公开(公告)号：US20170200815A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-13

申请号：US14984722

申请日：2015-12-30

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Kenneth G. Caldeira ,  Bran Ferren ,  William Gates ,  W. Daniel Hillis ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  John Latham ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  David B. Tuckerman ,  Thomas Allan Weaver ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR. ,  Victoria Y.H. Wood

IPC: H01L29/66 ,  H03K17/687 ,  H01L29/84

CPC classification number: H01L29/66977 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/84 ,  H03K17/687

Abstract: A method of controlling a Casimir-effect device includes applying a voltage to a field-effect gate of the Casimir-effect device. The Casimir-effect device includes a conducting material and a semiconductor. The conducting material and semiconductor are separated by a gap to form the field-effect gate over at least a portion of the semiconductor facing the gap. The method further includes altering, in response to the applied voltage, a density of free charge carriers in the portion of the semiconductor facing the gap to control a nanoscale Casimir force between the conducting material and the portion of the semiconductor facing the gap.

公开(公告)号：US09687404B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14469169

申请日：2014-08-26

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Jesse R. Cheatham, III ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,  Victoria Y. H. Wood

IPC: A61H23/02 ,  A61H1/00

CPC classification number: A61H1/008 ,  A61B5/1118 ,  A61B5/4836 ,  A61B5/6824 ,  A61B5/6828 ,  A61F5/0104 ,  A61F5/0109 ,  A61F2005/0155 ,  A61F2005/0188 ,  A61H2201/1207 ,  A61H2201/1238 ,  A61H2201/1635 ,  A61H2201/164 ,  A61H2201/165 ,  A61H2201/5058 ,  A61H2201/5097 ,  A61H2230/207 ,  A61H2230/50 ,  A61H2230/60

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a garment system including at least one muscle or at least one joint activity sensor, and at least one actuator that operates responsive to sensing feedback from the at least one muscle or the at least one joint activity sensor to cause a flexible compression garment to selectively compress against or selectively relieve compression against at least one body part of a subject. Embodiments disclosed herein also relate to methods of using such garment systems.

公开(公告)号：US09681557B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14292397

申请日：2014-05-30

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Tom Driscoll ,  William D. Duncan ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Robert C. Petroski ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  David B. Tuckerman ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,  Victoria Y. H. Wood

IPC: B23K3/04 ,  H05K3/34 ,  B23K1/00 ,  F24J3/00 ,  B23K1/012

CPC classification number: H05K3/3494 ,  B23K1/0016 ,  B23K1/012 ,  F24V99/00 ,  H05K2203/0195 ,  H05K2203/081 ,  H05K2203/087 ,  H05K2203/304

Abstract: A heating apparatus includes a gas supply for providing a base gas, a generator configured to excite the base gas to produce a metastable gas mixture that includes a metastable gas, and a housing. The housing includes a wall shaped to contain the metastable gas mixture and selectively enclose a reactive element of a target component. Interaction between the metastable gas and at least one of a coupling material and the reactive element transfers energy to selectively heat the at least one of the coupling material and the target component.

公开(公告)号：US20170156662A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15386434

申请日：2016-12-21

Applicant: ELWHA LLC

Inventor： Eleanor V. Goodall ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Mark A. Malamud ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Katherine E. Sharadin ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR.

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61N7/00 ,  A61N2/00 ,  A61N5/06

CPC classification number: A61B5/4836 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0022 ,  A61B5/0059 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/0402 ,  A61B5/0476 ,  A61B5/0488 ,  A61B5/0537 ,  A61B5/0816 ,  A61B5/1121 ,  A61B5/14542 ,  A61B5/45 ,  A61B5/4824 ,  A61B5/7275 ,  A61B5/7282 ,  A61B5/7455 ,  A61B2090/365 ,  A61B2562/06 ,  A61B2562/164 ,  A61N1/0456 ,  A61N1/0492 ,  A61N1/36003 ,  A61N1/36014 ,  A61N1/36021 ,  A61N2/002 ,  A61N2/008 ,  A61N5/06 ,  A61N5/0625 ,  A61N7/00 ,  A61N7/02 ,  A61N2005/0659 ,  A61N2005/067 ,  A61N2007/0073 ,  A61N2007/0078 ,  A61N2007/0095 ,  B32B3/08 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B25/08 ,  B32B25/20 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B2274/00 ,  B32B2307/546 ,  B32B2307/7166 ,  B32B2307/724 ,  B32B2535/00 ,  G16H20/30 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G16H50/30

