Abstract: A method and system for traffic control includes receiving at a processing unit sensor data of a site on a road network and receiving at the processing unit a V2X communication. Locations of road users are calculated from the sensor data and the V2X communication enabling the detection of connected and non-connected road users. Once connected and non-connected road users are detected at a site, this information can be used to control traffic.

Abstract: An orthodontic system and method for aligning at least one tooth of an upper jaw or a lower jaw of a patient. In the system and method at least one orthodontic appliance can be provided which may include at least one force exerting member for applying a force to move the at least one tooth, a tooth movement sensor for obtaining tooth movement data, and a tooth movement monitor for calculating at least one of the distance the at least one tooth has moved and a current position of the at least one tooth from the tooth movement data. An electronic control console may be operatively connected to the force exerting member and in data communication with the tooth movement monitor, for controlling the operation of the force exerting member using the at least one of the distance the at least one tooth has moved and the current position of the at least one tooth.

Abstract: Methods and systems for determining if end-users are expected to be receiving transmissions from a multimedia network at a particular time. Data including end-user type, a multimedia network, a particular time slot of the repeating cycles, and a network reach descriptor may be received. End-users may be identified by end-user type. For each end-user, a probability of receiving transmissions from the multimedia network during time slots prior to the particular time slot may be determined, based on previous viewing activities. Each probability may be adjusted by an offset such that an average of the adjusted probabilities corresponds to the network reach descriptor. A determination may be made of whether or not each end-user is expected to have been receiving transmissions from the multimedia network at the particular time slot, based on the adjusted respective probability.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to initiate garbage collection for data pages stored in local storage of a storage node of a storage system. The processing device is also configured to determine, for a given data page stored in the local storage of the storage node, a validity score characterizing a size of changed data in the given data page, and to compare the validity score for the given data page to at least one designated threshold. The processing device is further configured to update a given page object for the given data page in an object store of persistent storage responsive to a first comparison result, and to generate, in the object store of the persistent storage, a page delta object for the given data page responsive to a second comparison result, the page delta object comprising the changed data in the given data page.

Abstract: A stabilized coronary sinus catheter system having a proximal section and a distal section with a memory shape portion, and a tip, distal of the memory shape portion. A handle having a body, a tip deflection actuator, a memory shape portion deployment actuator, and an axis. The tip is in line with the axis and the tip deflection actuator is at a first position. The tip is deflected out of alignment with the axis when the tip deflection actuator is at a second position. A third position is a delivery configuration where the memory shape portion and the tip are in line with the axis. The memory shape portion deployment actuator is at a first location. A deployed configuration allows the memory shape portion to form a predetermined shape conforming to the shape of the coronary sinus when the memory shape portion deployment actuator is at a second location.

Abstract: Disclosed are vascular occluder, kit and method of use thereof. The vascular occluder includes an occluder body extending longitudinally between an occluder body distal end and an occluder body proximal end. The occluder body is elastically compressible longitudinally from a preliminary deployed configuration to a compressed deployed configuration. Vascular occluder includes a tension member configured to tether the occluder body proximal end to the occluder body distal end and to tighten therebetween when the occluder body is in the compressed deployed configuration. The occluder body includes a proximal tubular body segment and a distal tubular body segment, and when in the compressed deployed configuration, the proximal tubular body segment is located inside of, and/or provides structural support to, the distal tubular body segment.

Abstract: Described embodiments include apparatus that includes a catheter and a tip electrode, at a distal end of the catheter, shaped to define a plurality of microelectrode apertures. The apparatus further includes at least one printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within a lumen of the catheter, and a plurality of microelectrodes coupled to the PCB and at least partly situated within the microelectrode apertures, the PCB being configured to carry signals from the microelectrodes. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: An earthmoving vehicle performance monitoring system includes one or a plurality of sensors for mounting on an earthmoving vehicle. A processor is configured to receive sensed data generated by the sensors when mounted on the vehicle and when the vehicle is excavating in a region which the vehicle is tasked with excavating, to analyze the sensed data to update a topographical map of the region, and to analyze changes to the topographical map due to the updating to calculate a volume of earth that was excavated by the vehicle.

Abstract: A system includes at least one processor, a message system running on the at least one processor to create an actionable widget card, the message system includes a database to store parameters for the actionable widget card and pre-defined rules concerning card definitions; and at least one card product system to receive a trigger and to generate the actionable widget card according to said trigger, where the message system enables communication via the actionable widget card between a backend non-interactive external system and at least one user of the backend non-interactive external system.

Abstract: Scanning Tele cameras (STCs) based on two optical path folding element (OPFE) field-of-view scanning and mobile devices including such STCs. A STC may comprise a first OPFE (O-OPFE) for folding a first optical path OP1 to a second optical path OP2, an O-OPFE actuator, a second OPFE (I-OPFE) for folding OP2 to a third optical path OP3, an I-OPFE actuator, a lens, a lens actuator and an image sensor, wherein the STC has a STC native field-of-view (n-FOVT), wherein the O-OPFE actuator is configured to rotate the O-OPFE around a first axis and the I-OPFE actuator rotates the I-OPFE around a second axis for scanning a scene with the n-FOVT, wherein the lens actuator is configured to move the lens for focusing along a third axis, and wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis and parallel to the third axis.

