Abstract: A body language system for determining a body language message of a living being in a context comprising an artificial intelligence system, said AI system running a computer program that: retrieves an image of said living being showing body language; labels said living being in said image, resulting in a labeled living being; determines said context from said image using a trained machine learning model; determines a baseline body language of said labeled living being from said image using a trained machine learning model; adapts a trained machine learning model of said AI system using said baseline body language and said context; applies the adapted trained machine learning model of said AI system to the one image for categorizing said body language resulting in a category, and applying said category for determining said body language message.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for a vehicle, with the lighting device being configured to carry out at least one lighting function and including at least one optical module, and a screen arranged facing the optical module, with the screen including at least two elements that are arranged relative to one another to form an upper part and a lower part of the screen, the upper part being configured to mask the ambient light coming from outside the vehicle, and the lower part being configured to transmit the ambient light.

Abstract: An anti-peep light source module and an anti-peep display device having an anti-peep function and good image quality are provided. The anti-peep light source module includes a light guide plate, a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, a plurality of optical microstructures and a first surface. The light guide plate has a first light incident surface and a second light incident surface. Each of the optical microstructures has a first optical surface facing the first light incident surface and a second optical surface facing the second light incident surface. A magnitude of a first included angle between the first optical surface and the first surface and a magnitude of a second included angle between the second optical surface and the first surface gradually change as getting farther away from the first surface.

Abstract: An automatic payment system includes: first and second conveyer stages arranged along a conveying route on which products are moved; a slope disposed between the first and second conveyer stages on the conveying route; at least one first ID sensor facing the first conveyer state to sense IDs attached to the products when the products overlap the first conveyer stage; at least one second ID sensor facing the second conveyer stage to sense IDs attached to the products when the products overlap the second conveyer stage; and a bottom ID sensor facing the conveyer route under the slope.

Abstract: Autonomous driving system methods and devices which trigger vehicular actions based on the monitoring of one or more occupants of a vehicle are presented. The methods, and corresponding devices, may include identifying a plurality of features in a plurality of subsets of image data detailing the one or more occupants; tracking changes over time of the plurality of features over the plurality of subsets of image data; determining a state, from a plurality of states, of the one or more occupants based on the tracked changes; and triggering the vehicular action based on the determined state.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide hydrodissection and/or PCO prevention or reduction in a patient undergoing eye surgery. In one embodiment, the invention is a surgical device for cutting and excising a portion of tissue, for example in performing a lens capsulotomy. A capsulotomy tip is inserted into an eye through an incision in the surface of the eye. The capsulotomy tip includes a suction cup to provide suction to the lens capsule. Then suction is applied via the suction cup to secure the capsulotomy tip to the eye. In some embodiments, after the capsulotomy tip is secured to the lens capsule, a cutting element of the capsulotomy tip is used to cut a tissue of the eye. Fluid is pushed through the capsulotomy tip and the capsulotomy tip is removed from the eye. Moreover, disclosed is an intraocular lens (IOL) to be used in conjunction with the surgical device.

Abstract: A surgical device and procedure are provided for smoothly and easily accessing tissue to perform microsurgery, including a capsulotomy of a lens capsule of an eye. The device includes a handpiece with a tip for insertion into an incision in the cornea of the eye. A sliding element is disposed within the handpiece and a suction cup is mounted to the sliding element. The sliding element can be translated to move the suction cup into and out of the handpiece. A compression mechanism associated with the suction cup and the handpiece compresses the suction cup for deployment through the tip of the handpiece. The suction cup can expand inside the anterior chamber into a cutting position on the lens capsule. A cutting element mounted to the suction cup is used to cut a portion of the lens capsule and to remove the portion from the eye. The cutting element may be mounted to a cutting element support structure in a way that prevents heating of the device.

Abstract: An interactive bowling system using scoring systems and/or other computer infrastructures which interact with visual and/or audio effects within the bowling center. The system includes a management system having stored therein instructions to provide special effects associated with one or more events to one or more special effects components. Upon an occurrence of an event, the management system: determines that the occurrence of the event is associated with one or more special effects; and provides the instructions to the one or more special effects components to effectuate the special effects associated with the one or more events.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coated lens by applying at least one single electromagnetic pulse to convert a coating precursor material into at least one coating. The electromagnetic pulse is delivered to the coating precursor material applied on a surface of an uncoated or precoated optical lens substrate. The at least one single electromagnetic pulse is applied from an electromagnetic source such as a flash lamp, a halogen lamp, a directed plasma arc, a laser, a microwave generator, an induction heater, an electron beam, a stroboscope, or a mercury lamp.

Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, including an illuminated screen having a plurality of light sources arranged in a matrix on a substrate having a plurality of electrical interconnecting tracks that extend between the light sources. The substrate includes a first protective layer which is disposed between the light sources and has a first albedo, and a second protective layer which is disposed between the light sources and has a second albedo that is greater than the first albedo, the second layer defining a logo.

Abstract: A method for controlling a light pattern provided by an automotive lighting device of an automotive vehicle. The method includes providing a road profile, extracting road features from the road profile, dividing the matrix arrangement in row groups, assigning a different shifting value for each row group, each shifting value depending on the road features and dividing each row group in at least a first portion and a second portion. Each portion includes at least a boundary pixel which is in contact with the boundary pixel of an adjacent portion. The method further includes modifying the width of the first portion and the width of the second portion by shifting the position of the boundary pixels in each row group according to the corresponding shifting value and interpolating the luminous intensity values of the pixels belonging to the first and second portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical module of a motor vehicle lighting system, including at least one light source, a primary optical element comprising at least one primary optical member connected to an exit optical member, the primary optical member including a light entry face and a junction face connecting the primary optical member to the exit optical member, the primary optical element being a one-piece component, and an optical projection system designed to project, onto the ground, using light emitted by the light source and collected by the primary optical member, an image of the junction face, the primary optical member being arranged so that the image of its junction face that is projected onto the ground by the optical projection system is entirely bounded by substantially sharp edges.

Abstract: A heat sink for an electronic component and its manufacturing method by applying a nanopulsed laser. The heat sink includes a body provided with an outer layer, including a surface layer having a radiative exposed surface and a layer immediately underlying the surface layer. The underlying layer is made of a material based on a metal and the surface layer is made of an oxide of said material. The outer layer includes juxtaposed nodules. The heat sink originally combines a surface chemical state promoting heat emission and a structure geometrically promoting heat exchange, in order to synergistically improve its heat dissipation capability.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method, apparatus, device and storage medium for content presentation are provided. The method comprises presenting, in a first display region of a content presentation page of an application, a first set of contents provided by a first user in a first size. The method further comprises presenting a second set of contents provided by at least one second user in a second display region of the content presentation page different from the first display region in a second size different from the first size. The first user and the second user are associated users in the application. In this way, the content provided by the first user can be presented at the same time as the content provided by the associated user associated with the first user, so as to provide more rich and interesting content presentation.

Abstract: An optical assembly and a vehicle lamp are described. The optical assembly has a main exit direction, and includes a light source, a first light guide element and a second light guide element which are arranged in a superposed fashion in the main exit direction. The light source is allocated to the first light guide element, and the first light guide element has a first light in-coupling region and a first light out-coupling surface, the second light guide element has a second light in-coupling surface and a second light out-coupling surface, with the first light out-coupling surface facing the second light in-coupling surface. A light distribution structure is provided on at least a partial segment of at least one of the first light out-coupling surface and the second light in-coupling surface. The vehicle lamp includes the optical assembly described above.

Abstract: A method for aiding the maneuvering of an automotive vehicle. The method includes the steps of projecting a light pattern towards a projection zone of the ground surface, acquiring an image of the automotive vehicle and the light pattern from an image sensor and providing the acquired image to a user of the automotive vehicle. The projection zone includes at least one of a first virtual rectangle, a second virtual rectangle and/or a third virtual rectangle, defined with respect to a rear point of the carbody, a front point of the carbody and the contact points between the wheels and the ground surface. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device for performing the steps of such a method.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating player performance during a sporting event. The system can use at least one camera to capture images of a player while the player is participating in the sporting event. The system has at least one processor that is configured to receive the captured images from the camera and analyze the captured images to determine a trajectory of an object moved by the player during the sporting event. The processor is configured to analyze the captured images to determine orientations and movements of at least one body part of the player while the player is participating in the sporting event, and the processor determines at least one trajectory parameter indicative of the trajectory. The processor also assesses, based on the orientations and the movements of the at least one body part, a balance of the player while the player is performing at least one action at the sporting event.

Abstract: A progressive spectacle lens, a method for its production, and a related computer program are disclosed. The progressive spectacle lens has a progressive surface including a central viewing zone, a lower viewing zone, two peripheral vision zones extending bilaterally from a vertical meridian of the progressive surface, and an upper viewing zone. The central viewing zone has a surface power providing a first refracting power for distance vision and the lower viewing zone has a greater surface power than the central viewing zone providing a second refracting power corresponding to near vision and being connected to the central viewing zone by a first progressing power region. The progressive spectacle lens generates a retarding or arresting effect on myopia progression, especially in myopic juveniles.

Abstract: The present application is applicable to the field of image processing, and provides an image splicing method and apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer device, and cameras.