Patents Assigned to Sciences
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Publication number: 20250066713Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microorganism (NITE BP-03572) belonging to Rhodosporidiobolus azoricus or to a microorganism (NITE BP-03573) belonging to the genus Vanrija.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicants: Kureha Corporation, National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And TechnologyInventors: Tatsuyuki KOSHIYAMA, Yukihiro HIGASHIYAMA, Shun SATO, Tomotake MORITA, Azusa SAIKA, Kazunori USHIMARU
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Publication number: 20250067897Abstract: Provided herein is a tunnel electromagnetic joint scanning detection method and a system thereof. It introduces a new tunnel electromagnetic detection system called TEJS, realizes three-dimensional joint inversion of multi-component, time domain and frequency domain signals, and forms tunnel joint scanning imaging. This method adopts the mode of surface transmission, underground reception, multi-source transmission and multi-component reception. Based on an observation system, a large number of stochastic models are constructed and numerically simulated, and a large number of training data sets are constructed by using the simulated data to complete the training of UNet model. This model can realize real-time and fast imaging of the position of the low-resistance anomalous body in three-dimensional space. An algorithm forms a dual checking mechanism through surface imaging and underground imaging, which constrains the three-dimensional spatial position of anomalous body together to prevent misjudgment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaInventors: Lu GAN, Rongjiang TANG
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Publication number: 20250070534Abstract: A method for monitoring an optical signal (15) extracted from an optical cavity (42), such as a laser cavity (22), comprising the steps: receiving at least a portion of the optical signal (15) as an incident signal (1); converting the incident signal (1) into an error signal (9) by applying a conversion configuration including: propagating the incident signal (1) onto a detector (2) and deriving the error signal (9) based on a geometric beam shape, in particular based on a beam shape ellipticity, for example as proportional to a beam shape ellipticity, of the propagated incident signal (1) on the detector (2); wherein the error signal (9) has a local minimum, in particular a global minimum (13), and a local maximum, in particular a global maximum (14), wherein the local minimum and the local maximum delimit an interval (59) of error signal (9) values, wherein the conversion configuration configures the interval (59) to comprise a zero-crossing (58) of the error signal (9) when the optical cavity (42) isType: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Institute of Science and Technology - AustriaInventors: Fritz DIORICO, Onur HOSTEN
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Publication number: 20250069710Abstract: A method for enrolling patient candidates in a clinical trial includes generating first prediction data indicating predicted progression of a condition for a first group of patients that participated in a first clinical trial using a predictive model and clinical data associated with the first group of patients; grouping clinical trial data into subsets based on the first prediction data; analyzing each subset of clinical trial data to generate a measure of efficacy of the treatment; establishing screening criteria for a second clinical trial by identifying at least one subset that has a measure of efficacy that is higher than a measure of efficacy of the treatment for the full first group of patients; receiving clinical data of a candidate for the second clinical trial; generating second prediction data for the candidate; and enrolling the candidate in the second clinical trial when the second prediction data satisfies the screening criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Origent Data Sciences, Inc.Inventors: David L. ENNIST, Albert A. TAYLOR, Danielle E. BEAULIEU, Michael A. KEYMER
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Patent number: 12237908Abstract: Within a satellite communications system, a base station communicates with standard compliant user equipment (UE) via a satellite having a field of view. The base station has a processor that instructs the satellite to generate a wide beam signal covering a plurality of cells in the field of view, and detects an access request from a user equipment within the plurality of cells over the wide beam signal. The base station, comprising a processing device such as an eNodeB, then generates one or more network broadcast/access signals that is uplink to a satellite and broadcasted via one or more nominal beams generated by the satellite, covering all the inactive cells, one of the plurality of cells having the access request.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: AST & Science, LLCInventors: Huiwen Yao, Abel Avellan
