Le, IL
Adriana Le, Chicago, IL US
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20090053273 | Topical medication garment and system and method for providing topical medication - A topical medication garment, a system and a method provide topical medication. An impermeable garment may allow the topical medication to maintain contact with the skin of the user. The garment may prevent the topical medication from absorption into clothing or the undergarment itself. The entirety of the garment may be made from an impermeable material or a portion of the garment may be made from an impermeable material. An impermeable liner may be attached to and/or may be connected to an interior surface of the garment. The garment may have legging portions that reside on the upper thighs of the user when the garment is worn. The legging portions may secure the position of the garment on the user and providing coverage of topical medication applied to the crotch area and upper thighs. The garment may have a structure that resembles a t-shirt. | 02-26-2009 |
Brian V. Le, Chicago, IL US
David Bao Le, Chicago, IL US
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20110269029 | DIRECT ALCOHOL ANION FUEL CELL WITH BIOCATHODE - A biofuel cell device for generating electrical current, comprising a fuel manifold, an anode assembly, a cathode assembly, a housing, and a controller is described. The anode assembly comprises at least one catalyst positioned for contact with fuel fluid in said fuel reservoir. The cathode assembly comprises at least one biocathode positioned for flow of an oxidant to the biocathode enzyme. The housing houses the manifold, anode assembly and cathode assembly. The controller controls the output of electrical current from the biofuel cell device. | 11-03-2011 |
Derek Le, Champaign, IL US
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20120295987 | CLEANSING BAR - A cleansing bar comprising at least one member chosen from clay and talc, wherein a total amount of clay and talc is present in an amount that is greater than any other material in the cleansing bar, at least one cleanser chosen from soap and surfactant, and a binder present in an amount to structure the cleansing bar into a bar. | 11-22-2012 |
20140213497 | CLEANSING BAR - A cleansing bar comprising at least one member chosen from clay and talc, wherein a total amount of clay and talc is present in an amount that is greater than any other material in the cleansing bar, at least one cleanser chosen from soap and surfactant, and a binder present in an amount to structure the cleansing bar into a bar. | 07-31-2014 |
Hieu Khac Le, Champaign, IL US
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20120324004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SOCIAL NETWORK USER DATA - One embodiment of a method for analyzing the social network data of one or more users can retrieving from a server data indicative of a user interest profile; determining an initial interest set from the user interest profile using a social graph function; determining a user network influence score including both an influence score for a user and one or more user connections; and generating a final user interest profile in response to an iterative combination of the initial interest set and the user network influence score such that in response to a query, the final user interest profile is returned. Preferably, the preferred method returns the final user interest profile from a central computer to a second computer associated with a third party initiating the query. | 12-20-2012 |
Kevin T. Le, Bloomingdale, IL US
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20100053008 | ANTENNA HAVING DISTRIBUTED PHASE SHIFT MECHANISM - An antenna is provided. The antenna includes a first antenna element disposed over a ground plane and a second and third antenna element over the ground plane on opposing sides of the first antenna element, said first, second and third antenna elements forming a linear antenna array. The antenna further includes an electrical delay line having first and second conductors extending between the first and second antenna elements and between the first and third antenna elements, a parallel conductive elements disposed in series with each of the first and second conductors, the conductive elements extending away from the first and second conductors in a single direction perpendicular to a predominant axis of the linear array, a tuning substrate extending across the conductive elements of each of the delay lines with a pair of U-shaped conductive elements on opposing ends of the tuning substrate with opposing arms of each of the U-shaped tuning elements capacitively engaging respective, corresponding portions of the tuning stubs of the first and second conductors in a substantially identical manner and an actuator system that advances the tuning substrates transverse to the predominant axis thereby increasing an electrical delay on the second antenna and decreasing the electrical delay of the third antenna by substantially equal values. | 03-04-2010 |
Michael Le, Lombard, IL US
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20100090813 | Electronic Device with Localized Haptic Response - An electronic device ( | 04-15-2010 |
Phuong B. Le, Bloomington, IL US
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20090158151 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING PRESENCE VISUALIZATIONS OF AVATORS AS PERSISTABLE VIRTUAL CONTACT OBJECTS - Computer method and apparatus represent users by respective avatars in a subject virtual environment. The invention system displays the avatars in the virtual environment, and for each avatar, displays in proximity to the avatar, a respective trail of virtual contact objects. The respective trail of virtual contact objects is associated with the user represented by the avatar and serves as a visual indication of presence and activeness (level of activity) of the user in the subject virtual environment. Each virtual contact object in the respective trail stores and provides user contact data of the user and is persistable upon end-user command. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158171 | COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SPONTANEOUS ICEBREAKING ACTIVITIES IN A SHARED SYNCHRONOUS ONLINE ENVIRONMENT USING SOCIAL DATA - A computer method and system familiarizes users in a group in shared synchronous environments. As part of operation of a given shared synchronous online environment, the invention generates an icebreaking activity for a group of users. The generated ice breaking activity has content from at least one data source external to the given online environment. The content may be mined user profiles, images and other user information from other data sources that users provide information to. The invention allows free form conversation among the group of users during participation in the generated ice-breaking activity. Such participation by the users in the generated ice-breaking activity and free form conversation among the users enable users to become familiar with each other's human persona. | 06-18-2009 |
