Abstract: A cervical inspection device (610) for performing a cervical smear test is provided. The device (610) has a tubular body (612) having a first end (614) which is engagable by an operator and a second end (616) which is insertable into a patient's vaginal canal, the tubular body (612) having a central bore (620) which extends along its longitudinal axis for receiving a cervical sampling brush (622) therethrough. There is also an expansion element (630) at or adjacent to the second end (616) of the tubular body (612) and control means operable from the first end (614) of the tubular body (612) for selectably expanding and/or contracting the expansion element (630). The expansion element (630) forms a protective region beyond the central bore (620) in an expanded condition thereof for the said cervical sampling brush (622) to move through during a cervical smear test.

Abstract: A parking system includes a vehicle database, a spot database, a parking event and reservation handler and a violation system. The vehicle database stores vehicle attribute(s). The spot database stores details and attributes of parking spots (on-street and off-street) of a regional authority. The details include a parking space identifier and attribute(s) corresponding to vehicle attribute(s). The spot database enables editing of the spot details and attributes by owners (e.g. the regional authority, lot and private owners) and of parking schemes of groups of spots by the regional authority. The handler receives parking requests which include a destination for a specified vehicle, determines parking spots which are available within a vicinity of a destination and which match the attribute(s) of the vehicle, and reserves a driver's selection of one of parking spots. The violation system receives violation reports from drivers reporting that the reserved parking spot is occupied.

Abstract: A parking system includes a vehicle database, a spot database, a parking event and reservation handler and a violation system. The vehicle database stores vehicle attribute(s). The spot database stores details and attributes of parking spots (on-street and off-street) of a regional authority. The details include a parking space identifier and attribute(s) corresponding to vehicle attribute(s). The spot database enables editing of the spot details and attributes by owners (e.g. the regional authority, lot and private owners) and of parking schemes of groups of spots by the regional authority. The handler receives parking requests which include a destination for a specified vehicle, determines parking spots which are available within a vicinity of a destination and which match the attribute(s) of the vehicle, and reserves a driver's selection of one of parking spots. The violation system receives violation reports from drivers reporting that the reserved parking spot is occupied.

Abstract: A system including: (a) a database of individual on-street parking spots, and individual off-street parking spots, each of the individual parking spots associated with a unique identifier (UID) and location coordinates; and (b) an off street spot management module in communication one or more external client devices, adapted to receive parking rules from an external client device operated by an owner of each of the individual off-street parking spots.

Abstract: A system including: (a) a database of individual on-street parking spots, and individual off-street parking spots, each of the individual parking spots associated with a unique identifier (UID) and location coordinates; and (b) an off street spot management module in communication one or more external client devices, adapted to receive parking rules from an external client device operated by an owner of each of the individual off-street parking spots.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaving a crystalline segment, including a pair of aligning pins facing a first cleave plane formed on a first side of a crystalline segment, an impact pin facing a second cleave plane formed on a second side of the crystalline segment opposite to the first side, the crystalline segment having a cleave line extending between and generally perpendicular to the opposing cleave planes, and an actuator connected to at least one of the aligning pins and the impact pin, for causing relative movement of the aligning pins and the impact pin towards each other, such that the aligning pins abut against the first cleave plane and the impact pin abuts against the second cleave plane.

Abstract: Method and means are disclosed for detection of overlapped sheets transported along a path. A plurality of detection means are aligned substantially perpendicular to the direction of movement of said sheets, each detection means including one or more radiation sources and one or more radiation detectors. The overlapping of one sheet by another produces a shadow on the surface of the overlapped sheet along the edge of the overlapping sheet when radiation is directed obliquely on to the sheets from one of said radiation sources, the direction of such radiation necessary to produce a shadow being dependent on the direction of the overlap of one sheet by another. Reflected radiation from the sheets is received by one or more of the radiation detectors, and shadows or marks on the sheets are detected by reason of their lower reflectivity.