Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 12181417
    Abstract: Disclosed are a measurement system for micro-mixing and a measurement method thereof. The measurement system comprises a mixing device, a light enhancement unit, an observation unit, an image acquisition unit, a display device and a tracer injection device; the light enhancement unit comprises a light-emitting device, a light-focusing device and a reflecting device; the observation unit comprises an observation window; the image acquisition unit comprises a distortion-free lens and an image acquisition device which are connected in sequence, and a central axis of the distortion-free lens is in alignment with a central axis of the observation window. The measurement method is performed in the measurement system provided by the present application. In the present application, the brightness of visual field is improved, the light interference on target image is shielded off, the process of micro-mixing can be observed in real time, and thereby the micro-mixing efficiency can be evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, NANJING JIUZHANG CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ZHEJIANG GREATWALL MIXERS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Yang, Xiaoxia Duan, Xin Feng, Dingwang Huang, Jie Chen, Weipeng Zhang, Zheng Li, Yuanyuan Li, Zaisha Mao, Minghui Xie
  • Patent number: 12185368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal using a determination of basic service set identification information of a received frame, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for performing an operation according to a determination result whether the received frame is an intra-BSS frame or an inter-BSS frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 12178590
    Abstract: A muscle control device includes an electromyography (EMG) electrode unit including a plurality of electrodes, and that senses an EMG signal, an EMG circuit unit that generates channel data, based on electrode signals, a control unit that receives the channel data, extracts a volitional electromyography signal, based on the channel data, and determines FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) stimulation parameters, based on the volitional electromyography signal, an FES electrode unit that outputs a functional electrical stimulation, based on the FES stimulation parameters, and an FES circuit unit that receives the FES stimulation parameters, generates the functional electrical stimulation, based on the FES stimulation parameters, and transmits the functional electrical stimulation to the FES electrode unit, and the control unit recognizes a direction and an intensity of a motion from the volitional electromyography signal, based on the volitional electromyography signal and adjusts an intensity of the functi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dong Woo Lee, Jabeom Gu, Baesun Kim, Yong Ki Son, Joonyoung Jung, Hyung Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 12185113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Patent number: 12180419
    Abstract: A process for the conversion of methanol to olefins includes the steps of passing a feedstock comprising methanol to a fluidized bed reactor in contact with a catalyst to produce an olefin product, wherein the process at least partially deactivates the catalyst to form an at least partially deactivated catalyst; and passing spent catalyst from said at least partially deactivated catalyst to a regenerator for regeneration thereby forming regenerated catalyst and returning activated catalyst from said regenerated catalyst to said reactor via a regenerated catalyst line. An oxygen volume content in the gas-phase component at the outlet of the regenerated catalyst pipeline is controlled to be less than 0.1 percent, preferably less than 0.05% and more preferably less than 0.01% on the regenerated catalyst pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Yingcheng Li, Xinning Bao, Weidong Zhang, Ou Sha, Xinyue Wu, Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 12183983
    Abstract: A method of optimizing driving of an antenna for communication of an artificial satellite, by controlling a rotation angle of the antenna, according to an embodiment of the disclosure, includes: receiving a basic profile indicating a change in a rotation angle of the antenna such that a center line of the antenna points to a ground station in response to movement of the artificial satellite; determining a processing section with reference to points at which a rotation velocity of the antenna, for the basic profile, is zero; and generating an optimization profile that determines the change in the rotation angle of the antenna by configuring the rotation velocity of the antenna, for the processing section, with a preset optimized rotation velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Dae Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12183435
