Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Marks

Daniel L. Marks 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).

  • Patent number: 12265358
    Abstract: Various examples of out-of-plane multicolor waveguide holography systems, methods of manufacture, and methods of use are described herein. In some examples, a multicolor waveguide holography system includes a planar waveguide to convey optical radiation between a grating coupler and a metasurface hologram. The grating coupler may be configured to couple out-of-plane optical radiation of three different color incident at three different angles into the planar waveguide. The combined multicolor optical radiation may be conveyed by the waveguide to the metasurface hologram. The metasurface hologram may diffractively decouple the three colors of optical radiation for off-plane propagation to form a multicolor holographic image in free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventors: David R. Smith, Zhiqin Huang, Daniel L. Marks
  • Publication number: 20250073223
    Abstract: A nanoparticle for delivering an interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) inhibitor to a subject and methods for treating inflamed tissue in a subject using the nanoparticle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: Oregon State University, Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Oleh Taratula, Youngrong Park, Olena Taratula, Tetiana Korzun, Daniel L. Marks
  • Patent number: 11705632
    Abstract: Systems and methods for designing, optimizing, patterning, forming, and manufacturing symphotic structures are described herein. A symphotic structure may be formed by identifying a continuous refractive index distribution calculated to convert each of a plurality of input reference waves to a corresponding plurality of output object waves. The continuous refractive index distribution can be modeled as a plurality of subwavelength voxels. The system can calculate a symphotic pattern as a three-dimensional array of discrete dipole values to functionally approximate the subwavelength voxels. A symphotic structure may be formed with a volumetric distribution of dipole structures. A dipole value, such as a dipole moment (direction and magnitude) of each dipole is selected for the volumetric distribution to convert a plurality of input reference waves to a target plurality of output object waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: David R. Smith, Guillermo Sapiro, Daniel L. Marks, Patrick Bowen, Roberto Zecca, Okan Yurduseven, Jonah N. Gollub
  • Publication number: 20230141643
    Abstract: Various examples of out-of-plane multicolor waveguide holography systems, methods of manufacture, and methods of use are described herein. In some examples, a multicolor waveguide holography system includes a planar waveguide to convey optical radiation between a grating coupler and a metasurface hologram. The grating coupler may be configured to couple out-of-plane optical radiation of three different color incident at three different angles into the planar waveguide. The combined multicolor optical radiation may be conveyed by the waveguide to the metasurface hologram. The metasurface hologram may diffractively decouple the three colors of optical radiation for off-plane propagation to form a multicolor holographic image in free space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: David R. Smith, Zhiqin Huang, Daniel L. Marks
  • Patent number: 11543774
    Abstract: Various examples of out-of-plane multicolor waveguide holography systems, methods of manufacture, and methods of use are described herein. In some examples, a multicolor waveguide holography system includes a planar waveguide to convey optical radiation between a grating coupler and a metasurface hologram. The grating coupler may be configured to couple out-of-plane optical radiation of three different color incident at three different angles into the planar waveguide. The combined multicolor optical radiation may be conveyed by the waveguide to the metasurface hologram. The metasurface hologram may diffractively decouple the three colors of optical radiation for off-plane propagation to form a multicolor holographic image in free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: David R. Smith, Zhiqin Huang, Daniel L. Marks
  • Publication number: 20200004201
    Abstract: Various examples of out-of-plane multicolor waveguide holography systems, methods of manufacture, and methods of use are described herein. In some examples, a multicolor waveguide holography system includes a planar waveguide to convey optical radiation between a grating coupler and a metasurface hologram. The grating coupler may be configured to couple out-of-plane optical radiation of three different color incident at three different angles into the planar waveguide. The combined multicolor optical radiation may be conveyed by the waveguide to the metasurface hologram. The metasurface hologram may diffractively decouple the three colors of optical radiation for off-plane propagation to form a multicolor holographic image in free space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: David R. Smith, Zhiqin Huang, Daniel L. Marks
  • Publication number: 20190339380
    Abstract: Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) imaging systems and methods for performing massively parallel computation are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes, at a computing device, receiving data from a radar system about a target located within a spatial zone of a receiving antenna and a transmitting antenna. The method also includes approximating the data. The method also includes interpolating the approximation to calculate a result. Further, the method includes forming an image of the data in response to calculating the result. Lastly, the method includes presenting the image to a user via a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel L. Marks
  • Publication number: 20190109379
    Abstract: Systems and methods for designing, optimizing, patterning, forming, and manufacturing symphotic structures are described herein. A symphotic structure may be formed by identifying a continuous refractive index distribution calculated to convert each of a plurality of input reference waves to a corresponding plurality of output object waves. The continuous refractive index distribution can be modeled as a plurality of subwavelength voxels. The system can calculate a symphotic pattern as a three-dimensional array of discrete dipole values to functionally approximate the subwavelength voxels. A symphotic structure may be formed with a volumetric distribution of dipole structures. A dipole value, such as a dipole moment (direction and magnitude) of each dipole is selected for the volumetric distribution to convert a plurality of input reference waves to a target plurality of output object waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Smith, Guillermo Sapiro, Daniel L. Marks, Patrick Bowen, Roberto Zecca, Okan Yurduseven, Jonah N. Gollub
  • Publication number: 20190094408
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, systems and methods for through imaging a medium are disclosed. An apparatus can include one or more radiating elements comprising one or more artificially-structured materials. The one or more radiating elements can be configured to transmit a radiation pattern of electromagnetic energy into a medium. The apparatus also can include one or more receiving elements configured to receive backscattered energy from the radiation pattern of electromagnetic energy transmitted into the medium. The backscattered energy received by the one or more receiving elements can be used to generate one or more through images of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Boyarsky, Seyedmohammadreza Faghih Imani, Daniel L. Marks, Timothy Sleasman, David R. Smith, Okan Yurduseven
  • Patent number: 9866503
