Patents Assigned to Research
  • Publication number: 20130324060
    Abstract: A mobile communications device may include an RE signal source configured to generate RF signals over an RE frequency band(s), and an RF transmitter coupled to the RE signal source. The RF transmitter may include an RF amplifier configured to operate over a plurality of different power control levels. The RF amplifier may have an input configured to receive the RF signals from the RF signal source and an output having an impedance which changes based upon changes between the different power control levels. The RF transmitter may further include a shunt resistor(s) coupling the output of the amplifier to a voltage reference, and the shunt resistor(s) may be configured to decrease a highest impedance change of the RE amplifier output to below a threshold impedance level. An antenna(s) may be coupled to the output of the RF amplifier to operate over the at least one RF frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Dennis Keith Shaw, Prasad Venkatesh Madabusi Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20130323410
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method of fabricating an integrated circuit. The method includes providing a substrate having a metal and dielectric damascene metallization layer and depositing substantially on the metal a cap. After deposition of the cap, the substrate is cleaned with a solution comprising an amine to provide a pH for the cleaning solution of 7 to about 13. Another embodiment of the presented invention is a method of cleaning substrates. Still another embodiment of the present invention is a formulation for a cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventor: Lam Research Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130320255
    Abstract: Amphiphilic copolymers formed from plant oil-derived vinyl ether monomers and polyethylene glycol alkyl vinyl ethers are provided. Nanoparticles coated with these amphiphilic polymers are well-suited for water remediation applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NDSU Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bret Ja Chisholm, AChintya Bezbaruah, Harjyoti Kalita
  • Publication number: 20130324433
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reversing or preventing a target cell's resistance to a death receptor agonist. Also provided are methods of screening for biomarkers resistance of and monitoring resistance to death receptor agonists. Also provided are methods of selectively inducing apoptosis in a target cell, treating a subject with cancer, autoimmune or inflammatory diseases, comprising administering compositions provided herein. Further provided are compositions comprising agents that modulate CARD containing proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tong Zhou, Robert P. Kimberly
  • Publication number: 20130321030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a movement average filter based on charge sampling and a moving average filtering method using the same. The moving average filter includes a voltage-current converter and a first sampling unit. The voltage-current converter converts an input voltage signal into an input current signal and outputs the input current signal. The first sampling unit includes a first 1-unit sampler, an ?-unit sampler, and a second 1-unit sampler connected in parallel between an output terminal of the voltage-current converter and a filtered signal output terminal, wherein each of the first 1-unit sampler, the ?-unit sampler, and the second 1-unit sampler has a sampling capacitor bank for performing charge sampling. A ratio of sampling capacitances of sampling capacitor banks of the first 1-unit sampler, the ?-unit sampler, and the second 1-unit sampler is 1:?:1, wherein a is adjusted to have a value between 1 and 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jang-Hyun Park, Seong-Hoon Choi, In-Su Jang, Chang-Beom Kim, Yong-Ho Cho, Soo-Hwan Shin, Soon-Jae Kweon, Hyung-Joun Yoo
  • Publication number: 20130324392
    Abstract: Provided is a production method for a porous alumina material, comprising the steps of: mixing an alkoxysilane solution that comprises an alkoxysilane, a mixed solvent comprising water and an alcohol, and an inorganic acid, with an aluminum solution comprising an aluminum compound and water, to prepare a mixed solution in which the aluminum compound and the alkoxysilane are dissolved in the mixed solvent; co-precipitating aluminum hydroxide with a silicon compound in the mixed solution, to form a precipitate; and baking the precipitate to form a porous alumina material comprising aluminum oxide and silicon oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: RENAISSANCE ENERGY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Hasegawa, Osamu Okada, Chihiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20130325893
    Abstract: The processing of data and inventory, particularly with regards to packages having an issue affecting their delivery, is disclosed. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure help enable the quick, efficient, and accurate resolution to such issues. In various embodiments, a method performed by a computer program operating on a computer system is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving, by the computer system, an identifier for a package; in response to receiving the identifier, automatically retrieving, by the computer system, a database entry associated with the package from a database in communication with the computer system; determining, by the computer system, based on the database entry, that the package was refused by an intended recipient; and automatically modifying, by the computer system, a status field of the database entry to indicate the package was refused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Northwest Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Asay, John Bickerstaff, Thomas Brenna, Trisha Erickson, Greg Fowler, Glen Lewis
  • Publication number: 20130322330
    Abstract: A communication apparatus for a group moving object in a communication system includes a Radio Frequency (RF) transmission/reception unit configured to simultaneously set up links with two or more Base Stations (BSs) placed on right and left sides of a road or a track, a baseband unit configured to perform baseband signal processing on signals transmitted and received through the RF transmission/reception unit, and a network interface unit connected to the baseband unit and configured to establish an Ethernet connection for providing communication service to devices within the group moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Bong-Su KIM, Kwang-Seon KIM, Min-Soo KANG, Woo-Jin BYUN
  • Publication number: 20130325438
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touchscreen keyboard with corrective word prediction. A method for correcting text input on an electronic device is described. The method comprises: displaying a virtual keyboard on a touchscreen, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of keys; receiving input from the virtual keyboard; generating one or more predicted sets of characters in accordance with the received input; and displaying a predicted set of characters at a designated location when the received input does not match one of the predicted sets of characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Alistair Robert HAMILTON, Donald Somerset McCulloch MCKENZIE, Jerome PASQUERO
  • Publication number: 20130326736
