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A. Morris Kaplan, Rockville, MD US
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20110084493 | Device and method for harvesting energy from flow-induced oscillations - A device and method utilizing a quasi-stationary oscillating process to generate electricity by using an interaction between a turbulent flow and an elastic oscillating structure comprising a conductor in the presence of a magnetic field, followed by rectification of thus generated electromotive force, and a combination of similar independent multiple oscillating structures into a connected grid. An arbitrary number of adjustable generating cells can be connected into a single circuit, either in-series or in-parallel, to increase an overall power output. The disclosure is capable to operate under wide range of flow characteristics and can serve as a source of renewable power. | 04-14-2011 |
Arkady Kaplan, Rockville, MD US
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20090046294 | SAGNAC SENSOR WITH NESTED WAVEGUIDES - Proposed optical device is based on counter-propagating optical fields within at least one nested waveguide-cavity loop, where the part of the waveguide loop is fold into the external waveguide loop. The nesting is performed using at least one waveguide crossing section. The invention may be used in Sagnac interferometer to measure various physical parameters, including rotation rate, electric current and mechanical perturbations. The invention also addressed a measurement method of such non-reciprocal parameters of interest. Optionally, the cavity includes a gain element, and the device operation may be switched discretely or gradually between passive and active regimes, thus changing the measurement characteristics. | 02-19-2009 |
20090142051 | COHERENT OPTICAL DETECTOR AND COHERENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optical device is provided with first and second inputs. A first coupler coupled is coupled to the first input and produces at least a first and second output. A second coupler is coupled to the second input and produces at least a first and second output. A third coupler is coupled to the first output of the first coupler and to the first output of the second coupler. A fourth coupler is coupled to the second output of the first coupler and to the second output of the second coupler. First and second crossing waveguides are provided with an angle selected to minimize crosstalk and losses between the first and second cross waveguides. The first crossing waveguide connects one of the first or second outputs from the first coupler with an input of the fourth coupler. The second crossing waveguide connects one of the first or second outputs from the second coupler with an input of the third coupler. A first phase shifter is coupled to the first and second waveguides. The first and second waveguides connect one of the outputs of the first or second coupler and one of the inputs of the third or fourth couplers. The first, second, third and fourth couplers, the two crossing waveguides and the phase shifter are each formed as part of a single planar chip made of an electro-optical material. | 06-04-2009 |
20090185810 | SINGLE CHIP TWO-POLARIZATION QUADRATURE SYNTHESIZER, ANALYSER AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An optical beam synthesizer formed on a single chip is provided. It allows M-PSK modulation for both beam polarizations. The synthesizer comprises an optical pulse shaper and two M-PSK modulators for each polarization. A single-chip-integrated analyzer is provided to receive a modulated data. Analyzer comprises a pulse shaper operating as an optical sampler and a pair of 90-degrees optical hybrids for each polarization. Each optical hybrids mix incoming portions of the modulated beams with portions of the local oscillator beams. Both the synthesizer and the analyzer include a set of mirrors located on the back and front surfaces of the chips to create compact designs. The output beams from the analyzer are detected by a set of balanced photodiodes, and the data is recovered. It is another object of the invention to provide a communication system for data transmission having the synthesizer and the analyzer. | 07-23-2009 |
20090220246 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND A FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS USING THE SAME - A device for phase distortion compensation across an optical beam is provided. The device is a part of an optical receiver, which can be used in free space optical communications, remote sensing, optical imaging and others. 2 | 09-03-2009 |
20090236528 | CHEMICAL SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A photo-thermal, interferometric spectroscopy system is disclosed that provides information about a chemical, such as explosives and the like, at a remote location. It may be used for solid residue detection on a surface. The system includes a novel light detector system with a matrix of optical elements focusing portions of a received light beam on input waveguides of an optical combiner. The combiner adjusts the phases of the received beam portions and combines them together to maximize the intensity of an output beam. The output beam is detected by a detector, and information about at least one of, absorption spectrum and concentration of the chemical is recovered. In the preferred embodiment the detector is a coherent detector based on 90-degrees optical hybrid. | 09-24-2009 |
20090285520 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH DISTRIBUTED SENSITIVITY - A system and method for a structure monitoring and locating a disturbance event is disclosed. The system includes a compact transceiver chip sending optical signals in three optical fibers that encompass the monitored structure appropriately. The fiber arrangement has different density in different parts of the monitored structure, such as, for example, critical places in the structure may have larger number of fiber loops surrounding them. All fibers transmit signals in both directions: from the transceiver to a returning point and back. A set of two detectors registers the returning signals, and a time delay between those signals is calculated, which is indicative of the disturbance event location. Polarization states of the returning signals are controlled by transceiver built-in controllers. The event location is determined with different sensitivity in different parts of the monitored structure depending on the density of fibers in these parts. | 11-19-2009 |
