Patents Assigned to Research
  • Patent number: 10715252
    Abstract: An energy-harvesting system capable of wireless communication is disclosed which includes a solar cell adapted to generate charge from incident light on the solar cell; an energy-harvesting circuit coupled to the solar cell, the energy-harvesting circuit adapted to convey charge from the solar cell to an energy reservoir; a data communication circuit adapted to encode data to be communicated by the solar cell by adjusting the voltage across the solar cell into at least two states including 1) an open circuit (OC) state, where the current through the solar cell is substantially zero, and 2) a maximum power point (MPP) state, where power (V×I) drawn from the solar cell is maximum, wherein the solar cell in response to the changes in its voltage and the incident light emits luminescent radiation with an intensity corresponding to the at least two states, thereby forming a wireless transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Walter Daniel Leon-Salas
  • Patent number: 10710283
    Abstract: A roll-to-roll system for forming a hydrophobic polymer membrane surface includes a heated carrier belt, a repository of polymer material arranged to deposit the polymer material onto the carrier to create a heated polymer, an electrode belt positioned opposite the carrier belt, an electric field generator positioned to generate an electric field between the carrier belt and the electrode belt and to infuse a pattern into the heated polymer to form a patterned polymer film, and a solvent bath to rinse the patterned polymer film. A method of creating a hydrophobic polymer membrane surface includes depositing a polymer material onto a heated carrier, using the carrier, transporting the polymer material past an electrode that acts as an electric field generator, generating an electric field adjacent the carrier, using the electric field to infuse a pattern into the polymer membrane surface, and setting the pattern into the polymer membrane surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Charles-Francois de Lannoy, Corie Lynn Cobb
  • Patent number: 10710968
    Abstract: Radiolabeled compounds which are erlotinib analogs that feature a radioactive halogen and processes of preparing same are disclosed. Uses of these radiolabeled compounds in radioimaging, for identifying and monitoring a level, distribution and/or mutational status of deregulated EGFR, and/or in radiotherapy, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyal Yosef Mishani, Ofer Shamni, Galith Rachel Abourbeh-Gofrit
  • Patent number: 10715963
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, assemblies and devices useful for identifying the location and/or motion of a mobile device in a specified area, for assisting in mapping a specified area and also to methods, assemblies and devices for determining a location of anchors found at fixed locations in a specified area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ariel-University Research and Development Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Boaz Ben-Moshe, Nir Shvalb
  • Patent number: 10716055
    Abstract: A scanning method performed by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system is provided. The method comprises: transmitting a probe request frame; and receiving a short probe response frame from an access point (AP) as a response to the probe request frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Min Ho Cheong, Hyoung Jin Kwon, Hee Jung Yu, Sok Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10711366
    Abstract: In one example, an electroplating system comprising a bath reservoir having a first inlet for feeding fresh electrolyte solution into the bath reservoir and a first outlet for bleeding used electrolyte solution out of the bath reservoir, a second inlet for receiving recycled electrolyte solution into the bath reservoir, and a second outlet for discharge of electrolyte solution from the bath reservoir. A plating cell is providing for electroplating an object, the plating cell has an inlet in direct or indirect fluid communication with the bath reservoir, and an outlet for discharge of electrolyte solution from the plating cell. An extraction column extracts by-products generated by the plating cell and has an inlet in direct or indirect fluid communication with the outlet of the plating cell, and an outlet for discharge of electrolyte solution from the extraction column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Tighe A. Spurlin, Jonathan D. Reid
  • Patent number: 10716064
    Abstract: A network of nodes includes data nodes and at least one sink node to exchange packets between the sink node and the data nodes in a multi-hop manner. The data nodes include a battery powered node (BPN) having a transceiver, a memory, and a battery to provide energy to components of the BPN. The BPN includes a processor to determine a sleep schedule of the BPN independently from the sleep schedules of other data nodes and independently from commands transmitted by the sink node. The processor of the BPN switches the transceiver ON and OFF according to the sleep schedule to form an active period and a sleep period of the BPN. Also, the processor partitions at least part of the active period into a receiving (RX) period and a transmission (TX) period and causes the transceiver to transmit the data packets only during the TX period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianlin Guo, Evripidis Paraskevas, Philip Orlik
