Abstract: The invention relates to a control interface (1) for controlling at least one function of a unit of a motor vehicle, the control interface comprising a base, a control key tilting in two orthogonal directions, a gimbal interposed between the control key and the base in order to define a first and a second orthogonal tilting direction, a guide rod carried by the lower face of the control key arranged opposite the base and a cruciform guide matrix aligned in the two orthogonal tilting directions and carried by the base and arranged opposite the guide rod and cooperating with the free end thereof so as to prevent tilting of the control key in a direction other than the two orthogonal tilting directions.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing remote healthcare services including remote diagnostics, and facilitating third-party healthcare payments. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an input including authentication credentials from a healthcare entity, and also requests assistance from another healthcare entity. The computer system authenticates the first healthcare entity using the authentication credentials, receives an input including authentication credentials from the other healthcare entity, and authenticates the other healthcare entity using these authentication credentials. The computer system further receives real-time information related to a health condition of a patient, where the real-time health condition information is provided to the second healthcare entity.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing remote healthcare services including remote diagnostics, and facilitating third-party healthcare payments. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an input including authentication credentials from a healthcare entity, and also requests assistance from another healthcare entity. The computer system authenticates the first healthcare entity using the authentication credentials, receives an input including authentication credentials from the other healthcare entity, and authenticates the other healthcare entity using these authentication credentials. The computer system further receives real-time information related to a health condition of a patient, where the real-time health condition information is provided to the second healthcare entity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a motor vehicle, comprising: a tactile surface (2) for detecting the contact of the finger of a user and the movement of the finger on the tactile surface; and a haptic and/or acoustic feedback module (4) designed to make the tactile surface (2) vibrate and/or to generate an acoustic feedback for the user, in response to contact on the tactile surface (2); characterised in that it comprises a management unit (5) designed to manage the haptic feedback and/or acoustic feedback module (4) in order to generate a haptic and/or acoustic feedback of which at least one parameter of the haptic and/or acoustic feedback varies with the direction of movement of the finger on the tactile surface (2). The invention also relates to a control method.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing remote healthcare services including remote diagnostics, and facilitating third-party healthcare payments. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an input including authentication credentials from a healthcare entity, and also requests assistance from another healthcare entity. The computer system authenticates the first healthcare entity using the authentication credentials, receives an input including authentication credentials from the other healthcare entity, and authenticates the other healthcare entity using these authentication credentials. The computer system further receives real-time information related to a health condition of a patient, where the real-time health condition information is provided to the second healthcare entity.

Abstract: A contact tracing protocol performed by an integrated contact tracing platform is disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods directed to reconciling electronic health records of a patient are disclosed. For example, a system includes: a memory storing instructions that implement an application for reconciling electronic health records of a patient; and a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory. The processing device capable of executing the application to: receive an indicator of permission to access an electronic health record of the patient maintained by a health provider; access, using the indicator, the electronic health record; determine if there are any inconsistencies or contraindications between the electronic health record and another electronic health record maintained by another health provider; and provide a notification of an inconsistency or a contraindication to the health provider and the other health provider.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle control device comprising: a touch surface (2) for detecting contact from a finger of a user and locating the contact on the touch surface (2); and a haptic and/or audio feedback module (4) configured such as to cause the touch surface (2) to vibrate and/or such as to generate audio feedback to the user, in response to contact with the touch surface (2), characterized in that said motor vehicle control device comprises a control unit (5) configured such as to control the haptic and/or audio feedback module (4) such that the value of at least one parameter of the haptic and/or audio feedback depends on the distance (D) between the location (P1) of the finger of the user and a target area (Zc) for controlling the touch surface (2). The invention also relates to a control method.

Abstract: An aircraft, in particular an unmanned aerial vehicle with wing-borne flight mode and hover flight mode, comprises a wing structure (4) having a left (6), middle (7), and right wing section (8). A support structure extends from the wing structure (4), and has an upper and lower support section. Each one of the left and right wing section (6, 8), and upper and lower support section (18, 20) has a thrust unit (10, 12, 22, 24). Left and right wingtip sections are rotatable relative to a left and right wing base section, respectively, around an axis extending substantially in a lengthwise direction of the wing structure. The thrust units (10,12) of the left and right wing sections(6, 8) are provided at the respective wingtip sections, in particular at the extremities thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a haptic-feedback tactile interface module, including: a tactile surface capable of detecting at least one characteristic of a pressure exerted by a user; at least one haptic-feedback actuator configured to transmit haptic feedback to the tactile surface; and a processing and control unit connected to the tactile surface and to said at least one actuator. The processing and control unit is configured so as to activate the haptic-feedback actuator in a first time window (T1) so as to induce at least one mechanical wave propagating over the tactile surface, capable of being perceived as haptic feedback, and in a second time window (T2) so as to generate at least one mechanical pulse (202-1, 202-2, 202-3) which is phase-shifted relative to the mechanical wave in order to dampen said mechanical wave.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides the development of engineered cardiomyocytes having mutations in transcription factor involved in vivo with cardiac development and/or function. These cell populations comprise mutations that are associated with deleterious effects in vivo in mammals. The mutations of the engineered cardiomyocytes of the disclosure thus are rationally designed based on demonstrated physiological effects in mammals, e.g., mice or humans.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control interface for a motor vehicle, said interface including: a capacitive touch panel (9) including at least one locating capacitive sensor (17) defining a detecting surface and configured to locate a finger of a user on this detecting surface of the capacitive touch panel (9), and a display module (3) comprising a display screen (5). The capacitive touch panel (9) furthermore includes at least one contactless sensor (19) forming a distance meter configured to measure contactlessly a measurement value proportional to the distance between the contactless sensor (19) forming the distance meter and a metal element (7) borne by the display module (3), and the capacitive touch panel (9) is listened to the display screen (5) by way of a transparent elastic optical adhesive layer (21) allowing a relative movement between said capacitive touch panel (9) and the display screen (5) when a user presses on the capacitive touch panel (9).

