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Patent Value Determinants
Štefánková, Stanislava ; Korytárová, Jana (referee) ; Němec, Daniel (referee) ; Polednáková, Anna (referee) ; Režňáková, Mária (advisor)
The dissertation extends the line of research in the field of patent valuation by interconnecting two main strands, the evaluation of quality of patent rights based on their characteristics on one hand, and monetary valuation of patents as assets on the other hand. Moreover, the dissertation proposes and verifies the idea that the value of a patent is driven also by the ability of its owner to use the competitive advantage gained. The aim is to identify characteristics of Czech corporate patents and their owners that affect their value and to propose a way to implement this knowledge in monetary patent valuation. The effect of several ex ante and ex post indicators on patent's life was analysed employing survival analysis methods. Factors that significantly affect the lifespan of patents of Czech companies were identified using the Cox proportional hazard model. The company’s ability to benefit from competitive advantage was measured by its return on assets and return on equity, which were described by a linear mixed model. Finally, the combined effect of patent characteristics and the firm’s ability to materialize the competitive advantage on patent renewal was analysed employing the joint model for longitudinal and censored data. The results revealed positive effect on the chance of patent renewal of patent backward citation, and the concordance level between patents' technological-class codes and those of their antecedent, i.e., documents it refers to. Conversely, the size of the patent portfolio and the number of inventors have a negative effect on the chance of patent renewal. Small and medium businesses’ patents are less likely to be renewed. The effect of the patent family size, the age of the company and the patent pendency time is time-dependent, it initially lowers the chance of renewal, but its strength gradually weakens. The economic life of patents was predicted based on the results of the joint model using Monte Carlo simulation, furthermore, the implications for monetary patent and business valuation were discussed regarding its investment value.
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Device/Robot Exploiting RC Components and Servos
Němec, Daniel ; Materna, Zdeněk (referee) ; Zemčík, Pavel (advisor)
The thesis deals with the design and creation of a robotic manipulator using RC servomotors, control options and the subsequent creation of a control web application. It also deals with the kinematics of the robot for it's control and smoothing of the servomotors motion. The result is robotic arm controlled with web application.
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Law and Artificial Intelligence
Němec, Daniel ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Žikovská, Petra (referee)
1 Law and Artificial Intelligence Abstract At present, the legal order of the Czech Republic is not directly concerned with artificial intelligence, even though the first technologies and systems based on it are already appearing. However, a number of soft law materials (strategies, plans and declarations) issued both by the Czech authorities and also within the European Union (especially by the European Commission) deal with artificial intelligence. Both Czech and EU materials are outlined in the thesis and are considered in further research. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the actual needs to deal with artificial intelligence from a legal point of view and whether the current legislation is sufficient and applicable to artificial intelligence systems. After the introductory part, the thesis gives an overview of the history of artificial intelligence and its development, tries to define the term of artificial intelligence and related terms (algorithm, machine learning, deep learning) and then examines whether artificial intelligence can be included under some legal concepts (categories) already existing (artificial intelligence as a computer program, thing, product, computer virus and more). Furthermore, the thesis discusses the development and research of artificial intelligence, including ethical...
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Music in contemporary Czech documentary films
Poledna, Marek ; Němec, Daniel (advisor) ; Ekrt, Viktor (referee)
The aim of my bachelor thesis is a use of music in contemporary Czech documentary films. The work provides a comprehensive insight into specific effects of music in documentaries, reflection of its behaviour considering the connection with the documentary nature of the image, differences in artistic approach to the creative use of music and a brief list of the most common functional effects of music in documentary film.
I also describe an issue of television production, a role of an editor or a use of archive music closely.
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Evolution of Sound Making in Czech Cinematography
Pavlovská, Kateřina ; Němec, Daniel (advisor) ; Kříž, Jiří (referee)
This dissertation describes the recording and postproduction of audiovisual pictures´ sound track in the territory of today´s Czech republic between the years 1930 and 2005. Above all, it reports its technological and methodological progress. Barrandov film studio is in the focus, having provided film pruduction of czech films for more than 30 years. Soundtracks for the first talking pictures were made on the 35mm film negativ. 20 years later the analogue magnetical recording of sound came to use and stayed as the main technology for about 35 years. After the analogue period the possibility of digital sound recording appeared. The dissertation analyses the specifics of each era and shows short samples from various czech films on the attached DVDs. The dissertation compares the situation of technological equipment and production processes in the particular periods with the general technological progress. Also the economical and political fatcors/elements are important in the overall history, because they influence the production of the films in a very specific way.
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