| Utah State University Patent applications |
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| 20120122140 | ULTRASONIC METHOD FOR MONITORING CELL CULTURES - A method for monitoring a cell culture, where the method includes measuring pulse-echo ultrasonic waveforms from the cell culture, and analyzing the pulse-echo ultrasonic waveforms to monitor the cell culture. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120230 | Apparatus and Method for Small Scale Wind Mapping - An apparatus and method for wind profiling using a lighter than air tracer balloon moving under the influence of air currents. A retroreflective target is attached to the tracer balloon to improve the intensity of a return signal reflected back to the rangefinder. After the balloon is released, the rangefinder and attitude sensor are used to measure the range and direction angles of the retroreflective target on the tracer balloon at periodic time intervals. The recorded trajectory data are processed by a computer program using data smoothing and filtering techniques to calculate the wind velocity components, horizontal wind speed and direction, and an estimate of wind shear, | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120065416 | Methods for Production of Biodiesel - The present invention relates to methods useful for converting microbial lipids from an oleaginous microbial biomass into fatty acid alcohol esters, without prior extraction of the lipids from the biomass. The present invention also relates to fatty acid alcohol esters produced by the methods described herein. The fatty acid alcohol esters produced by the methods described herein may be useful as biodiesel, or a component thereof. In embodiments, the converting of microbial lipids to fatty acid alcohol esters may be accomplished by contacting an acid catalyst, an alcohol and an oleaginous microbial biomass containing microbial lipids under sufficient conditions and for a sufficient period of time for in situ transesterification reaction of at least some microbial lipids to their corresponding fatty acid alcohol ester. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120061877 | Hyrdophilic Surface Modification of Polydimethylsiloxane - A method for making a hydrophilic polydimethylsiloxane elastomer, the method including: mixing a polydimethylsiloxane elastomer base with a polydimethylsiloxane elastomer curing agent to form a mixture; placing the mixture in a mold coated or permeated with a surfactant; and curing the mixture in the mold. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120057019 | Dynamic In-Situ Feature Imager Apparatus and Method - An optical scanning apparatus and method confocally image comparatively small features such as particles or bubbles in a relatively large volume. The main components of the apparatus include an illumination source and focusing optics, whose light is scattered to an optical sensor, typically an imager such as a camera, focal plane array, or the like. The illumination beam is focused such that its height is much less than its width, thus creating an almost planar or rectangular parallelepiped illuminated object space. The optical imager is positioned with its object-space focal plane parallel to the illumination beam such that the illumination beam passes through the in-focus object space of the imager. Images are collected while a fluid stream containing features of interest passes through imaging volume defined by the intersection of the in-focus object space and the illuminated object space. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120032847 | INTEGRATED RECONFIGURABLE SOLAR PANEL ANTENNA - A system for dynamically reconfiguring the radiation pattern of a collection of slot antennas. A collection of slot antennas of various lengths and widths are fabricated. The control system independently drives the feed to one or more slot antennas to produce the desired radiation pattern. The control system activates and deactivates the feed to different slot antennas, thus dynamically reconfiguring the generated radiation pattern. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110303854 | GAMMA RAY DIRECTIONALITY PROBE - A probe for determining direction to a radiation source emitting gamma rays with radiation detectors arranged around a scattering element. Incoming gamma rays are deflected by Compton scattering within the scattering element. Scattered radiation is detected in the radiation detectors. The detected pattern of secondary scatter into the detectors is dependent on the location of the source. The analog outputs from the processing electronics are routed from the detectors to a digital processing unit. A directional filter algorithm that combines rates at different detectors decodes the direction to the source. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110275576 | Carbohydrate-Cyclopamine Conjugates as Anticancer Agents - Various anticancer compounds are disclosed, including a series of carbohydrate-cyclopamine conjugates. These compounds include pyranose, furanose, and mannitol conjugates, linked through a 1,2,3-triazine ring to the nitrogen of cyclopamine. Methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and their use as anticancer agents are also disclosed. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110268852 | METHODS OF PROTEIN PROCESSING AND PRODUCT - This disclosure relates to the use of power ultrasound to provide for whey protein solutions with low turbidity. In one embodiment, power ultrasound is applied using a 20 kHz generator at between about 3 W and about 15 W. Power ultrasound may be applied for different application times, including, but not limited to about 5 minutes and about 15 minutes. Power ultrasound may be applied at temperatures between about 20° C. and about 60° C. In one embodiment, power ultrasound is applied with no temperature control [NTC]). In various embodiments the application of power ultrasound to whey suspensions is carried out on whey suspensions obtained at any of 4 identified, different steps in a common commercial process. In some embodiments and examples there is a 90% decrease in whey sample turbidity when power ultrasound is applied. A specific example is the 90% decrease in whey sample turbidity achieved when power ultrasound is applied to a whey suspension of 28.2% of solids containing 35.6% of protein on a dry basis. Favorable power ultrasound conditions include, but are not limited to, power ultrasound applied for 15 min using 15 W of mechanical power at 60° C. and NTC conditions. Surprisingly, increasing the protein content from 35.6% to 88.0% resulted in an increase in turbidity of samples with the same conditions. