Patents by Inventor Angel Martinez

Angel Martinez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Signal processing methods and systems for explosive detection and identification using electromagnetic radiation
    Patent number: 9575045
    Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to signal processing methods and systems for identifying a material on a body of a person using electromagnetic radiation. A radar system may measure a first reflection of radiation incident on a body of a person. The first reflection may be from a surface of the body. The radar system may measure a second reflection of the radiation. The second reflection may be from a first material residing on or proximate to the surface of the body. An analyzer may determine, relative to the first reflection, a delay in the second reflection due to propagation of a portion of the radiation through the first material. The analyzer may determine, based on the delay, at least one of: the first material and a dielectric constant of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Carey Rappaport, Jose Angel Martinez-Lorenzo
  • System on chip (SoC) based on phase transition and/or phase change material
    Patent number: 9558779
    Abstract: System on chips (SoCs) of a microprocessor electrically connected with electronic memory devices and/or optically connected with a optical memory device are disclosed along with various embodiments of building block of the microprocessor and the electronic memory devices, wherein the microprocessor can comprise digital unit and/or neural networks based unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventors: Mohammad A Mazed, Rex Wiig, Angel Martinez
  • HEAT SHIELD FOR A SPACECRAFT
    Publication number: 20160376039
    Abstract: Various material compositions of a heat shield for a spacecraft are described. The heat shield can be formed by multi-dimensional weaver or three-dimensional (3-D) printer. Furthermore, the heat shield can be configured with a superconducting coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Mohammad A. Mazed, Rex Wiig, Angel Martinez
  • MANAGING PRINTER DRY TIME
    Publication number: 20160358050
    Abstract: As one example, a printer includes a density calculator to determine a content density of data on page to be printed and a controller. In that example, the controller may perform operations to determine a dry time for a swath of the page to be printed based on the content density and an environmental variable and adjust a parameter for the page to be printed to mitigate a drying time of the page to be printed based on the dry time determined for the swath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: MARIA ISABEL BORRELL BAYONA, LUIS GARCIA GARCIA, SERGIO PUIGARDEU ARAMENDIA, ANGEL MARTINEZ BARAMBIO
  • IMAGE PROCESSING USING CONTENT-BASED WEIGHTED DITHERING
    Publication number: 20160344895
    Abstract: Image processing transforms input multi-level image data into output image data having a smaller number of levels (the input and output image data represents images formed of cells). The image processing distributes quantization error of a target cell of the image to neighbour cells in proportions determined by a set of weights. The distribution excludes neighbour cells whose data level is less than a threshold value from receiving distributed quantization error, or allows just a fraction of the quantization error to be distributed to such neighbour cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Angel Martinez Barambio, Luis Garcia, M.Isabel Borrell Bayona
  • Managing printer dry time
    Patent number: 9460375
    Abstract: One example includes a printer (110) having a calculator (120) to determine plot density of a printer content page (130). A controller (140) is provided to set a print parameter based on the determined plot density for the printer content page (130) to mitigate dry time for a printed output page (150).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Maria Isabel Borrell Bayona, Luis Garcia Garcia, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Angel Martinez Barambio
  • Concurrent image and diagnostic pattern printing
    Patent number: 9390352
    Abstract: Print image-quality defects are diagnosed by printing an image and one or more diagnostic patterns concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Sergio Puigardeu, Angel Martinez, M. Isabel Borrell
  • SYSTEM ON CHIP (SoC) BASED ON PHASE TRANSITION AND/OR PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160181322
    Abstract: System on chips (SoCs) of a microprocessor electrically connected with electronic memory devices and/or optically connected with a optical memory device are disclosed along with various embodiments of building block of the microprocessor and the electronic memory devices, wherein the microprocessor can comprise digital unit and/or neural networks based unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: MOHAMMAD A. MAZED, REX WIIG, ANGEL MARTINEZ
  • LACTOSE-REMOVING MILK PROCESS FOR LACTOSE-FREE MILK PRODUCTION AND BYPRODUCT USE
