NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130280269 | Manipulation of HSP70 and IRE1Alpha Protein Interactions - The present invention relates to methods that manipulate the level of interaction between the proteins Hsp70 and IRE1α. In particular, the invention relates to methods of manipulating this interaction in order to increase protein yield, and to methods of manipulating this interaction in order to treat diseases associated with abnormal apoptotic activity, including cancer and autoimmune diseases. | 10-24-2013 |
20130182920 | Separating Directional Lighting Variability in Statistical Face Modelling Based on Texture Space Decomposition - A technique for determining a characteristic of a face or certain other object within a scene captured in a digital image including acquiring an image and applying a linear texture model that is constructed based on a training data set and that includes a class of objects including a first subset of model components that exhibit a dependency on directional lighting variations and a second subset of model components which are independent of directional lighting variations. A fit of the model to the face or certain other object is obtained including adjusting one or more individual values of one or more of the model components of the linear texture model. Based on the obtained fit of the model to the face or certain other object in the scene, a characteristic of the face or certain other object is determined. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182149 | Separating Directional Lighting Variability in Statistical Face Modelling Based on Texture Space Decomposition - A technique for determining a characteristic of a face or certain other object within a scene captured in a digital image including acquiring an image and applying a linear texture model that is constructed based on a training data set and that includes a class of objects including a first subset of model components that exhibit a dependency on directional lighting variations and a second subset of model components which are independent of directional lighting variations. A fit of the model to the face or certain other object is obtained including adjusting one or more individual values of one or more of the model components of the linear texture model. Based on the obtained fit of the model to the face or certain other object in the scene, a characteristic of the face or certain other object is determined. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182148 | Separating Directional Lighting Variability in Statistical Face Modelling Based on Texture Space Decomposition - A technique for determining a characteristic of a face or certain other object within a scene captured in a digital image including acquiring an image and applying a linear texture model that is constructed based on a training data set and that includes a class of objects including a first subset of model components that exhibit a dependency on directional lighting variations and a second subset of model components which are independent of directional lighting variations. A fit of the model to the face or certain other object is obtained including adjusting one or more individual values of one or more of the model components of the linear texture model. Based on the obtained fit of the model to the face or certain other object in the scene, a characteristic of the face or certain other object is determined. | 07-18-2013 |
20120124520 | Graphical User Interface Component - A user interlace component for an electronic device having a display. The user interface component, when instantiated is arranged to provide a representation of a hierarchical structure of interlinked objects arranged in a plurality of levels. The representation is displayed as a plurality of concentric rings, each corresponding to a given one of the plurality of levels. The instance of the user interface component is responsive to user interaction therewith to rotate one of the rings, whereby at least one of the objects is rotated out of view, and the instance of the user interface component is responsive to the user selecting an object in a ring to display a limited number of interlinked objects in a connected ring. | 05-17-2012 |
20120101401 | METHOD FOR THE REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF SEIZURES IN AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method for the real-time identification of seizures in an Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal. The method provides for patient-independent seizure identification by use of a multi-patient trained generic Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier. The SVM classifier is operates on a large feature vector combining features from a wide variety of signal processing and analysis techniques. The method operates sufficiently accurately to be suitable for use in a clinical environment. The method may also be combined with additional classifiers, such a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) classifier, for improved robustness, and one or more dynamic classifiers such as an SVM using sequential kernels for improved temporal analysis of the EEG signal. | 04-26-2012 |
20110262455 | TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS WITH A DEATH RECEPTOR AGONIST - A method of treating a proliferative disorder, and a pharmaceutical composition for use in such a method, comprises administering to the patient a combination of an agonist of a death receptor and an antagonist of Egr-1. The death receptor agonist and the Egr-1 antagonist may be administered sequentially, separately or in combination | 10-27-2011 |
20110007174 | Identifying Facial Expressions in Acquired Digital Images - A face is detected and identified within an acquired digital image. One or more features of the face is/are extracted from the digital image, including two independent eyes or subsets of features of each of the two eyes, or lips or partial lips or one or more other mouth features and one or both eyes, or both. A model including multiple shape parameters is applied to the two independent eyes or subsets of features of each of the two eyes, and/or to the lips or partial lips or one or more other mouth features and one or both eyes. One or more similarities between the one or more features of the face and a library of reference feature sets is/are determined. A probable facial expression is identified based on the determining of the one or more similarities. | 01-13-2011 |
