Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to track object progress in a drawing sheet. An object type is created and activity types are assigned to the object type. The activity types represent a progression of an object of the object type. A portable document format (PDF) drawing sheet that has multiple symbol instances is obtained. A graphic region containing a symbol instance is selected in the drawing sheet. A markup is created on the drawing sheet based on the selected graphic region. Multiple symbol instances are autonomously detected based on the selected graphic region. Progress tracking markup instances of the markup are autonomously created for the detected symbol instances and are linked to the object type. The progress of the object instances is visually tracked using graphical user interface (GUI) visualizations that provide a visual representation of the progression via the markups.

Abstract: A system that is implemented in a vehicle (1) having front and rear doors (2) (3) with door opening sensors (SM; SD, SE) and one indicative sensor (ST) of locked door. A processing unit (4) calculates, by measuring the time the door remains open and by the sequence and/or frequency of openings and closings the doors (2, 3), the possibility of a non-self-sufficient occupant have been forgotten inside; and controls the actuation of an alarm (A1, A2, AL) in the event of the calculation indicates the possibility of such occupant have been forgotten inside the vehicle. The system identifies the possibility of an occupant has been introduced inside the vehicle when the opening time of the rear door is longer than time T1, and identifies the possibility of an occupant has been forgotten in the vehicle by means of the information processing sent by the door sensors.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to provide improved, dynamic wireless spectrum analysis in a healthcare environment are disclosed and described. An example apparatus includes radios to capture wireless signal information in an environment. The example apparatus includes a processor to activate and configure one or more of the radios according to a center frequency and/or a bandwidth to capture wireless signal information associated with the center frequency and/or bandwidth. The example processor is to generate a model of wireless signal activity based on the captured wireless signal information. The example model is to facilitate testing of a device according to the wireless signal activity in the environment. The example apparatus is to be portable to be positioned in the environment to capture the wireless signal information in the environment according to the one or more radios activated and configured by the processor for the environment.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to provide improved, dynamic wireless spectrum analysis in a healthcare environment are disclosed and described. An example apparatus includes radios to capture wireless signal information in an environment. The example apparatus includes a processor to activate and configure one or more of the radios according to a center frequency and/or a bandwidth to capture wireless signal information associated with the center frequency and/or bandwidth. The example processor is to generate a model of wireless signal activity based on the captured wireless signal information. The example model is to facilitate testing of a device according to the wireless signal activity in the environment. The example apparatus is to be portable to be positioned in the environment to capture the wireless signal information in the environment according to the one or more radios activated and configured by the processor for the environment.

Abstract: System and method for processing retail purchases at a point-of-sale POS system, by a user carrying a personal mobile terminal, said mobile terminal having a network data connection and a barcode reader for relaxing, by the user, of the barcodes of the products to be purchased, said system comprising a computer server for receiving the barcodes read by said mobile terminal through said network data connection; an electronic controller for receiving the barcodes received by said computer server through a suitable data link; a data connection between said controller and said POS; wherein said controller is arranged to send to the POS system through said data connection the received barcodes to be processed by said POS system as a retail purchase by said user.

Abstract: It is herein described a system such of that implemented in a vehicle (1) having front and rear doors (2) (3) provided with door opening sensors (SM; SD, SE) and one indicative sensor (ST) of locked door. A processing unit (4) calculates, by measuring the time the door remains open as well as by the sequence and/or frequency of openings and closings the doors (2, 3) of the vehicle (1), the possibility of a non-self-sufficient occupant have been forgotten inside the vehicle; and controls the actuation of an alarm (A1, A2, Al) in the event of said calculation indicates the possibility of an occupant non-self-sufficient have been forgotten inside the vehicle. The system identifies the possibility of an occupant has been introduced inside the vehicle when the opening time of the rear door is longer than time T1, and identifies the possibility of an occupant has been forgotten in the vehicle by means of the information processing sent by the door sensors.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a plurality of power inputs configured to receive direct current from a plurality of external power adapters that convert alternating current to direct current. The plurality of external power adapters may include a primary external power adapter and at least one backup external power adapter. The apparatus may also include a power output configured to provide direct current to a device. In addition, the apparatus may include a switching mechanism that, when the primary external power adapter is operational, supplies direct current from the primary external power adapter to the power output and, when the primary external power adapter fails, supplies direct current from the backup external power adapter to the power output. Various additional apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: System and method for processing retail purchases at a point-of-sale POS system, by a user carrying a personal mobile terminal, said mobile terminal having a network data connection and a barcode reader for reading, by the user, of the barcodes of the products to be purchased, said system comprising a computer server for receiving the barcodes read by said mobile terminal through said network data connection; an electronic controller for receiving the barcodes received by said computer server through a suitable data link; a data connection between said controller and said POS; wherein said controller is arranged to send to the POS system through said data connection the received barcodes to be processed by said POS system as a retail purchase by said user.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a plurality of power inputs configured to receive direct current from a plurality of external power adapters that convert alternating current to direct current. The plurality of external power adapters may include a primary external power adapter and at least one backup external power adapter. The apparatus may also include a power output configured to provide direct current to a device. In addition, the apparatus may include a switching mechanism that, when the primary external power adapter is operational, supplies direct current from the primary external power adapter to the power output and, when the primary external power adapter fails, supplies direct current from the backup external power adapter to the power output. Various additional apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A radar transducer has a planar array antenna mounted on a plate portion of a housing with the microwave transceiver mounted on the opposite side of the plate and carrying a PCB defining the processing section for supplying an output to a cable. The plate portion slides into a plastic receptacle defining the radome for the antenna with a potting compound sealing the open face of the receptacle. The electrical processing section is shielded from extraneous electromagnetic waves without additional metallic shielding elements. The processor is programmable in response to signals received through the output cable so as to re-configure the program thereof so as to change the output to the output cable for different end use controllers and for compatibility with communications protocols. The processor is programmed to carry out a test of the operation of the transceiver and to provide a failure output signal to the cable in the event that the operation is found to be outside predetermined parameters.

Abstract: A radar transducer has a planar array antenna mounted on a plate portion of a housing with the microwave transceiver mounted on the opposite side of the plate and carrying a PCB defining the processing section for supplying an output to a cable. The plate portion slides into a plastic receptacle defining the radome for the antenna with a potting compound sealing the open face of the receptacle. The electrical processing section is shielded from extraneous electromagnetic waves without additional metallic shielding elements. The processor is programmable in response to signals received through the output cable so as to re-configure the program thereof so as to change the output to the output cable for different end use controllers and for compatibility with communications protocols. The processor is programmed to carry out a test of the operation of the transceiver and to provide a failure output signal to the cable in the event that the operation is found to be outside predetermined parameters.

Abstract: A device and a method for demonstrating skin texture are disclosed. The device includes a camera having a rotating linear analyzer and a polarized light source. The method includes taking a photograph of an individual using a device comprising a flash lamp having a rotating linear polarizer and a digital camera with a rotating linear analyzer, wherein the camera is positioned at 90 degrees from the flash lamp and the individual is placed such that the illumination angle to its surface normal is from about 45 degrees to about 135 degrees; exporting the photograph to a computer; and making a determination selected from the group consisting of the mean, the median, the intensity distribution and the autocorrelation on a region of interest of the image to demonstrate the texture of the skin.