General Electric Company

Nbcuniversal Media, LLC

Ge Medical Systems Information Technologies Gmbh

General Electric Corporation Gmbh

Ge Security, Inc.

Kenneth Brakeley Welles

John Erik Hershey

David Michael Davenport

John Anderson Fergus Ross

Xiaolei Shi

Mark Lewis Grabb

Emad Andarawis Andarawis

Brian Lee Lawrence

Ertugrul Berkcan

Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr

Robert J Wojnarowski

Wolfgang Daum

Charles W Eichelberger

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo

William James Premerlani

Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov

Ralph Thomas Hoctor

Zhiyuan Ren

Daniel David Harrison

Rahul Bhotika

Sharbel E Noujaim

Pingfan Peter Wu

Robert James Mitchell

Jerome Johnson Tiemann

William P Kornrumpf

Jeffrey Michael Ashe

Nick Andrew Van Stralen

Glen William Brooksby

Daniel Arthur Staver

Richard Charles Gaus, Jr

Marc Brian Wisnudel

Douglas Glenn Wildes

Gary Jude Saulnier

Richard Louis Frey

Richard August Korkosz

Michael Paul Weir

Robert Alan Wetzel

Prescott Logan

William Thomas Hatfield

Mark Allen Cheverton

Andrew Michael Leach

Vladimir Zamansky

Anthony Mark Thompson

Aiman A Abdel-Malek

William David Smith, Ii

Thomas Paul Feist

Changting Wang

Irfan Ali

Gary William Yeager

Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr

Peter Henry Tu

Sandeep Chennakeshu

Wayne Charles Hasz

Philippe Schottland

Scott Charles Evans

Charles Erklin Seeley

Daniel White Sexton

Vitali Victor Lissianski

Douglas Henry Marman

John Frederick Graf

Eugene George Olczak

James Scott Vartuli

Matthew Christian Nielsen

Kyle Erik Litz

Donald Thomas McGrath

Todd Alan Anderson

Stephen Michael Hladik

William Guy Morris

Vandita Pai-Paranjape

David Gilles Gascoyne

Adil Minoo Dhalla

Brock Estel Osborn

Marc Robert Pearlman

Aditya Kumar

Ruediger Soeren Kusch

Surinder Prabhjot Singh

Aaron Mark Dentinger

Yogendrasinh Bharatsinh Chauhan

Sriramakrishna Maruvada

Charles Scott Sealing

Thomas L Vogelsong

Timothy Patrick Kelliher

Terry Michael Topka

Ruijie Shi

James Patrick Francis Lyons

Russell Robert Irving

Richard Anthony Depuy

Stephen Eric Zingelewicz

Andrew David Pris

Scott E Cutler

Bharat Singh

Janos Gyorgy Sarkozi

Steven G Karr

Vincent Paul Staudinger

Ganesh Chandan Gangadharan

Thomas M Palmer

Mingxiao Jiang

Rupesh Bhikaji Pawar

Daniel Lawrence Morrill

Joseph John Fisher

A system and method of operating a dual-beam detection system of a holographic data storage disc, including: impinging a data beam on a data layer of the holographic data storage disc; impinging a tracking beam on a tracking element of the holographic data storage disc; detecting a reflection of the tracking beam from the tracking element; and coordinating position of the data beam relative to the tracking beam.

System and method for dual-beam recording and readout of multilayered optical data storage media

A data storage device comprises a substrate having oppositely disposed surfaces and a plurality of volumes arranged along tracks between the surfaces; a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the volumes; and, at least one groove in at least one of the surfaces and being operative to diffract light through the at least one surface and into the volumes; wherein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in a stacked layer in each of the volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored.

Data storage devices and methods

A plasma-assisted waste gasification system and process for converting waste stream reaction residues into a clean synthesis gas (syngas) is disclosed. The feedstock is fed into a reactor roughly one-third from the bottom through the use of a feed mechanism. The reactor has three zones; a bottom zone where melting occurs, a middle zone where gasification takes place, and a top zone with integrated plasma torches to control the temperature and polish the syngas. The residence times in the three zones are selected to optimize the syngas composition and melted products. The syngas leaves the reactor and is partially quenched with relatively cooler synthesis gas. The partially quenched syngas is further cooled to recover heat for steam generation and/or preheating the waste stream to the reactor. The cold syngas is then processed to remove pollutants. The clean synthesis gas is combusted in power generation equipment to generate electricity, or converted to other fuels by chemical processes.

Plasma-assisted waste gasification system

The present techniques present methods and systems for increasing a data reading rate on optical data disks using a single reading head. The methods take advantage of the difference between a mean focal distance (MFD), or minimum spacing that the detector can distinguish between bits, and the minimum separation of bits in a single track to increase the reading speed. As the bits may be more closely spaced across adjacent tracks or layers, these techniques may be used to increase the reading speed of the disk. Specifically, the data symbols that make up a single bit-stream may be stored in a pattern horizontally across adjacent tracks, or vertically across adjacent layers. Accordingly, the focal point of the detector is scanned across the disk in the same pattern to read the individual data symbols.

