Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Publication number: 20220122274
    Abstract: A method, a processing device, and a system for object tracking are proposed. The method includes the following steps. Imaging capturing is performed on an actual scene by using a primary camera and at least one secondary camera to respectively generate a primary image and at least one secondary image. Image stacking is performed on the primary image and the at least one secondary image to generate a stacked image. Position information and depth information of each object in the stacked image are computed. Whether there exist same objects among the objects in the stacked images is determined based on the position information and the depth information of each of the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Te-Chih Liu, Jian-Lung Chen, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20220118026
    Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of various injuries, disorders, dysfunctions, diseases, and the like of the brain with MAPCs, particularly in some aspects, to the treatment of the same resulting from hypoxia, including that caused by systemic hypoxia and that caused by insufficient blood supply. In some further particulars the invention relates, for example, to the treatment of hypoxic ischemic brain injury with MPACs, in children, for example, and to the treatment of cortical infarcts and stroke with MAPCs in adults, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: ABT Holding Company, AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert MAYS, Robert J. DEANS, David C. HESS, James E. CARROLL, Cesar V. BORLONGAN
  • Publication number: 20220119644
    Abstract: A preparation method of a cube-like ZnSnO3 composite coated with highly graphitized fine ash comprises steps: S1: with the gasified fine slag of pulverized coal as a raw material, preparing the fine ash by adopting a three-step acidification method; and S2: adding the fine ash prepared in the Si into a container filled with distilled water, ultrasonically dispersing for 20-40 min, adding equal molar masses of SnCl4.5H2O and (Zn(NO3).6H2O respectively, uniformly stirring, dropwise adding ammonia into the mixed solution and magnetically stirring until the pH value of the mixed solution is 12, heating the mixed solution, washing the product obtained with deionized water and ethanol for 2-4 times, and finally drying to obtain a ZnSnO3@fine composite. With the dielectric property and conductivity adjusted, the composite prepared reveals a good impedance matching performance and an improved MA performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, AnHui University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shengtao GAO, Yuanchun ZHANG, Chengli WU, Hanxu LI
  • Publication number: 20220118686
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a 3D printing structure, the method including: producing a molded body by performing 3D printing on paste including printing powder in a coagulation bath including a hydrogel; hardening the molded body produced in the coagulation bath; and removing the hydrogel in the coagulation bath. A method for manufacturing a 3D printing structure, which is provided according to an aspect of the disclosure, does not require printing of a separate support, and thus it is possible to save time and costs. A post-processing process for removing a support is not required. Thus, a process is further simplified, and there is no risk of damage to a structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Korea Institute Of Materials Science
    Inventors: Yeong-jin CHOI, Hui-suk YUN, Hong-hyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20220120973
    Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature-insensitive Mach-Zehnder interferometer, including: a first mode converter; a second mode converter, located on one side of the first mode converter and with a distance from the first mode converter; and a connecting arm, located between the first mode converter and the second mode converter, one end of the connecting arm is connected with the first mode converter, and the other end is connected with the second mode converter. The connecting arm includes a straight waveguide connecting arm. The temperature-insensitive Mach-Zehnder interferometer of the present invention can be configured to be insensitive to temperature by adjusting parameters such as the width and thickness of the connecting arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Chao QIU, Yingxuan ZHAO, Fuwan GAN, Aimin WU, Zhen SHENG, Wei LI
  • Publication number: 20220120725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aflatoxin contamination risk warning molecule and use thereof. The steps are as follows: weighing a quantitative sample, extracting the aflatoxin contamination risk warning molecule to obtain a sample extract, and detecting and analyzing the sample extract to obtain a quantitative result of the aflatoxin contamination risk warning molecule; performing modeling with a chemometrics method using the content of one or more of the aflatoxin contamination risk warning molecules as a variable to obtain a classification prediction model, and performing risk assessment on aflatoxin contamination risk of the sample based on the classification prediction model, wherein a warning molecule of an aflatoxin toxigenic strain is one or a combination of more than one of versiconol (VOH), versicolorin B (Ver B), and 5-methoxysterigmatocystin (5-MST).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: OIL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Peiwu LI, Qi ZHANG, Huali XIE, Xiupin WANG, Xiaofeng YUE, Yizhen BAI
  • Publication number: 20220119263
