David Jay Icove Ph.D.
Engineering in Knoxville, TN

2013015, Jun 20, 2013

Jan 14, 2013

13/740400

University of Tennessee Research Foundation - Knoxville TN, US
Tse-Wei Wang - Oak Ridge TN, US
David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US
Sally P. Horn - Knoxville TN, US

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - Knoxville TN

G06F 17/30

707737

Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method utilizes a model comprising application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods.

7724134, May 25, 2010

Oct 31, 2007

11/931399

David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US
Carl T. Lyster - Knoxville TN, US

Icove and Associates, LLC - Knoxville TN

G08B 13/18

340567, 340521, 34053922, 340584, 340586

A passive microwave receiver array, operating in the one meter to sub-millimeter wavelengths range and including an internationally protected range of frequencies of varying bandwidth, may be used for fire and intrusion detection. One or more receiver array can be used to provide a plurality of frequency ranges that can be detected. In an interior installation, one or more receiver array can be placed inside a wall. In other embodiments, the receiver and array can be in the form of a hand-held or wearable device. This method and apparatus achieves high performance by exploiting conventional low noise amplification block conversion circuits and provides the detection of thermal signals through clear, smoky, misty, or environmentally untenable conditions as well as the detection of fire and intrusion events through a non-metallic wall.

8375032, Feb 12, 2013

Jun 25, 2010

12/823320

J. Douglas Birdwell - Oak Ridge TN, US
Tse-Wei Wang - Oak Ridge TN, US
David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US
Sally P. Horn - Knoxville TN, US
Mark S. Rader - Huntsville AL, US

University of Tennessee Research Foundation - Knoxville TN

G06F 7/00, G06F 17/30

707737, 707758

Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object, in particular, one of an origin and a source, comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, a fire event and residual objects may be located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages.

2012002, Feb 2, 2012

Sep 4, 2011

13/225452

David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US
Michael B. Zemel - Knoxville TN, US
Carl T. Lyster - Knoxville TN, US
Neil Feld - Powell TN, US

A61B 5/02

600504

A passive microwave thermography apparatus uses passive microwave antennas designed for operation, for example, at WARC protected frequencies of 1.400 to 1.427 GHz and 2.690 to 2.70 GHz (for core body gradient temperature measurement) and 10.68 to 10.700 GHz or higher microwave frequency (for surface body gradient temperature measurement) and a related directional antenna or antenna array to measure microwave radiation emanating from an animal, especially, a human body. The antennae may be radially directed toward a point within or on the surface of a human body for comparison with known temperature distribution data for that point and a given ambient temperature. Each frequency band may provide a plurality of adjacent noise measuring channels for measuring microwave noise naturally emitted by the human body. The apparatus measures short-term changes in, for example, core and body surface temperatures to establish a basal metabolic rate. Changes in core body temperature may be stimulated by the administration of food or certain organic and drug-related substances or stress to induce a change in basal metabolic rate over time. These changes correlate directly with a human subject's metabolism rate at rest and under certain dietary constraints and can be used to determine courses of treatment for obesity, metabolic disease, and other disorders. The apparatus can also be used to remotely monitor patients and subjects without physical contact.

2013012, May 16, 2013

Dec 4, 2012

13/693864

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOU - Knoxville TN, US
Tse-Wei Wang - Oak Ridge TN, US
David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US
Sally P. Horn - Knoxville TN, US

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - Knoxville TN

G06F 17/30

707737, 707769

Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an, electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral, database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, one of a machine component or process failure event, an intrusion event and a fire event and residual objects may be predicted and located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages.

