Abstract: A wing tip device for fixing to the outboard end of a wing, the wing defining a wing plane, the wing tip device comprising: an upper wing-like element projecting upwardly with respect to the wing plane and having a trailing edge; and a lower wing-like element fixed with respect to the upper wing-like element and having a root chord and a trailing edge, the lower wing-like element root chord intersecting with the upper wing-like element, and the lower wing-like element projecting downwardly from the intersection, wherein the upper wing-like element is larger than the lower wing-like element and the trailing edge of the lower wing-like element is adjacent the trailing edge of the upper wing-like element at the intersection, and wherein an included angle between the upper and lower wing-like elements at the intersection is less than, or equal to, 160 degrees.

Abstract: A medical system is described in which, the system includes a control device having processing circuitry configured to: receive positional information relating to the position of at least a part of a surgical robot; determine a boundary around the surgical robot based on the positional information; and control the generation of a haptic sensation at the boundary.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising means for: generating (500) a vibrational signal comprising data to be conveyed to another apparatus; modifying (502) the vibrational signal based on a user biometric model; and outputting (504) the modified vibrational signal.

Abstract: Methods of using grids in connection with suitable microscopy techniques, such as for determining the structure of target compounds including proteins, are disclosed. Said grid comprising a coating modified with one or more capture agents and a deactivating agent.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a process for configuring or commissioning a solar power system includes receiving, at a controller, hardware identifiers of a plurality of power electronics modules to be configured. Each of the plurality of power electronics modules of at least a portion of the plurality of power electronics modules is associated with a corresponding photovoltaic panel. A hub is configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of power electronics modules. The controller is physically connected to the hub and communicates with the hub via wiring that also carries power from photovoltaic panels to an inverter. The process includes configuring, by the controller, the plurality of power electronics modules using the received hardware identifiers.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: controlling one or more electroacoustic transducers of a device to create a standing wave having a displacement antinode at an expected location of a component of the device; receiving a signal representing sound generated by vibration of the component driven by the standing wave; causing analysis of the signal to determine whether there is a defect based on whether the signal represents a sound that would be expected to result from vibration of the component driven by the standing wave in the absence of a defect.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: rendering first content to a first user, the first content being based on recorded content associated with a second user; eye tracking in a time interval following the rendering of the first content to obtain eye-tracking data of the first user; determining first data indicative of whether or not there is a match between the eye-tracking data of the first user and reference eye-tracking data associated with the recorded content associated with the second user; receiving second data indicative of whether or not there is a match between eye-tracking data of the second user and reference eye-tracking data associated with recorded content associated with the first user; and if both the first and second data are indicative of a match, then providing the first user with a telecommunication option configured to initiate communication with the second user.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for binocularly displaying visual content as a first image directed towards a first eye of a user and as a second image directed towards a second eye of the user. The first image comprises a first area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding first area of the second image. The second image comprises a second, different area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding second area of the first image.

Abstract: Conventional problems are solved by providing a cooling mechanism having a nanocapillary structure constituted by graphene, a semiconductor device including the cooling mechanism, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A first metal layer, a first graphene layer formed on the first metal layer and having a nanocapillary channel, a second graphene layer joined to an upper surface of the nanocapillary channel to form an opening of a passage for a refrigerant, and a second metal layer covering the second graphene layer are included.

Abstract: A wing tip device for fixing to the outboard end of a wing, the wing defining a wing plane, the wing tip device comprising: an upper wing-like element projecting upwardly with respect to the wing plane and having a trailing edge; and a lower wing-like element fixed with respect to the upper wing-like element and having a root chord and a trailing edge, the lower wing-like element root chord intersecting with the upper wing-like element, and the lower wing-like element projecting downwardly from the intersection, wherein the upper wing-like element is larger than the lower wing-like element and the trailing edge of the lower wing-like element is adjacent the trailing edge of the upper wing-like element at the intersection, and wherein an included angle between the upper and lower wing-like elements at the intersection is less than, or equal to, 160 degrees.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a position of a user device; locating one or more surfaces providing one or more putative reflection points for a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) path between the user device and a wearable device; conditional upon locating the one or more surfaces, causing ranging signals to be exchanged between the user device and the wearable device to determine a relative position of the wearable device with respect to the user device; determining, from at least the relative position and position of the user device, data that enables calibration of one or more sensors of the wearable device; and causing transmission of the data to the wearable device.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to at least apparatus, methods, and computer programs, configured to control capture of two images of an area, across which a pulse propagates, using different shutter scanning directions. Either the images are converted into pulse-phase maps of the area and a pulse-phase difference map obtained which identifies differences between the pulse-phase maps of the area, or a colour difference map is obtained which identifies differences between the two images and the colour difference map is converted into a pulse-phase difference map. A shutter-time difference map is obtained which identifies differences between capture times of corresponding locations in the two images. Using the shutter-time difference map, the pulse-phase difference map is corrected to obtain a map of pulse-phase changes which have occurred over a duration of a shutter scan.

