Patents Assigned to University of Connecticut
  • IMAGING VIA TRANSLATED SPECKLE ILLUMINATION AND TRANSLATED DIFFUSER MODULATION
    Publication number: 20200310099
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a sample mount for holding a sample, a light source configured to emit a light beam, a diffuser configured to transform the light beam into a speckle illumination beam, a mirror configured to reflect the speckle illumination beam toward the sample, a scanning mechanism configured to scan the mirror to a plurality of mirror angles such that the speckle illumination beam is incident on the sample at a plurality of angles of incidence, and an image sensor configured to acquire a plurality of images as the mirror is being scanned. Each respective image corresponds to a respective angle of incidence. The imaging system further includes a processor configured to process the plurality of images to recover a complex profile of the sample based on positional shifts extracted from the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Guoan Zheng
  • IMAGING VIA DIFFUSER MODULATION BY TRANSLATING A SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20200310097
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a sample mount for holding a sample to be imaged, a light source configured to emit a light beam to be incident on the sample, a translation mechanism coupled to the sample mount and configured to scan the sample to a plurality of sample positions in a plane substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging system, a mask positioned downstream from the sample along the optical axis, and an image sensor positioned downstream from the mask along the optical axis. The image sensor is configured to acquire a plurality of images as the sample is translated to the plurality of sample positions. Each respective image corresponds to a respective sample position. The imaging system further includes a processor configured to process the plurality of images to recover a complex profile of the sample based on positional shifts extracted from the plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Guoan Zheng
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A FAULT OR A MODEL MISMATCH
    Publication number: 20200301772
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a fault or model mismatch are disclosed. A system includes a processor, a memory, and one or more sensors. The sensors may detect data associated with an electronic device. The memory may store processor executable instructions to: compute T2 and Q statistics, over a time period, and apply a model mismatch and fault detection logic based on the T2 and Q statistics. The model mismatch and fault detection logic may: count consecutive instances where a T2 statistic exceeds a T2 threshold via a T2 counter, update a probability of fault based on the T2 counter, count consecutive instances where a Q statistic exceeds a Q threshold via a Q counter, update a probability of model mismatch based on the Q counter, and detect one of a fault or a model mismatch based on a probability of fault threshold and a probability of model mismatch threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Donald McMenemy, Weiqiang Chen, Ali M. Bazzi, Krishna R. Pattipati, Shailesh N. Joshi
  • Nucleic acid nanocapsules for drug delivery and targeted gene knockdown
    Patent number: 10780058
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides multifunctional nanoparticles. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to multifunctional nanoparticles having one or more of nucleic acid ligands; and methods of using such nanoparticles for treatment and/or diagnosis of diseases and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Jessica Lynn Rouge, Joseph Awino
  • Real-time in situ sensing of water-related parameters using micro-electrode array
    Patent number: 10753900
    Abstract: Improved sensor assemblies are provided. More particularly, the present disclosure provides microelectrode array (“MEA”) real-time in situ global sensing assemblies for enhancing efficiency and stability of wastewater treatment systems. In general, the present disclosure provides for a novel global sensing technology utilizing a microelectrode array (MEA) to solve various problems of monitoring wastewater treatment systems. The present disclosure provides for improved systems/methods for monitoring wastewater treatment systems, with the improved systems/methods obtaining a substantially complete global profile of multiple parameters simultaneously. More particularly, the present disclosure provides that by patterning multiple electrodes (e.g., mm-sized electrodes) on a film (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Baikun Li, Yu Lei, Zhiheng Xu
  • Diagnostic reagents and methods specific to inner ear disorders
    Patent number: 10732187
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for the detection of inner ear disorders such as balance disorders and hearing disorders resulting from acoustic injury, exposure to ototoxins, head trauma or viral illness. Specifically, otolin-1 and prestin have been verified as inner-ear specific biomarkers suitable for the detection of inner ear disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Kourosh Parham
  • Apparatus, storage medium and method for adaptive bitrate streaming adaptation of variable bitrate encodings
    Patent number: 10728180
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, communicating with a source of streaming media, wherein the streaming media is variable bitrate encoded, wherein the streaming media comprises a first plurality of chunks, wherein each of the first plurality of chunks corresponds to a first portion of the streaming media, wherein the streaming media comprises a second plurality of chunks, wherein each of the second plurality of chunks corresponds to a second portion of the streaming media, wherein the streaming media comprises a third plurality of chunks, and wherein each of the third plurality of chunks corresponds to a third portion of the streaming media; obtaining, from the source, a first one of the first plurality of chunks; and determining which of the second plurality of chunks and third plurality of chunks to obtain. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Subhabrata Sen, Shuai Hao, Yanyuan Qin, Bing Wang, Krishna R. Pattipati