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, generally, to nucleotide sequence data and, more particularly, to computer files and methods supporting forensic DNA analysis. In one illustrative embodiment, a method may comprise identifying a locus corresponding to each item of short tandem repeat (STR) profiling data stored in an existing computer file, wherein the STR profiling data stored in the existing computer file is repeat-based and/or length-based; identifying start and stop coordinates of an STR region of the corresponding locus for each item of STR profiling data stored in the existing computer file; creating an ambiguous text string corresponding to each item of STR profiling data stored in the existing computer file, wherein each ambiguous text string consists of a sequence of ambiguous characters extending from the start coordinate to the stop coordinate identified for the corresponding item of STR profiling data; and storing each ambiguous text string in a sequence-based computer file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Mark R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20240430408
    Abstract: A video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention may: determine a reference area for the intra prediction of the current block; derive the intra prediction mode of the current block; and decode the current block on the basis of the reference area and the intra prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
  • Publication number: 20240429016
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a charged particle optical apparatus that includes a loop of solid material that encloses a bore and a wire winding poloidally wrapped around the loop surrounding the bore. A current is applied to the toroidal winding generating a magnetic field inside the loop along a toroidal direction of the loop and generating magnetic vector potential within the bore. When charged particle(s) pass through the bore of the loop, the magnetic vector potential focuses the charged particles based on the focal point of the charged particle optical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Tokoro SCHREIBER, Matthias WOLF, Cathal CASSIDY
  • Publication number: 20240427142
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an extended Reality (XR) glass device. The XR glass device may include a display unit, an optical waveguide, an in-coupler for in-coupling an image output from the display unit to the optical waveguide, and an out-coupler for out-coupling the image propagated along the optical waveguide to an eye, and the display unit may include a Micro Lens Array (MLA) in which respective micro lenses spatially correspond to multiple red (R) light sources, green (G) light sources, and blue (B) light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min-Sung YOON, Hyoung LEE
  • Publication number: 20240429705
    Abstract: A vertical thyristor switch for a controllable surge arrester includes an insulating sleeve and a vertical cylindrical switch core body encapsulated inside the insulating sleeve. The switch core body includes thyristor valve sections, a reactor, driving units, a voltage equalizing assembly section, a structural member and a connecting member; and after being connected to the driving units on one side of the thyristor valve sections, the thyristor valve sections are arranged, together with the voltage equalizing assembly section, in a space of a lower section of the structural member, an upper section of the structural member is provided with the reactor, and components inside the switch core body are electrically connected through the connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: GLOBAL ENERGY INTERCONNECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD., STATE GRID SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
    Inventors: Guoliang ZHAO, Weiguo LI, Qiuyu SHI, Xianshan GUO, Guangyao QIAO, Fangyi LI, Yunfei XU, Haijun LIU, Yanjiao JIN, Zhe CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240426016
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a field of aluminum smelting, and in particular to an inert anode aluminum electrolytic cell with a vertical structure, which includes: an electrolytic cell shell (1), a heating device (5) and a graphite base (13). The electrolytic cell shell (1) is provided with three insulating layers therein. The heating device (5) is disposed in the groove on the first insulating layer (4) The graphite base (13) is disposed at a bottom of an inner cavity of the electrolytic cell shell (1). A bottom of the graphite base (13) is opened with a mounting slot. The cathode is vertically mounted in the installation slot. The anode (17) is arranged in a staggered manner with the cathodes (16) and is suspended above the electrolytic cell shell (1) by connecting to a guide rod (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: ZHENGZHOU NON-FERROUS METALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD OF CHALCO
    Inventors: Shengzhong BAO, Kaibin CHEN, Huaijiang WANG, Guanghui HOU, Xu SHI, Yanhui LIU, Xinping TANG, Lifen LUO, Fangfang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240425428
    Abstract: A method of treating water contaminated with a phosphorus specie and a method for manufacturing a fertilizer are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: MIGAL GALILEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD.
