Abstract: A computer implemented method of making a measurement associated with a feature of interest in an image. The method comprises using (302) a model trained using a machine learning process to take the image as input and predict a pair of points between which to make the measurement of the feature of interest in the image. The method then comprises determining (304) the measurement, based on the predicted pair of points.

Abstract: An optical device, its use, and a method for interference structuring of a sample. A laser emits a laser beam that is split into at least two partial beams by a beam splitter. A first cylindrical lens and a second cylindrical lens for refracting the partial beams into an interference area are arranged in the beam path. The partial beams interfere in such a way that a structure having linear structure elements may be formed in a structural region of the sample. The cylinder axis of the first cylindrical lens is aligned parallel to the cylinder axis of the second cylindrical lens.

Abstract: A spreader tool is provided for spreading viscous material on the surface, for example an edge, of a wind turbine blade. The spreader tool comprises at least one bendable spreader wing, for example provided as a fin-ray construction, for pressing a flexible band against a curved section of the blade and for dragging viscous material along it by the flexible band during movement of the spreader tool along the blade surface. The spreader tool is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface of the blade.

Abstract: A barrier for a roadway (e.g., a highway, bridge, or other road), which can be used to manage vehicular traffic, such as to establish lanes, protect motorists and other people (e.g., pedestrians, constructions workers, etc) against crashes or other impacts, and/or other purposes, and which may be configured to enhance its use and performance, such as by better protecting the motorists and others when impacted by vehicles (e.g., reducing deflection by deflecting less or substantially not deflecting; mitigating risks of “catapulting” or “vaulting” of vehicles; and/or otherwise improving protection provided by the barrier), facilitating transportation, installation and/or transfer of the barrier at the roadway, and/or enhancing other aspects of the barrier.

Abstract: A system and method for recommending emojis to send by a messaging application includes receiving user biosignals from at least one sensor, receiving context information from at least one context source, and selecting, using a rule-based heuristic state selector, a list of plausible user states from possible heuristic states in a heuristic state table based on the received user biosignals and received context information. A state predictor determines, from at least the list of plausible user states and a user model of emojis previously sent in different user states, a list of user states and probabilities that the user will send an emoji for each user state given the context information. The recommended emojis are displayed for selection for sending by the messaging application in order from the highest to the lowest probabilities that the user will send the recommended emojis based on a selected plausible user state.

Abstract: According to examples, a three-dimensional (3D) fabrication system may include a fabrication component, a monitoring component, and a controller. The controller may access a record specifying an identification of a parameter to be monitored during a fabrication operation of a part, cause the fabrication component to fabricate the part, and cause the monitoring component to monitor the parameter during fabrication of the part and generate data corresponding to the monitored parameter. The controller may also cause the generated data to be recorded in a blockchain ledger.

Abstract: An exterior aircraft light includes a mounting board, a light source arranged on the mounting board and a lens arranged over the light source. The lens includes a first lens portion on a first side of a cross-sectional center plane, which is orthogonal to the mounting board and which runs through the light source, and a second lens portion on a second side of the cross-sectional center plane. The light also includes a reflector, arranged to reflect light, emitted by the light source into the first lens portion, towards the second lens portion, wherein the lens fully encloses the light source and the reflector.

Abstract: In an embodiment a device includes a first circuit and a second circuit, wherein the first circuit is configured to generate a fourth signal and a fifth signal by applying the phase shift respectively to a first signal and to a second signal and deliver a sixth signal corresponding to a sampling over one bit of the fourth signal, a seventh signal corresponding to a sampling over one bit of the fifth signal, an eighth signal corresponding to a sampling over one bit of a difference between the fourth and fifth signals, and a ninth signal corresponding to a sampling over one bit of a sum between the fourth and fifth signals, wherein the second circuit is configured to receive the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth signals and determine, during a first phase where the first and second signals are representative of a first known symbol of a QPSK constellation, a state of a first bit from among a first state and a second state based on the eighth and ninth signals.

Abstract: A current sensor including: a sensing unit including one or more sensing elements, the sensing unit being arranged to generate, at least in part, an internal signal, the internal signal being generated in response to a magnetic field, the magnetic field being produced, at least in part, by an electrical current that is sensed with the sensing unit; a first signal processing path coupled to the sensing unit, the first signal processing path including a first compensation unit for adjusting the internal signal, the first signal processing path being configured to generate a first signal based on the internal signal; a second signal processing path coupled to the sensing unit, the second signal processing path including a second compensation unit for adjusting the internal signal, the second path having a different sensitivity than the first path.

Abstract: A downhole tool may include a high-voltage power supply disposed within a housing to transform input power to the downhole tool from a first voltage to a second voltage greater than the first voltage. The high-voltage power supply may include an array of capacitors, which may include multiple rows of capacitors. The rows of capacitors may be parallel with a symmetric cross section as viewed from an end of the array of capacitors. The high-voltage power supply may also include diodes electrically coupled to the array of capacitors.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are synthetic hydrogels suitable for delivering antimicrobial proteins, optionally in combination with bone regenerating agents to injured tissues. The hydrogels can include lysostaphin and one or more bone morphogenic proteins. The hydrogels are composed of a network of crosslinked hydrophilic polymers and adhesion peptides.

Abstract: The innovation described herein generally pertains to a system and method related a wireless remote monitoring system for a tank, wherein the wireless monitoring system is incorporated into or coupled to a lid for the tank. The wireless remote monitoring system for the tank can include a cover system that includes a lid mountable on a corresponding tank, the lid comprising a space sized and shaped for receiving the wireless remote monitoring system therein, wherein the wireless remote monitoring system is operatively coupled to a sensor.

Abstract: A method of decoding video data includes determining that a geometric partition mode is enabled for a current block of the video data and determining a split line dividing the current block into a first partition and a second partition, where determining the split line comprises selecting an angle for the split line from a plurality of angles, Each angle of the plurality of angles corresponding to an N:M ratio of samples of the current block, where N and M are integers. The split line is not at a corner of the current block. The method further includes determining geometric mode weights for the current block using the angle of the split line, generating a first prediction block using motion information for the first partition, and generating a second prediction block using motion information for the second partition.

Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.

Abstract: Described here are systems and methods for mitigating or otherwise removing the effects of short-term magnetic field instabilities caused by oscillations of the cold head in a cryogen-free magnet system used for magnetic resonance systems, such as magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) systems, nuclear magnetic resonance (“NMR”) systems, or the like.

Abstract: A system and method for preventing fraudulent credit card or debit card transactions by coupling a smart phone to the credit card or the debit card, and transmitting identification information from the smart phone to the card. The card is normally disabled such that no transaction may take place unless the card is enabled. The card receives the transmitted identification information and compares that information to corresponding information stored on the card. If the received information matches the stored information, the card is enabled thus allowing the transaction to take place.

Abstract: Rotorcraft lighting equipment includes a plurality of lighting devices configured to be mounted to an exterior of a rotorcraft, wherein each of the lighting devices comprises a plurality of individually controllable lighting modules which are configured for emitting light into different spatial directions; and a lighting control device configured for individually controlling the operation of the plurality of lighting modules for generating a desired light distribution of the light emitted by the plurality of lighting modules.