Method for formatting and reading data disks

A device for conducting rail car inspections including an inspection module, an imaging module, a scanner module, a location module, a printer module and a communication module.

Enhanced recordation device for rail car inspections

A system and method for replicating optical data storage discs (e.g., holographic data storage discs) having multiple layers of data. Master discs providing for respective single layers of data are utilized, and each respective single layer of data from the master discs are replicate onto the optical data storage disc.

Mastering and replication of micro-holographic data storage media

Techniques are provided for increasing storage capacity in a holographic storage system. While typical holographic storage systems involve binary storage for each data position in a holographic disk, present techniques involve storing data such that more than two data levels may be recorded in each data position. In some embodiments, a recording beam directed to the disk may be adjusted to different power levels depending on the data level to be recorded. Furthermore, the recording time at a data position may be adjusted to increase the energy directed to the data position by increasing the amount of time the recording beam is impinged on the data position. Embodiments are suitable for different types of holographic storage, including dye-based medium.

Non-binary holograms for increased capacity

The present techniques provide methods and systems for reading and processing a data signal read from an optical data disc. In embodiments, an optical reader system may read data bits from a data ring in the disc. The data rings may be concentric, and a beginning of a sequence of data on the data ring may be in substantially the same position as an ending of the sequence. The reader may identify a data ring and begin the read process on the targeted data ring, and may end the read process when the reader reaches the starting point. The data sequence read from the data ring may be decoded to form a bit stream, which may be provided to various output devices. A circular trellis formed from the bit stream may enable the reading of a targeted data sequence without additional tail bits to improve data transmission efficiency.

System and method for storage of data in circular data tracks on optical discs

Embodiments of the invention include a wireless sensor, such as an RFID tag, that includes a substrate, an antenna disposed on the substrate, and an environmentally sensitive sensor material disposed over at least a portion of said substrate. Other embodiments an RFID tag and at least one antibody coupled to the RFID tag. The RFID tag includes a substrate, circuitry disposed on the substrate, and an antenna coupled to the substrate. The at least one antibody is capable of affecting the signals emanating from the RFID tag. Further embodiments include a detection system that includes a reader. Yet other embodiments include a method for detecting specific analytes. The method includes providing an RFID tag which emanates a first signal having a first frequency, and enabling the REID tag to emanate a second signal having a second frequency upon attraction of a specific analyte to the RFID tag.

Chemical and biological sensors, systems and methods based on radio frequency identification

The present techniques provide methods and systems for more reliable reading of optical data disks. In embodiments, a multi-pixel detector that is segmented into multiple areas, or detector segments, may be used to detect a pattern in the light reflected from an optical data disk. The pattern may include light scattered from a single bit that may be under a center detector, as well as light scattered from proximate bits. The detector system may then combine the quantized values from each of the detector segments mathematically to determine the presence or absence of a bit or bits of data. The mathematical combination may also use data that is known about the status of adjacent data bits (such as previously read bits, or bit patterns which are allowed or not allowed by specific data encoding schemes) to improve the accuracy of the bit prediction.

Method and system for bit prediction using a multi-pixel detector

A data storage device including: a plastic substrate having a plurality of volumes arranged in tracks along a plurality of vertically stacked, laterally extending layers therein; and, a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the volumes; herein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in each of the volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored.

The present techniques provide methods and systems for alignment of a read head with data tracks on an optical data disk. In embodiments, a multi-pixel detector that is segmented into multiple areas, or detector segments, may be used to detect a pattern in the light reflected from an optical data disk. The detector system may then combine the quantized values from each of the detector segments mathematically to determine the alignment of the read head with a target data track. If the read head drifts to one side or the other, detectors to the side of a center detector may start to pick up energy from the adjacent tracks. If this energy is continuously summed for the detectors on each side, the read head may be centered by balancing the sums from the detectors on each side.

System and method for controlling tracking in an optical drive

A data storage device including: a plastic substrate having a plurality of data volumes arranged along tracks in a plurality of stacked layers; a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the data volumes; a plurality of complementary volumes, each corresponding to and being substantially aligned with one of the data volumes; a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the complementary volumes; wherein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in each of the data volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored; and, the ones of the complementary volumes corresponding to the ones of the data volumes containing a micro-hologram do not contain a micro-hologram; and the ones of the complementary volumes corresponding to the ones of the data volumes not containing a micro-hologram contain a micro-hologram.

Holographic storage devices with complementary data layer and use thereof

A system for altering a functionality of an optical article from a pre-activated state to an activated state, comprising an optical article comprising an optical data layer for storing data, an external radiation source for generating an external stimulus adapted to interact with the optical article, such interaction causing a change in optical accessibility of optically stored data, a directing material, wherein said directing material is for directing the external stimulus to selective portions of the optical article, thereby altering the functionality of the optical article from a pre-activated state to an activated state; a convertible element capable of responding to the external stimulus to irreversibly alter the optical article from the pre-activated state of functionality to the activated state of functionality, wherein said convertible element comprises a color-shift dye, a magnetic material, a thermo-chromic material, a magneto-optical material, a light scattering material, a phase-change material, dye aggregates, or combinations thereof.

Optical article having anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same

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