公开(公告)号：US20160334864A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-17

申请号：US14708599

申请日：2015-05-11

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Jesse R. Cheatham, III ,  Joel Cherkis ,  Paul H. Dietz ,  Tom Driscoll ,  William Gates ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Neil Jordan ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Patrick Neill ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Robert C. Petroski ,  David R. Smith ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Desney S. Tan ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  David Lawrence Tennenhouse ,  Yaroslav A. Urzhumov ,  Gary Wachowicz ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,  Victoria Y.H. Wood

IPC: G06F3/01

CPC classification number: G06F3/01 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61B46/00 ,  A61B46/40 ,  A61B90/37 ,  A61B2017/00022 ,  A61B2017/00221 ,  A61B2090/372

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an interactive surgical drape and system including at least one sensor and at least one controller that operates indicating sensing feedback from the at least one sensor to cause display of information on a dynamic display integrated with the interactive surgical drape. The dynamic display assists the surgical team while performing surgery and can operate to improve the efficiency and/or effectiveness of the surgical team.

公开(公告)号：US09480991B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-01

申请号：US13651102

申请日：2012-10-12

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Michael H. Baym ,  Terry Briggs ,  Clark J. Gilbert ,  W. Daniel Hillis ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Conor L. Myhrvold ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,  Victoria Y. H. Wood

IPC: B03B1/02 ,  B03B1/04 ,  B01D21/00

CPC classification number: B03B1/02 ,  B01D21/0009 ,  B01D21/009 ,  B01D21/34 ,  B03B1/04

Abstract: An apparatus for separating a mineral from a liquid including a housing and a fluid having a mineral bearing particle and contained within the housing. The apparatus further includes a generator configured to apply a radio-frequency electromagnetic field to the mineral bearing particle. The field produces a temperature increase within a portion of the mineral bearing particle and the mineral bearing particle transfers heat into the fluid, the heated fluid imposing motion-inducing forces on the particle.

Abstract translation: 一种用于将矿物与液体分离的装置，包括壳体和具有矿物轴承颗粒并且容纳在壳体内的流体。 该装置还包括发电机，其被配置为向矿物轴承颗粒施加射频电磁场。 该领域在矿物轴承颗粒的一部分内产生温度升高，并且矿物轴承颗粒将热量传递到流体中，加热的流体对颗粒施加运动诱导力。

公开(公告)号：US09480807B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-01

申请号：US14044522

申请日：2013-10-02

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey A. Bowers ,  Paul Duesterhoft ,  Daniel Hawkins ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Edward K. Y. Jung ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Michael A. Smith ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC: A61M16/04 ,  A61M16/00

CPC classification number: A61M16/044 ,  A61M16/0051 ,  A61M16/024 ,  A61M16/0443 ,  A61M16/0445 ,  A61M16/0459 ,  A61M2016/0027 ,  A61M2205/0205 ,  A61M2205/0266 ,  A61M2205/3303 ,  A61M2209/02

Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed herein for preventing or treating ventilator associated pneumonia in a mammalian subject. The device includes an endotracheal tube having an interior surface and an exterior surface; and one or more closed cell layers in contact with the exterior surface and circumferentially surrounding one or more longitudinal portion of the endotracheal tube, wherein the closed cell layer is flexibly shaped to reversibly form a seal in a trachea of a mammalian subject.

Abstract translation: 本文公开了用于在哺乳动物受试者中预防或治疗呼吸机相关肺炎的装置和方法。 该装置包括具有内表面和外表面的气管内管; 以及与所述外表面接触并周向地包围所述气管插管的一个或多个纵向部分的一个或多个闭孔层，其中所述闭孔层被柔性地成形为在哺乳动物受试者的气管中可逆地形成密封。

公开(公告)号：US20160309207A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US14945342

申请日：2015-11-18

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Ehren Brav ,  Russell Hannigan ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  3ric Johanson ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Phillip Rutschman ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR. ,  Victoria Y.H. Wood

IPC: H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/2183 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/234

CPC classification number: H04N21/2393 ,  H04N5/23206 ,  H04N5/23229 ,  H04N5/23238 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N21/21805 ,  H04N21/2183 ,  H04N21/23418 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/812

Abstract: Computationally implemented methods and systems include accepting input of a request for a particular image of a scene that is larger than the particular image, transmitting the request for the particular image to an image sensor array that includes more than one image sensor and that is configured to capture the scene and retain a subset of the scene that includes the request for the particular image of the scene, receiving only the particular image from the image sensor array, wherein the particular image represents a subset of the scene, and wherein a size characteristic of the particular image is at least partially based on a property of a requestor, and presenting the received particular image to the requestor. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Abstract translation: 计算实现的方法和系统包括接受对大于特定图像的场景的特定图像的请求的输入，将特定图像的请求发送到包括多于一个图像传感器的图像传感器阵列，并且被配置为 拍摄场景并保留包括对场景的特定图像的请求的场景的子集，仅接收来自图像传感器阵列的特定图像，其中特定图像表示场景的子集，并且其中尺寸特征 特定图像至少部分地基于请求者的属性，并且将接收的特定图像呈现给请求者。 除了上述之外，其他方面在权利要求，附图和文本中描述。

公开(公告)号：US20160306063A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US14689895

申请日：2015-04-17

Applicant: ELWHA LLC

Inventor： Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR.

