Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • CURVED NANOFIBER PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160243480
    Abstract: A filtration device including a contoured support having 1) an interior surface, 2) an outside peripheral surface spaced farther from a center of the contoured support than the interior surface, and 3) a rim enclosed and sealed to a perimeter of the contoured support. The filtration device includes macroscopic openings in the contoured support extending from the interior surface to the outside peripheral surface, and a plurality of nanofibers having diameters less than 1 micron. The nanofibers are disposed on the outside peripheral surface of the contoured support, and cover the macroscopic openings to form a filtration medium on the contoured support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Howard Jerome WALLS, Randall J. NEWSOME, Anthony Clint CLAYTON, Robert W. YAGA, David Samuel ENSOR
  • Thermal Energy Storage Apparatus, Controllers And Thermal Energy Storage Control Methods
    Publication number: 20160246313
    Abstract: Thermal energy storage apparatus, controllers and thermal energy storage control methods are described. According to one aspect, a thermal energy storage apparatus controller includes processing circuitry configured to access first information which is indicative of surpluses and deficiencies of electrical energy upon an electrical power system at a plurality of moments in time, access second information which is indicative of temperature of a thermal energy storage medium at a plurality of moments in time, and use the first and second information to control an amount of electrical energy which is utilized by a heating element to heat the thermal energy storage medium at a plurality of moments in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventor: Donald J. Hammerstrom
  • SWITCH CIRCUIT OF CASCODE TYPE HAVING HIGH SPEED SWITCHING PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20160247792
    Abstract: Provided is switch circuit including first and second transistors, a source pad connected to a second node of the second transistor through a first signal path and connected to a gate node of the first transistor through a second signal path, a gate pad connected to a gate node of the second transistor through a third signal path; and a drain pad connected to a first node of the first transistor through a fourth signal path, wherein a second node of the first transistor and a first node of the second transistor are connected to each other through a fifth signal path, and the gate node of the first transistor and the second node of the second transistor are connected to each other through a sixth signal path separated from the first and second signal paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Woojin CHANG
  • VIBRATION SENSOR AND PULSE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20160242660
    Abstract: A BPF connected to a pulse wave generator has a bandwidth encompassing the fluctuation range of the resonance frequency of a helical antenna. As a result, even if the resonance frequency of the helical antenna fluctuates by a human body approaching the helical antenna, one or a number of a plurality of frequencies of signals passing through the BPF can pass through the bandwidth of the helical antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Yasushi SATO
  • Systems and Methods for Quantile Estimation in a Distributed Data System
    Publication number: 20160246852
    Abstract: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for estimating quantiles for data stored in a distributed system. In one embodiment, an instruction is received to estimate a specified quantile for a variate in a set of data stored at a plurality of nodes in the distributed system. A plurality of data bins for the variate are defined that are each associated with a different range of data values in the set of data. Lower and upper quantile bounds for each of the plurality of data bins are determined based on the total number of data values that fall within each of the plurality of data bins. The specified quantile is estimated based on an identified one of the plurality of data bins that includes the specified quantile based on the lower and upper quantile bounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Scott Pope, Georges H. Guirguis, Oliver Schabenberger
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INCREASING FREQUENCY OF SEISMIC DIGITAL SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20160245938
    Abstract: A frequency increasing processing method of a digital signal includes the following steps: S101, inputting a real signal trace collected in a certain period of time; S102, performing Hilbert transform on the real signal trace so as to obtain an instantaneous amplitude trace of the real signal trace; S103, based on the instantaneous amplitude trace, performing frequency increasing and polarity transform processing on the real signal trace so as to obtain a frequency increasing signal trace. Thus, a weak signal source can be identified without a large number of strong events. This shows advantages of environmental protection and cost reduction in the field of shale gas hydraulic fracturing micro-seismic monitoring. In addition, the zero polarity transform and frequency increasing processing in the present invention are simple in steps and are highly universal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute
    Inventors: Zhicheng LIU, Jin'e XIE, Chunmei JIA, Lin SONG, Lu XU
  • EXPANDED THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL IN NITROHETEROARYL ANTIMICROBIALS
    Publication number: 20160244435
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compounds compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, the use and preparation thereof. Some embodiments relate to imidazole, thiazole, and furan derivatives and their use as therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Lars Eckmann, Yukiko Miyamoto, Valery Fokin, Karl Barry Sharpless
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER BASED ON HAND GESTURE
    Publication number: 20160246497
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for inputting a character based on a hand gesture. The apparatus includes a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize hand gestures of a user corresponding to horizontal directions, vertical directions, and diagonal directions, a control unit configured to control character input according to the directions of the recognized hand gestures, and a display unit configured to display a character pad for the character input and display characters input according to the directions of the hand gestures recognized on the character pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yang Keun AHN, Kwang Mo JUNG
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20160249149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for effectively reproducing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for implementing binaural rendering for reproducing multi-channel or multi-object audio signals in stereo with a low calculation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Hyunoh OH, Taegyu LEE
  • OPTICAL SENSOR, OPTICAL TESTING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20160242647
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes an irradiation system including at least one light irradiator to irradiate light onto an object under test; and a detection system detecting the light that is irradiated from the irradiation system and is propagated in the object under test. Further, the light irradiator irradiates non-parallel plural light beams on a same position of the object under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: RICOH COMPANY, LTD., ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Toshihiro ISHII, Yoichiro TAKAHASHI, Satoru SUGAWARA, Takeaki SHIMOKAWA, Okito YAMASHITA, Masaaki SATO
  • PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE
    Publication number: 20160247998
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating a piezoelectric device are provided. The methods can include providing a substrate and forming a nanocrystalline diamond layer on a first surface of the substrate. The methods can also include depositing a piezoelectric layer on a first surface of the nanocrystalline diamond layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
    Inventors: Maneesh CHANDRAN, M.S. Ramachandra RAO
  • TUMOR ANTIGEN BASED ON PRODUCTS OF THE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE WT1
    Publication number: 20160243209
    Abstract: A tumor antigen that comprises, as an active ingredient, a product of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene WT1 or a peptide composed of 7-30 contiguous amino acids containing an anchor amino acid for binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I in said amino acid sequence, and a vaccine comprising said antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: International Institute of Cancer Immunology, Inc.