7769803, Aug 3, 2010

Jan 2, 2008

11/968364

John D. Birdwell - Oak Ridge TN, US
Tse-Wei Wang - Oak Ridge TN, US
Roger D. Horn - Knoxville TN, US
Puneet Yadav - Fremont CA, US
David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US

University of Tennessee Research Foundation - Knoxville TN

G06F 15/16, G06F 17/30

709201, 709202, 707713

A tree-structured index to multidimensional data is created using naturally occurring patterns and clusters within the data which permit efficient search and retrieval strategies in a database of DNA profiles. A search engine utilizes hierarchical decomposition of the database by identifying clusters of similar DNA profiles and maps to parallel computer architecture, allowing scale up past to previously feasible limits. Key benefits of the new method are logarithmic scale up and parallelization. These benefits are achieved by identification and utilization of naturally occurring patterns and clusters within stored data. The patterns and clusters enable the stored data to be partitioned into subsets of roughly equal size. The method can be applied recursively, resulting in a database tree that is balanced, meaning that all paths or branches through the tree have roughly the same length. The method achieves high performance by exploiting the natural structure of the data in a manner that maintains balanced trees.

8212671, Jul 3, 2012

Jan 11, 2011

13/004250

David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US
Carl T. Lyster - Knoxville TN, US

Icove and Associates, LLC - Knoxville TN

G08B 13/18

340567, 340521, 34053922, 340584, 340586

A passive microwave receiver array, operating in the one meter to sub-millimeter wavelengths range and including an internationally protected range of frequencies of varying bandwidth, may be used for fire and intrusion detection. One or more receiver array can be used to provide a plurality of frequency ranges that can be detected. In an interior installation, one or more receiver array can be placed inside a wall. In other embodiments, the receiver and array can be in the form of a hand-held or wearable device. This method and apparatus achieves high performance by exploiting conventional low noise amplification block conversion circuits and provides the detection of thermal signals through clear, smoky, misty, or environmentally untenable conditions as well as the detection of fire and intrusion events through a non-metallic wall.

8044798, Oct 25, 2011

Oct 7, 2009

12/575320

David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US
Carl T. Lyster - Knoxville TN, US

Icove and Associates, LLC - Knoxville TN

G08B 13/18

340567, 340933

A passive microwave receiver, receiving a WARC protected frequency of 1420 MHz may be used for fire, temperature speed detection and intrusion detection. One or more receiver arrays can be used to provide a plurality of frequency ranges that can be detected. In an interior installation, one or more receiver arrays can be placed inside a wall made of non-metallic substance and capable of passively receiving frequencies at less than 3 GHz. In other embodiments, the receiver and array can be in the form of a hand-held or wearable device. This method and apparatus achieves high performance by exploiting conventional low noise amplification block conversion circuits and provides the detection of thermal signals through clear, smoky, misty, or environmentally untenable conditions as well as the detection of automobiles and intruders via black box emission. A passive microwave detector may be used at a highway where the highway intersects an associated antenna lobe for a distance, mounted on a wall or pole and have line-of-sight view of an intruder or automobile.

7882106, Feb 1, 2011

Aug 10, 2007

11/836836

John D. Birdwell - Oak Ridge TN, US
Tse-Wei Wang - Oak Ridge TN, US
Roger D. Horn - Knoxville TN, US
Puneet Yadav - Manassas VA, US
David J. Icove - Knoxville TN, US

University of Tennessee Research Foundation - Knoxville TN

G06F 7/00, G06F 17/30

707736, 707737, 707748

A tree-structured index to multidimensional data is created using naturally occurring patterns and clusters within the data which permit efficient search and retrieval strategies in a database of DNA profiles. A search engine utilizes hierarchical decomposition of the database by identifying clusters of similar DNA profiles and maps to parallel computer architecture, allowing scale up past previously feasible limits. Key benefits of the new method are logarithmic scale up and parallelization. These benefits are achieved by identification and utilization of naturally occurring patterns and clusters within stored data. The patterns and clusters enable the stored data to be partitioned into subsets of roughly equal size. The method can be applied recursively, resulting in a database tree that is balanced, meaning that all paths or branches through the tree have roughly the same length. The method achieves high performance by exploiting the natural structure of the data in a manner that maintains balanced trees.