IPC: G01V3/12 ,  G01S7/41 ,  G01S13/00 ,  G01S13/88 ,  G01S13/90

CPC classification number: G01V3/12 ,  G01S7/412 ,  G01S13/003 ,  G01S13/885 ,  G01S13/90

Abstract: A method for detecting underground natural resources using synthetic aperture radar includes providing a ground-penetrating phase-coherent radar system incorporating a moving platform; sending a plurality of radar signals from a plurality of points along a plurality of paths through an underground volume, the plurality of radar signals producing a plurality of radar returns; collecting the plurality of radar returns along the plurality of paths with the ground-penetrating phase-coherent radar system; coherently processing the plurality of radar returns with a processing circuit to determine a characteristic of a sub-surface feature; retrieving information relating to a reference underground volume from a memory; and identifying a potential sub-surface resource by using the processing circuit to compare the characteristic of the sub-surface feature with the information relating to the reference underground volume.

Abstract translation: 一种使用合成孔径雷达检测地下自然资源的方法包括：提供包含移动平台的地面穿透相位相干雷达系统; 从沿着多个路径的多个点通过地下体积发送多个雷达信号，所述多个雷达信号产生多个雷达返回; 用地面穿透相位相干雷达系统收集沿着多条路径的多个雷达返回; 用处理电路相干地处理多个雷达返回以确定子表面特征的特征; 从存储器检索与参考地下体积相关的信息; 以及通过使用处理电路来识别潜在的子表面资源，以将子表面特征的特征与与参考地下体积相关的信息进行比较。

公开(公告)号：US09448623B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-20

申请号：US13673070

申请日：2012-11-09

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Gene Fein ,  Royce A. Levien ,  Richard T. Lord ,  Robert W. Lord ,  Mark A. Malamud ,  John D. Rinaldo, Jr. ,  Clarence T. Tegreene

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T19/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/005 ,  G06T19/006

Abstract: Computationally implemented methods and systems include obtaining visual data of an actual view of a scene from a real environment, determining whether activity-inferring data that infers at least initial occurrence of one or more user activities associated with the scene from the real environment have at least been acquired, and presenting, in response at least in part to determining that the activity-inferring data have at least been acquired, an augmented view of the scene from the real environment, the augmented view including one or more augmentations that have been included into the augmented view based, at least in part, on the activity-inferring data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

公开(公告)号：US09448305B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-20

申请号：US14226213

申请日：2014-03-26

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey A. Bowers ,  David Jones Brady ,  Tom Driscoll ,  John Desmond Hunt ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Nathan Ingle Landy ,  Guy Shlomo Lipworth ,  Alexander Mrozack ,  David R. Smith ,  Clarence T. Tegreene

IPC: H01Q19/10 ,  G01S13/89 ,  G01S13/88 ,  H01Q3/34 ,  H01Q19/00 ,  G01S13/00

CPC classification number: G01S13/887 ,  G01S13/89 ,  H01Q3/34 ,  H01Q19/10

Abstract: An array of scattering and/or reflector antennas are configured to produce a series of beam patterns, where in some embodiments the scattering antenna and/or the reflector antenna includes complementary metamaterial elements. In some embodiments control circuitry is operably connected to the array to produce an image of an object in the beam pattern.

Abstract translation: 散射和/或反射器天线的阵列被配置为产生一系列波束图案，其中在一些实施例中，散射天线和/或反射器天线包括互补的超材料元件。 在一些实施例中，控制电路可操作地连接到阵列以产生束图案中物体的图像。

公开(公告)号：US09437002B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US14496037

申请日：2014-09-25

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Jesse R. Cheatham, III ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Craig J. Mundie ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Robert C. Petroski ,  Eric D. Rudder ,  Desney S. Tan ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Andrew Wilson ,  Jeannette M. Wing ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,  Victoria Y. H. Wood

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/20

CPC classification number: G06T7/0042 ,  A63F13/215 ,  A63F13/424 ,  A63F13/428 ,  G01S13/862 ,  G01S15/003 ,  G01S15/025 ,  G01S15/58 ,  G01S15/74 ,  G01S15/87 ,  G01S15/89 ,  G06K9/00201 ,  G06K9/00362 ,  G06K9/00375 ,  G06K9/3233 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/207 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/10132 ,  G06T2207/20016 ,  G06T2207/20212 ,  G06T2207/30196

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for using two imaging modalities for imaging an object at two different resolutions. For example, the system may utilize a first modality (e.g., ultrasound or electromagnetic radiation) to generate image data at a first resolution. The system may then utilize the other modality to generate image data of portions of interest at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution. In another embodiment, one imaging modality may be used to resolve an ambiguity, such as ghost images, in image data generated using another imaging modality.