    Inventors: Haruo SUGIYAMA, Yoshihiro Oka
  • SHEET AND MODULE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160247952
    Abstract: A module structure is provided, which includes a front sheet, a back sheet opposite the front sheet, and a solar cell disposed between the front sheet and the back sheet. A first encapsulate film is disposed between the solar cell and the front sheet, and a second encapsulate film disposed between the solar cell and the back sheet. One or both of the front sheet and the second sheet includes a support layer and a light conversion layer on the support layer, wherein the light conversion layer includes a fluorescent molecule and hydrogenated styrene elastomer resin. The light conversion layer is disposed between the support layer and the solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min-Tsung KUAN, Pei-Ying YANG, Wen-Hsien WANG, Wen-Hsien CHOU, Wen-Kuei LEE, Han-Chang LIU
  • PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM MENINGITIS/SEPSIS-ASSOCIATED ESCHERICHIA COLI
    Publication number: 20160244489
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various open reading frames from a strain of E. coli responsible for neonatal meningitis (MNEC), and a subset of these that is of particular interest for preparing compositions for immunising against MNEC infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Vega MASIGNANI, Danilo Gomes MORIEL, Francesco BERLANDA SCORZA, Nathalie NORAIS, Maria Rita FONTANA, Mariagrazia PIZZA, Laura SERINO, Herve TETTELIN
  • PASSIVE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20160247585
    Abstract: The present invention provides passive safety equipment, comprising: a cooling part formed to cool a first fluid, which is emitted from a reactor coolant system or a steam generator, and a second fluid in a housing; and a circulation induction sprayer which is formed to spray the first fluid emitted from the reactor coolant system or the steam generator into the cooling part, has at least part thereof open to the inside of the housing such that the second fluid flows thereinto according to a drop in pressure caused by the spraying of the first fluid, and sprays the second fluid with the inflown first fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hun Sik HAN, Young In KIM, Kyung Jun KANG, Sung Jae YI, Keung Koo KIM, Ju Hyeon YUN, Jae Joo HA, Suhn CHOI, Cheon Tae PARK, Seung Yeob RYU, Joo Hyung MOON
  • USE OF GHRELIN OR FUNCTIONAL GHRELIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS TO PREVENT AND TREAT STRESS-SENSITIVE PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS
    Publication number: 20160243197
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating stress-sensitive psychiatric diseases arising from trauma in a subject by enhancing ghrelin signaling in the BLA of the subject. The invention also relates to methods of reversing ghrelin resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Ki Ann Goosens
  • COLOR CHANGEABLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160246151
    Abstract: Provided is a color changeable device which includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are spaced apart from each other, a first transparent electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second transparent electrode disposed on the second substrate, an electrochromic layer disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, an organic layer disposed between the first transparent electrode and the electrochromic layer. The organic layer may include a hole injection layer or an electron injection layer. The organic layer may further include a hole transport layer or an electron transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ji-Young OH, Jae Bon KOO, Joo Yeon KIM, Bock Soon NA, Chan Woo PARK, Sang Seok LEE, Soon-Won JUNG, Seong-Mok CHO, Hye Yong CHU
  • VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DIODE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160248227
    Abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode includes: a first resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a first current narrowing structure having a first conductive region and a first non-conductor region; a first electrode that supplies electric power to drive the first resonator; a second resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a second current narrowing structure having a second conductive region and a second non-conductive region and that is formed side by side with the first resonator, the second current narrowing structure being formed in same current narrowing layer as the layer where the first current narrowing structure is formed; and a coupling portion as defined herein; and an equivalent refractive index of the coupling portion is smaller than an equivalent refractive index of each of the first resonator and the second resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio KOYAMA, Hamed DALIR, Takashi KONDO, Naoki JOGAN, Kazutaka TAKEDA, Hideo NAKAYAMA
  • METHOD FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF BIO-CONTAMINANTS
    Publication number: 20160245752
    Abstract: A method for optical detection of residual soil on articles (such as medical instruments and equipment), after completion of a washing or a rinsing operation by a washer. A soil detection system provides an indication of soil on the articles by detecting luminescent radiation emanating from the soil in the presence of ambient light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: STERIS Inc., INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE / NATIONAL OPTICS INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Daniel Rochette, Pascal Gallant, Ozge Mermut, Francois Baribeau, Isabelle Noiseux, Isabelle Gosselin
  • PHASE LOCKED LOOP USING RECEIVED SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20160248429
    Abstract: A phase locked loop includes a signal receiver configured to generate a mixed signal based on the received signal and an oscillator signal, and a frequency control circuit configured to compare the mixed signal to a reference signal, and adjust the oscillator signal based on a result of the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicants: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaesup Lee, Sang-Gug Lee, Jae-Seung Lee, Seok-Kyun Han