Abstract: A method of controlling an add-on mobility includes measuring a force in a front-rear direction between a main body vehicle and the add-on mobility by a force sensor connecting the main body vehicle and the add-on mobility and controlling a driving force and a braking force of the add-on mobility according to a magnitude of the force in the front-rear direction measured by the force sensor.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve, for example a tricuspid valve, may include a flexible membrane and a frame. The frame may be attached to the periphery of the tricuspid orifice. The diaphragm may be attached to the frame around a part of the perimeter of the orifice. Optionally the frame may be flexible. For example the frame may elastically flex between a substantially circular shape and/of an elliptical and/or crescent shape. Optionally there may not be a stiff cross piece crossing a central region of the orifice and connected on opposing sides of frame. In some embodiments, the diaphragm may take a dome shape during systole.

Abstract: A method, system and product includes capturing a noisy audio signal from an environment of a user, a plurality of people is located in the environment, the user having a mobile device used for obtaining user input, the user having at least one hearable device used for providing audio output to the user, the method comprising; processing the noisy audio signal to generate a first separate audio signal that represents a first voice, and a second separate audio signal that represents a second voice, said processing is performed based on first and second acoustic fingerprints that correspond to the first and second voices, respectively; combining the first and second separate audio signals to obtain an enhanced audio signal; and outputting to the user, via the at least one hearable device, the enhanced audio signal.

Abstract: An annuloplasty structure includes a contracting member. A fastener is configured to receive the contracting member therethrough, the fastener including a housing and a clamping structure disposed therein. The fastener has an open state in which the contracting member can pass through the fastener, and is biased toward assuming a closed state in which the clamping structure clamps onto the contracting member disposed through the fastener. A stop is coupled to the fastener in a manner that maintains the fastener in the open state. A tool includes static and dynamic cutting elements, and is configured to (a) apply tension to the contracting member by pulling the contracting member proximally through the fastener, (b) lock the tension in the contracting member by pulling the stop proximally out from the fastener, and (c) sever the contracting member by moving the dynamic cutting element. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: A method, system and product includes obtaining a first activation selection of a first person in an environment of a user, the environment comprising the first person and a second person, the user having a mobile device and a hearable device; capturing a first signal from the environment; applying speech separation on the first signal to extract a first audio signal associated with the first person; outputting to the user via the hearable device, a first output signal comprising the first audio signal; obtaining a second activation selection of the second person; capturing a second signal from the environment; applying speech separation on the second signal to extract a second audio signal associated with the second person; and outputting to the user, via the hearable device, a second output signal comprising the second audio signal.

Abstract: A method, system and product includes capturing a noisy audio signal from an environment of a user in which a plurality of people participate in a conversation, the plurality of people comprising a person, the noisy audio signal includes audio emitted by a non-human object and audio emitted by the person; applying speech separation on the noisy audio signal to obtain a separate audio signal that represents a sound-of-interest, the separate audio signal is based on the audio emitted by the non-human object; generating an enhanced audio signal based on the separate audio signal, wherein said generating comprises ensuring that the separate audio signal is present in the enhanced audio signal; and outputting the enhanced audio signal to the user via at least one hearable device.

Abstract: An ad-hoc lighting network comprised of a plurality of light units, each of the light units including a light source, a manual input component, memory, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processing unit. A method of deploying the lighting network may include steps of providing a plurality of light units, placing each of the light units within a communication range, causing each of the light units to enter PAIRING MODE, causing each of the light units to add, into its network list, other unique identifiers of other light units; and causing each of the light units to enter PAIRED MODE. Light units function identically with respect to received reserved commands. Any light unit can broadcast commands, causing all light units in the network, or a subset thereof, to execute the command. Such commands may cause the desired lighting configuration.

Abstract: A direct speech-to-speech translation (S2ST) model includes an encoder configured to receive an input speech representation that to an utterance spoken by a source speaker in a first language and encode the input speech representation into a hidden feature representation. The S2ST model also includes an attention module configured to generate a context vector that attends to the hidden representation encoded by the encoder. The S2ST model also includes a decoder configured to receive the context vector generated by the attention module and predict a phoneme representation that corresponds to a translation of the utterance in a second different language. The S2ST model also includes a synthesizer configured to receive the context vector and the phoneme representation and generate a translated synthesized speech representation that corresponds to a translation of the utterance spoken in the different second language.

Abstract: A storage control system receives a request to access target data and searches a primary metadata structure to find an associated metadata entry. The primary metadata structure comprises a log-structured merge tree comprising a first level of segments which comprises a group of segments having an associated group filter, and individual filters associated with respective segments of the group of segments. The storage control system searches the primary metadata structure by performing a lookup operation using the group filter to determine whether the associated metadata entry is potentially present in a given segment of the group of segments, and performing a lookup operation using the individual filters to identify the given segment of the group of segments which potentially includes the metadata entry, when the metadata entry is determined to be potentially present in a given segment of group of segments, using the group filter.

Abstract: A type of meter register having a sealed register body, a member adapted to measure the flow of liquid through the meter, and a microprocessor adapted to send and receive messages from a cloud computing computer for determining a utility meter abnormality, comprising: receiving, at a utility meter, from a profile sharing server comprising one or more processors, a plurality of utility meter updates; generating, with the one or more processors, a utility meter profile based on the one or more utility meter updates; receiving, at the utility meter, from the profile sharing server, a utility meter profile; automatically determining, an abnormality of the utility meter by comparing the utility meter profile to the flow rate of fluid passed through the utility meter; and in response to determining an abnormality, sending an alert.