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778 results about "Single element" patented technology

Minerals of a single element are called Native elements. These include gold, silver, copper, etc. They can be divided into three groups such as metals, semi-metals, and nonmetals.

Single element antenna apparatus

An antenna for transferring electromagnetic energy includes: (a) a ground element in a ground plane; (b) a transceiver element in a transceiver plane that intersects the ground element at a first end in a joint having a first terminus and a second terminus; and (c) a feed structure that conveys the electromagnetic energy intermediate the transceiver and the host device. A first transceiver edge departs from the joint in a first path in a first direction. A second transceiver edge departs from the joint in a second path in the first direction. Each edge includes at least a first edge sector having a first radius and a second edge sector having a second radius. The radii define a separation between the edge sectors. The first and second edge terminate in a terminal structure at a second end that is spaced from the ground element to establish a gap.
Owner:TIME DOMAIN

Piezocomposite transducers

The embodiments described herein provide for an ultrasound imaging device having a piezocomposite transducer. The imaging device is preferably insertable within a living being and configured to image the interior of the living being. The piezocomposite transducer can be formed from piezoceramic and polymeric materials. The piezocomposite transducer can be configured as a single element transducer or as a transducer array having one or more elements. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a piezocomposite transducer and a method of imaging with a piezocomposite transducer.
Owner:SCI MED LIFE SYST

Optical in-vivo monitoring systems

Systems for highly efficient, in-vivo collection of modulated infra-red light are presented. Specifically, these devices are arranged in an important format with a view to integration with a wristwatch or other wearable device. An optical aperture of large surface area, specially distributed in an annular ring, receives radiation having been modulated in a tissue test site by blood flow. Radiation received about the annular aperture is redirected by a blazed grating or similar optical element at near perpendicular angles, into a radially distributed, condensing light pipe array and further toward a common axis. Radiation converges on the axis, thus increasing the energy density of the collected signal, before it is further directed via a conic element to a detector such as a photodiode. In some versions, these highly specialized optical paths may be formed into a single element of inexpensive plastic or other rigid substrate.
Owner:FLORIAN JOSEPH

Liquid crystal diffraction lens element and optical head device

InactiveUS20070182915A1Improve design flexibilityReduce temperature-related change of efficiencyRecord information storageOptical beam guiding meansFresnel lensSingle element
A liquid crystal diffraction lens element and an optical head device, which can switch focal lengths of both of outgoing light and returning light by a single element, are provided. The liquid crystal lens element comprises transparent substrates 1a, 1b, a liquid crystal 4 sandwiched between the transparent substrates 1a, 1b, transparent electrodes 2a, 2b, birefringent Fresnel lens members 3a, 3b each having a Fresnel lens shape and made of a birefringent material, and a seal 5, wherein the extraordinary refractive index direction A of the birefringent Fresnel lens member 3a and the extraordinary refractive index direction B of the birefringent Fresnel lens member 3b are perpendicular to each other, and the alignment direction of the liquid crystal 4 at the interface between the liquid crystal 4 and the transparent substrate 1a is perpendicular to the alignment direction of the liquid crystal 4 at the interface between the liquid crystal 4 and the transparent substrate 1b.
Owner:ASAHI GLASS CO LTD

Catheter for intravascular ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging

A design and a fabrication method for an intravascular imaging and therapeutic catheters for combined ultrasound, photoacoustic, and elasticity imaging and for optical and / or acoustic therapy of hollow organs and diseased blood vessels and tissues are disclosed in the present invention. The invention comprises both a device—optical fiber-based intravascular catheter designs for combined IVUS / IVPA, and elasticity imaging and for acoustic and / or optical therapy—and a method of combined ultrasound, photoacoustic, and elasticity imaging and optical and / or acoustic therapy. The designs of the catheters are based on single-element catheter-based ultrasound transducers or on ultrasound array-based units coupled with optical fiber, fiber bundles or a combination thereof with specially designed light delivery systems. One approach uses the side fire fiber, similar to the one utilized for biomedical optical spectroscopy. The second catheter design uses the micro-optics in the manner of a probe for optical coherent tomography.
Owner:BOARD OF RGT THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYST

Pump with an electrodynamically supported impeller and a hydrodynamic bearing between the impeller and the stator

A pump includes an impeller, a stator, and a plurality of magnets forming bearing poles coupled to a selected one of the stator or the impeller. The pump further includes a plurality of shorted coils coupled to the other of the stator and the impeller. The plurality of bearing poles and shorted coils co-operate to form an electrodynamic bearing during rotation of the impeller. The electrodynamic bearing supports the impeller either axially or radially during operation of the pump. Hydrodynamic bearing surfaces are provided for generating a hydrodynamic bearing between the impeller and stator. The plurality of magnets may comprise a plurality of distinct magnetic elements or a single element comprising a plurality of distinct magnetic domains. The plurality of distinct magnetic elements or domains may be arranged to form a Halbach array.
Owner:DAVIS WILLIAM D +1

Low-odor single element equipment grip

A low odor grip is disclosed for a handle of a hand-held implement such as a sports implement or a manual or electric tool which is essentially free of disagreeable odors, which can be installed and quickly shrunk into a tight vapor resistant grip within a matter of a few minutes rather than requiring extended periods of time, and can be installed without the need for any application of heat or use of special tools, equipment or materials. The present device is therefore easy to install, merely sliding over the handle while in dilated state and then allowed to shrink and set by evaporation of the solvent, and thus can be satisfactorily installed in both fabrication facilities and in the field either as an original or replacement grip. The invention also includes an implement fitted with such grip. Representative implements include sports implements such as golf clubs, tennis racquets, weight bars and fishing poles, as well as tools such as hammers, drills, pliers, shovels, axes, and the like. The grip is preferable made of a swellable elastomeric material, preferably a natural or synthetic rubber. Suitable rubbers include EPDM rubber, neoprene or chlorosulfonate polyethylene (Hypalon(TM)) rubber, of which EPDM rubber is preferred.
Owner:JONES MICHAEL G

Nanoelectonic devices based on nanowire networks

Semiconductor devices where networks of molecular nanowires (or nanofibers) are used as the semiconductor material. Field effect transistors are disclosed where networks of molecular nanowires are used to provide the electrical connection between the source and drain electrodes. The molecular nanowires have diameters of less than 500 nm and aspect ratios of at least 10. The molecular nanowires that are used to form the networks can be single element nanowires, Group III-V nanowires, Group II-VI nanowires, metal oxide nanowires, metal chalcogenide nanowires, ternary chalcogenide nanowires and conducting polymer nanowires.
Owner:RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA

Millimeter-wave-band radio communication method in which both a modulated signal and an unmodulated carrier are transmitted to a system with a receiver having plural receiving circuits

A receiver receives an RF-band modulated signal transmitted from a transmitter, as well as an un-modulated carrier also transmitted from the transmitter and having a phase noise characteristic coherent with that of the modulated signal, and a product of the two components is generated to thereby restore an IF-band transmission source signal. In the receiver, a small planar antenna having a broad beam characteristic such as a single-element patch antenna is combined with an amplifier and a mixer circuit, which are formed on a micro planar circuit by an MMIC technique, so as to form a unit receiving circuit. A plurality of such unit receiving circuits are disposed on the receiver at intervals smaller than a wavelength corresponding to an IF band, and detection outputs from the unit receiving circuits are power-mixed. Thus, the receiver serves as a high-gain antenna having a detection function, and can realize a broad beam radiation characteristic comparable to that of a single-element antenna. The composed IF-band composite output is demodulated in an IF-band demodulation circuit. The present invention enables construction of a low-cost radio communication system, transmission of high-quality signals, and production of a wide beam antenna which has a high gain and which is convenient for use.
Owner:NAT INST OF INFORMATION & COMM TECH