20100290734 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR DETECTING AND LOCALIZING EVENTS - A system and method for a structure monitoring and locating a disturbance event is disclosed. The system includes a compact transceiver chip sending optical signals in three optical fibers that encompass the monitored structure appropriately. The system contains a sequence of loops, wherein the first and the second fiber forming the loop clockwise, while the third fiber is winded along the same loop counterclockwise. A set of two detectors registers the returning signals, and a time delay between those signals is calculated, which is indicative of the disturbance event location. The event location is determined with different sensitivity in different parts of the monitored structure depending on the density of fibers in these parts. | 11-18-2010 |
Brian Kaplan, Owings Mills, MD US
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20150220887 | MOBILE SCHEDULING APPLICATION AND SYSTEM - A computer system, computer readable medium and computer-implemented method includes connecting to a database on a server that maintains schedule data of third parties; monitoring desired appointments of at least one subscriber account against the availability profiles of the at least one third party entry of the schedule data in the database; receiving a cancellation of an appointment; updating the availability profile of the third party entry in the database that corresponds to the canceled appointment; creating a cancellation notification based on existing desired appointments for the third party entry; sending a cancellation notification to at least one of the at least one subscriber; accepting input related to the cancellation notification from subscribers to whom a cancellation notification was sent; updating the database to add the canceled appointment and associated subscriber information from a subscriber based on the input from the subscribers; and notifying about the updated canceled appointment. | 08-06-2015 |
George Kaplan, Colora, MD US
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20090177398 | Angles only navigation system - An angles only aircraft navigation system. The system includes an IMU coupled with a passive optical sensor. The optical sensor provides periodic updates to the IMU in order to correct for accelerometer and gyro drifts. The IMU computes the air vehicle's instantaneous position, velocity, and attitude using gyro and accelerometer measurements. The optical sensor images stars and satellites. The navigation filter combines optical sensor measurements with IMU inputs, and determines those corrections needed to compensate for the IMU drifts. By applying periodic corrections to the IMU using satellite angular measurements, the navigation filter maintains an accurate position estimate during an entire flight. | 07-09-2009 |
Gerardo Kaplan, Rockville, MD US
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20130323243 | FILOVIRUS FUSION PROTEINS AND THEIR USES - This invention provides fusion proteins comprising a Filovirus glycoprotein segment and an immunoglobulin polypeptide segment. The fusion proteins are useful in immunogenic compositions to protect against infections by Filoviruses, such as Ebola virus, in both humans and non-human animals. The fusion proteins are also useful in diagnostic assays to detect Filovirus infections. | 12-05-2013 |
Gerardo Kaplan, Bethesda, MD US
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20100055670 | GROWTH OF WILD-TYPE HEPATITIS A VIRUS IN CELL CULTURE - The invention provides recombinant Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) nucleic acids and host cells that are permissive for their growth and replication. The recombinant Hepatitis A Virus nucleic acids not particularly limited, except that they incorporate at least one heterologous nucleic acid fragment. The heterologous nucleic acid can encode a selectable marker gene and such recombinant HAV nucleic acids are useful for selecting cells that are permissive for growth and replication of wild type HAV. Alternatively, the heterologous nucleic acid may encode a vaccine antigen or other expression product that is desirable to express in a cell harboring the recombinant HAV nucleic acid. The invention further provides cell lines permissive for growth and replication of wild type HAV or HAV having minimal mutations for growth in cell culture. The invention further provides methods for producing HAV vaccines and for monitoring environmental and patient samples for the presence of HAV. | 03-04-2010 |
Ilan Kaplan, Rockville, MD US
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20100218224 | System and Method for Low Cost Mobile TV - A low profile low cost mobile in-motion antenna system for satellite TV reception using DVB with different either BPSK or CDMA like modulation schemes is described. In some embodiments, a low resolution version of a video transmission may be used as a backup for a higher resolution version of the video transmission. | 08-26-2010 |
Ilan Kaplan, North Bethesda, MD US
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20090083804 | System and Method for Low Cost Mobile TV - A low profile low cost mobile in-motion antenna system for satellite TV reception using DVB with different either BPSK or CDMA like modulation schemes is described. In some embodiments, a low resolution version of a video transmission may be used as a backup for a higher resolution version of the video transmission. | 03-26-2009 |
