Patents Assigned to University
  • Distributed renewable energy grid controller
    Patent number: 10326280
    Abstract: Devices and methods related to a grid-connected RES power plant are provided. A device can include a controller configured to: apply a logarithmic barrier function using natural logarithm to a general primal and dual linear programming function; select a point comprising a point in real space, a Lagrangian multiplier, and a slack variable, such that the point in real space is feasible for positive primal solution and both the Lagrangian multiplier and slack variable are feasible for a dual solution; and iteratively solve for an optimal solution for allocation of renewable energy into a grid-connected RES power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Arif Sarwat, Aditya Sundararajan
  • Website authentication using an internet-connected device
    Patent number: 10326759
    Abstract: The invention is an authentication framework that enables a user to log in to a website using an Internet-connected device, such as smartphone, smart watch, smart glasses, or tablet, while browsing on a computer. The framework makes it easier for people with certain disabilities to log in to a website, such as by removing the mandatory step of entering usernames and passwords while giving users multiple options through which they are establish their identity using Internet-connected devices. For example, gyroscope, camera, microphone, or the accelerometer can be used to provide credentials. This approach of the framework greatly reduces the number of barriers that a user with disability encounters when trying to use password-based authentication on the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Syracuse University
    Inventors: Nata Miccael Barbosa, Yang Wang
  • Systems and methods for powered wheelchair personal transfer
    Patent number: 10322048
    Abstract: The invention includes methods and apparatuses for patient transfer from a rollable chair to a bed and back. A rollable chair includes a first frame having a seat; a second frame coupled to the first frame, the second frame having a backrest configured to move relative to the first frame; and a third frame coupled to the first frame, the third frame having a track having a curvilinear length configured to allow the first frame to rotate and to translate relative to the third frame. A bed includes a chair-receiving frame configured to couple to the first frame of the rollable chair. The rollable chair and the bed work in tandem to transfer a patient, for example using coordinated, automated motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: NextHealth, LLC, University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Rory Alan Cooper, David Beckstrom, Raymond A. Curatolo, Garrett Grindle, Richard Kovacsics
  • Combustion system with an ion transport membrane assembly and a method of using thereof
    Patent number: 10323608
    Abstract: A combustion system including an ion transport membrane assembly coupled to an internal combustion engine to generate power via oxy-combusting a fuel stream in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a method of combusting the fuel stream via the combustion system, wherein a portion of an exhaust stream is recycled to the ion transport membrane assembly. Various embodiments of the combustion system and the method of combusting the fuel stream are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed Abdel-Aziz Mostafa Habib, Medhat Nemitallah
  • Method for forming a silver/carbon nanocomposite coating
    Patent number: 10323318
    Abstract: Ag/C crystalline nanocomposite films and a method of forming the films with controllable Ag/C molar ratios using a concurrent excimer laser-induced ablation of a silver target and a hydrocarbon gas under a vacuum atmosphere. Metal/Carbon nanocomposites prepared by concurrent irradiation of a metal target, in the presence of a hydrocarbon gas, during an excimer laser induced process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammed Ashraf Gondal, Radek Fajgar, Zain Hassan Abdallah Yamani, Xiaofeng Chang
  • Method of treating low blood pressure
    Patent number: 10322160
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The George Washington University a Congressionally Chartered Not-for-Profit Corporation
    Inventor: Lakhmir Chawla
  • Drug resistant immunotherapy for treatment of a cancer
    Patent number: 10322145
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to methods for combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy for the treatment of a cancer. The methods also relate to generating a drug-resistant cytotoxic immune cell line and uses thereof in conjunction with cytotoxic drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Emory University, The UAB Research Foundation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Trent Spencer, Anindya Dasgupta, Lawrence S. Lamb
  • Memory apparatus having plurality of information storage tables managed by separate virtual regions and control method thereof
