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Athanasios Apostolidis, Regensburg DE
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20160139049 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND MEASURING APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVELY DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE - A sensor for quantitatively detecting an analyte in a sample, wherein an optical behavior of at least one dye depending on the analyte is used for the quantitative detection is provided. The at least one dye is contained in a medium. A restrictor is provided in order to mechanically limit volume changes of the medium. Furthermore, an osmolality in the medium is set in such a way that the osmolality is higher than the highest sample osmolality for which the sensor is to be used. The cooperation of the restrictor with the specified high osmolality results in a greatly reduced osmolality cross-sensitivity of the sensor. The restrictor can be embedded into the medium as a membrane, mat, braided material, woven fabric, or mesh. Alternatively, the restrictor can also include a carrier plate having a plurality of recesses, in which the medium is arranged. A corresponding measuring apparatus is also provided. | 05-19-2016 |
Athanasios Arsenlis, Livermore, CA US
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20110091004 | TRISO FUEL FOR HIGH BURN-UP NUCLEAR ENGINE - A fuel particle for use in a fusion-fission nuclear engine includes a fuel kernel and a buffer layer surrounding the fuel kernel. The fuel particle also includes a pyrolytic carbon layer surrounding the buffer layer and a silicon carbide layer surrounding the buffer layer. The silicon carbide is characterized by a stress less than 450 MPa at 95% burn-up. The fuel particle further includes a second pyrolytic carbon layer surrounding the silicon carbide layer. | 04-21-2011 |
Athanasios Arsenlis, Hayward, CA US
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20090080592 | Swelling-resistant nuclear fuel - A nuclear fuel according to one embodiment includes an assembly of nuclear fuel particles; and continuous open channels defined between at least some of the nuclear fuel particles, wherein the channels are characterized as allowing fission gasses produced in an interior of the assembly to escape from the interior of the assembly to an exterior thereof without causing significant swelling of the assembly. Additional embodiments, including methods, are also presented. | 03-26-2009 |
Athanasios Athanasiou, Giengen GR
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20130037731 | REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC VALVE - A refrigerator includes an electric valve that can be transferred into a closed state in response to a closing signal. In order to increase the tightness of the electric valve, the refrigerator includes a valve driver unit which is designed to subject the electric valve in the closed state to a sequence of closing signals. | 02-14-2013 |
Athanasios Athanasiou, Giengen DE
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20110271705 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR REFRIGERATION DEVICE - A household appliance, in particular a refrigeration device, in which ice bodies can be made of supplied water, includes a hose and/or tube assembly for supply of water to a receiving container, and a valve connected to the hose and/or tube assembly and constructed to release or suppress the water supply to the receiving container. The hose and/or tube assembly has zones in which a physical condition changes, wherein the valve is disposed in the hose and/or tube assembly in a region which has not yet encountered a change in the physical condition after water has been supplied into the hose and/or tube assembly. | 11-10-2011 |
20120325333 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING A WATER LINE - Apparatus for cleaning an internal water line of a household appliance, in particular of a refrigerating device, includes a chamber which contains a cleaning substance or can be filled with the cleaning substance. An inlet connection is in communication with the chamber and configured identical to an inlet connection of the internal water line, and an outlet connection is in communication with the chamber and configured to complement the inlet connection of the apparatus. | 12-27-2012 |
20130160480 | ICE MAKER COMPRISING SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOLD SHELLS, MOLD SHELL, AND REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE COMPRISING SUCH AN ICE MAKER - An ice maker includes a frame, a mold shell having at least one chamber and capable of holding water for formation of ice cubes, and a support device which secures the mold shell in the frame and moves the mold shell between a first position for filling with water and a second position for ejecting ice cubes. The support member is able to rotate the mold shell about a rotation axis from the first position for filling with water into the second position for ejecting ice cubes. A securing device is disposed on the support device and constructed to allow manual removal of the mold shell from the ice maker and manual insertion of the mold shell into the ice maker. The securing device has at least one securing rail for pulling out and pushing in the mold shell, and extends parallel to the rotation axis. | 06-27-2013 |
Athanasios Beopoulos, Paris FR
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20160097066 | Mutant Yeasts Capable of Producing An Unusual Fatty Acid - The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a mutant strain of oleaginous yeast which is useful as a template strain of yeast for obtaining other mutant strains of oleaginous yeast which are capable of producing an unusual fatty acid. The present invention also relates to the mutant strains of yeast obtained by said method. | 04-07-2016 |
Athanasios Bismpigiannis, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20110087626 | PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION IN PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS - Various embodiments provide solutions to assist in the classification of products in a procurement system. The tools provided by various embodiments include, without limitation, methods, systems, and/or software products. Merely by way of example, a method might comprise one or more procedures, any or all of which are executed by a computer system. Correspondingly, an embodiment might provide a computer system configured with instructions to perform one or more procedures in accordance with methods provided by various other embodiments. Similarly, a computer program might comprise a set of instructions that are executable by a computer system (and/or a processor therein) to perform such operations. In many cases, such software programs are encoded on physical and/or tangible computer readable media (such as, to name but a few examples, optical media, magnetic media, and/or the like). | 04-14-2011 |
20110252463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENTERPRISE PROCUREMENT NETWORK - According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a computer system. The computer system includes one or more processors and a computer-readable medium in communication with the one or more processors. The computer system also includes an enterprise social network system, implemented by an enterprise application stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for retrieving and providing procurement information from a plurality of social network entities associated with the enterprise social network system, the enterprise social network system comprising a set of instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform one or more operations. The set of instructions includes instructions for providing, at a computer system, a user interface for receiving input from a user. The set of instructions includes instructions for providing a user profile for a user, the user profile being stored at the enterprise social network system, the user being associated with a plurality of network entities, the user profile including a first plurality of user attributes. | 10-13-2011 |
20110302102 | COMMUNITY RATING AND RANKING IN ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS - The present invention is directed to methods and systems which provide a comprehensive rating and ranking of products and services. Furthermore, aspects of the present invention provides a complete review of products and services, as well as rankings of semantic and non-semantic reviews, which provides a “true” reflection of a product and/or service. As such, a calculation of a product/supplier rating based on all of its social entity contexts, is performed. This takes into account factors like, author (of social entity context) credibility, non-semantic (direct) rating, semantic rating calculated from the textual content of the social entity context, the community based credibility of the social entity context, and the like. Then, the community based credibility of a given social entity context is in turn calculated. | 12-08-2011 |
