Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide testing systems with liquid cooled thermal arrays that can pivot freely in three dimensions allowing surfaces to be brought into even, level, and secure contact, thereby preventing air gaps between surfaces and improving thermal performance. In this way, more DUTs can be tested in parallel within a small test space, overall costs of the test system are reduced, and greater cooling capacity can be provided for testing high-powered devices. Gimbaled mounts can be disposed on a bottom surface of individual thermal interface boards (TIBs) of a test system, and/or on top of individual thermal heads of a thermal array (TA) having a common cold plate (or having multiple cold plates).

Abstract: A method for allowing a firmware update when a digital certificate for a firmware update image is expired includes initiating a firmware update of a computing device and determining, using a secure boot process, that a firmware update image has an expired digital certificate. The firmware update image is stored in nonvolatile memory accessible to a service processor and to a host processor of the computing device. The method includes determining that the firmware update image and an image of firmware with code of the secure boot process were digitally signed by a same entity and overriding the secure boot process to allow execution of the firmware update image in response to determining that the firmware update image and the image of the firmware with code of the secure boot process were digitally signed by a same entity.

Abstract: Methods, user interfaces and systems are described that enable responder preferences to be considered during deployment of a public responder network. In some embodiments, a user is able to set preferences such as a mobility status, a public accessibility preference, a incidents notifications preference or a geographic preference associated with a medical device that is a part of the public responder network. In some embodiments, the user is able to select or define an area for which incident notifications are desired or are to be restricted in some manner. The described approach is well suited for public responder networks that include medical devices such as defibrillators (e.g., AEDs) in the network.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for shaping a liquid material within a cryostorage bag while undergoing a freezing procedure.

Abstract: A conversational computing platform can manage credits and other fund transfers from merchants to consumers based on preexisting relationships with the consumers. More specifically, in transactions creating an amount due from a merchant to a consumer, a message may be initiated to the consumer indicating that an amount has been approved for processing, identifying a payment method for the consumer on file with the platform, and asking the consumer to send a response with an approval/authentication code in order to disambiguate the response and initiate the payment to an account of the consumer.

Abstract: As solution for predistorting a signal is presented. The solution comprises receiving (600) as an input a signal comprising at least two signal components on a different band, sampling (602) the input signal comprising linear terms, composite non-linear terms causing intermodulation outside Nyquist band of the input signal and further non-linear terms causing intermodulation inside the Nyquist band, the further non-linear terms comprising multi-band terms. Oversampling (604) by a given factor is applied to the signal in a first predistortion circuit for processing the linear terms and composite non-linear terms causing intermodulation outside Nyquist band; processing (606) the input signal without oversampling in a second predistortion circuit in parallel with the first predistortion circuit for the further non-linear terms. The rates of the output signals of the predistortion circuits are matched (608), combined and filtered (610).

Abstract: A touch module includes first and second mesh electrode layers respectively with first and second irregular mesh patterns. Line segments of the first irregular mesh pattern are configured to form a first radial pattern having a first intersection point by translation. A top X % fan-blade shape area of line segment density in the first radial pattern is defined as a first dense area, in which X is at least 10. Line segments of the second irregular mesh pattern are configured to form a second radial pattern having a second intersection point by translation. A top X % fan-blade shape area of line segment density in the second radial pattern is defined as a second dense area. When the first radial pattern and the second radial pattern are translated so that the first and second intersection points coincide, the first dense area and the second dense area do not overlap.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting activity include a first domestic appliance and a second domestic appliance. Such methods may include detecting a first interaction with one of the first domestic appliance and the second domestic appliance and increasing an activity counter by a first amount based on the first interaction. The methods also include detecting a second interaction with one of the first domestic appliance and the second domestic appliance and increasing the activity counter by a second amount based on the second interaction. The methods further include providing a user notification when the activity counter crosses a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Low noise amplifiers (LNAs) are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, an LNA includes an input balun configured to convert a single-ended radio frequency (RF) receive signal to a differential RF receive signal, an amplifier chain configured to amplify the differential RF receive signal to generate a differential amplified RF receive signal, and an output balun configured to convert the differential amplified RF receive signal into a single-ended amplified RF receive signal. The LNA's amplifier chain is operable in multiple gain modes, and includes a first differential amplification stage, a second differential amplification stage, and a third differential amplification stage.