    Patent number: 10325672
    Abstract: Disclosed are a memory apparatus having a plurality of information storage tables managed by separate virtual regions and a control method thereof. That is, a fault repair is applied in a memory system having a plurality of information storage tables managed by a separate virtual region, so that the entire information storage space is uniformly used for every region to improve a performance of the entire system and maximize efficiency of the information storage space by utilizing the information storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Seon Wook Kim, Ho Kwon Kim, Jae Yung Jun, Kyu Hyun Choi, Young Sun Han
  • Soluble graphene nanostructures and assemblies therefrom
    Patent number: 10326077
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing large soluble graphenes. The method comprises attaching one or more hindering groups to the graphene, which can prevent face-to-face graphene stacking by reducing the effects of inter-graphene attraction. The large graphenes can absorb a wide spectrum of light from UV to near infrared, and are useful in photovoltaic devices and sensitizers in nanocrystalline solar cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Liang-shi Li, Xin Yan
  • Ternary sense amplifier and SRAM array realized by the ternary sense amplifier
    Patent number: 10325649
    Abstract: A ternary sense amplifier and an SRAM array realized by the ternary sense amplifier are provided. The ternary sense amplifier comprises the 1st CNFET transistor, the 2nd CNFET transistor, the 3rd CNFET transistor, the 4th CNFET transistor, the 5th CNFET transistor, the 6th CNFET transistor, the 7th CNFET transistor, the 8th CNFET transistor, the 9th CNFET transistor, the 10th CNFET transistor, the 11th CNFET transistor, the 12th CNFET transistor and the 13th CNFET transistor; the SRAM array comprises a ternary sense amplifier, a ternary memory array, the 1st inverter, the 2nd inverter, the 3rd inverter, the 4th inverter, the 14th CNFET transistor, the 15th CNFET transistor, the 16th CNFET transistor, the 17th CNFET transistor, the 18th CNFET transistor and the 19th CNFET transistor; it features in low power consumption, less postponement and high yield of chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Ningbo University
    Inventors: Pengjun Wang, Daohui Gong, Yaopeng Kang, Huihong Zhang
  • Method and device for sharing a candidate list
    Patent number: 10326999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Kyung Yong Kim, Sang Min Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • Removal of carbon dioxide via dialysis
    Patent number: 10322221
    Abstract: A method of reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in blood plasma includes removing blood from a patient and treating or processing at least blood plasma of the blood by flowing the blood plasma on one side of at least one semi-permeable membrane and flowing a dialysate on the other side of the at least one semi-permeable membrane. The dialysate has a concentration of bicarbonate less than the concentration of bicarbonate in the blood plasma before treating the blood plasma and has a composition such that the blood plasma strong ion difference that results from treating the blood plasma in conjunction with an achieved reduction in blood plasma CO2 concentration results in a blood plasma pH that does not change by more than +/?0.5 during treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: John Alston Kellum, Jr., Matthew Cove, William J. Federspiel
  • Backside configured surface plasmonic structure for infrared photodetector and imaging focal plane array enhancement
    Patent number: 10326035
    Abstract: The invention relates to quantum dot and photodetector technology, and more particularly, to quantum dot infrared photodetectors (QDIPs) and focal plane array. The invention further relates to devices and methods for the enhancement of the photocurrent of quantum dot infrared photodetectors in focal plane arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Xuejun Lu, Guiru Gu, Puminun Vasinajindakaw
  • System and method for resolving neighborhood wireless network affairs with radio signals
    Patent number: 10327214
    Abstract: A system and method include a wireless node with a scheduler and a harmonizing controller connected with the node. The harmonizing controller includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive a radio signal, process the radio signal to determine bits of the signal, and synchronize a wireless schedule of the scheduler with a schedule of other nodes based on the bits to perform neighborhood harmonization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Marcel Flores, Uri Klarman
  • Transfer Chute to Maintain a Density of a Flow of Granular Material