20120030160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DECISION MAKING BASED ON SENSE AND RESPOND - According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for providing automated decision in response to one or more responses. The method includes providing, at a computer system, a user interface for receiving input from a user. The method also includes detecting a first event. The method further includes receiving a first set of attributes associated with the first event. Also, the method includes processing the first set of attributes. The method additionally includes analyzing the first set of attributes using at least pattern recognition. The method includes determining a first context for the first event based at least on the first set of attributes. | 02-02-2012 |
Athanasios Bourlinos, Acharnon GR
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20100125038 | Carbon Material For Hydrogen Storage - The present invention relates to carbon based materials that are employed for hydrogen storage applications. The material may be described as the pyrolysis product of a molecular precursor such as a cyclic quinone compound. The pyrolysis product may then be combined with selected transition metal atoms which may be in nanoparticulate form, where the metals may be dispersed on the material surface. Such product may then provide for the reversible storage of hydrogen. The metallic nanoparticles may also be combined with a second metal as an alloy to further improve hydrogen storage performance. | 05-20-2010 |
Athanasios Chryssis, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140119393 | MACRO-CHANNEL WATER-COOLED HEAT-SINK FOR DIODE-LASER BARS - A diode-laser bar is mounted on water-cooled heat-sink between two ceramic sub-mounts for electrically isolating cooling-water in the heat-sink from the diode-laser bar. Mounting between the two ceramic sub-mounts also provides for balancing stresses due to differences in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between the sub-mounts and the diode-laser bar. Both sub-mounts are in thermal communication with the heat-sink for providing two-sided cooling of the diode-laser bar. | 05-01-2014 |
20140119394 | MACRO-CHANNEL WATER-COOLED HEAT-SINK FOR DIODE-LASER BARS - A water-cooled heat-sink for a diode-laser bar includes a copper-cooling-unit having an integral mount thereon for the diode-laser bar. The copper-cooling-unit is attached to a steel base-unit. The base-unit and the cooling-unit are cooperatively configured such that at least one cooling-channel is formed in the cooling-unit by the attachment of the base-unit to the cooling-unit. The cooling-channel is positioned to cool the mount when cooling-water flows through the cooling-channel. | 05-01-2014 |
20140169394 | MACRO-CHANNEL WATER-COOLED HEAT-SINK FOR DIODE-LASER BARS - A water-cooled heat-sink for a diode-laser bar includes a copper-cooling-unit having an integral mount thereon for the diode-laser bar. The copper-cooling-unit is attached to a steel base-unit. The base-unit and the cooling-unit are cooperatively configured such that at least one cooling-channel is formed in the cooling-unit by the attachment of the base-unit to the cooling-unit. The cooling-channel is positioned to cool the mount when cooling-water flows through the cooling-channel. | 06-19-2014 |
Athanasios Diakomis, Seymour, CT US
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20110286840 | LIQUID RING PUMP WITH LINER - A liquid ring pump is provided that includes an annular housing having an inner surface forming a housing cavity. The annular housing is filled with an operating fluid during operation of the pump. The operating fluid forms an eccentric liquid ring in the annular housing during operation of the pump. A rotor is disposed in the housing cavity and includes a plurality of rotor blades. A shaft extends into the annular housing into the housing cavity. The plurality of rotor blades extend radially outward from the shaft toward the inner surface of the annular housing. A liner formed from a corrosion resistant material is disposed substantially flush with at least a portion of the annular housing inner surface opposite a plurality of rotor blade ends. | 11-24-2011 |
20130209251 | SEAL ARRANGEMENT ALONG THE SHAFT OF A LIQUID RING PUMP - A first bore is formed in a liquid ring pump. A shaft is in the first bore. A second bore is formed in the pump and is axially inward of the first bore. A first and second seal are in the second bore and around the shaft. The second seal is axially outward of the first seal. The second seal is free of an abutment axially outward of it and abutting up against it. | 08-15-2013 |
Athanasios Diakomis, New Haven, CT US
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20110194950 | EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS FOR LIQUID RING PUMPS - The present invention is directed to a textured surface that provides for drag reduction, and therefore efficiency improvements in a liquid ring pump. At least a portion of the surfaces of the pump that contact fluid therein the pump are textured to control boundary layer separation. The texture can be a plurality of dimples are defined therein the surface. The dimples have a predetermined shape, size, density and pattern. | 08-11-2011 |
Athanasios Diakomis, Shelton, CT US
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20150380856 | TAMPER RESISTANT RECEPTACLE - A tamper resistant electrical receptacle comprising a slide housing disposed beneath the hot and neutral blade openings in the receptacle. The slide housing includes a neutral slide body and a hot slide body having slide pads and tabs for reducing friction when the bodies slide against each other as the spring bias of the bodies in the slide housing is overcome by simultaneous insertion of the tines of an electrical plug contact ramp surfaces and camming past the slide bodies causing them to slide against each other and spreading a gap area a distance sufficient for receiving the lateral neutral prong of a 20 A electrical plug. | 12-31-2015 |
Athanasios Etmektzoglou, Milpitas, CA US
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20120230464 | MULTI-SOURCE RADIATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERWOVEN RADIOTHERAPY AND IMAGING - An arc radiotherapy and imaging system is provided which includes a first radiation source and a second radiation source. The first radiation source is suitable for treating a region of a patient, and the second radiation source is suitable for imaging the region of the patient. A control is also provided for automatically adjusting system operation, according to a defined schedule, between treating the region of the patient using the first radiation source and imaging the region of the patient using the second radiation source, thereby facilitating both treating and imaging of the region of the patient. | 09-13-2012 |
20140270077 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO IRRADIATING A TREATMENT VOLUME WHILE MAINTAINING THE TREATMENT VOLUME A PREDETERMINED OFFSET DISTANCE FROM THE RADIATION-TREATMENT ISOCENTER - A control circuit is configured to control selective movement of at least the patient-support platform (during a radiation treatment session and typically while the radiation source is also moving) such that during at least a part of the radiation treatment session a patient's radiation-treatment target volume is maintained at a predetermined offset distance away from the radiation-treatment isocenter. By one approach the control circuit maintains that predetermined offset distance for the duration of the radiation treatment session. By one approach, the control circuit is further configured to control selective movement of at least the patient-support platform such that during the radiation treatment session the patient's radiation-treatment target volume moves along a predetermined trajectory (even while maintaining the aforementioned predetermined offset distance). | 09-18-2014 |
Athanasios Georgakopoulos, Piraeus GR
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20110000314 | DEVICE MEASURING THE WIND SPEED AND THE WIND DIRECTION - A device measuring the speed or the direction of the wind, characterized in that it consists of the main body ( | 01-06-2011 |
Athanasios Gkourlias, Rochester, NY US
