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| 20100045175 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING DEVICES - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) device includes a substrate, an anode, a cathode, an active region including an organic material, wherein the active region is electrically coupled to the anode and the cathode, at least one coupler configured to electrically couple at least one of the anode or the cathode to a power supply, and an encapsulation that isolates the active region from an ambient environment. A lighting system can be made including a plurality of OLED devices. A lighting system can be assembled using the OLED devices from a kit. The OLED devices may be polymer light emitting diode (PLED) devices or small molecule light emitting diode (SMOLED) devices. The OLED devices can use regio-regular poly-thiophene. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045189 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING SYSTEMS - A lighting system includes a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices. By selecting the plurality of OLED devices, or by selectively controlling the plurality of OLED devices, the color characteristics of the lighting system can be tuned. The lifetime of the lighting system can be improved. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20120001127 | HOLE TRANSPORT COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS (I) - A composition comprising: at least one compound comprising a hole transporting core, wherein the core is covalently bonded to a first arylamine group and also covalently bonded to a second arylamine group different from the first, and wherein the compound is covalently bonded to at least one intractability group, wherein the intractability group is covalently bonded to the hole transporting core, the first arylamine group, the second arylamine group, or a combination thereof, and wherein the compound has a molecular weight of about 5,000 g/mole or less. Blended mixtures of arylamine compounds, including fluorene core compounds, can provide good film formation and stability when coated onto hole injection layers. Solution processing of OLEDs is a particularly important application. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003790 | HOLE TRANSPORT COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED DEVICES AMD METHODS (II) - A composition comprising: at least one compound comprising a hole transporting core, wherein the core is covalently bonded to a first arylamine group and also covalently bonded to a second arylamine group different from the first, and wherein the compound is covalently bonded to at least one intractability group, wherein the intractability group is covalently bonded to the hole transporting core, the first arylamine group, the second arylamine group, or a combination thereof, and wherein the compound has a molecular weight of about 5,000 g/mole or less. Blended mixtures of arylamine compounds, including fluorene core compounds, can provide good film formation and stability when coated onto hole injection layers. Solution processing of OLEDs is a particularly important application. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120320574 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Products - A plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices can be spatially distributed to form various lighting systems and luminaires. The lighting systems can be configured to readily replace conventional light bulbs or tubular fluorescent lamps. A networked lighting system including a plurality of OLED devices can have a variable light field based on a feedback. | 12-20-2012 |
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| 20080248313 | Sulfonation of conducting polymers and OLED, photovoltaic, and ESD devices - Conducting polymer systems for hole injection or transport layer applications including a composition comprising: a water soluble or water dispersible regioregular polythiophene comprising (i) at least one organic substituent, and (ii) at least one sulfonate substituent comprising sulfonate sulfur bonding directly to the polythiophene backbone. The polythiophene can be water soluble, water dispersible, or water swellable. They can be self-doped. The organic substituent can be an alkoxy substituent, or an alkyl substituent. OLED, PLED, SMOLED, PV, and ESD applications can be used. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20100109000 | CHARGE INJECTION AND TRANSPORT LAYERS - Compositions for use in hole transporting layers (HTLs) or hole injection layers (HILs) are provided, as well as methods of making the compositions and devices fabricated from the compositions. OLED devices can be made. The compositions comprise at least one conductive conjugated polymer, at least one semiconducting matrix component that is different from the conductive conjugated polymer, and an optional dopant, and are substantially free of an insulating matrix component. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20120037852 | SULFONATION OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS AND OLED, PHOTOVOLTAIC, AND ESD DEVICES - Conducting polymer systems for hole injection or transport layer applications including a composition comprising: a water soluble or water dispersible regioregular polythiophene comprising (i) at least one organic substituent, and (ii) at least one sulfonate substituent comprising sulfonate sulfur bonding directly to the polythiophene backbone. The polythiophene can be water soluble, water dispersible, or water swellable. They can be self-doped. The organic substituent can be an alkoxy substituent, or an alkyl substituent. OLED, PLED, SMOLED, PV, and ESD applications can be used. | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20090039294 | Radiation emitting device - A radiation emitting device comprising a first electrode, which emits first charge carriers having a first charge during operation, a first charge carrier transporting layer, which comprises a fluorescent substance, a second charge carrier transporting layer, which contains a phosphorescent substance, and a second electrode, which emits second charge carriers having a second charge during operation, wherein during operation the second charge carrier transporting layer is largely free of first charge carriers. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20120153305 | Radiation Emitting Device - A radiation emitting device comprising a first electrode, which emits first charge carriers having a first charge during operation, a first charge carrier transporting layer, which comprises a fluorescent substance, a second charge carrier transporting layer, which contains a phosphorescent substance, and a second electrode, which emits second charge carriers having a second charge during operation, wherein during operation the second charge carrier transporting layer is largely free of first charge carriers. | 06-21-2012 |