    Publication number: 20190177090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transfer chute (100) for granular material, comprising a chute body defining a flow pathway (120) for granular material, a raised portion (110) having an inclined surface (111), and a splitter member (130) arranged proximal to the raised portion (110) for, in use, dividing a flow of granular material over the raised portion into first portion in first conduit (100) and a second portion in a second conduit (300). In some embodiments, a channel (150) is disposed between the first and second conduits (100; 300) to transpose a vertical arrangement of first and second portions of granular material within the chute (10). In this way, separation by particle size or density in the flow may be reversed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: The University of Manchester
    Inventor: John Mark Nicholas Timm GRAY
  • Crocins Compounds and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20190177354
    Abstract: Provided are a series of crocins compounds and related pharmacological applications thereof in prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The series of crocins compounds are obtained by taking the Chinese herb, namely Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, as a raw material and separating same by means of various methods. The compounds playing a role in preventing oxidative injury caused by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and excitatory amino acid injury caused by L-glutamic acid are screened out by in-vitro cell experiments. The results show that the crocins compounds have good effect in preventing cell injury caused by H2O2 and L-glutamic acid. The compounds have good effect in preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease due to the fact that significant rise of oxidative stress and excitatory amino acid is a key factor for nerve injury in Alzheimer's disease, and have broad development and application prospect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Jinan University
    Inventors: Xinsheng Yao, Yang Yu, Dan Zhang, Yang Ni, Xiuqi Bao, Lin Li, Caixia Zang, Hao Gao, Yuanpeng Zheng
  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE MAPS FOR ANALYZING TISSUE
    Publication number: 20190180139
    Abstract: Apparatus for analyzing brain MRI, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an input for receiving a first and a second MRI scans at the beginning and end of a predetermined time interval post contrast administration; a subtraction map former for forming a subtraction map from said first and said second MRI scans by analyzing said scans to distinguish between two primary populations, a slow population, in which contrast clearance from the tissue is slower than contrast accumulation, and a fast population in which clearance is faster than accumulation; and an output to provide an indication of distribution of said two primary populations, wherein said predetermined time period is at least twenty minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: Tel HaShomer Medical Research Infrastructure and S ervices Ltd., Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
    Inventors: Leor ZACH, David GUEZ, David LAST, Dianne DANIELS ELMAKIAS, Yael MARDOR
  • VAPOR PHASE PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL
    Publication number: 20190181521
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to a vapor phase photo-electrochemical cell. In one aspect, a device includes a photovoltaic cell, a cathode disposed on the photovoltaic cell, an ionomer membrane disposed on the cathode, and an anode disposed on the ionomer membrane. The cathode includes a cathode catalyst. The ionomer membrane is in contact with the cathode catalyst. The anode includes an anode catalyst. The anode catalyst is in contact with the ionomer membrane. The anode, the ionomer membrane, and the cathode are transmissive to the solar radiation spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: David M. Larson, Karl A. Walczak
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING MALNUTRITION
    Publication number: 20190175548
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and reversing malnutrition. In particular, provided herein are compositions and methods for facilitating cognitive repair and preventing obesity (e.g. in children).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Tufts University
    Inventors: Susan ROBERTS, Amy KRAUSS, Edward SALTZMAN
  • LENSLESS IMAGING DEVICE FOR MICROSCOPY AND FINGERPRINT BIOMETRIC
    Publication number: 20190178796
    Abstract: In one aspect, embodiments disclosed herein relate to a lens-free imaging system. The lens-free imaging system includes: an image sampler, a radiation source, a mask disposed between the image sampler and a scene, and an image sampler processor. The image sampler processor obtains signals from the image sampler that is exposed, through the mask, to radiation scattered by the scene which is illuminated by the radiation source. The image sampler processor then estimates an image of the scene based on the signals from the image sampler, processed using a transfer function that relates the signals and the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Ashok Veeraraghavan, Richard Baraniuk, Jacob Robinson, Vivek Boominathan, Jesse Adams, Benjamin Avants