Patents Assigned to Univ.
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO-ENCODING/DECODING USING FILTER INFORMATION PREDICTION
    Publication number: 20130182779
    Abstract: Provided is a scalable video-decoding method based on multiple layers. The scalable video-decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of predicting first filter information of a video to be filtered using the information contained in an object layer and/or information contained in another layer, and generating second filter information in accordance with the prediction; and a step of filtering the video to be filtered using the second filter information. According to the present invention, the amount of information being transmitted is reduced, and video compression performance is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicants: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Hanbat National Univ, 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, Chie Teuk Ahn, Hae Chul Choi
  • METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING A HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20130148183
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of image reconstruction are disclosed. The method includes first breaking a holographic image into a plurality of interlaced sample sets corresponding to color separation images; and independently sampling, filtering, and reconstructing all sets. The resulting demodulated images contain no fringes. Notably, range-clipped tonal rendering curves are used to choose pixel regions of the demodulated images that will replace saturated regions. The image is reconstructed by integrating all un-saturated images into one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the Univ, CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
  • DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND SOLID STATE DRIVE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130143490
    Abstract: A data transmitting and receiving apparatus includes a coil configured to transmit and receive data through inductive coupling, where a voltage drop across the coil constitutes a sensing signal. The apparatus further includes an input unit configured to generate transmission data and a replica signal in accordance with an input data signal, the transmission data being supplied to the coil. The apparatus still further includes a replica unit configured to generate a compensation signal in accordance with the replica signal, and an output unit configured to extract reception data from the sensing signal using the compensation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicants: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIV, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHUL BUM KIM, JANGWOO LEE, CHANGSIK YOO, MINKI JEON
  • ALPHA-METHYL-TRYPTOPHAN AS AN INHIBITOR OF INDOLEAMINE DIOXYGENASE
    Publication number: 20130142815
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates for the first time that alpha-methyl-tryptophan is an inhibitor of the enzyme indoleamine diooxygenase (IDO). The present invention includes the use of alpha-methyl-tryptophan in methods of modulating immune responses and treating cancer and infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Georiga Health Sciences Univ. Research Inst., Inc.
    Inventor: Vadivel Ganapathy
  • 1-(sulfonyl)--phenylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamides for the identification of biological and pharmacological activity
    Patent number: 8455660
    Abstract: Novel compounds are continually sought after to treat and prevent diseases and disorders. The invention relates to 1-(sulfonyl)-N-phenylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamides which are useful for being biologically and pharmacologically screened, and to contribute to the exploration and identification of new lead molecules that are capable of modulating the functional activity of a biological target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Institut Univ. de Ciencia i Tecnologia, S.A.
    Inventors: Josep Castells Boliart, David Enrique Miguel Centeno, Marta Pascual Gilabert
  • Card authentication system
    Patent number: 8447991
    Abstract: A card authentication system. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for authenticating a data card having an intrinsic magnetic characteristic and recorded data on the data card, the method including reading information from the data card, the data card information including the intrinsic magnetic characteristic and the recorded data on the data card, encrypting the data card information, sending the encrypted data card information, receiving the encrypted data card information, decrypting a portion of the encrypted data card information, the portion including the intrinsic magnetic characteristic, generating a score indicative of a degree of correlation between the intrinsic magnetic characteristic of the data card information and a stored value, and determining an authenticity of the data card based at least in part on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Magtek, Inc., Washington Univ.
