Patents Assigned to Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • Patent number: 11945957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a durable and multifunctional superhydrophobic coating composition and water based fabrication method of producing the durable and multifunctional superhydrophobic coating composition via chemical modification and functionalization of hydrophilic material by silanes under room temperature without any organic solvents. Synthesis of chemically modified cellulose nanofibers or clay in water forms excellent water repelling thin films upon coating over various substrates. The super hydrophobic materials are used as additive for paints, pigments, paper, varnish and, textile and used for various industrial applications such as construction of buildings and other super structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Pradeep Thalappil, Avijit Baidya, Mohd. Azhardin Ganayee, Jakka Ravindran Swathy
  • Patent number: 11937093
    Abstract: Methods and systems for simultaneous sharing of spectrum in wireless communications. Base Stations (BSs) of a plurality of mobile network operators in a cell may send downlink signals to their respective connected User Equipments (UEs) through a shared frequency spectrum. Further, the BSs may receive uplink signals from the UEs in the shared frequency spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
    Inventors: Giridhar K, Venkatesh C R
  • Patent number: 11910339
    Abstract: A system and a method for performing uplink (UL) time synchronization in non-terrestrial networks (NTN) include Performing Downlink (DL) synchronization SSB signals. At least one information is received by a UE 102 from an NTN BS 104. A location information of a satellite is obtained using the at least one information received by the UE 102. Location of the UE 102 is estimated using one of GNSS receiver of the UE 102 and by processing at least one reference signal received by the UE 102 from multiple NTN-BS 104, using at least one multilateration technique and RTK. Timing Advance (TA) estimate is determined using the location of the satellite and location of the UE 102. TA applied is determined using the TA estimate and TA margin. PRACH is transmitted based on the TA applied and an information related to the TA applied is reported to the NTN-BS 104. Residual TA is estimated using the reported information related to the TA applied and the detected PRACH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Abhijeet Abhimanyu Masal, Priyanka Dey, Sunil Kaimalettu, Jeniston Deviraj Klutto Milleth, Bhaskar Ramamurthi
  • Patent number: 11879916
    Abstract: Accordingly embodiments herein disclose a method for estimating frequencies of multiple sinusoids by an electronic device (100). The method includes receiving a signal, where the signal comprises the multiple sinusoids. Further, the method includes estimating an initial frequency of each of the multiple sinusoids present in the received signal, determining that a first candidate parameter is less than zero, where the candidate parameter is a function of an estimated Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and an estimated threshold. Further, the method includes performing zero-padding on the received signal. Further, the method includes re-estimating frequencies obtained from zero-padded version of the received signal. Further, the method includes validating the re-estimated frequencies obtained from zero-padded version of the received signal based on validation criteria. Further, the method includes predicting the re-estimated frequencies or the initial frequencies as optimal frequencies based on the validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Vishnu Palakkal, Coimbatore Subramanian Ramalingam
  • Publication number: 20240018624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for selectively precipitating and extracting gold in aqueous solution by niacin. Aqueous Au3+ is precipitated selectively as it's complex from gold containing acidic mixtures by biomolecule niacin, with the formula [AuCl4]?[2Niacin+H]+. After precipitation, the complex is separated from impurities by filtration. Recovered complex is reduced by using a reductant like sodium metabisulfite (Na2S2O5) to recover gold metal. The method is highly cost-effective, sustainable and recovers about 96.5% of gold in 2 minutes from an electronic waste composed of Au. Cu and Ni. The method is also employed to extract gold from nanomaterials waste generated in laboratories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Pradeep THALAPPIL, Nag ABHIJIT
  • Patent number: 11859816
    Abstract: Various kinds of oscillatory instabilities are seen in practical systems. We devise of way of combating these oscillatory instabilities in a thermoacoustic system. Confined combustion environments are prone to large amplitude pressure oscillations known as thermoacoustic instabilities. Although several techniques have been employed to control or mitigate such instabilities, optimization of these methods is achieved at the cost of performing multiple trial and error experiments/simulations. This invention develops a methodology to quantify the spatio-temporal dynamics using synchronization, recurrence, and fractal measures and find the coherent region in such turbulent flow field. Such an analysis provides us with a novel way to detect critical regions responsible for thermoacoustic instability, and other oscillatory instabilities in general, in the flow field and implement an optimized control strategy at these regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS (IITM)
    Inventors: Sujith Raman Indusekharan Pillai Nair, Krishna Manoj, Samadhan Ananda Pawar, Abin Krishnan, Midhun Palakkal Raghunath, Reeja Kunnathu Valappil, Manikandan Raghunathan, Amitesh Roy
  • Publication number: 20230400433
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and a system for remotely measuring the properties of a fluid. The system comprises a waveguide, a transducer, and a processing unit. One end of the waveguide is coupled to the transducer and the second end is immersed in a fluid. The transducer is aligned at a certain angle of excitation ranging between 0°-90° with respect to the waveguide such that it can transmit ultrasonic waves comprising at least two wave modes. A part of the at least two wave modes transmitted through the wave guide leaks into the surrounding fluid and the remaining part is reflected. The attenuation of the at least two wave modes is studied in various attenuation regimes ranging between 0-1200 kHz. The reflected at least two wave modes are transmitted to the processing unit for extracting various parameters. Based on the extracted parameters, different properties of the fluid are measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Krishnan BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nishanth R
