Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 11377593
    Abstract: In a phosphor according to an aspect, an emission site has a perovskite crystal structure expressed by ABX3, in which A and B are each a cation and X is an anion, and an emission element is located at a B site serving as a body center of the perovskite crystal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Daicho, Yu Shinomiya, Kiminori Enomoto, Hideo Hosono, Satoru Matsuishi, Hiroshi Sawa, Akitoshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 11380056
    Abstract: Disclosed are herein a three-dimensional (3D) object acquisition method and an object acquisition apparatus using artificial light photographs. A 3D object acquisition method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of images of a 3D object photographed by a camera, reconstructing spatially-varying bidirectional reflectance distribution functions for the 3D object based on the plurality of images received, estimating shading normals for the 3D object based on the reconstructed spatially-varying bidirectional reflectance distribution functions, and acquiring 3D geometry for the 3D object based on the estimated shading normals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Kim, Giljoo Nam
  • Patent number: 11376325
    Abstract: Compositions and methods, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response are disclosed based on the discovery of useful immunological adjuvant properties in a synthetic, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) that is provided in substantially homogeneous form. Chemically defined, synthetic GLA offers a consistent vaccine component from lot to lot without the fluctuations in contaminants or activity that compromise natural-product adjuvants. Also provided are vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions that include GLA and one or more of an antigen, a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, a co-adjuvant and a carrier such as a pharmaceutical carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ACCESS TO ADVANCED HEALTH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Steven G. Reed, Darrick Carter
  • Patent number: 11380444
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for improving health literacy of patient materials. The method includes receiving, from a communication source, a medical communication for a patient containing at least one of medical diagnostic information or medical treatment information. The method includes generating a health literacy assessment of the medical communication using at least one of a plurality of appearance metrics, a plurality of readability metrics, a plurality of document literacy metrics, or a plurality of quantitative literacy metrics. The method includes providing the health literacy assessment to the communication source to facilitate an improved conveyance of the at least one of the medical diagnostic information or the medical treatment information to increase comprehension by patients of all educational levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE ADVANCEMENT
    Inventors: Janet Ohene-Frempong, Jann Keenan
  • Patent number: 11376664
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method to control sizes of core-shell nanoparticles comprising the steps of: manufacturing slurry by irradiating ultrasonic waves to a dispersion solution containing a reducing solvent, a carbon support, a transition metal precursor and a precious metal precursor; manufacturing a solid by filtering the manufactured slurry, followed by washing and drying; and manufacturing a nanoparticle of a transition metal core and a platinum shell by heat-treating the dried solid at a temperature of 450 to 900° C. and a pressure of 1 to 90 bar for 0.5 to 10 hours under N2 atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Gu-gon Park, Hyun-uk Park, Won-yong Lee, Sung-dae Yim, Min-jin Kim, Young-jun Sohn, Byungchan Bae, Seung-gon Kim, Dongwon Shin, Hwanyeong Oh, Seung Hee Woo, So Jeong Lee, Hyejin Lee, Yoon Young Choi, Seok-hee Park, Tae-hyun Yang
  • Patent number: 11375728
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for fine manipulation. The system for fine manipulation includes a tossing mechanism, a setting mechanism, and a leaf uniformly distributing mechanism. The tossing mechanism comprises a tossing machine, a leaf distributing assembly, a first feeding conveyor assembly, and a first receiving conveyor assembly. The setting mechanism comprises a setting assembly, a second feeding conveyor assembly, and a second receiving conveyor assembly. The setting assembly includes a setting belt and a setting belt driving device configured to drive the setting belt to move. The leaf uniformly distributing mechanism comprises a leaf uniformly distributing device and a lifting driving assembly. The leaf uniformly distributing device includes a shifting arm, a rotary table and a rotary table driving assembly. The lifting driving assembly can drive the leaf uniformly distributing device to move up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: CHANGSHA XIANG FENG INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT LIMITED BY SHARE LTD., TEA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF ARGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Junxi Cao, Aiqing Miao, Chengying Ma, Dandan Qi, Xiaoyan Qiao, Jinchi Tang, Wei Chen, Shi Pang, Jianyong Zhou, Haoming Peng
