Abstract: A method for tracking inventory items is provided. The method includes using sensors to produce respective sequences of images of corresponding fields of view, the field of view of each sensor overlapping with the field of view of at least one other sensor. The method includes dividing the area of real space into cells having volume and coordinates in a real space, and identifying inventory items and their locations in three dimensions using the sequences of images produced by at least two sensors having overlapping fields of view. The method includes, in response to the identification of the inventory items: (i) matching locations in three dimensions of identified inventory items with cells in the plurality of cells, and (ii) determining, for a particular inventory item matched with a particular cell, whether a count of the particular inventory item is below a threshold for re-stocking the particular inventory item.

Abstract: An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure can include an anvil, a cartridge, and a knife. The anvil includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a face that is positionable on a first side of the anatomical structure. The cartridge is configured to house a plurality of staples and includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a face that is positionable on a second side of the anatomical structure. The knife has a cutting edge, the knife being operably configured to move from a first position at about a distal end of the end effector to a second position at about a proximal end of the end effector. The distal end of the anvil is movably coupled to the distal end of the cartridge.

Abstract: A multi-switch pump assembly is disclosed that facilitates switched flow and/or mixed flow from the pump assembly. The multi-switch pump assembly comprises a pump body, an electric motor, a rotating motor shaft, a first pump stage and impeller, and a second pump stage and impeller. The first pump stage includes a first inlet and first and second outlets disposed about the pump body. The second pump stage includes a second fluid inlet connected to a mix chamber. The mix chamber further connected to the second fluid outlet of the first pump stage. The second stage further includes a second and a third outlet disposed about the pump body. An actuator connected to a valve assembly is arranged to operate and place the valve assembly into at least a first, a second, a third and a fourth switched positions to direct fluid flow between the first and the second pump stages and the first, second, third and fourth fluid outlets.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermocouple wafer calibration system including: a main body portion composed of a chamber forming a sealed space, and a support installed a lower edge of the chamber and supporting the chamber to be spaced apart from the ground; a thermocouple wafer composed of a plate installed to be horizontal inside the sealed space of the chamber, and a first thermocouple unit attached to a upper surface of the plate so as to form a plurality of first measurement contact points; a calibration portion provided with a second thermocouple unit penetrating the chamber in a space where the chamber spaced from the ground, then partially accommodated inside the sealed space, and calibrated to form a plurality of second measurement contact points in contact with a lower surface of the plate at a position corresponding to each of the first measurement contact points; a temperature measurement portion partially accommodated inside the sealed space of the chamber and measuring a temperature of th

Abstract: For leveling tile, a tile leveling device includes a tower, a base, and two leveling ridges. The tower includes a cross piece and two struts that extend in a distal direction along a first axis from the cross piece. The base is connected to the two struts at a base intersection and extending along a traverse axis from the two struts, the base comprising two side edges, two front edges, and four diagonal cutouts, wherein the two side edges are each perpendicular to both the two front edges, a diagonal cutout is between each side edge and front edge pair at a diagonal angle and each strut comprises a notch along a break line at an outer intersection. The two leveling ridges are disposed on a proximal surface of the base.

Abstract: An apparatus and coolant pump for use in a thermal management system includes a pump housing having an inlet for receiving coolant from the thermal management system and at least first and second outlets extending from the pump housing for directing coolant to at least a first and a second coolant loop. An impeller coupled to an electrical pump motor drives the coolant from the inlet to the first or the second outlet. A valve mounted between the impeller and the first and second outlets selectively directs the flow of coolant through the first or the second outlet. A temperature sensor installed on the pump housing inlet measures the temperature of the coolant entering the coolant pump.

Abstract: Embodiments include an end effector including an anvil, the anvil having an anvil face, a cartridge having a cartridge face, the cartridge being configured to retain a plurality of staples, a cord, and a buttress being coupled with the anvil face or the cartridge face and including a planar section of material and a plurality of loops extending laterally from a first side and a second side of the planar section of material, wherein at least one of the anvil or the cartridge includes a plurality of cord supports.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining the position of a ring magnet fixed to a rotating device includes locating the ring magnet proximate to a sensor that is sensitive to magnetic polarities. The ring magnet includes a plurality of magnetic pole pairs of opposite magnetic polarities, having at least one pole pair larger than at least three other pole pairs. The sensor produces an output signal for each pole pair that represents a period when a pole pair is detected by the sensor as the ring magnet is rotated by the device. The output signals from the sensor are coupled to a digital circuit that differentiates the three smaller pole pairs from the at least one larger pole pair to determine the position of the ring magnet.

Abstract: A method for identifying an inventory item is provided. The method includes using first one or more sensors to produce first one or more outputs indicative of an inventory item, using second one or more sensors to produce second one or more outputs indicative of the inventory item, generating, based on the first one or more outputs and independent of the second one or more outputs, a first confidence level of the inventory item being a first inventory item, generating, based on the second one or more outputs and independent of the first one or more outputs, a second confidence level of the inventory item being a second inventory item, and identifying, based on the first confidence level and the second confidence level, the inventory item as one of the first inventory item or the second inventory item.

Abstract: At least some embodiments herein are related to a semiconductor chip assembly comprising: a memory containing information related to entering a standard state for a vanadium-based battery; and a processor, operatively connected with the memory, that provides instructions or commands related to entering the standard state for the vanadium-based battery, by setting a constant temperature that is used in performing open circuit voltage (OCV) measurements, by setting one or more voltage values with respect to a particular voltage region that is used in performing the OCV measurements, and maintaining an equilibrium state of the vanadium-based battery while performing the OCV measurements. Also disclosed is a method comprising: entering a standard state for a vanadium-based battery and maintaining an equilibrium state of the vanadium-based battery while performing the OCV measurements.