  • Patent number: 11785612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of reducing blind decoding attempts by a User Equipment (UE) in a telecommunication network. The method comprises configuring a Search Space (SS) configuration to the UE. A Base Station (BS) signals one of a subset of Aggregation Levels (ALs) to be monitored based on channel quality of the UE and an associated time period, and a value of multiplication factor (k) and an associated time period. The UE iteratively monitors a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the ALs signalled by the BS till the UE stops receiving a new configuration. The UE performs one of adopting an original configuration, requesting the BS for a new configuration, utilizing a default configuration or utilizing an original configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    Inventors: Jyothi Pardhasarathy, Deepak Agarwal, Ebin Chacko, Budama Sree Charan Teja Reddy, Chandrasekaran Mohandoss, Thirunageswaram Ramachandran Ramya, Sunil Kaimalettu, Jeniston Deviraj Klutto Milleth, Bhaskar Ramamurthi
  • Publication number: 20230288236
    Abstract: A system for monitoring flow of fluid through a pipeline is disclosed. The system includes a ferromagnetic strip mounted on an outer surface of the pipeline. A solenoid coil is wound around the ferromagnetic strip and is connectable to a power source. A plurality of magnets is positioned over the solenoid coil, wherein each of the plurality of magnets are positioned at a pre-defined orientation with respect to longitudinal axis of the pipeline. A processing unit is communicatively coupled to the solenoid coil. The processing unit generates a plurality of wave modes in the pipeline by supplying power to the solenoid coil in concurrence with the plurality of magnets and the ferromagnetic strip. The processing unit is configured to receive a plurality of wave signals reflected and are then compared with pre-defined wave signals by the processing unit to monitor flow of fluid through the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Krishnan BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nishanth R.
  • Patent number: 11739419
    Abstract: Improved thin film coatings, cutting tool materials and processes for cutting tool applications are disclosed. A boron-doped graded diamond thin film for forming a highly adhesive surface coating on a cemented carbide (WC—Co) cutting tool material is provided. The thin film is fabricated in a HFCVD reactor. It is made of a bottom layer of BMCD in contact with a surface layer of the cemented carbide, a top layer made of NCD and a transition layer with a decreasing concentration gradient of boron obtained by changing the reaction conditions through ramp up option in hot filament CVD reactor. The top layer has a low friction coefficient. The bottom layer in the coating substrate interface has better interfacial adhesion through cobalt and boron reactivity and decreased cobalt diffusivity in the diamond. The transition layer has minimized lattice mismatch and sharp stress concentration between the top and bottom layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Kannan Ramasubramaniyan, Narayanan Arunachalam, Ramachandra Rao
  • Patent number: 11700626
    Abstract: Accordingly embodiments herein achieve signaling method and system (2000) for provisioning signalling in an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) network (1000). The method includes providing a set of modifications in uplink and downlink signaling for an IAB node (100). The modifications either help to reduce the control channel payload or enable more flexible signaling of resources, improve efficient control channel scheduling and also avoid conflicts that might arise due to discrepancies between semi static and dynamic resource allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Pardhasarathy Jyothi, Deepak Padmanabhan Maya, Chandrasekaran Mohandoss, Thirunageswaram Ramachandran Ramya, Klutto Milleth Jeniston Deviraj, Bhaskar Ramamurthi
  • Publication number: 20230210497
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a vessel-wall-monitoring device (100) and a method for identifying the walls of blood vessel in a body. The method includes receiving, by the vessel-wall-monitoring device (100), a plurality of ultrasound echo signals from a transducer, wherein the plurality of ultrasound echo signals are transmitted to the transducer from locations of the blood vessel, extracting at least two consecutive ultrasound frames from the plurality of ultrasound echo signals, determining a shift between the at least two consecutive ultrasound frames by comparing samples of the at least two consecutive ultrasound frames, and identifying, a proximal wall and a distal wall of the blood vessel based on the shift between the at least two consecutive ultrasound frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
    Inventors: Jayaraj Joseph, Raj Kiran Vangapandu, Nabeel Pilaparambil Mashood, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam
  • Patent number: 11696317
    Abstract: Accordingly embodiments herein achieve signaling method and system (2000) for provisioning signalling in an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) network (1000). The method includes providing a set of modifications in uplink and downlink signaling for an IAB node (100). The modifications either help to reduce the control channel payload or enable more flexible signaling of resources, improve efficient control channel scheduling and also avoid conflicts that might arise due to discrepancies between semi static and dynamic resource allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS
    Inventors: Pardhasarathy Jyothi, Deepak Padmanabhan Maya, Chandrasekaran Mohandoss, Thirunageswaram Ramachandran Ramya, Klutto Milleth Jeniston Deviraj, Bhaskar Ramamurthi
  • Publication number: 20230200773
