Abstract: In some aspects, an electronic device may display a keyboard user interface on a touchscreen display panel. The electronic device may detect a key press interaction with the keyboard user interface. The electronic device may trigger one or more haptic actuators to generate a vibration waveform associated with a haptic pattern that is based at least in part on a context associated with the key press interaction. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.

Abstract: An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump. The filter defines a plurality of apertures, through which blood flows through the filter. The apertures are sized to prevent ingestion, by the input port, of the heart tissue. The filter includes a plurality of generally helical first struts wound about a longitudinal axis of the filter, and a plurality of second struts. The first and second struts collectively define the plurality of apertures therebetween. The struts may be woven filaments, or the apertures may be defined in a thin film (foil) tube, where remaining material between the apertures form the struts.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reverberation generation for headphone virtualization. A method of generating one or more components of a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) for headphone virtualization is described. In the method, directionally-controlled reflections are generated, wherein directionally-controlled reflections impart a desired perceptual cue to an audio input signal corresponding to a sound source location. Then at least the generated reflections are combined to obtain the one or more components of the BRIR. Corresponding system and computer program products are described as well.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for increasing an immune response in a subject, immunizing a subject and/or treating a disease in a subject that relate to keratinocytes. It is a surprising finding of the present invention that modulation of an XBP1 pathway creates a keratinocyte that is itself an immune modulator, or adjuvant. In some embodiments, the concentration of antigen is increased in the vicinity of the keratinocyte, further increasing the immune response by effector cells within that vicinity.

Abstract: An example system comprises a base with a bottom end and a top end opposite the bottom end, a motor within the base, the motor being coupled to a rotational component of the base and configured to turn the rotational component about an axis of rotation, the rotational component being at the top end of the base, the axis of rotation being perpendicular to the top end of the base, and an arm coupled to the rotational component, the arm configured to move a holding member above the top of the base, the holding member configurable to hold a digital device above the top end of the base, the arm being adjustable to position and tilt the holding member, the rotational component being capable of turning the arm and the holding member, the arm configured to tilt the holding member at a first angle relative to the arm.

Abstract: Some disclosed methods involve performing a fingerprint enrollment process involving obtaining fingerprint image data via a first fingerprint sensor of a fingerprint sensor system including two or more fingerprint sensors and creating a first fingerprint sensor template for subsequent fingerprint authentication via the first fingerprint sensor. Some disclosed methods involve determining a second fingerprint sensor of the fingerprint sensor system for which a fingerprint template will be created, determining one or more second fingerprint sensor characteristics of the second fingerprint sensor and creating a second fingerprint sensor template for subsequent fingerprint authentication via the second fingerprint sensor based, at least in part, on the first fingerprint sensor template and the one or more second fingerprint sensor characteristics.

Abstract: A method of forming a microneedle array can include forming a sheet of material having a plurality of layers and micromilling the sheet of material to form a microneedle array. At least one of the plurality of layers can include a bioactive component, and the microneedle array can include a base portion and plurality of microneedles extending from the base portion.

Abstract: Some methods may involve receiving fingerprint image data and a first set of background image data from a fingerprint sensor and determining first processed fingerprint image data via a subtraction of the first set of background image data from the fingerprint image data. Some methods may involve obtaining force data corresponding to a force applied to the fingerprint sensor when the fingerprint image data were obtained. Some methods may involve obtaining a second set of background image data corresponding to the force data. Some methods may involve determining second processed fingerprint image data based, at least in part, on the first processed fingerprint image data and the second set of background image data, and outputting the second processed fingerprint image data. In some examples, determining the second processed fingerprint image data may involve a machine learning model. Some examples may involve estimating residual noise based on the force data.

Abstract: Audio and haptic signal processing systems and methods are provided. There is provided a method for haptic drive signal generation. The method comprises receiving an input audio signal for driving an audio speaker. The method further comprises deriving, from the audio signal, data components indicative of behaviour of the audio speaker when being driven by the input audio signal, each data component being associated with a respective frequency range. The method further comprises determining a haptic drive component from each data component. A gain is selected to provide to each of the haptic drive components, the gain being selected for each respective frequency range. Each selected gain is applied to the respective haptic drive component to produce gain adjusted haptic drive components.

Abstract: The disclosed methods relate to forming microneedle arrays from a production mold that comprises a flexible mold material. The disclosed methods can be used to reproducibly manufacture undercut dissolvable and coated microneedle arrays with various shapes and structures.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for increasing an immune response in a subject, immunizing a subject and/or treating a disease in a subject that relate to keratinocytes. It is a surprising finding of the present invention that modulation of an XBP1 pathway creates a keratinocyte that is itself an immune modulator, or adjuvant. In some embodiments, the concentration of antigen is increased in the vicinity of the keratinocyte, further increasing the immune response by effector cells within that vicinity.

Abstract: An environmental capture system (ECS) captures image data and depth information in a 360-degree scene. The captured image data and depth information can be used to generate a 360-degree scene. The ECS comprises a frame, a drive train mounted to the frame, and an image capture device coupled to the drive train to capture, while pointed in a first direction, a plurality of images at different exposures in a first field of view (FOV) of the 360-degree scene. The ECS further comprises a depth information capture device coupled to the drive train. The depth information capture device and the image capture device are rotated by the drive train about a first, substantially vertical, axis from the first direction to a second direction. The depth information capture device, while being rotated from the first direction to the second direction, captures depth information for a first portion of the 360-degree scene.