公开(公告)号：US20050046422A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-03

申请号：US10925691

申请日：2004-08-25

申请人： William Edelstein ,  Tesfaye Kidane ,  Victor Taracilla ,  Tanvir Baig ,  Timothy Eagan ,  Robert Brown

发明人： William Edelstein ,  Tesfaye Kidane ,  Victor Taracilla ,  Tanvir Baig ,  Timothy Eagan ,  Robert Brown

IPC分类号： G01R33/385 ,  G01R33/421 ,  G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/3854 ,  G01R33/4215

摘要： The present invention provides an apparatus for reducing acoustic noise in a magnetic resonance imaging device including passive shielding located outside the actively shielded gradient winding elements in order to reduce the magnitude of fields that spread outside the gradient coil assembly in unwanted directions and interact with the magnet cryostat or other metallic magnet parts, inducing eddy currents that cause consequent acoustic noise. The passive shielding elements are conducting layers located on the outer radius of the cylindrical gradient coil assembly in a cylindrical magnet system, conducting layers located at the ends of the gradient coil assembly in a cylindrical magnet system, and conducting layers located inside the actively shielded gradient winding inner elements in a cylindrical magnet system. The passive shielding could also be located on separate structures that are vibrationally isolated from the magnet cryostat. The actively shielded gradient winding can also be extended to portions at the ends of the actively shielded gradient winding and further to portions inside the inner radius of the inner portion of the actively shielded gradient winding. The actively shielded gradient windings and passive shielding should be designed concurrently in order to substantially optimize the gradient linearity and reduce the eddy currents generated in metallic parts of the magnetic resonance imaging system.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于降低磁共振成像装置中的声学噪声的装置，其包括位于主动屏蔽梯度绕组元件外部的无源屏蔽，以便减小在不需要的方向上扩展到梯度线圈组件外部的场的幅度并与磁体相互作用 低温恒温器或其他金属磁体部件，引起导致声音噪声的涡流。 无源屏蔽元件是位于圆柱形磁体系统中的圆柱形梯度线圈组件的外半径上的导电层，位于梯形线圈组件的端部的导电层位于圆柱形磁体系统中，导电层位于主动屏蔽梯度内 在圆柱形磁体系中缠绕内部元件。 被动屏蔽也可以位于与磁体低温恒温器振动隔离的分离结构上。 主动屏蔽的梯度绕组还可以延伸到主动屏蔽的梯度绕组的端部的部分，并且还可以延伸到主动屏蔽的梯度绕组的内部的内半径内的部分。 主动屏蔽梯度绕组和无源屏蔽应同时设计，以便基本上优化梯度线性并减少在磁共振成像系统的金属部分中产生的涡流。

公开(公告)号：US09388571B2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-12

申请号：US12275486

申请日：2008-11-21

申请人： Dustin A. Brown ,  Robert Brown

发明人： Dustin A. Brown ,  Robert Brown

IPC分类号： E04B2/04 ,  B44F9/04 ,  E04B2/02

CPC分类号： E04B2/04 ,  B44F9/04 ,  E04B2002/0267 ,  E04B2002/0271

摘要： A manufactured stone block for use in building a structure having a front surface with a simulated natural stone appearance. A portion of an upper surface of the block includes a recessed mortar joint for a user to place mortar therein to secure the manufactured stone block to an adjacent surface.

摘要翻译： 一种制造的石块，用于建造具有模拟天然石外观的前表面的结构。 块的上表面的一部分包括用于使用者在其中放置砂浆的凹入的砂浆接头以将制造的石块固定到相邻的表面。

公开(公告)号：US08841077B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-23

申请号：US11711518

申请日：2007-02-27

申请人： Lisa A. Paige ,  Matthew W. Mitchell ,  Anne Evans ,  Don Harvan ,  Kay A. Lawton ,  Robert Brown ,  Merit Cudkowicz

发明人： Lisa A. Paige ,  Matthew W. Mitchell ,  Anne Evans ,  Don Harvan ,  Kay A. Lawton ,  Robert Brown ,  Merit Cudkowicz

IPC分类号： G01N33/48 ,  G01N33/49 ,  G01N33/53 ,  G01N24/00 ,  G01N33/68

CPC分类号： G01N33/6896 ,  G01N2500/10 ,  G01N2800/28 ,  G01N2800/2835 ,  G01N2800/56 ,  Y10T436/24

摘要： The present invention provides various biomarkers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The present invention also provides various methods of using the biomarkers, including methods for diagnosis of ALS, methods of determining predisposition to ALS, methods of monitoring progression/regression of ALS, methods of assessing efficacy of compositions for treating ALS, methods of screening compositions for activity in modulating biomarkers of ALS, methods of treating ALS, as well as other methods based on biomarkers of ALS.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供各种肌萎缩性侧索硬化症（ALS）的生物标志物。 本发明还提供了使用生物标志物的各种方法，包括ALS诊断方法，ALS倾向性测定方法，ALS进展/回归监测方法，评估组合物治疗ALS功效的方法，筛选组合物的方法 调节ALS生物标志物的活性，治疗ALS的方法，以及基于ALS生物标志物的其他方法。

