Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing data executed by a computing apparatus including at least a storage and a processor in a human-computer interface system using electroencephalography (EEG) data and eye tracking (ET) data, the method comprising following steps: representing through the control interface, a set of list of keys which is associated with user actions; collecting and processing the two EEG and ET dataset, to determine whether the user is looking at a certain key or not and the concentration state of the user while looking at that key, if yes then activating a time counting parameter t with an increasing rate of the time counting parameter ?>0 and an adjusting rate ?T; confirming whether the user wants to select that key or not, based on a time constraint defined as t?dwell, wherein dwell is a known parameter according to a conventional method corresponding to a required time duration that the user has to look at a key to select that key.

Abstract: A contact lens for shaping a cornea of an eye of a patient to treat high cylinder astigmatism may include a peripheral portion, an alignment portion, a treatment portion, a reverse portion, and a staining feature. The peripheral portion may cause migration of epithelial cells from a periphery of a cornea of the eye of the patient towards a center of the cornea of the eye of the patient. The alignment portion may align the contact lens on the cornea. The treatment portion may cause migration of the epithelial cells from the center of the cornea towards the periphery of the cornea. The reverse portion may relieve pressure caused by the migration of the epithelial cells. The staining feature may contact the cornea, thereby reshaping the cornea to treat high cylinder astigmatism. The staining feature may apply a ribbon-shaped staining pattern to the cornea across the contact lens.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a recovery tank, a suction nozzle in fluid communication with the recovery tank, and a suction source in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and the recovery tank to generate a working air path to transport debris-containing fluid including air and liquid from the suction nozzle into the recovery tank. An air/liquid separator can be provided within the recovery tank for separating liquid from air in the debris-containing fluid.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a recovery tank, an enclosure including a motor housing and a fan housing, and a suction source comprising a motor within the motor housing and a fan within the fan housing. The enclosure includes a muffler that muffles noise generated by an exhaust air flow produced by the fan.

Abstract: There is provided a network message server configured to establish a secure network data connection between the network message server and a mobile end-user device, the secure network data connection supported by a socket including a socket identifier (ID) having at least one of a port address or a port number, receive a request to transmit data to one of a plurality of mobile applications a the mobile end-user device, the request including a device ID corresponding to the mobile end-user device and one of a plurality of mobile application IDs corresponding to the one of the plurality of mobile applications, and generate a network data message based on the request, the network data message including application data and the one of the plurality of mobile application IDs corresponding to the one of the plurality of mobile applications.

Abstract: Provided is a Face-aware Offset Calculation (FOC) module and method for facial frame interpolation and enhancement and a face video deblurring system and method using the same. The system comprises: a facial frame enhancement device, including a FOC module, for enhancing a target frame; a facial frame interpolation device, including the FOC module, for interpolating the target frame; and a combination device for combining the enhanced target frame with the interpolated target frame.

Abstract: A system to perform operations that include: detecting, at a first client device, a second client device in proximity with the first client device; generating a pairing code in response to the detecting the second client device in proximity of the first client device; establishing a communication pathway between the first client device and the second client device based on at least the pairing code; and presenting a collocation indicator at the first client device based on the establishing the communication pathway, according to certain example embodiments.

Abstract: An eddy-current-based magnetic braking device includes two external elements flanking a central element that is aligned with a same axis as the external elements and that rotates about said axis with respect to the external elements, the external elements each bearing magnets that emit a magnetic flux that engenders in the central element eddy currents. The magnets are placed so as to generate a magnetic attraction between the external elements. Friction-based braking surfaces are joined so as to rotate as one with the external elements and with the central element, respectively. The external elements are moveable with respect to the axis between a proximate position of the central element, in which position the first braking surfaces are held applied against the second braking surfaces via the magnetic attraction, and a separated position of the central element, in which position the first braking surfaces are separated from the second braking surfaces.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned includes a recovery system and a fluid delivery system. The surface cleaning apparatus can have a rechargeable battery and a battery housing for the rechargeable battery. The surface cleaning apparatus has a self-cleaning mode of operation in which an unattended automatic cleanout cycle is executed.

