Patents by Inventor Benjamin Avants

Benjamin Avants 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).

  • Publication number: 20220168579
    Abstract: The disclosure describes new apparatus, systems and methods utilizing magnetoelectric neural stimulators with tunable amplitude and waveform. Specific embodiments of the present disclosure include a magnetoelectric film, a magnetic field generator and an electrical circuit coupled to the magnetoelectric film, in particular embodiments, the electrical circuit comprises components configured modify an electrical output signal produced by the magnetoelectric film. In certain embodiments, the electrical circuit is configured to modify the electric signal to charge a charge storage element, to transmit data to an implantable wireless neural stimulator, and to provide a stimulation output to electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Jacob ROBINSON, Kaiyuan YANG, Zhanghao YU, Joshua CHEN, Amanda SINGER, Benjamin AVANTS, Nishant VERMA
  • Patent number: 10753869
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Ashok Veeraraghavan, Richard Baraniuk, Jacob Robinson, Vivek Boominathan, Jesse Adams, Benjamin Avants
  • 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