Patents Assigned to Research
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Patent number: 10644181Abstract: A photovoltaic module is provided, and a cell set thereof includes a first cell, a second cell, and a conductive connection element. In the first cell, a first semiconductor stack has a first surface, a second surface, and a first side surface. A first electrode is disposed on the first surface. A second electrode is disposed on the second surface. In the second cell, a second semiconductor stack has a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second side surface. A third electrode is disposed on the third surface. A fourth electrode is disposed on the fourth surface. The conductive connection element connects the first electrode with a part of a first insulation layer on the second surface, and connects the third electrode with a part of a second insulation layer on the fourth surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chao-Ping Huang, Shang-Yeh Wen, Cheng-Yu Peng
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Patent number: 10641852Abstract: A low-field MRI system comprising: a magnetics system having a plurality of magnetics components configured to produce magnetic fields for MR imaging. The magnetics system comprises: a B0 magnet configured to produce a B0 field at a field strength of less than 0.2 Tesla (T); a plurality of gradient coils configured to, when operated, generate magnetic fields to provide spatial encoding of emitted MR signals; and at least one RF coil configured to, when operated, transmit RF signals to a field of view of the MIR system and to respond to MR signals emitted from the field of view. The MRI system comprises a power system comprising one or more power components configured to provide power to the magnetics system to operate the MRI system to perform image acquisition, wherein the power system operates the MRI system using an average of less than 5 kilowatts during image acquisition.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Hyperfine Research, Inc.Inventors: Michael Stephen Poole, Cedric Hugon, Hadrien A. Dyvorne, Laura Sacolick, William J. Mileski, Jeremy Christopher Jordan, Alan B. Katze, Jr., Jonathan M. Rothberg, Todd Rearick, Christopher Thomas McNulty
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Patent number: 10642918Abstract: A publish/subscribe system is described that can adjust to provide high performance for diverse application environments through an attribute structure based on predicates of a subscription, each attribute structure with one or more buckets to which attribute values of a subscription may be stored. Various data structures can be used in the attribute structure to locate the buckets containing the subscriptions. The data structures selected for each subscription are based on the attribute type and predicate operators of the subscription.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Sartaj K. Sahni, Tania Banerjee
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Publication number: 20200132951Abstract: An optical device includes a light-emitting element; an electronic circuit chip; a substrate on which the light-emitting element and the electronic circuit chip are mounted; a first electrode formed on a first mounting surface of the light-emitting element on the substrate; and a second electrode formed on a second mounting surface of the electronic circuit chip on the substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode have the same structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicants: FUJITSU LIMITED, NEC Corporation, Photonics Electronics Technology Research AssociationInventors: Nobuaki HATORI, Keizo KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20200136649Abstract: A syndrome-based decoding method and apparatus for a block turbo code are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention provides a syndrome-based decoding method for a block turbo code that includes an extended Hamming code as a component code, where the decoding method includes: (a) generating an input information value for a next half iteration by using channel passage information and the extrinsic information and reliability factor of a previous half iteration; (b) generating a hard decision word by way of a hard decision of the input information value; (c) calculating an n number of 1-bit syndromes, which corresponds to the number of columns or rows of the block turbo code, by using the hard decision word; and (d) determining whether or not to proceed with the next half iteration by using the calculated n number of 1-bit syndromes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATIONInventors: Jun HEO, Byungkyu AHN, Sung Sik YOON
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Publication number: 20200132670Abstract: The present invention relates to a fatty liver and liver fibrosis evaluation system based on impedance. The fatty liver and liver fibrosis evaluation system based on impedance provided in one aspect of the present invention uses 3-dimensional liver microtissues so that the fatty liver formation and the stiffness changes resulted from liver fibrosis induced by a test drug can be analyzed with non-invasive and highly reproducible manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jung-Hwa Oh, Jaehwan Ahn, Seokjoo Yoon, Jun-Ho Ahn, Heeyoung Yang, Hyoung-Yun Han