System for creating stories using images, and methods and interfaces associated therewith

InactiveUS20140040712A1Automatically performReduce or eliminate such overlaps and conflictsNatural language data processingCommerceSingle elementVisual perception
A system and method are provided for arranging photographs, drawings, videos and other media elements in a logical and visually appealing manner. Media elements may be selected, automatically or manually arranged in a progression to collectively tell a complete narrative. The arrangement for the progression may provide some direction but not limit the creator to sending single elements at a time, or using templates, pages, folders, or albums. Images may be intelligently placed and / or sized. When viewing the story, a viewer can advance through the media and understand the full story or perspective. A user may resize, move, delete or add images to enhance the story. The story may be shared with others, some or all of which may also collaborate to add or change the story progression to provide different perspectives or content.
Owner:PHOTOBUCKET CORP

System, device, and method for multiplying multi-dimensional data arrays

A system, processor, and method for multiplying multi-dimensional data, for example, matrices, stored in vector memories. Each data element in a vector memory representing a sequential single element in a row of a left operand data array may be multiplied with a respective vector in a vector memory representing a sequential row in the right operand data array. The memory element representing the left operand element may be multiplied with the memory vector representing the right operand row that is in the same sequential order. A plurality of vectors of product elements may be generated by the multiplying. A single product element from each of the plurality of vectors of product elements may be added to a sum of product elements to generate each respective element in the same sequential order in a row of a product data array to generate a vector of a complete row of elements of the product data array.
Owner:CEVA D S P LTD

Dynamic backup routing of network tunnel paths for local restoration in a packet network

A packet network of interconnected nodes employing dynamic backup routing of a Network Tunnel Path (NTP) allocates an active and backup path to the NTP based upon detection of a network failure. Dynamic backup routing employs local restoration to determine the allocation of, and, in operation, to switch between, a primary / active path and a secondary / backup path. Switching from the active path is based on a backup path determined with iterative shortest-path computations with link weights assigned based on the cost of using a link to backup a given link. Costs may be assigned based on single-link failure or single element (node or link) failure. Link weights are derived by assigning usage costs to links for inclusion in a backup path, and minimizing the costs with respect to a predefined criterion.
Owner:LUCENT TECH INC

Self boosting packing element

A packer assembly features one or more elements that preferably swell when in contact with well fluids and have a feature in them that responds to an applied load in a given direction by retaining such a boost force with a locking mechanism. A single element can have two such mechanisms that respond to applied forces from opposed directions. Friction force for adhering the element to the mandrel is enhanced with surface treatments between them that still allow the locking mechanisms to operate.
Owner:BAKER HUGHES INC

Conical magnet

An electromagnet having a conical bore. The conical bore is created by wrapping a conductor around a conically-offset helix. The cross sectional area of the conductor can be varied in order to maintain a desired current carrying capacity along the helix. A single element can be used as the conductor. The conductor can also be created by stacking a series of specially-shaped plates analogous to prior art Bitter-disks.
Owner:FLORIDA STATE UNIV RES FOUND INC

Intralumenal stent device for use in body lumens of various diameters

ActiveUS20050096727A1Lower resistanceLarger turn radiusStentsBlood vesselsMedicineSingle element
The present invention is an intralumenal stent device made up of two or more elements. Each element has undulations forming peaks and valleys and is formed from a repeating series including a long segment, a first midsized segment, a short segment, and a second midsized segment. These elements are aligned on a common axis and are connected directly to an adjacent element by a connection. The stent incorporates the advantages of having both long and short segments into a single element.
Owner:MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC

Focusing Mechanisms for Compressive Imaging Device

A compressive imaging (CI) device including a light modulator and a light sensor (e.g., a single-element sensor or a sensor array). The CI device may support the focusing of light on the light modulator and / or on the light sensor in a number of ways: (1) determining a focus indicator value by analyzing a 1D or 2D image in the incident light field; (2) measuring light spillover between modulator regions and light sensing elements—either at the level of voltage measurements or the level of reconstructed images; (3) measure noise in reconstructed sub-images; (4) measuring an amount high-frequency content in the incident light field; (5) incorporating a range finder to measure distance to the object being imaged; (6) incorporating an image sensor downstream from the modulator; and (7) splitting a portion of the incident light onto an image sensor, prior to the modulator.
Owner:INVIEW TECH CORP

