Abstract: The present document describes a camera device with an adjustable stand. The camera device includes a head assembly and a stand assembly pivotally connected together by a stem forming a hinge. The stem provides a 360-degree range of pan and a 45-degree range of tilt of the head assembly relative to the stand assembly. The stand assembly is rotatably movable relative to the head assembly to configure the camera device in different configuration states, including a tabletop state and a wall state. The tabletop state has a low profile for resting on a horizontal surface, and the wall state has a high profile, which provides additional clearance between the head assembly and a vertical surface to which the stand assembly is affixed. In the wall state, a cable of the camera device can be routed through and constrained by the stand assembly.

Abstract: Ultrasound probes, ultrasound systems, and ultrasound methods with pressure measurement capabilities for detecting and determining if bodily tissue is over-compressed during ultrasound imaging procedure. An ultrasound probe can include a probe body, an articulating probe head attached to the probe body, and a pressure-sensing device housed in an articulating area between the articulating probe head and the probe body. A method can include placing the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe on a skin surface of a patient and moving the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe over the patient while ultrasound signals are emitted into the patient from the articulating probe head. The method can also include monitoring for measured pressure values induced on the patient by the articulating probe head to determine whether a threshold pressure value has been exceeded.

Abstract: A mobile device performs an alternative interaction with an entity device using optical absorption spectroscopy, such as when a traditional network connection is unavailable between the mobile device and the entity device.

Abstract: An insertion device for inserting a catheter into a patient's body can include needle insertion, guidewire advancement, catheter insertion, and needle shielding in a single device. The insertion device can include a housing with a needle distally extending therefrom. A catheter can be pre-disposed over the needle such that the catheter is disposed substantially external to the housing. A guidewire can be included, as well as an advancement assembly that is configured to selectively advance the guidewire out of a distal opening of the needle. The needle of the insertion device can include a flash indicator configured to indicate the presence of fluid within the needle lumen. The flash indicator can include an absorbent material disposed about the needle. The absorbent material can include a tether. The insertion device can include a needle safety component. The safety component can include a locking element and a cam component.

Abstract: A metaverse server comprises an edge node processor and a remote node processor. The edge node processor receives a request to perform a task comprising a first set of one or more operations and a second set of one or more operations from a client device associated with a metaverse user, executes the first set of one or more operations, sends a first notification indicating that the task is being performed to the client device, and forwards the second set of one or more operations to the remote node processor. The remote node processor receives the second set of one or more operations, executes each of the second set of one or more operations when conditions for executing the operation are satisfied, and sends a second notification indicating that the task has been completed to the client device upon completion of the second set of one or more operations.

Abstract: A system that includes a memory and a processor that determines whether to authorize an action. The processor receives a plurality of authorization messages that are requests for authorizing actions. The processor then extracts data from the plurality of authorization messages and analyzes the data with a trained neural network to group the plurality of authorization messages. The resulting plurality of message groupings are then analyzed by a long-short-term-memory algorithm (LSTM) to determine a plurality of patterns that indicate that a particular authorization message may be authorized. The processor then receives one or more new authorization messages from an external device and compares these to the plurality of patterns. If the one or more new authorization messages correspond to any of the patterns, then the external device is notified by the processor that it should deny the action associated with the new authorization messages.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are ultrasound probes, ultrasound systems, and ultrasound methods with pressure measurement capabilities for detecting and determining if bodily tissue is over-compressed during ultrasound imaging procedure. For example, an ultrasound probe can include a probe body, an articulating probe head attached to the probe body, and a pressure-sensing device housed in an articulating area between the articulating probe head and the probe body. In another example, a method of the ultrasound probe includes placing the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe on a skin surface of a patient and moving the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe over the patient while ultrasound signals are emitted into the patient from the articulating probe head for ultrasound imaging. The method also includes monitoring for any measured pressure values induced on the patient by the articulating probe head of the ultrasound probe in excess of a threshold pressure value.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, including a transaction card, having: a first microprocessor configured to exchange transaction data; a sensor configured to detect movement; and a second microprocessor in communication with the sensor. The second microprocessor may be configured to store arrays of hash values, representing a movement of a user and a card; obtain hash values based on observed movement patterns, and compare them to the stored values. Upon receiving a transaction request, the microprocessor may determine in real time whether the user is in locomotion and whether the card is being intentionally tapped by the user, based on the observed movement patterns. On this basis, the second microprocessor may determine whether to require an augmented authentication for the requested transaction.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for capturing and sterilizing contaminants, such as viruses and the like. Air containing the contaminants is drawn into the apparatus that comprises a housing having a customized number and arrangement of dissimilar treatment chambers to remove a particular contaminate targeted for removal. The treatment chambers are selected from a group of pre manufactured, self-contained chambers that are singularly or in combination inserted into the housing and within an air flow path created by a fan. The group of treatment chambers include a UV chamber, a temperature chamber and an ozone converter chamber. The customized arrangement of treatment chambers are each placed in the air flow path and programmed to provide customized sterilization of any type of contaminate while persons are present in the space being treated.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for generating a training data. The apparatus comprises a memory storing instructions; and a processor executing the instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: prepare 3D graphic road environment data required for rendering of 3D graphic road environment including a road and at least one object moving on the road, and set a photographing environment of a camera capturing the road and the at least one object moving on the road within the rendered 3D graphic road environment, generate a virtual captured image obtained by capturing the road and the at least one object moving on the road in the 3D graphic road environment based on information on the photographing environment of the camera, and extract training ground truth data from the virtual captured image to generate the training data including the virtual captured image and the training ground truth data.

