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Left to right: Mechanical engineering professors Dr. Giacomo Valerio Iungo, Dr. Stefano Leonardi, Dr. Mario Rotea, Dr. Todd Griffith and Dr. Jie Zhang conduct research for the Center for Wind Energy Science, Technology and Research. [Photo: UTD]
UT Dallas’ WindSTAR Secures NSF Grant To Advance AI-Driven Wind Energy Research
by Maddie Preston | Dec 29, 2025
A five-year NSF award to the Center for Wind Energy Science, Technology, and Research supports new work using AI to reduce turbine defects, improve reliability, and strengthen the U.S. energy grid.
by Quincy Preston |
May 14, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's dynamic employee security risk scoring, Dolby Laboratories' optical system for image projectors, Freeflight Acquisitions' autonomous anonymity system, IBM's video sentiment analysis tool for video messaging,Peloton Therapeutics' methods of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, Siemens Healthcare's image-based tumor phenotyping with machine learning from synthetic data, and STMicroelectronics' zero standby power for powerline communication devices
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by Quincy Preston |
May 8, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Nvidia's sound-activated control system, Shavelogic's pivoting razors, YSEOP's techniques for automatic generation of natural language text, Shooting Simulator's method for marksmanship training, Wells Fargo's biometric electronic signature tokens, Advatect Diagnostics' compositions for detecting fungi and mycotoxins, Bell's avionics system for using a smartphone to input-output flight data, CareView Communications' system and method for predicting patient falls using motion feature patterns, Moneygram's methods for providing bail and bond services via a money transfer network, and HoboLoco's foot-operated video game and virtual reality controller.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 1, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Hammond Development's system for enabling a communication device to remotely execute an application, Amazon's technology for job processing using a public service network, University of Arkansas' new white wine grape plant named "Opportunity," Textron Innovations' takeoff/landing touchdown protection management system, Tuesday Morning's cookware lid with basting projections, Olaeris' battery status and failure detector, 3i AVI's computerized exchange network, and an unassigned patent for hair-cutting techniques for an automated hair-cutting system.
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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of April 9
by Quincy Preston | Apr 17, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 10, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Velos Media's device for decoding a video bitstream; Apple's cylindrical compact computing system; State Farm's detection of anomalous computer behavior; Texas Instruments' estimation of time to collision in a computer vision system; USAA's monitoring systems and methods for personal safety; Toyota's smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing; and Watchguard's system for peer-to-peer operation of multiple recording devices
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 3, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Google's proximity payment system environment response; Omnitrac's management of movable objects; Raytheon's methods for acquiring, launching, and guiding missiles to multiple targets; Samsung's techniques for millimeter-wave mobile communication; Slocum Geophysics' airborne geophysical exploration;; and more.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 27, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
Capital One's asset tracking systems
US Concrete's concrete with a reduced surface drying time
Toyota's integrated truck bed washing system
MoneyGram's promotion generation engine for a money transfer system
McAfee's system for calculating an object's trust level
Dr Pepper/Seven Up's sweet taste improving compositions
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![Platooning trucks create “road trains” where two or more trucks follow each other closely. Paccar’s platooning light fence system may communicate to passenger vehicles that trucks are traveling as a team to discourage cut-ins or cut-offs. [Illustration: Fig. 1, Patent No. 10220768 via USPTO. Background: Dallas Innovates.]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Patent-No.-10220768-via-USPTODI_background-940x436.png)
Platooning trucks create “road trains” where two or more trucks follow each other closely. Paccar’s platooning light fence system may communicate to passenger vehicles that trucks are traveling as a team to discourage cut-ins or cut-offs. [Illustration: Fig. 1, patent No. 10220768 via USPTO. Background: Dallas Innovates.]
Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of March 5
by Quincy Preston | Mar 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Toyota's vehicle bumper damage indication
• Bell's aircraft with manned and unmanned flight modes
• University of Texas' methods for light-dependent gene regulation
• Conduent Business Services' system for optimizing passenger pick up
• Amazon's system for impairment issues of distributed hosts
• Paccar's platooning light fence system for trucks
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 6, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Avaya's method for securing account access by verifying account with email provider
• Asphalt Sciences' method of dissolving tire rubber
• Bell's aircraft with autonomous and remote flight control capabilities
• IBM's intelligent driving recommendation system
• Toyota's systems for locally aligning map data
• Verizon's wireless infrastructure with distributed fiber networks
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 27, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Armor Defense's system to detect and extract malicious instructions on a virtual machine
• American Airline's departure sequencing system that includes an airport state analyzer, a taxi-out predictor, and a pushback optimizer
• IBM's root cause analysis of performance problems of a computer system
• SanDisk Technologies' flash card end of life prediction based on memory wear
• an unassigned patent for a pull tab simulating a cannabis leaf cutout
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Groupchatter's wireless group alerting or messaging
• Match Group's profile matching
• Toyota's methods for adjusting vehicle parameters according to merging lanes
• Verizon and Redbox's system for a media-on-demand-based programming channel
• TXU Energy's analyzed energy usage and home automation
• An unassigned patent for an alarm that could prevent a passenger from being left in a vehicle
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Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 29
by Quincy Preston | Feb 6, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Sensogram Technologies’ finger tip scanner
• Phazr’s 5G radio system
• Rain Bird’s volumetric budget-based irrigation control
• Samsung’s video editing using contextual data and content discovery using clusters
• V-Moda’s method of identifying authentic vs. counterfeit products
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 30, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include:
• Textron Innovations' apparatus for reconfiguring flight control of an aircraft during a failure while the aircraft is flying
• USAA's display screen with a financial workbench graphic user interface
• Verizon's device for increased bandwidth
• TI's feedforward cancellation of power supply noise
• Monument Peak Ventures' system for locating nearby picture hotspots
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 23, 2019
Patents were granted for Vital Art and Science's vision measurement and training system; Frito-Lay's micropellets of fine particle nutrients in snack food; Fit Toned's integrated exercise device; and Addepar's methods for depicting psychological analysis.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 14, 2019
Patents were granted for ROKA Sports’ new design for sport eyeglasses; Capital One’s methods for tracking objects; Drexel University’s method of predicting seizures; Sierra Smart Systems’s electric vehicle fleet charging system; Securus’ detection for a call anomaly using biometric identification; SMU’s method of treating a subject that is resistant to one or more drugs; and Uber’s design for a firearm grip.
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