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20080296482 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPTICAL IMAGING FOR TARGET DETECTION IN A SCATTERING MEDIUM - A method and system for fluorescence imaging of a target in a subject comprising a scattering medium is provided. The method comprises illuminating one or more points on a surface of the scattering medium using an illumination source, wherein the plurality of points define an illumination region, collecting emitted light from an illumination region and an area away from the illumination region, and generating an image of the scattering medium using the emitted light. | 12-04-2008 |
20110188720 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED VOLUME OF INTEREST SEGMENTATION - Methods and systems and computer program products for automatically segmenting the volume of interest from intensity images are provided. The method for segmenting a volume of interest in an intensity image receives the intensity image and the scanner acquisition parameters used to acquire the intensity image. The method then scales the contrast of the intensity image based, at least in part, on the scanner acquisition parameters. The method segments the intensity image based, at least in part, on image data of the intensity image and the scanner acquisition parameters, to obtain the volume of interest. | 08-04-2011 |
20130190600 | System and Method for Identifying an Optimal Image Frame for Ultrasound Imaging - A method for identifying an optimal image frame is presented. The method includes receiving a selection of an anatomical region of interest in an object of interest. Furthermore, the method includes obtaining a plurality of image frames corresponding to the selected anatomical region of interest. The method also includes determining a real-time indicator corresponding to the plurality of acquired image frames, wherein the real-time indicator is representative of quality of an image frame. In addition, the method includes communicating the real-time indicator to aid in selecting an optimal image frame. Systems and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method for identifying an optimal image frame are also presented. | 07-25-2013 |
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20130004290 | Turbo-Machinery With Flow Deflector System - The present application provides a turbo-machine. The turbo-machine may include a number of buckets, a number of nozzles, and a flow deflector system. The flow deflector system may include a bucket deflector and a nozzle deflector so as to limit leakage flow losses therethrough. | 01-03-2013 |
20130189107 | Turbine Packing Deflector - A turbine includes a rotor being rotatable about an axis, a circumferential array of nozzles having circumferentially spaced airfoils and inner and outer bands disposed at opposite ends thereof, the inner band having a leading portion and a trailing portion, and an array of directors arranged on the inner band, the array of directors operative to direct a flow path of fluid, the flow path of fluid partially defined by the rotor and the inner band. | 07-25-2013 |
20140093359 | TURBINE INTRUSION LOSS REDUCTION SYSTEM - Systems and devices configured to reduce windage and mixing losses in a turbine by redirecting and/or aligning a direction of a leakage flow with the flowpath of the main flow of a turbine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a device includes: a base configured to connect to a diaphragm of a turbine; and a radial portion connected to the base and extending radially inboard from the base toward a rotor of the turbine, the radial portion oriented to adjust a direction of travel of a leakage flow of working fluid radially inboard at an angle complementary to a primary working fluid path of the turbine. | 04-03-2014 |
20140248139 | TURBOMACHINE BUCKET HAVING FLOW INTERRUPTER AND RELATED TURBOMACHINE - Various embodiments include a turbomachine bucket having a flow interrupter, as well as related turbomachines. Various embodiments include a turbomachine bucket having: a base section sized to couple with a turbomachine rotor, the base section having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge; a blade section coupled to the base section and aligned to extend radially from the base section; a shroud coupled to the blade section and aligned to extend radially from the blade section; and a flow interrupter coupled to the leading edge of the base section. | 09-04-2014 |
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20100226051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INVERTER - Aspects of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus to protect an inverter from failure due to neutral lifting. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of controlling an inverter in a UPS, the inverter being selectively coupled to a power line and comprising an input to receive an input voltage from the power line. The method comprises acts of monitoring the input voltage, detecting based on the act of monitoring, that the input voltage exceeds a predetermined high threshold value, isolating the inverter from the power line responsive to detecting that the input voltage exceeds a predetermined high threshold value, determining whether or not a neutral lifting condition exists on the power line, indicating that the inverter is in a fault state if the neutral lifting condition exists, and reconnecting the inverter to the power line if the neutral lifting condition does not exist. | 09-09-2010 |
20110006737 | BATTERY CHARGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are methods for charging batteries utilizing a charge balance approach, and charger systems using those methods. In one example, a method for charging a battery includes monitoring an amount of charge released by the battery while in a discharge state, recording the amount of charge released while in the discharge state, applying a voltage which results in current in reverse direction to the battery at a first voltage level for a time sufficient to introduce an amount of charge substantially equal to the recorded amount of charge released by the battery while in the discharge state, and maintaining the battery in a stand-by mode by applying a voltage which results in current in reverse direction to the battery at a second voltage level, the second voltage level being in a range sufficient to prevent self-discharge of the battery and insufficient to induce evaporation of electrolyte in the battery. | 01-13-2011 |
