Abstract: A dynamic segmented-reflector for a vehicle headlamp that includes a light source and a substrate formed as a reflector sidewall. The reflector sidewall includes reflector facets that are grown on the reflector sidewall. The reflector facets include at least one mirrored surface that faces the light source, and the reflector facets are configured to adjust position to form different light patterns.

Abstract: The invention discloses a light guide plate, a manufacturing method thereof, a backlight module and a display device. The light guide plate comprises a main body, a transparent material layer is arranged on a surface of the main body, and a scattering structure is arranged in the transparent material layer. The scattering structure can change the outgoing direction of first light entering the scattering structure, so that the first light has different outgoing directions, and thus a display panel can achieve normal display even in a dark environment.

Abstract: A user moves about a venue, and operates a mobile reader to read a product tag in a read zone of the mobile reader. An identifier, such as a user identity badge, is associated with the user to identify the user. A sensing system is deployed in the venue for sensing the location of the identifier. A host server associates the mobile reader with the identifier of the user operating the mobile reader, and determines a location of the product tag in the venue based on the read zone and the location of the identifier.

Abstract: There are provided a backlight unit, a 3D image display apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the same. The backlight unit may include a light source, a light guide plate that guides light irradiated from the light source, and including an exit surface through which the light exits, and a reflection plate provided on at least a part of the exit surface of the light guide plate.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving data comprising an RFID value transmitted by an RFID tag during a scanning task and an identifier for the scanning task. The RFID value and the identifier for the scanning task are combined to form a key and the key is applied to a hashing function to generate a memory index. The received data is stored at a memory location indicated by the memory index.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for accessing information associated with items within a multi-dimensional space, comprising: scanning a plurality of encoded geometries, the scanning comprising scanning a plurality of multi-dimensional symbols of each of the plurality of encoded geometries; identifying each of the plurality of multi-dimensional symbols of each of the plurality of encoded geometries; decoding each identified multi-dimensional symbol to provide encoded geometry information for each of the plurality of encoded geometries; identifying relative locations of the plurality of encoded geometries within the multi-dimensional space; and, accessing information associated with items within a multi-dimensional space based using the encoded geometry information for each of the plurality of encoded geometries.

Abstract: A mobile computerized apparatus configured to provide membership status in a roadside assistance program after occurrence of a roadside event is disclosed. The apparatus executes instructions that cause/allow the apparatus to receive input related to an electronic membership card, retrieve from a data store membership information associated with the vehicle, and dynamically update the electronic membership card for display on the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus capable of exhibiting excellent heat dissipation properties with a simpler structure, and increasing productivity of products by reducing the number of components. In a television receiving apparatus (100) which includes a light guide plate (5) configured to emit light from one surface thereof, the light entering a side surface of the light guide plate (5), and displays an image by the light emitted from the light guide plate (5), the television receiving apparatus (100) includes a heat absorption plate (6) which is integrally molded with the light guide plate (5), wherein one surface of the heat absorption plate (6) contacts with the other surface of the light guide plate (5), such that the heat absorption plate (6) absorbs heat emitted by the light guide plate (5).

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a payment card amplification device comprising a card reader, an amplifier, an antenna, and a power supply. The card reader is configured to read payment card information from a payment card and generate an output signal comprising the payment card information. The amplifier is coupled to receive the card reader output signal and configured to generate an amplified signal comprising the payment card information. The antenna is coupled to receive the amplified signal and transmit the payment card information, wherein the transmitted payment card information can be read by a payment terminal. The power supply is coupled to a power source and configured provide power to the card reader and the amplifier.