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of producing a reduced graphene oxide, the method including arranging a carbon material; arranging a substrate adjacent to the arranged carbon material; heating the arranged carbon material to a temperature of about 600° C. or higher, and depositing the heated carbon material on the substrate to form a reduced graphene oxide thin film, wherein the arranged carbon material is solid seedlac.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventor: Gun Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20220119416
    Abstract: The present invention provides bivalent inhibitors of BET bromodomains, such as compounds of Formulae (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI). Some bromodomain-containing proteins (e.g., BRD4) have a tandem bromodomain primary structure comprising more than one bromodomain binding site (e.g., BRD4 comprises BD1 and BD2). Bivalent inhibitors of BET bromodomains provided herein can target bromodomains through advantageous multivalent interactions, and can therefore can be to treat diseases or conditions associated with bromodomain-containing proteins. The present also provides pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the inventive compounds, as well as methods of using the inventive compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Bradner, Jun Qi, Minoru Tanaka, Justin M. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220119943
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus including a chamber having a deposition area and a non-deposition area, a gas intake device communicated with the chamber, a gas annulus disposed in the chamber and surrounding the gas intake device, a carrier disposed in the deposition area and a retaining annulus disposed in chamber and surrounding the carrier. The gas intake device is disposed corresponding to the deposition area and configured to draw a process gas into the deposition area. The gas annulus is configured to generate an annular gas curtain in the deposition area. The carrier carries a deposited object, wherein the gas annulus is located between the gas intake device and the carrier. The deposited object is surrounded by the annular gas curtain. The retaining annulus has a plurality of through holes. The retaining annulus is located between the gas annulus and the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuan-Chou Chen, Ching-Chiun Wang, Chih-Yung Huang, Muh-Wang Liang, Yi-Jiun Lin
  • Publication number: 20220118543
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of dissimilar welding of Cu and a steel, and in particular to a welding wire for dissimilar welding of Cu and a steel and a preparation method thereof and a method for welding Cu and a steel. The present disclosure provides a welding wire for dissimilar welding of Cu and a steel, including, in percentages by mass, 5-25% of iron phase, less than 0.1% of inevitable impurities, and copper matrix. The welding wire of the present disclosure, containing two elements, i.e. copper and iron, is conducive to the mixing of the two phases—copper and iron—during the welding process, to form a mutual soluble region, thereby makes it possible to greatly increase the weldability, reduce the width of the weld, effectively overcome the tendency of cracks, and thus to ensure the formed weld with a high crack resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: Dalian University of Technology, Ningbo Institute of Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Yubo ZHANG, Tingju LI, Jinchuan JIE, Shipeng YUE, Shichao LIU, Tongmin WANG, Zhiqiang CAO, Yiping LU, Huijun KANG, Zongning CHEN, Enyu GUO
  • Publication number: 20220121745
    Abstract: A method for labeling object of operating system is adapted to a target object of a target operating system, wherein the target object has a target attribute. The method comprises: generating a default label by a labeling tool according to the target attribute; obtaining a reference object of a reference operating system, wherein the reference object has a reference attribute and a reference label; comparing whether the target attribute and the reference attribute are identical and generating a comparison result; and labeling the target object with the default label, the reference label, or one of a plurality of candidate labels according to the comparison result and a type of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tzi-Cker CHIUEH, Yu-Hsuan WANG, Po-Chun CHANG, Yi-Ting CHAO
  • Publication number: 20220121866
    Abstract: A control system, computer-readable storage medium and method of preventing occlusion of and minimizing shadows on the driver's face for driver monitoring. The system includes a steering wheel, a plurality of fiberscopes arranged evenly spaced around the steering wheel, and one or more video cameras arranged at remote ends of the plurality of fiberscopes. Distal ends of the fiberscopes emerge to a surface of the steering wheel through holes that are perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the steering wheel. Each of the distal ends of the fiberscopes includes a lens. The system includes a plurality of light sources and an electronic control unit connected to the one or more video cameras and the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas BALCH, Simon A. I. STENT, Guy ROSMAN, John GIDEON
  • Publication number: 20220121853
    Abstract: Provided is a segmentation and tracking system based on self-learning using video patterns in video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin Hee SON, Sang Joon PARK, Blagovest Iordanov Vladimirov, So Yeon LEE, Chang Eun LEE, Jin Mo CHOI, Sung Woo JUN, Eun Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20220121978
