Abstract: A multi-axis linear motor actuator has a circuit board having a size covering coil portions in linear shaft motors arranged in a row, and combined with the linear shaft motors to be adjacent thereto and parallel to its arrangement direction; and magnetic shielding plates, longer than the coil portions, arranged and fixed along an axial direction at positions corresponding to positions between adjacent coil portions. Hall sensors are installed in the circuit board in each region corresponding to each linear shaft motor at intervals in a moving direction of a shaft of each linear shaft motor. Each magnetic shielding plate has a wide portion with a width greater than a diameter of the coil portion at a part corresponding to the region where the Hall sensors are installed. The circuit board has first slits for inserting the wide portions. The Hall sensors are installed adjacent to the wide portion.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing enhanced coupled inductive devices. In one embodiment, an inductive device is disclosed that is suitable in Ethernet applications with data speeds exceeding one (1) Gbps. Specifically, the inductive devices described herein possess a high level of magnetic and capacitive coupling between the wires of the windings. Moreover, the inductive devices described herein are suitable for automated processes, thereby reducing the overall costs associated with their manufacture and use. Furthermore, methods for manufacturing and using these aforementioned inductive devices are also disclosed. For example, the aforementioned inductive devices may readily be incorporated into ICMs thereby replacing, in their entirety or in part, manually wound toroidal transformers.

Abstract: Examples include a coordinator device broadcasting a route request identifying a destination device, to neighbor routers over reception paths. The neighbor routers then store a respective route record, indicating each as an end node in an in-progress path from the coordinator device to the destination device, and rebroadcast the route request for reception by next increment router neighbors. The next increment router neighbors, responsive to receiving the rebroadcasts, estimate a quality between good hop and bad hop of their reception paths, and determine, as an evaluation total path quality, a quality of a candidate hop path from the coordinator device to the next increment router neighbor. The next increment router neighbors determine if they have extant hop connection to the coordinator device with path quality at least as good as the evaluation total path quality. If “no,”, the next increment router neighbor increments the hop sequence by one hop.

Abstract: Provided is a dynamic projection system suitable for an automobile. The system includes a light source, a collimating lens, a first microlens array, an LCD projection source and a second microlens array, wherein the dynamic projection system further comprises a polarization grating used for separating P-polarized light and S-polarized light, and a wave plate array. The wave plate array includes a plurality of ½ wave plates arranged at intervals. The polarization grating is arranged in front of the first microlens array and the second microlens array, the ½ wave plates and the LCD projection source are arranged between the first microlens array and the second microlens array, and the ½ wave plates are arranged in front of the LCD projection source to play a role in converting one of the P-polarized light and the S-polarized light into the other one of the P-polarized light and the S-polarized light.

Abstract: Flexible catheters adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high-voltage, fast (e.g., microsecond, sub-microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond, etc.) electrical energy to target tissue may include a plurality of conductive layers, that may be coaxial. These catheters and method of using them to treat tissue are configured to reduce or avoid arcing.

Abstract: Attacks on a network device, e.g. an IoT device, are detected by analyzing network traffic and subsequently quarantining or blocking the network device on the network to prevent lateral movement of malware. The techniques described herein relate to developing a baseline of network device activity corresponding with a network device during a learning period and comparing the baseline of network device activity with new network activity by the network device in order to identify potentially unusual network device activity by the network device. If unusual network activity is found, remedial actions such as quarantining the network device or restricting some access to a network may be initiated.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for facilitating determination of morphology (e.g., shape) and structure (e.g., size, rigidity) and/or penetrating channels (e.g., microchannels) of occlusions (e.g., clots, fluid obstructions, tumors, chronic total occlusions) involving magnetic particles (e.g., nanoparticles, microparticles) controlled by an external magnetic control system.

Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses (e.g., systems and devices) and methods of delivering nanosecond pulsed electrical fields (nsPEF). In particular, these apparatuses and methods may provide enhanced safety and robust operation over even very short (e.g., nanosecond and sub-nanosecond pulses) and high voltage pulsing; these benefits may be accomplished by multi-functional isolation of various subsystems and components of the apparatus, even including the low-voltage, control and command portions of the apparatus with extremely low capacitance, high voltage isolation.

Abstract: A modular material tracking system is provided for tracking material stored on and drawn from a reel using a modular system. The modular material tracking system may include a detection element, digital logic components, location receiver, enclosure, analytic components, interface component, sensor module, and plate module. One or more sensors relative to the reel may detect a position indicative of forward or reverse reel rotation. A processor may analyze signals to count rotations of the reel, which is savable in memory. A battery may provide power. The system may also record the time and location associated with rotations. A method for tracking material stored on and drawn from a reel using a modular material tracking system is also provided.

