Abstract: A computer-implemented point-cloud data acquisitioning method for acquiring point-cloud data of the inside of a mining equipment. The method includes the step of acquiring from a sensor, a first dataset and a second dataset, wherein each dataset includes datapoints at coordinates. The method extracts features from the first and second dataset and aligns the first and second dataset using the extracted features. The first and second dataset are aligned into a point-cloud data. The geometry of the mining equipment is estimated based on the point-cloud data and the point-cloud data is used to identify a region of the estimated geometry indicating insufficient data.

Abstract: A fiber-optic cable includes an optical fiber that transports a forward-propagating laser beam. The optical fiber includes a core, a cladding, and an output end-face emitting the forward-propagating beam. The fiber-optic cable also includes a mode-stripper, along a segment of the optical fiber, that couples out backward-propagating radiation that has been coupled into the cladding at the output end-face. The fiber-optic cable further includes a waveguide having a waveguide body with a bore containing at least part of the segment of the optical fiber. The bore is defined by an inward-facing surface that guides at least a fraction of the backward-propagating radiation, coupled out of the cladding by the mode-stripper, toward a rear opening of the bore farthest from the output end-face. Additionally, the fiber-optic cable includes one or more sensors or fiber ports that receive portions of the backward-propagating radiation emerging from the rear opening.

Abstract: An infotainment system for a vehicle comprises a speaker, configured to be attached to a seat of the vehicle and comprising a transducer. The infotainment system comprises an electronic control unit, configured to receive a first signal from an audio source, and to transmit a first output, based on the first signal, to the transducer, so as to excite the transducer in an audible frequency range above a predetermined first threshold, the infotainment system being in an audio mode. The infotainment system further comprises a haptic controller, configured to generate a second signal, representative of a haptic signal. The electronic control unit is configured to transmit a second output, based on the second signal, to the transducer, so as to excite the transducer in a frequency range below a predetermined second threshold equal to or lower than the first threshold, the infotainment system being in a vibration mode.

Abstract: A likelihood of cancer relapse is estimated for a subject by introducing ex vivo a nucleic acid molecule comprising a reporter gene under transcriptional control of a SOX9p or of a promoter operatively linked to an enhancer element comprising at least one SOX9 binding site into cancer cells obtained from a tumor sample from a subject. The cancer cells are exposed ex vivo to a cancer treatment and the amount of SOX9+ cancer cells following cancer treatment is determined based on expression of the reporter gene. The likelihood of cancer relapse following cancer treatment for the subject is estimated based on the determined amount of SOX9+ cancer cells. A combination of a viral vector comprising a suicidal gene under transcription control of a SOX9p or of a promoter operatively linked to an enhancer element comprising at least one SOX9 binding site and a prodrug can be used in treatment of a subject suffering from a cancer disease.

Abstract: A computer-implemented point-cloud data acquisitioning method for acquiring point-cloud data of the inside of a mining equipment. The method includes the step of acquiring from a sensor, a first dataset and a second dataset, wherein each dataset includes datapoints at coordinates. The method extracts features from the first and second dataset and aligns the first and second dataset using the extracted features. The first and second dataset are aligned into a point-cloud data. The geometry of the mining equipment is estimated based on the point-cloud data and the point-cloud data is used to identify a region of the estimated geometry indicating insufficient data.

Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding method for machining at least one spline in an aeronautical component. The apparatus comprises a holder defining an axial direction about which the holder is moveable, and a cutting insert attachable to the holder. The apparatus further comprises a coupling for attaching the cutting insert to the holder about a second direction that is perpendicular to the axial direction of the holder. The holder may comprise a first alignment feature for orientating the cutting insert at a single orientation with respect to the holder. The cutting insert may comprise at least one cutting tooth, wherein each cutting tooth comprises a cutting edge. The cutting insert may comprise a first datum surface which is spaced from each cutting edge by a respective predetermined spacing.

Abstract: A bone conduction device utilizes discrete retention magnets to secure both a sound processor housing and a vibration actuator to a head of a recipient. Only an electrical lead connects the sound processor housing and the vibration actuator. As such, the sound processor housing and the vibration actuator are mechanically separated. This mechanical separation helps reduce or eliminate vibration transmission between the two components, thus reducing feedback caused by the vibrations.

Abstract: A pulsation damper configured to reduce pressure peaks in a pipe system. The pulsation damper comprises an elastic pipe section arranged to be in a small volume state or a large volume state. A first volume held in the elastic pipe section in the large volume state is greater than a second volume held in the elastic pipe section in the small volume state. The elastic pipe section has an elliptical cross section in the small volume state. A ratio between a major axis and a minor axis of the elastic pipe section is in the range 1,05 to 10,0, such as 1,1 to 1,5.

