Patents Assigned to Research
  • LOW DENSITY PARITY CHECK CODE DECODER AND METHOD FOR DECODING LDPC CODE
    Publication number: 20200119750
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an LDPC code decoder and a decoding method. A check node update processor of the LDPC code decoder includes: an AFM condition check unit which checks whether a predetermined specific condition is satisfied, and a check node determining unit which sets an approximate minimum value as a size of an entire check node output when it is determined that the specific condition is satisfied as a checking result in the AFM condition check unit and calculates a first minimum value as a true minimum value and sets a second minimum value as an approximate minimum value when it is determined that the specific condition is not satisfied to determine a size of the check node output. According to the present disclosure, a consumed hardware resource amount may be reduced by an algorithm using an approximate minimum value in a specific condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Jun HEO, Sung Sik YOON, Byung Kyu AHN
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A CHIP PROVIDED WITH AN OPTICAL SENSOR
    Publication number: 20200119219
    Abstract: An electronic device, comprising: a support plate having a rear face and a front face; an electronic integrated circuit chip having a rear face mounted on the front face of the support plate and including an optical component in a front face; and a sleeve forming a traversing passage and having a rear edge and a front edge at the opposite ends of the traversing passage, the rear edge being mounted on the front face of the chip, in such a position that the optical component of the chip is facing the traversing passage of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin CAMPBELL, Maria Rosa LOPEZ BORBONES, Dominique NUYTS
  • COMPOSITIONS FOR AMELIORATING, PREVENTING OR TREATING SOMNIPATHY INCLUDING PHLOROGLUCINOL AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SUPPRESSING TOLERANCE TO OR ALLEVIATING SIDE EFFECTS OF AGONIST AT BENZODIAZEPINE BINDING SITE OF GABA-A RECEPTOR INCLUDING PHLOROGLUCINOL AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT
    Publication number: 20200113848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating somnipathy including phloroglucinol as an active ingredient and a health functional food composition for ameliorating somnipathy including phloroglucinol as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition and the health functional food composition according to the present invention rapidly and reliably induce and maintain sleep, prevent repeated awakenings, unalter physiological sleep architecture, are particularly devoid of residual sedative effects, which could impair daytime functioning and cognitive performance, do not cause tolerance to a conventional agonist at the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA-A receptor despite long-term administration, and do not cause side effects of a conventional agonist at the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABA-A receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KOREA FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sueng Mok CHO, Min Young UM, Min Seok YOON, Hye Jin YANG, Jae Kwang LEE, Jong Hoon JUNG
  • STRETCHABLE SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, STRETCHABLE DISPLAY AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND OPERATING METHOD OF STRETCHABLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20200119294
    Abstract: A stretchable display according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a hybrid stretchable substrate divided into a low stretchable region and a high stretchable region having a modulus lower than that of the low stretchable region; a driving element layer including a driving element on the low stretchable region so as to control a light emitting layer, and wiring on the high stretchable region so as to be electrically connected to a part of the driving element to apply an electrical signal; and the light emitting layer provided on the driving element layer, and electrically connected to the driving element layer to emit light, wherein, between the driving element and the wiring, the wiring can overlap a stretchable mask pattern having a shape corresponding to either the low stretchable region or high stretchable region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus
    Inventors: Sang Il KIM, Mun Pyo Hong, Dong Hyeok Lee, Ho Won Yoon, Min Hyun Jung
  • CO-BASED HIGH-STRENGTH AMORPHOUS ALLOY AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200115775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amorphous alloy corresponding to the formula: CoaNibMoc(C1-xBx)dXe wherein X is one or several elements selected from the group consisting of Cu, Si, Fe, P, Y, Er, Cr, Ga, Ta, Nb, V and W; wherein the indices a to e and x satisfy the following conditions: 55?a?75 at. % 0?b?15 at. % 7?c?17 at. % 15?d?23 at. % 0.1?x?0.9 at. % 0?e?10 at. %, each element selected from the group having a content?3 at. % and preferably?2 at. %, the balance being impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Alban DUBACH, David EHINGER, Mihai STOICA
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OCCUPANCY-DRIVEN REGISTER AIRFLOW CONTROL
    Publication number: 20200116371