    Inventors: Annmarie D. Hart, Lawrence R. Meyers, Carlos Hernandez, Robert E. Morley, Jr., Edward J. Richter, Ronald S. Indeck
  • ANISTROPIC SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20130115455
    Abstract: The present invention provides seeded rod (SR) nanostructure systems including an elongated structure embedded with a seed structure being a core/shell structure or a single-material rod element. The SR systems disclosed herein are suitable for use in a variety of electronic and optical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIV. OF JERUSALEM LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Banin, Adiel Zimran, Itai Lieberman, Amit Sitt
  • Method and system for photolithographic fabrication with resolution far below the diffraction limit
    Patent number: 8432533
    Abstract: A method and system for photolithography is provided. The system includes a photoresist comprising a photoinitiator and a prepolymer resin. The system further includes a first light source operable to generate at least a first beam of light which is focused on a first area of the photoresist. The first beam of light is configured to excite the photoinitiator. The system further includes a second light source operable to generate at least a second beam of light which is focused on a second area of the photoresist, the second beam of light configured to deactivate at least temporarily the photoinitiator excited by the first beam of light. The first area and second area overlap at least partially. A time difference of at least 10 ns exists between the photoinitiator being excited by the first beam of light and the photoinitiator initiating polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Univ. of MD. at College Park
    Inventors: John T. Fourkas, Erez H. Gershgoren, Linjie Li, Hana Hwang
  • IN VIVO TREATMENT OF SKIN LESIONS BY ELECTRICAL NANOPULSES
    Publication number: 20130041443
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an in vivo treatment of a skin lesion of a mammal comprising application of electrical energy to the skin lesion in a form of electrical pulses. At least one electrical pulse is applied. The pulse duration may be at least 0.01 nanoseconds at the full-width-at-half-maximum. This treatment may at least prevent growth of the lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the Univ. of Southern California
    Inventor: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineerin
  • Method for determining carbohydrate and kit for determining carbohydrate
    Patent number: 8367365
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a method for determining a carbohydrate which enables more accurate determination of a carbohydrate. The invention for achieving this object is directed to a method for determining a carbohydrate using a digestive enzyme, characterized in that as the digestive enzyme, an animal-derived low-molecular-weight carbohydrate digestive enzyme is used. More specifically, the invention is directed to a method for determining a carbohydrate using a digestive enzyme, characterized by comprising a first reaction step using thermostable ?-amylase; a second reaction step using protease and amyloglucosidase; and a third reaction step using an animal-derived low-molecular-weight carbohydrate digestive enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nagasaki Prefectural and Municipal Univ. Corp.
    Inventors: Tuneyuki Oku, Sadako Nakamura
  • WAVE ACTIVATED POWER GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20130015664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved wave activated power generator. The power generator includes a pile, a chain secured at opposite ends thereof to the pile and a floating body, respectively, a suction pipe communicating at one end thereof with an interior of the pile and secured at the other end thereof to the floating body to be exposed from a sea surface, and an air supply pipe connected at one end thereof to an upper end of the tube to communicate with a tube and secured at the other end thereof to the floating body to be exposed from the sea surface. The chain is sealed and surrounded with the tube filled with air. The suction pipe is disposed to pass through the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Body for Gyeongju Univ. Education & Industry Cooperation
    Inventors: Hyuck-Min Kweon, Oh-Kyun Kwon, Jung-Lyul Lee, Sang-Shin Park, Il-Hyoung Cho
  • Wind and water power generator ship
    Patent number: 8344540
    Abstract: A wind and water power generator ship. A waterpower generation unit generates electricity using a difference between the ebb and the flow of the tides, and is provided with a buoyant body that produces buoyancy, which enables the waterpower generation unit to float on water. A center shaft is mounted on a base on an upper end of the waterpower generation unit, and is rotatably supported by a bearing. A wind power generation unit generates electricity using wind power, is provided on an upper end of the center shaft, and is rotatable depending on a direction of wind. The distance from a front end of the wind power generation unit to the center shaft is shorter than the distance from the center shaft to a rear end of the wind power generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: INJE Univ. Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Yeong-Saeng Kim, Dae-Hee Lee
  • SOLID ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, FUEL BATTERY CELL, AND FUEL BATTERY
    Publication number: 20120328971
