ECE Patents – 2001-2006

Communications and Signal Processing (15)

Rotation, scale, and translation resilient public watermarking for images using a log-polar fourier transform
Bloom, Cox, Miller, Wu (ECE), Lin, Liu (ECE/ISR)
Signafy, Inc., Princeton, NJ
1/21/00
Patent #6,282,300

Capacity enhancement for multi-code CDMA with integrated services through quality of services and admission control
Ephremides (ECE/ISR), Ayyagari (ISR), Resheff (Verizon Laboratories Inc.)
8/21/01
Patent #6,278,701

Watermarking scheme for image authentication
Wu (ECE), Liu (ECE/ISR)
9/4/01
Patent #6,285,775

Combined power control and space-time diversity in mobile cellular communications
Liu (ECE/ISR), Rashid-Farrokhi, Tassiulas (ISR)
4/23/02
Patent #6,377,812

Methods and apparatus for multi-layer data hiding
Yu, Wu (ECE), Li, Gelman
Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Japan)
9/24/02
Patent #6,456,726

Human visual model for data hiding
Wu (ECE), Yu
Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Japan)
8/26/03
Patent #6,611,608

Method and Apparatus for Compressing and Decompressing Images
Farvardin (ECE), Atsumi
10/5/04
Patent #6,801,665

Power Control for Active Link Quality Protection in CDMA Networks
Ephremides (ECE/ISR), Ayyagari
4/12/05
Patent #6,879,572

Lossy/Lossless Region-of-Interest Image Coding
Farvardin (ECE), Atsumi
5/10/05
Patent # 6,891,973

Integrated Method for Performing Scheduling, Routing and Access Control in a Computer Network
Ephremides (ECE/ISR), Ayyagari (ISR)
5/17/05
Patent #6,894,991

Wavefront Phase Sensors Using Optically or Electrically Controlled Phase Spatial Light Modulators
Vorontsov, Justh, Krishnaprasad (ECE/ISR), Beresnev, Ricklin (ISR)
6/28/05
Patent #6,911,637

Power Control-Based Admission Methods for Maximum Throughput in DS-CDMA Networks with Multimedia Traffic
Ephremides (ECE/ISR), Ayyagari (ISR)
9/20/05
Patent #6,947,407

Optical Wireless Networks with Adjustable Topologies
Davis (ECE), Milner (CEE) and Smolyaninov (ECE)
1/24/06
Patent #6,990,350

3D Wavelet-Based Video Codec with Human Perceptual Model
Gu (ISR), Jiang (ISR) and Baras (ECE/ISR)
2/28/06
Patent #7,006,568

System and Method for Optical Wireless Communication
Davis (ECE)
(article dated 9/20/06)
Patent #7,106,971

Method of three-dimensional object reconstruction from a video sequence using a
generic model
Chellappa (ECE/UMIACS/CS)
2/27/07
Patent #7,184,071 

Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing images
Farvardin (ECE)
5/22/07
Patent #7,221,804 

Group TDMA frame allocation method apparatus
Ephremides (ECE/ISR), Gam Nguyen, Jeffrey Wieselthier
6/19/07
Patent #7,233,584

Lossy/Lossless Region-of-Interest Image Coding
Farvardin (ECE), Atsumi
8/14/07
Patent #7,257,266

Method for quantifying responsiveness of flow aggregates to packet drops in a communication network
Shayman, Khandani
6/24/08
Patent #7,391,740

Discrimination of components of audio signals based on multiscale spectro-temporal modulations
Mesgarani, Shamma (ECE)
3/17/09
Patent #7,505,902

Method and System for Power Controlled Effective Allocation of Sub-Bands in Ultra-Wideband Communication
Liu (ECE), Siriwongpairat, Han
1/26/10
Patent #7,653,122

System and Method for Automatic Speech Recognition from Phonetic Features and Acoustic Landmarks
Espy-Wilson (ECE/ISR), Juneja
2/6/10
Patent #7,664,642

Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing images
Farvardin (ECE), Atsumi
4/13/10
Patent #7,697,771

Systems and Methods for Coding in Broadband Wireless Communication Systems to Achieve Maximum Diversity in Space, Time and Frequency
Liu (ECE), Safar (ECE/Telecom), Su
5/18/2010
Patent #7,720,168

Method for Fingerprinting Multimedia Content
Wu (ECE), He
10/12/10
Patent #7,814,564

Method for Concealing Data in Curves of An Image
Wu (ECE), Gou
10/19/10
Patent #7,817,817

An Improved Communications Protocol
Baras (ECE/ISR), Zhou
11/2/10
Patent # 7,827,459

