Abstract: An ice making assembly includes an ice mold and a pump assembly for urging an ice-building spray into the ice mold to form an ice billet. A controller operates the pump assembly to provide the ice-building spray at a first flow rate until the ice billet reaches a predetermined thickness and then operates the pump assembly to provide the ice-building spray at a second flow rate that is less than the first flow rate.

Abstract: An image processor comprises first and second hardware accelerators and is configured to implement a classifier. The classifier in some embodiments comprises a cascaded classifier having a plurality of stages with each such stage implementing a plurality of decision trees. At least one of the first and second hardware accelerators of the image processor is configured to generate an integral image based on a given input image, and the second hardware accelerator is configured to process image patches of the integral image through one or more of a plurality of decision trees of the classifier implemented by the image processor. By way of example, the first and second hardware accelerators illustratively comprise respective front-end and back-end accelerators of the image processor, and an integral image calculator configured to generate the integral image based on the given input image is implemented in one of the front-end accelerator and the back-end accelerator.

Abstract: Multi-touch sensing device for use with radiological workstations and methods of use. The multi-touch sensing device may be capable of displaying radiological images, the device having a touch screen communicatively coupled with the radiological workstation via a controller, the touch screen adapted to display a work area that includes at least one of a first sensing area adapted to receive touch gestures from a first hand of a user and a second sensing area adapted to receive touch gestures from a second hand of the user.

Abstract: Narrowband quadrupole resonance (QR) probes were developed from thin-film high-temperature superconducting (HTS) resonators. The QR probes are useful in analyte-detection systems, in particular for the detection of nitrogen-containing compounds. Embodiments of the invention provide greater than an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity and the ability to reject RF interference sources located outside the pass-band of a superconducting QR probe. Methods and apparatus are described for analyte detection and resonance frequency adjustment.

Abstract: Narrowband quadrupole resonance (QR) probes were developed from thin-film high-temperature superconducting (HTS) resonators. The QR probes are useful in analyte-detection systems, in particular for the detection of nitrogen-containing compounds. Embodiments of the invention provide greater than an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity and the ability to reject RF interference sources located outside the pass-band of a superconducting QR probe. Methods and apparatus are described for analyte detection and resonance frequency adjustment.

Abstract: Method and apparatus 40 for securing a cut sheet 14 bearing a repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive 140 directly to an advertising signatures 12. A linerless elongated sheeting 54 having a backside 56 partially coated with a repositionable adhesive 140 is transported to a cutting mechanism 60 without having the adhesive 140 make substantial contact with the apparatus 40. The linerless elongated sheeting 54 is severed by the cutting mechanism 60 to provide a cut repositionable sheet 14 which is subsequently adhered to the advertising signature 12.

Abstract: A map matching navigation system for monitoring vehicle state characteristics including the location of a vehicle on a map route. The map matching navigation system may operate in a fixed mode wherein the map route is inputted by a user or a flexible mode wherein the map matching navigation system determines the map route from a plurality of measured points which correspond to the location of the vehicle. The map matching navigation system additionally updates the location of the vehicle at a plurality of positions on the map route wherein the vehicle location is known with an increased level of confidence.