  • Systems and methods for cell identification using lens-less imaging
    Patent number: 10706258
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for cell identification using a lens-less cell identification sensor. Randomly distributed cells can be illuminated by a light source such as a laser. The object beam can be passed through one or more diffusers. Pattern recognition is applied on the captured optical signature to classify the cells. For example, features can be extracted and a trained classifier can be used to classify the cells. The cell classes can be accurately identified even when multiple cells of the same class are inspected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Bahram Javidi, Adam Markman, Siddharth Rawat, Satoru Komatsu
  • Methods for pharmacologic treatment of stroke
    Patent number: 10695355
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for the treatment of a human subject who has had a stroke by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition including an antagonist of the P2X4 receptor. The antagonist of the P2X4 receptor can be administered in the acute phase of stroke, optionally in combination with a thrombolytic therapeutic or a procedure on the subject involving a clot-removal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Bruce Liang, Rajkumar Verma, Kenneth A. Jacobson
  • INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT OF MULTIPLE MATERIAL PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20200182815
    Abstract: A device for measuring a plurality of material properties includes a structure and sensors in the structure configured to sense at least thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and Seebeck coefficient for a single sample consecutively while maintaining a vacuum or inert gas environment. Embodiments can also measure ionic conductivity and/or surface temperatures. Embodiments can measure any suitable plurality of the above properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Michael T. Pettes, Hyun-Yung Kim, Sajad Yazdani
  • Reactor for chemical-looping combustion
    Patent number: 10670262
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancement of gaseous CLC in a fixed-bed process, marked by an increase in CO2 capture efficiency and oxygen carrier utilization, while reducing disadvantages of a conventional fixed-bed operation. The disclosed systems/methods provide a CLC fixed-bed reactor design in which the direction of the fuel gas is intermittently reversed during a single fuel oxidation step. In this reverse-flow mode, oxygen carrier reduction reactions are displaced over the ends of the reactor, which increases contact between fuel and oxidized solids and alleviates and/or mitigates problems of carbon deposition encountered by most oxygen carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: George M. Bollas, Lu Han, Brian Baillie
  • Methods and systems for human action recognition using 3D integral imaging
    Patent number: 10674139
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods for detecting and recognizing human gestures or activity in a group of 3D volumes using integral imaging. In exemplary embodiments, a camera array including multiple image capturing devices captures multiple images of a point-of-interest in a 3D scene. The multiple images can be used to reconstruct a group of 3D volumes of the point-of-interest using the images. The system detects spatiotemporal interest points (STIPs) in the group of 3D volumes and assigns descriptors to each of the plurality of STIPs. The descriptors are quantized into a number of visual words to create clusters of the group of 3D volumes. The system builds a histogram for each of the visual words. Each 3D volume is classified using the histogram of the plurality of visual words, implying the classification of a human gesture in each 3D volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Bahram Javidi, Pedro Latorre Carmona, Eva Salvador Balaguer, Fiberto Pla Bañon
  • Battery state of charge tracking, equivalent circuit selection and benchmarking
    Patent number: 10664562
    Abstract: A method includes calculating a first estimated state of charge (SOC) of a battery at a first time, receiving a voltage value representing a measured voltage across the battery at a second time, calculating a filter gain at the second time, and calculating a second estimated SOC of the battery at the second time based on the first estimated SOC, the voltage value, and the filter gain. Another method includes storing, in a memory, a library of equivalent circuit models representing a battery, determining an operational mode of a battery based on a load associated with the battery, selecting one of the equivalent circuit models based on the determined operational mode, and calculating a state of charge of charge (SOC) of the battery using the selected equivalent circuit model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation and University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Balakumar Balasingam, Brian French, Yaakov Bar-Shalom, Bharath Pattipati, Krishna Pattipati, James Meacham, Travis Williams, Gopi Vinod Avvari, Tai-Sik Hwang
  • Fault diagnosis using distributed PCA architecture
    Patent number: 10650616