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20110156497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN ISOLATED DEVICE - Disclosed is a system and method for controlling the activation of isolated circuitry, and more particularly complete discharge devices for batteries, and similar circuits that are enclosed within sealed housings. | 06-30-2011 |
Athanasios Karagiannis, Peristeri GR
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20120124846 | Molded Product Incorporating a Label, and Razor Handle Comprising Such a Molded Product - A molded product that includes a first molded part, a second molded part, and a label having a rear side provided on the first molded part, a front side opposite to the rear side, the front side having a peripheral border. The second molded part has an overlapping portion which overlaps the front side of the label only on the peripheral border. | 05-24-2012 |
Athanasios Kokkiniotis, London GB
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20150142588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF RETAIL SITE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MOBILE APPLICATION USAGES - A method of authorizing a transaction at a fuel pump includes receiving a user request to activate the pump, determining whether the user is authorized, determining whether the user is in the proximity of the pump, determining whether the pump is functional, determining whether the pump is already reserved for another user, and determining whether the pump is already in use. In response to those determinations, a message is displayed, either authorizing or declining the transaction. | 05-21-2015 |
Athanasios Konstantinidis, Brooklyn, NY US
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20150309778 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPROXIMATION BASED OPTIMIZATION OF DATA PROCESSORS - A compilation system can apply a smoothness constraint to the arguments of a compute-bound function invoked in a software program, to ensure that the value(s) of one or more function arguments are within specified respective threshold(s) from selected nominal value(s). If the constraint is satisfied, the function invocation is replaced with an approximation thereof. The smoothness constraint may be determined for a range of value(s) of function argument(s) so as to determine a neighborhood within which the function can be replaced with an approximation thereof. The replacement of the function with an approximation thereof can facilitate simultaneous optimization of computation accuracy, performance, and energy/power consumption. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309779 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESSORS - A compilation system generates one or more energy windows in a program to be executed on a data processors such that power/energy consumption of the data processor can be adjusted in which window, so as to minimize the overall power/energy consumption of the data processor during the execution of the program. The size(s) of the energy window(s) and/or power option(s) in each window can be determined according to one or more parameters of the data processor and/or one or more characteristics of the energy window(s). | 10-29-2015 |
Athanasios Koropoulis, Athens GR
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20100000511 | BARBECUE GRILLING GRATE ASSEMBLY - A barbecue grilling grate assembly for use in a barbecue grilling system is disclosed. The barbecue grilling grate assembly includes a grilling grate having a plurality of grilling bars and a bordering bar. The grilling grate includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to allow food to be cooked atop. The bottom surface includes an inlet port defined thereon and is configured to evacuate smoke from a heat source via the inlet port. The grilling bars are fluidly connected to the bordering bar, which both define hollow channels therewithin to allow smoke from a heat source to pass therethrough and out to an outlet port. The grilling grate assembly further includes a tubular structure and a smoke evacuation device, which are selectively attached to the outlet port. | 01-07-2010 |
Athanasios Koulousakis, Koeln DE
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20100280570 | APPARATUS FOR THE STIMULATION OF THE SPINAL CHORD - An apparatus ( | 11-04-2010 |
Athanasios Kyriazopoulos, Roscoe, IL US
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20100326089 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR BLEED AIR SUPPLY - A method and system for an integrated ejector valve assembly is provided. The integrated ejector valve assembly includes a first valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively lower pressure fluid from a first inlet port, a second valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively higher pressure fluid from a second inlet port, a first actuation chamber configured to close the first valve assembly, a second actuation chamber configured to close the second valve assembly, and a third actuation chamber configured to open the second valve assembly. | 12-30-2010 |
20120304663 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR BLEED AIR SUPPLY - A method and system for an integrated ejector valve assembly is provided. The integrated ejector valve assembly includes a first valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively lower pressure fluid from a first inlet port, a second valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively higher pressure fluid from a second inlet port, a first actuation chamber configured to close the first valve assembly, a second actuation chamber configured to close the second valve assembly, and a third actuation chamber configured to open the second valve assembly. | 12-06-2012 |
20130318983 | AIRCRAFT ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ENGINE FAN DISCHARGE AIR BOOSTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM - An aircraft energy management system including a cabin air compressor adapted to be coupled to a source of fan discharge air at a first pressure during an inflight operating mode and adapted to be coupled to a ram intake air during a ground operating mode. The system further including an environmental control system mechanically coupled to a compressor exit of the cabin air compressor. The aircraft energy management system configured to provide a conditioned fluid flow to an aircraft cabin, cockpit or de-icing system. | 12-05-2013 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Mountail View, CA US
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20130163666 | Method and System for Illumination Compensation and Transition for Video Coding and Processing - Deriving illumination compensation parameters and detection of illumination dominant transitions types for video coding and processing applications is described. Illumination changes such as fade-ins, fade-outs, cross-fades, and flashes are detected. Detection of these illumination changes is then used for weighted prediction to provide for improved illumination compensation. | 06-27-2013 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Cupertino, CA US
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20150215617 | LOW COMPLEXITY SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET ENCODING - At least one processor is configured to encode samples of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture using a sample adaptive offset (SAO) mode. To encode the samples of the LCU using SAO, the at least one processor is configured to: calculate differences between corresponding reconstructed samples of the LCU and original samples of the LCU, clip a number of bits from each of the differences to form clipped differences, sum the clipped differences to form a sum of differences, clip the sum of differences to form a clipped sum of differences, calculate a number of the reconstructed samples, clip a number of bits from the number of reconstructed samples to form a dipped number of samples, and divide the clipped sum of differences by the clipped number of samples to produce an offset for the LCU. | 07-30-2015 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Burbank, CA US
