Abstract: An imaging system includes a gantry and a compression system coupled to the gantry and rotatable relative to the gantry. The compression system includes a compression paddle, a support platform, and an x-ray receptor disposed below the support platform. An x-ray tube head is coupled to the gantry and includes an x-ray source and a light source. The x-ray tube head is independently rotatable relative to the gantry and the compression system. The light source is configured to generate at least a first light type and a different second light type directed towards the support platform. The second light type being mapped to an x-ray field of the x-ray source, and the generated second light type is based on a tilt angle of the x-ray tube head relative to the support platform and a compression force of the compression paddle.

Abstract: A sensor device is disclosed. The sensor device according to an aspect of the present disclosure may comprise: a housing within which a space is formed; a sensor module which is movably coupled to the housing and is exposed at one end thereof to the outside and configured to sense information on the state of an external member; and an electrically conducting part which is accommodated in the space of the housing and is in electrical communication with the sensor module to receive the detected information transferred from the sensor module and supply power to the sensor module therethrough, wherein the sensor module includes: a body part which is exposed to the outside; and an elastic member which is coupled to the body part and presses the body part toward the external member.

Abstract: A multi-arm robotic surgical system having an endoscopic camera (C) coupled to a robotic arm and a plurality of surgical instruments each detachably coupled to a robotic arm. The multi-arm robotic surgical system further comprises of a surgeon console having a master controller, a left-hand controller and a right-hand controller, a three-dimensional (3D) HD monitor, a two-dimensional (2D) touch screen monitor, a pair of trackable 3D glasses to be worn by the surgeon, a head tracking camera, a foot pedal controller, a control panel for performing emergency system functions, an electrosurgical unit interface, an image processor configured to process a 3D image data received from the endoscopic camera (C), a digital device configured to prepare an image data by using the processed 3D image data received from the image processor and superimposing it with a 2D overlay including a status of the plurality of surgical instruments and display on the 3D HD monitor and a patient side staff 3D monitor.

Abstract: Robotic systems and associated methods are described herein. The robotic system may collect measurements from various sensors corresponding to motion of the robotic system, the surrounding environment of the robotic system, or both. The robotic system may generate measurement data based on the collected measurements. Measurements from a particular sensor may be processed in conjunction with different sensors of the robotic system, which may facilitate more accurate or more useful measurement data. The systems and methods of the present disclosure enable the detection, labeling, and locating of features in real time or near real time using the robotic system with little or no reliance on human interaction to detect and map the features. The disclosure provides enhanced accuracy and efficiency as it enhances the functionality and reduces the reliance on human detection of features.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-patient monitoring capability to medical thermoregulation machines for neonatal patients. A centralized monitoring station for monitoring multiple neonatal patients provides visual and auditory observations, as well as other sensed conditions, to a caregiver. This capability permits rapid observation, assessment, and reaction to neonatal patient conditions responsive to adverse developments. The capability may also permit lower head counts among nursing and other staff while, at the same time, improving patient care.

Abstract: A moving body according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a communicator that performs wireless communication with an external apparatus; an index acquirer that acquires a first index value indicating a transmission path characteristic between the moving body and the external apparatus; and a movement controller that determines, based on the first index value, a first position or a first direction to or in which the moving body moves, and causes the moving body to move to the first position or in the first direction.

Abstract: A bioreactor for the production of organoids includes at least two reactor modules for cultivation of organoids, for example allowing parallel cultivation of organoids. A method for cell culturing using the bioreactor, more specifically a method for the expansion and differentiation of organoids using the bioreactor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. In response to receiving from a host a write request designating a first address for identifying data to be written, the controller encrypts the data with the first address and a first encryption key, and writes the encrypted data to the nonvolatile memory together with the first address. In response to receiving from the host a read request designating a physical address indicative of a physical storage location of the nonvolatile memory, the controller reads both the encrypted data and the first address from the nonvolatile memory on the basis of the physical address, and decrypts the read encrypted data with the first encryption key and the read first address.

Abstract: An offset piping device for relocating a sewer stub-out for a urinal without damaging a finished wall includes a pipe having a first portion, a second portion, and a middle portion extending therebetween. The middle portion is angled relative to the first and second portions whereby the first portion is offset from the second portion. A flange is rotatably coupled to the second portion. The flange can be used to couple a urinal to a wall when the first portion is being coupled with a drainpipe for the urinal. Because the first portion is offset from the second portion, access for the drainpipe relative to the wall is adjusted.

Abstract: A computing platform is configured to: (i) receive, from a first client station, (a) data related to the first client station and (b) a first image associated with a target location; (ii) based on the received data related to the first client station, determine a location signature associated with the first image; (iii) determine that the location signature associated with the first image has a threshold level of similarity to a location signature associated with a second image that is associated with the target location; (iv) evaluate at least the first image to determine progression of a construction-related activity at the target location; (v) based on the evaluation of at least the first image, determine that the construction-related activity at the target location has progressed a threshold amount; and (vi) transmit, to a second client station, a communication related to progression of the construction-related activity.