Abstract translation: 本公开提供了使用两种成像模态来以两种不同分辨率成像对象的系统和方法。 例如，系统可以利用第一模态（例如，超声波或电磁辐射）以第一分辨率产生图像数据。 然后，该系统可以利用其他模态以高于第一分辨率的第二分辨率生成感兴趣部分的图像数据。 在另一个实施例中，可以使用一种成像模态来解析在使用另一成像模态生成的图像数据中的模糊性，例如重影图像。

公开(公告)号：US20160253891A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-01

申请号：US14634304

申请日：2015-02-27

Applicant: ELWHA LLC

Inventor： Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Mark A. Malamud ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR. ,  Victoria Y.H. Wood

IPC: G08B21/04 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N5/232

CPC classification number: G08B21/0476 ,  G06K9/00624 ,  G06K9/00671 ,  G08B21/043 ,  H04N5/23248 ,  H04N5/33

Abstract: An embodiment of a device includes an image-capture sensor, a determiner, and a notifier. The image-capture sensor is configured to be located on a subject having a body portion and to capture data representative of an image of an object. The determiner is configured to determine, in response to the data, whether the body portion may contact the object. The notifier is configured to warn, or otherwise notify, the subject in response to the determiner determining that the body portion may contact the object. Such a device (e.g., attached to, or part of, a shoe) may be useful to warn a subject of a potential collision between an object (e.g., stairs, furniture, door jamb, curb, toy) and a body part (e.g., foot, toes) in which the subject has lost feeling, the ability to feel pain, or proprioception. And such a warning may help the subject to avoid inadvertently and repeatedly injuring the body part.

Abstract translation: 设备的实施例包括图像捕获传感器，确定器和通知器。 图像捕获传感器被配置为位于具有主体部分的被摄体上并且捕获表示对象的图像的数据。 确定器被配置为响应于数据来确定主体部分是否可以接触对象。 通知器被配置为响应于确定器确定主体部分可以接触对象来警告或以其他方式通知对象。 这样的装置（例如，附接到鞋的一部分或鞋的一部分）可用于警告对象在物体（例如楼梯，家具，门jamb，路边，玩具）和身体部位之间的潜在碰撞（例如， ，脚，脚趾），受试者失去感觉，感觉疼痛或本体感觉的能力。 而这样的警告可能会帮助受试者避免无意中多次伤害身体部位。

公开(公告)号：US20160220808A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-04

申请号：US14609409

申请日：2015-01-29

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Max N. Mankin ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Robert C. Petroski ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Nicholas W. Touran ,  Yaroslav A. Urzhumov ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR. ,  Victoria Y.H. Wood

IPC: A61N1/04 ,  A61F13/08 ,  A61H23/02

CPC classification number: A61N1/0452 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/04001 ,  A61B5/0488 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/1112 ,  A61B5/1118 ,  A61B5/112 ,  A61B5/14542 ,  A61B5/6804 ,  A61B5/6895 ,  A61B2503/10 ,  A61H9/0078 ,  A61H11/00 ,  A61H2003/043 ,  A61H2011/005 ,  A61H2201/0207 ,  A61H2201/0214 ,  A61H2201/0242 ,  A61H2201/1207 ,  A61H2201/165 ,  A61H2201/5035 ,  A61H2201/5058 ,  A61H2201/5061 ,  A61H2201/5084 ,  A61H2205/06 ,  A61H2205/08 ,  A61H2205/10 ,  A61H2209/00 ,  A61H2230/00 ,  A61H2230/208 ,  A61H2230/505 ,  A61H2230/605

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a garment system including at least one sensor and at least one actuator that operates responsive to sensing feedback from the at least one sensor to cause a flexible compression garment to selectively constrict or selectively dilate, thereby compressing or relieving compression against at least one body part of a subject. Such selective constriction or dilation can improve muscle functioning or joint functioning during use of motion-conducive equipment, such as an exercise bike or rowing machine.

Abstract translation: 本文公开的实施例涉及一种衣服系统，其包括至少一个传感器和至少一个致动器，其响应于感测来自至少一个传感器的反馈而运行，以使柔性压缩衣服选择性地收缩或选择性地扩张，从而压缩或减轻压缩 至少一个主体的一部分。 这种选择性收缩或扩张可以在使用运动辅助设备（例如，运动自行车或划船机）期间改善肌肉功能或关节功能。