Abstract: A method of registering an installed valve, the installed valve having a marking associated to an identity, the method including providing a mobile communication device comprising a navigation satellite signal receiver, establishing a registration of the valve by reading the marking attached to the valve, establishing a valve location by means of the navigation satellite signal receiver, and transmitting at least one data package to a central server, the data package including a representation of the marking or the associated identity and the established valve location, receiving at the central server the at least one data package, establishing at the central server a valve record associating the identity to the established valve location, and storing the valve record in a database.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for configuring a user device to provide a preferred payment method for payments. When a user carries their device into a store, the device may receive information from a beacon at the store that informs the device that the user is at the store. The user device may the use the information to determine which of several payment methods will provide a maximum benefit to the user if used for a payment at that store. The benefits to the user may include points, store rewards, miles, cash back rewards or other rewards associated with a particular payment method that, at a particular time or location provide more benefit to the user than other payment methods. The user device may be configured to provide the preferred payment method prior to a communication between the user device and a point of sale device of the store.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described that relate to location-based indications. An apparatus may include a frame, a sensing device, and a computing device. The frame may include a first set of members spaced apart and oriented in a first direction. At least one member of the first set of members may include an indicator area. The frame may also include a second set of members spaced apart and oriented in a second direction. At least two members of the second set of members may extend between the first set of members to define a container receiving area. The sensing device may be disposed adjacent to the container receiving area and configured to detect movement of containers with respective to the container receiving area. The computing device may be communicatively coupled to the sensing device and configured to cause presentation of indicators within the indicator area.

Abstract: A disclosed circuit arrangement includes an adhesive layer on a water soluble backing, antenna wire adhered to the adhesive layer, an RF transponder disposed on the adhesive layer, and first and second cross wires attached to the adhesive layer and disposed proximate the RF transponder. The antenna wire has first and second portions attached at a third portion of the first cross wire and at a fourth portion of the second cross wire. The first and second cross wires and the antenna wire have round cross sections. The first portion and the third portion have flat areas of contact, and the second and fourth portions have flat areas of contact. A first bond wire is connected to the RF transponder and to the first portion of the antenna wire, and a second bond wire is connected to the RF transponder and to the second portion of the antenna wire.

Abstract: A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a non-contact communication device and a processor. The non-contact communication device performs non-contact communication in a reader mode or an inter-device communication mode. The processor switches the non-contact communication device to the inter-device communication mode when transmission request information for requesting transfer of specific information is set in an electronic message received by the non-contact communication device in the reader mode from a second non-contact communication device, and cause the non-contact communication device that is switched to the inter-device communication mode to transmit the electronic message including the information requested in the transmission request information to the second non-contact communication device.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods to provide physical items to users participating in a real-world interactive environment. The users may participate in the interactive environment by having experiences within the interactive environment. The systems and methods described herein include techniques in which the users may be provided with physical items through special purpose physical item dispensers. The physical items may be specifically selected and dispensed to the users based on the experiences that have occurred during their past participation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carrier tape housing a plurality of electronic components with seal materials includes forming housing holes in tape-shaped main body with first and second principal surfaces along a longitudinal direction of the tape-shaped main body, the housing holes penetrating from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, affixing an adhesive layer of a tape-shaped seal material to the second principal surface of the tape-shaped main body to cover the housing holes, forming cuts in the tape-shaped seal material to separate portions defining and functioning as the seal materials including portions at least partially overlapping with the respective housing holes in a planar view from the other portions, and providing chip-shaped electronic component into each of the housing holes of the tape-shaped main body and fixing the electronic component to the adhesive layer of the seal material exposed in each of the housing holes.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for lighting fixtures. More particularly, embodiments disclose lighting fixtures utilizing metal core PCB (MCPCB) for thermal, mechanical, and/or optical controls.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for reading and displaying dynamic machine-readable optical representations of data. An example method includes: capturing a current frame of a plurality of frames with an optical sensing device, wherein each of the plurality of frames comprises syncdata and a portion of a data payload; decoding the syncdata and the portion of the data payload of the current frame, using a processor operatively coupled with the optical sensing device; storing the portion of the data payload of the current frame in a memory operatively coupled with the processor; determining whether all of the plurality of frames have been captured, based on the decoded syncdata, using the processor; if all of the plurality of frames have been captured, combining each stored portion of the data payload into the data payload, using the processor; and, if all of the plurality of frames have not been captured, repeating the above steps.

Abstract: A data collection module including an illumination assembly and an imaging assembly, a processor configured to operate the illumination and imaging assemblies, at least one network interface configured to communicate with a terminal module, at least one power supply and a terminal module interface configured to communicate with a terminal module when the data collection module is mated with the terminal module.