Rf Power Amplifiers

A Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) for powering a single element of a multi-element antenna, the SSPA comprising:an RF amplifier, having a signal amplifying path that includes preamplifier, driver amplifier and a power output stage;an Electronic Power Conditioner (EPC) for providing a variable value of DC voltage for powering the power output stage of the RF amplifier;a control ASIC for receiving an input power signal of the RF amplifier for providing a voltage control signal to the EPC to determine the value of the DC voltage, the control ASIC addressing an EEPROM holding a collection of control words that define output values of a control output signal for varying values of said input power, such that the value of the DC voltage to the power output stage is varied so as to control the gain compression of the RF amplifier for varying values of input power in order to maintain constant amplifier linearity.
Owner:ASTRIUM GMBH

Receive circuit for ultrasound imaging

Methods and systems for receiving different types of signal formats from different ultrasound transducers are provided. A base unit of an ultrasound system includes a connector and receiver circuit for connecting with one of multiple different types of transducers. For example, a conventional transducer providing analog information associated with a single element on one receive channel is connected with the connector and receiver circuit. Alternatively, a transducer outputting time division multiplex or other multiplex information representing multiple transducer elements is connected with the connector and receiver circuit. The receiver circuit processes the received information differently depending on the data format. For example, the preamplifier impedance or gain is different for single element signals versus time division multiplex signals. As another example, a low pass filter bandwidth is larger for time division multiplex signals than for signals representing a single element. Receive circuits with an analog-to-digital converter positioned prior to a digital demultiplexer are also included for use with multiplexed data formats. Time division multiplex or other multiplex signals from a transducer array are converted to a digital format prior to demultiplexing. Methods and systems for adapting multiplexing or processing of multiplexed signals are also provided. A test signal or ultrasound signals are transmitted from a transducer to the receiver circuit and analyzed. The multiplexer of the transducer is synchronized with an analog digital converter with selectable delays responsive to the analysis. Coefficients or other filter characteristics of a digital equalizer are selected as a function of the analysis.
Owner:SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC

Active acoustic noise reduction system

An active acoustic noise reduction system which comprises a single input transducer and an output actuator that are physically located next to each other in the same location. In one embodiment, the input transducer and the output actuator are a hybrid represented by a single element. The active noise reduction system is located as close as possible to the noise source and functions to generate an antinoise cancellation sound wave with minimum delay and opposite phase with respect to the noise source. The noise reduction system also comprises a non linearity correction circuit, a delayed cancellation circuit and variable gain amplifier. The system provides user control of the quiet zones generated by the system by varying the gain of the variable gain amplifier. The system provides a user with the ability In one embodiment, an echo canceler is utilized to remove echoes fed back from the output actuator. In another embodiment, an input decoder is used instead of an echo canceler to remove feedback picked up from the output actuator.
Owner:SILENTIUM LTD

Fourier domain sensing

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for measuring one or more sinusoidal Fourier components of an object. A structured second radiation is generated by spatially modulating a first radiation. The structured second radiation illuminates the object, The structured second radiation is scaled and oriented relative to the object. The object produces a third radiation in response to the illuminating. A single-element detector detects a portion of the third radiation from multiple locations on the object substantially simultaneously for each spatial modulation of the first radiation and for each orientation of the second radiation. A time-varying signal is produced based on said detected portion of the third radiations. One or more characteristics of the one or more sinusoidal Fourier components of the object are estimated based on the time-varying signal.
Owner:UNIV OF COLORADO THE REGENTS OF

High frequency and multi frequency band ultrasound transducers based on ceramic films