    Inventors: Michael LITAOR, Iris ZOHAR
  • Publication number: 20240429994
    Abstract: An operation method of a relay in a mobile communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving information relating to a backhaul reception beam and/or a backhaul transmission beam from a base station; receiving information relating to an access link transmission beam and/or an access link reception beam from the base station or obtaining information relating to an access link transmission beam and/or an access link reception beam from the information relating to the backhaul reception beam and/or backhaul transmission beam; communicating with the base station by using the backhaul reception beam and/or the backhaul transmission beam formed using the information relating to the backhaul reception beam and/or backhaul transmission beam; and communicating with a terminal by using the access link transmission beam and/or the access link reception beam formed using the information relating to the access link transmission beam and/or access link reception beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung Hyun MOON, Cheul Soon KIM, Jung Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20240428965
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a niobium-aluminum precursor wire having properties such as expression of flexibility and ensuring a large single-wire length, as well as a twisted wire, a superconducting wire, and a superconducting twisted wire formed of the niobium-aluminum precursor wire. The present invention provides a niobium-aluminum precursor wire and a twisted wire using the same, the niobium-aluminum precursor wire including: a rod-like winding core (5) formed of a stabilized copper, or a stabilized copper and an unstabilized copper; a laminated body (3) that is wound around the winding core (5) and that is formed of an aluminum foil and a niobium foil laminated one on the other; and a covering body (1) that covers the circumference of the laminated body and that is formed of a stabilized copper, or a stabilized copper and an unstabilized copper. The volume ratio of the stabilized copper with respect to the unstabilized copper contained in the precursor wire is 0.5-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, Japan Superconductivity Application Development Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KIKUCHI, Yasuo IIJIMA, Masaru YAMAMOTO, Masatoshi KAWANO, Masato OTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20240429407
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell-single cell including an anode separator, a cathode separator, an integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly (MEA) which is disposed between the anode separator and the cathode separator and in which an ion exchange process takes place, an anode hydrogen supply channel disposed between the anode separator and the integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly to allow hydrogen to be supplied to the anode separator therethrough, and a porous separator disposed between the cathode separator and the integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly. The airtightness of the reaction gas, the efficiency of the ion exchange reaction, and the convenience of maintenance are improved by introducing the integrated gasket-membrane electrode assembly and the porous separator into the internal structure of the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Byung Rak SON
  • Publication number: 20240430113
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for a distributed consensus. The method includes generating public vote identifiers using public node identifiers corresponding to nodes constituting a blockchain, generating a pass vote list by performing an operation corresponding to a success probability (p) for each of the public vote identifiers, and performing a distributed consensus based on at least part of consensus congress nodes corresponding to the pass vote list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin-Tae OH, Young-Chang KIM, Jong-Choul YIM
  • Publication number: 20240426828
    Abstract: Provided is the use of OXCT1 protein as succinyltransferase. It has been found that the OXCT1 protein serving as succinyltransferase can promote the growth of cancer cells by modulating succinylation modification of protein. Therefore, the design of related enzyme inhibitors can inhibit the activity of succinyltransferase, thereby inhibiting the occurrence and progression of cancer, thereby providing a new concept for targeted therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE, HEFEI COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER
    Inventors: Huafeng ZHANG, Ping GAO, Wenhao MA, Yuchen SUN
  • Publication number: 20240425084
    Abstract: A method to select between tactical driving decisions of a controlled ego vehicle to reach a target destination is described. The method includes determining upcoming tactical driving decisions of the controlled ego vehicle to reach the target destination according to a mission plan. The method also includes ranking upcoming tactical driving maneuvers associated with each of the upcoming tactical driving decisions. The method further includes selecting a tactical driving maneuver prior to a critical intersection according to the ranking of the upcoming tactical driving maneuvers to reach the target destination according to the mission plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Daniele MOLINARI
  • Publication number: 20240425434
    Abstract: Disclosed are a preparation method for a 1,3-disubstituted allene compound at room temperature based on a metal carbene catalyst, comprising: reacting terminal alkynes, aldehydes and amines in an organic solvent under the action of a gold catalyst and a molecular sieve, and then synthesizing a 1,3-disubstituted allene compound at room temperature. The method of the present invention is simple to operate, raw materials and reagents are easily obtained, reaction conditions are mild, substrate universality is wide, functional group compatibility is good, yield is high (36-93%), the method is scalable (11 g), and practicability is strong. The 1,3-disubstituted allene compound obtained in the present invention may be used as an important intermediate to construct ?-caprolactone, trans-allyl alcohol, other allene-derived compounds and natural product molecules and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Shengming MA, Junzhe XIAO