20100301013 | METHOD FOR LASER ABLATION - The present invention relates to a method for laser ablation. The method comprises providing a substrate from which material is to be ablated and providing an ambient environment for the laser ablation process, comprising supplying a prescribed assist gas in a prescribed delivery configuration. The method further comprises focusing a laser beam onto the substrate to be ablated at a power density above an ablation threshold of the material to remove material from the substrate in a laser material interaction zone at or adjacent to the focal point of the laser; and controlling the supply of the assist gas and the laser power to generate a liquid phase in the laser material interaction zone in which the ablated matter is suspended. | 12-02-2010 |
20100202707 | Method and Component for Image Recognition - A method and system for image recognition in a collection of digital images includes training image classifiers and retrieving a sub-set of images from the collection. For each image in the collection, any regions within the image that correspond to a face are identified. For each face region and any associated peripheral region, feature vectors are determined for each of the image classifiers. The feature vectors are stored in association with data relating to the associated face region. At least one reference region including a face to be recognized is/are selected from an image. At least one classifier on which said retrieval is to be based is/are selected from the image classifiers. A respective feature vector for each selected classifier is determined for the reference region. The sub-set of images is retrieved from within the image collection in accordance with the distance between the feature vectors determined for the reference region and the feature vectors for face regions of the image collection. | 08-12-2010 |
20090238410 | FACE RECOGNITION WITH COMBINED PCA-BASED DATASETS - A face recognition method for working with two or more collections of facial images is provided. A representation framework is determined for a first collection of facial images including at least principle component analysis (PCA) features. A representation of said first collection is stored using the representation framework. A modified representation framework is determined based on statistical properties of original facial image samples of a second collection of facial images and the stored representation of the first collection. The first and second collections are combined without using original facial image samples. A representation of the combined image collection (super-collection) is stored using the modified representation framework. A representation of a current facial image, determined in terms of the modified representation framework, is compared with one or more representations of facial images of the combined collection. Based on the comparing, it is determined which, if any, of the facial images within the combined collection matches the current facial image. | 09-24-2009 |
20090139928 | Method And Apparatus For Biologically Processing Fluid - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for biologically treating fluids, in particular municipal or industrial wastewater or the like, the apparatus comprising a pair of reservoirs each containing growth medium having a biofilm thereon, the apparatus being arranged to pump the wastewater from one reservoir to another such as to alternatively expose the biofilms within the reservoirs to air and wastewater, thus making it possible to achieve sequential aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic conditions in the biofilms. | 06-04-2009 |
20090089744 | Method and apparatus for generating error-correcting and error-detecting codes using zero-divisors and units in group rings - A method and apparatus for generating a code having properties specific to its intended use, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a group from a set of groups; selecting a ring from a set of rings; forming a group ring from said select group and selected ring; selecting a generator element from said group ring, wherein said selection is based on the desired properties of the code to be generated; and inputting said selected generator element into a code generation process to obtain a corresponding check element. | 04-02-2009 |
20090003661 | Separating a Directional Lighting Variability In Statistical Face Modelling Based On Texture Space Decomposition - A technique for determining a characteristic of a face or certain other object within a scene captured in a digital image including acquiring an image and applying a linear texture model that is constructed based on a training data set and that includes a class of objects including a first subset of model components that exhibit a dependency on directional lighting variations and a second subset of model components which are independent of directional lighting variations. A fit of the model to the face or certain other object is obtained including adjusting one or more individual values of one or more of the model components of the linear texture model. Based on the obtained fit of the model to the face or certain other object in the scene, a characteristic of the face or certain other object is determined. | 01-01-2009 |
20080233106 | Markers for labour - The invention relates to markers which find use in the diagnosis of labour or pre-term labour, to assays comprising such markers, to methods of identifying therapeutic agents which can prolong pregnancy, using these markers and to methods of treatment of pre-term labour, methods of prolonging gestation, or methods of suppressing labour contractility based on the markers. | 09-25-2008 |