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Publication number: 20200132999Abstract: A scent visualization system may comprise a display apparatus for generating a target image including a target object; an olfactory sensor for detecting a scent; and a scent visualization apparatus for generating target associative visualization information that reminds the scent from the target image received from the display apparatus and sensing information received from the olfactory sensor, and generating an associative image by combining the target associative visualization information and the target image. Therefore, a low-cost, high-efficiency, high-utilization, and high-convenience scent visualization system can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jong Woo CHOI, Jun Seok PARK, Joon Hak BANG, Hae Ryong LEE, Sung June CHANG
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Publication number: 20200134393Abstract: Provided is a neural-network-based classification method, including: generating, by a neural network, one or more score vectors corresponding to one or more samples respectively; determining a first subset of the one or more samples according to the one or more score vectors and a first decision threshold, wherein the first subset is associated with a first class; and selecting samples to be re-examined from the one or more samples according to the first subset.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Ching-Hao Lai, Mao-Yu Huang
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Publication number: 20200135220Abstract: Disclosed are an audio signal encoding method and audio signal decoding method, and an encoder and decoder performing the same. The audio signal encoding method includes applying an audio signal to a training model including N autoencoders provided in a cascade structure, encoding an output result derived through the training model, and generating a bitstream with respect to the audio signal based on the encoded output result.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYInventors: Mi Suk LEE, Jongmo SUNG, Minje KIM, Kai ZHEN
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Publication number: 20200129767Abstract: A nerve activity blocking system (100) includes a blocking electrode (102) configured to generate a blocking electrical signal that blocks, at least in part, an action potential propagating through a nerve system of a body. using a low frequency alternating current. The blocking electrical signal prevents propagation of the action potential by overriding another electrical signal controlling an organ of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Indiana University Research and Technology CorporationInventors: Ken Yoshida, Michael Ryne Horn
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Publication number: 20200131191Abstract: The invention provides a series of conformationally stable kinase inhibitors, and methods of using the kinase inhibitors. The effect of atropisomerism on kinase selectivity was assessed, finding improved selectivity compared to rapidly interconverting parent compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Jeffrey L. GUSTAFSON, Davis E. SMITH, David HECHT, Isaac MARQUEZ, Sean TOENJES
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Publication number: 20200134924Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for object networking. The apparatus includes one or more processors and executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors. The at least one program registers a real object included in the scene recognized by the virtualization display device of a user as an object of interest, generates a local network using local information pertaining to the object of interest, and generates a global network of multiple objects of interest from the local networks of the multiple objects of interest using global information pertaining to the object of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Tae-Yeon KIM, Bhum-Cheol LEE, Ho-Yong RYU, Pyung-Koo PARK, Sung-Hyun YOON, Ho-Sun YOON, Sung-Back HONG, Jung-Yeon HWANG
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Publication number: 20200130013Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration actuator device. The vibration actuator device includes a substrate, lower supports disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction, an actuator disposed on the lower supports to generate a vibration having a first resonant frequency by an external power, a vibration plate disposed on the actuator to vibrate in accordance with the actuator, and a mass portion disposed on the vibration plate to vibrate in accordance with the actuator and the vibration plate. Here, each of the vibration plate and the mass portion has a second resonant frequency that is less than the first resonant frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kang-Ho PARK, Hye Jin KIM, Seongwoo CHO
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Publication number: 20200132541Abstract: An optical measurement stability control system includes a case, a circulating flow field, an optical measurement system and a heat dissipation flow field. The case has an airtight space. The circulating flow field is located in the airtight space and adapted to generate an airflow flowing in the airtight space. The optical measurement system is located in the airtight space and located on a flow path of the airflow. The heat dissipation flow field is connected to the case and located at an end of the flow path. The heat dissipation flow field discharges heat out of the airtight space by heat conduction and forced convection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Wen-Hsien Su, Chun-Ming Wen, Chia-Ching Lin
