UCF faculty, students, and staff make new discoveries every day. This collection highlights patents obtained by the College of Engineering and Computer Science since 1989.
A listing of all UCF patents, can be found here.
Patents from 2002
Garden Table, Robert Hoekstra, Jonas Hedman, Reinaldo Moraga, Michael Mullens, Sangram Shelke, and Stephen Truntich
Patents from 2001
Coin Disks, Issa Batarseh, Zhihua Qu, and Samuel Richie
Patents from 2000
Coin Disks replacement for existing 3 1/2 inch floppy discs, Issa Bataeseh, Zhihua Qu, and Samuel Richie
Natural Language Method and System for Searching for and Ranking Relevant Documents from a Computer Database, James Driscoll
Pre-Stressed FRP-Concrete Composite Structural Members, Amir Mirmiran and Mohsen Shahawy
Patents from 1999
Single Switch AC/DC Converter with Power Factor Correction (PFC), Issa Batarseh and Peter Kornetzky
Relevancy Ranking Using Statistical Ranking, Semantics, Relevancy Feedback and Small Pieces of Text (DIV), James Driscoll
Patents from 1998
Automatic Feature Detection and Age Classification of Human Faces in Digital Images, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo and Young Kwon
Face Detection Using Templates, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo and Young Ho Kwon
Method for Detecting and Extracting Text Data Using Database Schemas, James Driscoll
Patents from 1997
Variable Frequency Controlled Zero-Voltage Switching Single-Ended Current-fed DC-to-AC Converter with Output Isolation, Issa Batarseh and Kasemsan Siri
Priority Rule Search Technique for Resource Constrained Project Scheduling, James Brown and Robert Armacost
Improved Relevancy Ranking Using Statistical Ranking, Semantics, Relevancy Feedback, and Small Pieces of Text, James Driscoll
Process for Determination of Text Relevancy DIV, James Driscoll
Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas as a Clean Motor Fuel (CONTINUATION OF 7863 ABANDONED), Robert Hoekstra, R. K. Collier, Douglas Hahn, and David Mulligan
Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP)- Concrete Composite Structural Members, Amir Mirmiran and Mohsen Shahawy
Patents from 1996
3D realtime Fluid Animation by Navier-Stokes Equations, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo and Chen Jinxiong
Process for Determination of Text Relevancy, James Driscoll
Patents from 1995
Power Converter Possessing Zero-Voltage Switching and Output Isolation, Issa Batarseh and Kasemsan Siri
Patents from 1994
Apparatus for Measuring Gas Emission Rate from Soil, Charles Cooper
Patents from 1993
Method and Apparatus for multiple bit encoding and decoding of data through use of tree-based codes, Amar Mukherjee
Patents from 1989
Code Converter for Data Compression/ Decompression, Amar Mukherjee