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20090086814 | TREATING VIDEO INFORMATION - Systems, methods, and techniques for treating video information are described. In one implementation, a method includes receiving video information, classifying one or more frames in the received video information as a scene, adjusting one or more coding parameters based on the classification of the frames, and coding the video information in accordance with the adjusted coding parameters. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086816 | Video Compression and Transmission Techniques - Embodiments feature families of rate allocation and rate control methods that utilize advanced processing of past and future frame/field picture statistics and are designed to operate with one or more coding passes. At least two method families include: a family of methods for a rate allocation with picture look-ahead; and a family of methods for average bit rate (ABR) control methods. At least two other methods for each method family are described. For the first family of methods, some methods may involve intra rate control. For the second family of methods, some methods may involve high complexity ABR control and/or low complexity ABR control. These and other embodiments can involve any of the following: spatial coding parameter adaptation, coding prediction, complexity processing, complexity estimation, complexity filtering, bit rate considerations, quality considerations, coding parameter allocation, and/or hierarchical prediction structures, among others. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087110 | MULTIMEDIA CODING AND DECODING WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAPABILITY - A multimedia coding and decoding system and method is presented that uses the specific prediction mode to signal supplemental information, e.g., metadata, while considering and providing trade offs between coding performance and metadata capacity. The prediction mode can be encoded according to a mode table that relates mode to bits and by considering coding impact. Start and stop codes can be used to signal the message, while various techniques of how to properly design the mode to bits tables are presented. | 04-02-2009 |
20110090960 | Rate Control Model Adaptation Based on Slice Dependencies for Video Coding - Statistics for estimating quantization factors of a coding-unit type (e.g., B-coded or I-coded) pictures are determined from other, possibly different (e.g., P-coded) pictures, or previously coded coding-units. Bit rate and quality relationships between such coding-unit types may be used with the quantization parameters. Estimating bit rate and quality relationships between coding-unit types enables accurate rate control for pictures regardless of their coding-unit type. Bit rate and quality relationships between coding-unit types can be used with multiple rate control models to increase compression. Rate control parameters may be adjusted with statistics generated by a motion estimation and compensation framework. Rate control performance may be controlled in transcoding compressed bit streams. | 04-21-2011 |
20110135005 | Encoder Optimization of Stereoscopic Video Delivery Systems - Controlling a feature of an encoding process for regions of an image pattern representing more than one image when the regions include an amount of disparity in the represented images that would result in cross-contamination between the represented images if encoded with the feature. The control may be, for example, any of turning the encoding feature off, using the encoding feature less often than when encoding an image pattern representing a single image, negatively biasing the encoding feature, and enabling the encoding feature for regions determined to have zero or near zero disparity and disabling the feature for all other regions. The represented images comprise, for example, any of a stereoscopic view, multiple stereoscopic views, multiple views of a same scene, and multiple unrelated views. | 06-09-2011 |
20110142132 | Overlapped Block Disparity Estimation and Compensation Architecture - Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation is described. Compensating for images with overlapped block disparity compensation (OBDC) involves determining if OBDC is enabled in a video bit stream, and determining if OBDC is enabled for one or more macroblocks that neighbor a first macroblock within the video bit stream. The neighboring macroblocks may be transform coded. If OBDC is enabled in the video bit stream and for the one or more neighboring macroblocks, predictions may be made for a region of the first macroblock that has an edge adjacent with the neighboring macroblocks. OBDC can be causally applied. Disparity compensation parameters or modes may be shared amongst views or layers. A variety of predictions may be used with causally-applied OBDC. | 06-16-2011 |
20110164112 | Compatible Stereoscopic Video Delivery - Stereoscopic images are subsampled and placed in a “checkerboard” pattern in an image. The image is encoded in a monoscopic video format. The monoscopic video is transmitted to a device where the “checkerboard” is decoded. Portions of the checkerboard (e.g., “black” portions) are used to reconstruct one of the stereoscopic images and the other portion of the checkerboard (e.g., “white” portions) are used to reconstruct the other image. The subsamples are, for example, taken from the image in a location coincident to the checkerboard position in which the subsamples are encoded. | 07-07-2011 |
20110170792 | Encoding and Decoding Architecture of Checkerboard Multiplexed Image Data - A device includes a coder or a codec configured for interleaved image data utilizing diamond shaped blocks for motion estimation and/or motion compensation and utilizing square or orthogonal transforms of residual data. In various embodiments, the decoder may be configured, among others, to perform de-blocking on edges of the diamond shaped blocks and/or data padding at boundaries of the image data. Additionally a method is proposed in which at least one of a transform and quantization process to be applied to de-multiplexed data is modified. One application is to combine left and right stereoscopic images, interleaved in a checkerboard manner. | 07-14-2011 |
20110280300 | Methods and Devices for Sub-Sampling and Interleaving Multiple Images, EG Stereoscopic - Sampled data is packaged in checkerboard format for encoding and decoding. The sampled data may be quincunx sampled multi-image video data (e.g., 3D video or a multi-program stream), and the data may also be divided into sub-images of each image which are then multiplexed, or interleaved, in frames of a video stream to be encoded and then decoded using a standardized video encoder. A system for viewing may utilize a standard video decoder and a formatting device that de-interleaves the decoded sub-images of each frame reformats the images for a display device. A 3D video may be encoded using a most advantageous interleaving format such that a preferred quality and compression ratio is reached. In one embodiment, the invention includes a display device that accepts data in multiple formats. | 11-17-2011 |
20120033040 | Filter Selection for Video Pre-Processing in Video Applications - Filter selection methods and filter selectors for video pre-processing in video applications are described. A region of an input image is pre-processed by multiple pre-processing filters and the selection of the pre-processing filter for subsequent coding is based on the evaluated metric of the region. | 02-09-2012 |
20120275514 | TREATING VIDEO INFORMATION - Systems, methods, and techniques for treating video information are described. In one implementation, a method includes receiving video information, classifying one or more frames in the received video information as a scene, adjusting one or more coding parameters based on the classification of the frames, and coding the video information in accordance with the adjusted coding parameters. | 11-01-2012 |
20120281751 | Multimedia Coding and Decoding with Additional Information Capability - A multimedia coding and decoding system and method is presented that uses the specific prediction mode to signal supplemental information, e.g., metadata, while considering and providing trade offs between coding performance and metadata capacity. The prediction mode can be encoded according to a mode table that relates mode to bits and by considering coding impact. Start and stop codes can be used to signal the message, while various techniques of how to properly design the mode to bits tables are presented. | 11-08-2012 |
20140211853 | Overlapped Block Disparity Estimation and Compensation Architecture - Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation is described. Compensating for images with overlapped block disparity compensation (OBDC) involves determining if OBDC is enabled in a video bit stream, and determining if OBDC is enabled for one or more macroblocks that neighbor a first macroblock within the video bit stream. The neighboring macroblocks may be transform coded. If OBDC is enabled in the video bit stream and for the one or more neighboring macroblocks, predictions may be made for a region of the first macroblock that has an edge adjacent with the neighboring macroblocks. OBDC can be causally applied. Disparity compensation parameters or modes may be shared amongst views or layers. A variety of predictions may be used with causally-applied OBDC. | 07-31-2014 |
