motion. Additional implementations of the disclosure are directed to determining a facial skin geometry of a subject; using a model that provides a mapping from skin motion to jaw motion to predict a motion of the subject's jaw from a rest pose given the facial skin geometry; and determining a jaw pose of the subject using the predicted motion of the subject's jaw.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)Inventors: Dominik Thabo Beeler, Derek Edward Bradley, Gaspard Zoss
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Patent number: 11385225Abstract: The present invention relates to tri-functional crosslinking reagents carrying (i) a ligand-reactive group for conjugation to a ligand of interest having at least one binding site on a target glycoprotein receptor, (ii) a hydrazone group for the capturing of oxidized receptor-glycoproteins and (iii) an affinity group selected from azides and alkynes for the detection, isolation and purification of captured glycoproteins; as well as their manufacturing. The invention further provides for improved methods of detecting, identifying and characterizing interactions between ligands and their corresponding target glycoproteins on living cells and in biological fluids. The invention further provides for new uses of catalysts in such methods.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: ETH ZurichInventors: Erick Moran Carreira, Michael Andreas Schafroth, Nadine Sobotzki, Bernd Wollscheid
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Publication number: 20220202847Abstract: The invention relates to double stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) agents and compositions targeting a High Density Lipoprotein Binding Protein (Hdlbp/Vigilin) gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of Hdlbp/Vigilin and methods of treating subjects having a disorder of lipid metabolism, such as mixed hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia or hypercholesterolemia, using such dsRNA agents and compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicants: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ETH ZurichInventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Markus Stoffel, Mehrpouya Balaghy Mobin
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Publication number: 20220181135Abstract: An ICP source (100) for generating ions using an inductively coupled plasma is configured to be coupled to a mass spectrometer (200). The sample is introduced into the plasma along a downwards-pointing vertical direction (G) under the action of gravity. In this manner, the sample can reach the plasma regardless of its condition, e.g., regardless of droplet or particle size. Transport efficiencies of up to 100% can be achieved. The ICP source can be supplied with a continuous stream comprising the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: ETH ZurichInventors: Bodo HATTENDORF, Detlef GÜNTHER, Thomas VONDERACH
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Patent number: 11344599Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of amyloid fibrils for providing nutritional minerals to the human body, particularly as a component in a food product, a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical product. The invention further provides for new compositions comprising composite materials of amyloid fibrils and nutritional minerals. The invention further relates to the use of such composite materials in the treatment of diseases and disorders and to the fortification of food and dietary supplements with nutritional minerals.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: ETH ZurichInventors: Sreenath Bolisetty, Michael Zimmermann, Yi Shen, Raffaele Mezzenga
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Patent number: 11335051Abstract: Techniques for animation are provided. A first trajectory for a first element in a first animation is determined. A first approximation is generated based on the first trajectory, and the first approximation is modified based on an updated state of the first element. The first trajectory is then refined based on the modified first approximation.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: Disney Enterprises, Inc., ETH Zurich (Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich)Inventors: Robert W. Sumner, Alba Maria Rios Rodriguez, Maurizio Nitti, Mattia Ryffel, Steven C. Poulakos
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Patent number: 11306049Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for converting syngas to C2+ alcohols, said process comprising the steps of providing a reactor, of providing a catalyst composition and one or more acidic materials within said reactor, of providing a feed stream comprising a mixture of H2 and CO; and of contacting said feed stream with said catalyst composition and said one or more acidic materials under reaction conditions to provide product stream. Said process is remarkable in that said catalyst composition comprises an active phase comprising CuFe deposited on a carbon-containing support, and the one or more acidic materials are one or more zeolites having a Si/Al molar ratio ranging between 2 and 200.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: TOTAL SE, ETH ZURICHInventors: Daniel Curulla-Ferre, Joseph Stewart, Javier Perez-Ramirez, Cecilia Mondelli, Ho Ting Luk