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20100198799 | Method and Apparatus for Software Simulation - A software simulation method and program storage device for software defect detection and obtaining insight into software code is disclosed, where simulation consists of executing target software program code for multiple input values and multiple code paths at the same time, thus achieving 100% coverage over inputs and paths without actually running the target software. This allows simulation to detect many defects that are missed by traditional testing tools. The simulation method runs a plurality of algorithms where a plurality of custom defined and pre-defined rules are verified in target software to find defects and obtain properties of the software code. | 08-05-2010 |
20130219176 | Secure Virtual File Management System - A virtual file management system provides user access to managed content on mobile devices. The system comprises storage domains storing the managed content distributively using file systems, and a data infrastructure that organizes the managed content into a virtual file system that maintains information of storage domain specific file system primitives for accessing corresponding portions of the managed content. The data infrastructure, which maintains metadata of the storage domains and the mobile devices, comprises a policy definition and decision component that maintains policies defining controls for permissible operations on the managed content, the permissible operations including the file system primitives. A client application hosted on the mobile devices is coupled to the data infrastructure and the storage domains and includes an enforcement component that communicates with the policy definition and decision component to retrieve and enforce the policies by applying the controls on the mobile devices. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219456 | Secure Virtual File Management System - A virtual file management system provides user access to managed content on mobile devices. The system comprises storage domains storing the managed content distributively using file systems, and a data infrastructure that organizes the managed content into a virtual file system that maintains information of storage domain specific file system primitives for accessing corresponding portions of the managed content. The data infrastructure, which maintains metadata of the storage domains and the mobile devices, comprises a policy definition and decision component that maintains policies defining controls for permissible operations on the managed content, the permissible operations including the file system primitives. A client application hosted on the mobile devices is coupled to the data infrastructure and the storage domains and includes an enforcement component that communicates with the policy definition and decision component to retrieve and enforce the policies by applying the controls on the mobile devices. | 08-22-2013 |
20130297662 | Secure Virtual File Management System - A virtual file management system provides user access to managed content on mobile devices. The system comprises storage domains storing the managed content distributively using file systems, and a data infrastructure that organizes the managed content into a virtual file system that maintains information of storage domain specific file system primitives for accessing corresponding portions of the managed content. The data infrastructure, which maintains metadata of the storage domains and the mobile devices, comprises a policy definition and decision component that maintains policies defining controls for permissible operations on the managed content, the permissible operations including the file system primitives. A client application hosted on the mobile devices is coupled to the data infrastructure and the storage domains and includes an enforcement component that communicates with the policy definition and decision component to retrieve and enforce the policies by applying the controls on the mobile devices. | 11-07-2013 |
20150095972 | SECURE VIRTUAL FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Virtual file management is disclosed. Managed content from multiple separate storage domains is organized into a virtual file system that maintains with respect to each of at least a subset of said separate storage domains information of storage domain specific file system primitives to perform primitive operations with respect to content stored in that storage domain. Policies are determined that apply to the managed content. Each policy indicates primitive operations permitted to be performed with respect to the managed content. Information comprising the virtual file system and the policies is provided to a client application on a mobile device. The client application is configured to provide access to the managed content in the virtual file system in a manner at least in part indicated in the policies, including by allowing the permitted primitive operations to be performed using said storage domain specific file system primitives. | 04-02-2015 |
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20120166075 | LOCATION-AWARE ADAPTIVE EVENT REMINDER - An appointment having an associated appointment location and a reminder time is received. The method also includes tracking a current location and a travel time, the travel time comprising an estimated amount of time for travel from the current location to the appointment location. Further, the method includes adjusting the reminder time to accommodate the travel time. Furthermore, the method includes activating an event reminder in accordance with the adjusted reminder time. | 06-28-2012 |