Abstract: A door locking device for a door of a household appliance includes a door sensing contact having an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration, a sensing pin configured to activate the disengaged configuration of the door sensing contact when the door is opened, a main power contact having an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration, a cut-out trigger configured to activate the disengaged configuration of the main power contact when the door is open, a cut-out pin configured to disengage the main power contact and the door sensing contact when the door is forcibly opened, a locking pin moveable between a door-locked and a door-unlocked position.

Abstract: An encoding method and apparatus, a decoding method and apparatus, and a device. The encoding method includes: reconstructing, on an encoder side, geometry information and connectivity information for a target three-dimensional mesh based on an encoding result of the geometry information and connectivity information of the target three-dimensional mesh; determining, on the encoder side based on the reconstructed geometry information and connectivity information, N predicted texture coordinates of each vertex in the target three-dimensional mesh by means of predicting vertices from multiple encoded triangles, where N is a positive integer greater than 1; and encoding, on the encoder side, a texture coordinate residual of each vertex; where the texture coordinate residual of the vertex is determined based on the N predicted texture coordinates of the vertex.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical seal assembly, comprising a mechanical seal (2) having a rotating slide ring (3) and a stationary slide ring (4) which define a sealing gap (5) between their sliding surfaces (3a, 4a), and a torque meter (6) which is configured to detect a torque acting on the stationary slide ring (4), wherein the torque meter (6) comprises a measuring unit (7) and a sensor (9), wherein the measuring unit (7) is fixed by a foot (72) to a housing (8) and comprises a free end (71) which protrudes in a groove (40) formed in an outer periphery of the stationary slide ring (4), and wherein the sensor (9) is configured to detect a position change of the measuring unit (7) in the groove (40).

Abstract: A gate driver includes a first transistor including a control electrode, a first electrode receiving a previous signal and a second electrode electrically connected to a Q node, a second transistor including a control electrode electrically connected to the Q node, a first electrode receiving a first voltage and a second electrode electrically connected to a QB node, a third transistor including a control electrode electrically connected to the Q node, a first electrode electrically connected to the QB node and a second electrode receiving a second voltage, a fourth transistor including a control electrode electrically connected to the QB node, a first electrode receiving the first voltage and a second electrode electrically connected to a GO node and a fifth transistor including a control electrode electrically connected to the Q node, a first electrode electrically connected to the GO node and a second electrode receiving the second voltage.

Abstract: Methods and program code for determining a location of a device within an environment and for calibrating the environment. Example computer readable medium for determining a location of a device within an environment comprises program code that when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to determine a current path signature for a device moving within an environment, compare the current path signature with a stored reference path signature corresponding to a location of interest (LOI) within the environment, and if it is determined that the current path signature corresponds to the stored reference path signature, determine the location of the device to be the same as a location of the LOI within the environment.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, receive-side audio processing for calls in a web conferencing client is provided by a method that includes receiving, by a device, an audio signal from a sending device and detecting, by the device, a particular telephony audio cue present in the audio signal, wherein the particular telephony audio cue has similar characteristics of noise that is to be removed by a noise removal operation. The method further includes preserving, by the device, the particular telephony audio cue in the audio signal throughout the noise removal operation on the audio signal and causing, by the device, an enhanced audio signal to be produced in conjunction with the noise removal operation, wherein the enhanced audio signal includes the particular telephony audio cue to be delivered to a receiver device.

Abstract: An electrode assembly alignment inspection apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a stacking table to which an electrode assembly including an electrode plate and a separator is supplied; a holder disposed on the stacking table to support an edge region of the electrode plate and the separator; an photographing unit photographing the electrode plate and the separator supplied to the stacking table; and a lighting unit irradiating light to the stacking table, wherein the holder includes a plurality of holes exposing a boundary between the electrode plate and the separator, and the lighting unit includes an auxiliary lighting disposed on the stacking table to illuminate portions exposed through the plurality of holes.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to generate ultrasound images. In at least one embodiment, use one or more neural networks are used to generate one or more ultrasound images of one or more objects based, at least in part, upon one or more acoustic properties of the one or more objects.

Abstract: A test system to conduct a sequence of electrical tests of an electrical cable is disclosed. The system includes a testing unit, a set of sensors, and two circuits. The two circuits are switchably coupled to a common voltage source and selectively electrically coupleable to the electric cable to enable the testing unit to conduct a respective test of the electrical cable.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to produce a conductor (14) for a circuit breaker (11), said conductor having a printed circuit board (14c) to be separated between two conductor ends and additionally having a conductor encapsulation (15) that has a cavity (20) in which the printed circuit board (14c) is located. This is achieved in that a plastic melt is injected, via at least one gate (21), into an injection mold, in which the conductor (14) is located. According to the invention, the gating process (21) is carried out from out of the cavity (20), through which the conductor passes, wherein the plastic melt flows from the gate (21) to the actual conductor encapsulation (15) through a runner (22; 24a-24d; 26a, 26b). In the process, the gate (21) can remain in the completed circuit breaker (11).