Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100062873 | Interchangeable Golf Club Heads With Shared Shaft - A system of interchangeable club heads sharing one or more shafts and golf bag for carrying the club heads and one or more shafts. The club heads contain a shaft segment to set club length and a coupler to interconnect to the shaft and grip. The shaft contains an opposite gender coupler. The system is very lightweight and much more portable than a conventional set of golf clubs. It also creates the opportunity for players to match club heads with shafts with differing performance characteristics. Additionally, it solves a problem for golfers using long shafts on putters. These long shafts can now be disassembled for storage and transport. | 03-11-2010 |
20110294099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH - A method and apparatus for automated analysis of emotional content of speech for discovery and assistance in early diagnosis of stress-related psychological health (PH) related issues is presented. Further, methods and apparatus for evaluation of treatments for PH disorders are also presented. Telephony calls are routed via a network such as a public service telephone network (PSTN) and delivered to an interactive voice response system (IVR) where prerecorded or synthesized prompts guide the caller to speech responses. The caller is led through a self-report questionnaire used by psychological professionals to identify stress-related disorders. These speech responses are analyzed for emotional content in real time or collected via recording and analyzed in batch. This data may be included in multi-dimensional databases for analysis and comparison to other collected patient data. Analysis may be performed to either increase the effectiveness of diagnosis (post confirmation) or evaluate the effectiveness of treatment regimes. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONAL CONTENT OF SPEECH - A method and apparatus for automated analysis of emotional content of speech is presented. Telephony calls are routed via a network such as public service telephone network (PSTN) and delivered to an interactive voice response system (IVR) where prerecorded or synthesized prompts guide a caller to speech responses. Speech responses are analyzed for emotional content in real time or collected via recording and analyzed in batch. If performed in real time, results of emotional content analysis (ECA) may be used as input to IVR call processing and call routing. In some applications this might involve ECA input to expert system process whose results interact with an IVR for prompt creation and call processing. In any case, ECA data is valuable on its own and may be culled and restated in the form of reports for business application. | 12-01-2011 |
20130146117 | System and Method for Converting Electromagnetic Radiation to Electrical Energy - An nanoantenna comprising a resonant structure element is tuned to capture energy, for example heat or light, radiated at a resonant frequency and to transfer structure to convert the captured energy to electrical energy. A co-planar strip can be used to provide impedance matching between the resonant structure element and the transfer structure. An array of nanoantennae form a nanoantenna array to provide electrical energy output from a plurality of nanoantennae. The nanoantenna array can be coupled to a device or apparatus as a power source. | 06-13-2013 |
20140172374 | System and Method for Identifying Materials Using a THz Spectral Fingerprint in a Media with High Water Content - A material detector includes a pulse generator to generate pulses to excite molecules in the material and a detector to detect a signal generated from excited molecules in the terahertz region. Spectral features in the material are analyzed to identify the material. Detection can be performed using a nanoantenna array structure having antennas tuned to detect the expected spectral emission. The nanoantenna array can include antennas having MIM or MIIM diodes. Signal processing and statistical analysis is use to reduce false positives and false negative in identifying the material. | 06-19-2014 |
20140187342 | Golf Club System with Golf Bag - A golf club system has at least one golf club shaft assembly and a plurality of detachable golf club head assemblies. The golf club shaft assembly includes a shaft segment, a grip, and a coupler. The golf club head assembly includes a golf club head, a head shaft segment, and a head coupler pin to reversibly mate the golf club head assembly to a golf club shaft assembly to make a golf club. Any one of the golf club head assemblies can be attached to the golf club shaft assembly using a coupler. A second coupler allows the at least one golf club shaft assembly to be split into an upper shaft segment and a lower shaft segment to reduce the size of the golf club system. The golf club system can include a golf bag to hold the at least one shaft and plurality of detachable golf club head assemblies. | 07-03-2014 |
20150335962 | Golf Club System with Interchangeable Golf Club Heads - A system of interchangeable club heads sharing one or more shafts and golf bag for carrying the club heads and one or more shafts. The club heads contain a shaft segment to set club length and a coupler to interconnect to the shaft and grip. The shaft contains an opposite gender coupler. The system is very lightweight and much more portable than a conventional set of golf clubs. It also creates the opportunity for players to match club heads with shafts with differing performance characteristics. Additionally, it solves a problem for golfers using long shafts on putters. These long shafts can now be disassembled for storage and transport. A ramp on the circumference of one end of a pullback sleeve works in conjunction with a post on a grip end fitting to more tightly couple the club head end to a shaft. | 11-26-2015 |
20150372621 | System for Converting Electromagnetic Radiation to Electrical Energy Using Metamaterials - Spectral tuning of heat source to emit radiation at a desired frequency or frequency band is accomplished using metamaterials. The metamaterials include a structured geometry having holes with dimensions and spacing chosen such that the resulting surface will emit radiation in the desired spectrum. A collector can be made of a similar metamaterial or antenna array to detect the emitted radiation and transfer it to a converter device that converts the detected radiation to electricity. Embodiments also provide efficient coupling to the converter device for energy harvesting. Cooling of the converter devices can be accomplished using a cooling sink or deep space. | 12-24-2015 |