Abstract: An erythrocyte de-aggregation system includes a band, including a strap and housing securing an iron-cored, micro-coil to an appendage, such as a wrist, of a subject to apply a PEMF into a target vessel in the vascular system of the subject. Typically, all of the blood circulates about the body within a matter of a few minutes, some within seconds, thus treating the entire bloodstream over time. The portable PEMF system intensifies both the concentration of electromagnetic flux per unit area, as well as the depth of penetration into the body. The portable PEMF systems relies on the body's circulatory system to eventually pass the body's entire volume of blood past it over a period of time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and devices for controlling electric vehicle charging across multiple customers and multiple fleets of electric vehicles. These methods, systems, and devices may implement machine learning to determine distinct charging strategies for a plurality of charging depots. Scheduling methods systems, and devices disclosed herein do not require fixed electric vehicle arrival times but may instead update charging strategies in real time based on changes in a state of a system.

Abstract: Methods registering an extravascular image with an intravascular image include obtaining a first feature information of a blood vessel segment in the intravascular image and obtaining a second feature information of a reference blood vessel in the extravascular image, where the reference blood vessel is an entire blood vessel in which the blood vessel segment is located. The methods also include performing a primary registration on the first and second feature information to obtain a third feature information that includes external contour and external branch information of a target blood vessel segment in the extravascular image, corresponding to the blood vessel segment. A secondary registration is performed on the first and third feature information to obtain a target registration result. The method can implement fast and accurate registration of the external image and the intravascular image. The methods enable a corresponding apparatus computing device, and storage medium.

Abstract: A system for processing compounds having constituent materials of different mechanical characteristics to extract their constituent materials. The system includes a kinetic impactor configured to impact, via a shockwave, compound particles of a preimpact mixture, thereby creating a postimpact mixture including (i) subparticles of 1st-constituent-material and (ii) reduced-compound particles including a 2nd constituent material.

Abstract: A pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) web using immersive, flux-guided, micro-coils to direct intense, deeply penetrating, magnetic flux into a subject from each micro-coil capable of pointing in an arbitrary direction. Micro-coils are spooled around iron cores, insulated properly, and soldered to connecting wires, all embedded in a polymeric resin, such as cold-cured silicone resin. Nodes protect, enclose, insulate electrically, and otherwise protect the micro-coils. Connectors between nodes provide mechanical stability against breaking of wires, while permitting folding, bending, buckling, and otherwise deflecting to position the nodes as desired with three degrees of freedom.

Abstract: A method of controlling battery preconditioning in a vehicle includes determining a first preconditioning characteristic of a first battery of a first vehicle relative to a charging station. The method further includes transmitting the first preconditioning characteristic. The method further includes receiving, from a second vehicle, a second preconditioning characteristic of a second battery relative to the charging station. The method further includes comparing the first preconditioning characteristic and the second preconditioning characteristic to determine a preconditioning ranking for the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The method further includes determining a queue of the first and second vehicles for the charging station using the preconditioning ranking of the first and second vehicles.

Abstract: The present disclosure uses statistical analysis and an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to identify a plurality of targets for emphasis. An emphasis is a real-world activity that is designed to lead to a desired behavior by a target. The targets are assigned to strategies based on attributes associated with the targets. Strategies define different portions of a life cycle associated with the targets. Each strategy is rated according to its health, which is defined according to primary indicators for that strategy. Emphasis is placed on targets in an attempt to improve the primary indicators for a strategy. A user interface allows for selection of targets in a manner that improves the health of weak strategies and indicators as predicted by the AI algorithm instead of focusing on a single overall metric for all targets being analyzed.

Abstract: The present disclosure uses statistical analysis and an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help identify a plurality of targets for emphasis. An emphasis is a real-world activity that is designed to lead to a desired behavior by a target. A user interface is presented that allows for a selection of targets in a manner that improves the health of weak strategies and indicators as predicted by the AI algorithm instead of focusing on a single overall metric for all targets being analyzed. One embodiment has a user interface that provide a plurality of graphical units, with each graphical unit containing information about a particular indicator. Data that reflects indicator values over multiple time segments is shown within the graphical units, while the periphery of the graphical unit is color coded based on a trend for the indicator.

Abstract: A sound capture system can include a sound capture device configured for placement within a sound-generating device. The sound capture system can include a suspension system configured to suspend the sound capture device within the sound-generating device. The suspension system acoustically decouples the sound capture device from the sound-generating device. The sound capture device includes a plurality of transducers configured to generate a plurality of audio signals concurrently from sound generated by the sound-generating device. In another aspect, the sound capture system includes a signal processing circuit.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses (e.g., devices, instruments and systems, including applicator handles for use with pulse generators) for automatically and/or mechanically setting impedance matching for connecting the applicator handle with different electrode tips. These methods and apparatuses may be useful for applying therapeutic energy, including but not limited to short, high field strength electric pulses, while avoiding the risk of arcing or otherwise harming the tissue.

Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses and methods for applying high voltage, sub-microsecond (e.g., nanosecond range) pulsed output to a biological material, e.g., tissues, cells, etc., using a high voltage (e.g., MOSFET) gate driver circuit having a high voltage isolation and a low inductance. In particular, described herein are multi-core pulse transformers comprising independent transformer cores arranged in parallel on opposite sides of a substrate. The transformer cores may have coaxial primary and secondary windings. Also describe are pulse generators including multi-core pulse transformers arranged in parallel (e.g., on opposite sides of a PCB) to reduce MOSFET driver gate inductance.