公开(公告)号：US08325177B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-04

申请号：US12345064

申请日：2008-12-29

申请人： Mark Lawrence ,  Alexander Stevenson ,  Jason Hartman ,  Brett Bloomquist ,  Robert Brown ,  Chris Kam Ming Chui ,  Samrach Tun ,  Anthony Hodsdon ,  Thomas Olsen ,  Miles Cohen ,  Ben Constable ,  Bilgem Cakir ,  Chris Raubacher ,  Gerhard Schneider ,  Andrew Precious ,  Thomas Mulcahy ,  Kanwal Vedbrat

发明人： Mark Lawrence ,  Alexander Stevenson ,  Jason Hartman ,  Brett Bloomquist ,  Robert Brown ,  Chris Kam Ming Chui ,  Samrach Tun ,  Anthony Hodsdon ,  Thomas Olsen ,  Miles Cohen ,  Ben Constable ,  Bilgem Cakir ,  Chris Raubacher ,  Gerhard Schneider ,  Andrew Precious ,  Thomas Mulcahy ,  Kanwal Vedbrat

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06T15/00 ,  G06T11/40

摘要： Methods and computer-readable media for displaying two-dimensional objects on a display device are disclosed. Rendering requests are received from an application to render two-dimensionally modeled graphics to a display device. Primitive geometries of drawing calls of the rendering requests are tessellated into sequences of triangles. The vertices of the triangles are mapped to a vertex buffer along with an index to identify associated constant data. Batching operations store and communicate calls and mapped data to a graphics processing unit by way of a three-dimensional rendering application program interface. Constant data associated with the mapped data are indexed and appended together in a constant buffer, thereby allowing drawing calls to be coalesced. A staging buffer and a staging texture are provided for batching text anti-aliasing operations. Shader fragments are precompiled and organized by way of a predetermined lookup table.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于在显示设备上显示二维对象的方法和计算机可读介质。 从应用程序接收呈现请求，以向显示设备呈现二维建模的图形。 将渲染请求的绘制调用的原始几何细分为三角形序列。 三角形的顶点与索引一起映射到顶点缓冲区以识别关联的常量数据。 分批操作通过三维渲染应用程序界面存储和传送调用和映射数据到图形处理单元。 与映射数据相关联的常量数据被索引并在常量缓冲区中附加在一起，从而允许绘图调用被合并。 提供分段缓冲区和分段纹理用于批量文本反锯齿操作。 着色器片段通过预定的查找表进行预编译和组织。

公开(公告)号：US20120202422A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-09

申请号：US13172120

申请日：2011-06-29

申请人： Samantha Berg ,  Kim Lenox ,  Robert Brown ,  Vitaly Kruglikov ,  Manjirnath Chatterjee

发明人： Samantha Berg ,  Kim Lenox ,  Robert Brown ,  Vitaly Kruglikov ,  Manjirnath Chatterjee

IPC分类号： H04B5/00

CPC分类号： H04B5/0031 ,  H02J5/005 ,  H02J7/025 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H02J50/90 ,  H04B5/0037 ,  H04B17/23 ,  H04M1/7253 ,  H04M2250/04

摘要： A computing device is operated to detect a signal generated from an inductive signal interface. The detected signal may be generated by the device's inductive signal interface being in operational proximity to an inductive signal interface of another device. A notification feedback is generated that confirms an event related to the first and second computing device inductively signaling one another.

摘要翻译： 操作计算装置来检测从感应信号接口产生的信号。 检测到的信号可以由设备的感应信号接口在另一个设备的感应信号接口的操作附近产生。 生成通知反馈，其确认与第一和第二计算设备相关的事件感应地彼此信令。

公开(公告)号：US20120042087A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-16

申请号：US13171878

申请日：2011-06-29

申请人： Samantha Berg ,  Kim Lenox ,  Robert Brown ,  Vitaly Kruglikov ,  Manjirnath Chatterjee ,  Moses George

发明人： Samantha Berg ,  Kim Lenox ,  Robert Brown ,  Vitaly Kruglikov ,  Manjirnath Chatterjee ,  Moses George

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L63/08 ,  H04L63/18 ,  H04M1/7253 ,  H04M1/72544 ,  H04M2250/02

摘要： A device is enabled to establish a secure and persistent pairing with one another across a communication medium, using credential information that is exchanged out-of-band.

摘要翻译： 允许设备通过使用在带外交换的凭证信息在通信介质上建立彼此之间的安全和持久的配对。

公开(公告)号：US08078497B1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-13

申请号：US11858096

申请日：2007-09-19

申请人： Benjamin Chan-Bin Ling ,  Wendy Tobagus ,  Robert Brown ,  Eric Lange ,  Adam Douglas Smith

发明人： Benjamin Chan-Bin Ling ,  Wendy Tobagus ,  Robert Brown ,  Eric Lange ,  Adam Douglas Smith

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0601

摘要： A search engine communicates with a broker to identify search result content associated with merchants that support purchases through an electronic commerce system provided by the broker. The results of a search can include some content associated with merchants that support purchases through the broker, some content associated with merchants that do not support purchases through the broker, and some content not associated with any merchant. The search engine visually distinguishes content in the search results associated with merchants that support purchases through the broker by displaying a badge, such as a graphical icon, with the content. The search engine can use different types of badges to indicate different characteristics of the merchants.