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| 20110182107 | MEMRISTIVE DEVICE - A memristive routing device ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110188119 | DYNAMICALLY VARYING AN OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF A LIGHT BEAM - An apparatus for dynamically varying an optical characteristic of a light beam includes an optical element configured to receive a beam of light. The optical element includes at least one sub-wavelength grating formed of a plurality of lines. The apparatus includes at least one actuator connected to at least one component of the optical element and a controller for controlling the at least one actuator to dynamically vary a characteristic of the beam of light that is at least one of emitted through and reflected from the optical element. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110205718 | VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE COMPUTER BUSES - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to computer buses that can be used to distribute data between components of various computer systems. In one aspect, a computer bus includes multiple opto-electronic engines disposed within a housing and multiple flexible connectors. Each flexible connector extends through an opening in the housing and is coupled at a first end to an opto-electronic engine and at a second to an electronic device. The flexible connectors enable the bus to be placed in different orientations and positions in order to optimize space and connectivity requirements or limitations. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110221038 | Electrically Actuated Devices - An electrically actuated device comprises an active region ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110260135 | Method for Doping an Electrically Actuated Device - An electrically actuated device ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261856 | VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER - A VCSEL includes a grating layer configured with a non-periodic, sub-wavelength grating, in which the non-periodic, sub-wavelength grating includes at least one first section configured to have a relatively low reflection coefficient and at least one second section configured to have a relatively high reflection coefficient to cause light to be reflected in a predetermined, non-Gaussian, spatial mode across the sub-wavelength grating. The VCSEL also includes a reflective layer and a light emitting layer disposed between the grating layer and the reflector, in which the sub-wavelength grating and the reflector form a resonant cavity. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110274438 | OPTICAL ENGINE FOR POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATIONS - An optical engine ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120027339 | OPTICAL BUS FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL BROADCASTING - An optical bus is described for optical signal broadcasting. The optical bus can include a substrate and input optical waveguides formed on the substrate. First and second sets of output optical waveguides can also be formed on the substrate. Optical power splitters on the substrate can have an input and multiple outputs. The optical power splitters can be optically coupled to an input optical waveguide and can split an input optical beam into multiple output optical beams. The optical bus can include a waveguide shuffle network formed on the substrate. The waveguide shuffle network can include intersecting optical waveguides and can optically couple outputs from each of the optical power splitters to the first set of output optical waveguides and optically couple different outputs from each of the optical power splitters to the second set of output optical waveguides. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027349 | LENS - A lens is described which includes a substrate having a first side and an opposite second side. A first guided mode resonance grating is supported by the first side of the substrate and a second guided mode resonance grating is supported by the second side of the substrate. The second guided mode resonance grating can be offset from the first guided mode resonance grating. The second guided mode resonance grating can shape and reflect a wave front of an incident optical beam within the substrate towards the first guided mode resonance grating. The first guided mode resonance grating can redirect the reflected incident optical beam out of the second side of the substrate. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027357 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector is disclosed. The optical fiber connector comprises a form having a curved surface with a first end near the bottom surface of the form. The curved surface is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the form at the first end. A first plurality of active optical fibers are positioned along the curved surface of the form in a side-by side arrangement with the tips of each of the first plurality of optical fibers adjacent to the first end of the curved surface. The ends of each of the first plurality of active optical fibers have been striped down to cladding and the cladding of each optical fiber contacts the cladding of the adjacent optical fibers. An inner cover is attached to the form thereby capturing the first plurality of active optical fibers between the curved surface of the form and an inside curved surface in the inner cover. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120033914 | ANGLED COUPLING FOR OPTICAL FIBERS - An angled coupling for optical fibers can comprise a body ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120093459 | OPTICAL CHANNEL TAP ASSEMBLY - An optical channel tap assembly comprises a first N by M waveguide array including a first set of optical channels to convey optical signals along a first set of conveyance paths. The optical channel tap assembly also comprises a second N by M waveguide array including a second set of optical channels to convey the optical signals along a second set of conveyance paths, the optical signals received from the first set of conveyance paths. Additionally, the optical channel tap assembly comprises a beam splitter, disposed between the first N by M waveguide array and the second N by M waveguide array, to divert a first portion of power from the optical signals away from the second N by M waveguide array while allowing a second portion of power from the optical signals to propagate into the second N by M waveguide array. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120134638 | WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM AND METHODS - Waveguide apparatuses and methods are provided. A waveguide method ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120195564 | WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS - A waveguide array can comprise a base portion having a metalized inner surface, an outer surface, and a clean end surface. The inner surface can include a plurality of waveguide channels that are metalized. The clean end surface can be prepared by breaking the base portion along a groove positioned on the outer surface prior to breaking, where the groove is oriented to intersect the waveguide channels. A metalized cover portion is attached to the inner surface of the base portion to close the waveguide channels. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120274559 | Diffusing light of a laser - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to diffusing light of a multi-mode laser. In one embodiment, the multi-mode laser projects a plurality of modes of light and a diffuser reflects the plurality of modes of light to output a single lobe of light. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120314292 | OPTICAL DEVICE FORMED OF AN ARRAY OF SUB-WAVELENGTH GRATINGS - An optical device includes a substantially planar substrate and a lens array disposed on the substantially planar substrate. The lens array is formed of a plurality of distinct sub-wavelength gratings, in which the sub-wavelength gratings are selected to produce a desired phase change in beams of light that are at least one of reflected and refracted by the sub-wavelength gratings of the lens array. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130064505 | AREA ARRAY WAVEGUIDE POWER SPLITTER - A method for constructing an area array waveguide power splitter includes preparing a reflective layer on a substrate and forming a core of an area array waveguide layer and alignment features for an optical fiber input and a plurality of optical fiber outputs atop the reflective layer, wherein the core of the area array waveguide layer and the alignment features are formed concurrently. The method also includes applying a reflective layer to the top and side surfaces of the core of the area array waveguide layer and exposing an input and exposing a plurality of outputs in the reflective layer. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130071064 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SIGNAL - A device for converting and optionally processing an optical signal comprises an optical cable having an optical-electrical conversion device at one end, the optical-electrical conversion device to convert the optical signal to an electrical signal or an electrical signal into an optical signal; a electrical package to removably receive the optical-electrical conversion device and generate processed signal; and a general circuit board attached to the electrical package and operable to receive the processed signal. | 03-21-2013 |
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| 20110013866 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT - A flexible optical interconnect and method of forming the interconnect is disclosed. The optical interconnect includes a waveguide base formed from a flexible dielectric material. A three-sided channel is formed in the flexible material. Each side of the channel is coated with a reflective metallic coating. A cover piece is formed from the flexible material and coated with a reflective metallic coating on an underside. The cover piece is coupled to the waveguide base to form a flexible optical bus having at least one hollow metallized waveguide. The hollow metallized waveguide is configured to carry an optical signal. A transverse slot is formed in the cover piece and the waveguide base to form an aperture bisecting the hollow metallized waveguide to enable the optical signal to be detected and/or redirected. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110123146 | Nano-wire Optical Block Devices For Amplifying, Modulating, And Detecting Optical Signals - A nano-wire optical block device for amplifying, modulating, and detecting an optical signal in a large-core hollow metallized waveguide. The nano-wire optical block device comprises a substrate with a plurality of nano-wires coupled to the substrate to form the nano-wire optical block. Each properly formed nano-wire is comprised of a p-doped region, an intrinsic region, and an n-doped region. The nano-wire optical block is operable to be inserted into the large-core hollow metallized waveguide to provide at least one of amplifying, modulating, and detecting the optical signal. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110129231 | OPTICAL ENGINE FOR POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATIONS - An optical engine for providing a point-to-point optical communications link between a first computing device and a second computing device. The optical engine includes a modulated hybrid micro-ring laser formed on a substrate and configured to generate an optical signal traveling parallel to the plane of the substrate. The optical engine further includes a waveguide, also formed in a plane parallel to the plane of the substrate, that is configured to guide the optical signal from the modulated ring laser to a defined region, a waveguide coupler at the defined region configured for coupling the optical signal into a multi-core optical fiber, and a multi-core optical fiber at the defined region that is configured to receive and transport the optical signal to the second computing device. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110141546 | TUNABLE NANOWIRE RESONANT CAVITY FOR OPTICAL MODULATION - A resonant cavity with tunable nanowire. The resonant cavity includes a substrate. The substrate is coupleable to an optical resonator structure. The resonant cavity also includes a plurality of nanowires formed on the substrate. The plurality of nanowires is actuated in response to an application of energy. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110241072 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING AN ELOG ON A THERMALLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MASK - A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a thermally and electrically conductive mask positioned upon the substrate, and an epitaxial lateral over growth (ELOG) material positioned upon the thermally and electrically conductive mask. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20130094799 | OPTOELECTRONIC INTERFACE - An optoelectronic interface includes an optically transparent substrate; and an alignment layer comprising a pattern of alignment features disposed on said optically transparent substrate. | 04-18-2013 |
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| 20080285481 | TECHNIQUE FOR DEFINING AND DYNAMICALLY ENABLING SERVICE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS IN A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - The present invention discloses a document for formally defining service level requirements in a service oriented architecture (SOA). This document can include a service specification that defines functional attributes and a capability specification that defines performance requirements. These functional attributes and performance requirements can influence the response of the SOA to a service request. For example, a dynamic interpreter of the requirements document can dynamically adjust SOA resources to ensure performance requirements specified in the requirements document are met. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090138292 | DRIVING SOFTWARE PRODUCT CHANGES BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS GATHERED FROM USERS OF PREVIOUS PRODUCT RELEASES - The present invention discloses an end-to-end software development system that includes multiple computing devices, a network data store, and a usage reporting engine. Each of the computing devices can execute a software product that is configured to automatically log usage information on a feature-by-feature basis. The network data store can aggregate logged usage information obtained from the computing devices. The usage report engine can analyze data of the network data store and can generate feature-by-feature usage reports. These reports can be used to focus a software development effort on user desired features and/or upon previous software product shortcomings. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090234875 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT METRICS - A system for providing product metrics is provided. The system includes a controller for accessing a plurality of network-connected information sites and retrieving from the information sites information pertaining to a specified product. The system also includes a database communicatively linked to the controller for storing the information pertaining to the specified product. Additionally, the system includes a data analyzer communicatively linked to the database for generating a plurality of product metrics corresponding to the specified product based upon the stored information. The system further includes a transaction registry communicatively linked to the data analyzer for selecting and organizing the product metrics. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100076747 | MASS ELECTRONIC QUESTION FILTERING AND ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM FOR AUDIO BROADCASTS AND VOICE CONFERENCES - A system for providing electronic filtering and enhancement for audio broadcasts and voice conferences. The system can comprise one or more computing devices configured to record one or more spoken segments, wherein the one or more spoken segments are comprised of utterances. The system can also include one or more electronic data processors configured to process, manage, and store the one or more spoken segments and data, wherein the at least one electronic data processor is communicatively linked to the one or more computing devices. The system can further include a speech-to-text module configured to execute on the one or more electronic data processors, wherein the speech-to-text module converts the one or more spoken segments into a plurality of text segments. Additionally, the system can include a database module configured to execute on the one or more electronic data processors, wherein the database module stores the plurality of text segments in a queue. The system can also include a filtration-prioritization module configured to execute on the one or more electronic data processors, wherein the filtration-prioritization module is configured to filter one or more text segments of the plurality of text segments in the queue, wherein the utterances to be filtered arc defined in advance of filtering. The filtration-prioritization module can also be configured to determine a relevance of the one or more text segments. The filtration-prioritization module can be further configured to prioritize the one or more text segments based upon one or more of the relevance and a similarity of the one or more text segments to other text segments of the plurality of text segments in the queue. Moreover, the filtration-prioritization module can be configured to transmit the one or more text segments to a presenter. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100136945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AND DISSEMINATING INTELLIGENT EVACUATION ROUTES BASED ON LOCATION AWARENESS AND INTEGRATED ANALYTICS - A system for providing emergency-related information. The system can include a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions. The system can also include one or more communications devices utilized by a user, wherein the one or more communications devices is communicatively linked with a provider. Additionally, the system can include a personalized notification route engine (PNRE) configured to execute on the processor and communicatively linked with the provider. The PNRE can be configured to receive geospatial information associated with the one or more communications devices via the provider. Also, the PNRE can be configured to obtain data comprising one or more among evacuation routes, evacuation rules, demographic data, environmental conditions, external alerts, real-time traffic data, and traffic control data. The PNRE can further be configured to determine the emergency-related information based on the geospatial information and the obtained data and transmit the determined emergency-related information to the user via the provider. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100231714 | VIDEO PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR AUTOMATING EMERGENCY SERVICE INCIDENT AWARENESS AND RESPONSE - Video analysis capabilities can be integrated into an emergency response system and/or a video operations center (VOC) monitoring for emergency incidents. At least one computer program driven response action involving detecting patterns in video streams that comprise video of an incident can be performed. This response action can be directed to VOC personnel and/or to emergency response system personnel. Further, the response action can result in an automated responses to an emergency incident and/or to an alerting of humans monitoring video to focus on a particular video stream/incident. One such response action, which increases video capture activity at a geographic location of the incident, can occur responsive to a receipt of an emergency call by the emergency response system. Another response action can analyze at least one video stream of the geographic location and can automatically dispatch (in approximately real time) an emergency responder to the geographic location. Still another action can analyze the video stream of a geographic location, can determine a high likelihood of an emergency incident, and can provide an alert in a user interface of the emergency response system or a VOC. Video of the incident can also be provided in the user interface. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110279243 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE INTEGRATION USING RFID TECHNOLOGY - A method of integrating devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can include tracking movement of an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is associated with a user, and determining proximity of the RFID tag to a communication device. The method also can include initiating a programmatic action with the communication device according to the proximity of the RFID tag to the communication device, wherein the programmatic action is associated with the user. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110320240 | VIDEO-BASED ANALYSIS WORKFLOW PROPOSAL TOOL - Video of work being performed in a place of business can be analyzed. Patterns can be identified and scored within the work when analyzing the video. The identified patterns can be correlated with business processes of a business process management system of the business. In one embodiment, the tasks performed can be to monitor a business process flow, to update a business process flow, and/or to create a new business process flow. Business process flows can be written in a standardized business process execution language or other standards based languages. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120116836 | CONSOLIDATING BUSINESS PROCESS WORKFLOWS THROUGH THE USE OF SEMANTIC ANALYSIS - A first and a second workflow can be identified. The workflows can be a sequence of connected steps representing work of a business process which can be modeled within a computing environment as an object. The object can be an activity or an event of the business process. A semantic analysis can be automatically performed upon the workflows. The semantic analysis can compare each object of the workflows to each other. An object report can be generated from the comparison which can indicate a similarity and/or a difference between each object of the workflows. The similarity can denote two or more objects are identical and the difference can denote two or more objects are not identical. The workflows can be programmatically consolidated into one or more consolidated roadmap using the object report. The roadmap can be a business process workflow comprised of each unique object of first and second workflow. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120194867 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE INTEGRATION USING RFID TECHNOLOGY - A method of integrating devices using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology can include tracking movement of an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is associated with a user, and determining proximity of the RFID tag to a communication device. The method also can include initiating a programmatic action with the communication device according to the proximity of the RFID tag to the communication device, wherein the programmatic action is associated with the user. | 08-02-2012 |