Abstract: Radar signal detection and parameter estimation is central in passive surveillance systems, providing inputs for many information processing modules in order to detect, localize, indentify and intercept hostile targets. The proposed method for detecting radar signals and estimating their intra-pulse parameters in time-varying noisy environments consists of several stages: magnitude-squared envelopes calculation, adaptive noise floor estimation, detection statistics calculation, rising edge detection, time of arrival estimation, falling edge detection, time of departure estimation, pulse width estimation, amplitude estimation and center frequency and bandwidth estimation. Estimated intra-pulse parameters are wrapped into pulse descriptor words (PDWs) for information processing tasks, where each PDW consists of time of arrival, time of departure, pulse width, pulse amplitude, center frequency, signal bandwidth, noise floor level and additional useful information.

Abstract: The present application provides bicyclic urea compounds that modulate the activity of JAK2, which are useful in the treatment of various diseases, including cancer.

Abstract: Medical devices and related methods are described. The medical device may include a shaft, a handle housing a proximal portion of the shaft, and a lock having a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration of the lock, the shaft may be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the shaft relative to the handle, and, in the second configuration of the lock, the shaft may be stationary relative to the handle.

Abstract: An articulation joint for a medical device includes a proximal longitudinal section, a distal longitudinal section, and a locking wire. The proximal longitudinal section defines a lumen and includes proximal articulation links. Each proximal articulation link has a contact surface abutting a contact surface of an adjacent proximal articulation link when the articulation joint is in a straight configuration. The distal longitudinal section is distal to the proximal longitudinal section and includes distal articulation links configured to bend in the first direction. The locking wire extends through the lumen adjacent the contact surfaces of the proximal articulation links. A distal end of the locking wire is fixed to a distal articulation link, and tensioning of the locking wire prevents bending of the proximal longitudinal section in the first direction and allows bending of the distal longitudinal section in the first direction.

Abstract: A system for multi-factor user authentication for payment card-based transactions are described. The multifactor authentication may be based on a one-time passcode/password (OTP) as sent by an authentication server. A user device may, based on receiving the OTP, send an authentication code. The authentication code may be generated/determined based on the OTP. The authentication code may be augmented biometric identifier (ID) of a user associated with the user device. The authentication server may validate a transaction based on the authentication code.

Abstract: Bias supplies and plasma processing systems are disclosed. One bias supply comprises an output node, a return node, and a switch network and at least one power supply coupled to the output node and the return node. The switch network and the at least one power supply configured, in combination, to apply an asymmetric periodic voltage waveform and provide a corresponding current waveform at the output node relative to the return node.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing an energy-aware ABR algorithm for adaptive streaming may include determining whether a buffer level is less than a threshold buffer, selecting a lowest bitrate representation for playback of a segment of a video in a conservative mode when the buffer level is less than the threshold buffer, calculating a cost of a representation in an operative mode when the buffer level exceeds the threshold buffer, the cost of the representation comprising a weighted sum of a throughput cost, a buffer cost, a quality cost, and optionally also an energy cost, selecting a bitrate for a next segment of the video based on the cost of the representation, and providing to a client device a selected representation. The energy-aware ABR algorithm may be implemented when an ECO mode is selected in a client device.

Abstract: A shock absorber for a vehicle includes a cylinder and a piston, a portion of which slidably disposed with the cylinder. A magnetic target is fixedly positioned relative to the piston, and a sensor is fixedly positioned relative to the cylinder. The sensor generates a signal according to the position of the magnet target relative to the sensor.

Abstract: The present application provides bicyclic amines that are inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12), as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating cancer using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, that are inhibitors of the FGFR enzyme and are useful in the treatment of FGFR-associated diseases such as cancer.

Abstract: A highly-conformal, pliable thin electromagnetic (EM) skin for altering at least one electromagnetic property of a surface includes a pliable thin film, and sub-wavelength elements incorporated into and/or on the pliable thin film which are smaller in scale than the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation they are intended to influence. The electromagnetic skin readily conforms to contours of a surface to which it attaches or otherwise adheres to. Such electromagnetic skin can be used to cover various surface and platforms on equipment, walls, vehicles, and aircraft to change the electromagnetic properties of such surfaces to achieve certain functions that are not achievable with simple ground plane surfaces. The EM skin may be judiciously configured to alter at least one electromagnetic property of the surface by blocking, absorbing, enhancing, and/or bending waves of electromagnetic radiation.