摘要翻译： 搜索引擎与经纪人通信以识别通过由经纪人提供的电子商务系统来支持购买的与商户相关联的搜索结果内容。 搜索结果可以包括与商家相关联的一些内容，其支持通过经纪人购买，与商户相关联的不支持通过经纪人购买的内容，以及一些与任何商家无关的内容。 搜索引擎通过显示诸如图形图标的徽章与内容，通过经纪人在视觉上区分与支持购买的商家相关联的搜索结果中的内容。 搜索引擎可以使用不同类型的徽章来表示商家的不同特征。

公开(公告)号：US07873385B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-18

申请号：US11399004

申请日：2006-04-05

申请人： Olivier Boireau ,  Karl Townsend ,  Avi Kopleman ,  Suresh Krishnan ,  Parag Gupta ,  Jerome C. Tu ,  Alexander Fertelmeister ,  Robert Brown

发明人： Olivier Boireau ,  Karl Townsend ,  Avi Kopleman ,  Suresh Krishnan ,  Parag Gupta ,  Jerome C. Tu ,  Alexander Fertelmeister ,  Robert Brown

IPC分类号： H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04B1/0057 ,  H04B1/525 ,  H04M2250/02 ,  H04M2250/06 ,  H04M2250/22 ,  H04W52/0274 ,  Y02D70/1224 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1244 ,  Y02D70/1246 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/164 ,  Y02D70/166 ,  Y02D70/23 ,  Y02D70/26 ,  Y02D70/40

摘要： Antenna sharing techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise an antenna, a switch to couple to the antenna, and multiple transceivers to couple to the switch. The mobile computing device may also comprise an antenna management module to couple to the switch and the transceivers. The antenna management module may control the switch to electrically connect one of the transceivers to the antenna. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述天线共享技术。 移动计算设备可以包括天线，耦合到天线的开关和多个收发器以耦合到开关。 移动计算设备还可以包括耦合到交换机和收发器的天线管理模块。 天线管理模块可以控制开关将一个收发器电连接到天线。 可以描述和要求保护其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20100191792A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-29

申请号：US12482237

申请日：2009-06-10

申请人： Robert Brown ,  M. Louis Lauzon ,  Richard Frayne

发明人： Robert Brown ,  M. Louis Lauzon ,  Richard Frayne

IPC分类号： G06F17/14

CPC分类号： G06F17/148

摘要： The ability to examine the frequency content of a signal is critical in a variety of fields, and many techniques have been proposed to fill this need, including the Fourier and wavelet family of transforms. One of these, the S-transform, is a Fourier based transform that provides simultaneous time and frequency information similar to the wavelet transform but uses sinusoidal basis functions to produce true frequency and globally referenced phase measurements. It has been shown to be useful in several medical imaging applications but its use is limited due to high computational requirements of the original, continuous form. The described embodiments include a general framework for describing linear time-frequency transforms, using the Fourier, wavelet and S-transforms as examples. As an illustration of the utility of this formalism, a fast discrete S-transform algorithm is developed that has the same computational complexity as the fast Fourier transform.

摘要翻译： 检查信号的频率内容的能力在各种领域中是至关重要的，并且已经提出了许多技术来满足这种需要，包括傅里叶变换和小波变换族。 其中之一，S变换是基于傅立叶的变换，其提供类似于小波变换的同时时间和频率信息，但是使用正弦基函数来产生真实的频率和全局参考相位测量。 已经显示在几种医学成像应用中是有用的，但是由于原始连续形式的高计算要求，其使用受到限制。 所描述的实施例包括用于描述线性时间 - 频率变换的一般框架，使用傅立叶，小波和S变换作为示例。 作为这种形式主义效用的一个例证，开发了具有与快速傅立叶变换相同计算复杂度的快速离散S变换算法。

公开(公告)号：US20100183698A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-22

申请号：US12667363

申请日：2008-07-07

申请人： Robert Brown ,  Ektors Hadjipanayi

发明人： Robert Brown ,  Ektors Hadjipanayi

IPC分类号： A61K9/00 ,  A61K35/12 ,  A61P43/00

CPC分类号： A61L27/24 ,  A61L27/3804 ,  A61L27/52 ,  A61L27/60

摘要： This invention relates to the production of biomaterials with variable stiffness by subjecting a gel which varies in at least one dimension to plastic compaction. These biomaterials may be useful, for example, for the directional control or guidance of cells within tissue equivalent implants.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及通过使至少一维变化的凝胶经受塑性压实来制备具有可变刚度的生物材料。 这些生物材料可用于例如组织等效植入物内的细胞的定向控制或引导。