Abstract: Managing metadata associated with a digital media asset includes selecting the digital media asset, displaying the digital media asset in a filmstrip format that presents one or more scenes from the digital media asset along a timeline, wherein each scene corresponds with an underlying point in time along the timeline, and wherein the digital media asset has a start time and an end time that define the timeline, displaying at least one track in timeline alignment with the film strip format wherein the at least one track corresponds with a type of metadata associated with the digital media asset, and displaying on the at least one track, one or more segments, wherein each segment has a start point and an end point along the timeline and wherein each respective segment represents a span of time in which the type of metadata occurs within the digital media asset.

Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can includes a battery cell assembly of stacked battery cell units. The battery cell assembly can be mounted on a pack tray. A pack cross beam can be located on a side surface of the battery cell assembly on the pack tray and provided with an internal gas passage. A venting unit can be located on an upper part of the battery cell assembly. The battery cell unit can include at least one battery cell and a cell cover to partially surround the battery cell. The cell cover can include at least one venting part. The venting unit can include a plurality of venting channels to guide a gas from the venting unit to the gas passage. Each venting channel can be aligned to a corresponding battery cell unit.

Abstract: In an image reading apparatus, the image reading apparatus reads a document bundle to acquire a document image, and determines a first page of the document image according to the selected division method by a user. A page number recognizer extracts a page number from the document image by executing page number recognition processing, and determines the document image indicating a first page to be a first page of the document. A layout recognizer detects a marginal area or background color from the document image by executing layout recognition processing, and determines the first page of the document. A title recognizer extracts a title by executing title recognition processing and determines the first page of the document. A divider divides the document image into documents on the basis of the determined first page, converts the divided document images into files, and stores the files in a storage device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a rotation mechanism capable of rotating a rectangular display device between a landscape orientation with longer sides being top and bottom and a portrait orientation with shorter sides being top and bottom; a detection sensor that detects switching of the display device between the landscape orientation and the portrait orientation; and a controller that, upon detection of switching of the display device from the landscape orientation to the portrait orientation by the detection sensor, enlarges a preview display area and allows a preview to be displayed in a size enlarged to fit the enlarged preview display area and displayed to make top and bottom edges of the preview parallel to the shorter sides of the display device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic separator supply apparatus. The automatic separator supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for supplying a separator winding roll, the apparatus including: a transfer unit which includes a unit shaft for receiving the separator winding roll and moves the received separator winding roll; and an unwinder which includes an unwinder shaft, to which the separator winding roll moved by the transfer unit is mounted, and unwinds the separator from the separator winding roll mounted to the unwinder shaft when the electrode and the separator are wound. The transfer unit mounts the separator winding roll to the unwinder shaft of the unwinder after the unit shaft is aligned with the unwinder shaft of the unwinder.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display device, a rotation mechanism that allows the display device to rotate between a landscape orientation in which the long sides are a top and a bottom and a portrait orientation in which the short sides are a top and a bottom, a detection sensor that detects switching between the landscape orientation and the portrait orientation of the display device, and a controller that causes the display device to perform display according to a posture of the display device based on a detection result obtained by the detection sensor. Further, when the controller determines that the posture of the display device has switched at a predetermined frequency or more based on the detection result obtained by the detection sensor, the controller causes the display device to display a message indicating occurrence of a problem related to a rotational operation of the display device.

Abstract: An indirect Time-of-Flight sensor having a pixel array which includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel having three or more taps and a read-out circuit configured to read-out charges collected at the respective three or more taps.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.