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for monitoring an individual subject and facilitating a motion regimen of the individual subject. In an aspect, a system includes, but is not limited to, a deformable substrate; a sensor assembly configured to generate one or more sense signals based on detection of at least one of a movement of the body portion or at least one physiological parameter of the body portion; a processor configured to receive the one or more sense signals, the processor including circuitry configured to identify a physiological state of the individual subject based on at least one of the movement of the body portion or the at least one physiological parameter of the body portion; and an effector operably coupled to the processor and configured to effect at least one predetermined motion of the body portion corresponding to a motion regimen responsive to control by the processor.

公开(公告)号：US09653128B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US15245119

申请日：2016-08-23

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Philip Lionel Barnes ,  Hon Wah Chin ,  Howard Lee Davidson ,  Kimberly D. A. Hallman ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Brian Lee ,  Richard T. Lord ,  Robert W. Lord ,  Craig J. Mundie ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Nicholas F. Pasch ,  Eric D. Rudder ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Marc Tremblay ,  David B. Tuckerman ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC: G11C7/10 ,  G11C5/02

CPC classification number: G11C7/10 ,  G10K11/00 ,  G10K15/00 ,  G11C5/02 ,  G11C7/005 ,  G11C11/56 ,  G11C19/00 ,  G11C19/08 ,  G11C19/28 ,  G11C19/34

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for storing, reading, and writing data using particle-based acoustic wave driven shift registers. The shift registers may physically shift particles along rows and/or columns of wells through the interactions of two parallel surfaces. A transducer may generate an acoustic wave to displace one or more of the two parallel surfaces. The particles may be transferred to and/or otherwise constrained by a buffer surface during at least a portion of the acoustic wave, such that the particles may be shifted during one or more cycles of the acoustic wave. In various embodiments, the amplitude of the acoustic wave may correspond to the spacing distance between each of the wells. The wells may be physical and/or potential wells.

公开(公告)号：US20170122035A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US15401869

申请日：2017-01-09

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Michael H. Baym ,  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: E21B7/26 ,  E21B49/02 ,  E21B7/20

CPC classification number: E21B7/265 ,  E21B7/20 ,  E21B7/205 ,  E21B7/26 ,  E21B25/10 ,  E21B49/02 ,  E21B49/04 ,  G01V1/16 ,  G01V3/16

Abstract: A kinetic penetrator includes a tubular body having a first end and a second end, a nose coupled to the first end of the tubular body, the nose configured to penetrate a ground surface and subsurface materials of a subterranean ground volume, a retrieval system including a tether, a collector coupled to at least one of the nose and the tubular body, and a sample compartment configured to interface with the collector. The sample compartment is releasably coupled to at least one of the tubular body, the nose, and the collector, and the tether is coupled to the sample compartment and is configured to facilitate removal thereof from the subterranean ground volume.

公开(公告)号：US20170113042A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15340058

申请日：2016-11-01

Applicant: Elwha LLC

Inventor： Eleanor V. Goodall ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Melanie K. Kitzan ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Mark A. Malamud ,  Stephen L. Malaska ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Brittany Scheid ,  Katherine E. Sharadin ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR. ,  Victoria Y.H. Wood

IPC: A61N1/36 ,  A61N2/00 ,  A61H23/00 ,  A61N1/04 ,  A61H23/02 ,  A61N1/372 ,  A61N2/02

CPC classification number: A61H23/02 ,  A61N1/0456 ,  A61N1/0472 ,  A61N1/0484 ,  A61N1/36014 ,  A61N1/36021 ,  A61N1/36025 ,  A61N1/36036 ,  A61N1/37247 ,  A61N1/37258 ,  A61N2/002 ,  A61N2/006 ,  A61N2/02 ,  A61N5/0622 ,  A61N7/00 ,  A61N2005/0647 ,  A61N2007/0026 ,  A63F13/212 ,  A63F13/424

Abstract: Systems and related methods for controlling an ear stimulation device with a personal computing device, based on analysis of an image of a user of the personal computing device captured with a camera associated with the personal computing device, are described. One or more parameter is determined from the processed image, including, but not limited, to user identity, emotion, physiological condition, or placement of a stimulator earpiece, and control of the ear stimulation device is based thereon. If the earpiece is located incorrectly, in an aspect, delivery of a stimulus is prevented. In another aspect, the user is notified of the need to reposition an incorrectly located earpiece.

