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Advanced Mobile Navigation and Mapping App

Improves mobile mapping and navigation apps by visualizing distant landmarks that typically fall outside the device display area. Background: Existing mobile map or navigation apps generally provide directions through distance and turn-by-turn instructions – for example, “after 1 mile, turn right on to Lakeview street.” Directions...

Published: 1/23/2024 | Inventor(s): Rui Li, Jiayan Zhao

Keywords(s): augmented reality, autonomous vehicle, spatial cognition, Technologies, visualization, wayfinding and navigation

Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Instrumentation, Technology Classifications > Wireless Technologies

PMU-Embedded Analytics for Online Event Detection and Classification in Power Grids

The energy requirement of the world is increasing exponentially every year. With the power demand sites concentrated in the region with the highest population density, energy production sites must be located remotely. This isolation requires lengthy and complicated grids to be designed and manufactured to transmit power over long distances. Grid failures...

Published: 7/30/2024 | Inventor(s): Payman Dehghanian, Shiyuan Wang, Li Li

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Industrial or Consumer Tech > Energy Infrastructure and Environment

Silicone Aspherical Lens Array for Concentrating Solar Applications

Researchers at the University of Arizona have designed a silicone based linear lens array capable of high efficiency and low cost. The lens design produces a higher concentration line than traditional lenses, reduces optical aberrations, and facilitates fabrication. The design also creates greater rigidity, reduces Fresnel reflection loss, and eliminates...

Published: 4/3/2023 | Inventor(s): Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Sifang Cui, Robert Norwood, Kyungjo Kim

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Renewable Energy > Solar/Photovoltaic, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication

Silicone Waveguide for Solar Applications with High Concentration

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed low-cost silicone-based optical light guides configured to concentrate sunlight onto photovoltaic cells with above 90% optical efficiency. The fabrication is inexpensive, affords flexibility, and ease of assembly. Integration of multiple light guides enjoys relaxed alignment tolerances compared...

Published: 4/3/2023 | Inventor(s): Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Sifang Cui, Robert Norwood, Kyungjo Kim

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Solution Processable Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) for Optical Short-Wave Infrared and Mid-Infrared Mirrors and Reflectors

This invention is a method of producing Chalcogenide hybrid organic/inorganic polymers using an inverse vulcanization process, which results in polymers possessing a high refractive index and are solution processable. Background: Flexible optical mirrors and reflectors in the short-wave infrared and mid-infrared spectrum are critical for the advancement...

Published: 3/12/2024 | Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Tristan Kleine, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Laura Anderson

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers

Twistron Mechanical Energy Harvesters

Mechanical energy harvesters are needed for diverse applications, including self-powered wireless sensors, structural and human health monitoring systems, automotive technologies, and the extraction of energy from ocean waves. Until now, few harvesters have been flexible enough to be used as yarns in textiles, and the performance of such yarns has been...

Published: 6/26/2024 | Inventor(s): Shi Hyeong Kim, Carter Haines, Na Li, Keon Jung Kim, Tae Jin Mun, Changsoon Choi, Jiangtao Di, Shaoli Fang, Seon Jeong Kim, Ray Baughman

Keywords(s): Automotive, Carbon Nanomaterials, Carbon Nanotubes, Electronics, Energy, Cleantech & Environmental, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Renewable Energy, Sensors & Controls, Textiles, Wireless

Category(s): Nanotechnology

Intelligent Textiles Prepared from Nanofiber Yarns and Polymer Fiber Actuators

While there has always been a desire for smart textiles, including fabrics which adapt depending on environmental stimuli, it has yet to be effectively accomplished due to the lack of suitable materials. These polymer fiber actuators have enabled the creation of fabrics that can reversibly change properties such as porosity, shape, color and texture....

Published: 4/22/2021 | Inventor(s): Ray Baughman, Ozer Goktepe, Fatma Goktepe, Na Li, Marcio Lima, Carter Haines, Shaoli Fang

Keywords(s): Engineering & Physical Sciences, Industrial & Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Polymers, Textiles

Category(s): Materials

High Voltage TFT On Glass For Solar Inverters

(a) Transfer Characteristics of MZO HVTFTs. (b) Blocking capability and ON-performance of HVTFTs Schematic diagrams of a ring structure are shown. Invention Summary: Various materials have been tried for fabricating high voltage thin film transistors (HVTFTs), including amorphous-Si, poly-Si, and organic materials. However, these TFTs all have...

Published: 8/14/2024 | Inventor(s): Yicheng Lu, Wen-Chiang Hong, Chieh-Jen Ku, Kuang Sheng, Rui Li

Keywords(s): Photonics and photovoltaics, Renewable & Solar Energy

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Electronics/Semiconductor, Technology Classifications > Energy & Battery

Distributed Feedback Fiber Laser Pumped by Multimode Diode Lasers

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences and Canada's Carleton University recently succeeded in fabricating high reflectivity (>99%) Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) into phosphate glass fibers using UV light and a phase mask technique. With this new manufacturing technique, fiber lasers can be created as single monolithic...

Published: 4/3/2023 | Inventor(s): Nasser Peyghambarian, Axel Schülzgen, Li Li, Jacques Albert

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lasers & Other Sources

All-Fiber Multicore Fiber Laser Devices

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a compact, power-scalable, alignment-free fiber laser that takes a new approach to stabilizing phase-locked operation of multi-core fiber lasers by completely removing all free space optical components. This high-brightness, all-fiber laser package uses passive optical fiber spliced at both ends...

Published: 4/3/2023 | Inventor(s): Nasser Peyghambarian, Axel Schülzgen, Li Li

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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Fiber Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lasers & Other Sources