公开(公告)号：US11463804B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16592357

申请日：2019-10-03

Applicant: The University of Rochester

Inventor： Michael Charles Heilemann ,  Mark Frederick Bocko ,  David Allan Anderson

IPC: H04R1/28 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B37/18 ,  H04R17/00 ,  H04R31/00 ,  H04R7/04

Abstract: A loudspeaker system with viscoelastic material affixed between two flexible panels is disclosed. The loudspeaker system dissipates the energy of motion, resulting in less pronounced resonant peaks. The effect may be especially evident at high frequencies, where energy is dissipated over many cycles in a shorter period of time. Also disclosed are the method of making the loudspeaker system and a method of using the loudspeaker system.

公开(公告)号：US20220266582A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17678222

申请日：2022-02-23

Applicant: The University of Rochester

Inventor： Mitchell Anthamatten ,  Alexander A. Shestopalov

IPC: B32B37/00

Abstract: Describes are methods of contacting printing with a shape-memory stamp. For example, disclosed herein are methods of patterning thin films using shape memory contact printing.

公开(公告)号：US11076231B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16896572

申请日：2020-06-09

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Inventor： David Allan Anderson ,  Mark F. Bocko ,  Michael Charles Heilemann

IPC: H04R27/00 ,  H03G3/20 ,  H04R3/14 ,  H04R7/04 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R17/00

Abstract: Systems and methods of driving plate loudspeakers with different parameters based on frequency region in a way similar to typical cone driver crossover networks are described. These systems and methods may be implemented using arrays of independently controlled drivers which allow a designer to emphasize or de-emphasize certain modes in certain frequency bands. Tuning the characteristics of the plate's motion can also affect the acoustical properties in a larger space rather than just at a single location. The systems and methods described herein can grant a designer a degree of control over the characteristics and performance of the plate.

公开(公告)号：US10966042B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16799286

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: The University of Rochester

Inventor： Michael C. Heilemann ,  Mark F. Bocko

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R1/28 ,  H04R7/04

Abstract: A loudspeaker system composed of a flexible panel with an affixed array of force actuators, a signal processing system, and interface electronic circuits is described. The system described is capable of creating a pattern of standing bending waves at any location on the panel and the instantaneous amplitude, velocity, or acceleration of the standing waves can be controlled by an audio signal to create localized acoustic sources at the selected locations in the plane of the panel.

公开(公告)号：US10609500B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US16292836

申请日：2019-03-05

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Inventor： Mark F. Bocko

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R7/04 ,  H04R1/28 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R5/04

Abstract: A loudspeaker system composed of a flexible panel with an affixed array of force actuators, a signal processing system, and interface electronic circuits is described. The system described is capable of creating a pattern of standing bending waves at any location on the panel and the instantaneous amplitude, velocity, or acceleration of the standing waves can be controlled by an audio signal to create localized acoustic sources at the selected locations in the plane of the panel.

公开(公告)号：US20190200152A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16292836

申请日：2019-03-05

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Inventor： Mark F. Bocko

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R7/04 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R1/28

CPC classification number: H04S7/30 ,  H04R1/2811 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R5/04 ,  H04R7/045 ,  H04R2440/01 ,  H04R2440/05 ,  H04R2440/07 ,  H04R2499/15

Abstract: A loudspeaker system composed of a flexible panel with an affixed array of force actuators, a signal processing system, and interface electronic circuits is described. The system described is capable of creating a pattern of standing bending waves at any location on the panel and the instantaneous amplitude, velocity, or acceleration of the standing waves can be controlled by an audio signal to create localized acoustic sources at the selected locations in the plane of the panel.

公开(公告)号：US20190172477A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16271338

申请日：2019-02-08

Applicant: The University of Rochester

Inventor： Mark Bocko ,  Sarah Smith

IPC: G10L21/0264 ,  G10L21/0232 ,  G10L21/0208

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for removing reverberation from signals. The systems and methods can be applicable to audio signals, for example, to voice, musical instrument sounds, and the like. Signals such as the vowel sounds in speech and the sustained portions of many musical instrument sounds can be composed of a fundamental frequency component and a series of harmonically related overtones. The systems and methods can exploit the intrinsically high degree of mutual correlation among the overtones. When such signals are passed through a reverberant channel, the degree of mutual correlation among the partials can be reduced. An inverse channel filter for the removal of reverberation can be found by employing an adaptive filter technique that maximizes the cross-correlation among signal overtones.

公开(公告)号：US20180155492A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-07

申请号：US15579629

申请日：2016-06-06

Applicant: The University of Rochester

Inventor： Mitchell ANTHAMATTEN ,  Yuan MENG

IPC: C08G63/688 ,  C08G63/08 ,  C08G63/91

CPC classification number: C08G63/6882 ,  C08G63/08 ,  C08G63/912 ,  C08G2280/00 ,  G01N25/4866 ,  G01R33/46

Abstract: Described are shape-memory polymers that have a composite prepolymer crosslinked with a stoichiometric amount of a multifunctional crosslinker, the composite prepolymer having a branched or telechelic prepolymer having a low polydispersity reacted with a non-crystalline chain extender. Also described are methods of making shape-memory polymers by reacting a branched or telechelic prepolymer having a low polydispersity with a non-crystalline chain extender to form a composite prepolymer, and crosslinking a stoichiometric amount of a multifunctional crosslinker with the composite prepolymer, thereby forming the shape-memory polymer.

公开(公告)号：US09899212B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US15130208

申请日：2016-04-15

Applicant: The University of Rochester

Inventor： Alexander Shestopalov ,  James McGrath ,  Xunzhi Li

IPC: H01L21/31 ,  H01L21/02 ,  C23C16/00 ,  C23C16/48

CPC classification number: H01L21/0228 ,  C23C16/00 ,  C23C16/482 ,  H01L21/02112

Abstract: Methods and compositions for depositing a monolayer onto a surface of a substrate are described. The method can include contacting the surface with a vapor phase comprising a carbene source, and reacting a carbene group from the carbene source with a functional group on the surface, to obtain a covalently bound monolayer on the surface of the substrate. The carbene source can be a diazirine compound. The functional group on the surface can be a C—H containing group, a Si—H containing group, among others, or combinations thereof. The method can further involve removing physisorbed molecules from the surface of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US09677066B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14725968

申请日：2015-05-29

Applicant: The University of Rochester

Inventor： Lewis Rothberg ,  Barbara Stwertka

IPC: C07H21/00 ,  C07H21/02 ,  C07H21/04 ,  C12Q1/68 ,  G01N31/22 ,  B32B3/00 ,  C08F20/56 ,  C12N15/10 ,  C08F222/02 ,  C08F222/38

CPC classification number: C12N15/1006 ,  C08F222/02 ,  C08F222/38 ,  Y10T428/249978 ,  Y10T428/2982

Abstract: Compositions and methods for separating double-stranded nucleic acids out of a mixture comprising single-stranded nucleic acids and/or dNTPs and/or enzymes. The method uses spatially inhomogeneously functionalized nanoporous materials. For example, the compositions and methods of the present invention can be used to purify DNA amplification reaction products.