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110264888 | Dynamically Reconfigurable Systolic Array Accelorators - A polymorphic systolic array framework that works in conjunction with an embedded microprocessor on an FPGA, that allows for dynamic and complimentary scaling of acceleration levels of two algorithms active concurrently on the FPGA. Use is made of systolic arrays and hardware-software co-design to obtain an efficient multi-application acceleration system. The flexible and simple framework allows hosting of a broader range of algorithms and extendable to more complex applications in the area of aerospace embedded systems. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110257108 | SYNTHESIS AND ACTIVITY OF LACTOSE ESTERS - This disclosure provides for a novel lactose monolaurate (LML) with the structure | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110217764 | Rotating Bioreactor and Spool Harvester Apparatus for Biomass Production - An apparatus that exposes a biofilm growth surface to liquid media as it rotates. A biofilm growth substratum is wound around a rotatable body in the form of a non-rigid material capable of supporting biofilm growth. A harvester receives the biofilm laden substratum, collects the biofilm as a biomass and reloads the substratum onto the rotatable body. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110185328 | System and Method for Circuit Design Floorplanning - Circuit floorplanning is performed on a combination central processing unit and multiprocessor. A B*-tree data structure of a floorplan and circuit related constants reside in a central processing unit data storage. The B* tree structure of a floorplan along and said circuit related constants are copied to a multiprocessor data storage where multiple thread blocks, each consisting of a single thread, copy the tree to their own shared memories. The multiprocessor concurrently evaluates different moves in different thread blocks. The multiprocessor then evaluates objective function results and stores those results. The best result for floorplanning is selected from the multiple circuit evaluations. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110176000 | System and Method for Counting People - A 3D camera system monitors people passing through a portal. Time sequence data are collected and analyzed. People are counted as they move through the portal and specific people entering the portal are matched with those exiting the portal. Movement is tracked to establish entrance or exit. Features specific to an individual are established and entered into a local data pool to match a person entering with a person later exiting a vehicle or other controlled area. The matching process uses multiple measurements and allows decisions to be made using previous and future information. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110170786 | System and Method for Automated Particle Imaging Analysis - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for automatically identifying and characterizing particles within an image. In particular, the systems and methods disclosed herein may be utilized to identify particles that overlap or form agglomerations of particles. Agglomerates may be identified using a variety of techniques. Perimeters of individual particles within an agglomerate may be estimated. According to several embodiments, objects may be characterized using a variety of characteristics, including the particle size, shape, Stokes diameter, aerodynamic diameter, convexity, circularity, and the like. In some instances, these characteristics may allow additional information to be calculated or determined, such as the composition of a particle. These characteristics may also be utilized to determine physical properties of particles, such as flowability, abrasive efficiency, bioactivity, solubility, catalytic activity, and other properties. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110168146 | Archery Release Device with Bowtie Cam - A triggerless back tension archery release device to assist archers in pulling a bow string to a fully drawn position and then releasing the bow string to fire an arrow. The surprise release timing is dependent upon a bowtie cam which is a bowtie shaped member containing various size corner edge notches. The bowtie cam may be rotated and then fixed at the desired orientation for pulling the arrow to the fully drawn position. The depth of the notch in the bowtie cam determines the surprise release timing. The bowtie cam is designed with a notch on each of the four corners. The bowtie cam may be reoriented to place any one of the four corner edge notches in the active position thus providing various degrees of flexibility for the surprise release timing. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110159555 | Methods, Chimeric Polypeptides, Polynucleotides and Cells for Producing Bioplastics - Methods of producing a bioplastic are disclosed. Furthermore, chimeric polypeptides useful to transport polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are disclosed, as are polynucleotides that code for the chimeric polypeptides, cells harboring the chimeric polypeptides and methods of transporting PHAs. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110135099 | ADAPTIVE PREFILTER-PREMIXER FOR SOUND REPRODUCTION - Adaptive learning of a multichannel prefilter response processes multiple audio signals prior to emitting them from a set of loudspeakers. The signals are filtered and mixed in such a way that the emitted signals will be reconstructed at pre-specified points in a room. This is done in a user selective way so that, at each location, only one of the source signals is reconstructed and the other signals vanish. A gradient descent adaptive filtering method is applied. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110132474 | Back Flow Prevention System - A system that prevents the backflow of fluid is disclosed. The system comprises a housing, two rubber flaps that are attached in such a way to create a one-way valve, and a water sensor. The flaps are anchored to the inside of the housing and open due to the force of fluid flowing in one direction. Fluid flowing in the opposite direction presses the ends of the flaps against each other, thus closing the valve and preventing water from backflowing through the system. A water sensor, mounted within the housing, is activated when a backflow fills the housing, thus providing an alarm to indicate a backflow event has occurred. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110130357 | Aminoglycosides: Synthesis and Use as Antifungals - The present invention relates to novel aminoglycoside analogs having certain substituents at the 6 position of ring III which exhibit improved antifungal activity but possess minimal antibacterial properties. The compounds of the present invention are analogues of kanamycin B and kanamycin A. Also provided are methods of synthesizing and methods of using the compounds of the present invention. The compounds of the present invention are useful in treating or preventing fungal disease. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110104728 | Biliverdin from a Non-Animal Source - Methods for producing biliverdin in a microorganism, methods for producing biliverdin from a non-animal source, cells for producing biliverdin and methods for producing cells for producing biliverdin are disclosed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110101171 | Apparatus for Twisting a Wing to Increase Lift on Aircraft and Other Vehicles - A method and apparatus for varying the twist of a wing such that induced drag is minimized or reduced during cruise and lift is maximized or increased at least during takeoff and landings. In addition, variations in the twist may produce yawing and rolling moments. The twist amount is varied pursuant to the operating conditions, including those parameters used to determine the lift coefficient. The twist for reducing induced drag and/or improving lift may be employed by geometric or aerodynamic twist, including full span control surfaces used to provide roll control, high-lift and reduced induced drag. The twist may also be employed by twisting just a portion of the wing or the entire wing, either geometrically or aerodynamically. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110100133 | Mechanical Test Fixture With Submicron Tolerance - The mechanical test apparatus is a fixture utilizing capacitive gauge sensors, located in close proximity to a test specimen, to measure strain in miniature specimens. The upper collar is connected to the upper bolt which is connected to the cross head of the mechanical test machine and the lower collar is attached to the lower bolt which is attached to the load cell. The collars contain conductive target plates and capacitive gauge sensors oriented to form the two plate electrodes of a capacitor. These plates are precisely positioned and move as a mechanical test is performed. The measured voltage is proportional to the distance between the plates, thus allowing the strain to be calculated. The system can be configured to perform tensile, compression, and bending tests at submicron tolerances. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110089659 | Weight Displacement Steering Mechanism - A steering mechanism that operates by shifting weight in the desired direction. One embodiment includes an arm perpendicularly hinged to the underside of a platform. Connected to the bottom of the arm is a pivoting axle, which is in turn linked to a series of gears that lead back to the platform to form concurrent motion between the platform and axle. Supporting the platform in place is a pair of springs fastened to the arm on hinged mounts secured in place by a pair of stationary mounts fixed to the platform. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110082994 | ACCELERATED RELOCATION CIRCUIT - A Partial bitstream relocation method to generates source and destination addresses on Field Programmable Gate Arrays. The bitstream from an active source is located and read in a nonintrusive manner, and written to a destination address. The accelerator runs in real time, moving source code on the fly. Code may be altered by mirror inversion for proper placement when necessary. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110036714 | Handheld Electrochemical Sensor - A handheld sensor device is provided for measuring an ion concentration in a solution. The solution is in an electrochemical cell that includes a counter electrode, a working electrode, and a reference electrode. The sensor includes a control amplifier configured to provide a current through the counter electrode and the working electrode so as to maintain a predetermined voltage between the working electrode and the reference electrode. The sensor also includes a current amplifier configured to measure the current provided through the counter electrode and the working electrode. In one embodiment, the sensor also includes a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) including a phase accumulator. The DDFS is configured to selectively generate a waveform specified by an electrochemical technique such as square wave voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, differential-pulse polarography, normal-pulse polarography, or other known electrochemical techniques. An example microelectrode array usable with the handheld sensor is also provided. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110012734 | Portable Boundary Sensor System and Method - A method and system that creates a boundary with an alert and deterring function when the boundary is crossed. The system employs a base unit and one or more portable IR motion sensors which are capable of discriminating between objects of differing physical characteristics, and notifies the user when the parameters for sufficient obstruction have been met. Both sensors and base unit have audio and visual deterring capabilities to frighten away unwanted intruders. The method and system can be utilized in camping situations to deter dangerous wildlife and can be configured to notify users when children exit from an area. The system can be used to create a contiguous perimeter, or any boundary arrangement desired. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110010026 | Calibration Method for Aerial Vehicles - Aerial vehicles make good remote sensing platforms by reducing the cost and making imagery easier to obtain. The low altitude, small image footprint and high number of images make it difficult and tedious to georeference the images based on features. Auto-orthorectification techniques based on the position and attitude of the aerial vehicle would work well except the inherent errors in the aerial vehicle sensors reduce the accuracy of the orthorectification significantly. The orthorectification accuracy is improved by calibrating the aerial vehicle sensors. This is done by inverse orthorectifing the images to find the actual position and attitude of the aerial vehicle using ground references setup in a square. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20100330588 | METHOD TO QUANTIFY METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY - The related disclosure pertains to a method to quantify methyltransferase activity. In an exemplar embodiment, the method may be carried out by the following steps: i) incubating a mixture comprising a methyltransferase, a substrate, and radiolabeled S-adenosylmethionine for a period of time sufficient for the protein methyltransferase to methylate and transform at least some of the substrate into a methylated product of the substrate, then ii) at one or more times removing an aliquot of the mixture, then iii) contacting the aliquot of the mixture to a resin capable of binding the methylated product of the substrate, followed by iv) a washing step to remove the unreacted radiolabeled S-adenosylmethionine, followed by v) an elution step to elute and isolate the methylated product, then vi) measuring the amount of radiolabel in the methylated product. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100316991 | HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE 3 EXPRESSING THE ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN FOR USE IN HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANTIVIRAL ASSAYS - Disclosed herein is a recombinant human parainfluenza virus expressing the enhanced green fluorescent protein. Methods of making and methods of using a recombinant human parainfluenza virus expressing the enhanced green fluorescent protein are also disclosed. A recombinant human parainfluenza virus expressing the enhanced green fluorescent protein was rescued and evaluated for its use in antiviral assays. Without limiting the invention, in one example, there is provided a cDNA clone of SEQ ID NO: 1. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100302004 | Device and Method for Remotely Monitoring Animal Behavior - The device and method for remotely monitoring animal behavior consists of a sensor unit mounted on an animal. The sensor unit utilizes motion sensors to monitor the specific behavioral patterns of the animal. Power management is controlled to turn the system on when specific types of motion are detected. Motion data is wirelessly transmitted to a base station for analysis. Data analysis functions are used to detect and identify the occurrence of characteristic motions. Network decision algorithms analyze the characteristic motions and compute weighted indicators and weighted counter-indicators which are combined into a final diagnostic score. When the final diagnostic score exceeds a threshold value, a specific behavioral pattern is confirmed which may indicate the animal is in a distress situation or experiencing another type of behavior that requires intervention. If distress is detected, the system sends a communication to notify the appropriate personnel that a distress condition exists. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100262400 | IDENTIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION OF RADIOISOTOPES USING LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION - A radiation detection, localization, and identification system uses a searching algorithm to identify hypothetical solutions to Compton scatter data. Model based representations of the physical data collection yield the identity and location of radiation sources when correct associations of gamma ray energies and locations are made with detected data events. The system's detector is an array of radiation detectors networked to act as a single detection system. This network has wide area of view and high sensitivity to radiation sources since no collimation is required. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100240459 | Systems and Methods for Simulation and Regeneration of a Virtual Environment - Disclosed are systems and methods for simulation and regeneration of a virtual environment. A simulation and regeneration system may record a simulation by reading out all information necessary to recreate the virtual environment to a simulation data file. In certain embodiments, the system may include an after action review mode. In the after action review mode, players may watch the recorded simulation in order to understand what happened during the simulation, why it happened, and what could be done to improve the result. A facilitator may provide feedback to the players during the after action review mode or during the simulation. A simulation may be regenerated based on data from the simulation data. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100204974 | Lidar-Assisted Stero Imager - A lidar and one or more electro-optical (EO) imaging device may asynchronously acquire lidar shots and EO images. Navigation data comprising positioning, orientation, acceleration, and/or velocity information may be acquired as the lidar and EO data is captured. The lidar shots, EO images, and/or navigation data may be time stamped. The navigation and timing data may be used to associate a particular lidar shot and/or EO image with navigation data. The EO images may be captured at a higher capture rate and at a higher spatial resolution than the lidar shots. The navigation data may be used to cross correlate a lidar shot to a selected plurality of overlapping EO images. Ranging model information may be determined from EO image sequences using a stereo imaging technique. The stereo imaging technique may be seeded using the lidar shot data. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100204964 | LIDAR-ASSISTED MULTI-IMAGE MATCHING FOR 3-D MODEL AND SENSOR POSE REFINEMENT - A 3-D model of a subject matter may be constructed from a plurality of lidar shots and overlapping EO images of the subject matter. Each of the lidar shots may be mapped to image patches within two or more of the EO images using navigation data associated with the lidar shots and EO images. Each of the back-projected lidar points may be set as a centroid of an image patch (collection of pixels) within an EO image. With the aid of the lidar centroids, the image patches in overlapping EO images may be correlated and an image-based pixel-to-pixel coordinate association therebetween may be calculated. Using this refined pixel-to-pixel coordinate association, a 3-D model of the subject matter may be constructed and refined using photogrammetry techniques. Videogrammetry techniques, such as optical flow techniques, may be applied if a sufficient amount of EO imagery data is available. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100203614 | FATTY ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE - This disclosure relates to the polynucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 4, and to the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3, and to novel fatty aldehyde reductase enzymes provided by the same. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100183641 | SPERM LIGANDS AND METHODS OF USE - Identified herein are sperm ligand proteins located in the membrane of sperm, which proteins interact with the membrane of oocytes. Methods of using these proteins, or fragments or derivatives or analogs thereof, are also described. These include methods of increasing (or reducing) successful fertilization, for instance through improved sperm-oocyte binding, fusion or activation (or the blocking thereof); methods of preventing fertilization of an oocyte, for instance by inducing an immune response to at least one sperm ligand that promotes sperm-oocyte binding, sperm-oocyte fusion or oocyte activation; and methods for enhancing assisted reproductive technologies, for instance through stimulation of activation with nuclear transfer, stimulation of inactive or weak sperm, and so forth. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100155608 | OPTIMIZED CASE SPECIFIC SPECT SAMPLING - A method for improving single photon emission computed tomography by controlling acquisition parameters specific to the imaging goals and specific to the individual case under study. Data acquisition is modulated by scanning to adapt to the particular signal to noise characteristics of each object. A preliminary acquisition quickly scans the object of interest. The preliminary data is analyzed to optimize the secondary scan. The secondary scan is then acquired with optimized sampling of the object based on its own particular image characteristics. The system is able to learn, incorporating site specific data into a triaging set. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100133176 | ANAEROBIC REACTOR WITH AUGER IN THE EFFLUENT LINE - An upflow anaerobic reactor includes an effluent outlet configured to direct effluent out of the reactor and a fluid-filled gas trap configured to prevent loss of biogas from the vessel. An auger assembly is operably coupled to the effluent outlet to prevent clogging of the effluent outlet by solid matter that tends to collect in the effluent outlet. The auger assembly includes at least one helical screw conveyor that rotates so as to remove solid material that collects in the effluent outlet. auger assembly can be operated on a continuous or semi-continuous basis so as to allow for continuous operation of the reactor. The auger assembly can be operated on a continuous or semi-continuous basis so as to allow for continuous operation of the reactor. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100063237 | Hydrophilic Surface Modification of Polydimethylsiloxane - A method for the preparation of hydrophilic elastomers involves the synthesis of polydimethylsiloxane with tunable hydrophilic surface properties. An elastomeric monolith with desired hydrophilic properties is produced by combining a polyethylene oxide polymeric surfactant additive with a PDMS base and curing agent during polymerization. The surfactant chain segment lengths are varied to control the hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100038550 | IDENTIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION OF EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER MATERIAL - A neutron source illuminates suspect material leading to emission of gamma rays characteristic of the isotopes present. The system measures Compton scattering of emitted gamma rays using detectors with three dimension event localization capability. Detection does not require full energy deposition. A spatial correlation of projection vectors is computed by a reconstruction that searches for solutions that generate spatial correlation. Identification and location for contraband material is determined from solutions that generate spatial correlation. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100008583 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VISUAL STRUCTURES - A “gliding” interface operates in a space of visual perceptions and tries to predict an intended pattern sequence to enable a high-speed recognition of Asian writing with a simple interface. When a search begins, the user is presented with a collection of visual patterns within a box. The user can “zoom in” on a visual pattern by moving the cursor toward it. As the user zooms closer, a new layer of patterns appears within the box. The new layer includes more complex visual patterns than those in the previous layer. The system is mistake-tolerant, with no single cumulation of visual patterns required to achieve a specific visual pattern; rather, a statistical algorithm selects the visual patterns most likely to match the unknown structure. The algorithm is updated as the user searches, tracking every visual pattern that the user traverses while using the interface. A database contains groups of visual patterns that describe each Kanji character. The tracked visual patterns are correlated against the database to determine the visual patterns with the most visual similarity. The visual patterns with the highest correlation are displayed in the new layer. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100008358 | System and Methods for Content Insertion within a Router - Systems and methods are provided for inserting content into messages being sent between systems or networks. A router according to one embodiment automatically inserts new content within a received data packet. Before insertion, the router may determine that the received data packet corresponds to a certain type of message such as a web page, an e-mail, or a text message. The router may also determine whether the packet includes a predetermined insertion point in the corresponding message. The predetermined insertion point may be, for example, an end of the web page, e-mail, or text message. The type of message and/or the subject matter of the inserted content may be based on user selectable preferences. In one embodiment, a plurality of packets are received before the new content is inserted into the message to improve reliability and/or allow message decoding. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090319253 | FPGA Simulated Annealing Accelerator - Iterative repair problems are generally solved using a combinatorial search method such as simulated annealing are addressed with a FPGA-based coarse-grain pipelined architecture to accelerate a simulated annealing based iterative repair-type event scheduling application. Over 99% of the work done by any simulated annealing algorithm is the repeated execution of three high-level steps: (1) generating, (2) evaluating, and (3) determining the acceptability of a new problem solution. A pipelined processor is designed to take advantage of these steps. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090314673 | Cargo Shipping Container - A universal cargo shipping container for protecting cargo from damage during transportation is described. The shipping container is a rigid framed box that possesses sight ports for allowing the contents to be visually inspected without unloading the cargo from the shipping container. The internal configuration of the argo shipping container can be adjusted and several methods can be employed to securely hold a variety of different cargo in place, thus preventing damage during transport. The cargo container is especially suitable for a variety of different makes and models of wheel chairs. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090308172 | Mechanical Properties Testing Device and Method - A mechanical property testing device and method for reliably measuring strain and fatigue characteristics of material specimens is described. An input electrical signal is applied to create an electric field around a first piezoelectric member. The resultant deformation of the first piezoelectric member transfers a force to the specimen being tested which transfers a force to a second piezoelectric member causing deformation. The deformation of the second piezoelectric member generates an output electrical field which is measured. The stress state of the specimen is calculated from fundamental material constants and the measured output electrical field. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090260506 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPO OF A PERIODIC CONSCIOUS HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY - A method for controlling the frequency of a conscious, periodic human physiological activity that comprises preparing a base track of prerecorded music having a base tempo, adding a rhythmic musical track having an activity tempo conforming with a target frequency of at least one conscious, periodic human physiological activity to the base track of prerecorded music, and configuring the base track of prerecorded music with the rhythmic musical track for playback by a human participant having interest in the target frequency. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090256080 | IDENTIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION OF RADIOISOTOPES - A radiation detection, localization, and identification system uses a searching algorithm to identify geometric correlation of hypothetical solutions to Compton Imaging. Geometric correlation of correct associations of gamma ray energies with each detected event yields the identity and location of radiation sources. The system's detector is an array of radiation detectors networked to act as a single detection system. This network has wide area of view and high sensitivity to radiation sources since no collimation is required. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090230209 | DIRECTIONAL JET FLOW CONTROL - A device is disclosed that uses a flow-control methodology to control sprays at very high precision and frequency. The device is based on an enhanced Coanda effect. The control flow is selectively applied to the region in which we desire the jet to vector and control the profile (width) of the jet. The control flow is introduced through multiple control flow ports surrounding the primary nozzle and adjacent to the Coanda surface. By selectively opening and closing different control flow ports the motion and profile of the jet can be controlled. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090222921 | Technique and Architecture for Cognitive Coordination of Resources in a Distributed Network - A system and method are disclosed for utilizing resources of a network. A constructive proof that a subset of resources is sufficient to satisfy the objective of a system can be generated. The constructive proof can comprise instructions for using the subset of resources. A set of computer-executable instructions can be created from the constructive proof and executed on a host device. The computer-executable instructions can control a data output device according to the instructions of the constructive proof. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090027651 | System and Method for Improving Lidar Data Fidelity Using Pixel-Aligned Lidar/Electro-Optic Data - A lidar and digital camera system collect data and generate a three-dimensional image. A lidar generates a laser beam to form a lidar shot and to receive a reflected laser beam to provide range data. A digital camera includes an array of pixels to receive optical radiation and provide electro-optical data. An optical bench passes the laser beam, reflected laser beam, and optical radiation and is positioned to align each pixel to known positions within the lidar shot. Pixels are matched to form a lidar point-cloud which is used to generate an image. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20080285565 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT INSERTION WITHIN A ROUTER - Systems and methods are provided for inserting content into messages being sent between systems or networks. A router according to one embodiment automatically inserts new content within a received data packet. Before insertion, the router may determine that the received data packet corresponds to a certain type of message such as a web page, an e-mail, or a text message. The router may also determine whether the packet includes a predetermined insertion point in the corresponding message. The predetermined insertion point may be, for example, an end of the web page, e-mail, or text message. The type of message and/or the subject matter of the inserted content may be based on user selectable preferences. In one embodiment, a plurality of packets are received before the new content is inserted into the message to improve reliability and/or allow message decoding. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080261891 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING SYRINGOPEPTIN 25A AND RHAMNOLIPIDS - The present invention provides a therapeutic composition having at least one syringopeptin and at least one rhamnolipid so that the composition has one or more of the following activities: antibacterial; antifungal; and antitumor activity. The therapeutic composition includes the following: a therapeutically effective amount of a syringopeptin; a therapeutically effective amount of a rhamnolipid; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Additionally, the present invention provides a method for inhibiting or treating cancer or a microbial infection in a subject, wherein the method includes the following: providing a subject in need of inhibition or treatment of cancer or a microbial infection; and administering a therapeutic amount of a therapeutic composition to the subject so as to inhibit or treat the cancer or microbial infection. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080238919 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING OF TEXEL IMAGERY - A point cloud data set may be pre-processed for fast and efficient rendering. The pre-processing may comprise creating an octree hierarchy from the data, generating a level of detail (LOD) representation for each octree node, simplifying the points in each node according to a simplification tolerance, and storing the data structure in a file. Textures associated with each node may be stored in a separate, compressed file, such as a texture atlas. At render time, the octree and LOD hierarchy may be traversed until a suitable LOD node is found. The associated texture data may be accessed, and the node may be rendered as a textured quadrilateral and/or a splat point primitive. In an alternative approach, multiple point cloud datasets may be merged using a global transform function. The merged dataset may be simplified using a hierarchical LOD tree. Textures may be ascribed to each LOD node. The resulting structure may be rendered using splat and billboard point primitives. The model may be streamed over a network to a client where the rendering may take place. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080222745 | Colcemid-Treatment of Oocytes to enhance Nuclear Transfer Cloning - Disclosed herein are methods of generating a recipient cytoplast for nuclear cloning with improved developmental capacity. These methods involve the in vitro maturation of an oocyte from a non-human mammal to the pre-MII stage and treatment of the oocyte with a microtubule-inhibiting agent prior to enucleation. The oocyte used to generate the recipient cytoplast can be obtained from a pre-adult or adult non-human mammal. The methods further provide for utilizing the generated recipient cytoplast for nuclear transfer, such as deriving a nuclear transfer embryo or offspring. | 09-11-2008 |