Abstract: An insertion device for inserting a catheter into a patient's body is disclosed. In some embodiments, the insertion device combines needle insertion, guidewire advancement, catheter insertion, and needle shielding in a single device. In one embodiment, the insertion device comprises a housing including a hollow needle distally extending from the housing. At least a portion of the catheter is pre-disposed over the needle such that the catheter is disposed substantially external to the housing. A guidewire is included, as well as an advancement assembly that is configured to selectively advance the distal end of the guidewire out a distal opening of the needle in preparation for distal advancement of the catheter. The advancement assembly is further configured to enable distal catheter advancement before shielding the needle after use. The insertion device is configured to be grasped and used by a single hand of a user.

Abstract: A system for reestablishing network connectivity for particular network equipment in a failed network zone comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor receives a flag that identifies the failed network zone including particular network equipment that have lost network connectivity in a network. The processor generates a first non-fungible token using the configuration information associated with each of the particular network equipment. The processor determines routing information based at least in part upon the configuration information and a network topology. The processor generates a second non-fungible token based at least in part upon the routing information. The processor aggregates the first non-fungible token and the second non-fungible token to generate a primary non-fungible token. The processor reestablishes network connectivity for at least a portion of the particular network equipment based at least in part upon information associated with the primary non-fungible token.

Abstract: A system for reestablishing network connectivity for particular network equipment in a failed network zone comprises a processor associated with a server. The processor receives a flag that identifies the failed network zone including particular network equipment that have lost network connectivity in a network. The processor generates a first non-fungible token using the configuration information associated with each of the particular network equipment. The processor determines routing information based at least in part upon the configuration information and a network topology. The processor generates a second non-fungible token based at least in part upon the routing information. The processor aggregates the first non-fungible token and the second non-fungible token to generate a primary non-fungible token. The processor reestablishes network connectivity for at least a portion of the particular network equipment based at least in part upon information associated with the primary non-fungible token.

Abstract: There is provided a device for controlling an automatic checkout system. The device comprises a storage medium configured to store a product detection model trained based on training images in which parameters of a plurality of sample images are manipulated and one or more commands; and a processor configured to execute the one or more commands stored in the storage medium, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: sequentially load a plurality of frame images, input the plurality of loaded frame images into the product detection model, detect at least one product from each of the plurality of frame images, track at least one product detected in each frame image, and count at least one product detected based on a tracking result.

Abstract: A catheter placement tool for placing a catheter within a vasculature of a patient includes a housing, a guidewire advancement assembly, a needle, and a catheter assembly. The housing can include a hermetically sealed guide portion and one or more translucent sides to enable blood entering an interior of the housing to be viewed. The guidewire advancement assembly is disposed in the housing and can include a guidewire, and a flexible track coupled to the guidewire. The flexible track can be positioned along the hermetically sealed guide portion, and be accessible via an opening in a distal portion of the housing. The needle can be fixed in the housing, and can include a proximal opening in fluid communication with the interior of the housing. The catheter assembly is positioned over the needle with the catheter hub disposed outside of the housing prior to insertion of the catheter.

Abstract: Rapidly insertable central catheters (“RICCs”) including catheter assemblies and methods thereof are disclosed. A RICC assembly can include a RICC, an introducer, and a coupling system configured to couple the RICC and the introducer together. A catheter tube of the RICC includes a side aperture in a distal-end portion of the catheter tube, which opens into an introducing lumen extending from the side aperture to a distal end of the RICC. The introducer includes a syringe and an introducer needle having a cannula. The coupling system includes a distal coupler slidably attached to the catheter tube proximal of the side aperture. The cannula extends through a longitudinal through hole of the distal coupler, through the side aperture of the catheter tube, along the introducing lumen of the catheter tube, and through the distal end of the RICC when the RICC assembly is in at least a ready-to-deploy state thereof.