Abstract: The technology disclosed teaches a system and methods for tracking subjects in an area of real space, as well as tracking subjects in a plurality of areas of real space. The technology disclosed can also track subjects in two or more separate tracking spaces that are within a previously designated region but have separate sets of sensors and cameras. The disclosed system and methods can track groups of subjects in two or more separate tracking spaces that are within a previously designated region. For the purposes of tracking subjects, a subject persistence processing engine compares the newly located (or newly identified) subjects in the current identification interval with preceding identification intervals. This can be applied to an autonomous shopping environment, enabling shoppers to seamlessly make shopping transactions across multiple stores or locations within the previously designated region and allowing for sharing of shopping data across the multiple stores or locations.

Abstract: A strain measuring device includes a first sensing optical fiber disposed on a surface of a measurement target. A second sensing optical fiber is spaced apart from the first sensing optical fiber and arranged parallel to the first sensing optical fiber. The second sensing optical fiber is spaced apart from the surface of the measurement target. An optical fiber guide has an inner cavity. The optical fiber guide is bonded to the surface of the measurement target to be positioned on the surface of the measurement target. The second sensing optical fiber is disposed in the inner cavity. A controller receives measured values from the first sensing optical fiber and the second sensing optical fiber. The first sensing optical fiber and the second sensing optical fiber include optical fibers for measuring strain.

Abstract: At least some embodiments herein are related to setting one or more standard conditions related to a redox battery and performing one or more measurements with respect to the redox battery in accordance with the set standard conditions. The standard conditions include a constant temperature, a plurality of voltage values with respect to a particular voltage range, and an equilibrium state of the redox battery. The measurements are used in performing an assessment of the redox battery. The particular voltage range is used when charging or discharging the redox battery, and the particular voltage range is specifically established by considering voltage changes in accordance with changes in an amount of current during charging or discharging of the redox battery.

Abstract: A method of tracking subjects in an area. The method includes processing by a plurality of trained inference engines that process respective sequences of images in the plurality of sequences of images to locate features of subjects in corresponding fields of view of the respective sequences and receiving information that includes combined located features from more than one of the trained inference engines which process respective sequences of images having overlapping fields of view to generate data locating subjects in three dimensions in the area of real space during identification intervals, and matching located subjects from a plurality of identification intervals to identify tracked subjects, including comparing located subjects with tracked subjects.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and component parts of a system for the external fixation of bones. The component parts include fixation plates such as a C-shaped Plate, an N-shaped Plate, a J-shaped Plate, a K-shaped Plate, an I-shaped Plate, a Foor Plate, a Z-shaped Plate and a T-shaped Plate. Two or more fixation plates are configured along an axis, the two or more fixation plates; a plurality of telescoping adjustable struts that connect a first fixation plate along the axis with a second fixation plate of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis, wherein the first and second fixation plates are adjacent plates along the axis; and a plurality of posts, each post connecting two adjacent fixation plates of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eye phantom for evaluating a retinal angiography image, and a manufacturing method therefor. A purpose of the present invention is to provide an eye phantom for evaluating a retinal angiography image, capable of simulating even the vascular structure and blood flow of a retina so as to be more similar to an actual retinal structure than a conventional eye phantom; and a manufacturing method therefor. More specifically, a purpose of the present invention is to provide an eye phantom for evaluating a retinal angiography image, including various shapes of fine fluid channel structures corresponding to the vascular structure formed in an actual retina; and a manufacturing method therefor.

Abstract: Analyzing samples injected into an inductively coupled plasma source can be improved by one or more of a stabilizing solution mixable with a sample prior to injection and a heated injector. The stabilizing solution can minimize the difference in osmotic pressure between the solution and the cells with a relatively low amount of dissolved solids (e.g., at or below about 0.2%). The stabilizing solution can contain a salt (e.g., ammonium nitrate) present in concentrations of at least 5 mM. The injector can be heated before and/or during injection. In some cases, heat from adjacent parts can be channeled into the injector to improve heating of the injector. An injector heated to sufficient temperatures can minimize solute buildup and can extend the usable time between cleanings. These improvements can be especially useful in elemental analysis, such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to systems and methods for predicting a path of a subject in an area of real space in a shopping store including a cashier-less checkout system. The system comprises a plurality of sensors producing respective sequences of frames of corresponding fields of view in the real space. The system comprises an identification device comprising logic to identify, for a particular subject, a determined path in the area of real space over a period of time using the sequences of frames produced by sensors in the plurality of sensors. The system comprises a path prediction device to predict path of new subjects in the area of real space. The system comprises a layout generation device comprising logic to change a preferred placement of a particular item, in dependence on the predicted path.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to detecting events and identifying items in detected events in an area of real space in a shopping store including a cashier-less checkout system. The system comprises an image sensor assembly comprising at least one narrow field of view (NFOV) image sensor and at least one wide field of view (WFOV) image sensor. The at least one NFOV image sensor produces raw image data of first-resolution frames of a corresponding field of view and the at least one WFOV image sensor produces raw image data of second-resolution frames of a corresponding field of view. The system comprises logic to provide at least a portion of a sequence of second-resolution frames produced by the WFOV image sensor to an event detection device configured to detect (i) a particular event and (ii) a location of the particular event in the area of real space.