Abstract: A system for holding fishing rods that includes a face plate having upper and lower surfaces and defining openings therethrough. Tubes are configured to each hold a fishing rod, where each of the tubes extends along a central axis from an open end to a bottom end. The tubes are receivable within the openings in the face plate. Each of the tubes has an engagement feature for coupling the tube to the face plate such that the open end is aligned with one of the openings in the face plate. For each of the tubes the open end is closer than the bottom end to the face plate, and one of the fishing rods extends through the face plate and into one of the tubes when held by the system.

Abstract: A wavelet transform and pattern recognition method for analyzing a subject's heart sounds including (a) obtaining subject-related heart-sound data utilizing a first sampling rate, (b) obtaining simultaneously existing subject ECG data, including pre-selected ECG fiducial data, and (c) processing such obtained data including, relative to the heart-sound data, (1) computing the maximum-overlap discrete wavelet transform (MODWT) for a preselected number of wavelet scales, (2) locating the peaks in time of the absolute values of the MODWT coefficients respecting each of a such scales, and (3), for each such scale, (i) interpolating between the located peaks, and (ii) subsampling each interpolation result at a second sampling rate which no greater than the mentioned first sampling rate.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (“3D”) avatar can be automatically created that resembles the physical appearance of an individual captured in one or more input images or video frames. The avatar can be further customized by the individual in an editing environment and used in various applications, including but not limited to gaming, social networking and video conferencing.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (“3D”) avatar can be automatically created that resembles the physical appearance of an individual captured in one or more input images or video frames. The avatar can be further customized by the individual in an editing environment and used in various applications, including but not limited to gaming, social networking and video conferencing.