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting plant parasitic nematodes, methods of obtaining transgenic plants useful for inhibiting such nematodes, and transgenic plants that are resistant to plant parasitic nematodes through inhibition of plant nematode CLE peptide receptor genes are provided. Methods for expressing genes at plant parasitic nematode feeding sites with plant nematode CLE peptide receptor gene promoters are also provided, along with nematode CLE peptide receptor gene promoters that are useful for expressing genes in nematode feeding sites as well as transgenic plants and nematode resistant transgenic plants comprising the promoters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Melissa G. Mitchum, Amy Replogle, Jianying Wang, Xiaohong Wang, Shiyan Chen, Ping Lang, Eric L. Davis, Thomas J. Baum, Richard S. Hussey
  • Publication number: 20130319775
    Abstract: A weight scale for a patient lift system includes a frame assembly. A plurality of force sensors are coupled to the frame assembly. Each of the plurality of force sensors is configured to generate a signal indicative of a measured weight force. A foot rest panel is coupled to the frame assembly. The foot rest panel is configured to support a patient. An angle sensor is operatively coupled to the frame assembly. The angle sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of an angle of the frame assembly with respect to a horizontal reference plane. A controller is coupled in signal communication with each force sensor and the angle sensor. The controller includes one or more processors configured to receive signals from each force sensor and the angle sensor to determine an actual weight force of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: LIKO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Liew Chooi Ngoh, Wen Yuanqiang
  • Publication number: 20130322535
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for encoding and decoding images using a plurality of reference images and a device using the method. The decoding method comprises the steps of: decoding predictive direction information; and decoding reference picture index information on the basis of said predictive direction information. Thus, the invention can increase an encoding efficiency by reducing the number of reference picture indexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Se Yoon Jeong, Suk Hee Cho, Jong Ho Kim, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Hae Chul Choi
  • Publication number: 20130324627
    Abstract: Polymeric foams and elastomer/hydrogel bicontinuous composite structures derived from high internal phase emulsions and possessing shape-memory characteristics are disclosed, as well as processes for forming the same and uses thereof in, for example, manufacturing of various articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Michael S. Silverstein, Inna Gurevitch, Christine Warwar
  • Publication number: 20130322856
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing media in a convergence media service platform. The apparatus includes a media-based sensory effect (MSE) processing unit, an AV processing unit, a sensory effect processing unit, and a media creation unit. The MSE processing unit extracts one or more sensory effects from Audio/Video (AV) media. The AV processing unit separates AV media into an audio and a video, and decodes the AV media based on media format. The sensory effect processing unit adds the extracted sensory effects in synchronization with the waveform of the separate audio, and edits the attributes of the added sensory effects. The media creation unit creates convergence media by adding the added sensory effects to the AV media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  • Publication number: 20130321421
    Abstract: A method for determining an optimal location for positioning an image capturing device within a volume, the method including, obtaining a plurality of points to be visible from the image capturing device, performing inversion on points located in the vicinity of the plurality of points thus creating a computerized inversed object, each point in the vicinity of the plurality of point is translated to a corresponding point in the computerized inversed object, defining a convex hull of the inversed object, determining if a point of the plurality of points is visible from the viewpoint according to the position of its corresponding point on the convex hull relative to its neighbor points, repeating said determining for multiple locations within the volume, determining whether a predetermined set of points is visible from each location, selecting the optimal location of the image capturing device based on the results of said repeated determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: Sagi Katz, Ayellet Tal
  • Publication number: 20130321585
    Abstract: A biometrics system captures and processes a handprint image using a structured light illumination to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint. A processing unit calculates 3D coordinates of the hand from the plurality of images and maps the 3D coordinates to a 2D flat surface to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Laurence G. Hassebrook, Daniel L. Lau, Henry G. Dietz
  • Publication number: 20130321283
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a plurality of display elements on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device; in response to detecting a touch lasting at least a first duration and associated with a first portion of the plurality of display elements, selecting the first portion; and in response to the touch lasting at least a second duration longer than the first duration, selecting a second portion of the plurality of display elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Genevieve Elizabeth MAK
  • Publication number: 20130323311
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions comprising collagen binding peptides coupled to nanoparticles. The invention also relates to a method of imaging a collagenous matrix using a composition comprising collagen binding peptides coupled to nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: John E. Paderi, Alyssa Panitch
  • Publication number: 20130323733
    Abstract: Methods of using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), SNP haplotype block, and haplotype to predict whether or not a subject will develop necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME) and probe sets that facilitate those methods are disclosed. In preferred forms, the subject is a canine species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Matthew Huentelman, Scott Schatzberg, Renee Barber, Jason Corneveaux
  • Publication number: 20130325382
    Abstract: A side channel analysis apparatus based on a profile includes a waveform collection unit configured to collect leaked information from a target device of a side channel analysis; and a preprocessing unit configured to preprocess a waveform data correspond to the leaked information collected from the waveform collection unit before analyzing same. Further, the side channel analysis apparatus includes an analysis unit configured to analyze the waveform data preprocessed in the preprocessing unit; and a profile configuration unit configured to make each process of the waveform collection unit, the preprocessing unit, and the analysis unit into a process and configure a profile for managing each process by connection of each process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute