Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a bi-directional power converter. The power converter includes first connectors configured to receive or transmit electrical energy at a first current, a first voltage, and/or a first current form and second connectors configured to receive or transmit electrical energy at a second current, a second voltage, and/or a second current form. The power converter also includes a controller and a plurality of SiC-based transistors in electrical communication with the first connectors and with the second connectors. The controller is configured for switching, using pulse width modulation, the plurality of SiC-based transistors to change the first current, the first voltage, and/or the first current form to the second current, the second voltage, and/or the second current form. The switching is at a frequency up to 50 KHz.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for a data bridge adapter in a data integration platform that models any application programming interface as an entity-relationship model. This technique allows an individual using an integration platform to map and transform the entity-relationship model without having to create any custom code. The user may specify target parameters as part of an ETL process, and the entity relationship model may allow appropriate data and API calls to be generated to pass the data to the specified target. By creating an entity-relationship model from any API, the technique further supports versioning, schema change resolution, compatibility detection and other features. Furthermore, data visualization software may use the entity-relationship model to allow users to explore and analyze the data represented in the entity-relationship model.

Abstract: The method of locating at least one mobile perception device of a navigation platform, the mobile perception device intended to be worn or carried by a user in a surgical scene, the navigation platform including at least one perception sensor, comprises: —acquiring, by the at least one perception sensor, a plurality of successive images of the scene including the portion of the body of the patient intended to be subjected to the surgical operation; —processing the plurality of successive images to evaluate a relative position of the mobile perception device and the portion of the body intended to be subjected to the surgical operation, wherein the relative position of the mobile perception device and the portion of the body takes into account a movement of the mobile perception device.

Abstract: The system for assisting a surgeon in the context of surgical operations includes a mobile wearable computer worn or carried by a user of the system, at least one perception sensor for collecting anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data in an operating scene, a processor adapted to process the collected anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data collected by the at least one perception sensor, a memory connected to the processor and adapted to store anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data, a robotic effector connected to the processor and adapted to carrying an instrument, wherein movements of the robotic effector are slaved to the anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data, wherein the anatomical and/or instrumental data delimit an area of action within which the movements of the robotic arm are restricted in the operating scene.

Abstract: Disclosed is a location tracking system and associated methods for precisely locating a target device with a recipient device via different forms of location tracking and augmented reality. The recipient device receives a first position of the target device over a data network. The recipient device is moved according to the first position until the target device is in Ultra-WideBand (“UWB”) signaling range of the recipient device. The recipient device then measures a distance and direction of the target device relative to the recipient device based on Time-of-Flight (“ToF”) measurements generated from the UWB signaling. The recipient device determines a second position of the target device based on the distance and direction of the target device, and generates an augmented reality view with a visual reference at a particular position in images of a captured scene that corresponds to the second position of the target device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a location tracking system and associated methods for precisely locating a target device with a recipient device via different forms of location tracking and augmented reality. The recipient device receives a first position of the target device over a data network. The recipient device is moved according to the first position until the target device is in Ultra-WideBand (“UWB”) signaling range of the recipient device. The recipient device then measures a distance and direction of the target device relative to the recipient device based on Time-of-Flight (“ToF”) measurements generated from the UWB signaling. The recipient device determines a second position of the target device based on the distance and direction of the target device, and generates an augmented reality view with a visual reference at a particular position in images of a captured scene that corresponds to the second position of the target device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a location tracking system and associated methods for precisely locating a target device with a recipient device via different forms of location tracking and augmented reality. The recipient device receives a first position of the target device over a data network. The recipient device is moved according to the first position until the target device is in Ultra-WideBand (“UWB”) signaling range of the recipient device. The recipient device then measures a distance and direction of the target device relative to the recipient device based on Time-of-Flight (“ToF”) measurements generated from the UWB signaling. The recipient device determines a second position of the target device based on the distance and direction of the target device, and generates an augmented reality view with a visual reference at a particular position in images of a captured scene that corresponds to the second position of the target device.

Abstract: A federation management service may receive an indication of multiple data sources to integrate into a federated application programming interface (API). One of the data sources is a database that is associated with an API schema that includes annotations that map elements of the API schema to the features of the database. The federation management services processes the API schema to generate the federated API. The federated API may receive a request for an element that is mapped to the feature of the database, generate a query based on the annotations of the API schema, and return a result based on the generated query.

Abstract: A federation management service may receive, via a user interface of the federation management service, a first user input indicating a selection of a testing environment for testing a federated application programming interface (API). The federation management service may receive, in response to the first user input, a portable binary file for deployment in a web browser of a client host. In some examples, the portable binary file may include a first set of scripts for orchestrating query requests for the federated API and a second set of scripts for orchestrating communications between the web browser of the client host and the first set of scripts. The federation management service may then execute, within the web browser of the client host, a query of the federated API using the first set of scripts and the second set of scripts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a location tracking system and associated methods for precisely locating a target device with a recipient device via different forms of location tracking and augmented reality. The recipient device receives a first position of the target device over a data network. The recipient device is moved according to the first position until the target device is in Ultra-WideBand (“UWB”) signaling range of the recipient device. The recipient device then measures a distance and direction of the target device relative to the recipient device based on Time-of-Flight (“ToF”) measurements generated from the UWB signaling. The recipient device determines a second position of the target device based on the distance and direction of the target device, and generates an augmented reality view with a visual reference at a particular position in images of a captured scene that corresponds to the second position of the target device.

Abstract: A computer-based system may be configured to collect metadata for each source and target defined for a data pipeline and formatting information (e.g., schemas, transformations, etc.) associated with each entity and field. During the definition of the pipeline, how the data will end up in the target may be defined, for example, by a user of the computer-based system via a GUI/interface and/or the like. Information (e.g., modification information, etc.) describing how the data will end up in the target may be defined, stored, and accessed to determine and/or track over which fields and entities are affected by the user-defined mutations and over which schemas. Lineage information (e.g., a genealogical tree, data lineage tracing, etc.) describing a data, version, and transformation may be generated and used to determine a source for a data record, how changes to the data record are related, how lineage evolved, and/or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for a data bridge adapter in a data integration platform that models any application programming interface as an entity-relationship model. This technique allows an individual using an integration platform to map and transform the entity-relationship model without having to create any custom code. The user may specify target parameters as part of an ETL process, and the entity relationship model may allow appropriate data and API calls to be generated to pass the data to the specified target. By creating an entity-relationship model from any API, the technique further supports versioning, schema change resolution, compatibility detection and other features. Furthermore, data visualization software may use the entity-relationship model to allow users to explore and analyze the data represented in the entity-relationship model.

Abstract: The system for assisting a surgeon in the context of surgical operations includes a mobile wearable computer worn or carried by a user of the system, at least one perception sensor for collecting anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data in an operating scene, a processor adapted to process the collected anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data collected by the at least one perception sensor, a memory connected to the processor and adapted to store anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data, a robotic effector connected to the processor and adapted to carrying an instrument, wherein movements of the robotic effector are slaved to the anatomical and/or instrumental measurement data, wherein the anatomical and/or instrumental data delimit an area of action within which the movements of the robotic arm are restricted in the operating scene.

Abstract: The method of locating at least one mobile perception device of a navigation platform, the mobile perception device intended to be worn or carried by a user in a surgical scene, the navigation platform including at least one perception sensor, comprises: —acquiring, by the at least one perception sensor, a plurality of successive images of the scene including the portion of the body of the patient intended to be subjected to the surgical operation; —processing the plurality of successive images to evaluate a relative position of the mobile perception device and the portion of the body intended to be subjected to the surgical operation, wherein the relative position of the mobile perception device and the portion of the body takes into account a movement of the mobile perception device.

Abstract: Improved customizable orthotic/prosthetic braces and a lightweight modular exoskeleton may aid individuals with lower limb motor impairment, including children. These customizable orthotic/prosthetic braces improve the strength and rigidity of such braces without a weight penalty. A structural frame is embedded between an inner shell and outer shell, which comprise materials that are easily moldable to conform to a user's limb. The lightweight modular exoskeleton system provides six (6) joint actuators, which are designed to be modular, that act as the active joints (e.g. hips, knees, and ankles) of the exoskeleton. Additionally, the exoskeleton may also provide four (4) passive joints for inversion/eversion of the legs and feet. Foot, crutch, and hip assemblies may also be provided for the exoskeleton.

Abstract: A container case including a plurality of containers wrapped in a shrink film. The shrink film includes a first open end having a first rim that defines a first opening, and a second open end located opposite the first open end, the second open end having a second rim that defines a second opening. The container case also includes a closing component coupled to the shrink film. The closing component includes at least a portion thereof configured for uncoupling from one portion of the shrink film and recoupling to another portion of the shrink film to thereby reduce an area of the first opening.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secure in-person dating and socializing platform. The platform may perform a check-in of a first user at a particular event based on messaging from a first device of the first user. The first device may receive messages from other devices of other users at the particular event that have previously checked-in to the particular event. Each message may provide a status for a different one of the other users. The first device may determine a location of each of the other devices based on signaling characteristics associated with receiving each message, may determine an area falling within a field-of-view of the first device camera, and may provide an augmented reality presentation of the camera feed with a visual indicator for the status of a second user at a particular location in the field-of-view that maps to the location of a second device of the second user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secure in-person dating and socializing platform. The platform may perform a check-in of a first user at a particular event based on messaging from a first device of the first user. The first device may receive messages from other devices of other users at the particular event that have previously checked-in to the particular event. Each message may provide a status for a different one of the other users. The first device may determine a location of each of the other devices based on signaling characteristics associated with receiving each message, may determine an area falling within a field-of-view of the first device camera, and may provide an augmented reality presentation of the camera feed with a visual indicator for the status of a second user at a particular location in the field-of-view that maps to the location of a second device of the second user.

Abstract: A method removing artifacts from neural signals comprises receiving electroencephalography (EEG) data from an EEG system and providing the EEG data to a unified artifact removal framework for cleaning artifacts. The EEG data is provided to a first cleaning framework utilizing the first reference to clean first artifacts from the EEG data, and the outputting the EEG data from the first cleaning framework to a second cleaning framework. The second cleaning framework may operate in a similar manner utilizing second reference to clean second artifacts from the EEG data. This general process may be repeated as desired to clean various artifacts from EEG data, when a suitable reference for the artifacts to be removed is utilized. The frameworks utilize H? method or filtering involving a H? adapting rule to properly weigh the reference, and combining the subsequent output with incoming EEG data results in the desired removal of artifacts.

Abstract: Neuromuscular stimulation is widely used for rehabilitation and movement assist devices, due to its safety, efficacy, and ease of operation. For repeatable and accurate muscular contractions, a voltage controlled current sources (VCCS) with high compliance is required. Conventional VCCS design requires high-voltage rated operational amplifiers, which are expensive and consume large power. Moreover, conventional stimulators are not viable for simultaneous stimulation of muscle synergies, as they require multiple VCCS operating at the same time. This invention presents a neuromuscular stimulator with a multistage driver circuit wherein, a VCCS connected to an output driving stage comprising of folded-cascode transistor buffers and a bidirectional current mirror circuit. The multistage driver circuit uses inexpensive low-voltage rated operational amplifiers that consume 95% less power.