Abstract: A content modification system operable to modify video game content in dependence upon the time available to a user of a processing device, the system comprising an input receiving unit operable to receive inputs from one or more devices indicative of an expected duration of a function being performed by a respective device, an available time determination unit operable to determine, in dependence upon received inputs, an amount of time available to a user before the completion of the function of respective ones of the one or more devices, a content modification unit operable to modify video game content in dependence upon the determined amount of time, and a processing device operable to present the modified video game content to the user via a display associated with the processing device.

Abstract: A ventilated jacket includes a body portion having a front side and a rear side, a sleeve portion extending from the body portion, and a ventilation system including a plurality of vent openings configured to allow airflow into and out of the jacket. The ventilation system includes an underarm vent having a first end and a second end, the underarm vent extends across a seam between the body portion and the sleeve portion. The jacket further includes a wing that follows a path established by a rear side of the underarm vent. The wing includes a first end adjacent the first end of the underarm vent and a second end adjacent the second end of the underarm vent. The wing extending outward from the underarm vent to channel oncoming air into the underarm vent when the sleeve portion is held in an extended orientation away from the body portion.

Abstract: Various devices, systems and methods for performing targeted sleep tracking are presented herein. Multiple digital radar data streams from multiple antennas may be received. A direction optimization process may be performed to determine a first weighting and a second weighting. The first weighting may be applied to a first digital radar data stream. The second weighting may be applied to a second digital radar data stream. The weighted first digital radar data stream and the weighted second digital radar data stream may be combined to create a first directionally-targeted radar data stream. A sleep analysis can be performed based on the first directionally-targeted radar data stream. Sleep data may be output for a user based on the performed sleep analysis.

Abstract: A system for determining a route for a user of a processing device during the presentation of content to the user, the system comprising a content identification unit operable to identify one or more characteristics of the content, a route determination unit operable to determine a route for a journey in dependence upon the identified characteristics, the start location of the journey, and the destination of the journey, and a content presentation unit operable to present content to the user of the processing device during the journey, the journey being undertaken in accordance with the determined route.

Abstract: A method for predicting the pose of an articulated object includes receiving spatial information for n joints of the articulated object. The spatial information for the n joints is passed to a machine learning model previously trained to receive spatial information for n+m joints as input, wherein m>=1. From the machine learning model, a pose prediction for the articulated object is received as output based at least on the spatial information for the n joints, and without spatial information for the m joints.

Abstract: A system for presenting content to a user of a processing device during a journey, the system comprising a journey identification unit operable to identify one or more characteristics of the journey, a content determination unit operable to select and/or modify content in dependence upon the identified characteristics, and a content presentation unit operable to present the selected and/or modified content to the user of the processing device during the journey.

Abstract: Provided is a device, comprising: a barrier configured to impeded or prevent particles shed by a robot in a first volume of space from entering a second volume of space in which the robot manipulates a workpiece; and a robot having three or more degrees of freedom, the robot comprising: a first portion disposed on a first side of the barrier in the first volume, the first portion comprising an actuator of the robot, the actuator being configured to drive movement of the robot to manipulate the workpiece; and a second portion disposed on a second side of the barrier in the second volume, the second portion comprising an end-effector of the robot by which the robot makes contact with the workpiece.

Abstract: Apparatus for performing impedance measurements on a subject. The apparatus includes a first processing system for determining an impedance measurement procedure and determining instructions corresponding to the measurement procedure. A second processing system is provided for receiving the instructions, using the instructions to generate control signals, with the control signals being used to apply one or more signals to the subject. The second processing system then receives first data indicative of the one or more signals applied to the subject, second data indicative of one or more signals measured across the subject and performs at least preliminary processing of the first and second data to thereby allow impedance values to be determined.

Abstract: Data processing apparatus includes a video generator to generate video images for display to a user by a head mountable display, HMD; in which the video generator is responsive to a set of two or more video sources to generate a composite video representation of the set of two or more video sources for display; and a controller to control operation of the video generator; in which the controller is configured to control the video generator to selectively vary a contribution of each of the set of two or more video sources to the composite video representation.

Abstract: Provided is a robot, including: a controller; a plurality of actuators mechanically coupled to an end-effector mount; a first set of end-effectors magnetically coupled to the end-effector mount; and a sensor adjacent an interface between at least some of the first set of end effectors and the end-effector mount, wherein: the end effectors are magnetically coupled to the end-effector mount with magnetic couplings that decouple in response to less than 200 Newtons of force being applied to distal portions of respective end effectors in a direction opposing movement of respective end effectors driven by at least some of the actuators, and the sensor is configured to output a signal indicative of a given end effector decoupling and indicate which end effector in the first decoupled.

