Abstract: An auto-stop start system for a vehicle. The auto-stop start system has a control unit with an auto-stop start function controlling stop and start of an engine of the vehicle, and a control device by which control device the auto-stop start function can be temporarily deactivated by an operator of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to reactivate the auto-stop start function after a predetermined duration of a temporary deactivation. The predetermined duration of the temporary deactivation of the auto-stop start function is selectable by means of the control device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for video encoding/decoding by using a geometric modified picture. The encoding method according to the present invention includes: generating a geometric modified picture by geometrically modifying a reference picture; and generating a first prediction block of a current block by performing inter prediction referencing the geometric modified picture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignees:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Dong San Jun, Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Jin Soo Choi, Tae Hyun Kim, Dae Young Lee, Young Su Heo
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for culturing a population of hepatocytes in vitro, comprising co-culturing the population of hepatocytes with at least one non-parenchymal cell population and incubating the co-culture in culture medium, wherein the co-culture is periodically incubated in culture medium that does not comprise serum (serum-free culture medium).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Abstract: Compositions for treatment of cystinosis, products for administering eye drops, and products for storing contact lenses are provided. Compositions include solutions that can contain an effective amount of cysteamine to treat cystinosis, and an oil with a lower density than the solution. Also provided is a product including a bottle for containing a solution, the bottle being substantially free of O2. Also provided is a contact lens holder for storing one or more contact lenses in a solution, the holder including barrier layers reducing the amount of O2 entering the contact lens holder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 21, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: Post-copy is one of the two key techniques (besides pre-copy) for live migration of virtual machines in data centers. Post-copy provides deterministic total migration time and low downtime for write-intensive VMs. However, if post-copy migration fails for any reason, the migrating VM is lost because the VM's latest consistent state is split between the source and destination nodes during migration. PostCopyFT provides a new approach to recover a VM after a destination or network failure during post-copy live migration using an efficient reverse incremental checkpointing mechanism. PostCopyFT was implemented and evaluated in the KVM/QEMU platform. Experimental results show that the total migration time of post-copy remains unchanged while maintaining low failover time, downtime, and application performance overhead.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 28, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
Inventors:
Kartik Gopalan, Ping Yang, Dinuni K. Fernando, Jonathan Terner
Abstract: A method for mapping shear wave velocity in biological tissues includes using an ultrasound transducer to generate mechanical excitations at a plurality of locations in a region of interest. An MRI system is used to capture a phase image of each mechanical excitation, wherein motion encoding gradients (MEGs) of the MRI system encode a propagating shear wavefront caused by the mechanical excitation. A plurality of shear wave velocity maps is generated based on the phase images, wherein each shear wave velocity map depicts velocity between adjacent propagating shear wavefronts. The shear wave speed values are combined to generate a composite shear wave velocity map of the region of interest.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignees:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, University of Utah Research Foundation
Inventors:
Lorne Hofstetter, Bradley Drake Bolster, Jr., Dennis L. Parker, Henrik Odeen, Allison Payne
Abstract: The present application provides a process of fabrication of erbium and ytterbium-co-doped multielements silica glass based cladding-pumped fiber for use as a highly efficient high power optical amplifier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Inventors:
Paul Mukul Chandra, Dhar Anirban, Das Shyamal, Pal Mrinmay, Bhadra Shyamal Kumar
Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous organic polymer-based hydrogen ion conductive material and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for preparing a porous organic polymer (POP)-based material with high proton conductivity that is applicable to a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The porous organic polymer-based proton conductive material of the present invention can be prepared in an easy and simple manner by microwave treatment and acid treatment requiring short processing time and low processing cost. In addition, the porous organic polymer-based proton conductive material of the present invention can be developed into a highly proton conductive material having the potential to replace Nafion through a simple post-synthesis modification. Therefore, the porous organic polymer-based proton conductive material of the present invention is suitable for use in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
Korea University Research and Business Foundation
Abstract: Disclosed are an impedance correcting method and apparatus, and an impedance-corrected signal line for an optical transceiver. The impedance correction method includes receiving an impedance according to an error of a resin applying process of a signal line for an optical transceiver, acquiring a correction parameter for generating a correction impedance based on the impedance according to the error, and determining the correction impedance for correcting the impedance according to the error based on the correction parameter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Abstract: Downhole plugs including a sensor, hydrocarbon wells including the downhole plugs, and methods of operating the hydrocarbon wells. The downhole plugs include a sealing structure, an actuation mechanism, and the sensor. The actuation mechanism is configured to selectively transition the sealing structure between a disengaged state, in which the downhole plug is free to move within a tubular conduit of a downhole tubular of the hydrocarbon well, and an engaged state, in which the sealing structure operatively engages with the downhole tubular, forms a fluid seal with the downhole tubular, and resists motion of the downhole plug within the tubular conduit. The sensor is configured to detect a sensed parameter within the tubular conduit and to generate a sensor signal indicative of the sensed parameter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 1, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Inventors:
Rami Jabari, P. Matthew Spiecker, Michael C. Romer
Abstract: An entry module for facilitating passage of one or more cables into an enclosure may include first and second module plates. The first module plate may include a first edge defining a first edge profile, and the second module plate may include a second edge defining a second edge profile. The first and second module plates may be configured to approach one another, such that the first edge profile and the second edge profile define one or more apertures for receiving a cable passing from exterior the enclosure to the interior of the enclosure. The first edge profile may define first aperture portions and first edge segments between at least some of the first aperture portions, and the second edge profile may define second aperture portions and second edge segments between at least some of the second aperture portions. The first and second aperture portions may define the apertures.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
Corning Research & Development Corporation
Inventors:
William Julius McPhil Giraud, Brian Duane Kingsbury, Robert Tomasz Klak
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for interlayer prediction, and the method for interlayer prediction, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deciding whether to apply an interlayer prediction to an enhancement layer; and performing a prediction on a current block of the enhancement layer based on reference information that is generalized and generated from a reference picture, which is decoded, of a reference layer, when the interlayer prediction is applied, wherein the reference layer information can be encoding information of a reference block, which corresponds to a current block of the enhancement layer, from the reference layer, and residual information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 11, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignees:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
Inventors:
Ha Hyun Lee, Jung Won Kang, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Dong Gyu Sim, Hyo Min Choi, Jung Hak Nam
Abstract: An oligomerization catalyst, oligomer products, methods for making and using same. The catalyst can include a supported nickel phosphate compound. The catalyst is stable at oligomerization temperatures of 500° C. or higher and particularly useful for making oligomer products containing C4 to C26 olefins having a boiling point in the range of 170° C. to 360° C.
Abstract: Disclosed is a blockchain system. A blockchain system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: at least one confirmation node; at least one management node configuring a confirmation group by including the at least one confirmation node, and configuring a confirmation block by combining transactions generated in the confirmation group; and an operator node controlling the at least one management node, wherein the at least one management node configures blockchain by combining respective confirmation blocks, wherein the management node configures the blockchain by resetting a parent block on the basis of an generation order of the confirmation blocks and distributes the blockchain.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Abstract: Improved energy conservation, including realization of a ZNET (Zero Net Energy including Transportation) paradigm, can be encouraged by providing energy consumers with a holistic view of their overall energy consumption. Current energy consumption in terms of space heating, water heating, other electricity, and personal transportation can be modeled by normalizing the respective energy consumption into the same units of energy. Options for reducing energy that can include traditional energy efficiencies, such as cutting down on and avoiding wasteful energy use and switching to energy efficient fixtures, and improving the thermal efficiency and performance of a building, can be modeled. Additional options can also include non-traditional energy efficiencies, such as replacing a gasoline-powered vehicle with an electric vehicle, fuel switching from a water heater fueled by natural gas to a heat pump water heater, and fuel switching from space heating fueled by natural gas to a heat pump space heater.
Abstract: Disclosed are a heterogeneous catalyst, a production method thereof, and a method for producing a lignin-derived high-substituted aromatic monomer from a woody biomass material using the heterogeneous catalyst. The heterogeneous catalyst includes a carrier; and a Ni—Al nano-particle supported on the carrier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining vascular velocity using non-invasively acquired medical images. The method includes reconstructing CT angiography (CTA) data into a plurality of images of the subject by producing a composite image using the CTA data corresponding to a set of the plurality of view angles, backprojecting each view angle in the CTA data and weighting a value backprojected into at image pixel by an attenuation value of a corresponding pixel in the composite image, and summing backprojected values for each image pixel to produce a CT image of the subject. The method also includes determining a flow direction or a velocity of flow within a vessel, calculating, using the flow direction or velocity, a pressure in the vessel, and generating a quantitative map of the subject indicating the flow direction, velocity, or pressure in the vessel against an image of the subject including the vessel.
Abstract: A system is provided for advanced health monitoring and diagnosis based on wearable nano-biosensing networks. Nanophotonic and wireless communication technologies are synergistically leveraged to bridge the gap between nano-biosensing technologies and commercial wearable devices. Embodiments of the presently-disclosed system may include: (1) a nanoplasmonic biochip, implanted subcutaneously and built on a flexible substrate; (2) a nanophotonic smart band or wearable device that is able to collect in-vivo signals on-demand and relay them wirelessly to the user's smartphone by means of a secure data transfer; and (3) advanced signal processing techniques implemented on a remote processor to extract relevant data from the received signals and provide a diagnosis in real-time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
Inventors:
Josep Jornet, Liang Feng, Edward P. Furlani, Qiaoqiang Gan, Zhi Sun, Yun Wu
Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a memory configured to store computer executable instructions, and a processor configured to, by executing the computer executable instructions, based on a request for executing a program being received and an available capacity of a first area of the memory to be allocated to the program being insufficient, swap-out page data stored in the first area to a second area of the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to swap out the page data partially or entirely based on an attribute of the page data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignees:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Youngho Choi, Young Ik Eom, Jaeook Kwon