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Patent number: 11295162Abstract: An approach to place recognition from an image makes use of the detection of objects at a set of known places as well as at an unknown place. Images of the detected objects in an image of the unknown place are processed to yield respective numerical descriptors, and these descriptors are used to compare the unknown place to the known places to recognize the unknown place. At least some embodiments make use of a trained parameterized image processor to transform an image of an object to an object descriptor, and the training of the processor is meant to preserve distinctions between different instances of a type of object, as well as distinctions between entirely different types of objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ETH ZurichInventors: Daniela Rus, Sertac Karaman, Igor Gilitschenski, Andrei Cramariuc, Cesar Cadena, Roland Siegwart
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Patent number: 11293940Abstract: A sensor device includes a carrier, a force feedback sensor, and a probe containing a spin defect, the probe being connected to the force feedback sensor either directly or indirectly via a handle structure. In order to couple the spin defect to a microwave field in an efficient and robust manner, the sensor device includes an integrated microwave antenna arranged at a distance of less than 500 micrometers from the spin defect. The sensor device can be configured as a self-contained exchangeable cartridge that can easily be mounted in a sensor mount of a scanning probe microscope.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: ETH ZurichInventors: Christian Degen, Jens Boss, Kevin Chang, Jan Rhensius
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Patent number: 11285244Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a polymer scaffold that comprises the steps of providing a piece of a fabric of filaments of a first biodegradable or biocompatible polymer, applying a coating of a second polymer to said arrangement of filaments, and stretching the piece along its axis of longitudinal extension, thereby obtaining an aligned microfibrillar scaffold. The invention further relates to a method for providing an artificial tissue, and to a microfibrillar scaffold of aligned filaments obtained by the method of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignees: ETH ZÜRICH, UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICHInventors: Simon Philipp Hoerstrup, Seyedvahid Hosseini, Viola Vogel
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Patent number: 11276231Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for training and applying nonlinear face models. In embodiments, a nonlinear face model includes an identity encoder, an expression encoder, and a decoder. The identity encoder takes as input a representation of a facial identity, such as a neutral face mesh minus a reference mesh, and outputs a code associated with the facial identity. The expression encoder takes as input a representation of a target expression, such as a set of blendweight values, and outputs a code associated with the target expression. The codes associated with the facial identity and the facial expression can be concatenated and input into the decoder, which outputs a representation of a face having the facial identity and expression. The representation of the face can include vertex displacements for deforming the reference mesh.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., ETH ZÜRICH, (EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH)Inventors: Prashanth Chandran, Dominik Thabo Beeler, Derek Edward Bradley
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Publication number: 20220071794Abstract: A body support device to support at least one part of a body when lifting and/or carrying, having at least a first body fastening element fixable above a human's hip joint, at least a second body fastening element mechanically fixable below a human's hip joint and merely on the back side at least one elastic, which mechanically connects the first and the second body fastening element on the back side. The elastic is adapted to be tensioned when a person mechanically linked to the body support device is bending down and to apply an erecting force to the person when the person is bent down. A biasing device adjusts the length of the elastic between the respective fixations on the first body fastening element and the second body fastening element and has a pivotable mounted eccentric element adapted to apply a compressive force on the elastic and a counterpressure surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: ETH ZURICHInventors: Volker BARTENBACH, Jan Thomas MEYER, Rrahim GASHI, Roger GASSERT
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Publication number: 20220054396Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of plant extracts from the genus Daphne for the cosmetic treatment of the skin and to cosmetic preparations which comprise extracts of Daphne giraldii and/or Daphne gnidium or other members of the genus Daphne containing daphnetoxin and/or other daphnane diterpenoids for skin treatment. The plant extracts and cosmetic preparations are particularly useful for stimulation of the lymphatic system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicants: ETH Zurich, Universität BaselInventors: Michael Detmar, Epameinondas Gousopoulos, Olivier Potterat, Jihye Kim, Adriana Sliwa-Promorac, Antonia Elisabeth Schantl, Maria Teresa Faleschini, Matthias Hamburger