Abstract: An example method of correcting a defect in a seat comprises the steps of: (a) imaging a seat to obtain an image of the seat, a portion of the seat having a defect; (b) applying a localized boundary around the portion of the seat having the defect within the image of the seat; (c) translating the localized boundary into a seat specific map of a baseline model of the seat such that a portion of the baseline model of the seat that corresponds to the portion of the seat having the defect within the image of the seat is disposed within a translated localized boundary; (d) selecting a predetermined path for an automated device to correct the portion of the seat having the defect based on the portion of the baseline model of the seat; and (e) correcting the portion of the seat having the defect.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fixing bone using an intramedullary nail locked to an encircling anchor including a bushing and a locking member. An exemplary system may include any combination of the nail, one or more bushings, one or more locking members, an instrument to guide installation of the bushing, at least one drill, and a driver that attaches to the bushing. The instrument may define a guide axis and be configured to be coupled to a bone such that the guide axis extends across the bone. The instrument may be used to guide a drill, the bushing, and/or the locking member along the guide axis into the bone. The nail may be configured to be placed along the medullary canal of the bone such that the nail extends through the bushing, and the locking member may be configured to lock the nail to the bushing.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting electrode sheets includes a conveyor and a laser device. The conveyor is configured to move an original sheet including an electrode portion and an ear portion extending from an edge of the electrode portion. The laser device is configured to move a laser to cut out a tab connected to the electrode portion from the ear portion of the original sheet. The laser device is also configured to move the laser from one edge of the electrode portion to another edge of the electrode portion to cut and separate a respective electrode sheet including the tab from the original sheet. The laser is configured to cut out the tab from the ear portion and cut and separate the respective electrode sheet including the tab from the original sheet as the conveyor is moving the original sheet.

Abstract: A method for stacking a battery cell includes feeding a separator sheet through a guide assembly to fold the separator sheet, inserting a plurality of first electrodes into the separator sheet at a location where the separator sheet has been folded by the guide assembly, forming respective channels in the folded separator sheet including the plurality of first electrodes, inserting a plurality of second electrodes in the respective channels to form a multilayered body, and pressing the multilayered body to form the stacked battery cell where the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are stacked in an alternating arrangement.

Abstract: A system including an adapter plate, a conveyor, a separator drum, and first and second electrode drums. The conveyor is configured to move the adapter plate continuously and sequentially in a predetermined path between the separator drum to receive a respective separator sheet, the first electrode drum to receive a respective first electrode sheet, the separator drum to receive a respective separator sheet, and the second electrode drum to receive a respective second electrode sheet until a stacked battery cell includes a desired number of respective separator sheets, respective first electrode sheets, and respective second electrode sheets.

Abstract: The present invention relates in part to novel drug delivery particles comprising an anionic polymer matrix and a cationic polymer, wherein the anionic polymer matrix and cationic polymer together form drug delivery particles bound by electrostatic interactions and wherein the drug delivery particles comprise at least one biologically active agent. The invention also relates in part to a method of treating a mycobacterial infection using said drug delivery particles, and a method of making said drug delivery particles.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, Ia, Ib, Ib-1, Ib-2, Ic, Ic-1, Id-1, and Id-2. Compounds of Formula I, Ia, Ib, Ib-1, Ib-2, Ic, Ic-1, Id-1, and Id-2 may be used in pharmaceutical formulations, and may be used for modulating glucocorticoid receptors.

Abstract: A method of generating a 3D reconstruction of a scene, the scene comprising a plurality of cameras positioned around the scene, comprises: obtaining the extrinsics and intrinsics of a virtual camera within a scene; accessing a data structure so as to determine a camera pair that is to be used in reconstructing the scene from the viewpoint of the virtual camera; wherein the data structure defines a voxel representation of the scene, the voxel representation comprising a plurality of voxels, at least some of the voxel surfaces being associated with respective camera pair identifiers; wherein each camera pair identifier associated with a respective voxel surface corresponds to a camera pair that has been identified as being suitable for obtaining depth data for the part of the scene within that voxel and for which the averaged pose of the camera pair is oriented towards the voxel surface; identifying, based on the obtained extrinsics and intrinsics of the virtual camera, at least one voxel that is within the fie

Abstract: Apparatus comprises a camera configured to capture images of a user in a scene; a depth detector configured to capture depth representations of the scene, the depth detector comprising an emitter configured to emit a non-visible signal; a mirror arranged to reflect at least some of the non-visible signal emitted by the emitter to one or more features within the scene that would otherwise be occluded by the user and to reflect light from the one or more features to the camera; a pose detector configured to detect a position and orientation of the mirror relative to at least one of the camera and depth detector; and a scene generator configured to generate a three-dimensional representation of the scene in dependence on the images captured by the camera and the depth representations captured by the depth detector and the pose of the mirror detected by the pose detector.

Abstract: Camera or object pose calculation is described, for example, to relocalize a mobile camera (such as on a smart phone) in a known environment or to compute the pose of an object moving relative to a fixed camera. The pose information is useful for robotics, augmented reality, navigation and other applications. In various embodiments where camera pose is calculated, a trained machine learning system associates image elements from an image of a scene, with points in the scene's 3D world coordinate frame. In examples where the camera is fixed and the pose of an object is to be calculated, the trained machine learning system associates image elements from an image of the object with points in an object coordinate frame. In examples, the image elements may be noisy and incomplete and a pose inference engine calculates an accurate estimate of the pose.