Abstract: A method for controlling a switched reluctance motor, the method comprising: receiving a reference torque Te ref; receiving an indication of a present rotor position ? for the switched reluctance motor; determining at least one of: a reference current ie_ref(k?1) for a (k?1)th phase, a reference current ie_ref(k) for a (k)th phase, and a reference current ie_ref(k+1) for a (k+1)th phase; and outputting the determined at least one reference current to a current controller operatively coupled to the switched reluctance motor, wherein the determined at least one reference current is based on an objective function comprising the squares of phase current and derivatives of current reference.
Abstract: A projection device including a light source, a reflective spatial polarization modulator, a polarization grating, and a projection lens is provided. The light source is configured to provide a light beam. The reflective spatial polarization modulator is disposed on a path of the light beam and configured to reflect the light beam and modulate a polarization state of the light beam. The polarization grating is disposed on the path of the light beam between the light source and the reflective spatial polarization modulator, wherein the reflective spatial polarization modulator reflects the light beam from the reflective spatial polarization modulator back to the polarization grating. The projection lens is disposed on the path of the light beam from the reflective spatial polarization modulator, wherein the polarization grating is disposed on the path of the light beam between the reflective spatial polarization modulator and the projection lens.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 2014
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignees:
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Himax Display, Inc.
Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula I: and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a prodrug, a solvate and a combination thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including the triazole derivative, and a method of treating a cancer disease in an individual are disclosed.
Abstract: A hybrid turbine blade having a box beam assembly structure and method of designing such a hybrid turbine blade are disclosed. The box beam assembly provides the primary structure for supporting loads on the blade, and comprises oppositely positioned spar caps joined by oppositely positioned shear webs. For a portion of the blade, the box beam assembly further comprises a root buildup. In one embodiment, the shear webs comprise foam core sandwiched between two biaxial fiber-reinforced plastic laminates (FRP), the spar caps comprise uniaxial FRP laminates, and the root buildup comprises triaxial FRP laminates. The blades are designed using a novel inside-out method, wherein the box beam is first designed to support expected loads, and an aerodynamic surface is then designed to be supported by the box beam. The blade may be constructed in segments that are joined with connectors that engage the box beam structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 4, 2014
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California
Abstract: A three-dimensional imaging system based on a stereo hologram is disclosed. Images composed of sub-images having the same vertical-horizontal resolutions which are generated at plural image projection modules having a two-dimensional arrangement structure are projected to a prism array plate or a transmission-type diffusion plate, and are converted into light points, i.e., image points through a microlens array unit. A diffusion plate used as an image display screen is mounted to a position at which images diffused from the light points intersect with images diffused from the adjacent light points.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2014
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
Konyang University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
Abstract: The present invention relates to a methods and systems for monitoring and/or characterizing multi-component tablets and for monitoring punch and die surfaces and, more particularly, to methods and systems for in-die and out-of-die monitoring and/or characterizing multi-component tablets based on acoustic and vibrational spectroscopy and for detecting and monitoring stiction and tooling material modifications on punch and die surfaces during compaction based on acoustic/ultrasonic waves.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to lanthanum-yttrium oxide scintillators used for detecting radiation, such as X-rays, gamma rays and thermal neutron radiation and charged particles, in security, medical imaging, particle physics and other applications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 29, 2014
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System
Abstract: A contents converting apparatus, a contents converting method, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The contents converting apparatus is for converting contents including a plurality of stream data and stored in a Blu-ray disc. The contents converting apparatus includes a controller configured to receive manifest information of a data structure configuring the contents, and determine stream data to be copied from the Blu-ray disc based on the manifest information. The convents converting apparatus further includes a formatter configured to convert the determined stream data of a first format to new stream data of a second format.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignees:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group
Inventors:
Jong-ho Yang, Bong-gil Bak, Sung-wook Park
Abstract: An apparatus and a method in a radio communications system. The apparatus in the radio communications system includes an estimation unit and a statistics collection unit. The estimation unit is used for estimating a signal receiving strength of each of multiple transmission positions, compared with a signal transmission strength of each of one or more possible transmission positions of a first-type node of a to-be-test communications system on a transmission resource block. The statistics collection unit is used for collecting, according the estimation result, statistics on power space distribution of the first-type node of the to-be-tested communications system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 26, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tsinghua University
Inventors:
Jean-Sebastien Ernest Arturo Gomez, Bo Bai, Wei Chen, Zhigang Cao, Xin Guo
Abstract: There is provided a safety method of detecting and signaling presence of a danger related to a danger source, the method comprising providing a base station at the danger source comprising first detectors and second detectors, the base station being adapted to determine an angular position of a target detected by a first detector among the first detectors within a detection zone based on an angular orientation of the first detector known a priori by the base station, and to determine a distance of the target by activating a second detector among the second detectors to measure the distance between the target and the base station in response to the target detection; and providing targets with portable target devices adapted to send signals in response to signals received from the first detectors of the base station. The first detectors are radio frequency transceivers and the second detectors are ultrasound transceiver.