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle having an electronic device, a sensor designed to detect sensor data corresponding to at least one property of the electronic device, an output device designed to output data, and a vehicle network access device designed to transmit the sensor data. The system also includes a machine learning server separate from the vehicle and having a machine learning processor designed to receive the sensor data, and generate, using a machine learning algorithm, a model of the electronic device. The machine learning processor is also designed to determine that a fault is likely to occur with the electronic device by conducting a T squared statistical analysis of the sensor data using the model, and generate a signal to be transmitted to the vehicle network access device when the fault is likely to occur and output information indicating that the fault is likely to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Lingyi Zhang, Weiqiang Chen, Krishna Pattipatti, Ali M. Bazzi, Shailesh N. Joshi, Ercan M. Dede
  • Systems and methods for continuous manufacturing of liposomal drug formulations
    Patent number: 10632072
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for the continuous production of liposomes. An example method includes (a) mixing a solution of lipid and organic solvent from one or more containers to create an organic solvent-lipid solution, (b) providing the organic solvent-lipid solution to a first inlet of an injection port at a first flow rate, wherein the first inlet is in fluid communication with a first conduit, (c) providing an aqueous solution to a second inlet of the injection port at a second flow rate, wherein the second inlet is influid communication with a second conduit, wherein the first conduit is positioned concentrically within the second conduit at an outlet of the injection port, and wherein the first conduit extends through the outlet of the injection port, and (d) mixing the organic lipid solution and the aqueous solution to create a plurality of liposomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Antonio Costa, Diane J. Burgess
  • Metal Oxide Based Sensors for Sensing Low Concentration of Specific Gases Prepared By A Flame Based Process
    Publication number: 20200096498
    Abstract: Improved sensor assemblies are provided. More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved and highly advantageous metal oxide based sensor assemblies configured to sense low concentration of specific gases, and related methods of use. The present disclosure provides improved physical forms of metal oxide films (e.g., WOx films, CeOx films). The exemplary metal oxide films can be fabricated by a Reactive Spray Deposition Technology (RSDT). The highly advantageous films/materials can be utilized in sensor assemblies to detect simple chemical components of the breath that correlate with human health conditions (e.g., the presence of acetone in diabetic patients). These films/materials demonstrate improved thermal stability under the sensor's operating conditions, as well as improved sensitivity to low concentration of the analyte, selectivity and quick responsiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Radenka Maric, Rishabh Jain
  • Mesoporous materials and processes for preparation thereof
    Patent number: 10576462
    Abstract: A process for preparing a mesoporous material, e.g., transition metal oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride, Lanthanide metal oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride, a post-transition metal oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride and metalloid oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride. The process comprises providing an acidic mixture comprising a metal precursor, an interface modifier, a hydrotropic or lyotropic ion precursor, and a surfactant; and heating the acidic mixture at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to form the mesoporous material. A mesoporous material prepared by the above process. A method of controlling nano-sized wall crystallinity and mesoporosity in mesoporous materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Steven L. Suib, Altug Suleyman Poyraz, Lei Jin, Chung-hao Kuo
  • APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING ADAPTATION OF VARIABLE BITRATE ENCODINGS
    Publication number: 20200067852
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, communicating with a source of streaming media, wherein the streaming media is variable bitrate encoded, wherein the streaming media comprises a first plurality of chunks, wherein each of the first plurality of chunks corresponds to a first portion of the streaming media, wherein the streaming media comprises a second plurality of chunks, wherein each of the second plurality of chunks corresponds to a second portion of the streaming media, wherein the streaming media comprises a third plurality of chunks, and wherein each of the third plurality of chunks corresponds to a third portion of the streaming media; obtaining, from the source, a first one of the first plurality of chunks; and determining which of the second plurality of chunks and third plurality of chunks to obtain. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Subhabrata Sen, Shuai Hao, Yanyuan Qin, Bing Wang, Krishna R. Pattipati
  • plant named ‘UCONNAM012’
    Patent number: PP31821
    Abstract: A new and distinct Aronia cultivar named ‘UCONNAM012’ is disclosed, characterized by dwarf, dense plants with good ground coverage, and prostrate branching. Foliage is glossy and green throughout the Spring and Summer, turning red in the Fall. The new variety is an Aronia, normally produced as an outdoor garden plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Mark Henry Brand
  • Sweetfern plant named ‘Blue Sea’
    Patent number: PP32238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new and distinct cultivar of the woody-stemmed shrub, Sweetfern, botanically known as Comptonia peregrina and referred to by the name ‘Blue Sea’. ‘Blue Sea’ is a compact, blue-tinted leaf Sweetfern plant that has leaves that are narrower and finer in texture than wild Comptonia peregrina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Jessica Lubell-Brand, Mark Henry Brand