Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric power generation module that uses a thermoelectric power generation element and, for example, improves the efficiency of thermoelectric power generation according to heat generated by a semiconductor component, etc.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a value of one or more parameters which vary with actions of a user; accessing an artificial intelligent agent configured to use one or more trained machine learning models selected, from a plurality of differently trained machine learning models, based on the obtained value of one or more parameters, the plurality of differently trained machine learning models being configured to provide respective outputs; providing content composed by the user as an input to the artificial intelligent agent to cause generation of feedback to the user on the content composed by the user, the feedback being dependent on the artificial intelligent agent; controlling a submission based on the content composed by the user; and causing the feedback to be provided to the user.

Abstract: A system and method for measuring material swell of material loaded in a dump vehicle using a work machine that includes a frame, an engine, a ground engaging element, a working mechanism and an imaging device. The imaging device provided on the work machine identifies the dump vehicle at a landscape site, and scans the site and the dump vehicle continuously using continuous 3D mapping. The imaging device scans continuously during operation of the work machine as the work machine removes a load of material from the bank of landscape or site with the working mechanism and transfers the load into the dump vehicle. The imaging device calculates the bank volume of the load removed from the site and the excavated volume of the load transferred in the dump vehicle to determine the material swell of the load as the work machine operates.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: determining at least two locations at which a user touches a device; selecting a first location and a second location from the at least two locations to define a transmission path for an acoustic signal through the user; applying an acoustic signal to the user through the first location; detecting an acoustic signal transmitted through the user at the second location; and analysing the detected acoustic signal to determine if it is indicative of transmission of the applied acoustic signal through an authorised user based on a known bioacoustic signature of the authorised user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a program capable of appropriately evaluating an object recognition filter by simpler processing. A generation unit that generates teacher data of a preprocessing filter provided in a preceding stage of the object recognition filter is generated by a cyclic generative adversarial network (Cyclic GAN) that is unsupervised learning. The teacher data generated by the generated generation unit is applied to the object recognition filter, an evaluation image is generated from a difference between object recognition result images, and an evaluation filter that generates an evaluation image from the evaluation image and the teacher data is generated. The evaluation filter is applied to an input image to generate an evaluation image, and the object recognition filter is evaluated by the generated evaluation image.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a propagation profile for wireless signals transmitted between at least two devices via a creeping wave along a user's skin; causing transmission of electromagnetic radiation towards a plurality of locations on a target user's body to obtain dielectric properties of their skin at the plurality of locations based on an amount of the electromagnetic radiation reflected from each location; determining whether the propagation profile correlates with a realizable creeping wave along the target user's skin, the realizability being based on the obtained dielectric properties of their skin; and forming an association between the target user and the at least two devices based on a strength of correlation between the propagation profile and a realizable creeping wave.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to improve the accuracy of estimation using a student network, the information processing device including an estimation unit that estimates an object class of an object included in an input image using a student network generated based on a teacher network generated by machine learning using images stored in a large-scale image database as training data. The student network is generated by machine learning using, as training data, synthetic images obtained using the teacher network and real environment images acquired by a plurality of different modalities in a real environment in which estimation by the estimation unit is expected to be executed.

Abstract: A device, comprising circuitry configured to: receive surgical data indicating a parameter of a surgical instrument used during a surgical procedure and a stress related parameter of a member of a surgical team performing the surgical procedure; and associating the surgical data with the stress related parameter.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program are described to determine a configuration of a reconfigurable screen of a user device, identify potentially problematic sources of reflection from a scene around a user device based, at least in part, on the determined configuration, and compensate for the potentially problematic sources of reflection.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs for enabling sub-pixel information to be determined in captured images. The apparatus can comprise means for activating at least one filter wherein the at least one filter is positioned in front of at least one image sensor. The at least one filter is configured to at least partially filter light such that the at least one filter has a spatial variation of transparency on an analogue scale across an area covered by the at least one filter. The apparatus also comprises means for detecting an image captured by the at least one image sensor; and using information relating to the spatial variation of transparency of the at least one filter to determine sub-pixel information in the captured image.

Abstract: An object of the present technology is to prevent damage in a bonded portion between a semiconductor chip and a substrate in a semiconductor device in which the semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate. A terminal is disposed between an electrode of an element and an electrode of a substrate on which the element is mounted, and electrically connects the electrode of the element and the electrode of the substrate. The terminal includes a plurality of unit lattices and a coupling portion. The unit lattices included in the terminal are formed by bonding a plurality of beams in a cube shape. The coupling portion included in the terminal couples adjacent unit lattices among the plurality of unit lattices.