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an vascular-dynamics-monitoring device (100) and methods for tracing a motion of boundaries of a vessel in a human body. The method features an automated gating of vessel walls' echoes in an ultrasound frame input to the vessel, accurate shift estimation for the gated vessel wall region, despite the presence of echoes from moving structures adjacent to the vessel and real-time trace of vessel walls' boundaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
    Inventors: Jayaraj Joseph, Raj Kiran Vangapandu, Nabeel Pilaparambil Mashood, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam
  • Publication number: 20230176099
    Abstract: Accordingly embodiments herein disclose a method for estimating frequencies of multiple sinusoids by an electronic device (100). The method includes receiving a signal, where the signal comprises the multiple sinusoids. Further, the method includes estimating an initial frequency of each of the multiple sinusoids present in the received signal, determining that a first candidate parameter is less than zero, where the candidate parameter is a function of an estimated Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and an estimated threshold. Further, the method includes performing zero-padding on the received signal. Further, the method includes re-estimating frequencies obtained from zero-padded version of the received signal. Further, the method includes validating the re-estimated frequencies obtained from zero-padded version of the received signal based on validation criteria. Further, the method includes predicting the re-estimated frequencies or the initial frequencies as optimal frequencies based on the validation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
    Inventors: Vishnu Palakkal, Coimbatore Subramanian Ramalingam
  • Publication number: 20230175970
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a portable fiber optic measurement device (100) for physical, chemical, and biological sensing applications that facilitates real-time monitoring. The device (100) includes a fiber optic probe cartridge (120) that is removably attached to a measuring device (110). The device (110) includes a light source, a detector, and the associated electronic measurement and control unit along with a display. The device (100) is configured to measure the real-time changes in the light intensity on the fiber probe cartridge side (130). With a U-bent fiber optic probe cartridge (138) as an example, the device (100) is configured to measure the bulk solution refractive index changes, effective refractive index change, or characteristic optical property of analytes including ions, chemical and bio molecules, polymers, compounds, microorganisms present on the fiber core surface (138).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
    Inventors: Raghavendra Sai, V V Lakshmana Swamy
  • Patent number: 11659482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of signalling in an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) network. The method comprises signalling metrics from a parent IAB node to a child IAB node for association of the child IAB node with the parent IAB node. Information related to multiplexing capability and supported modes of operation is signalled from the child IAB node to the parent IAB node. An active mode of operation is determined at the child IAB node. Timing Advance (TA) for each active mode of operation, guard information for each active mode of operation, and exchanges for In-Band Full Duplexing (IBFD) mode of operation are signalled. Further, fallback capability of IAB nodes during presence of Self-Interference (SI) is also signalled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology and, Indian Institute Of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
    Inventors: Priyanka Dey, Deepak Padmanabhan Maya, Thirunageswaram Ramachandran Ramya, Chandrasekaran Mohandoss, Abhijeet Abhimanyu Masal, Sunil Kaimalettu, Jeniston Deviraj Klutto Milleth, Bhaskar Ramamurthi
  • Publication number: 20230142159
    Abstract: A stand-alone miniature in-situ multiaxial universal testing equipment, is disclosed herein. The device comprises a multi-axial loading fixture unit, a data processing unit, an image capturing unit, a data acquisition unit, motor unit, loading jaw, loading heads, displacement sensor, lighting unit and telecentric lens. The device is a stand-alone, in-plane, in-situ miniaturized multiaxial loading fixture that is capable of loading a wide variety of samples including but not limited to, metallic, ceramics and composites.. The loading fixture is capable of in-plane tension, in-plane compression in one-direction or two directions both independently and simultaneously and as well 4-point bending loading of the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (HT MADRAS)
    Inventors: LALITH KUMAR B, GOBIND KUMAR, RAVI KUMAR N.V
  • Patent number: 11603561
    Abstract: A method for direct quantification of nucleic acids in real time qPCR. The invention discloses a method for specific quantification of nucleic acids in real time qPCR. The disclosed invention can be achieved in three ways; 1) using a modified primer for qPCR quantification; 2) using strand displacement based probes for qPCR quantification; 3) using label-free endonuclease probe for qPCR quantification. The mechanism of quantification is based on the fact that, DNA, RNA or modified oligonucleotide based light-up dye-aptamer system, where dye is not fluorescent in free state but its fluorescence increases multi-fold when it binds to its specific aptamer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Guhan Jayaraman, Sudeshna Sengupta, Shivansh Goyal
  • Patent number: 11605429
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a method and a system for searching through a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM). The system comprises a Digital Light Processing System (DLP) receiving an input query. The DLP comprises a 2-Dimensional array of digital micro mirrors configured for reflecting light from one or more input sources in the TCAM to a predefined position. The system further comprises a detection screen having a detection area. The detection area is configured for generating an image of a resultant pixel according to the reflection of the light, wherein the resultant pixel corresponds to a search result for an input query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IIT MADRAS)
    Inventors: Ganesh Chennimalai Sankaran, Krishnamoorthy Sivalingam, Balaji Srinivasan