20130024496 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING AN ELASTIC CLOUD WEB SERVER FARM - A method and system for building an elastic cloud web server farm. The method includes registering a web application on a serving cloud and copying the web application to a distributed store. A load of the web application is specified, and a plurality of nodes is added for the web application based on the load. A web server corresponding to a node of the plurality of nodes is then initialized. A web request is received from a user and a web server is selected from a list of available web servers to process the web request. The web request is further transmitted to the web server. A web response, based on the web request, is transmitted back to the user. The system includes a central registry, a distributed store, a process coordinator, one or more web servers, and a router. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING OPTIMAL MEETING LOCATIONS - A method and system for automatically identifying optimal meeting locations. The method includes receiving a plurality of meeting parameters associated with one or more participants. The method also includes identifying a list of optimal meeting locations relevant to one or more of the plurality of meeting parameters. The method further includes ranking the list of optimal meeting locations. Further, the method includes enabling a user to select an optimal meeting location from the list of optimal meeting locations. The system includes one or more electronic devices and a user electronic device. The user electronic device includes a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. | 01-31-2013 |
20150127725 | Method and System for Building an Elastic Cloud Web Server Farm - A method and system for building an elastic cloud web server farm. The method includes registering a web application on a serving cloud and copying the web application to a distributed store. A load of the web application is specified, and a plurality of nodes is added for the web application based on the load. A web server corresponding to a node of the plurality of nodes is then initialized. A web request is received from a user and a web server is selected from a list of available web servers to process the web request. The web request is further transmitted to the web server. A web response, based on the web request, is transmitted back to the user. The system includes a central registry, a distributed store, a process coordinator, one or more web servers, and a router. | 05-07-2015 |
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20120252389 | EFFICIENT SCHEME FOR AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A system for controlling an RF gain of a receiver that reduces a time taken to maintain an input signal level at an optimum dynamic range is provided. The system includes a tuner that receives a radio frequency (RF) signal and down-converts the RF signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal, and a demodulator. The tuner includes a radio frequency programmable gain amplifier (RF_VGA), a filter and an IF programmable gain amplifier (IF_VGA). The demodulator includes an analog to digital converter (ADC), and an Automatic Gain Control (AGC) unit that (i) receives a digital signal and an IF gain of the IF_VGA. The ADC samples a filtered IF signal under oversampling conditions to obtain an oversampled signal that includes an in-band signal and an out-of-band signal. The AGC unit (ii) controls the RF_VGA, the IF_VGA and (iii) measures an RF energy of the RF signal. | 10-04-2012 |
20120269297 | CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION SCHEME, FOR DIGITAL STANDARDS WITH MPSK MODULATED PREAMBLE - A receiver for reducing acquisition time of a Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO) of an input intermediate frequency (IF) signal with M-PSK modulated preamble using spectral based analysis is provided. The receiver includes an analog to digital converter that converts the input IF signal into a digital signal, a down conversion unit that down converts the digital signal to a baseband complex signal, and a CFO estimation block that estimates the CFO. The CFO estimation block includes a carrier harmonic generation unit that generates an output of carrier M | 10-25-2012 |
20120269300 | DIGITAL DOWNCONVERSION AND FAST CHANNEL SELECTION OF NARROWBAND SIGNALS USING A WIDE BAND RF TUNER - A wide band receiver to select and demodulate an input signal with single scan spectrum sensing by performing filtering on the input signal in digital domain to achieve improved selectivity and sensitivity is provided. The input signal includes one or more narrowband radio frequency (RF) signals. The wide band receiver includes a wide band tuner that down converts the one or more narrowband RF signals to one or more IF signals. An analog to digital converter (ADC) converts the one or more IF signals to one or more digital signals. A filter rejects out-of-band signals from the one or more digital signals to achieve the improved selectivity. A numeric controlled oscillator (NCO) selects at least one narrowband digital signal from the digital signals based on a phase value obtained from a spectrum selection control unit. A demodulator demodulates the narrowband digital signal to obtain a demodulated digital signal. | 10-25-2012 |
20140022391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CONTROL OF PTZ CAMERAS - A system for controlling at least one camera by enabling a forward channel and a reverse channel is provided. The system includes (i) one or more cameras, (ii) a CMRS that obtains audio information, and video information from the cameras via a coaxial cable or over air. A camera control unit multiplexes PTZ information associated with the one or more cameras and generates a data packet. A modulator modulates the data packet to obtain a modulated data packet which is up converted to a desired RF frequency. A tuner receives the desired RF frequency through the coaxial cable or air, and down converts the RF frequency to obtain the modulated data packet. A demodulator demodulates the modulated data packet to obtain the data packet. A processor de-multiplexes the data packet to obtain the PTZ information that includes a command for at least one of panning, tilting, and zooming a camera. | 01-23-2014 |