20150181234 | CODING AND DECODING OF INTERLEAVED IMAGE DATA - Sampled data is packaged in checkerboard format for encoding and decoding. The sampled data may be quincunx sampled multi-image video data (e.g., 3D video or a multi-program stream), and the data may also be divided into sub-images of each image which are then multiplexed, or interleaved, in frames of a video stream to be encoded and then decoded using a standardized video encoder. A system for viewing may utilize a standard video decoder and a formatting device that de-interleaves the decoded sub-images of each frame reformats the images for a display device. A 3D video may be encoded using a most advantageous interleaving format such that a preferred quality and compression ratio is reached. In one embodiment, the invention includes a display device that accepts data in multiple formats. | 06-25-2015 |
20150237373 | Coding and Decoding of Interleaved Image Data - Sampled data is packaged in checkerboard format for encoding and decoding. The sampled data may be quincunx sampled multi-image video data (e.g., 3D video or a multi-program stream), and the data may also be divided into sub-images of each image which are then multiplexed, or interleaved, in frames of a video stream to be encoded and then decoded using a standardized video encoder. A system for viewing may utilize a standard video decoder and a formatting device that de-interleaves the decoded sub-images of each frame reformats the images for a display device. A 3D video may be encoded using a most advantageous interleaving format such that a preferred quality and compression ratio is reached. In one embodiment, the invention includes a display device that accepts data in multiple formats. | 08-20-2015 |
20150264395 | Overlapped Block Disparity Estimation and Compensation Architecture - Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation is described. Compensating for images with overlapped block disparity compensation (OBDC) involves determining if OBDC is enabled in a video bit stream, and determining if OBDC is enabled for one or more macroblocks that neighbor a first macroblock within the video bit stream. The neighboring macroblocks may be transform coded. If OBDC is enabled in the video bit stream and for the one or more neighboring macroblocks, predictions may be made for a region of the first macroblock that has an edge adjacent with the neighboring macroblocks. OBDC can be causally applied. Disparity compensation parameters or modes may be shared amongst views or layers. A variety of predictions may be used with causally-applied OBDC. | 09-17-2015 |
20150326882 | Coding and Decoding of Interleaved Image Data - Sampled data is packaged in checkerboard format for encoding and decoding. The sampled data may be quincunx sampled multi-image video data (e.g., 3D video or a multi-program stream), and the data may also be divided into sub-images of each image which are then multiplexed, or interleaved, in frames of a video stream to be encoded and then decoded using a standardized video encoder. A system for viewing may utilize a standard video decoder and a formatting device that de-interleaves the decoded sub-images of each frame reformats the images for a display device. A 3D video may be encoded using a most advantageous interleaving format such that a preferred quality and compression ratio is reached. In one embodiment, the invention includes a display device that accepts data in multiple formats. | 11-12-2015 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Burbank CA
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20120026288 | Directed Interpolation and Data Post-Processing - An encoding device evaluates a plurality of processing and/or post-processing algorithms and/or methods to be applied to a video stream, and signals a selected method, algorithm, class or category of methods/algorithms either in an encoded bit-stream or as side information related to the encoded bitstream. A decoding device or post-processor utilizes the signaled algorithm or selects an algorithm/method based on the signaled method or algorithm. The selection is based, for example, on availability of the algorithm/method at the decoder/post-processor and/or cost of implementation. The video stream may comprise, for example, downsampled multiplexed stereoscopic images and the selected algorithm may include any of upconversion and/or error correction techniques that contribute to a restoration of the downsampled images. | 02-02-2012 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Mountain View, CA US
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20120092452 | Encoding and Decoding Architectures for Format Compatible 3D Video Delivery - Encoding and decoding architectures for 3D video delivery are described, such as 2D compatible 3D video delivery and frame compatible 3D video delivery. The architectures include pre-processing stages to pre-process the output of a base layer video encoder and/or decoder and input the pre-processed output into an enhancement layer video encoder and/or decoder of one or more enhancement layers. Multiplexing methods of how to combine the base and enhancement layer videos are also described. | 04-19-2012 |
20120293620 | Filtering for Image and Video Enhancement Using Asymmetric Samples - Methods and devices for filtering lower quality images or sequences of images with higher quality images or sequences of images are described. | 11-22-2012 |
20130028316 | High Performance Rate Control for Multi-Layered Video Coding Applications - Methods and systems for multi-layer video encoding are described. In the system, an inter-layer analysis module gathers and analyzes inter-layer coding statistics, so that a rate control module can perform rate control on the various layers based on the statistics. | 01-31-2013 |
20130101015 | Complexity-Adaptive Scalable Decoding and Streaming for Multi-Layered Video Systems - Adaptive decoding and streaming multi-layer video systems and methods are described. The decoding systems comprise a base layer decoder and one or more enhancement layer decoders. The streaming systems comprise a base layer packetizer and one or more enhancement layer packetizers. A decoding adaptor controls operation of the base layer and/or enhancement layer decoders. A packetizing adaptor controls operation of the base layer and/or enhancement layer packetizers. | 04-25-2013 |
20130113884 | Enhancement Methods for Sampled and Multiplexed Image and Video Data - Enhancement methods for sampled and multiplexed image and video data are described. Each component picture is separately processed either after de-multiplexing or on the fly. Processing and de-multiplexing can be combined in a single joint step. The methods apply to both encoding and decoding system and include applications to scalable video coding systems. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114680 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Layered Frame-Compatible Video Delivery - Multi-layered frame-compatible video delivery is described. Multi-layered encoding and decoding methods, comprising a base layer and at least one enhancement layer with reference processing, are provided. In addition, multi-layered encoding and decoding methods with inter-layer dependencies are described. Encoding and decoding methods that are capable of frame-compatible 3D video delivery are also described. | 05-09-2013 |
20130128963 | Multiple-Pass Rate Control for Video Coding Applications - Methods and systems for coding applications are described, where multiple coding passes are performed for purposes of rate control. Prediction structures are generated and used by the multiple coding passes to update coding statistics generated prior to the coding passes. The updated coding statistics are used for a subsequent coding operation. | 05-23-2013 |
20130182073 | Region Based Asymmetric Coding for 3D Video Compression - Video data that represents two or more views is coded. The regions of the views are asymmetrically processed according to different coding patterns. Techniques that impose asymmetry at the region level, but at the same time may consider overall/average symmetry or significantly reduced asymmetry at the picture/view level are presented. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182971 | Spatiotemporal Metrics for Rate Distortion Optimization - Spatial and temporal metrics are computed for a picture or regions within a picture to determine the impact of coding and quantization on the quality of an encoded picture. Prediction mode decisions and quantization optimization algorithms are used to create a compressed bit stream that minimizes coding artifacts. Pre-processing techniques are also used to suppress coding artifacts that reduce picture quality. | 07-18-2013 |
