Paul Reed Smith Guitars Limited Partnership

Digital Harmonic LLC

Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Inc.

The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

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Dimarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc.

Paul Reed Smith Guitars Limited Partnership (maryland)

Paul Reed Smith

Jack William Smith

Frederick M Slay

Shane G W Morris

Edwin Krozack

Eric K Pritchard

Sandor Szalay

Edward Wellner

Amir H Gandjbakhche

David Hattery

Victor Chernomordik

F Michael Slay

William G Nelson

Jonathan B Coulter

Jim Mulshine

Joseph S Knaggs

Nicole Y Morgan

John Ingram

Marc Quigley

Ed Wellner

Michael F Slay

Jack W(deceased) Smith

Shane GW Morris

An optical device includes a low-noise illumination source, a support device, an ultra low-noise detector, an analog-to-digital converter, and a controller. The low-noise illumination source is configured to generate a single beam of radiation. The support device is configured to support an object and to pass the single beam of radiation through the object. The object directly blocks, absorbs, or deflects portions of the single beam of radiation, thereby directly modulating the single beam of radiation. The low-noise detector is configured to detect the modulated single beam of radiation and to output an analog signal representative of vibrational spectra of the object. The modulated single beam of radiation is non-interferometric. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the detected analog signal into a digital signal. The controller is configured to analyze and generate vibrational spectra of the object from the digital signal represented as a range of events over time.

System and method for measuring low-noise vibrational spectra

Disclosed are systems and methods for measuring vibrational spectra of a living cells and tissue that includes a low noise consistent optical source creating a photon beam, a support device, a photon-to-electron converter/detector outputting a streamed analog electrical signal, an analog-to-digital converter, and a digital signal processor with specialized software for measuring and characterizing the signal contained in the photon beam and its subsequent detector's streamed analog converted to digital signal. Motion of the living sample causes modulation to the photon beam as it passes through the living samples by how much of the photon beam is blocked, absorbed or deflected. In addition, specific sub-cellular vibrational features can be segregated utilizing fluorescent markers.

System and method for measuring vibrational spectra in living cells and tissue over time

Guitar headstock

A machine-implemented method for computerized digital signal processing including obtaining a digital signal from data storage or from conversion of an analog signal, and determining, from the digital signal, one or more measuring matrices. Each measuring matrix has a plurality of cells, and each cell has an amplitude corresponding to the signal energy in a frequency bin for a time slice. Cells in each measuring matrix having maximum amplitudes along a time slice and/or frequency bin are identified as maximum cells. Maxima that coincide in time and frequency are identified and a correlated maxima matrix, called a 'Precision Measuring Matrix' is constructed showing the coinciding maxima and the adjacent marked maxima are linked into partial chains.

Precision measurement of waveforms

The invention consists of new ways of constructing a Measuring Matrices (MMs) including time deconvolution of Digital Fourier Transforms DFTs. Also, windowing functions specifically designed to facilitate time deconvolution may be used, and/or the DFTs may be performed in specific non-periodic ways to reduce artifacts and further facilitate deconvolution. These deconvolved DFTs may be used alone or correlated with other DFTs to produce a MM.

Precision measurement of waveforms using deconvolution and windowing

A machine-implemented method for computerized digital signal processing obtains a digital signal from data storage or from conversion of an analog signal and determines, from the digital signal, Measuring Matrices (MM). Each measuring matrix has a plurality of cells, each cell having an amplitude corresponding to the signal energy in a frequency bin for a time slice. Cells in each measuring matrix having maximum amplitudes within a time slice are identified as maximum cells. Maxima that coincide in time and frequency are identified and a correlated maxima matrix (PMM) is constructed showing the coinciding maxima and the adjacent marked maxima are linked into partial chains. If only one MM is constructed, multiple types of maxima are identified to generate the (PMM). The partial chains are isolated by parameters for a single domain or multiple domains to identify partial chains and possible separation of complex compound waveforms in the digital signal.

Domain identification and separation for precision measurement of waveforms

A machine/computer implemented system, method, and computer program product for scored pixel intensity value adjustment of a digital image is disclosed. The system is configured to obtain a digital image from data storage and perform pixel-by-pixel comparisons to generate per pixel scores. The types of comparisons include discovering minima and maxima per pixel scores by comparing to neighboring non-adjacent pixel pairs, delta pair scores by comparing to neighboring pixels, and multiple vector score types by comparing to vectors made up of individual pixels. This new information is applied to adjust each pixel's value. The system is further configured to generate a collection of such scores for a plurality of pixels in a digital image and to generate a multi-dimensional scored pixel adjusted image. The scored pixel adjustment yields a new digital image, wherein the value of a given pixel is adjusted based on one or more of the score types.

Scoring and adjusting pixels based on neighborhood relationships for revealing data in images

A system for spatially selective, fixed-optics fluorescence detection in a multichannel polymeric microfluidic device, and a method for performing spatially selective, fixed-optics fluorescence detection.

Spatially selective fixed-optics multicolor fluorescence detection system for a multichannel microfluidic device, and method for detection

The invention provides a device and method for monitoring inflammation of the epithelium. The device consists of a head region, a handle region and an optical bundle. At least two of the optical fibers in the bundle are utilized as a source of radiation, these two fibers are at two different angles from normal. At least one of the other optical fibers is utilized as a detector for the reflected radiation, or alternatively an image guide can be used as the detector. The device of the invention can be part of an external or internal system that can include a light source, the device, a multiplexer, a spectrometer, and a computer for data analysis. The method of the invention allows for the detection and monitoring of general inflammation of the oral epithelium. The inflammation of the epithelium can be detected or monitored to diagnose diseases of the oral epithelium, monitor such diseases, monitor treatment of such diseases, or pre-screen for and monitor preventative treatments of such diseases.

Methods of detecting inflammation of an epithelium layer in the oral region with a probe using diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy

A bobbin for a pickup including a base and a top or cover spaced and connected by a post structure integral thereto. The post structure has one or more cavities for receiving one or more pole pieces. The post structure includes a plurality of lateral windows so that the one or more pole pieces in the one or more cavities would be immediately adjacent windings of one or more coils to be wound on the bobbin.

Bobbin and pickup for stringed musical instruments

Set of pickup covers for an electrical stringed musical instrument

Electric guitar

A method of manipulating a complex waveform by considering the harmonic and partial frequencies as moving targets over time in both amplitude and frequency and adjusting the moving targets by moving modifiers in both amplitude and frequency. The manipulation of harmonic frequencies and the synthesis of harmonic frequencies are based on the harmonic rank. The modifiers move with the movement of the frequencies based on rank. Harmonic transformation modifies, by rank, the waveform from one source to a waveform of a second or target source. Harmonics and other partials accentuation identifies each of the frequencies and its relationship to adjacent frequencies as well as fixed or moving thresholds and make the appropriate adjustment. Interpolation is also disclosed as well as models which imitate natural harmonics.

Method of modifying harmonic content of a complex waveform

Probe using diffuse-reflectance spectroscopy

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