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20130102854 | MENTAL STATE EVALUATION LEARNING FOR ADVERTISING - Analysis of mental states is performed as people view advertisements. Advertisement effectiveness is evaluated based on the analyzed mental states. Learning is then performed to determine the most effective ways to evaluate mental states based on the evaluation methods' ability to project advertisement effectiveness. Effectiveness descriptors are evaluated and statistics are assembled for the advertisements. One or more effectiveness classifiers are determined. Based on the effectiveness descriptors and classifiers, advertisement effectiveness is projected. | 04-25-2013 |
20130115582 | AFFECT BASED CONCEPT TESTING - Analysis of mental states pertaining to concept testing is described. Concepts may be evaluated by seeing a product, seeing a service, seeing a model, viewing an advertisement, and the like. Data which includes facial information is captured for viewers of a concept. Facial and physiological information is gathered for a group of viewers. Demographic information is collected and used as a criterion for evaluating the concept. Data captured from an individual viewer or group of viewers is used to optimize a concept. | 05-09-2013 |
20130151333 | AFFECT BASED EVALUATION OF ADVERTISEMENT EFFECTIVENESS - Analysis of mental states is provided in order to enable data analysis pertaining to affect-based evaluation of advertisement effectiveness. Advertisements can have various objectives, including entertainment, education, awareness, persuasion, startling, or a drive to action. Data, including facial information, is captured for an individual viewer or group of viewers. Physiological information may also be gathered for the viewer or group of viewers. In some embodiments, demographics information is collected and used as a criterion for rendering the mental states of the viewers in a graphical format. In some embodiments data captured from an individual viewer or group of viewers is used to optimize an advertisement. | 06-13-2013 |
20130189661 | SCORING HUMOR REACTIONS TO DIGITAL MEDIA - As an individual or a group of individuals view various types of humor, a webcam, using video capture, collects mental state data from the individual or individuals. The webcam data is analyzed to determine physiological data, facial data, and actigraphy data. Further, the direct collection of physiological data—electrodermal activity, heart rate, heart rate variation, skin temperature, and respiration—from an individual or individuals complements the webcam data. Analysis of this mental state data allows for the accurate comprehension of individual humor preferences and allows the individual's humor preferences to be used by the system to recommend humorous material based on these preferences. | 07-25-2013 |
20140323817 | PERSONAL EMOTIONAL PROFILE GENERATION - The mental state of an individual is obtained in order to generate an emotional profile for the individual. The individual's mental state is derived from an analysis of the individual's facial and physiological information. The emotional profile of other individuals is correlated to the first individual for comparison. Various categories of emotional profiles are defined based upon the correlation. The emotional profile of the individual or group of individuals is rendered for display, used to provide feedback and to recommend activities for the individual, or provide information about the individual. | 10-30-2014 |
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20100160469 | Polymer polyols comprising a natural oil base polyol, polyurethane foams comprising these polymer polyols and processes for their preparation - This invention relates to polymer polyols comprising the free-radical polymerization product of a base polyol, at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and, optionally, a preformed stabilizer, in the presence of at least one free-radical polymerization initiator and at least one chain transfer agent, in which the base polyol is a natural oil. A process for preparing these polymer polyols is also described. The present invention also relates to a polyurethane foam prepared from these polymer polyols and to a process for the preparation of these polyurethane foams. | 06-24-2010 |
20110306728 | POLYMER POLYOLS PREPARED FROM NITRILE-FREE AZO-INITIATORS - This invention relates to nitrile-free azo initiators for the preparation of polymer polyols and to the polymer polyols prepared therefrom. These novel polymer polyols comprise a base polyol, a preformed stabilizer and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in the presence of at least one free-radical polymerization initiator comprising as azo compound that is free of nitrile groups, and optionally, a polymer control agent. The process of preparing these polymer polyols is a continuous process comprising free-radically polymerizing a base polyol, a preformed stabilizer, and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in the presence of at least one free-radical polymerization initiator comprising as azo compound that is free of nitrile groups, and optionally, a polymer control agent. | 12-15-2011 |
20140275310 | NOVEL POLYMER POLYOLS BASED ON NATURAL OILS POLYOLS - This invention relates to stable, low-viscosity polymer polyols and to a process for preparing these stable, low-viscosity polymer polyols. These polymer polyols comprise (a) a base polyol component that comprises a natural oil base polyol having a mean hydroxyl functionality of 1.7 to 5.0, a number average molecular weight of about 350 to about 725, and an OH number of 190 to 500. | 09-18-2014 |