20130194386 | Joint Layer Optimization for a Frame-Compatible Video Delivery - Joint layer optimization for a frame-compatible video delivery is described. More specifically, methods for efficient mode decision, motion estimation, and generic encoding parameter selection in multiple-layer codecs that adopt a reference processing unit (RPU) to exploit inter-layer correlation to improve coding efficiency as described. | 08-01-2013 |
20130243080 | Overlapped Rate Control For Video Splicing Applications - Rate control techniques are provided for encoding an input video sequence into a compressed coded bitstream with multiple coding passes. The final coding pass may comprise final splices with non-overlapping frames that do not extend into neighboring final splices. A final splice in the final coding pass may correspond to at least one non-final splice in a non-final coding pass. A non-final splice may have overlapping frames that extend into neighboring final splices in the final coding pass. The overlapping frames in the non-final splice may be used to derive complexity information about the neighboring final splices. The complexity information about the neighboring final splices, as derived from the overlapping frames, may be used to allocate or improve rate control related budgets in encoding the final splice into the compressed coded bitstream in the final coding pass. | 09-19-2013 |
20130329809 | SYNC FRAME RECOVERY IN REAL TIME VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An error recovery method may be engaged by an encoder to recover from misalignment between reference picture caches at the encoder and decoder. When a communication error is detected between a coder and a decoder, a number of non-acknowledged reference frames present in the decoder's reference picture cache may be estimated. Thereafter, frames may be coded as reference frames in a number greater or equal to the number of non-acknowledged reference frames that are estimated to be present in the decoder's reference picture cache. Thereafter, ordinary coding operations may resume. Typically, a final reference frame that is coded in the error recovery mode will be coded as a synchronization frame that has high coding quality. The coded reference frames that precede it may be coded at low quality (or may be coded as SKIP-coded frames). On reception and decoding, the preceding frames may cause the decoder to flush from its reference picture cache any non-acknowledged reference frames that otherwise might collide with the new synchronization frame. In this manner, alignment between the encoder and decoder may be restored. | 12-12-2013 |
20140044194 | ENTROPY CODING TECHNIQUES AND PROTOCOL TO SUPPORT PARALLEL PROCESSING WITH LOW LATENCY - In a communication system, parallel encoding and decoding of serially-coded data occurs in a manner that supports low latency communication. A plurality of data items may be coded as serially-coded data sequences and a transmission sequence may be built from them. An index table may be built having a plurality of entries representing respective start points of the serially-coded data sequences within the transmission sequence. The transmission sequence may be transmitted to a channel and, thereafter, the index table may be transmitted. Latencies otherwise involved in inserting an index table into the beginning of a transmission sequence may be avoided. | 02-13-2014 |
20140072043 | VIDEO DEBLOCKING FILTER STRENGTH DERIVATION - Codecs may be modified to consider weighting and/or illumination compensation parameters when determining a deblocking filter strength that is to be applied. These parameters may be useful for recording illumination changes, such as fades, cross-fades, flashes, or light source changes, which allows these illumination changes to displayed during playback using the same reference frame data which different weighting and/or illumination compensation parameters applied. In different instances, the parameters may be considered when setting a deblocking filter strength to ensure that these effects are properly displaying during playback while minimizing the appearance of blocking artifacts. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072057 | VIDEO DISPLAY PREFERENCE FILTERING - Video coding schemes may include one or more filters to reduce coding artifacts and improve video quality. These filters may be applied to decode video data in a predetermined sequence. The output from one or more of these filters may be selected for different images, blocks, or sets of video data and then copied and/or routed to a display or a buffer storing reference data that is used to decode other video data in a data stream. Providing the ability to select which filter output is used for display and as a reference may result in better video quality for multiple types of video data. The filters that are selected for display and for reference may be different and may vary for different images, blocks, and data sets. | 03-13-2014 |
20140092987 | ENTROPY CODING TECHNIQUES AND PROTOCOL TO SUPPORT PARALLEL PROCESSING WITH LOW LATENCY - In a communication system, parallel encoding and decoding of serially-coded data occurs in a manner that supports low latency communication. A plurality of data items may be coded as serially-coded data sequences and a transmission sequence may be built from them. An index table may be built having a plurality of entries representing respective start points of the serially-coded data sequences within the transmission sequence. The transmission sequence may be transmitted to a channel and, thereafter, the index table may be transmitted. Latencies otherwise involved in inserting an index table into the beginning of a transmission sequence may be avoided. | 04-03-2014 |
20140111614 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Layered Frame-Compatible Video Delivery - Multi-layered frame-compatible video delivery is described. Multi-layered encoding and decoding methods, comprising a base layer and at least one enhancement layer with reference processing, are provided. In addition, multi-layered encoding and decoding methods with inter-layer dependencies are described. Encoding and decoding methods that are capable of frame-compatible 3D video delivery are also described. | 04-24-2014 |
20140118491 | Encoder Optimization of Stereoscopic Video Delivery Systems - Controlling a feature of an encoding process for regions of an image pattern representing more than one image when the regions include an amount of disparity in the represented images that would result in cross-contamination between the represented images if encoded with the feature. The control may be, for example, any of, turning the encoding feature off, using the encoding feature less often than when encoding an image pattern representing a single image, negatively biasing the encoding feature, and enabling the encoding feature for regions determined to have zero or near zero disparity and disabling the feature for all other regions. The represented images comprise, for example, any of a stereoscopic view, multiple stereoscopic views, multiple views of a same scene, and multiple unrelated views. | 05-01-2014 |
20140198842 | Hybrid Encoding and Decoding Methods for Single and Multiple Layered Video Coding Systems - Encoding and decoding methods for single and multiple layered video coding systems are provided. Specifically, video information provided to a base layer and one or more enhancement layers can be coded using a picture coding mode and/or a residual coding mode. Selection between coding modes can be performed on a region-by-region basis. | 07-17-2014 |
20140247888 | Reduced Complexity Motion Compensated Temporal Processing - A method and system for reduced complexity motion compensated temporal processing for pre-analysis purposes. The processing complexity is reduced by reducing the number of pictures processed for analysis, reducing the number of references used for analysis, and/or spatially subsampling input pictures. | 09-04-2014 |
20140321540 | MULTI-LAYER INTERLACE FRAME-COMPATIBLE ENHANCED RESOLUTION VIDEO DELIVERY - A video base layer can contain information pertaining to frame-compatible interlace representations of multiple data categories while video enhancement layers can contain interlace or progressive representations and/or frame-compatible representations of these data categories. Video data are encoded and decoded using layered approaches. | 10-30-2014 |