公开(公告)号：US09617646B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US13676814

申请日：2012-11-14

Applicant: Elwha LLC

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

IPC: C25C7/00 ,  C02F1/46 ,  C25B15/02 ,  C25C1/00 ,  C02F1/461 ,  C02F101/18 ,  C02F101/20

CPC classification number: C25B15/02 ,  C02F1/46109 ,  C02F2001/46152 ,  C02F2101/18 ,  C02F2101/20 ,  C02F2201/4611 ,  C02F2201/46125 ,  C25C1/00 ,  C25C7/00

Abstract: An electrochemical reactor for removing mining constituents from a fluid is disclosed. The electrochemical reactor includes a housing defining a flow path and a pump configured to continuously move fluid through the flow path at a flow rate. The electrochemical reactor also includes a power supply coupled to the housing, an anode and a cathode coupled to the power supply, and a controller configured to selectively engage the power supply power supply. The power supply applies an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode when engaged.

公开(公告)号：US09587482B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-07

申请号：US14500560

申请日：2014-09-29

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: E21B7/04 ,  E21B10/66 ,  E21B47/12 ,  E21B47/026 ,  E21B47/00 ,  E21B7/06 ,  E21B44/00 ,  E21B47/022 ,  E21B49/06

CPC classification number: E21B44/00 ,  E21B7/04 ,  E21B7/06 ,  E21B47/00 ,  E21B47/022 ,  E21B47/026 ,  E21B47/12 ,  E21B49/00 ,  E21B49/06 ,  G01V11/00

Abstract: A drill for excavating a bore in the earth includes a steerable primary boring tool, a secondary boring tool and a sensor. The steerable primary boring tool is configured to excavate a primary bore. The secondary boring tool is configured to excavate a plurality of side bores that extend outward from the primary bore at a plurality of azimuthal locations around the primary bore. The sensor is configured to detect a mineral property in the earth adjacent each of the side bores.

Abstract translation: 用于挖掘地球孔的钻头包括可操纵的主钻孔工具，二次钻孔工具和传感器。 可操作的主钻孔工具被配置为挖掘主孔。 二次钻孔工具构造成挖掘在主孔周围的多个方位位置处从主孔向外延伸的多个侧孔。 传感器被配置为检测邻近每个侧孔的地球中的矿物性质。

公开(公告)号：US20170061764A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-02

申请号：US14843696

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: Elwha LLC

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

IPC: G08B21/04 ,  G06K7/10

CPC classification number: G08B21/0438 ,  A61B5/22 ,  A61B5/6828 ,  G01S13/74 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G06K7/10366 ,  G08G1/005

Abstract: Systems are described for analyzing an environment. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a tag and a reader pair, the tag and the reader configured for individual positioning proximate a human appendage and an environmental object, wherein the reader is configured to identify the tag; a substrate configured to conform to the human appendage, the substrate coupled to at least one of the tag or the reader, the other of the tag or the reader configured to be coupled to the environmental object; a processor operably coupled to the reader and configured to receive one or more output signals from the reader, the one or more output signals corresponding to a threshold associated with the tag or the reader; and an output reporter operably coupled to the processor and configured to generate one or more communication signals responsive to instruction by the processor.

Abstract translation: 描述了用于分析环境的系统。 系统实施例包括但不限于标签和读取器对，标签和读取器被配置为用于靠近人类附属物和环境对象进行个体定位，其中读取器被配置为识别标签; 被配置为符合人类附属物的衬底，所述衬底耦合到所述标签或读取器中的至少一个，所述标签或所述读取器中的另一个被配置为耦合到所述环境对象; 处理器，其可操作地耦合到所述读取器并且被配置为从所述读取器接收一个或多个输出信号，所述一个或多个输出信号对应于与所述标签或所述读取器相关联的阈值; 以及输出报告器，其可操作地耦合到所述处理器并且被配置为响应于所述处理器的指令而生成一个或多个通信信号。