20100164817 | Applications for Low Profile Two Way Satellite Antenna System - Antenna assemblies and associated satellite tracking systems that may include a low profile two-way antenna arrangement, tracking systems, and applications thereof. Applications for the system include military, civilian, and domestic emergency response applications. The antenna arrangements may be configured to form a spatial element array able to track a satellite in an elevation plane by electronically dynamically targeting the antenna arrangement and/or mechanically dynamically rotating the antenna arrangements about transverse axes giving rise to generation of respective elevation angles and dynamically changing the respective distances between the axes whilst maintaining a predefined relationship between said distances and the respective elevation angles. The system provides dynamic tracking of satellite signals and can be used for satellite communications on moving vehicles in military and civilian applications. | 07-01-2010 |
20110215985 | Applications for Low Profile Two Way Satellite Antenna System - Antenna and satellite communications assemblies and associated satellite tracking systems that may include a low profile two-way antenna arrangement, tracking systems, and applications thereof. Applications for the system include military, civilian, and domestic emergency response applications. The antenna arrangements may be configured to form a spatial multi-element array able to track a satellite in an elevation plane by electronically dynamically targeting the antenna arrangement and/or mechanically dynamically rotating the antenna arrangements about transverse axes giving rise to generation of respective elevation angles and dynamically changing the respective distances between the axes whilst maintaining a predefined relationship between said distances and the respective elevation angles. The system provides autonomous dynamic tracking of satellite signals and can be used for satellite communications on moving vehicles in a variety of frequency bands for military and civilian applications. | 09-08-2011 |
20110217976 | Antenna System - A multi-band low-profile, low-volume two-way mobile panel array antenna system is described. Operation of the antenna may automatically switch between bands based on various user-entered parameters. | 09-08-2011 |
Jason David Kaplan, Clarksville, MD US
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20140136324 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION RELATED TO USAGE DATA PROGRESSION DATA - According to an aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter there is provided a method of interactive communication, comprising: receiving a first usage data communication including user data, a first usage progression data and a product data; processing the first usage data to determine a corresponding first usage state based at least on the first usage progression data and at least one of the user data or the product data; selecting a first action based on the first usage state; providing a first interactive communication to a user that is associated with the first usage data, the first interactive communication can be configured to enable the user to execute the selected first action. | 05-15-2014 |
Morris Kaplan, Rockville, MD US
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20110084489 | APPARATUS FOR HARVESTING ENERGY FROM FLOW-UNDUCED OSCILLATIONS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A device and method for harvesting electrical power from kinetic energy of a flow. The converter includes a generating cell comprising an appropriate vibration assembly and magnetic field source. The external gas or liquid flow causes a vibration of the assembly with integrated conductive element, producing electricity in proximity of a magnetic field. The vibrating assembly has a set of resonant frequencies that correspond to a set of the frequencies of the flow vortices within a predetermined range of the flow velocities. An arbitrary number of adjustable generating cells can be connected into a single circuit, either in-series or in-parallel, to increase an overall power output. The disclosure is capable to operate under wide range of flow characteristics and can serve as a virtually maintenance-free source of electrical power. | 04-14-2011 |
Robert E. Kaplan, Rockville, MD US
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20110125522 | PHYSICIAN ACCREDITATION SYSTEM WITH MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATED RECORDS EXTRACTION - A system for accrediting physicians based on pre-determined best practices by examining the records for a subset of the physician's patients as measured against a set of criteria for the desired accreditation. The system provides a mechanism for automatically extracting patient records from a physician's electronic health records (EHR) system, thus minimizing the risks of data entry error and minimizing the risk of physician falsification of data. The system also provides security and privacy in order to avoid the malicious theft or accidental disclosure of patient records. The system further allows physicians to review and approve a submission before it is finally copied into the review system, allowing for correction of a submission where, for example, the wrong patient was included. The system also isolates patient data so that no user of the system has access to confidential information, apart from the physician. | 05-26-2011 |
Vedat Kaplan, Fredrick, MD US
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20150186832 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING LOCATION INTELLIGENCE IN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A method and system facilitate and enhance electronic transactions performed over a computer network. A server transmits transaction information to a remote device having location detection capability, such as GPS. The transmitted information includes a message prompting a user to enter the user's location information. This prompt is preferably in the form of a selectable option for the user to automatically populate the location information from the device's location detection capability for the transaction. Upon selection of the option by the user, location information is sent to the server from the remote device. Received coordinates are reverse geocoded to identify at least one matching address for the coordinates. The at least one matching address is then entered into a transaction database as an address relevant to the transaction. | 07-02-2015 |