Abstract: A conductivity sensor is provided. The sensor comprises at least one electrode being embedded in a cylindrical non-conductive body such that one end of each one of the at least one electrode is exposed to a sample volume, wherein the sensor further comprises a support body to which the cylindrical body is engagable with, which support body comprises means for attaching said support body to a frame structure in a fluid tight manner.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for displaying an image on a display of an electronic device, wherein the image is one selected image of a burst of images. The method comprises the steps of capturing a burst of images, comprising at least three images, defining a main image by selecting one image of the captured burst of images, defining the at least one images obtained before the selected main image as pre-images, displaying the defined pre-images and the selected main image in sequence on the display.

Abstract: A membrane arrangement to be placed between a product chamber and a hydraulic oil chamber is provided. The membrane arrangement comprises a first membrane and a second membrane. Between the membranes in a membrane interior space a marker liquid is placed. By using a sensor it can be detected when product or hydraulic oil enters the membrane interior space, which in turn means that a rupture of any of the two membranes may be detected in a reliable and cost efficient way.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display and a touch input disposed over the display. The touch input receives touch inputs from a user and detects location of the user's hand relative to the display including location of the user's hand in front of and not touching the touch input. A controller controls the display of content, including determining an obstructed area of the display that is obstructed from viewing by the user's hand as indicated by the detection made by the touch input; determining that a default location for the display of a new graphical user interface (GUI) element that should be added to the display overlaps with the obstructed area by at least a predetermined amount; and changing a manner in which the new GUI element is displayed so that the new GUI element is not obstructed by the user's hand.

Abstract: The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for configuring a user interface of a portable mobile communication device. An exemplary method includes determining, by at least one of the portable mobile communication device or an electronic device in communication with the portable mobile communication device, a direction associated with a user's gaze. Additionally, the method includes at least one of: in response to determining the direction associated with the user's gaze is at least partially towards a display associated with the electronic device, configuring the portable mobile communication display to function as a touch pad that enables interaction with a user interface displayed on the electronic device; or in response to determining the direction associated with the user's gaze is at least partially towards a display associated with the portable mobile communication device, configuring the portable mobile communication device display to display a user interface.

Abstract: A rendering device dynamically varies how audio and visual information is rendered by a rendering device responsive to changes in distance between the rendering device and a mobile device carried by a user. As the user moves about, the distance between the rendering device and the mobile device carried by the user will vary. As the distance between the mobile device and the rendering device changes, the rendering system can dynamically adapt how the audio and visual information is rendered. For example, the rendering device can increase or decrease the volume of an audio output, depending on changes in the distance. Also, the rendering device can change how visual information is rendered on a display responsive to changes in distance. In some embodiments, when the distance between the mobile device and rendering device exceeds a predetermined distance, the audio and/or visual information may be sent to the mobile device.

Abstract: A bone conduction device utilizes discrete retention magnets to secure both a sound processor housing and a vibration actuator to a head of a recipient. Only an electrical lead connects the sound processor housing and the vibration actuator. As such, the sound processor housing and the vibration actuator are mechanically separated. This mechanical separation helps reduce or eliminate vibration transmission between the two components, thus reducing feedback caused by the vibrations.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to invoke a setup of a fingerprint identification service of the user device, wherein the setup automatically sets up the fingerprint identification service without receiving a request from a user to set up the fingerprint identification service, capture, via the fingerprint reader, a fingerprint sample of the user of the user device; store the fingerprint sample; determine whether to generate a fingerprint template; generate the fingerprint template based on a determination to generate the fingerprint template; store the fingerprint template; provide a notification to the user that indicates that the fingerprint identification service can be activated; receive a request to activate the fingerprint identification service from the user; and activate the fingerprint identification service based on the request to activate the fingerprint identification service.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an integrated scrollbar options menu, a display screen, and a graphical user interface for navigating the display screen. The graphical user interface includes a scrollbar that is operable to scroll display content in a first direction corresponding to an axis of the scrollbar in response to a first navigational movement of the scrollbar in the first direction corresponding to the axis. The scrollbar includes the integrated scrollbar options menu. The integrated scrollbar options menu is configured to be accessed by expanding the scrollbar using a second navigational movement of the scrollbar that is different from the first navigational movement.

Abstract: A pulsation damper configured to reduce pressure variations in a pipe system. The pulsation damper comprises a first pipe section and a second pipe section. The first pipe section is at least partly placed inside the second pipe section such that a product flow can flow through the first pipe section and then through a space formed between the first pipe section and the second pipe section. Due to the increased cross sectional area of the second pipe section pressure variations can be damped efficiently.

Abstract: A conductivity sensor is provided. The sensor comprises at least one electrode being embedded in a cylindrical non-conductive body such that one end of each one of the at least one electrode is exposed to a sample volume, wherein the sensor further comprises a support body to which the cylindrical body is engagable with, which support body comprises means for attaching said support body to a frame structure in a fluid tight manner.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metallic component having a core and a metallic cladding by Hot Isostatic Pressing includes the steps of arranging a capsule and a core such that the capsule at least partially surrounds the core and a space is formed between at least a portion of the core and a portion of the capsule. The core, prior to the step of Hot Isostatic Pressing, is provided with at least one centering means for centering the solid body obtained in the step of Hot Isostatic Pressing in a metal machining apparatus.