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Spawn-join instruction set architecture for providing explicit multithreading
U. Vishkin (ECE)
10/8/02
Patent #6,463,527

Prefix sums and an application thereof,
U. Vishkin (ECE)
4/1/03
Patent #6,542,918

Circuit Architecture for Reduced-Synchrony On-Chip Interconnect
U. Vishkin (ECE), Joseph Nuzman (ECE)
7/27/04
Patent #6,768,336

Function reconfigurable semiconductor device and integrated circuit configuring the semiconductor device
Nakajima (ECE)
7/11/06
Patent #7,075,827

Compiler-driven dynamic memory allocation methodology for scratch-pad based embedded systems
Barua (ECE), Udayakumaran
4/29/08
Patent #7,367,024

Optical interconnect structure in a computer system and method of transporting data between processing elements and memory through the optical interconnect structure
Uzi Vishkin
3/17/09
Patent #7,505,822

System and Method for Performing Multi-Rank Command Scheduling in DDR SDRAM Memory Systems
Jacob (ECE), Wang
6/2/09
Patent #7,543,102

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Electrophysics and Nanotech (13)

Vibration distortion removal for scanning probe microscopes
Gomez (ECE), Bruno, Wortman, Bradshaw
1/30/01
Patent #6,178,813

Fully Self-Aligned High Speed Low Power MOSFET Fabrication
Melngailis (ECE), Peckerar (ECE), Wang
10/30/01
Patent #6,309,934

Resonantly Coupled Waveguides
Dagenais (ECE), Heim, Saini, Vusirikala, Bartolo
10/30/01
Patent # 6,310,995

All-Optical Regeneration at High Bit Rates Using an Electroabsorption  Modulator
Goldhar (ECE), Cho, Mahgerefteh
1/1/02
Patent # 6,335,819

Cavityless Vertical Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
Dagenais (ECE), Koley
1/15/02
Patent # 6,339,496

Re-metallized aluminum bond pad, and method for making the same
Dagenais (ECE), Merritt, Datta
1/14/03
Patent #6,506,672

Embedded Ridge Waveguide Filter
Zaki (ECE)
3/18/03
Patent #6,535,083

Optical fiber evanescent field excited fluorosensor
Davis (ECE), Pilevar (former postdoc of Dr. Davis), Fielding (former Ph.D. student of Dr. Davis) Portugal
5/6/03
Patent #6,558,958

Method of efficient controllable and repeatable wet oxidation in a phosphorous-rich III-V material system
Dagenais (ECE), Koley, Johnson
8/26/03
Patent #6,610,612

Focused Ion-Beam Fabrication of Fiber Probes for Use in Near Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
Davis (ECE), Smolyaninov (ECE), Pilevar, Edinger and Atia
10/14/03
Patent #6,633,711

Spatially programmable microelectronics process equipment using segmented gas injection showerhead with exhaust gas recirculation
Adomaitis, Kidder, Rubloff (ISR/ECE/NANO)
11/23/04
Patent #6,821,910

Method for Fabrication of Vertically Coupled Integrated Optical Structures
Ho (ECE), Hryniewicz, Absil, Little, King
2/22/05
Patent #6,859,603

System and method for optical processing based on light-controlled photon tunneling
Davis (ECE), Smolyaninov (ECE) and Zayats
5/24/05
Patent #6,897,436

On-Chip Input/Output Microwave Interference Sense and Protect Circuit
Iliadis (ECE)
11/22/2005
Patent #6,968,157

Method for intersymbol interference removal in data recovery
Mayergoyz (ECE), Tse, Chun, Krafft
2/21/06
Patent #7,002,762

High-Speed Massive Magnetic Imaging on a Spin-Off Stand
Mayergoyz (ECE), Tse, Chun, Krafft, Mircea
2/28/06
Patent #7,005,849

Far-field optical microscope with a nanometer-scale resolution based on the in-place image magnification by surface plasmon polaritons
Davis, Smolyaninov
4/22/08
Patent #7,362,440 and #7,362,442

Fabrication and integration of Polymeric bioMEMS
Ghodssi (ECE/ISR/NanoCenter/BioE), Rubloff (ECE/ISR/MSE)
5/20/08
Patent #7,375,404

Spatially-Selective Deposition of Polysaccharide Layer onto Patterned Template
Ghodssi (ECE/ISR), Payne, Rubloff, Bentley, Wu, Yi, Losert, English
9/7/10
Patent #7,790,010

Biolithographical Deposition and Materials and Devices Formed Therefrom
Ghodssi (ECE/ISR), Payne, Rubloff, Bentley, Wu, Yi, Fernandes
10/26/10
Patent #7,820,227

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