Abstract: In sporadic Alzheimer's disease, neurofibrillary lesion formation is preceded by extensive post-translational modification of the microtubule associated protein tau. Immunoassays have been developed recently that detect tau in biological specimens, thus providing a means for pre-mortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, which has remained elusive. These assays have been improved by the analysis of relevant post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation, however opportunity for improvement remains. The present invention addresses this issue by disclosing synthetic methylated peptides derived from the tau protein of paired helical filaments and non-diseased control brain. Alzheimer's disease specificity is provided by the presence or absence of methyl moieties on lysine residues and differences between mono-, di-, and tri-methylation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignees:
Ohio State Innovation Foundation, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Inventors:
Jeffrey A. Kuret, Kristen E. Funk, Jyanyu Austin Yang, Stefani Thomas
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a surface-modified layer system comprising a substrate (2) and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) (1) anchored to its surface. The SAM (1) is comprised by aryl or rigid alicyclic moiety species. The process comprises providing a polymorphic SAM (1) anchored to the substrate (2), and thermally treating (4) the SAM to change from a first to a second structural form thereof. The invention also provides a thermolithographic form of process in which the thermal treatment (4) is used to transfer a pattern (3) to the SAM (1), which is then developed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
The University Court of The University of St. Andrews
Abstract: An electrical conversion apparatus is described which comprises a bridge rectifier 10 having an input side and an output side, and a switched capacitor line 16 arranged in parallel with the output side of the bridge rectifier 10, the switched capacitor line 16 comprising a capacitance 18 and a switch 20 arranged in series with one another so that the switch 20 can control charging and discharging of the capacitance 18.
Abstract: Sequences of novel adeno-associated virus capsids and vectors and host cells containing these sequences are provided. Also described are methods of using such host cells and vectors in production of rAAV particles. AAV-mediated delivery of therapeutic and immunogenic genes using the vectors of the invention is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Inventors:
James M. Wilson, Guangping Gao, Mauricio R. Alvira, Luk H. Vandenberghe
Abstract: Methods, software, systems, and apparatuses that can identify bivalent reaction mechanisms using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) are provided. Methods, software, systems, and apparatuses that can identify SPR sensorgrams that fit a bivalent analyte model are also provided. A method can include recording multiple SPR sensorgrams with an analyte at different concentrations, fitting each sensorgram with a single exponential function with exponents, determining the exponents for each sensorgram and R2 values for each sensorgram, and plotting R2 versus analyte concentration and determining if an optimal concentration exists.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
The Florida International University Board of Trustees
Abstract: Memory devices based on gate controlled ferromagnetism and spin-polarized current injection are provided. The device structure can include a two dimensional (2D) topological insulator (TI) having an active area body. One or a pair of ferromagnetic storage units are provided on top of the 2D TI with a dielectric and a gate thereon. A first contact can be at one end of the 2D TI and a second contact can be at the other end of the 2D TI, with the one or pair of ferromagnetic storage units on the 2D TI between the two contacts to facilitate 2D TI transport along a one-dimensional edge of the first and/or second lateral side. Application of biases via the gate and the first and second contacts enable read and write operations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System
Inventors:
William G. Vandenberghe, Christopher L. Hinkle, Massimo V. Fischetti
Abstract: A method of making a temperature-compensated resonator is presented. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate including a device layer; (b) replacing material from the device layer with material having an opposite temperature coefficient of elasticity (TCE) along a pre-determined region of high strain energy density for the resonator; (c) depositing a capping layer over the replacement material; and (d) etch-releasing the resonator from the substrate. The resonator may be a part of a micro electromechanical system (MEMS).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 31, 2012
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Inventors:
Mina Raieszadeh, Zhengzheng Wu, Vikram Atul Thakar, Adam Peczalski
Abstract: A sensor for detecting a condition includes a hydrogel configured to change thickness or volume in response to the condition. Magnetic particles are arranged in the hydrogel so that a magnetic property of the hydrogel changes with changes of thickness or volume of the hydrogel. Some such sensors include a magnetic-field detector that measures the magnetic field of the hydrogel. Other such sensors include a device coil is arranged with respect to the hydrogel so that changes in the magnetic property modulate an electrical property of the sensor. A sensing system using such a sensor includes a reader spaced apart from the sensor and including a reader coil and a resonance detector coupled to the reader coil to detect a the resonant frequency of the sensor. Changes in the magnetic property detectably modulate the resonant frequency.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2017
Assignees:
Purdue Research Foundation, Regents of the University of Minnesota
Abstract: ‘NCSX1’ is a new cultivar of hybrid spiraea that is a triploid selection with a compact habit and multicolored, yellow-orange foliage throughout the growing season with red-purple flowers.