Abstract: Damage to a joint part of a terminal of an electronic component mounted on a substrate is detected. The substrate includes a base material unit, a land, and a light detection unit. The land included in the substrate is arranged with a stress light emitting body configured to emit light in accordance with stress, includes a transparent member, and is joined with a terminal of an element arranged in the base material unit included in the substrate. The light detection unit included in the substrate is arranged between the base material unit and the land included in the substrate, and detects light from the stress light emitting body.

Abstract: A computer assisted surgery system comprising: a computerised surgical apparatus; and a control apparatus; wherein the control apparatus comprises circuitry configured to: receive information indicating a first region of a surgical scene from which information is obtained by the computerised surgical apparatus to make a decision; receive information indicating a second region of the surgical scene from which information is obtained by a medical professional to make a decision; determine if there is a discrepancy between the first and second regions of the surgical scene; and if there is a discrepancy between the first and second regions of the surgical scene: perform a predetermined process based on the discrepancy.

Abstract: A robotic arm system for surgery is described. The method includes: processing circuitry configured to: apply a virtual barrier preventing a human controlled surgical device from entering an area within a surgical scene; and release the virtual barrier in response to a gesture.

Abstract: A computer assisted surgery system comprising an image capture apparatus, a display, a user interface and circuitry, wherein the circuitry is configured to: receive information indicating a surgical scenario and a surgical process associated with the surgical scenario; obtain an artificial image of the surgical scenario; output the artificial image for display on the display; receive permission information via the user interface indicating if there is permission for the surgical process to be performed if the surgical scenario is determined to occur.

Abstract: A system for controlling a medical image capture device during surgery, the system including: circuitry configured to receive a first image of the surgical scene, captured by the medical image capture device from a first viewpoint, and additional information of the scene; determine, for the medical image capture device, in accordance with the additional information and previous viewpoint information of surgical scenes, one or more candidate viewpoints from which to obtain an image of the surgical scene; provide, in accordance with the first image of the surgical scene, for each of the one or more candidate viewpoints, a simulated image of the surgical scene from the candidate viewpoint; control the medical image capture device to obtain an image of the surgical scene from the candidate viewpoint corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more simulated images of the surgical scene.

Abstract: A system for controlling a medical image capture device during surgery is provided, the system including circuitry configured to acquire first image data from the medical image capture device, the first image data being of an appearance of a surgical scene at a first instance of time; determine, based on a predicted appearance of the surgical scene based on the first image data at a second instance of time after the first instance of time, one or more desired image capture properties of the medical image capture device; and control the medical image capture device at a third instance of time, the third instance of time being between the first instance of time and the second instance of time, in accordance with the one or more desired image capture properties of the medical image capture device.

Abstract: A wing tip device having a first wing tip device element for attaching at a first wing tip device element root to a tip of an aircraft wing, and a second wing tip device element extending from a second wing tip device element root to a second wing tip device element tip, the second wing tip device element root outboard, when viewed in the wing planform direction, of the first wing tip device element root; the first wing tip device element having a first wing tip device element leading edge and a first wing tip device element trailing edge, and the second wing tip device element having a second wing tip device element leading edge and a second wing tip device element trailing edge; and a fairing between the first and second wing tip device element which extends aft from the second wing tip device element trailing edge.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for: capturing or causing capture of an image of an object using a rolling shutter having an aperture width and shutter scan speed; during the image capture, projecting or causing projection of electromagnetic radiation with a fixed-spatial, time-variable distribution onto the object, wherein the time-variable distribution of the projected electromagnetic radiation, the aperture width of the rolling shutter, and the shutter scan speed of the rolling shutter, are such that adjustment of one or more of these would not decrease a proportion of projected electromagnetic radiation captured which is directly reflected from a surface of the object.

Abstract: Systems are provided for logging transactions in heterogeneous networks that include a combination of one or more instrumented components and one or more non-instrumented components. The instrumented components are configured to generate impersonated log records for the non-instrumented components involved in the transaction processing hand-offs with the instrumented components. The impersonated log records are persisted with other log records that are generated by the instrumented components in a transaction log that is maintained by a central logging system to reflect a complete flow of the transaction processing performed on the object, including the flow through the non-instrumented component(s).