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20120143721 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN, CHECK, REPORT, AND AUDIT CONTRACT AND HISTORICAL PRICING IN ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT - Disclosed embodiments provide an electronic procurement system and process that enables a buyer or purchasing organization to maintain explicitly or implicitly, a contract price between the buyer/purchasing organization and the supplier whose catalog is integrated with an electronic marketplace. In one embodiment, a process is executed that compares the listed/purchase price of catalog items against the contract price or against a ‘normal’ purchase price. A user (e.g. the buyer) may configure and receive specific alerts regarding items that are purchased in deviation of contracted price and items that have been added to the catalog since the last contract. Disclosed embodiments may also maintain, automatically, the historical price and purchase information of supplier catalog items that are enabled through the electronic marketplace. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143725 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFLUENCING SEARCH AND SHOPPING DECISIONS IN ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT - Disclosed embodiments relate to an electronic procurement tool that enables the buyer, or purchasing organization, on a near real-time basis, to review or influence the search and purchasing patterns from the supplier(s) catalogs that are enabled through an electronic marketplace using priorities, specified ranks, and promotions. In one aspect, the disclosed systems and methods may allow users to view supplier catalog items that are more relevant to their search criteria and/or that comply with an organization's contract with a supplier. It may also allow users to view popular items in terms of purchase frequency and the average/relevant purchase price or transparently in terms of the preference of the purchasing organization. | 06-07-2012 |
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20100304370 | INTRACELLULAR PH SENSOR USING NUCLEIC ACID ASSEMBLIES - Disclosed are nucleic acid-based sensors for measuring the pH of a sample, including cells, regions thereof, and whole organisms. The sensor includes an I-switch that is triggered by protons, and which functions as a FRET-based pH sensor inside living cells and organisms. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for measuring the pH of a specific region of a cell, such as vesicles, the nucleus, mitochondrial matrix, or the Golgi lumen. | 12-02-2010 |
20110033706 | NANOCAPSULES AND METHODS FOR MODULAR ASSEMBLY - Disclosed are nanocapsules and methods of preparing these nanocapsules. The disclosure includes a modular assembly method of forming DNA nanocapsules. Discrete polyhedra are combined in a stepwise amalgamation to form icosahedra. The DNA nanocapsules may be used to encapsulate agents for drug delivery and other applications. | 02-10-2011 |
20110223676 | DNA-BASED MOLECULAR SWITCHES AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed are nucleic acid-based molecular switches that respond to changes in pH. The switches may be used in DNA nanodevices. The switches may also act as sensors for measuring the pH of a sample, including cells, regions thereof, and whole organisms. The switch includes an A-motif that forms at acidic pH. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for measuring the pH of cells or regions thereof, such as vesicles, the nucleus, mitochondrial matrix, or the Golgi lumen. | 09-15-2011 |
20120082975 | DNA-BASED MOLECULAR SWITCHES AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed are nucleic acid-based molecular switches that respond to changes in pH. The switches may be used in DNA nanodevices. The switches may also act as sensors for measuring the pH of a sample, including cells, regions thereof, and whole organisms. The switch includes an A-motif that forms at acidic pH. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for measuring the pH of cells or regions thereof, such as vesicles, the nucleus, mitochondrial matrix, or the Golgi lumen. | 04-05-2012 |
20120258452 | DNA-BASED MOLECULAR SWITCHES AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed are nucleic acid-based molecular switches that respond to changes in pH. The switches may be used in DNA nanodevices. The switches may also act as sensors for measuring the pH of a sample, including cells, regions thereof, and whole organisms. The switch includes an A-motif that forms at acidic pH. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for measuring the pH of cells or regions thereof, such as vesicles, the nucleus, mitochondrial matrix, or the Golgi lumen. | 10-11-2012 |
20140056818 | PROCESS FOR DELIVERING ENCAPSULATED NEUTRAL BIOIMAGING MOLECULES, COMPLEX, AND PROCESS THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to delivering neutral bioimaging molecules encapsulated within icosahedral DNA capsules in vivo and in vitro. The present disclosure also discloses the entrapment of neutral bioimaging molecules like FITC dextran within the cavity of a DNA polyhedron without any molecular recognition or chemical conjugation between host (DNA icosahedron) and cargo (like FITC Dextran). This DNA polyhedron is structurally well defined and shows high encapsulation efficiency. The present disclosure also relates to complex formed due to the encapsulation of neutral bioimaging agents within icosahedral DNA capsules. | 02-27-2014 |
20140335568 | NUCLEIC ACID ASSEMBLY, VECTOR, CELL, METHODS AND KIT THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a nucleic acid assembly (NAA), comprising sensor domain and handle domain; an assembly interfaceable motif (AIM) sequence optionally along with intracellular targeting motif (ITM) sequence; and an AIM-NAA complex. It also relates to a vector comprising assembly interfaceable motif sequence optionally along with intracellular targeting motif sequence and a cell comprising the vector. Further, the instant disclosure also provides a method to obtain the nucleic acid assembly, method of intracellular targeting and kit thereof. | 11-13-2014 |
20160002713 | METHODS OF MULTIPLEXING DNA SENSORS AND LOCALIZING DNA SENSOR - The present disclosure relates to a method of multiplexing DNA sensors and optionally measuring pH in cell, a method of localizing DNA sensor in Golgi Network of scFv-Furin expressing cell and a method of identifying optimal location of fluorophore pair on the DNA sensor for multiplexing DNA sensors. The DNA sensors of the present disclosure follow independent cellular pathways and do not interact with or compromise functionality of another DNA sensor. | 01-07-2016 |