| ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Patent applications |
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| 20120097373 | Methods for improving pool boiling and apparatuses thereof - A method and apparatus for pool boiling includes introducing a fluid into a chamber of a housing which has one or more protruding features. One or more diverters extend at least partially across the one or more protruding features in the chamber. One or more bubbles are formed in the fluid in the chamber as a result of bubble nucleation. At least one of growth and motion of the one or more of the bubbles are diverted with the one or more diverters to generate additional localized motion of the fluid along at least one of the one or more protruding features and other surfaces in the chamber of the housing to at least one of transfer additional heat to the liquid and increase the critical heat flux limit. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120077098 | FUEL CELLS WITH A NON-PARALLEL GAS FLOW CHANNEL CONFIGURATION AND METHODS THEREOF - A fuel cell apparatus including a fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly between an anode and a cathode, a first set of channels between the anode and the assembly, and a second set of channels between the cathode and the assembly. The first set of channels is spaced from and extends across a width of the second set of channels in a non-parallel configuration and at least one of the first or second set of channels are oriented to provide gravitationally assisted water removal; at least one of the first set or second set of channels has a shorter length than the other one of the first set and second set of channels; or at least one of the first set or second set of channels has intrusion regions that extend portions of the assembly into at least one of the first set or second set of channels. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076736 | HOST SUPPORTED GENETIC BIOSENSORS - The present invention relates to an in vivo method of monitoring an analyte in a subject. This method involves providing an expression vector that encodes a biosensor molecule, the biosensor molecule comprising an analyte binding domain and a signal domain. The biosensor molecule produces a signal from the signal domain upon binding of the analyte by the analyte binding domain. The signal is detectable by a non-invasive means. The expression vector is introduced locally into in vivo cells of a subject under conditions effective to express the biosensor molecule in the cells. The signal from the expressed biosensor molecule is detected by a non-invasive means, thereby monitoring the analyte in the subject in vivo. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120070033 | METHODS FOR OBJECT-BASED IDENTIFICATION, SORTING AND RANKING OF TARGET DETECTIONS AND APPARATUSES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that provides object-based identification, sorting and ranking of target detections includes determining a target detection score for each pixel in each of one or more images for each of one or more targets. A region around one or more of the pixels with the determined detection scores which are higher than the determined detection scores for the remaining pixels in each of the one or more of images is identified. An object based score for each of the identified regions in each of the one or more images is determined. The one or more identified regions with the determined object based score for each region is provided. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120055782 | SELF-REGENERATING PARTICULATE TRAP SYSTEMS FOR EMISSIONS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method and system for treating emissions includes charging particles in an exhaust stream, producing one or more radicals, and oxidizing at least a portion of the charged particles with at least a portion of the produced radicals. At least a portion of the charged particles in the exhaust stream are then attracted on at least one attraction surface which is one of oppositely charged from the charged particles and grounded. The attracted particles are oxidized with another portion of the one or more produced radicals to self regenerate the at least one attraction surface. Downstream from where the attracted particles are oxidized, at least a portion of one or more first compounds in the exhaust stream are converted to one or more second compounds downstream from the attracting. Additionally, at least a portion of any remaining charged particles are oxidized into one or more gases. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20110318236 | SELF-REGENERATING PARTICULATE TRAP SYSTEMS FOR EMISSIONS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method and system for treating emissions includes charging particles in an exhaust stream, producing one or more radicals, and oxidizing at least a portion of the charged particles with at least a portion of the produced radicals. At least a portion of the charged particles in the exhaust stream are then attracted on at least one attraction surface which is one of oppositely charged from the charged particles and grounded. The attracted particles are oxidized with another portion of the one or more produced radicals to self regenerate the at least one attraction surface. Downstream from where the attracted particles are oxidized, at least a portion of one or more first compounds in the exhaust stream are converted to one or more second compounds downstream from the attracting. Additionally, at least a portion of any remaining charged particles are oxidized into one or more gases. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110315891 | SELF-REGENERATING PARTICULATE TRAP SYSTEMS FOR EMISSIONS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method and system for treating emissions includes charging particles in an exhaust stream, producing one or more radicals, and oxidizing at least a portion of the charged particles with at least a portion of the produced radicals. At least a portion of the charged particles in the exhaust stream are then attracted on at least one attraction surface which is one of oppositely charged from the charged particles and grounded. The attracted particles are oxidized with another portion of the one or more produced radicals to self regenerate the at least one attraction surface. Downstream from where the attracted particles are oxidized, at least a portion of one or more first compounds in the exhaust stream are converted to one or more second compounds downstream from the attracting. Additionally, at least a portion of any remaining charged particles are oxidized into one or more gases. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110243381 | METHODS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS USING RANDOM PROJECTIONS, DISTANCE LEARNING AND A HYBRID TEMPLATE LIBRARY AND APPARATUSES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that tracks an object includes utilizing random projections to represent an object in a region of an initial frame in a transformed space with at least one less dimension. One of a plurality of regions in a subsequent frame with a closest similarity between the represented object and one or more of plurality of templates is identified as a location for the object in the subsequent frame. A learned distance is applied for template matching, and techniques that incrementally update the distance metric online are utilized in order to model the appearance of the object and increase the discrimination between the object and the background. A hybrid template library, with stable templates and hybrid templates that contains appearances of the object during the initial stage of tracking as well as more recent ones is utilized to achieve robustness with respect to pose variation and illumination changes. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110156184 | Methods for improving detector response and system thereof - A method and system for detecting light in accordance with other embodiments of the present invention includes providing at least one imaging sensor that detects a band of wavelengths. At least one layer of undoped quantum dots is optically coupled to the at least one imaging sensor. The at least one layer of undoped quantum dots absorbs at one or more wavelengths outside the band of wavelengths and outputs at least partially in the band of wavelengths. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110148389 | STABLE VOLTAGE REFERENCE CIRCUITS WITH COMPENSATION FOR NON-NEGLIGIBLE INPUT CURRENT AND METHODS THEREOF - A voltage reference circuit includes three or more current mirrors, an operational amplifier, a voltage buffer, two or more diodes, and one or more resistors. The operational amplifier has two inputs separately coupled to an output of two of the three or more current mirrors and an output coupled to the three current mirrors. The voltage buffer has an input coupled to an output of the other one of the three or more current mirrors and another input coupled to an output of the voltage buffer. Each of the diodes is coupled between the output of the two of the three or more current mirrors and one of ground and a negative supply. The one or more resistors are coupled to an output of one or more of the three or more current mirrors to tune effects of input current and establish a first set absolute voltage and temperature coefficient on a voltage reference. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110130034 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH INTEGRATED MOLDED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A substrate structure is provided, the substrate structure comprising: a molded substrate located within a connector body of a coaxial cable connector and an electrical structure mechanically connected to the molded substrate. The electrical structure is located in a position that is external to a signal path of a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110080057 | POWER HARVESTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A structure is provided. The structure includes a signal retrieval circuit formed within a disk located within a coaxial cable connector. The signal retrieval circuit is located in a position that is external to a signal path of an electrical signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector. The signal retrieval circuit is configured to extract an energy signal from the electrical signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector. The energy signal is configured to apply power to an electrical device located within the coaxial cable connector. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110077884 | INTERNAL COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A structure is provided. The structure includes a signal retrieval circuit formed within a disk located within a coaxial cable connector. The signal retrieval circuit is located in a position that is external to a signal path of an electrical signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector. The signal retrieval circuit is configured to extract an energy signal from the electrical signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector. The energy signal is configured to apply power to an electrical device located within the coaxial cable connector. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074388 | EMBEDDED COUPLER DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFF - A structure is provided, the structure includes a metallic coupler circuit formed within a disk located within a coaxial cable connector. The metallic coupler circuit is located in a position that is external to a signal path of a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the connector. The metallic coupler circuit is configured to extract samples of the RF signal flowing through the connector. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20100332155 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF - A viscosity measurement device includes a flexible membrane, an actuation heating element, and a displacement sensor apparatus. The actuation heating element is on and spaced in from an outer periphery of the flexible membrane. The displacement sensor apparatus is coupled to the flexible membrane and measures and outputs a displacement signal representative of a viscosity of a fluid in contact with the flexible membrane | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100313025 | METHODS ESTABLISHING A SYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION KEY AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, computer readable medium, and an apparatus for establishing a symmetric encryption key includes determining at one of a plurality of communication devices a first phase difference based on a first transmission from another one of the plurality of communication devices. A first new encryption key is generated based on the determined first phase difference at the one of the plurality of communication devices. At another one of the plurality of communication devices a second phase difference is generated based on a second transmission from the one of the plurality of communication devices. A second new encryption key is generated based on the determined second phase difference at the another one of the plurality of communication devices. Authenticity of the generated first new encryption key and the generated second new encryption key is determined. Communication between the one of the plurality of communication devices and the another one of the plurality of communication devices is established when the generated first new encryption key and the generated second new encryption key are determined to be authenticated. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100282496 | FREESTANDING CARBON NANOTUBE PAPER, METHODS OF ITS MAKING, AND DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention relates to freestanding carbon nanotube paper comprising purified carbon nanotubes, where the purified carbon nanotubes form the freestanding carbon nanotube paper and carbon microparticles embedded in and/or present on a surface of the carbon nanotube paper. The invention also relates to a lithium ion battery, capacitor, supercapacitor, battery/capacitor, and fuel cell containing the freestanding carbon nanotube paper as an electrode. Also disclosed is a method of making a freestanding carbon nanotube paper. This method involves providing purified carbon nanotubes, contacting the purified carbon nanotubes with an organic solvent under conditions effective to form a dispersion comprising the purified carbon nanotubes. The dispersion is formed into a carbon nanotube paper and carbon microparticles are incorporated with the purified carbon nanotubes. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100201670 | DERIVATIVE SAMPLED, FAST SETTLING TIME CURRENT DRIVER - Methods and apparatus provide for producing a remote current for driving a load, comprising: one of sourcing and sinking a local current, Iref, through a distributed impedance line, at a first node thereof; the other of sourcing and sinking a remote current, Iref, through the distributed impedance line in response to the local current Iref; determining a rate of change of voltage of the first node; and sourcing or sinking additional current, into or out of the first node, in response to the rate of change of voltage of the first node in order to settle the voltage on the distributed impedance line. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100183225 | Methods for adaptive and progressive gradient-based multi-resolution color image segmentation and systems thereof - A multi-resolution color image segmentation algorithm which takes advantage of gradient information in an adaptive and progressive framework is described. A gradient-based segmentation method is initiated with a dyadic wavelet decomposition scheme of an arbitrary input image, accompanied by a vector gradient calculation of its color converted counterpart. The resultant gradient map is used to automatically and adaptively generate thresholds for segregating regions of varying gradient densities, at different resolution levels of the input image pyramid. In combination with a confidence map and non-linear spatial filtering techniques, regions of high confidence are passed from one resolution level to another until the final segmentation at highest (original) resolution is achieved. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100111475 | METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOFOCUSING OF LIGHT AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A nanofocusing system includes a dielectric waveguide having two opposing ends; and a metal-dielectric-metal layered waveguide having two opposing ends optically aligned at one end with one end of the dielectric waveguide, wherein the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide tapers in at least one dimension from the aligned end of the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide towards the opposing end, wherein light travelling through the dielectric waveguide is funneled into the dielectric layer of the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide, squeezed by the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide taper, and exits the metal-dielectric-metal waveguide as nanofocused light. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100081228 | NANOSTRUCTURED QUANTUM DOTS OR DASHES IN PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF - A photovoltaic device includes one or more structures, an array of at least one of quantum dots and quantum dashes, at least one groove, and at least one conductor. Each of the structures comprises an intrinsic layer on one of an n type layer and a p type layer and the other one of the n type layer and the p type layer on the intrinsic layer. The array of at least one of quantum dots and quantum dashes is located in the intrinsic layer in at least one of the structures. The groove extends into at least one of the structures and the conductor is located along at least a portion of the groove. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100046426 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN AD HOC MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A method, computer readable medium, and system for providing a mobile communication network includes dynamically forming a plurality of mobile communication devices into one or more clusters based on one or more parameters, each of the one or more clusters having a tree structure. Each of the one or more clusters are at least partially meshed together. At least one virtual identifier is dynamically assigned to each of the plurality of mobile communication devices based on the tree structure of each of the one or more clusters. The virtual identifier provides address information for routing communications between two or more of the plurality of mobile communication devices. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046363 | METHODS FOR MANAGING AN ELECTION OF A CLUSTER HEAD IN AD HOC MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A method, computer readable medium, and system for managing a mobile communication network includes identifying one or more mobile communication devices within a region. One of the one or more identified mobile communication devices which have been dynamically formed into one or more clusters having a tree structure and are at least partially meshed together is elected as a cluster head in each of one or more clusters based on one or more parameters. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100009797 | GEAR-BASED CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A continuously variable transmission system and a method of making a continuously variable transmission system is described. The present invention includes a gear set having at least a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement. The sun gear and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, and one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft and another portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback. A rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to at least one of the one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft is also provided. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090320571 | DISPERSION AND SEPARATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS - The present invention relates to dispersions of nanostructured carbon in organic solvents containing alkyl amide compounds and/or diamide compounds. The invention also relates to methods of dispersing nanostructured carbon in organic solvents and methods of mobilizing nanostructured carbon. Also disclosed are methods of determining the purity of nanostructured carbon. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090266436 | METHODS FOR STABILIZING FLOW IN CHANNELS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A method and system for stabilizing flow includes introducing a flow into a channel with a minimum cross-sectional dimension of less than three millimeters and triggering a release of one or more bubbles in the flow at one or more locations in the channel. The one or more locations are spaced in from an inlet and an outlet to the channel. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090240469 | DYNAMIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A method and system for displaying asset health information includes determining a status of at least one asset in a monitored system based on operational information obtained about the at least one asset. The obtained operational information about the at least one asset is compared against other operational information obtained about the monitored system. A review of the determined status of the at least one asset is conducted based on the comparison. At least one of textual information and numeric information is displayed based on the conducted review of the determined status of the at least one asset. Additionally, at least one of three or more indicator lights is displayed based on the conductive review of the determined status of the at least one asset. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240467 | Sensor fault detection systems and methods thereof - A method, computer readable medium and system for detecting a sensor fault includes identifying one or more of a plurality of tools to use with at least one of a plurality of data acquisition systems based on data obtained from and at least one characteristic of the at least one of the data acquisition systems. The identified one or more tools are utilized on the obtained data to determine at least one confidence rating. An operational status for the at least one of the data acquisition systems is determined and provided based on at least the one determined confidence rating. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090091511 | ASPECT-RATIO INDEPENDENT, MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE AND EDITING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A multimedia capture system includes a plurality of imaging systems and one or more detection systems. The plurality of imaging systems capture image areas of a scene from at least partially different locations. The one or more detection systems determine a relative position of each of the plurality of imaging systems with respect to the different locations of the scene from where the image areas are captured. The relative position of each of the plurality of imaging systems and the captured image areas are used to generate a multimedia presentation of the scene. The capture system may be worn by an individual or may be on a stationary or mobile support. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091510 | ASPECT-RATIO INDEPENDENT, MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE AND PRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A multimedia capture and presentation system includes a plurality of imaging systems and one or more detection systems. The plurality of imaging systems capture image areas of a scene from at least partially different locations. The one or more detection systems determine a relative position of each of the plurality of imaging systems with respect to the different locations of the scene from where the image areas are captured. The relative position of each of the plurality of imaging systems and the captured image areas are used to generate a multimedia presentation of the scene. The control system adjusts the output of the captured image areas from the plurality of projection systems to conform to a display environment. The one or more detection systems determine another relative position of each of the plurality of imaging systems with respect to the display environment on which the image areas are displayed. The plurality of imaging systems output the captured image areas for the multimedia presentation system. The control system adjusts the output from one or more of the plurality of imaging systems to generate the multimedia presentation based on the determined relative position of each of the plurality of imaging systems with respect to the different locations of the scene from where the image areas are captured and the determined relative position of each of the plurality of imaging systems with respect to the display environment on which the image areas are displayed. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090066407 | CHARGE PUMP SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A charge pump system includes a plurality of charge pump cells coupled in series between an input and an output and a voltage regulator system. The voltage regulator system is coupled to an output from the plurality of charge pump cells and to each of the plurality of charge pump cells to control a charge and discharge in one or more of the plurality of charge pump cells. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20080318357 | ALPHA VOLTAIC BATTERIES AND METHODS THEREOF - An alpha voltaic battery includes at least one layer of a semiconductor material comprising at least one p/n junction, at least one absorption and conversion layer on the at least one layer of semiconductor layer, and at least one alpha particle emitter. The absorption and conversion layer prevents at least a portion of alpha particles from the alpha particle emitter from damaging the p/n junction in the layer of semiconductor material. The absorption and conversion layer also converts at least a portion of energy from the alpha particles into electron-hole pairs for collection by the one p/n junction in the layer of semiconductor material. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080311465 | ALPHA VOLTAIC BATTERIES AND METHODS THEREOF - An alpha voltaic battery includes at least one layer of a semiconductor material comprising at least one p/n junction, at least one absorption and conversion layer on the at least one layer of semiconductor layer, and at least one alpha particle emitter. The absorption and conversion layer prevents at least a portion of alpha particles from the alpha particle emitter from damaging the p/n junction in the layer of semiconductor material. The absorption and conversion layer also converts at least a portion of energy from the alpha particles into electron-hole pairs for collection by the one p/n junction in the layer of semiconductor material. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080254362 | NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a nano-composite structure containing nanostructured carbon and nanoparticles. Also disclosed are methods of making the nano-composite structures. The present invention also relates to a lithium ion battery, a capacitor, a supercapacitor, a battery/capacitor, or a fuel cell containing the nano-composite structures of the present invention. | 10-16-2008 |