Abstract: A work machine includes a frame, a linkage assembly, a work implement connected to the linkage assembly, and a grade control calibration system. The grade control calibration system includes a vision processing system, which includes a sensor fixed to the linkage assembly and a first controller. The vision processing system is configured to measure a length of a cutting portion of the work implement, and to transmit the length of the cutting portion of the work implement. The grade control calibration system also includes a grade control system in communication with the vision processing system and the linkage assembly. The grade control system includes a second controller configured to receive the length of the cutting portion of the work implement from the first controller, and to calibrate a position of the work implement based on the received length of the cutting portion of the work implement.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide an apparatus for authentication of images. The apparatus comprises means for: receiving one or more images captured by an imaging device; extracting one or more light patterns from the one or more images where the one or more light patterns correspond to light reflected from at least part of an object that was positioned out of field of view of the imaging device when the one or more images were captured so that the at least part the object does not appear in the one or more images but light reflected from the at least part of the object that was positioned out of field of view creates the one or more light patterns in the one or more images; and determining if the extracted one or more light patterns correspond to a predetermined object to enable authentication of the one or more images.

Abstract: [Problem] The estimation accuracy of a class of an object is to be effectively improved. [Means of Solution] Provided is an information processing device including an estimation unit that estimates, based on an input image, a class of an object that is present in a real environment corresponding to an imaging range of the input image, wherein the object includes an acoustically useful object having an acoustic feature useful for class estimation, and the estimation unit estimates a class of the acoustically useful object based on acoustic data collected from around the acoustically useful object.

Abstract: A device for validating a surgical simulation is provided in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, the device including circuitry configured to: identify a portion of interest of a surgical event based on surgical information; provide an interactive surgical simulation to a network of surgeons, the interactive surgical simulation including the portion of interest of the surgical event; receive performance data from the network of surgeons, the performance data being indicative of actions taken by one or more surgeons in response to the interactive surgical simulation; and validate at least one of the portion of interest and/or the interactive surgical simulation based on the received performance data.

Abstract: A region of a sealing part is effectively utilized. -A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a substrate, a sealing part, and a cavity region. The substrate included in this semiconductor device is disposed adjacent to a bottom surface of the semiconductor element. The sealing part included in this semiconductor device is formed in a shape that covers an upper surface that is a surface facing the bottom surface of the semiconductor element, and seals the semiconductor element. The cavity region included in this semiconductor device is a region disposed in the sealing part and formed with a cavity.

Abstract: A surgical training system comprising circuitry configured to: obtain surgical information recorded during each of a plurality of surgical performances occurring at a plurality of identified times by each of a plurality of surgeons in a surgeon network; determine a level of influence of each surgeon using the surgical information and the identified times; and output an identifier of a surgeon with a level of influence which meets a predetermined condition as a candidate for receiving training.

Abstract: Systems are provided for logging transactions in heterogeneous networks that include a combination of one or more instrumented components and one or more non-instrumented components. The instrumented components are configured to generate impersonated log records for the non-instrumented components involved in the transaction processing hand-offs with the instrumented components. The impersonated log records are persisted with other log records that are generated by the instrumented components in a transaction log that is maintained by a central logging system to reflect a complete flow of the transaction processing performed on the object, including the flow through the non-instrumented component(s).

Abstract: Systems are provided for logging transactions in heterogeneous networks that include a combination of one or more instrumented components and one or more non-instrumented components. The instrumented components are configured to generate impersonated log records for the non-instrumented components involved in the transaction processing hand-offs with the instrumented components. The impersonated log records are persisted with other log records that are generated by the instrumented components in a transaction log that is maintained by a central logging system to reflect a complete flow of the transaction processing performed on the object, including the flow through the non-instrumented component(s).