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MakerWear
Published Wednesday, February 28, 2018Wearable construction kits have shown promise in attracting underrepresented groups to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). They empower users to create self-expressive and personally meaningful designs while fostering an interest in computing. However, these kits require skills that young children (K-6) do not possess:...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Engineering, Devices, Sensors/Monitors
Keyword(s): wearable, construction kit, modular,
Docket: IS-2017-018
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Low-Cost Commodity Camera Array for Acquiring Virtual Environments
Published Monday, January 29, 2018Creating effective augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR, respectively) environments requires understanding the environment that is to be augmented or created. Traditionally, designers curate an augmented environment to display the desired content. This method has been successful in controlled situations such as virtual tourism and...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Engineering
Keyword(s): virtual reality, camera, camera array, environment acquisition
Docket: IS-2016-043
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Simetric
Published Monday, December 19, 2016BackgroundChildren undergoing medical procedures experience stressful reactions that can impair treatment and recovery. Currently, hospitals employ various methods to reassure these children, including showing them the treatment room and talking them through the procedure. However, some hospitals lack the necessary resources to accomplish...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Engineering
Keyword(s): virtual reality, procedure, stress, anxiety, treatment
Docket: IS-2016-073
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Method of Optimal Data Repair in Distributed Storage
Published Wednesday, July 13, 2016Distributed storage systems are widely used for data storage, with applications ranging from social networks to file and video sharing. Currently deployed systems are formed of thousands of individual drives (nodes), and drive failures occur on a daily basis. For this reason, companies utilizing or providing distributed storage solutions have...
Categories: Engineering, Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): data repair; distributed storage; data storage; file sharing; video sharing
Docket: IS-2016-020
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Compressive Radar Imaging Technology
Published Sunday, June 29, 2014The military utilizes the mapping of targets and terrain to provide much needed information for its field operations. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has been used in this capacity to provide a quality map for these operations. Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland–College...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Aerospace, Engineering
Keyword(s): defense, radar, compressed imaging, mapping, environmental monitoring
Docket: IS-2009-018
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Kriging Metamodel Assisted Multi-Objective Optimization Software
Published Tuesday, August 19, 2008Although population based optimization methods, such as multi-objective genetic algorithms (hereinafter; “MOGAs”), have become very popular for engineering optimization problems because of their flexibility, the high computational cost associated with this type of methods has been preventing applications of these methods to more realistic...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Information Technology, Engineering
Keyword(s): engineering design, genetic algorithm, metamodel
Docket: IS-2008-070
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Multi-Objective Collaborative Robust Optimization (McRO)
Published Tuesday, August 19, 2008BackgroundEngineering design optimization methods involving “complex” systems often fall under Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), where complex refers to a system whose analysis involves multiple coupled subsystems (or disciplines). Several techniques have previously been developed and applied to single-objective optimization...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Information Technology, Engineering
Keyword(s): MDO, engineering design,optimization
Docket: IS-2008-068