Abstract: The present invention relates to a haptic signal generating method including: generating a signal pattern consisting of a size of a signal for each time and frequency band by analyzing a received audio signal; comparing a target audio signal pattern and the generated signal pattern; and generating a haptic signal corresponding to the target audio signal pattern when a matching rate exceeds a threshold value as a result of the comparison, and when there is a specific audio signal desired to be output as a haptic signal among various audio signals, a specific audio signal pattern may be detected and an appropriate haptic signal may be connected to the detected specific audio signal pattern as an output.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus connected to three or more voltage units, includes three or more power conversion circuits connected to respective units of the three or more voltage units; and a multiport transformer connected to the three or more power conversion circuits at mutually different ports, in which at least one voltage unit of the three or more voltage units is an electrical load.

Abstract: A predictive analytics apparatus, engine, system and method capable of providing real time analytics in a manufacturing system. The apparatus, engine, system and method may include a data input capable of receiving raw data output from at least one machine operable to effect the manufacturing system embodiments, and a processor associated with a computing memory and suitable for executing code from the computing memory.

Abstract: Provided is a vibration presentation system that allows a user to perceive vibrations in bodily sensing the vibrations at various body sites without feeling unnatural. The vibration presentation system for presenting vibration signals for perception by a tactile sense for media content includes a vibrating body configured to generate vibrations corresponding to the vibration signals of a plurality of channels respectively, wherein each of the vibration signals of the plurality of channels is for any of specific body sites, and the vibrations generated by the vibrating body are provided with a time difference such that, for the vibrations for the specic body sites to be perceived at the same time, a vibration for a body site of the specific body sites that is farther from the brain is earlier generated.

Abstract: A display includes: a monitor that includes an input/output region and performs haptic feedback when detecting an input from an operator while an image is displayed, the input/output region being obtained by superimposing a first region for displaying an image, a second region including a plurality of input detection regions each for detecting an input from an operator, and a third region including a plurality of haptic feedback regions each for performing haptic feedback to the operator; and a data processor that determines a haptic output value in each of the plurality of haptic feedback regions on the basis of image data of an image being displayed on the first region and a detection result of an input from an operator in each of the plurality of input detection regions.

Abstract: Drifting karts in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described that include a front wheel drive train and rear caster wheels that can be dynamically engaged to induce and control drift during a turn. One embodiment of the invention includes a chassis to which a steering column is mounted, where the steering column includes at least one front steerable wheel configured to be driven by an electric motor, a battery housing mounted to the chassis, where the battery housing contains a controller and at least one battery, wiring configured to provide power from the at least one battery to the electric motor, two caster wheels mounted to the chassis, where each caster wheel is configured to rotate around a rotational axis and swivel around a swivel axis, and a hand lever configured to dynamically engage the caster wheels to induce and control drift during a turn.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for recommending agricultural activities is implemented by an agricultural intelligence computer system in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving a plurality of field definition data, retrieving a plurality of input data from a plurality of data networks, determining a field region based on the field definition data, identifying a subset of the plurality of input data associated with the field region, determining a plurality of field condition data based on the subset of the plurality of input data, identifying a plurality of field activity options, determining a recommendation score for each of the plurality of field activity options based at least in part on the plurality of field condition data, and providing a recommended field activity option from the plurality of field activity options based on the plurality of recommendation scores.

Abstract: Handheld barcode readers and assemblies are disclosed herein. An example handheld barcode reader includes a housing defining a head portion and a base portion, a vision camera positioned in the base portion, a barcode reading module positioned at least partially in the head portion, and a controller in communication with the barcode reading module and the vision camera. The vision camera has a first FOV directed through a base window in the base portion and the barcode reading module has a second FOV directed through a scan window in the head portion. The controller is configured to decode barcodes read by the barcode reading module, receive captured images from the vision camera, and synchronize the barcode reading module and the vision camera such that the vision camera does not capture images when the barcode reading module is active.

Abstract: A self-organizing data marketplace includes a plurality of data collectors and a corresponding plurality of industrial environments, wherein each of the plurality of data collectors is structured to collect detection values from at least one sensor of the corresponding industrial environment, a data storage structured to store a data pool comprising at least a portion of the detection values, a data marketplace structured to self-organize the data pool, and a transaction system structured to interpret a user data request, and to selectively provide a portion of the self-organized data pool to the user in response to the user data request.

Abstract: A machine includes a first cylinder coupled to a first wheel and a second cylinder coupled to a second wheel. A first proportional dampening valve fluidly connects to the first cylinder and a second proportional dampening valve fluidly connects to the second cylinder. First accumulators are fluidly connected to the first cylinder and the first proportional dampening valve, and second accumulator(s) are fluidly connected to the second cylinder and the second proportional dampening valve. Additionally, a first proportional flow control valve fluidly connects to the first cylinder and a second proportional flow control valve fluidly connected to the second cylinder. An electronic control module (ECM) communicatively couples to the first proportional flow control valve and the second proportional flow control valve to adjust a ride height of the first wheel via the first cylinder and a ride height of the second wheel via the second cylinder.