20140348232 | Multiview and Bitdepth Scalable Video Delivery - A video encoding and decoding system for use in a multiview and bitdepth coding system is described. Such system can comprise a plurality of layer groupings, where each group can be adapted to encode and/or decode based on predictions from previous layers and a plurality of data categories from the input video data. | 11-27-2014 |
20150201206 | MULTI-LAYER INTERLACE FRAME-COMPATIBLE ENHANCED RESOLUTION VIDEO DELIVERY - A video base layer can contain information pertaining to frame-compatible interlace representations of multiple data categories while video enhancement layers can contain interlace or progressive representations and/or frame-compatible representations of these data categories. Video data are encoded and decoded using layered approaches. | 07-16-2015 |
20160065957 | Overlapped Rate Control for Video Splicing Applications - Rate control techniques are provided for encoding an input video sequence into a compressed coded bitstream with multiple coding passes. The final coding pass may comprise final splices with non-overlapping frames that do not extend into neighboring final splices. A final splice in the final coding pass may correspond to at least one non-final splice in a non-final coding pass. A non-final splice may have overlapping frames that extend into neighboring final splices in the final coding pass. The overlapping frames in the non-final splice may be used to derive complexity information about the neighboring final splices. The complexity information about the neighboring final splices, as derived from the overlapping frames, may be used to allocate or improve rate control related budgets in encoding the final splice into the compressed coded bitstream in the final coding pass. | 03-03-2016 |
20160073084 | Compatible Stereoscopic Video Delivery - Stereoscopic images are subsampled and placed in a “checkerboard” pattern in an image. The image is encoded in a monoscopic video format. The monoscopic video is transmitted to a device where the “checkerboard” is decoded. Portions of the checkerboard (e.g., “black” portions) are used to reconstruct one of the stereoscopic images and the other portion of the checkerboard (e.g., “white” portions) are used to reconstruct the other image. The subsamples are, for example, taken from the image in a location coincident to the checkerboard position in which the subsamples are encoded. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080772 | Encoding and Decoding Architecture of Checkerboard Multiplexed Image Data - A device includes a coder or a codec configured for interleaved image data utilizing diamond shaped blocks for motion estimation and/or motion compensation and utilizing square or orthogonal transforms of residual data. In various embodiments, the decoder may be configured, among others, to perform de-blocking on edges of the diamond shaped blocks and/or data padding at boundaries of the image data. | 03-17-2016 |
20160094859 | Directed Interpolation and Data Post-Processing - An encoding device evaluates a plurality of processing and/or post-processing algorithms and/or methods to be applied to a video stream, and signals a selected method, algorithm, class or category of methods/algorithms either in an encoded bitstream or as side information related to the encoded bitstream. A decoding device or post-processor utilizes the signaled algorithm or selects an algorithm/method based on the signaled method or algorithm. The selection is based, for example, on availability of the algorithm/method at the decoder/post-processor and/or cost of implementation. The video stream may comprise, for example, downsampled multiplexed stereoscopic images and the selected algorithm may include any of upconversion and/or error correction techniques that contribute to a restoration of the downsampled images. | 03-31-2016 |
Athanasios Lioumpas, Thessaloniki GR
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20100232555 | Method and apparatus for combining signals at wireless receivers in the absence of channel gain estimation - Signals transmitting symbols through a multi-paths channel are received by a diversity receiver using at least two branches. The signals are combined after their processing in individual branches, minimizing combining loss of EGC receivers, minimizing BER and optimizing the performance. Processing in individual branches includes estimation of the phase changes induced by the channel at each received signal, with reference to the transmitted signal, and weighting of each signal by a co-phasing coefficient based on said estimation, so that all received signals are co-phased. An optimization step includes estimation of mean value and variance of signal to noise ratio (SNR) in each branch, using sampling techniques, and weighting the received signals by an optimization coefficient calculated from the mean value and variance. The process avoids expensive hardware for continuous estimation of instantaneous channel gains at each branch. | 09-16-2010 |
Athanasios Lourbopoulos, Thessaloniki GR
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20110142866 | PEPTIDE ANALOGUES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF - One aspect of the invention relates to a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of formula (I), | 06-16-2011 |
Athanasios Mantalaris, London GB
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20110021701 | MATERIAL COMPRISING MICROBIALLY SYNTHESIZED CELLULOSE ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPPORT LIKE A POLYMER AND/OR FIBRE - The invention relates to a material comprising cellulose in association with a support selected from a polymer and/or a fibre, wherein said cellulose is produced by a micro-organism. The cellulose-reinforced material is provided for incorporation into a composite. | 01-27-2011 |
Athanasios Mantalaris, South Kensington GB
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20140199679 | BIOREACTOR - A bioreactor for the formation of mature blood cells from haematopoietic stem cells is disclosed. The bioreactor comprises a first zone and a second zone. The first zone and the second zone are separated by a first membrane. The first membrane allows the preferential passage of red blood cells relative to the haematopoietic stem cells and their 5 other progeny excluding red blood cells. The first membrane is formed by at least a separating layer and a porous layer, where the porous layer is in contact with the first zone, such that the haematopoietic stem cells can be grown in the porous layer. The bioreactor comprises a third zone. The first zone and the third zone are separated by a second membrane, and the second membrane allows the passage of nutrients from the | 07-17-2014 |
Athanasios Mitrelias, Athens GR
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20090212768 | Magnetic Tagging Techniques - This invention relates to microfluidic apparatus for reading, writing and sorting magnetic tags attached to chemical and biological molecules and other entities. We describe apparatus for separating chemical or biological molecules or moieties each individually attached to a MBM tag miniature multi-bit magnetic tag capable of adopting a plurality of remanent magnetic configurations corresponding to binary information, the apparatus comprising: at least one input for said tagged molecules or moieties; at least two outputs for said tagged molecules or moieties; a microfluidic flow channel incorporating: magnetic readers to read said binary information; magnetic writers to write said binary information; and a switch to direct said tagged molecules or moieties to a selected said output responsive to said binary information. The invention also relates to planar multibit magnetic tags suitable for use with such apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
Athanasios Mouchtaris, Crete GR
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20150156578 | SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION AND ISOLATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A processor-implemented method for spatial sound localization and isolation is described. The method includes segmenting, via a processor, each of a plurality of source signals detected by a plurality of sensors, into a plurality of time frames. For each time frame, the method further includes obtaining, via a processor, a plurality of direction of arrival (DOA) estimates from the plurality of sensors, discretizing an area of interest into a plurality of grid points, calculating, via the processor, DOA at each of grid points, comparing, via the processor, the DOA estimates with the computed DOAs. If the number of sources is more than 1, the method includes obtaining via the processor, a plurality of combinations of DOA estimates, from amongst the plurality of combinations, estimating, via the processor, one or more initial candidate locations corresponding to each of the combinations, selecting location of the sources from amongst the initial candidate locations. | 06-04-2015 |