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Publication number: 20200131558Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of a bacterial species to resist the action of an antimicrobial drug, has been on the rise due to the widespread use of antimicrobial agents, and one of the many ways AMR can spread is through contaminated water sources. To monitor these water sources, we have developed an inexpensive, fast assay using a paper-based analytical device (PAD) that can test for the presence of ?-lactamase-mediated resistance as one major form of AMR that has reliably detected resistance in sewage water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Colorado State University Research FoundationInventors: Charles S. HENRY, Katherine BOEHLE, Brian J. GEISS
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Publication number: 20200133250Abstract: A method for determining a quality controlled sensor set from a redundant sensor set comprising calculating a first time correlation coefficient and a first autocorrelation coefficient based on a first sensor time series data, calculating a second time correlation coefficient and a second autocorrelation coefficient based on a second sensor time series data, calculating a first and second sensor correlation coefficient based on the first sensor time series data and the second sensor time series data, and determining the quality controlled sensor set with a highest confidence level.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: University Corporation for Atmospheric ResearchInventors: Andrew GAYDOS, Robert Kent Goodrich, Scott Landolt
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Publication number: 20200134916Abstract: A collaborative 3D modeling system, comprising a computer processing unit, a digital memory, and an electronic display, the computer processing unit and the digital memory configured to provide 3D model representations of a first plurality of versions of an object component for a first user, the versions being selectable along a first axis, and using the electronic display, provide a plurality of user identifications which are selectable along a second axis, wherein selecting a subsequent user causes a second plurality of said versions of said object component to be displayed on the electronic display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Cecil Piya, Vinayak Raman Krishnamurthy, Karthik Ramani
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Publication number: 20200129971Abstract: A Cu catalyst based on a metal organic framework as well as a preparation method and a use thereof is provided. The Cu catalyst based on a metal organic framework comprises composite particles with catalytic activity sites composed of copper in different oxidization states and a porous carbonized layer with a supporting effect. The method for preparing the catalyst includes the following steps: 1) preparing a metal organic framework Cu-MOF; and 2) carbonizing the metal organic framework Cu-MOF. The Cu catalyst can be used in aqueous phase catalysis to catalytically decompose organic pollutants in water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCESInventors: Xiaoli ZHAO, Fengchang WU, Yixin TAN
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Publication number: 20200134075Abstract: One embodiment provides a system for facilitating anomaly detection and characterization. During operation, the system determines, by a computing device, a first set of testing data which includes a plurality of data points, wherein the first set includes a data series for a first variable and one or more second variables. The system identifies anomalies by dividing the first set into a number of groups and performing an inter-quartile range analysis on data in each respective group. The system obtains, from the first set, a second set of testing data which includes a data series from a recent time period occurring before a current time, and which further includes a first data point from the identified anomalies. The system classifies the first data point as a first type of anomaly based on whether a magnitude of a derivative of the second set is greater than a first predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicants: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Panasonic CorporationInventors: Jungho Park, Ajay Raghavan, Ryan A. Rossi, Yosuke TAJIKA, Akira MINEGISHI, Tetsuyoshi OGURA
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Publication number: 20200130717Abstract: A rail state monitoring apparatus (1) includes: first and second transmission antennas (101, 102) to transmit first and second electric signals to rails (5, 6), respectively; first reception antenna (201) to receive a surface wave (21) of the first electric signal propagated through rail (5) and guided wave (32) of the second electric signal propagated through loop coil (10); second reception antenna (202) to receive surface wave (22) of the second electric signal propagated through rail (6) and guided wave (31) of the first electric signal propagated through loop coil (10); and a processor. The processor obtains received powers of the respective electric signals received by first and second reception antennas (201, 202), determines a rail state from “good”, “rail broken”, “rail crack”, or “rail surface anomaly” based on the received powers, and outputs the rail state as rail state information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicants: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Wataru TSUJITA, Kenzo MAKINO, Atsushi TAKAMI, Bingnan WANG
