Patents Assigned to Research
  • Optical equipment and registration method
    Patent number: 8514390
    Abstract: An optical equipment for inspecting and addressing a specimen is disclosed. The optical equipment comprises an optical device and a processing module. The optical device comprises a light source, a sample inspecting device and an address detecting device. The sample inspecting device comprises a first objective lens and a first detector. A beam is focused on a sample placed in an inspected site of a specimen by the first objective lens. The address detecting device comprises a second objective lens and a second detector. A beam is focused on the address coding site by the second objective lens. The processing module controls the beam to be focused on the sampling points of the inspected site to generate first optical signals, and simultaneously controls the beam of the light source to be focused on the corresponding address codes of the address coding site to generate second optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuo-Tung Tiao, Jau-Jiu Ju, Guo-Zua Wu, Tai-Ting Huang, Yuan-Chin Lee, Rung-Ywan Tsai
  • Method and apparatus for providing symmetrical output data for a double data rate DRAM
    Patent number: 8516292
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed to compensate for skew and asymmetry of a locally processed system clock used to synchronize an output signal, e.g., a data signal or a timing signal, from a logic circuit, for example a memory device. A first phase detector, array of delay lock loop (DLL) delay elements and accompanying circuitry are disclosed to phase-lock the rising edge of the output signal with the rising edge of the system clock XCLK signal. Additionally, a comparator circuit, a register delay, an array of DLL delay elements and accompanying circuitry are disclosed to add or subtract delay from the falling edge of the DQ signal in order to produce a symmetrical output of the DQ signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Wen Li, Aaron Schoenfeld, R. Jacob Baker
  • Method and apparatus pertaining to dynamically determining entered telephone numbers
    Patent number: 8514180
    Abstract: As keys of the keyboard of a portable communication device are asserted, the device dynamically determines at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the device's display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of these key assertions. By one approach this can comprise according a likelihood advantage to an explicit interpretation of one or more of the key assertions and/or implicit interpretations of such key assertions. These likelihood advantages need not be necessarily dispositive with respect to the resultant interpretation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: David Brandon Sosby, My-Phuong Thi Vu, Satyam Babu Kothapally
  • Apparatus and method for compensating feedback path distortion
    Patent number: 8514960
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for compensating a feedback path distortion in a digital broadcasting signal. The apparatus for improving a performance of a pre-equalizer in a transmitter of a digital broadcasting system having a feedback path for adaptively generating a filter coefficient of the pre-equalizer, includes a reference signal generator for generating a reference radio frequency (RF) signal, a feedback path estimator for estimating transmission band characteristic information for the feedback path based on the reference RF signal generated from the reference signal generator, and a feedback path compensator for compensating a demodulated signal transferred through the feedback path based on the estimated transmission band characteristic information from the feedback path estimator and generating a filter coefficient of the pre-equalizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Seo, Heung-Mook Kim, Ho-Min Eum, Sung-Ik Park, Jae-Young Lee, Jong-Soo Lim, Soo-In Lee
  • Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of compound text input and that employs N-gram data to limit generation of low-probability compound language solutions
    Patent number: 8515740
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. The device is able to analyze the combinations of language objects in light of N-gram data stored on the device to avoid proposing low-probability compound language solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Vadim Fux, Michael G. Elizarov
  • Non-invasive, in vivo fluorescent imaging of the nervous system in whole living animal
    Patent number: 8512678
    Abstract: A method is disclosed involving detecting the expression of a fluorescent protein of interest in an animal, wherein the animal is a transgenic animal having in its genome nucleic acid encoding said fluorescent protein operably linked to promoter nucleic acid from a protein that is normally expressed in the nervous system of the animal, the method comprising the step of non-invasively detecting fluorescence from said protein when expressed in said animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Lang Zhuo, Gideon Ho
  • Electronic apparatus having control function using human body communication and portable terminal having electronic apparatus control function using human body communication
    Patent number: 8515346
