Abstract: An object identification system includes a processor; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor. The non-transitory, processor readable storage medium includes one or more instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to establish communication between an image acquisition device and a wearable device, the image acquisition device comprising a first transceiver and the wearable device including a second transceiver; receive data at the image acquisition device from the wearable device, the data including a localized position of the wearable device that is located within a field of view of the image acquisition device; and control the image acquisition device to track, based on the data, an object associated with the wearable device.

Abstract: A modular monitor system includes a processor; a plurality of slots including a predetermined shape; a plurality of image acquisition devices configured to be received in any one of the plurality of slots and communicatively coupled with the processor; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor that includes one or more instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to: obtain acquisition data; prioritize selection, based on the acquisition data, of one or more image acquisition devices from the plurality of image acquisition devices in accordance with predetermined criteria, the predetermined criteria including a computational load, image acquisition device availability, image acquisition device cost, one or more use cases, or any combination thereof, the respective ones of the one or more image acquisition devices including a different modality; and control, based on the prioritized selection, operation of the one or more image acqu

Abstract: An aspiration catheter including a body having a proximal end and an opposite distal tip with a lumen extending in a longitudinal direction therethrough from the proximal end to the distal tip. The aspiration catheter further includes a stabilizing structural member stabilizing the body relative to the inner wall of the vessel to minimize movement and/or radial expansion of the distal tip of the body while subject to aspiration that otherwise may potentially damage the inner wall of the vessel.

Abstract: Cyclic aspiration system including an aspiration catheter and a cyclic aspiration source connected in fluid communication thereto, wherein the cyclic aspiration pressure source produces a cyclic aspiration pressure waveform of intermittently cycling intervals of a vacuum pressure below atmospheric pressure and a positive pressure higher than the vacuum pressure. The system further including a non-powered internal structural impediment disposed within the lumen of the aspiration catheter and configured to engage with a clot capturable therein during resulting movement between the clot and the non-powered internal structural impediment while subject to the cyclic aspiration pressure waveform to assist in capture of the clot. The non-powered internal structural impediment may be permanently attached to the aspiration catheter or a separate component or device independently slidable within the lumen of the aspiration catheter.

Abstract: Acoustic inspection productivity can be enhanced using techniques to perform compression of acquired acoustic data, such as data corresponding to elementary A-scan or other time-series representations of received acoustic echo data. In various approaches described herein, time-series data can be decimated for efficient storage or transmission. A representation of the time-series data can be reconstructed, such as by using a Fourier transform-based up-sampling technique or a convolutional interpolation filter, as illustrative examples. The techniques described herein can be used for a variety of different acoustic measurement techniques that involve acquisition of time-series data (e.g., A-Scan data). Such techniques include Full Matrix Capture (FMC) applications, plane wave imaging (PWI), or PAUT, as illustrative examples.

Abstract: A head elevation apparatus configured to be positioned under a mattress may include a base panel and a top panel positioned on the base panel. The top panel may include a center panel hingedly coupled to the base panel. An upper flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel. A lower flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel.

Abstract: A head elevation apparatus configured to be positioned under a mattress may include a base panel and a top panel positioned on the base panel. The top panel may include a center panel hingedly coupled to the base panel. An upper flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel. A lower flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel.

Abstract: A floating fastener comprises a retainer and a captive nut held within a cavity of the retainer. The nut is star-shaped with four points spaced equally apart and with four valleys on the periphery of the nut between the points creating the overall star-shape of the nut. Likewise, the cavity in the retainer corresponds to the shape and contour of the nut but sized so that there is a substantial gap between them. Permissible lateral float of the nut can be maximized by employing a particular angularity of the sides of the valleys in relation to other dimensions of the fastener.

Abstract: A head elevation apparatus configured to be positioned under a mattress may include a base panel and a top panel positioned on the base panel. The top panel may include a center panel hingedly coupled to the base panel. An upper flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel. A lower flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel.

Abstract: A head elevation apparatus configured to be positioned under a mattress may include a base panel and a top panel positioned on the base panel. The top panel may include a center panel hingedly coupled to the base panel. An upper flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel. A lower flap may be hingedly coupled to the center panel.

Abstract: A loan determination system configured to determine and provide customized loans to an auto dealership based on iteratively updated dealership loan tiers (using predictive modeling that factors in performance of the specific dealership and others for a particular type of loan), a current dealership state, and input from the dealership. The system may analyze the success rates of various loan programs of one or more dealerships, build predictive models in order to determine a dealership state and associated loan tier, and recommend a particular loan program to the dealership based on the determination. Based on the dealership making a loan program selection and updated performance data, the predictive model data is updated and used to determine a new dealership state. Accordingly, the system may react to changes in dealership performance by recommending loan programs associated with a different loan tier.

Abstract: A floating fastener comprises a retainer and a captive nut held within a cavity of the retainer. The nut is star-shaped with four points spaced equally apart and with four valleys on the periphery of the nut between the points creating the overall star-shape of the nut. Likewise, the cavity in the retainer corresponds to the shape and contour of the nut but sized so that there is a substantial gap between them. Permissible lateral float of the nut can be maximized by employing a particular angularity of the sides of the valleys in relation to other dimensions of the fastener.

Abstract: A system and related method for simulating IR halos in a computer graphics display generates a set of halo candidates corresponding to each new scene by scanning the frame buffer for that scene to flag pixels associated with unocculted light sources as halo candidates, or prospective halo centers around which simulated halos are to be drawn. The system adjusts the defocus value of flagged halo candidates based on their pixel distance and determines whether identified halo centers are new, continuing, or expired by comparing the current scene and its halo candidate list to the preceding (currently displayed) image and its list of current halo centers. The system generates a dual visible/IR image, adding IR-only polygonal halos to the identified halo centers based on pixel attributes. The dual image is projected for viewing by night vision goggles, which the IR-only image and component halos will stimulate.

Abstract: A computer-implemented evaluation method for evaluating an employee includes providing an evaluation dashboard application to participants capable of generating a collective progress report indicating a proportion of group members who have transmitted external-evaluation information at a time the collective progress report is generated, and further capable of generating a plurality of individual progress reports respectively indicating a completeness of external-evaluation information received from each of the plurality of group members at a time the plurality of individual progress reports are generated. The collective progress report and the plurality of individual progress reports are accessible by each participant executing the evaluation dashboard application on a remote computer without communicating with another participant. A participant in the evaluation process can anonymously check on the progress of other participants in the evaluation process in real time.

Abstract: The present technology may identify item category affinities by identifying a plurality of classifications of an item. An accuracy of the plurality of classifications relative to one another for the item may be identified. A category affinity of the item may be determined based on the accuracy of the plurality of classifications relative to one another.

Abstract: A self-configuring data acquisition system and method for conducting diagnostic testing of process equipment devices. The data acquisition system includes a data acquisition processing unit for controlling diagnostic testing of an equipment device, the equipment device including a digital information unit that stores information uniquely identifying the equipment device. A signal conditioning unit is coupled to the data acquisition unit by a first data transmission means, the signal conditioning unit including a digital information unit that stores information uniquely identifying the signal conditioning unit. A sensor is coupled with the equipment device under test, wherein the sensor is further coupled to the signal conditioning unit by a second data transmission means, and wherein the sensor includes a digital information unit that stores information uniquely identifying the sensor. Each digital information unit transmits its stored identifying information to the data acquisition processing unit.

Abstract: A method for ranking the quality of a set of tabular data includes determining one or more quality metrics corresponding to a set of tabular data. The quality metrics are combined to form a quality score for the set of tabular data.

Abstract: A method for searching computer data to obtain tabular data includes selecting a data node and obtaining the data content of the node. Possible tabular data contained within the data content is identified. The possible tabular data is analyzed to recognize tabular data.

Abstract: A multi-lumen catheter with a generally circular cross-section having a central guidewire lumen, partially circumscribed by an inflation lumen having a generally C-shaped cross-section defining a web and a guidewire access cut extending radially through that web from the outer surface of the multi-lumen catheter to the central guidewire lumen. The guidewire access cut allowing access to an indwelling guidewire for direct control over axial translation, or ingress and egress of the guidewire.

Abstract: A search engine is provided which responds to a user's queries by generating and presenting a graphed result. In addition to the graphed data, the user is provided with advertisement data which is related to the query information and/or to the nature of the data itself. One aspect of the invention selects advertisements to be displayed based on trends determined from the data presented on the graph.