Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Auterra, Inc.

Dpa Ventures, Inc.

Raytheon Company

St. Peter's Health Partners

Partha S Dutta

Kyle Erik Litz

Jennifer L Vreeland

Mark Rossetti

Tracey M Jordan

Sarah Lewis

Mark Pettus

Kedar Prasad Gupta

Saurabh Ullal

Timothy Ullman

Pooja Devendran

Anand Devendran

Mark N Rossetti

Sarah L Lewis

Michael Shur

Gerard L Rafanelli

Mitchell B Haeri

Sruthi Muralidharan

Aleksandar G Ostrogorsky

Anthony J Loughran

James Pawlson

Charles Gianfagna

Giyana Amaratunga

Dorothy Maria Urschel

Aloka Khanna

Robert Cella

George W Seabury

Thomas R Miller

Serguei Lvovich Roumiantsev

Tanuj Saxena

Jennifer M Vreeland

Kyle E Litz

In general, the present disclosure is directed to an artificial window system that can simulate the user experience of a traditional window in environments where exterior walls are unavailable or other constraints make traditional windows impractical. In an embodiment, an artificial window consistent with the present disclosure includes a window panel, a panel driver, and a camera device. The camera device captures a plurality of image frames representative of an outdoor environment and provides the same to the panel driver. A controller of the panel driver sends the image frames as a video signal to cause the window panel to visually output the same. The window panel may further include light panels, and the controller may extract light characteristics from the captured plurality of image frames to send signals to the light panels to cause the light panels to mimic outdoor lighting conditions.

Artificial window system

Power management in an artificial window system

A sensor system, device and method for generating a wireless signal in response to a sensed illumination. A sensor is disclosed having: a photosensitive element; a device that converts a sensed illumination detected by the photosensitive element into a corresponding impedance response; and a wireless signal generator that generates a wireless output based on a characteristic of the corresponding impedance response, wherein the wireless output correlates to the sensed illumination.

Tunable photocapacitive optical radiation sensor enabled radio transmitter and applications thereof

Methods, systems, and photovoltaic devices converting broad spectrum incoherent optical power into electrical power by utilizing nonlinear multi-photon absorption and optionally enhanced by the application of magnetic fields, electric fields, or both during the power conversion process.

Photovoltaic device for generating electrical power using nonlinear multi-photon absorption of incoherent radiation

A local concentrator apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an array of photovoltaic cells arranged along an elongated strip, and one or more optical elements. The one or more optical elements are arranged to direct and optically concentrate sunlight onto the photovoltaic cells such that position that the directed sunlight impinges onto the strip follows a path moving along the strip without the optical elements tracking the sun as the sun traverses the sky during the day.

Fabrication of a local concentrator system

A therapeutic environmental light and image system and related methods are provided. A controller controls a lighting system and one or more images displayed on a display monitor to create a virtual window in a patient recovery room that simulates characteristics of a real window. Optionally, circadian full-spectrum light cycling is delivered via a prescriptively-selected circadian light cycle, which may or may not be configured based on the images provided on the display monitor. Additionally, ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source may be dosed to the patient to favorably impact biologic functions and other health aspects of the patient, to facilitate patient recovery.

Therapeutic environmental light and image system

A method of manufacturing a down-conversion substrate for use in a light system includes forming a first crystallography layer including one or more phosphor materials and, optionally, applying at least one activator to the crystallography layer, heating the crystallography layer at high temperature to promote crystal growth in the crystallography layer, and drawing out the crystallography layer and allowing the crystallography layer to cool to form the down-conversion substrate. A light system includes an excitation source for emitting short wavelength primary emissions; and a down-conversion substrate disposed in the path of at least some of the primary emissions from the excitation source to convert at least a portion of the primary emissions into longer-wavelength secondary emissions, wherein the substrate includes one or more crystallography layers, wherein each crystallography layer includes one or more phosphor materials, and optionally at least one activator. Down-converted secondary light may be produced by the system.