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Patent number: 12236630Abstract: Systems and methods for depth detection and virtual modeling using surgical robots during a surgical procedure are described. The robotic surgical systems include robotic arms with interchangeable surgical tools. An endoscope at the end of one of the robotic arms includes a depth sensor for detecting a distance from the camera to patient anatomy. The depth data and image data are used to generate a feature model of the patient anatomy for reference by a surgeon. The feature model is displayed to the surgeon in an augmented reality view with preoperative and intraoperative images mapped thereon for reference and guidance of a surgical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Xing Jin, Caitlin Donhowe, Martin Habbecke, Joƫlle Barral
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Patent number: 12238543Abstract: The invention provides a low-power wide area network integrated sensing and communication method based on channel sensing and reinforcement learning, and the method comprises the steps: receiving an uplink signal transmitted by a terminal node through a gateway receiver, demodulating the uplink signal through employing a soft demodulation algorithm, and obtaining a bit log-likelihood ratio; the deep reinforcement learning model completes channel reconstruction of the corresponding link during communication according to the bit log-likelihood ratio; and calculating the current optimal network configuration according to the reconstructed channel so as to distribute the current optimal network configuration to each terminal node during next downlink transmission.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Shenzhen University, China Mobile Information Technology Co., LtdInventors: Kaishun Wu, Yongzhi Huang, Lu Wang, Xiaoshen Li, Hong Liu, Li Li, Min Sun
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Patent number: 12239030Abstract: A superconductor device includes a high superconductivity transition temperature enhanced from the raw material transition temperature. The superconductor device includes a matrix material and a core material. The enhancing matrix material and the core material together create a system of strongly coupled carriers. A plurality of low-dimensional conductive features can be embedded in the matrix. The low-dimensional conductive features (e.g., nanowires or nanoparticles) can be conductors or superconductors. An interaction between electrons of the low-dimensional conductive features and the enhancing matrix material can promote excitations that increase a superconductivity transition temperature of the superconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Enterprise Science Fund, LLCInventors: Philipp Braeuninger-Weimer, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Conor L. Myhrvold, Cameron Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Roderick A. Hyde, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Victoria Y. H. Wood, David R. Smith, John Brian Pendry, Charles Whitmer, William Henry Mangione-Smith, Brian C. Holloway, Stuart A. Wolf, Vladimir Z. Kresin
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Patent number: 12234521Abstract: The application provides a method for controlling nitrogen in steelmaking by spraying hydrogen containing plasma, including: using a mixture of hydrogen rich gas and argon gas to generate hydrogen plasma for denitrification of molten steel during at least one of arc furnace smelting, ladle refining, VOD refining, and RH refining. The method for controlling nitrogen in steelmaking by spraying hydrogen containing plasma provided in the application can effectively remove nitrogen from the molten steel by spraying a mixture of argon gas and hydrogen rich gas into the molten steel through a hollow electrode and plasma torch, reducing electrode consumption and electricity consumption per ton steel, and also reducing arc radiation heat loss, improving heating rate, thereby shortening smelting time and reducing production costs.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: Xuanhua Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., University of Science and Technology Beijing, HBZX HIGH TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongbin Wang, Guangsheng Wei, Rong Zhu, Minghai Zhang, Jinlong Wang, Jianping Jia, Yongqiang Yang, Jianzhong Wang, Yunxiang Zhao, Xin Li, Ceng Li, Huan Chang
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Patent number: 12236361Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a question analysis method, a device, a knowledge base question answering system and an electronic equipment. The method includes: analyzing a question to obtain N linearized sequences, N being an integer greater than 1; converting the N linearized sequences into N network topology maps; separately calculating a semantic matching degree of each of the N network topology maps to the question; and selecting a network topology map having a highest semantic matching degree to the question as a query graph of the question from the N network topology maps. According to the technology of the present disclosure, the query graph of the question can be obtained more accurately, and the accuracy of the question to the query graph is improved, thereby improving the accuracy of question analysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., LtdInventors: Wenbin Jiang, Huanyu Zhou, Meng Tian, Ying Li, Xinwei Feng, Xunchao Song, Pengcheng Yuan, Yajuan Lyu, Yong Zhu