  • Patent number: 10712440
    Abstract: An apparatus including an antenna and a processing device. The antenna includes a steerable array. The steerable array may transmit a signal at an angle of transmission toward a portion of an object. The steerable array may receive a reflection of the signal off of the portion of the object. The processing device may be coupled to the antenna. The processing device may determine a digital representation of the portion of the object in view of the reflection of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: George Daniel, Bernard D. Casse, Eric Cocker
  • Patent number: 10714694
    Abstract: A delayed fluorescence material is disclosed. The delayed fluorescence material has a molecular structure that includes an electron donor unit that donates electrons; and an electron acceptor unit that is coupled to the electron donor unit and accepts electrons, wherein the electron acceptor unit includes an indolocarbazole group having at least one acceptor functional-group bound to the indolocarbazole group. Thus, the delayed fluorescence material exhibits high structural and thermal stability as well as high quantum efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Junyeob Lee, Yirang Im
  • Patent number: 10709890
    Abstract: The disclosure describes devices and systems for determining alternative electrode combinations and power consumption for these alternative electrode combinations. In one example, a method includes identifying a set of one or more electrodes configured to deliver electrical stimulation therapy via a lead, determining, based on the set of one or more electrodes, one or more alternative electrode combinations for delivering electrical stimulation therapy, calculating, for each of the one or more alternative electrode combinations, a respective field similarity score with respect to the set of one or more electrodes, and outputting a representation of at least one of the one or more alternative electrode combinations for selection in at least partially defining electrical stimulation therapy, the representation comprising an indication of at least one of the respective power consumption values or the respective field similarity scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.V.
    Inventors: Mattias Bengt Johan Astrom, Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol
  • Patent number: 10714227
    Abstract: A shutter for controlling radiation exposure includes a rotatable member. The rotatable member is rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The rotatable member includes a passageway, wherein the passageway is positioned to receive radiation in the open position and is not positioned to receive radiation in the closed position. In the closed position, the rotatable member may substantially block or absorb the radiation. The passageway may collimate the radiation into a beam of radiation. The rotatable member may include a plurality of passageways positioned to receive radiation in the open position. The rotatable member may be rotatable between a plurality of open positions, each open position corresponding to at least one passageway. The open positions may align the source of radiation with different passageways in the rotatable member to form a different beam shape, a different number of beams, a different beam direction, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: GEORGETOWN RAIL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Charles Wayne Aaron, Shuang Cui, Michael John Liesenfelt, Paul Daniel Ridgeway, James Edward Baciak, Jeb Everett Belcher
  • Patent number: 10715342
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to manage service user discovery and service launch object placement on a device. A method comprising: obtaining information to assist in identifying a portion of a user interface of a wireless device, the wireless device communicatively coupled to a network system over a wireless access network; determining a differentiating attribute of the identified portion of the user interface; obtaining one or more service launch objects for placement in the identified portion of the user interface; and sending configuration information to the wireless device over the wireless access network to assist the wireless device in placing the one or more service launch objects in the identified portion of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jeffrey Green, Jose Tellado
  • Patent number: 10711221
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to refining one or more grain oil composition streams (e.g., distillers corn oil or syrup) in a biorefinery to provide one or more refined grain oil products, where each grain oil product has targeted amounts of a free fatty acid component and the fatty acid alkyl ester component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Lamprecht, Tyler L. Jordison, Alexander T. McCurdy, Steven T. Bly
  • Patent number: 10709796