  • Patent number: 11382067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for simultaneous transmit and receive of data and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and an apparatus thereof which can efficiently perform simultaneous data transmission and reception even in an overlapped BSS environment. To this end, provided are a wireless communication method of a terminal, including: performing a backoff procedure for transmitting data; transmitting a first RTS frame when a backoff counter of the backoff procedure is expired; setting a transmission timer for waiting for transmitting the data when a second RTS frame is received in response to the transmitted first RTS frame; and waiting for transmitting the data based on the set transmission timer and a wireless communication terminal using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11380133
    Abstract: A domain adaptation-based object recognition apparatus includes a memory configured to store a domain adaptation-based object recognition program and a processor configured to execute the program. The processor learns a generative model for generating a feature or an image similar to a gallery image on the basis of domain adaptation in association with an input probe image and learns an object recognition classification model by using a learning database corresponding to the gallery image and the input probe image, thereby performing object recognition using the input probe image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyung Il Kim, Yong Jin Kwon, Jin Young Moon, Jong Youl Park, Sung Chan Oh, Ki Min Yun, Jeun Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11377729
    Abstract: Disclosed is a post-processing method for improving anti-wear and friction-reducing properties of a CrN coating. According to the method, the CrN coating is subjected to a thermal cycling treatment in a temperature range of ?20° C. to 60° C. under a humidity environment of 60%-80% R.H. The post-processing method can substantially improve the anti-wear and friction-reducing properties of the CrN coating, so that friction pair parts deposited with the coating achieve a stable operation for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yongxin Wang, Zechao Li, Jingwen Zhang, Zhixiang Zeng, Jinlong Li, Xia Lu, Liping Wang
  • Patent number: 11375714
    Abstract: An encapsulation composition is described. The composition comprises a plurality of capsules, each capsule comprising an amphiphilic material encapsulating a pyrethroid. The encapsulated pyrethroid has a release rate less than the release rate of the unencapsulated pyrethroid. Coated fabric products are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ramanathan S. Lalgudi, Krenar Shqau
  • Patent number: 11381715
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method, and corresponding system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions configured to cause a processor to execute steps are configured to introduce an auxiliary transformation to a digital media, resulting in a transformed digital media by generating the auxiliary transformation with a transform function. The method is further configured to evaluate the transformed digital media to generate a metric estimating a human response to the transformed digital media altered by the introduced auxiliary transformation. The method is further configured to train a neural network to remove the auxiliary transformation from any digital media by learning a desired transformation function from the transformed digital media and the metric associated with the transformed digital media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Andrei Barbu, Dalitso Banda, Boris Katz
  • Patent number: 11376413
    Abstract: A highly portable advanced adult and pediatric compact ECLS system is based around an integrated pump-oxygenator. The system includes a central a blood inlet and flow path extending along a general longitudinal axis of the system; a pump housing defining a pump inlet in fluid communication with the central blood flow path; an impeller rotationally received within the area of the pump inlet, wherein the impeller is magnetically supported and magnetically driven; an array of hollow fiber membranes configured for gas transfer within the system for oxygenation of blood flowing across the hollow fiber membranes, wherein the membranes include a covalently-bonded heparin-based bioactive surface, and wherein the blood flow path extends from the impeller to a position to flow perpendicular over the array of hollow fiber membranes; and a blood outlet configured to receive blood flowing past the array of hollow fiber membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: ENSION INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mark Gartner, Minkyun Noh, David L. Trumper
  • Patent number: 11377496
    Abstract: Methods, compositions and uses are provided for bispecific antibodies comprising one or more unnatural amino acids. The bispecific antibodies may bind to two or more different receptors, co-receptors, antigens, or cell markers on one or more cells. The bispecific antibodies may be used to treat a disease or condition (e.g., cancer, autoimmune disease, pathogenic infection, inflammatory disease). The bispecific antibodies may be used to modulate (e.g., stimulate or suppress) an immune response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chanhyuk Kim, Jun Y. Axup, Hwayoung Yun, Peter G. Schultz, Jennifer Ma, Jiayin Shen, Pengyu Yang
  • Patent number: 11378453
    Abstract: A CubeSat compatible spectrometer including a slit having a first length and first width; a diffraction grating; and a two dimensional focal plane array electromagnetically coupled to the diffraction grating. The 2D focal plane array includes an array of pixels including a plurality of sets of pixels. Diffraction of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the slit by the diffraction grating forms a plurality of beams, each of the beams comprising a different one of the bands of the wavelengths in the electromagnetic radiation, and each of the beams transmitted onto a different one of the sets of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Thomas S. Pagano