20150322309 | UNDERFILL COMPOSITION AND PACKAGING PROCESS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a one part liquid underfill composition comprising an epoxy resin, a latent epoxy curing agent, a photocurable resin or monomer, a photoinitiator, an optional filler, and an optional thermal initiator. Also provided is a packaging process using the underfill composition. | 11-12-2015 |
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20150293504 | ANTHROPOMORPHIC CONTROL OF LIGHTING AND OTHER OUTPUT CONDITIONS - An example of an intelligent lighting device or system is configured to control one or more parameters of light output, such as intensity, shape or distribution, color characteristics and position or orientation of light output (e.g. via a motorized luminaire control). The device or system may have other controllable output capability, e.g. display projection or audio. Sensors or other input devices are responsive to the user. Responsive to user input, the device or system, controls its light and any other output capabilities so as to present a defined persona to the user or other occupant(s) of a space illuminated by the intelligent lighting device or system. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296594 | LEARNING CAPABLE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT - A lighting device or system is configured to control of one or more parameters of light output, such as ON/OFF status, intensity when ON, color characteristics and position or orientation of light output (e.g. via a motorized luminaire control). The device or system may have other output capability, e.g. display projection or audio. Sensors or other input devices are responsive to the user. Responsive to user input, sensed activity, and/or acquired information, the device or system, controls a light source in accordance with a lighting control function. Operation of the light source and the lighting control function may be modified based on learning by the device or system. | 10-15-2015 |
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20080294179 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR STOMACH PARTITIONING - A device and method for remodeling or partitioning a body cavity, hollow organ or tissue tract includes graspers operable to engage two or more sections of tissue within a body cavity and to draw the engaged tissue between a first and second members of a tissue remodeling tool. The two or more pinches of tissue are held in complete or partial alignment with one another as staples or other fasteners are driven through the pinches, thus forming a four-layer tissue plication. Over time, adhesions formed between the opposed serosal layers create strong bonds that can facilitate retention of the plication over extended durations, despite the forces imparted on them by stomach movement. A cut or cut-out may be formed in the plication during or separate from the stapling step to promote edge-to-edge healing effects that will enhance tissue knitting/adhesion. | 11-27-2008 |
20090024143 | ENDOSCOPIC IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a system for endoscopically implanting a medical implant within a body cavity such as a human stomach. The system includes one or more anchors positionable within one or more openings formed in tissue within the body cavity, such as cutouts formed in plicated body tissue. Tools are disclosed for positioning the anchors within the openings, and for coupling the implant to the anchors. | 01-22-2009 |
20100276469 | PLICATION TAGGING DEVICE AND METHOD - An improvement in a stapling device and method designed to capture a tissue fold between first and second members in the device and to staple and cut the fold to form a stapled tissue plication with a hole therein is disclosed. The improvement includes an engagement assembly in the first member movable from a retracted position in the first member to an extended position in the second member, and releasably attached to second member, an anchor assembly that includes the anchor, wherein (i) movement of the engagement assembly from its retracted to its extended position, through a tissue fold captured in the device between the first and second device members, is operable to engage the anchor assembly, and (ii) movement of the engagement assembly, with the anchor assembly engaged therewith, back toward its retracted position, is effective to pull at least a portion of the assembly through the hole in the stapled tissue plication formed by the device. | 11-04-2010 |
20100280529 | ENDOSCOPIC IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, device, device and method for implanting a food restrictor in a patient's stomach, by coupling the restrictor to a plurality of tissue-plication anchors already placed in the stomach, are disclosed. The device includes an elongate shaft assembly for accessing the stomach transorally, and on which the restrictor can be carried, and a plurality of cable members mounted on the shaft assembly. The cable members are disposed on the shaft assembly along a distal section thereof, and releasably attached to the shaft assembly's distal end. After a cable member engages a tissue-plication anchor, retracting the cable is operable to first release the member from a holder at the the distal end of the shaft assembly, then pull a portion of the anchor through an aperture in the restrictor. This process is repeated for each anchor in the stomach for attaching the restrictor to the stomach. | 11-04-2010 |