A design and a manufacturing method of ultrasound transducers based on films of ferro-electric ceramic material is presented, the transducers being particularly useful for operating at frequencies above 10 MHz. The designs also involve acoustic load matching layers that provides particularly wide bandwidth of the transducers, and also multiple electric port transducers using multiple piezoelectric layers, for multi-band operation of the transducers over an even wider band of frequencies that covers ~4 harmonics of a fundamental band. A transceiver drive system for the multi-port transducers that provides simple selection of the frequency bands of transmitted pulses as well as transmission of multi-band pulses, and reception of scattered signals in multiple frequency bands, is presented. The basic designs can be used for elements in a transducer array, that provides all the features of the single element transducer for array steering of the focus and possibly also direction of a pulsed ultrasound beam at high frequencies and multi-band frequencies. The manufacturing technique can involve tape-casting of the ceramic films, deposition of the ceramic films onto a substrate with thick film printing, sol-gel, or other deposition techniques, where manufacturing methods for load matching layers and composite ceramic layers are described.
Owner:PREXION

Fourier domain sensing

Methods and systems are disclosed of sensing an object. A first radiation is spatially modulated to generate a structured second radiation. The object is illuminated with the structured second radiation such that the object produces a third radiation in response. Apart from any spatially dependent delay, a time variation of the third radiation is spatially independent. With a single-element detector, a portion of the third radiation is detected from locations on the object simultaneously. At least one characteristic of a sinusoidal spatial Fourier-transform component of the object is estimated from a time-varying signal from the detected portion of the third radiation.
Owner:UNIV OF COLORADO THE REGENTS OF

Surveillance system

A surveillance system for an aircraft includes a first antenna comprising a four radiating element antenna. The first antenna is configured for electrical coupling to a first air traffic control transponder and a first traffic alert and collision avoidance system, and a second antenna comprises a single element antenna configured for electrical coupling to a second air traffic control transponder. The surveillance system also comprises a second antenna comprising a single radiating element antenna configured for electrical coupling to a second air traffic control transponder. The surveillance system also comprises a first mounting interface configured for coupling the first antenna to the aircraft. The surveillance system also comprises a second mounting interface configured for coupling a second antenna to the aircraft. The mounting interface of the first antenna has a size and a shape corresponding to a size and shape of the mounting interface of the second antenna.
Owner:ENDOART +1

Transport network and method

A transport network includes a flexible topology for internally defining transport elements. The transport elements each include a port group having a plurality of geographically distributed ports from the transport network. Point-to-multipoint connectivity is defined between the ports in a port group. An identifier represents the port group as a single element to internal and / or external elements for protocol exchanges.
Owner:FUJITSU LTD

Apparatus and system for a single element solar cell

A device for receiving and converting incident radiation into DC current, the device including a transparent conductor, at least one point-contact diode, the at least one point-contact diode having a nanowire / mCNT providing a receiving antenna function and a rectification function, a thin insulating layer situated between the transparent conductor and the nanowire / mCNT, and a point contact junction at which the nanowire / mCNT contacts the thin insulating layer.
Owner:SCITECH ASSOCS HLDG

Ultrasonic bone assessment apparatus and method

A method for the assessment of various properties of bone is provided. The method includes applying a pair of ultrasound transducers to skin on opposite sides of the bone and generating an ultrasound signal and directing the signal through both the bone to obtain a bone output signal. The method further includes establishing a set of parameters associated with the bone output signal and then further processing the parameters in order to obtain the desired bone property. Two novel parameters are also disclosed, namely the net time delay (NTD) and mean time duration (MTD) parameters. An apparatus for the assessment of various properties of bone is also provided. The apparatus includes a pair of ultrasound transducers which may be single-element transducers or array transducers in any combination. The apparatus further includes various computer hardware components and computer software for generating and directing the ultrasound signal, establishing the parameter set and performing the processing. In addition, an apparatus that is battery powered, handheld, and portable and operates in real time is also provided.
Owner:CYBERLOGIC
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