  • Patent number: 11380465
    Abstract: A rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet with good magnetic properties is provided. A rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet contains 23 to 27 mass % R, 3.5 to 5.0 mass % Cu, 18 to 25 mass % Fe, 1.5 to 3.0 mass % Zr in mass and a remainder Co with inevitable impurities, where an element R is a rare earth element at least containing Sm. The rare-earth cobalt permanent magnet has a metal structure including a plurality of crystal grains and a continuously extending grain boundary. A content of Cu in the grain boundary is higher than a content of Cu in the crystal grains, and a content of Zr in the grain boundary is higher than a content of Zr in the crystal grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TOKIN Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Takezawa, Teruhiko Fujiwara, Hiroaki Machida, Hideyuki Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11381315
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical transmitter module including a directly modulated laser transmitter based on a directly modulated laser (DML) and an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) chip that is vertically polished. The directly modulated laser transmitter includes a directly modulated laser chip array including one or more directly modulated laser chips, an impedance matching circuit that allows each of the one or more directly modulated laser chips to operate at a critical speed of 100 Gbps per channel or higher, and a radio frequency-flexible printed circuit board (RF-FPCB) that transmits a radio frequency (RF) modulating signal to the directly modulated laser chip array. The arrayed waveguide grating chip includes an optical waveguides that transfer multi-channel optical signals and a wavelength multiplexer that multiplexes the multi-channel optical signals. The directly modulated laser transmitter and the arrayed waveguide grating chip are spaced apart from each other and are optically coupled in chip-to-chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-Tak Han, Seok Jun Yun, Seoktae Kim, Sang Ho Park, Yongsoon Baek, Jang Uk Shin, Seo Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11381157
    Abstract: A motor drive is provided, which includes a control circuit, a first transistor, a first comparison circuit, a second transistor and a load. The control circuit includes a first output terminal and a second output terminal; the first output terminal outputs a first control signal; the second output terminal outputs a second control signal whose phase is inverse to the phase of the first control signal. The gate of the first transistor receives the first control signal. The first comparison circuit compares the gate-source voltage with a reference voltage to generate a first comparison signal. When the first comparison signal shows that the first control signal is reduced to be lower than the reference voltage, the second control signal generated by the second output terminal is transmitted to the gate of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Min Chang, Chun-Chieh Chang, Hsi-Chih Chang, Po-Huan Chou
  • Patent number: 11379742
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for predictive soil mapping based on solar radiation in large flat area, comprising: Step 1, capturing the response process of the earth's surface heat: after an observation day or an observation period is selected, a curve graph depicting a dynamic response of the surface heat to solar radiation captured by using a remote sensor of a moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer; Step 2, constructing environmental covariates: quantitative analysis is performed for the dynamic response curve graph obtained in Step 1 by a mathematical method, and characteristic parameters are extracted and taken as environmental covariates; and Step 3: a machine learning model is established for the predictive soil attribute mapping. This method solves the challenge of effective soil mapping in flat areas, significantly improves the accuracy and efficiency of predictive soil mapping in flat areas, reduces the cost in time and economy of soil survey mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE OF CHINA
    Inventors: Feng Liu, Ganlin Zhang, Zhenwen Sun, Junya Wang, Huayong Wu, Zhao Zhao, Xiaodong Song
  • Patent number: 11380888
    Abstract: An electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same. By preparing an electrode including an electrode active layer formed using a structure capable of supporting an electrode active material, safety and charge and discharge properties of a battery are improved due to morphological characteristics of the electrode active material being supported inside the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Byoungkuk Son, Jang Wook Choi, Byung Gon Kim, Minchul Jang, Eunkyung Park, Junghun Choi, Donghyeon Kang
  • Patent number: 11378526
    Abstract: A faulted condition determination method is designed to detect a chromium content and a nickel content in a predetermined boundary region proximate to a boundary between a high-strength ferrite steel and a weld material in a welded joint in which the high-strength ferrite steel and another steel are welded together using the weld material containing nickel and to thereby determine the faulted condition of the predetermined boundary region based on the chromium content and the nickel content. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately determine the faulted condition of welding of a replacement part in which a high-strength ferrite steel and another steel are welded together using a nickel-based weld material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Saito, Nobuyoshi Komai, Yuichi Hirakawa, Hiroaki Fukushima, Kota Sawada, Kazuhiro Kimura, Kaoru Sekido