Wichita State Patents
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Virtual reality driver training and assessment system
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-11-03)A virtual reality (VR) based driving simulation system and method provides hazard perception training and testing. Some embodiments use a personal computing device (e.g., smartphone), a head-mounted VR headset, and a ... -
Hexaferrite slant and slot MIMO antenna element
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-07-18)A MIMO antenna for mobile devices has a system board, and two or more microstrip lines extending along a top surface of the system board. The MIMO antenna additionally includes a ground plane extending along a bottom surface ... -
Compounds for inhibiting bacterial growth via phosphatidylglycerol binding
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-06-02)Antibacterial small molecule compounds, termed liptins, bind to phosphatidylglycerol in bacterial plasma membranes. The small molecule compounds comprise a three-dimensional complementary binding pocket for phosphatidylglycerol, ... -
Internet-based remote control and monitoring system for commercial doors using mobile devices
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-06-23)A remote control door closure operating system is based on a central server with a backend database identifying a collection of controllable doors and a plurality of authorized users and corresponding credentials. A door ... -
Adapter for finger appendage of brass instrument
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-06-02)An adapter for the finger appendage of a brass instrument has an adapter body. An outboard side and an inboard side of the adapter body are spaced apart along a width. The adapter includes a fitting portion defining the ... -
Beacon-based indoor wayfinding system with automated beacon placement
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-05-19)An automated process designs an indoor wayfinding system using wireless beacons interacting with a mobile smartphone to guide a user to a destination. Image processing and computational geometric techniques extracting ... -
Apparatus and method for simulating machining and other forming operations
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-03-17)A method includes obtaining information associated with a forming operation involving a manufacturing machine having a tool that contacts material and simulating deformation of the material based on the information. ... -
Basketball shooting aid
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-03-17)A basketball shooting aid includes a sidewall having an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The upper surface of the sidewall defines an upper orifice and the lower surface of the sidewall ... -
System and method for generating exact symbol error rates of frequency-hopped signals
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-08-22)A system and method for transmitting data over a wireless communication network. The method broadly includes generating a frequency hopping pattern spanning a plurality of time hops and a plurality of signal frequencies; ... -
Composite magnetic nanoparticle drug delivery system
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-10-10)A composite magnetic nanoparticle drug delivery system provides targeted controlled release chemotherapies for cancerous tumors and inflammatory diseases. The magnetic nanoparticle includes a biocompatible and biodegradable ... -
Autonomously guiding vehicles through orifices
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-02-25)This document generally describes a safe-passage guidance strategy developed in a relative velocity framework to enable a generic aerial robot execute a precision three-dimensional maneuver through a narrow orifice in a ... -
System and method for recycling of pre-impregnated composite fibers
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-10-03)An apparatus for recycling of fibers pre-impregnated with resin may include a container configured to receive a predetermined amount of solvent and a predetermined amount of fibers pre-impregnated with resin. The apparatus ... -
Rapid setting composite article
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2019-05-14)A fiber-reinforced composite article useful in supporting or immobilizing an injured body part is disclosed. The composite is a multi-layer, flexible precursor including fiber reinforcement plies, which can be rapidly cured ... -
Protective antigen complexes with increased stability and uses thereof
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2019-01-29)Immunogenic compositions against Bacillus anthracis comprising a stabilized protective antigen complex are disclosed. The stabilized complex comprises protective antigen protein and capillary morphogenesis protein-2, with ... -
Spreading sequence system for full connectivity relay network
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2018-04-24)Fully connected uplink and downlink fully connected relay network systems using pseudo-noise spreading and despreading sequences subjected to maximizing the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio. The relay network systems ... -
System and method for channel probability mass function dependent frequency hopping
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-11-14)A system and method for generating a channel statistics dependent frequency hopping pattern that requires low computational complexity and simultaneously maximizes channel capacity and minimizes the symbol error rate or ... -
Conversion of natural gas into clean liquid fuels
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2019-12-31)Provided herein are methods and systems for converting natural gas, and specifically methane, into higher-value oxycarbon products, such as methanol, methyl formate, and formic acid. The natural gas is introduced into an ... -
Non-invasive biofeedback system
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2019-07-16)A method, system, and computer program for non-invasively monitoring a physiological parameter and providing biofeedback. The method, system, and computer program provide for the non-invasive detection of a physiological ... -
Computer program, system, and method for observation and communication for mobile settings, mobile applications, and wearable mobile devices
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2018-01-09)A system including at least first and second wearable mobile devices and optionally one or more smartphones or other computing devices for allowing a wearable mobile device wearer, an on-site observer, and a remote observer ... -
Energy absorbing seat mechanism
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2018-05-29)A system includes a shear member and an energy absorber. The shear member is configured to couple a seat portion to a base structure of a vehicle. The shear member is configured to sustain a first load without fracture and ...