Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Smoking article assembly
    Patent number: 11185106
    Abstract: A modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokeable material, which is smoked in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOBACCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
    Inventor: Gerhard Malan Le Roux
  • Code disk, optical detector, optical absolute rotary encoder and encoded-value-outputting method with error detection and correction
    Patent number: 11187559
    Abstract: A code disk is adapted to an optical absolute rotary encoder. The code disk is divided into a plurality of columns, with the plurality of columns disposed in a circumferential direction around a center position and respectively extending in a plurality of radial directions. The code disk comprises a plurality of disk sectors sequentially disposed in the circumferential direction around the center position, wherein each of the disk sectors comprises a plurality of code pieces, each of the code pieces comprises an encoded value, each of the encoded values comprises a plurality of bits adopting Manchester code, these bits are arranged in one of the radial directions, and the encoded values of two of the disk sectors are arranged as Gray code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Chieh Chou, Kuo-Chih Wang, Chi-Hung Lee, Yi-Cheng Chen
  • Fault current controller for a direct current power grid
    Patent number: 11190007
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fault current controller for a direct current power grid, which includes a primary circuit and a controller. The primary circuit includes an inductor, a filter capacitor, a resistor, an IGBT switch, a diode, a contactor and a Hall current sensor. The inductor, a first resistor and a second contactor are connected in series and are connected to a first contactor in parallel. A first branch including a second resistor and a first diode, a second branch including a third resistor and a second diode, and the inductor are connected in parallel; the filter capacitor, the IGBT switch and the first resistor are connected in parallel. The Hall current sensor is arranged in the series circuit. The controller controls the IGBT switch and the two contactors in the primary circuit to form different on-off combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: STATE GRID JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER CO., LTD., STATE GRID JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER CO., LTD. RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, JIANGSU ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenyu Zhang, Yubo Yuan, Jinggang Yang, Shu Chen, Xiaodong Yuan, Jian Liu, Mingming Shi, Qun Li, Xuefeng Ge, Huiyu Miao, Ruihuang Liu, Yunlong Jiang
  • System and method for wireless sensing of health monitoring
    Patent number: 11185449
    Abstract: An ultra-high frequency (UHF) wireless sensor includes an agent activated non-metal antenna formed of a conductive stimuli-responsive hydrogel material. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag in electronic communication with the non-metal antenna includes a wireless data communication integrated circuit (IC). The non-metal antenna is configured to be inactive prior to an interaction with an activating agent and active upon the interaction with the activating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sanjay E. Sarma, Rahul Bhattacharyya, Joshua E. Siegel, Sai Nithin Reddy Kantareddy, Alex Armengol Urpi, Pankhuri Sen
  • Multivariate quadratic signature scheme based on central map with oil-oil quadratic terms secure against quantum computers
    Patent number: 11190343
    Abstract: An electronic device including a key generator is disclosed. The key generator acquires a first affine map, a second affine map, and a third map, and generates a public key using the first affine map, the second affine map, and the third map, the third map is a system of multivariate quadratic polynomials having n variables and m equations, at least one of the multivariate quadratic polynomials has oil-oil quadratic terms with non-zero coefficients, and the third map includes at least one set for defining vinegar variables used in an Oil and Vinegar method and index sets for defining oil variables used in the Oil and Vinegar method, and each of the first affine map, the second affine map, and the third map is a finite field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
    Inventor: Kyung Ah Shim
  • Electrostatic acoustic transducer utilized in a headphone device or an earbud
    Patent number: 11190868
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a headphone device, comprises at least one ear muff comprising a structure to hold the at least one ear muff against an ear of a user, and at least one driver disposed in the at least one ear muff. An earbud comprises an earbud housing having a protrusion to fit into an external acoustic meatus or ear canal of a user, and a driver disposed in the earbud housing. The driver comprises an electrostatic acoustic transducer comprising a substrate comprising a first material to function as a first electrode, a dielectric layer coupled with the first material, wherein the dielectric layer has one or more cavities formed therein, and a membrane coupled with the dielectric layer to cover the one or more cavities and to function as a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Apoorva Murarka, Vladimir Bulovic, Jeffrey H. Lang