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for a motor vehicle, which includes: a touch-sensitive surface (2) including a contact sensor capable of measuring a pressing pressure on the touch-sensitive surface (2) during a predetermined time (dt; dt1, dt2), and a haptic feedback module (4) configured such as to generate a haptic feedback in response to a contact of the touch-sensitive surface (2), characterised in that the haptic feedback module (4) is configured such as to determine the profile of the haptic feedback to be generated in accordance with the variation in the pressing pressure measured on the touch-sensitive surface (2) during the predetermined time (dt; dt1, dt2).

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator (7) which comprises: a frame (11) intended for being in contact with the tactile interface via a contact wall (13) so as to transmit haptic feedback to the tactile surface; a stator (15) connected to the frame (11); a movable core (19) connected via at least one resilient element to the frame (11) and intended for being moved by the stator (15) so as to generate the haptic feedback; an electromagnet (17) and at least one permanent magnet (20), one of which is supported by the stator and the other by the movable core (19). The actuator (7) also comprises a shock absorber (23) arranged between the movable core (19) and the contact wall (13), and said resilient element is sized so that, when the electromagnet is not powered, the movable core (19) applies a bearing force towards the contact wall (13) and, when the electromagnet is powered according to a predetermined polarisation, the movable core (19) moves away from the contact wall (13).

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device with sensory feedback (1) comprising: a detector (11) of gestures of the hand (9) of a user (3), a sensory feedback unit (15) connected to the gesture detector (11) and providing sensory feedback to the user (3) in accordance with the gestures of the user's hand (9), characterised in that the sensory feedback unit (15) includes a unit (17) for blowing a stream of air towards an area (19) for detecting gestures of the hand (9) of the user (3).

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to providing remote healthcare services including remote diagnostics, and facilitating third-party healthcare payments. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an input including authentication credentials from a healthcare entity, and also requests assistance from another healthcare entity. The computer system authenticates the first healthcare entity using the authentication credentials, receives an input including authentication credentials from the other healthcare entity, and authenticates the other healthcare entity using these authentication credentials. The computer system further receives real-time information related to a health condition of a patient, where the real-time health condition information is provided to the second healthcare entity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device (1) for a motor vehicle, which includes: a display module (3) comprising a flat screen (7) provided on the rear surface thereof with mounting feet (17), each mounting foot (17) including a tapped hole for receiving a mounting screw (21); and a housing (9) holding the display module (3), said housing (9) having a bottom wall (23) and on which the mounting feet (1) of the flat screen (7) are mounted by screwing, characterised in that it also comprises a membrane made of resilient material (29) arranged between the mounting feet (17) and covering each mounting foot (17) so as to be inserted between the mounting feet (17) and the bottom wall (23) of the housing (9), and in that the mounting screws (17) of the flat screen (7) pass through the bottom wall (23) and the membrane made of resilient material (29) so as to engage with the tapped hole of each foot (17).

Abstract: A control interface with haptic feedback for a motor vehicle to take into account an action of a user by providing the user with a haptic feedback. The control unit includes a magnetorheological fluid module that has a rotary element which rotates about an axis of the magnetorheological fluid module, said rotary element being in contact with magnetorheological fluid and designed to be coupled to a grip element, and an application unit for applying a magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid, designed to modify the strength of the magnetic field. The control interface also includes a control unit having a fixed tactile surface arranged at the centre of the grip element.

Abstract: A control device for an automotive vehicle has a touch surface with a plate bearing a contact sensor that detects contact of a finger of a user, a haptic feedback module that vibrates the touch surface, which includes actuators positioned below the touch surface and linked to the plate of the touch surface, and a driver unit configured to drive the haptic feedback module to generate haptic feedback in response to a press on the touch surface. The haptic feedback is composed of a vibratory signal produced by control signals including one or more succession of pulses sent to the actuators, wherein each of the plurality of control signals generates one individual haptic pattern, a repetition of at least two identical individual haptic patterns, generated successively, and a period with no haptic feedback between two successive individual haptic patterns. A method of control of such a device is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control interface (1) with haptic feedback, in particular for a motor vehicle, intended to take account of an action of a user by providing him with haptic feedback, comprising a magneto-rheological fluid module (5), the said module (5) comprising: a rotary element (7) rotating about an axis (Z) of the module (5), said rotary element (7) being in contact with the magneto-rheological fluid and intended to be coupled with a gripping element (3), and a unit (9) for applying a magnetic field to the magneto-rheological fluid and configured so as to modify the intensity of said magnetic field.