20090259937 | Brainstorming Tool in a 3D Virtual Environment - Computer-based group brainstorming system and method are disclosed. The invention system and method provide a certain area (e.g., a depicted room) as a brainstorming area in a virtual environment. A processor engine enables brainstorming sessions of multiple users in the certain area. For a given brainstorming session, the engine (i) indicates each user in the brainstorming session, and (ii) indicates communications (e.g., chat bubbles, votes, etc.) of each user in the brainstorming session. Color-coding of the users/avatars and communications may be used. Users may arrange indicia (e.g., indicators of project tasks) in the certain area in a manner that provides work flow or work assignments to users. Snapshots of the different states of a brainstorming session are enabled. User interaction with the artifacts of the brainstorming session remains active in the snapshots. Artifacts of a brainstorming session may later be reconstituted (reinstated) from a reloading of a snapshot into a subsequent session. | 10-15-2009 |
20090271369 | COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF EXTERNAL SOURCE DATA IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - An external source data provider provides separable lists of external data in a virtual environment. The external source data provider and method particularly represent a query for external data in the virtual environment. The query is executed against external sources resulting in a plurality of items collectively forming search results. An output module displays the search results as a stream of discrete objects emanating from the representation of the search query in the virtual environment. Each object corresponds to or otherwise represents a respective search result item and operates as an individual data element Any user may persist, manipulate, share, annotate and modify one or more of the objects corresponding to the external data (i.e., respective search result item). Displayed objects that are left untouched by users disappear from display after a predefined period of time. | 10-29-2009 |
Quynh Hoa Le, Woodridge, IL US
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20080274470 | NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF ENDOMETRIAL CANCER - The present invention provides a non-invasive method of obtaining a sample of endometrial cells for use in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer, as well as methods and kits for diagnosing, determining the prognosis of, and monitoring endometrial cancer. | 11-06-2008 |
Thuong Le, Edwards, IL US
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20120161452 | Switched Reluctance Generator Priming Strategy - A method of priming a common bus ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120161679 | Active High Voltage Bus Bleed Down - A method of actively discharging a common bus ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120161723 | Switched Reluctance Generator Integrated Controls - A method of controlling a generator ( | 06-28-2012 |
20130154535 | Lockout switching strategy for preventing high voltage transition - A protection circuit includes a first switch, a second switch and a third switch. The first switch, the second switch and the third switch are configured to generate lock signals indicative of an electrical voltage transition on the respective phases of a multi-phase power signal. A control circuit is configured to prevent the first switch from changing state if the second switch or third switch is changing state. | 06-20-2013 |
Thuong D. Le, Edwards, IL US
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20100164735 | System And Method For Testing Power Transistors - A method for testing a power converter having at least one power transistor is disclosed. The method may include receiving a power transistor test request, and resetting a fault flag. The method may also include applying a gate driver signal to each power transistor, receiving a feedback signal from each power transistor, and determining a difference between the gate driver signal and the feedback signal associated with a respective power transistor. The method may further include identifying a fault if the difference exceeds a threshold profile, and setting a fault flag when a fault is identified. | 07-01-2010 |
Vuong Le, Urbana, IL US
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20130044947 | Methods and Apparatus for Automated Portrait Retouching Using Facial Feature Localization - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for facial retouching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a face in an input image is detected. Independent sets of feature points are detected for respective facial feature components. A plurality of masks for each of the facial feature components is generated. Using the plurality of masks, retouch effects are performed to the facial feature components. Some embodiments provide for user interaction to constrain the mask generation. | 02-21-2013 |
20130044958 | Methods and Apparatus for Automated Facial Feature Localization - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for facial retouching are disclosed. In one embodiment, a face in an input image is detected. One or more transformation parameters for the detected face are estimated based on a profile model. The profile model is applied to obtain a set of feature points for each facial component of the detected face. Global and component-based shape models are applied to generate feature point locations of each facial component of the detected face. | 02-21-2013 |
20140098988 | Fitting Contours to Features - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for feature point localization are disclosed. An object in an input image may be detected. A profile model may be applied to determine feature point locations for each object component of the detected object. Applying the profile model may include globally optimizing the feature points for each object component to find a global energy minimum. A component-based shape model may be applied to update the respective feature point locations for each object component. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099031 | Adjusting a Contour by a Shape Model - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for feature point localization are disclosed. A profile model and a shape model may be applied to an object in an image to determine locations of feature points for each object component. Input may be received to move one of the feature points to a fixed location. Other ones of the feature points may be automatically adjusted to different locations based on the moved feature point. | 04-10-2014 |
20150035820 | 3D MODELING MOTION PARAMETERS - According to an example, 3D modeling motion parameters may be simultaneously determined for video frames according to different first and second motion estimation techniques. In response to detecting a failure of the first motion estimation technique, the 3D modeling motion parameters determined according to the second motion estimation technique may be used to re-determine the 3D modeling motion parameters according to the first motion estimation technique. | 02-05-2015 |