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Patent number: 12234520Abstract: A molecular marker significantly associated with vitamin E content in soybeans, a Kompetitive Allele-Specific polymerase chain reaction (KASP) primers combination and an application thereof are provided in the present disclosure, belonging to the field of molecular genetics and breeding. A nucleotide sequence of the molecular marker is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1, and there is an A/T mutation at the 21st base. The KASP primer set for detecting the molecular marker includes an upstream primer F1 with a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2, an upstream primer F2 with a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 3 and a downstream primer r with a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 4. The KASP primers combination developed by the present disclosure accurately distinguish soybeans with high and low vitamin E content.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural SciencesInventors: Hongmei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Huatao Chen, Qiong Wang, Xiaoqing Liu, Qianru Jia
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Patent number: 12236974Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a signal. An implementation of the method includes: acquiring a reference signal of a to-be-tested voice, the reference signal being a signal output to a voice output device, where the voice output device outputs the to-be-tested voice after obtaining the reference signal; receiving, from a voice input device, an echo signal of the to-be-tested voice, the echo signal being a signal of the to-be-tested voice collected by the voice input device; performing signal preprocessing on the reference signal and the echo signal respectively; and inputting the processed reference signal and the processed echo signal into a pre-trained time delay estimation model, to obtain a time difference between the reference signal and the echo signal output by the time delay estimation model.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Libiao Yu, Guochang Zhang, Jianqiang Wei
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Patent number: 12236596Abstract: As an aspect of the present disclosure, a method of processing an image may be proposed. The method is a method of processing an image, which is performed by an electronic device including one or more processors and one or more memories in which instructions to be executed by the one or more processors are stored, and may include obtaining a first mixed image of a sample including a first biomolecule labeled with a first fluorescent material and a second biomolecule that has not been labeled, obtaining a second mixed image of the sample including the first biomolecule labeled with the first fluorescent material and the second biomolecule labeled with a second fluorescent material, and generating an unmixed image of the second biomolecule based on the first mixed image and the second mixed image.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And TechnologyInventors: JaeByum Chang, Hyunwoo Kim, Junyoung Seo, Young-Gyu Yoon, Hoyeon Nam, Seoungbin Bae, Junmo Cho
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Patent number: 12233454Abstract: A casting-rolling side sealing device with an electromagnetic stirring function is provided and includes a pair of side sealing plates covering two side ends of a casting-rolling zone from a casting-rolling starting end to a casting-rolling ending end respectively, a pre-tightening force is formed between one of the side sealing plates and adjacent casting rolls. A pulse end of a first electromagnetic assembly releases first pulses along a first axis direction parallel to a direction from the side ends to a center of the casting-rolling zone. The first pulses are configured to generate an electromagnetic stirring effect in the casting-rolling zone. A second electromagnetic assembly is arranged on each of the side sealing plates, a pulse end of the second electromagnetic assembly releases second pulses along a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Taiyuan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Zhiquan Huang, Jinchao Zou, Xiangyu Gao, Lianyun Jiang, Lifeng Ma, Yanchun Zhu, Guofeng Cai, Miaomiao Zhang
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Patent number: 12234506Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of detecting a target viral nucleic acid sequence, determining the localization of the target viral nucleic acid sequence, and/or quantifying the number of target viral nucleic acid sequences in a cell. This method may be used on small target nucleic acid sequences, and may be referred to as Nano-FISH or viral Nano-FISH.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Altius Institute for Biomedical SciencesInventors: Shreeram Akilesh, John A. Stamatoyannopoulos, Alessandra Sullivan, William Kerwin, Tobias Ragoczy, Pavel Zrazhevskiy, Vivek Nandakumar
