Patents by Inventor Bryan Chin

Bryan Chin 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: 20230149946
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Steve R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du
  • Patent number: 11541399
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Steve R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du
  • Publication number: 20220326408
    Abstract: A system for analyzing soil content of a field includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect gamma spectra of each of a plurality of soil samples, wherein a surface area of the field is divided into a plurality of portions and the plurality of soil samples comprises at least one soil sample from each of the plurality of portions, a navigation unit configured to detect geographic coordinates of each of the plurality of soil samples, a data analysis unit configured to associate the detected gamma spectra of each of the plurality of soil samples with the geographic coordinates of the soil sample and determine a weight percent of at least one element within each of the soil samples based on the detected gamma spectra, and an element content map unit configured to generate a map indicating concentration of the at least one element within the soil of the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan A. CHIN, Henry Allen TORBERT, III, Galina N. YAKUBOVA, Aleksandr KAVETSKIY, Nikolay SARGSYAN
  • Patent number: 11397277
    Abstract: A system for analyzing soil content of a field includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect gamma spectra of each of a plurality of soil samples, wherein a surface area of the field is divided into a plurality of portions and the plurality of soil samples comprises at least one soil sample from each of the plurality of portions, a navigation unit configured to detect geographic coordinates of each of the plurality of soil samples, a data analysis unit configured to associate the detected gamma spectra of each of the plurality of soil samples with the geographic coordinates of the soil sample and determine a weight percent of at least one element within each of the soil samples based on the detected gamma spectra, and an element content map unit configured to generate a map indicating concentration of the at least one element within the soil of the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: AUBURN UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Henry Allen Torbert, III, Galina N. Yakubova, Aleksandr Kavetskiy, Nikolay Sargsyan
  • Publication number: 20210138483
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Steve R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du
  • Publication number: 20210086113
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a pipe and a magnetic field generator such as an array of permanent magnets. The magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field through a filter section of the pipe. Multiple filter elements are positioned within the filter section of the pipe. The filter elements include a magnetic material and a biorecognition element to bind with a microorganism. The biorecognition element may be a bacteriophage that is genetically engineered to bind with the microorganism. The magnetic field forces the filter elements to positions within the filter section of the pipe. A fluid media may be flowed from an inlet of the pipe to an outlet of the pipe, through the filter section. The fluid media may be a liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Zhongyan Cheng, Songtao Du, Pengyu Chen
  • Patent number: 10940486
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Steve R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du
  • Patent number: 10782896
    Abstract: A method for managing an observed order of instructions in a computing system includes utilizing an overloaded memory barrier instruction to specify whether a global ordering constraint or a local ordering constraint is enforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shubhendu Sekhar Mukherjee, Richard Eugene Kessler, Mike Bertone, Chris Comis, Bryan Chin
  • Publication number: 20200252434
    Abstract: A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support flexible reconfiguration of a network chip by an external entity, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC), while maintaining a secured environment for the chip so that it can booted securely. Specifically, the network chip is configured to designate one or more of its networking ports to the BMC and allow the BMC to configure the designated networking ports without violating the secure areas of the network chip. To this end, the network chip is configured to allow the BMC to access a plurality of registers of the network chip via an Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) block of the network chip by issuing a plurality NC-SI compliant commands. By configuring the designated networking ports, the BMC is configured to establish a data path to a management software of a platform that includes the network chip though the designated networking ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Isam Akkawi, Darren Braun, Wilson Parkhurst Snyder, II, Bryan Chin
  • Publication number: 20200178459
    Abstract: A system for analyzing soil content of a field includes a data acquisition unit configured to detect gamma spectra of each of a plurality of soil samples, wherein a surface area of the field is divided into a plurality of portions and the plurality of soil samples comprises at least one soil sample from each of the plurality of portions, a navigation unit configured to detect geographic coordinates of each of the plurality of soil samples, a data analysis unit configured to associate the detected gamma spectra of each of the plurality of soil samples with the geographic coordinates of the soil sample and determine a weight percent of at least one element within each of the soil samples based on the detected gamma spectra, and an element content map unit configured to generate a map indicating concentration of the at least one element within the soil of the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Henry Allen Torbert, III, Galina N. Yakubova, Aleksandr Kavetskiy, Nikolay Sargsyan
  • Patent number: 10666682