  • Method of triggering intra-frequency measurement of terminal, device thereof, terminal and base station
    Patent number: 11190994
    Abstract: A method of triggering an intra-frequency measurement of a terminal, a device of triggering an intra-frequency measurement of a terminal, a terminal and a base station are provided. The method includes: acquiring parameter information sent by a base station and configured to determine whether to trigger an intra-frequency measurement; determining whether to perform the intra-frequency measurement based on the parameter information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ningyu Chen, Qiuxiang Li, Hang Cui, Rui Wang, Furong Xu, Nan Hu
  • Lithium metal pouch cells and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11189828
    Abstract: A lithium metal pouch cell having a specific energy ?300 Wh·kg?1 includes an anode comprising lithium metal and an anode current collector, the anode having an areal capacity N (mAh·cm?2); a cathode comprising a cathode material and a cathode current collector, the cathode having an a real capacity P (mAh·cm?2), wherein a ratio of N/P is within a range of 0.02 to 5; an electrolyte having an electrolyte mass E and comprising a lithium active salt and a solvent, the lithium metal pouch cell having an electrolyte mass to cell capacity (E/C) ratio within a range of 1 to 6 g·Ah?1; a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode; and a packaging material defining a pouch enclosing the anode, cathode, electrolyte, and separator; wherein a protruding tab of the anode current collector and a protruding tab of the cathode current collector are external to the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Hongkyung Lee, Dianying Liu, Chaojiang Niu
  • Optimization of network data analysis device
    Patent number: 11188785
    Abstract: Provided is a method of optimizing a network data analytics function device is disclosed. In the optimization method, the network data analytics function device may collect network data according to a request for analysis of network data received from the consumer network function device, and provide analytics information, which is a result of analyzing the network data, to the consumer network function device. The network data analytics function device may receive a feedback on the analytics information from the consumer network function device, and adjust a method of analyzing network data based on the feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soohwan Lee, Myung Ki Shin, Seung-Ik Lee
  • Pd(II)-catalyzed enantioselective ?-methylene C(sp)—H bond activation
    Patent number: 11186563
    Abstract: Chiral acetyl-protected aminoethyl quinoline (APAQ), pyridine and imazoline ligands are disclosed that enable Pd (II)-catalyzed enantioselective arylation or heteroarylation of ubiquitous prochiral ?-methylene C—H bonds of aliphatic amides offers an alternative disconnection for constructing ?-chiral centers. Systematic tuning of the ligand structure reveals that a six-membered instead of a five-membered chelation of these types of ligands with the Pd(II) is important for accelerating the C(sp3)-H activation thereby achieving enantioselectivity for quinoline and pyridine ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: Jin-Quan Yu
  • Highly-multiplexed NEMS-array readout system based on superconducting cavity optomechanics
    Patent number: 11187663
    Abstract: A NEMS readout system includes a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors including a resonator with frequency characteristics different from the resonator of each other sensor of the plurality of sensors. A readout signal indicative of a plurality of output signals is collected from the sensor array. Each output signal of the plurality of output signals corresponding to one of the plurality of sensors. An analysis of the plurality of output signals is performed to identify a plurality of resonant frequencies and to detect a frequency shift associated with at least one of the plurality of resonant frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael L. Roukes, Chung Wah Fon, Ewa Rej
  • Folded metasurface hyperspectral imager
    Patent number: 11187582
    Abstract: Hyperspectal imagers including reflective and transmissive metasurfaces are disclosed. The described metasurfaces are used collectively to disperse and focus light of different wavelengths and incident angles on a focal plane. The disclosed devices are compact and light, and can be used in systems and applications requiring stringent form factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: MohammadSadegh Faraji-Dana, Ehsan Arbabi, Andrei Faraon
  • Systems and methods for suppressing even harmonics in a molecular clock
    Patent number: 11190196