    Abstract: An HVAC register airflow control system and an air flow control method are provided. A housing of the system is in fluid communication with an air source for supplying an airflow. The housing includes an air outlet to the enclosed space. A detection sensor detects occupancy information of the enclosed space. A controller generates a control signal based on the occupancy information and controls the shape change of a damper made of a shape memory material. The damper is controlled to switch between a first operative configuration for preventing the airflow from entering the enclosed space and a second operative configured for permitting the airflow to enter the enclosed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Ya WANG, Zhangjie CHEN
  • ADAPTIVE REMAINING USEFUL LIFE ESTIMATION METHOD USING CONSTRAINT CONVEX REGRESSION FROM DEGRADATION MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20200116585
    Abstract: One embodiment can provide a system for estimating useful life of a load-bearing structure. During operation, the system can perform a degradation measurement on the structure to obtain degradation data for a predetermined time interval, apply a constraint convex regression model to the degradation data, estimate a total useful life (TUL) of the structure based on outputs of the constraint convex regression model, and predicting a remaining useful life (RUL) based on the TUL and a current time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventor: Deokwoo Jung
  • NOVEL METHOD FOR LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY
    Publication number: 20200116729
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel method for lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) by utilizing plasmonic enhancement strategy. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a plasmonic enhanced lateral flow sensor (pLFS) concept by introducing a liposome-based amplification of the colorimetric signals on the lateral flow platform for ultrasensitive detection of pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Joseph Irudayaraj
  • ELECTRIC PUMP
    Publication number: 20200119626
    Abstract: An electric pump is provided. The electric pump includes a PCB board, where the PCB board is formed with a power input port. The electric pump further includes a common mode filter, where the common-mode filter includes a common mode inductor, and the common mode inductor is arranged close to the power input port; and in a direction perpendicular to a plane on which the PCB is located, no wiring is provided at the common mode inductor corresponding to a wiring film layer in the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Hangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lulu Zhang, Hongmei Tian
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DETECTING FREQUENCY AND PHASE OF CLOCK SIGNAL AND CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20200119739
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a phase-shifted data signal generation circuit configured to generate a plurality of phase-shifted data signals from an input data signal based on at least one phase-shifted clock signal; a synchronization circuit configured to generate a plurality of synchronization data signals by applying the at least one phase-shifted clock signal to the plurality of phase-shifted data signals provided by the phase-shifted data signal generation circuit; and a control signal generation circuit configured to perform logic operations on the plurality of synchronization data signals to generate a phase control signal for controlling a phase of the at least one phase-shifted clock signal, and generate a frequency control signal for controlling a frequency of the at least one phase-shifted clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seong-kyun SHIN, Myoung-bo KWAK, Jong-shin SHIN, Jung-myung CHOI, Jin-wook BURM, Chang-zhi YU, Dae-wung LEE
  • VENTILATION FLOW RATE REGULATOR FOR A PRESSURIZED VEHICLE TANK
    Publication number: 20200114755
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation flow rate regulator (1) for a pressurized vehicle tank (4), which comprises a plunger (10) adapted to be mounted in a ventilation line (7). The plunger (10) has at least one peripheral orifice (111) and at least one non-central internal orifice (112) which is closer to an axis of symmetry (A) of the plunger (10 than the peripheral orifice (111). The non-central internal orifice (112) has a section perpendicular to the axis of symmetry (A) which is smaller than any section of the peripheral orifice (111) perpendicular to the axis of symmetry (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
    Inventor: Tae-Gwon KIM
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF OFFSPRING IN MAMMALS
    Publication number: 20200116731
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for predicting fertility and/or confirming the success of pregnancy and/or litter size in mammals. Novel methods and devices for field testing of mammal samples for pregnancy success and reproduction prosperity (fecundity) are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: NDSU Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kimberly A. VONNAHME, Victoria C. KENNEDY
  • RENTAL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANAGING RENTAL, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200118201
    Abstract: A rental management apparatus for managing rental of moving objects capable of establishing communication with an external device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire: credibility information including credibility which is a numerical form of credit of a user carrying a terminal; positional information about the moving objects; and positional information about the terminal; and transmit, to the terminal, permission information for permitting rental of at least one of the moving objects present in a predetermined area covering a position of the terminal when the credibility included in the credibility information about the user is equal to or greater than a prescribed value and the moving objects are present in the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki KANEICHI, Naoya SUGITA
  • USAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANAGING USAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200118237
    Abstract: A usage management device, includes: a control unit to receive usage request information and availability information from a moving object which communicates with outside, the usage request information being for requesting a use of the moving object and being transmitted from a requester, who provides a service using the moving object, to the moving object, the availability information including information which indicates permission or non-permission of the use of the moving object and is transmitted from the moving object to the requester on a basis of the usage request information, and store the usage request information and the availability information in association with each other in a storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki KANEICHI, Naoya SUGITA
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LATENCY COMPENSATION IN ROBOTIC TELEOPERATION
    Publication number: 20200114513
    Abstract: A method includes presenting a virtual representation of an environment of a robot, receiving a first user command to control the robot within the environment, rendering a predicted version of the virtual representation during a period of latency in which current data pertaining to the environment of the robot is not available, updating the predicted version of the virtual representation based upon a second user command received during the period of latency, and upon conclusion of the period of latency, reconciling the predicted version of the virtual representation with current data pertaining to the environment of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Allison Thackston, Sam Zapolsky, Katarina Bouma, Laura Stelzner, Ron Goldman
  • HIGH VOLTAGE BRIDGE RECTIFIER
    Publication number: 20200119654
    Abstract: Provided is a high voltage bridge rectifier. The high voltage bridge rectifier includes a supporter, a substrate on the supporter, a plurality of equivalent diode circuits mounted on the substrate, interconnection lines, and terminals. The substrate may include an insulation layer, element pads disposed on a center of the insulation layer, and terminal pads disposed on an edge of the insulation layer to surround the element pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi Hoon JUN, Sang Choon KO, Dong Yun JUNG, Jong-Moon PARK, Hyun-Gyu JANG
  • SYNTHESIS OF LONG-CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS BY RECOMBINANT CELLS
    Publication number: 20200115725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Surinder Pal Singh, Stanley Suresh Robert, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Xue-Rong Zhou, James Robertson Petrie, Allan Graham Green
  • TREATMENT OF RELAPSED AND/OR REFRACTORY SOLID TUMORS AND NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMAS
    Publication number: 20200113905
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory solid tumors (including neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC)) and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) and the like, using substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds useful for the inhibition of lysine specific demethylase-1 (LSD-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: CELGENE QUANTICEL RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Jiangchun XU, Robert Cho, Aaron Nguyen
  • SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION AND DELIVERY OF NEUROCHEMICAL AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS FOR FUNCTIONAL RESTORATION
    Publication number: 20200114154
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials involved in detecting and delivering neurochemical signals, electrophysiological signals, ions, or combinations thereof within a mammal. For example, systems that can include one or more implantable devices containing probes configured to detect neurochemical signals (e.g., neurotransmitter concentrations), electrical signals, ions, or combinations thereof and one or more implantable devices containing electrodes and/or microfluidic delivery components configured to deliver neurochemical signals (e.g., neurotransmitters), electrical signals, ions, or combinations thereof to one or more locations within a mammal are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Kevin E. Bennet, Kendall H. Lee
  • GATES WITH TRANSITION RAMPS FOR OVERHEAD LIFTING RAILS
    Publication number: 20200113763
    Abstract: A gate system that includes a first gate that couples to a first rail, the first rail partially defining a travel path for a lifting carriage and the first gate including a first ramp having a slope that is angled relative to the first rail when coupled thereto. The system includes a second gate that couples to a second rail, the second rail partially defining the travel path for the lifting carriage and the second gate including a second ramp having a slope that is angled relative to the second rail when coupled thereto. The first ramp and the second ramp provide a switch location when coupled to the first rail and the second rail where the lifting carriage translates between the first rail and the second rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Liko Research & Development AB
    Inventor: Samuel Svintozelsky