    Abstract: Provided are a solid electrolyte membrane useful in achieving strong electromotive force in a fuel battery, and a fuel battery cell produced with this membrane. The solid electrolyte membrane includes a substrate made of a sheet material and having a plurality of openings penetrating the substrate in its thickness direction, and a solid electrolyte layer provided on at least one of the faces of the substrate. The fuel battery cell includes a solid electrolyte membrane having the solid electrolyte layer on one of the faces of the substrate, and a catalyst layer containing a precious metal and provided on the other of the faces of the substrate, with the solid electrolyte layer and the catalyst layer being in contact with each other in the openings of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIV. CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIV., SANTOKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motofumi Matsuda, Tadatoshi Murota, Tatsuya Takeguchi, Wataru Ueda
  • Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion
    Patent number: 8337778
    Abstract: A microfluidic method and device for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid is provided. The device can be fabricated simply from readily-available, inexpensive material using simple techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Governing Council of the Univ. of Toronto
    Inventors: Howard A. Stone, Shelley L. Anna, Nathalie Bontoux, Darren Roy Link, David A. Weitz, Irina Gitlin, Eugenia Kumacheva, Piotr Garstecki, Willow R. Diluzio, George M. Whitesides
  • PASSIVE EMERGENCY FEEDWATER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120294408
    Abstract: A power module assembly includes a reactor vessel containing a reactor core surrounded by a primary coolant. A containment vessel is adapted to be submerged in a containment cooling pool and to prohibit a release of the primary coolant outside of the containment vessel. A secondary cooling system is configured to remove heat generated by the reactor core. The heat is removed by circulating liquid from the containment cooling pool through the primary coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicants: Univ.
    Inventors: Jose N. REYES, JR., John T. Groome
  • Gene Therapy Using Transposon-Based Vectors
    Publication number: 20120297493
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are presented for the administration of transposon-based vectors to an animal or human to provide gene therapy to the animal or human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicants: TransGenRx, Inc., The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State Univ. and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Richard Cooper, Frederick M. Enright, William C. Fioretti
  • ANTIMICROBIAL CONSTRUCTS
    Publication number: 20120251592
    Abstract: The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicants: The State of Oregon Acting by & through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ, ALLVIVO VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Neff, Joseph McGuire, Pranav R. Joshi
  • Compositions and Methods to Lower Glycohemoglobin Levels
    Publication number: 20120213886
    Abstract: The invention provides for a diet that significantly reduces the glycohemoglobin levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes. A diet plan can be provided to an individual in the form of cards and/or pages with an appropriate meal plan, food items and/or pre-packaged meals, or in an electronic medium for the individuals to use to develop appropriate meal plans. The diet comprises food items having a nutritional composition that consists essentially of 30% protein, 50% fats, and 20% carbohydrates, or food items having a nutritional composition that consists essentially of 30% protein, 40% fats, and 30% carbohydrates, and is consumed for a period of three weeks to one year.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicants: U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Regents of the Univ. of Minnesota
    Inventors: Mary C. Gannon, Frank Q. Nuttall
  • Method for generating context hierarchy and system for generating context hierarchy
    Patent number: 8224805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a context hierarchy and a system for generating a context hierarchy, and more particularly, to a method for generating a context hierarchy from data streams configured of an infinite set of continuously transactions and a system for generating a context hierarchy from the data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University Yonsei Univ.
    Inventor: Won Suk Lee
  • PASSIVE EMERGENCY FEEDWATER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120177168
    Abstract: A power module assembly may include a reactor vessel containing a primary coolant and one or more inlets configured to draw a secondary coolant from the containment cooling pool in response to a loss of power and/or a loss of coolant. One or more outlets may be submerged in the containment cooling pool and may be configured to vent the secondary coolant into the containment cooling pool. A heat exchanger may be configured to remove heat from the primary coolant, wherein the heat may be removed by circulating the secondary coolant from the containment cooling pool through the heat exchanger via natural circulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicants: Univ.
    Inventors: Jose N. Reyes, JR., John T. Groome