20120004677 | TISSUE-ACQUISITION AND FASTENING DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices and methods for acquiring and fastening tissues folds within an internal organ, such as the stomach, and for applying the methods and devices to producing reductions in organ volume or repair of bariatric procedures, are disclosed. An exemplary method for forming a continuous laterally extending tissue fold involves forming a succession of laterally extending folds having adjacent overlapping fold portions. One exemplary tissue-acquisition device has an open-end roller-and-arm structure that allows individual tissue folds to be formed and fastened, then advanced to an adjacent region within the stomach, for capture of a new fold that will form an extension of the existing fold(s). | 01-05-2012 |
20130299549 | PLICATION TAGGING DEVICE AND METHOD - An improvement in a stapling device and method designed to capture a tissue fold between first and second members in the device to staple and cut the fold to form a stapled tissue plication with a hole therein. The improvement includes an engagement assembly in the first member movable from a retracted position in the first member to an extended position in the second member, and releasably attached to second member, an anchor assembly that includes the anchor, wherein (i) movement of the engagement assembly from the retracted to extended position, through a tissue fold captured in the device, is operable to engage the anchor assembly, and (ii) movement of the engagement assembly, with the anchor assembly engaged therewith, to its retracted position, is effective to pull at least a portion of the assembly through the hole in the stapled tissue plication. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304094 | ENDOSCOPIC IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a system for endoscopically implanting a medical implant, including an anchor, within a body cavity such as adjacent the gastroesophageal junction in a human stomach. The system includes one or more anchors positionable within one or more openings formed in tissue within the body cavity, such as cutouts formed in plicated body tissue. Tools are disclosed for positioning the anchors within the openings, and for coupling a food restrictor to the anchors. | 11-14-2013 |
20130306704 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR STOMACH PARTITIONING - A device and method for remodeling or partitioning a body cavity, hollow organ or tissue tract includes graspers operable to engage two or more sections of tissue within a body cavity and to draw the engaged tissue between a first and second members of a tissue remodeling tool. The two or more pinches of tissue are held in complete or partial alignment with one another as staples or other fasteners are driven t9hrough the pinches, thus forming a four-layer tissue plication. Over time, adhesions formed between the opposed serosal layers create strong bonds that can facilitate retention of the plication over extended durations, despite the forces imparted on them by stomach movement. A cut or cut-out may be formed in the plication during or separate from the stapling step to promote edge-to-edge healing effects that will enhance tissue knitting/adhesion. | 11-21-2013 |
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20090076372 | OBJECTIVE DETERMINATION OF CHRONIC PAIN IN PATIENTS - A method for objectively determining if a patient suffers chronic pain by initially observing a multiplicity of persons who are free of chronic pain and subjecting them to a given pain stimulus. Radiofrequency (RF) emissions generated by the brains of the persons who are free of chronic pain while they are subjected to the pain stimulus are measured and a chart in the form of an average f-MRI image for all such persons is prepared which statistically reflects an average of RF emissions generated by the brains of the persons who are free of chronic pain while subjected to the pain stimulus. The same pain stimulus is then applied to the patient, RF emissions generated by a brain of the patient while the pain stimulus is applied are sensed, and the RF emissions from the patient's brain are compared to the chart to determine if the RF emissions from the patient's brain are statistically different from the approximately average RF emissions from the persons who are free of chronic pain on the chart. If so, it can be concluded without any conscious input from the patient that the patient suffers chronic pain. The method can be used to verify insurance or other compensation claims by persons who assert that they suffer chronic pain that might prevent them from performing certain functions such as work. | 03-19-2009 |
20100104529 | TNF-alpha VACCINE FOR TREATING DISEASE CONDITIONS MEDIATED BY PATHOLOGICAL TNF-alpha - The present invention provide TNFα-defensin/chemokine fusion polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods of treating, inhibiting or preventing disease conditions mediated by pathological TNFα, including chronic neuropathic pain, chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia and artherosclerosis, by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the TNFα-defensin/chemokine fusion polypeptides and polynucleotides. | 04-29-2010 |