    Abstract: An optimized coding sequence of human blood clotting factor eight (VIII) and a promoter may be used in vectors, such as rAAV, for introduction of factor VIII, and/or other blood clotting factors and transgenes. Exemplary of these factors and transgenes arc alpha-1-antitrypsin, as well as those involved in the coagulation cascade, hepatocye biology, lysosomal storage, urea cycle disorders, and lipid storage diseases. Cells, vectors, proteins, and glycoproteins produced by cells transformed by the vectors and sequence, may be used in treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: UCL BUSINESS PLC, THROMBOSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Amit Nathwani, Natalie Ward, Adrian Thrasher, Edward Tuddenham, John McVey, John Gray, Andrew Davidoff
  • Patent number: 10716104
    Abstract: A method for controlling C-RAN applicable for a C-RAN having a plurality of remote radio heads (RRH) and a baseband unit (BBU) includes the following steps: collecting a first uplink signal corresponding to a first user end device, determining a first estimated region based on a communication range of part of RRH's receiving the first uplink signal, setting N estimated coordinates in the first estimated region wherein N is larger than one, giving N moving directions to the N estimated coordinates, modifying the N estimated coordinates based on a maximum displacement and the N moving directions, and selecting at least one RRH to send a type-3 downlink packet to the first user end device based on the N modified estimated coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jen-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10713425
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a system for generating a draft proposal. During operation, the system obtains a schema that represents a general model of a request for proposal (RFP). The system generates a structured RFP from an RFP document by structuring one or more elements of the RFP document in the structured RFP based on the schema. The system then generates a proposal outline comprising one or more sections. A respective one of the one or more sections corresponds to one of the one or more elements. The system obtains a piece of content for a respective section of the one or more sections based on a requirement specified in an element corresponding to the section and inserts the piece of content in the section of the proposal outline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Kyle D. Dent, Filip Masri
  • Patent number: 10709989
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for analyzing a game update effect according to a change in a gamer action sequence, the apparatus including: a gamer action information collector configured to collect action information of a gamer from a game operating server that provides a gamer terminal with a game and stores the action information of the gamer therein; a gamer action information sequence identifier configured to detect an action sequence of the gamer from the collected action information of the gamer; and an update result analyzer configured to analyze an consequence on behavior of the gamer with respect to an update of a game service by comparing action sequences of the gamer detected through the gamer action information sequence identifier on the basis of a time point of the update of the game service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Si Hwan Jang, Seong Il Yang, Hyung Keun Jee
  • Patent number: 10713674
    Abstract: A method reduces substation demand fluctuations using decoupled price scheme to mange load flexibility to follow renewable variations in a power distribution system. The price scheme includes base energy price component, up/down reserve usage price component, and up/down reserve usage variation price component. The operator adjusts the corresponding price components to achieve desired aggregated demand profile at a substation. Meanwhile, the operator determines the optimal amount of reduced loads, removed loads and transferred loads to minimize the total cost of substation power purchase, available but unused renewable penalty, and demand responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Hongbo Sun
  • Patent number: 10715251
    Abstract: A free-space optical (FSO) communication system includes a transmitter including a modulated light source and transmit optics for emitting a modulated optical signal into a FS channel toward a receiver. A receiver is coupled to receive the modulated optical signal including receive optics coupled to a few-mode (FM) pre-amplifier that is coupled to a demodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Guifang Li
  • Patent number: 10714103
    Abstract: Provided is an encoding apparatus for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal, and may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a stereo encoder to down mix the input signal to a mono signal when the input signal is a stereo signal, and to extract stereo sound image information; a frequency band expander to expand a frequency band of the input signal; a sampling rate converter to convert a sampling rate; a speech signal encoder to encode the input signal using a speech encoding module when the input signal is a speech characteristics signal; a audio signal encoder to encode the input signal using a audio encoding module when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae Jin Lee, Seung-Kwon Baek, Min Je Kim, Dae Young Jang, Jeongil Seo, Kyeongok Kang, Jin-Woo Hong, Hochong Park, Young-Cheol Park