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a control function using human body communication includes: a first control unit reading control data and performing a control to provide the read control data; a first human body communication unit converting the control data into a signal, which is transmittable through human body communication, according to a control signal outputted from the first control unit; an electrode installed in an outer housing of the electronic apparatus and transmitting the signal provided from the first human body communication unit to a user's body which comes into contact with the electronic apparatus; and a first storage unit storing the control data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byoung Gun Choi, Sung Eun Kim, Sung Weon Kang, Jung Hwan Hwang, Tae Young Kang, Tae Wook Kang, Kyung Soo Kim, Jung Bum Kim, Kyung Hwan Park, Hyung Il Park, In Gi Lim, Seok Bong Hyun, Chang Hee Hyoung
  • Real-time arc control in electrosurgical generators
    Patent number: 8512332
    Abstract: An electrosurgical generator is disclosed. The generator includes a radio frequency output stage configured to generate a radio frequency waveform and a sensor circuit configured to measure a property of the radio frequency waveform during a predetermined sampling period to determine whether an arc event has occurred. The generator also includes a controller configured to determine a total charge and/or total energy deposited by the radio frequency waveform during the predetermined sampling period associated with the arc event. The controller is further configured to adjust the output of the electrosurgical generator based on at least one parameter to limit arcing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Covidien LP, Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: George J. Collins, Cameron A. Moore, Arlen K. Ward
  • System for automatically landing aircraft using image signals and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 8515636
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system for automatically landing an aircraft using image signals and a method of controlling the system. The system includes an altimeter installed on the aircraft; a landing mark placed at a landing location on a landing runway; a camera installed on the aircraft, oriented toward the front of the aircraft, and configured to detect the shape of the landing mark in image information form; and a FCC configured to calculate the angle between the aircraft and the ground, the ground range and the slant range between the aircraft and the landing location using the altitude information measured by the altimeter, the image information of the landing mark captured by the camera, angle information composed of the pitch, roll and yaw angles of the aircraft, and the angle of entry into the landing runway, and configured to control the automatic landing of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventor: Hyeon-Cheol Lee
  • Multimedia play apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8516053
    Abstract: Provided are a multimedia play apparatus and method. The multimedia play apparatus and method enable synchronization between an audio and a video through existing multimedia play time information, and even in a multimedia service that simultaneously provides multimedia and a message, the multimedia play apparatus and method enable synchronization between multimedia and a message that occurs by terminal characteristics between different environments and different users on the basis of existing multimedia play time information and multimedia meaning information. Moreover, by performing synchronization between multimedia and a message on the basis of the multimedia meaning information, the multimedia play apparatus and method can prevent the damage of a multimedia service that provides multimedia and a message together because of a spoiler corresponding to a malicious message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang Wook Park, Noh Sam Park, Jong Hyun Jang, Kwang Roh Park
  • Method and apparatus for resource allocation using directional beam in wireless network
    Patent number: 8514834
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for allocating resources using a directional beam in a wireless communication network is provided. A coordinator device calculates the number of flows able to be concurrently transmitted with each flow that is generated between the nodes and a transmission time of the each flow, and groups together the flows based on the calculation result. In addition, the coordinator device allocates resources to the respective nodes such that the nodes which generate the flows belonging to the same group can transmit the flows concurrently. Thus, the amount of the overall concurrent transmission can be maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong-Sun Kim, Woo-Yong Lee
  • Automated treatment system for sleep
    Patent number: 8512221
    Abstract: Automated behavioral methods and systems for treating Insomnia that use passive means for determining wake/sleep states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Consolidated Research of Richmond, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaplan Frederic Kaplan, Kenneth Alan Loparo, Ying Wang
  • Bearer path optimization
    Patent number: 8515432
    Abstract: Call control for originating and terminating calls in a visited circuit-switched subsystem (CS) or home multimedia subsystem (MS) as well as transferring calls between the visited CS and the home MS may be anchored at a continuity control function (CCF) in the home MS. Call signaling for the call may be passed through the CCF. When the user element is homed to the home MS and served by the visited CS, the bearer path for the call is established based on the relative proximity of the home MS and the visited CS. When a local MS is more proximate to the visited CS, the bearer path may be routed through a gateway in the local MS, instead of through the gateway in the home MS. When the home MS is sufficiently proximate to the visited CS, the bearer path is routed through the gateway in the home MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Kaniz Mahdi