    Abstract: A computerized human communication arbitrating and distributing system, including a controller digital computer and a plurality of participator digital computers, each of the participator computers including an input device for receiving human-input information from a human user and an output device for presenting information to the user. A connection, such as Internet, links the controller computer with each of the participator computers. Controller software runs on the controller computer to arbitrate in accordance with predefined rules, which ones of the participator computers can interact in one of a plurality of groups through the controller computer and to distribute real time data to the respective ones of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Windy City Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel L. Marks
  • Publication number: 20140222937
    Abstract: A computerized human communication arbitrating and distributing system, including a controller digital computer and a plurality of participator digital computers, each of the participator computers including an input device for receiving human-input information from a human user and an output device for presenting information to the user. A connection, such as Internet, links the controller computer with each of the participator computers. Controller software runs on the controller computer to arbitrate in accordance with predefined rules, which ones of the participator computers can interact in one of a plurality of groups through the controller computer and to distribute real time data to the respective ones of the groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel L. Marks
  • Patent number: 8694657
    Abstract: A system and method communicating via an Internet network, the system including: a plurality of computers connected to a computer system such that one of the plurality of computers, corresponding to a first of the user identities, and an other of the plurality of computers, corresponding to a second of the user identities, can send communications, and some of the communications are received in real time via the Internet. There can be a determination as to whether some of the communications are allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel L Marks
  • Patent number: 8601066
    Abstract: A method of communicating via an Internet network, the method including: connecting, responsive to receiving from each of a plurality of computers a login name and a password corresponding to a respective user identity, a computer system to each of said plurality of computers; determining, by the computer system, which one or ones of the plurality of computers can communicate communications with at least one other of the plurality of computers; receiving, by the computer system, at least some of the communications in real time via the Internet network; and providing, by the computer system to at least one of the plurality of computers, a member-associated image and member identity information corresponding to one of the user identities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel L Marks
  • Patent number: 8473552
    Abstract: A computerized human communication arbitrating and distributing system, including a controller digital computer and a plurality of participator digital computers, each of the participator computers including an input device for receiving human-input information from a human user and an output device for presenting information to the user, each said user having a user identity. A connection, such as Internet, links the controller computer with each of the participator computers. Controller software runs on the controller computer to arbitrate in accordance with predefined rules including said user identity, which ones of the participator computers can interact in one of a plurality of groups through the controller computer and to distribute real time data to the respective ones of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel L Marks
  • Patent number: 8458245
    Abstract: A computerized human communication arbitrating and distributing system, including a controller digital computer and a plurality of participator digital computers, each of the participator computers including an input device for receiving human-input information from a human user and an output device for presenting information to the user, each said user having a user identity. A connection, such as Internet, links the controller computer with each of the participator computers. Controller software runs on the controller computer to arbitrate in accordance with predefined rules including said user identity, which ones of the participator computers can interact in one of a plurality of groups through the controller computer and to distribute real time data to the respective ones of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel L Marks
  • Patent number: 8407356
    Abstract: A computerized human communication arbitrating and distributing system, including a controller digital computer and a plurality of participator digital computers, each of the participator computers including an input device for receiving human-input information from a human user and an output device for presenting information to the user, each said user having a user identity. A connection, such as Internet, links the controller computer with each of the participator computers. Controller software runs on the controller computer to arbitrate in accordance with predefined rules including said user identity, which ones of the participator computers can interact in one of a plurality of groups through the controller computer and to distribute real time data to the respective ones of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel L Marks
  • Patent number: 8300228
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for selectively driving the vibrations of normal modes of a target molecule into coherence using stimulated Raman scattering. In concert, many vibrations produce a larger anti-Stokes signal than a single vibration. The same illumination does not drive other molecules to have coherent vibrations, so these molecules produce a weaker signal. Target and confounder molecules can be distinguished by pulses that drive many vibrations coherently, with applications in coherent Raman microspectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Daniel L. Marks, Joseph B. Geddes, III, Stephen A. Boppart
  • Patent number: 8218152
    Abstract: A system and method for microscale measurement and imaging of the group refractive index of a sample. The method utilizes a broadband confocal high-numerical aperture microscope embedded into an interferometer and a spectrometric means, whereby spectral interferograms are analyzed to compute optical path delay of the beam traversing the sample as the sample is translated through the focus of an interrogating light beam. A determination of group refractive index may serve to disambiguate phase ambiguity in a measurement of refractive index at a specified wavelength. Spatial resolution of object characterization in three dimensions is achieved by imaging the object from multiple viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Daniel L. Marks, Stephen A. Boppart, Adam M. Zysk, Simon C. Schlachter
  • Patent number: 7969650
    Abstract: A near-field microscope using one or more diffractive elements placed in the near-field of an object to be imaged. A diffractive covers the entire object, thus signal may thereby be gathered from the entire object, and advantageously increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the resulting image, as well as greatly improve the acquisition speed. Near-field microscopy overcomes the limitation of conventional microscopy in that subwavelength and nanometer-scale features can be imaged and measured without contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Daniel L. Marks, Paul Scott Carney
  • Publication number: 20100208252
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for selectively driving the vibrations of normal modes of a target molecule into coherence using stimulated Raman scattering. In concert, many vibrations produce a larger anti-Stokes signal than a single vibration. The same illumination does not drive other molecules to have coherent vibrations, so these molecules produce a weaker signal. Target and confounder molecules can be distinguished by pulses that drive many vibrations coherently, with applications in coherent Raman microspectroscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Daniel L. Marks, Joseph B. Geddes, III, Stephen A. Boppart