Athanasios Papaioannou, Lausanne CH
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20140136571 | System and Method for Optimizing Data Storage in a Distributed Data Storage Environment - A growing amount of data is produced daily resulting in a growing demand for storage solutions. While cloud storage providers offer a virtually infinite storage capacity, data owners seek geographical and provider diversity in data placement, in order to avoid vendor lock-in and to increase availability and durability. Moreover, depending on the customer data access pattern, a certain cloud provider may be cheaper than another. In this respect is provided a method and a system that facilitates allocation of data objects in a distributed data storage environment. The system continuously adapts the placement of data based on its access patterns and subject to optimization objectives, such as storage costs. The system efficiently considers repositioning of only selected objects that may significantly lower the storage cost. | 05-15-2014 |
Athanasios Polyzos, Toronto CA
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20100154279 | Firearm - A firearm includes a barrel, a frame providing support for the barrel, and a hand grip. The hand grip may include a hand-grip main body and a first back-strap extension detachably engaged to a rear portion of the hand-grip main body. The firearm may also include a light system, which may include a light and an ancillary light-system component disposed at least partially in the hand grip between the hand-grip main body and a rear outer surface of the first back-strap extension. | 06-24-2010 |
Athanasios Sotiriadis, Bicester GB
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20100021980 | HYBRID PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL - A method of producing a biofuel from biomass is provided. In one embodiment, the biofuel production process is an ethanol production process. Various embodiments of the invention include features such as application of a shock wave to biomass, variations in composition of biomass feed stock, continuous fermentation, and anaerobic digestion of stillage to produce a methane based fuel. | 01-28-2010 |
Athanasios Staveris, Athens GR
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20140068659 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR COMBINING MULTICHANNEL CONTENT PRESENTATION WITHIN INTERACTIVE LOTTERY/GAMING ENVIRONMENT IN AN INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION DEVICE OF A LOTTERY/GAME OPERATOR - In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method having at least the following: presenting, by a specialized interactive presentation device, to a user, a touchscreen divided into: a first function area, a second function area, and a third function area; where the specialized interactive presentation device is located at a physical establishment that provides gaming, lottery, or both; where the first function area, the second function area, and the third function area are configured to function independently from each other and concurrently with each other; displaying, by the specialized interactive presentation device, in the first function area, advertisement content related to lottery, gaming, or both; displaying, by the specialized interactive presentation device, in the second function area, event content for a live or stored event; displaying, by the specialized interactive presentation device, in the third function area, an interactive non-lottery game, an interactive lottery game, or both. | 03-06-2014 |
Athanasios Stubos, Neo Psychiko GR
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20100125038 | Carbon Material For Hydrogen Storage - The present invention relates to carbon based materials that are employed for hydrogen storage applications. The material may be described as the pyrolysis product of a molecular precursor such as a cyclic quinone compound. The pyrolysis product may then be combined with selected transition metal atoms which may be in nanoparticulate form, where the metals may be dispersed on the material surface. Such product may then provide for the reversible storage of hydrogen. The metallic nanoparticles may also be combined with a second metal as an alloy to further improve hydrogen storage performance. | 05-20-2010 |
Athanasios Tsakiris, Thessaloniki GR
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20150035821 | STEREOSCOPIC ONLINE WEB CONTENT CREATION AND RENDERING - Improved techniques are presented for generating stereoscopic image of 2D web pages. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a stereo-enhancing annotation tool is provided and used to generate intermediate HTML source code. The intermediate HTML source code—together with the normal HTML code that is served when a user's browser makes a URL call—are used by a computer processing unit to generate stereoscopic images. Algorithms optimize the look and feel of stereoscopically-imaged web-page content using a number of known presentation optimized parameters that are automatically determined based on a priori assumptions of depth cues. | 02-05-2015 |
Athanasios Tsakonas, Thessalonikl GR
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20090036992 | Total Knee Arthroplasty Endoprothesis with Third Condyle and Rotating Polyethylene Insert - The invention presents a total knee arthroplasty endoprosthesis having: a) a femoral component with a lower-radius lateral condyle, a larger-radius medial condyle and between them, a third condyle located posteriorly, superiorly and nearest the medial side, b) a tibial component with a central protruding spigot for the rotating polyethylene insert, and c) a rotating polyethylene insert, with three cavities for articulation of the femoral condyles. For initial and moderate flexion the joint functions with load bearing onto the lateral and medial articular cavities, and in advanced and final flexion with load bearing on the third articular cavity. The advantages of this endoprosthesis are enhanced maximum flexion, improved femoral axis alignment, significant posterior stabilization, favourable accommodation of tibial rotation with consequent relief of materials and fixations, and preservation of more articular fluid for lubrication and reduction of polyethylene wear. | 02-05-2009 |
Athanasios Tsolakis, Bromsgrove GB
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20100205935 | REDUCING COOKING OVER Ag/Al2O3 HC-SCR CATALYST - The present invention relates to a method of reducing coking over a AgZAl | 08-19-2010 |
Athanasios Vatistas, Peiraeus GR
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20090152197 | System for Energy Recovery and Reduction of Deposits on the Membrane Surfaces in (Variable Power and Variable Production) Reverse Osmosis Desalination Systems - A method and a device for desalination, that operates with reverse osmosis membranes ( | 06-18-2009 |
Athanasios Yiannibas, Charlotte, NC US
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20140017976 | BOTTOM BOARD FOR SUPPORTING A HONEY BEE HIVE - A bottom board for supporting a honey bee hive which has a board, three vertical walls extending above and below the board, with a first groove opening that extends between two parallel vertical walls wherein a screen covers the first groove opening and an aperture extends thru the one of the two vertical walls that is in communication with the first groove opening and whereby one end of a tray extends thru the aperture so that a beekeeper has access to the tray without disturbing the remainder of the hive. | 01-16-2014 |
Athanasios Zovoilis, Chalkida GR
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20130028956 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MEMORY IMPAIRMENT AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS USEFUL THEREFORE - In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a method for prevention or treating memory impairment and/or a neurodegenerative condition, disorder or disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound targeting a miRNA or any precursor, or targeting the activity of said miRNA or any precursor thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a method wherein the targeted miRNA is miR-34. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for improving memory functionality in a subject suffering from memory loss, said method comprises the reduction or reducing the level of miR-34 levels or precursor molecule levels in brain tissue of said subject administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound targeting miR-34 or any precursor thereof. | 01-31-2013 |