  • Method and system for high rate uncorrelated shared secret bit extraction from wireless link characteristics
    Patent number: 8515061
    Abstract: A new methodology to exchange a random secret key between two parties. The diverse physical characteristics of the wireless medium and device mobility are exploited for secure key exchange. Unique physical characteristics of wireless channels between the two devices are measured at different random locations. A function of these unique characteristics determines the shared secret key between the two devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Neal Patwari, Jessica Erin Croft, Suman Jana, Sneha Kasera
  • Magnetic arrays with increased magnetic flux
    Patent number: 8514045
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention generally relate to a novel magnet arrangement to further enhance the performance of the array. The new arrangement of magnets (for example, five configurations) can result in significantly much higher percentage gain in magnetic flux with respect to the largest magnetic flux of a component magnet, as compared to Halbach array configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Scidea Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Pat Sankar
  • Refinery crude unit performance monitoring using advanced analytic techniques for raw material quality prediction
    Patent number: 8512550
    Abstract: A method for the determination of optimal pipestill operation comprising the steps of: feeding a crude oil feedstream into the pipestill wherein the crude oil feedstream is separated into boiling range fractions, performing a virtual assay of the crude oil feedstream to determine predicted boiling range fraction yields, comparing the predicted boiling range fraction yields with the actual boiling range fraction yields from the pipestill to determine differences between these fraction yields, relating the difference between the fraction yields with the operation of the pipestill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Arthur H. Rose, James M. Brown, Gregory M. Martin
  • Pixel structure and pixel circuit having multi-display mediums
    Patent number: 8513670
    Abstract: A pixel structure and a pixel circuit having multi-display mediums are provided. A storage capacitor and a first display medium are disposed in different layers, so as to overlap the storage capacitor with a pixel electrode of the first display medium. Accordingly, an area of the first display medium can be increased for enlarging an aperture ratio of the pixel. Furthermore, because a third pixel electrode is disposed in a conductive layer, the third pixel electrode can control/drive a second display medium under a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jing-Yi Yan, Yen-Shih Huang, Chen-Wei Lin, Hua-Chi Cheng
  • Peptides for binding fibrinogen and fibrin
    Patent number: 8513380
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for targeting substances to fibrinogen, fibrin monomers, or fibrin polymers are provided. These compositions and methods generally involve the use of fibrin knob peptides that bind fibrin(ogen), which can be used to detect fibrin(ogen) and modulate fibrin polymerization and fibrinolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Harrison Barker
  • Method for detachment of two objects
    Patent number: 8514046
    Abstract: A method is described herein for detachment of two objects. The method comprising the steps of: (a) associating a bias field source with a first magnetic structure associated with a first object, the first magnetic structure comprising one or more magnetic field sources, the first magnetic structure being magnetically attached to a second magnetic structure associated with a second object, the second magnetic structure comprising one or more magnetic field sources; and (b) using the bias field source to produce a repel force large enough to cause detachment of the first magnetic structure from the second magnetic structure thereby causing detachment of the first object from the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC.
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts, Ryan Fechner, Kelly Loum
  • Method of providing information via context searching of a printed graphic image
    Patent number: 8511565
    Abstract: A method of providing information to a user via a printed substrate. The substrate chas a graphic image and coded data indicative of a region identity associated with the substrate and of a plurality of locations on the substrate. The method includes the steps of: (i) receiving interaction data indicative of the region identity and a position of a sensing device relative to the image; (ii) identifying and retrieving a page description corresponding to the printed substrate using the region identity; (iii) generating a query expression including search terms; (iv) forming a request using the query expression; and sending the request to the user. At least one of the search terms is associated, in the page description, with a zone of the graphic image containing the position of the sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Lapstun, Michael Hollins, Kia Silverbrook, Zhamak Dehghani, Andrew Timothy Robert Newman