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Patent number: 12234730Abstract: Disclosed is an underwater robot for a mine flooding rescue, including a starting unit configured to control the implementation of a whole rescue action; a drive unit connected with the starting unit and configured to provide a robot with power to move; and an execution unit connected with the drive unit and configured to salvage underwater life sources.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Anhui University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Huawei Jin, Haitao Ji, Fangzheng Yan
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Patent number: 12235195Abstract: A water environmental DNA collection apparatus, including a lower box body and collection components, where a clear water chamber, a motor chamber, a water pump chamber and a power supply chamber are provided in the lower box body, a motor is provided in the motor chamber, a water pump is provided in the water pump chamber, the lower box body is fixedly connected with a first filtering mechanism, the water pump communicates with the first filtering mechanism, a support column is fixedly connected outside the lower box body, and a turntable is fixedly connected with the support column; and a plurality of groups of collection components are provided, each collection component includes a press filter, a cylinder and a bottom shell, a transverse plate is fixedly connected inside the cylinder, the cylinder is divided into a filter pressing chamber and a filtering chamber through the transverse plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Chinese Research Academy of Environmental ScienceInventors: Liang Duan, Shilong Li, Qiusheng Gao, Dongmin Yang, Xiangyun Gao, Haiya Zhang, Zhichao Zhang, Tao Ya, Yingming Mu
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Patent number: 12232439Abstract: An intelligent seed production apparatus and method based on multistage screening and bud eye identification includes a feeding module, a pre-cutting module, a bud eye identifying and cutting module, and a material mixing module. The feeding module can screen out seed potatoes with the mass and shapes meeting the requirements through a multistage screening mechanism. The pre-cutting module can receive the seed potatoes discharged from the feeding module, and cut each seed potato in half; the bud eye identifying and cutting module can receive the seed potato pieces discharged from the pre-cutting module and determine the weight of the seed potatoes and identify the bud eye distribution on the surfaces of the seed potatoes, and cut the seed potato into multiple required tubers, so that bud eyes are distributed on different tubers uniformly. The material mixing module can receive the cut tubers, and complete the material mixing of the tubers.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: Qingdao University of Technology, Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Inner Mongolia University For NationalitiesInventors: Changhe Li, Huayang Zhao, Dongzhou Jia, Rong Wang, Huimin Yang, Jia Shi, Yezhen Peng, Peng Gong, Qiyu Zhou, Deju Li, Zongbin Yuan, Yali Hou
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Patent number: 12236457Abstract: A multidimensional knowledge transfer model for predicting CTR of a computational ad, the multidimensional knowledge transfer model comprises: a pre-processor for building an ad group node graph based on similarities among ad group nodes, an ad campaign node graph from merging the ad group node graph, and an ad account node graph from merging the ad campaign node graph. The multidimensional knowledge transfer model further comprises a multi-knowledge CTR prediction model for each of the ad account, ad campaign, and ad group layers. The multi-knowledge CTR prediction model predicts the respective node's CTR from the ad account node graph, ad campaign node graph, or ad group node graph, features of the audience group, and features of the node having its CTR predicted appended with the hidden vector of its parent node extracted from the upper layer multi-knowledge CTR prediction model.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company LimitedInventors: Qijun Zhu, Xin Zheng, Ming Ming Tan
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Patent number: 12237141Abstract: The purpose of the present invention, relating to lanthanide boride, which is known as a low work function material, is to provide a novel low work function material with low chemical reactivity, in particular a low work function material of which the material surface, after being exposed to atmospheric gases, can be cleaned at a heating temperature lower than in the prior art. The present invention is a laminate containing a lanthanide boride film formed on a substrate, the surface of said film being covered by a thin film, wherein the thin film is a monatomic layer of a hexagonal boron nitride thin film.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: National Institute for Materials ScienceInventors: Katsumi Nagaoka, Takashi Aizawa, Shun-Ichiro Ohmi