    Abstract: A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support flexible reconfiguration of a network chip by an external entity, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC), while maintaining a secured environment for the chip so that it can be booted securely. The network chip is configured to designate one or more of its networking ports to the BMC and allow the BMC to configure the designated networking ports without violating the secure areas of the network chip. The network chip is configured to allow the BMC to access a plurality of registers of the network chip via a Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) block of the network chip by issuing a plurality NC-SI compliant commands. By configuring the designated networking ports, the BMC is configured to establish a data path to a management software of a platform that includes the network chip though the designated networking ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isam Akkawi, Darren Braun, Wilson Parkhurst Snyder, II, Bryan Chin
  • Publication number: 20190374957
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Steve R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du
  • Patent number: 10422770
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a system may include a basin that includes an index plate positioned at a bottom of the basin. The basin is configured to receive a liquid analyte, such as a liquid food product or a nutrient broth. The index plate includes an array of multiple wells. Each well opens into an interior of the basin and is sized to receive a magnetostrictive sensor in a predetermined orientation. One or more sensor coils is positionable beneath each well. The basin may be filled with liquid analyte and magnetostrictive sensors may be positioned in the wells. The liquid analyte may be allowed to incubate at a controlled temperature. A controller may position a sensor coil beneath a well, apply a varying magnetic field to a magnetostrictive sensor in the well, and detect a frequency response of the magnetostrictive sensor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Zhongyang Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190287655
    Abstract: A method for efficiently processing and storing large data sets associated with a multi-stage bioinformatics analysis of genomic data is disclosed. The present method increases the efficiency of the electronic storage of these large data sets by automatically deleting or compressing intermediate data or a portion of output data and compressing input data, where both deletion and compression are based on predetermined characteristics of said data. When necessary, such data can be recovered using generated metadata associated with the data. Doing so, not only improves the storage efficiency of massively large genomic datasets, but also allows for the consistent reproduction of output data with the re-processing of intermediate data based on information stored in metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Wesselman, Jeremy Davis-Turak, Roshni Patel, Bryan Chin, Ali Tajeldin, Jean Lozach
  • Patent number: 10406533
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Steve R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du
  • Patent number: 10331848
    Abstract: A method for efficiently processing and storing large data sets associated with a multi-stage bioinformatics analysis of genomic data is disclosed. The present method increases the efficiency of the electronic storage of these large data sets by automatically deleting or compressing intermediate data or a portion of output data and compressing input data, where both deletion and compression are based on predetermined characteristics of said data. When necessary, such data can be recovered using generated metadata associated with the data. Doing so, not only improves the storage efficiency of massively large genomic datasets, but also allows for the consistent reproduction of output data with the re-processing of intermediate data based on information stored in metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ONRAMP BIOINFORMATICS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Wesselman, Jeremy Davis-Turak, Roshni Patel, Bryan Chin, Ali Tajeldin, Jean Lozach
  • Publication number: 20190138232
    Abstract: A method for managing an observed order of instructions in a computing system includes utilizing an overloaded memory barrier instruction to specify whether a global ordering constraint or a local ordering constraint is enforced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Shubhendu Sekhar Mukherjee, Richard Eugene Kessler, Mike Bertone, Chris Comis, Bryan Chin
  • Patent number: 10216430
    Abstract: A method for managing an observed order of instructions in a computing system includes utilizing an overloaded memory barrier instruction to specify whether a global ordering constraint or a local ordering constraint is enforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Cavium, LLC
    Inventors: Shubhendu Sekhar Mukherjee, Richard Eugene Kessler, Mike Bertone, Chris Comis, Bryan Chin
  • Publication number: 20180218114
    Abstract: A method for efficiently processing and storing large data sets associated with a multi-stage bioinformatics analysis of genomic data is disclosed. The present method increases the efficiency of the electronic storage of these large data sets by automatically deleting or compressing intermediate data or a portion of output data and compressing input data, where both deletion and compression are based on predetermined characteristics of said data. When necessary, such data can be recovered using generated metadata associated with the data. Doing so, not only improves the storage efficiency of massively large genomic datasets, but also allows for the consistent reproduction of output data with the re-processing of intermediate data based on information stored in metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Wesselman, Jeremy Davis-Turak, Roshni Patel, Bryan Chin, Ali Tajeldin, Jean Lozach
  • Publication number: 20170370883
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, a method for contaminant detection includes distributing multiple magnetostrictive sensors on a nonmagnetic index plate. The index plate includes multiple wells formed in a top surface that are each sized to receive a magnetostrictive sensor. The method further includes placing a magnetic backing plate below the index plate, inverting the index plate and the magnetic backing plate, and then placing the inverted index plate on a sample surface. The sample surface may be two-dimensional food such as fresh vegetable leaves. The method may further include placing the index plate and the magnetic backing plate on a nonmagnetic cover plate that is positioned above a sensor coil. The method further includes removing the magnetic backing plate, removing the index plate, and applying a varying magnetic field with the sensor coil to a magnetostrictive sensor positioned on the cover plate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Stevie R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Howard C. Wikle, Zhongyang Cheng, Yuzhe Liu, Jiajia Hu, Fengen Wang