    Abstract: Qubit circuits having components formed deep in a substrate are described. The qubit circuits can be manufactured using existing integrated-circuit technologies. By forming components such as superconducting current loops, inductive, and/or capacitive components deep in the substrate, the footprint of the qubit circuit integrated within the substrate can be reduced. Additionally, coupling efficiency to and from the qubit can be improved and losses in the qubit circuit may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Wayne Woods, Danna Rosenberg, Cyrus Hirjibehedin, Donna-Ruth Yost, Justin Mallek, Andrew Kerman, Mollie Schwartz, Jonilyn Yoder, William Oliver, Thomas Hazard
  • Publication number: 20220123324
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode for a vanadium redox flow battery, having a structure in which at least two carbon material-based papers are stacked, wherein the carbon material-based paper comprises at least one hole pattern
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Su Kim, Jaemoon Jeong, Kwang Il Jeong, Jaehyung Oh
  • Publication number: 20220123377
    Abstract: A convection enhanced energy storage system includes an electrochemical cell with a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode, a tank holding an electrolyte, and a pump connected to the electrochemical cell and the tank to circulate the electrolyte. The electrochemical cell has large ? and ? values, which has high transport resistance from diffusion and there is limited salt in the electrolyte solution to compensate. A computer system can implement a model of a convection enhanced energy storage system, for example for simulation to select parameters for such an energy storage system. The model includes: a convection term in a Nernst-Planck equation representing the convection enhanced energy storage system; boundary conditions of a cell of the convection enhanced energy storage system to account for forced convection at boundaries; gauging conservation of anions within an external tank; and calculating electrode active area as a function of porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Fikile Richard Brushett, Weiran Gao, Javit Drake, Michael Orella
  • Publication number: 20220119498
    Abstract: To provide an immunoglobulin purification method which achieves a high immunoglobulin recovery percentage without causing loss of the antibody nature of an immunoglobulin. The immunoglobulin purification method includes an adsorption step and a desorption step. The adsorption step involves adsorption of an immunoglobulin onto porous zirconia particles in a neutral buffer. The desorption step involves desorption of the immunoglobulin adsorbed on the porous zirconia particles from the porous zirconia particles by means of a neutral desorption liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Katsuya KATO, Fukue NAGATA, Shinjiro KASAHARA, Yuki HIROBE, Jun OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220122727
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for generating a narrative for lifestyle recognition. The apparatus for generating a narrative for lifestyle recognition includes an input unit configured to collect basic data of narrative generation for the lifestyle recognition, a memory configured to store a program for generating a user's lifestyle narrative using the basic data, and a processor configured to execute the program, in which the processor performs a causal relationship analysis on a cause of a mind state and a result of the mind state using the lifestyle narrative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jiyoun LIM, Hyuntae JEONG, Ga Gue KIM, Kyoung Ju NOH, Jeong Mook LIM, Seungeun CHUNG, Chiyoon JEONG
  • Patent number: 11305263
    Abstract: A method for preparing a supported carbon catalyst, the method includes at least the following steps: contacting a gas containing an organic silicon source with a silicon oxide-based material to obtain a precursor; contacting the precursor with a gas containing an organic carbon source to obtain the supported carbon catalyst. The temperature and energy consumption of the chemical vapor deposition of heteroatom-containing carbon material on silica-based materials can be greatly reduced in this method, and the cost of the catalyst can be effectively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinming Xu, Sisi Fan, Yanqiang Huang, Tao Zhang, Chin Lien Huang, Wan Tun Hung, Yu Cheng Chen, Chien Hui Wu, Ya Wen Cheng, Ming Hsien Wen, Chao Chin Chang, Tsao Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11309871
    Abstract: A narrow pulse generation circuit used in a sequential equivalent sampling system. The circuit comprises a crystal oscillator, an edge sharpening circuit, an avalanche transistor single-tube amplifying circuit and a shaping network connected in sequence, wherein the edge sharpening circuit is used for carrying out edge sharpening on a square wave signal generated by the crystal oscillator; the avalanche transistor single-tube amplifying circuit is used for carrying out avalanche amplification on the sharpened square wave signal to generate a Gaussian pulse signal to adjust the amplitude of a pulse; and the RC shaping network is used for shaping the Gaussian pulse signal to adjust the pulse width at the bottom of the pulse to form a narrow pulse signal. The narrow pulse circuit has a simple structure and narrow pulse width at the bottom and facilitates increasing a signal-to-noise ratio of a whole sequential sampling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Nantong Institute of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhikuang Cai, Xuanchen Qi, Wenhua Lin, Guowei Shi, Jian Xiao, Yufeng Guo