    Publication number: 20160174586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dairy and milk treatment industries for obtaining lactose-free milk and assessment of byproduct in particular, particularly to milk treatment industry through different separation means such as micro and nanofiltration equipment. One of the purposes of this invention is to provide a delactosed or lactose-free milk with sensory profile equivalent to a normal pasteurized milk using essential separation steps to reduce product costs. Another purpose of this invention is to determine the effect of milk natural components concentration on organoleptic properties to achieve the first purpose of this invention. Another purpose is to determine percentage between retentate and permeate to get a sensory profile equivalent to a normal pasteurized milk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ricardo Arista Puigferrat, Daniel Isaac Valenzuela Rodriguez, Juan Carlos de Santiago Ubaldo, Rocio Leyva Jarquin, Jose Ángel Martinez Gallegos
  • Monomeric VHH domain derived from anti-VP6 camelid antibodies, dimeric domain, immunisation method, composition, and treatment methods for rotavirus infections
    Patent number: 9371373
    Abstract: Monomeric VHH domain derived from anti-VP6 camelid antibodies, dimeric domain, immunization method, and treatment method for rotavirus infections, wherein said domain may be any of the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3, and wherein said domains bind to protein VP6 of Group A rotavirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECHNOLOGIA AGROPECUARIA (INTA)
    Inventors: Thomas Surrey, Aurelien Olichon, Lorena Laura Garaicoeachea, Gisela Ariana Marcoppido, Gladys Viviana Parreño, Silvia Gómez Sebastián, José Angel Martínez Escribano, Andrés Wigdorovitz
  • MODULAR SUPERHETERODYNE STEPPED FREQUENCY RADAR SYSTEM FOR IMAGING
    Publication number: 20160139259
    Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed methods and systems for establishing a wideband radar system for imaging. A receiver of a radar imaging system may receive a set of phase measurements for each of a plurality of frequency bands, each of the plurality of frequency bands established by up-converting or down-converting a base frequency band. A phase adjuster of the radar imaging system may identify, from each region of overlap between consecutive frequency bands of the plurality of frequency bands, a phase difference between corresponding sets of the phase measurements. The phase adjuster may adjust one or more sets of the phase measurements based on the identified phase differences to generate an image across the plurality of frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Carey Rappaport, Spiros Mantzavinos, Borja Gonzalez Valdes, Jose Angel Martinez, Dan Busuioc
  • MICROWAVE NEARFIELD RADAR IMAGING (NRI) USING DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS (DBT) FOR NON-INVASIVE BREAST CANCER DETECTION
    Publication number: 20160120407
    Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed methods and systems for granular imaging of a distribution of tissues. A tomographic device may acquire a first image of a distribution of tissues, the first image including a plurality of pixels. A tomographic image processor may translate at least some of the plurality of pixels of the first image into a plurality of values representative of a distribution of dielectric constants corresponding to the distribution of tissues. A nearfield radar imaging (NRI) system may generate a second image of the distribution of tissues based on the plurality of values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Jose Angel Martinez-Lorenzo, Carey Rappaport
  • SYSTEM FOR SECURING A DENTAL PROSTHESIS
    Publication number: 20160120582
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for securing a dental prosthesis, characterized in that it has at least one anchorage (1) in the form of a screw which is anchored in a single bone a distance from the maxillary alveolar ridge, and a plate (3) arranged in the oral cavity (2), under the mucosa that covers the jaw bone (4), in contact with said jaw bone (4), and following the shape thereof and of the mucosa, with an extension (5) whereby the plate (3) is connected to the anchorage, said connection being completely covered by the mucosa and being a distance from the maxillary alveolar ridge (1). There are also posts (6) in the plate (3) configured for going through the mucosa so as to secure the dental prosthesis. The loads resulting from the use of the dental prosthesis are thus transmitted to the anchorage (1) through the plate and posts (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Manuel Angel MARTINEZ
  • PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20160119487
    Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a printing system. The printing system comprises a support having a plurality of spaced apertures and a colour sensor moveable to measure light from each aperture. The printing system further comprises a controller to control the colour sensor to measure characteristics of light emitted through each aperture, and to determine, for each aperture, light calibration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Luis Garcia Garcia, M. Isabel Borrell Bayona, Angel Martinez Barambio, Sergio Puigardeu Aramendia
  • Printing system and method for backlit substrate calibration
    Patent number: 9264583
    Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a printing system. The printing system comprises a support having a plurality of spaced apertures and a color sensor moveable to measure light from each aperture. The printing system further comprises a controller to control the color sensor to measure characteristics of light emitted through each aperture, and to determine, for each aperture, light calibration data. The printing system is particularly adapted for use with substrates that are intended to be viewed when backlit, that is in conjunction with backlighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Luis Garcia, Sergio Puigardeu, M. Isabel Borell, Angel Martinez
  • Fast optical switch and its applications in optical communication
    Publication number: 20160033849
    Abstract: A fast optical switch can be fabricated/constructed, when vanadium dioxide (VO2) ultra thin-film or a cluster of vanadium dioxide particles (less than 0.5 microns in diameter) embedded in an ultra thin-film of a polymeric material or in a mesh of metal nanowires is activated by either an electrical pulse (a voltage pulse or a current pulse) or a light pulse just to induce rapid insulator-to-metal phase transition (IMT) in vanadium dioxide ultra thin-film or vanadium dioxide particles embedded in an ultra thin-film of a polymeric material or in a mesh of metal nanowires. The applications of such a fast optical switch for an on-Demand optical add-drop subsystem, integrating with or without a wavelength converter are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Mohammad A. Mazed, Rex Wiig, Angel Martinez
  • Printing and printers
    Patent number: 9247090
    Abstract: A method of printing a document using one of a plurality of print modes, the method comprising: (i) notionally dividing a digital image of the document into sectors; (ii) for each sector, comparing one or more properties of the luminosity of pixels within each sector with one or more threshold values; (iii) using the comparison of (ii) to determine whether each sector is likely to show an image defect if printed at a lower image quality print mode; (iv) selecting a print mode such that all sectors are determined not to be likely to show an image defect; (v) printing the document using the determined print mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Angel Martinez, Alejandro Campillo, Marc Serra
  • Device for deterring birds from landing
    Patent number: 9232782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for deterring birds from landing in a defined area, for example on maritime vessels, without causing physical damage, said device comprising a vertically positionable rotary actuating shaft whereon a retractably connected pair of rods (3) is arranged at the top by means of a hinged joint, such that said two rods (3) are able to extend horizontally and perpendicularly in relation to the actuating shaft and opposite each other, said actuating shaft (2) being mounted on a support (4) provided with hinge means in the lower part, that can angularly fold down said support (4) in relation to a base body (5). The lower part of said actuating shaft (2) is in contact with a spherical region arranged inside said support (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SEMPRE ABRIL, S.L.
    Inventors: Angel Martinez Carrasco, Claudio Calveras Fugarolas
  • PRINTING AND PRINTERS
    Publication number: 20150375549
    Abstract: A method of printing a document using one of a plurality of print modes, the method comprising: (i) notionally dividing a digital image of the document into sectors; (ii) for each sector, comparing one or more properties of the luminosity of pixels within each sector with one or more threshold values; (iii) using the comparison of (ii) to determine whether each sector is likely to show an image defect if printed at a lower image quality print mode; (iv) selecting a print mode such that all sectors are determined not to be likely to show an image defect; (v) printing the document using the determined print mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Angel Martinez, Alejandro Campillo, Marc Serra
  • PRINTER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING AN IMAGE TO BE PRINTED
    Publication number: 20150352871
    Abstract: A printer and a method of processing an image (1) to be printed with a printer which has a printing unit arranged to produce a printout from image-representing print data of the image, and a processing unit for processing image-representing input data of the image so as to generate the image-representing print data. The processing unit is arranged for separating the image into a line detail sub-image (20) containing edge and line details, and an area detail sub-image (25) containing area details, performing a first printing mode processing pipeline on the line detail sub-image and performing a second, different printing mode processing pipeline on the area detail sub-image, and generating multi-layer print mask data, wherein at least one print mask data layer is usable to print the line detail sub-image in at least one line detail print pass, and the remaining, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Sergio PUIGARDEU ARAMENDIA, Angel MARTINEZ BARAMBIO, Luis GARCIA GARCIA, M. Isabel BORREL BAYONA