Abstract: In some embodiments, correcting an alignment error between an end effector of a tool associated with a slave and a master actuator associated with a master in a robotic system involves receiving at the master, master actuator orientation signals (RMCURR) representing the orientation of the master actuator relative to a master reference frame and generating end effector orientation signals (REENEW) representing the end effector orientation relative to a slave reference frame, producing control signals based on the end effector orientation signals, receiving an enablement signal for selectively enabling the control signals to be transmitted from the master to the slave, responsive to a transition of the enablement signal from not active state to active state, computing the master-slave misalignment signals (R?) as a difference between the master actuator orientation signals (RMCURR) and the end effector orientation signals (REENEW), and adjusting the master-slave misalignment signals (R?) to reduce the alignmen

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for analyzing an electronic device including a signal generator configured to generate at least one composite signal within a test frequency range. The composite signal includes narrowband signals, each narrowband signal has a center frequency within a subrange of the test frequency range, a transmitter configured to transmit the composite signal to the electronic device, and an analyzing unit configured to analyze a response of the electronic device to the composite signal.

Abstract: Automated conversion of incompatible data files into compatible benefit packages for a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) platform. In an embodiment, client files, comprising representations of benefit plans, are received. Each representation comprises a plurality of field values. For each representation, a layout and a set of translation rules are received, the plurality of field values in the representation are mapped to a plurality of attribute values based on the layout, and a benefit package, comprising a plurality of components, is generated by applying the set of translation rules to the plurality of attribute values, such that the benefit package represents the benefit plan.

Abstract: Disclosed techniques provide an image-based process that allows a computing device to obtain content from a content provider. Identification data is obtained from processing image data. Using the obtained identification data and access data, the content is provided to the computing device. The image data and the identification data obtained from processing the image data are linked to the computing device.

Abstract: An independent wheel suspension for a two-track vehicle has a wheel carrier, a vibration damper designed and arranged in the manner of a damper strut, and a leaf spring element, which has, in particular, a fiber composite material or is made from a fiber composite material. The leaf spring element is oriented at least approximately in the transverse direction of the vehicle and is designed to provide a suspension function and, together with the vibration damper, to guide a vehicle wheel fastened to the wheel carrier when the independent wheel suspension is installed in a vehicle for functional usage. The leaf spring element is connected, on the wheel carrier end, to the wheel carrier via two rubber bearings, each having a bearing axis and a central bearing point, so as to be rotatable about the respective bearing axis of each rubber bearing and is designed to be connected, on the vehicle body end, to an axle support in a torsion-resistant manner and/or directly to a vehicle body.

Abstract: Various embodiments are provided for conducting a power flow analysis using a set of line-wise power balance equations. In at least some embodiment, the set of line-wise power balance equations is solved using a Newton-Raphson technique. In various cases, the Jacobian matrix generated by the Newton-Raphson technique may directly indicate the transmission lines, or sets of transmission lines, which are most susceptible to voltage collapse. In at least one example application, the set of line-wise power balance equations may be used as equality constraints in an optimal power flow (OPF) formulation for solving an optimal power flow (OPF) problem.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for extracting a region of interest from a captured image of an item. The system may include a reader configured to capture an image of an item having a computer readable code positioned thereon. The system may also include a processor in data communication with the reader and configured to generate captured image data, the captured data comprising binary image data and identify a first pixel region representing the computer readable code from the binarized image data. The processor may be further configured to remove a second pixel region other than the first pixel region from the binarized image data and store or process only first binarized image data representing the first pixel region.

Abstract: A single platform for controller functionality for each of security, monitoring and automation, as well as providing a capacity to function as a bidirectional Internet gateway, is provided. Embodiments of the present invention provide such functionality by virtue of a configurable architecture that enables a user to adapt the system for the user's specific needs. Embodiments of the present invention further provide such functionality by providing for installation of removable, modular communication adapters for communication with a variety of devices external to the security, monitoring and automation controller.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved electronic fall monitoring system comprising a device having multiple sensor ports for flexibly monitoring various sensors associated with a single patient without requiring repeated connections and disconnections of sensors. With several sensors simultaneously connected at different locations, a processor can execute to ensure that only one sensor, corresponding to one patient, is monitored at any given time, including by triggering an alarm when a second sensor is triggered while a first sensor is in use. Accordingly, the system can provide a “one step transfer” in which a caregiver may simply press hold once to transfer a patient from one sensed area to another. In addition, the caregiver can simply actuate a single input with only a momentary press to allow suspension of monitoring for a shorter duration (hold) or a longer press to allow suspension of monitoring for a longer duration (extended hold).

Abstract: A reminder method includes: displaying a group session interface of the group session, the group session being a group session in which a group member is allowed to use a group tool, the group tool being a program function that supports use by at least two group members together; displaying a group tool message on the group session interface, the group tool message including an entry link of the group tool; displaying, in response to that the group tool message is a message with a group attribute, a reminder control corresponding to the group tool in the group session interface, the reminder control being used as a reminder of an item in the group tool. The present disclosure provides a human-computer interaction solution for effectively transmitting the group tool message to the group member.