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a molecular clock includes a waveguide gas cell containing gas molecules having a rotational spectral line with a first frequency a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) to generate a clock signal, a transmitter referenced to the clock signal to generate a probing signal for transmission through the waveguide gas cell, and a receiver to receive the probing signal transmitted through the waveguide gas cell and interacting with gas molecules. The receiver can include a filter circuit configured to filter out even harmonic components from the received signal and can further include a lock-in detector to generate an error signal indicating an offset between the first frequency and the second frequency. The error signal is fed back to control generation of the VCO clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ruonan Han, Cheng Wang
  • Method and system for privacy compliant data recording
    Patent number: 11188679
    Abstract: The invention regards a method and system for recording observation data without violating privacy. Environment is sensed and observation data including information on the sensed environment is generated. The observation data is processed for determining presence of one or more persons in the sensed environment. Those person(s) amongst the present person(s) that did not agree to store their private data are identified and privacy compliant observation data is generated by obfuscating the private data of these persons. The privacy compliant observation data is store for later use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Nils Einecke, Stefan Fuchs, Andreas Richter, Christiane Knorz
  • Perovskite multilayered structure and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 11189794
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a perovskite multilayered structure includes providing a substrate, forming a first perovskite layer on the substrate, forming a second perovskite layer by a reaction between the halogen compounds and at least one of the metal halides, the metal oxides, or the metal sulfides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: In Soo Kim, Young Hwan Kim, Kwan Il Lee, Chun Keun Kim, Byung Hyun Nam, Hye Jun Kim
  • Tuning bacteriophage host range
    Patent number: 11186830
    Abstract: Disclosed here are recombinant bacteriophages with tail fibers encoded by at least two subsets of genomic fragments from different bacteriophage having different host ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu, Hiroki Ando, Sebastien Lemire
  • Increased production of ginsenosides through yeast cell organelle improvement
    Patent number: 11186616
    Abstract: Provided are a recombinant yeast having improved ability to produce ginsenoside, which is prepared by overexpressing INO2 and INO4 or deleting OPT1 in a yeast having ability to produce ginsenoside, a method of preparing the yeast, and a method of producing ginsenoside by using the yeast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Young Lee, In Seung Jang, Seohyun Kim, Sun-Chang Kim, Suk Chea Jung, Jong Geon Jegal
  • REMOTELY CONTROLLING COMFORT COMPONENTS IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210362563
    Abstract: A method for vehicle selection performed by a user equipment (UE) associated with a customer includes transmitting, from the UE to a vehicle control system, customer location information identifying a location of the customer. The method also includes receiving, from the vehicle control system based on transmitting the customer location information, vehicle location information and a set of compartment climate values associated with each vehicle of a set of vehicles within a range of the location of the customer. The method further includes outputting the current compartment climate value and a location associated with the vehicle location information of each vehicle of the set of vehicles for display at the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu URANO, Kentaro ICHIKAWA, Junya UENO
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION
    Publication number: 20210367606
    Abstract: Disclosed is a frequency multiplication apparatus including a first frequency multiplier receiving a first signal having a first frequency and outputting a second signal having a second frequency by multiplying the first frequency by ‘n’ (‘n’ being a positive integer), a second frequency multiplier receiving the second signal and outputting a third signal having a third frequency by multiplying the second frequency by ‘m’ (‘m’ being a positive integer), and a coupler connected between an output of the first frequency multiplier and an input of the second frequency multiplier and outputting a part of the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Dongwoo KANG
  • MAGNETIC PARAMETER VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD AND DEVICE USING DEEP LEARNING
    Publication number: 20210365615
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic parameter value estimation method using deep learning, the magnetic parameter value estimation method including creating a simulated magnetic domain image corresponding to a spin configuration of a two-dimensional magnetic system created through computer simulation, modeling a deep neural network using the simulated magnetic domain image, and estimating a magnetic parameter value of an observed magnetic domain image using the modeled deep neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hee Young Kwon, Jun Woo Choi