Full spectrum solid state white light source, method for manufacturing and applications

A compound of Formula (II) and (III), or a mixture of any two or more thereof; wherein M is Ti or Zr; Rat each occurrence is H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, OR, NRR, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylalkyl, unsubstituted heterocyclyl, or substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclylalkyl; Ris H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylalkyl, unsubstituted heterocyclyl, or substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclylalkyl; Rand Rare independently H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclylalkyl, or Rand Rmay join to form a heterocyclic ring containing the N to which they are attached; and n'=0-4. Such compounds form optically transparent and/or clear films or particles or may be used to prepare such materials.

Product containing monomer and polymers of titanyls and methods for making same

The present invention relates to an optical transmitter for transmitting data. The optical transmitter includes a pulse generator for generating N data streams overlapping in time from a de-multiplexed data source. Each respective data stream has pulses with shapes unique to that respective data stream. The transmitter also includes an optical source optically transmitting an output pulse that is generated by summing the uniquely shaped pulses from each respective data stream that are overlapping in time. Each output pulse represents N bits of the data source, where N&#x3e;1.

Multiplexed pulse modulation using superposition

Aspects of the present invention provide a family of phosphor compositions that may be used in the field of lighting applications. These phosphor compositions have crystal structures and chemical bond arrangements that enable broad band absorption and excitation using radiation up to and including the blue wavelength region. A preferred embodiment of the phosphor compositions has a general formula of (AA. . . A)(WMo)O:Ln,D, wherein x+y+ . . . +z=1; 0&#x2266;r&#x2266;1; 0&#x2266;q&#x2266;1; 0&#x3c;m&#x2266;0.12; and A=Divalent element from group IIA and/or IIB (e.g., Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, etc.), W=tungsten with 6+ charge state, Mo=Molybdenum with 6+ charge state, Ln=Trivalent rare earth lanthanide element (e.g., Ce3+ to Lu3+), D=Monovalent element from group IA and/or IB (e.g., Li1+, Na1+, Cu1+, etc.), and O=Oxygen (O).

Narrow spectral line-width emission phosphors with broad band excitation edge up to and including the blue wavelength region

Catalysts amenable to oxidizing sulfur compounds and systems and methods of using these catalysts to effect the removal of sulfur from crude oil and crude oil distillates are disclosed. The catalyst is disposed with a titanyl moiety which serves to selectively coordinate sulfur compounds and affect their oxidation. The titanyl may be bound within a polymer or on the surface of a polymer or on the surface or in the pores of an inorganic support. The resulting oxidized sulfur compounds are readily separated from the initial crude oil or crude oil distillate streams by traditional separation techniques arrayed as described in the systems and methods disclosed.

Sulfoxidation catalysts and methods and systems of using same

Compounds, synthesis of, and methods for synthesizing metal alkoxide derivatives; and metal alkoxide derivatives for use as flame retardants are described. Group 13 metal alkoxides having flame retardant properties may be prepared by reacting the group 13 metal trihydroxide with an alcohol.

Metal alkoxides, apparatus for manufacturing metal alkoxides, related methods and uses thereof

Energy down conversion phosphors represented by the chemical formula CaSrGaInSSeFwhere (0&#x2266;x&#x2266;1, 0&#x2266;y&#x2266;2, 0&#x2266;z&#x2266;3) doped with rare earth and/or transition metal elements is disclosed. Dopant impurities may be one or more species such as Eu, Ce, Mn, Ru, and/or mixtures thereof present as activators. The molar fractions x, y and z, the dopant species and the dopant concentration may be varied to tune the peak emission wavelength and/or the width of the emission peak.

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An apparatus for growth of uniform multi-component single crystals is provided. The single crystal material has at least three elements and has a diameter of at least 50 mm, a dislocation density of less than 100 cmand a radial compositional variation of less than 1%.

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Troy, NY, United States of America

Partha S Dutta