Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for providing an indication about a distance between a retail unit and an electronic device, comprising: acquiring from an image sensor in a retail establishment, at least one image of a product on a store shelf; accessing in a memory that stores a plurality of templates associated with a plurality of differing products, a template associated with the product on the store shelf in the at least one acquired image; comparing at least one dimension associated with the product in the at least one acquired image with at least one dimension associated with the accessed template; based on the comparison, determining whether a distance between the image sensor and the product on the store shelf is within an acceptable range for additional image processing; and providing a notification to a user of the electronic device to adjust the distance between the image sensor and the product on the shelf when the product is outside of the acceptable range.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of image processing comprising: obtaining by an imaging device a low resolution version and a high resolution version of a retail image, the high resolution version of the retail image being a temporary file to be erased automatically after a predetermined time period; transmitting to a server the low resolution version of the retail image; upon receipt of a request from the server, the request including data representative of a contour of an unidentified item in the low resolution version of the retail image, cropping a high resolution item image from the high resolution version of the retail image, the high resolution item image corresponding to the contour of the unidentified item; and transmitting the high resolution item image to the server thereby enabling updating an item database.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of image processing comprising: obtaining by an imaging device a low resolution version and a high resolution version of a retail image, the high resolution version of the retail image being a temporary file to be erased automatically after a predetermined time period; transmitting to a server the low resolution version of the retail image; upon receipt of a request from the server, the request including data representative of a contour of an unidentified item in the low resolution version of the retail image, cropping a high resolution item image from the high resolution version of the retail image, the high resolution item image corresponding to the contour of the unidentified item; and transmitting the high resolution item image to the server thereby enabling updating an item database.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for providing an indication about a distance between a retail unit and an electronic device, comprising: acquiring from an image sensor in a retail establishment, at least one image of a product on a store shelf; accessing in a memory that stores a plurality of templates associated with a plurality of differing products, a template associated with the product on the store shelf in the at least one acquired image; comparing at least one dimension associated with the product in the at least one acquired image with at least one dimension associated with the accessed template; based on the comparison, determining whether a distance between the image sensor and the product on the store shelf is within an acceptable range for additional image processing; and providing a notification to a user of the electronic device to adjust the distance between the image sensor and the product on the shelf when the product is outside of the acceptable range.

Abstract: A sense current generation apparatus constituted of: a main electronically controlled switch arranged to provide a current path for an input current; a sense electronically controlled switch arranged to generate a sense current; a voltage matching circuit arranged to adjust the voltage across the first and second terminals of the sense switch to equal the voltage across the first and second terminals of the main switch, within a predetermined maximum error voltage, such that the sense current is representative of the input current; and a voltage governor arranged to: receive an indication of the voltage across the first and second terminals of the main switch; and responsive to the received voltage indication, adjust the control voltage of the main switch such that the absolute value of the voltage across the terminals thereof is maintained above a predetermined voltage threshold greater than a boundary of the error range.

Abstract: A method of providing a wide range of input currents for an analog to digital converter (ADC), the method constituted of: receiving an input current; selecting one of a plurality of selectable ratios; and generating at least one sense current, the magnitudes of the at least one generated sense current and the received input current exhibiting the selected ratio, wherein the ADC is arranged to receive a voltage representation of the at least one generated sense current.

Abstract: A sense current generation apparatus constituted of: a main electronically controlled switch arranged to provide a current path for an input current; a sense electronically controlled switch arranged to generate a sense current; a voltage matching circuit arranged to adjust the voltage across the first and second terminals of the sense switch to equal the voltage across the first and second terminals of the main switch, within a predetermined maximum error voltage, such that the sense current is representative of the input current; and a voltage governor arranged to: receive an indication of the voltage across the first and second terminals of the main switch; and responsive to the received voltage indication, adjust the control voltage of the main switch such that the absolute value of the voltage across the terminals thereof is maintained above a predetermined voltage threshold greater than a boundary of the error range.

Abstract: A method of providing a wide range of input currents for an analog to digital converter (ADC), the method constituted of: receiving an input current; selecting one of a plurality of selectable ratios; and generating at least one sense current, the magnitudes of the at least one generated sense current and the received input current exhibiting the selected ratio, wherein the ADC is arranged to receive a voltage representation of the at least one generated sense current.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method comprising: receiving a stream of overlapping images; obtaining a corresponding stream of floating panoramic images by computing in real time, for each received overlapping image, an associated floating panoramic image using said overlapping image and a floating panoramic image associated with an overlapping image received prior to said overlapping image; displaying in real time with a predetermined scaling factor the stream of floating panoramic images in a preview window of a display unit, wherein the displaying comprises shifting the floating panoramic images relative to the preview window when the floating panoramic images scaled according to the predetermined scaling factor extend beyond the preview window so that at least a working portion of the overlapping image associated with the floating panoramic image being displayed is visible in the preview window.

Abstract: An electronic device and a corresponding method are presented. The device comprises: an imager unit having a certain field of view and configured to collect image data, an orientation detection unit configured to provide orientation data of the imager unit with respect to a predetermined plane, a processing unit, and a display unit. The processing unit is configured and operable for: receiving orientation data collected by the orientation detection unit; accessing pre-stored reference orientation data and analyzing said received orientation data with respect to said reference orientation data to determine orientation variation data of the imaging unit; and transmitting data indicative of said orientation variation data to the display unit to thereby initiate displaying of a predetermined geometrical shape indicative of said orientation variation.

Abstract: A port current control arrangement, constituted of: a current source arranged to generate a reference current or a predetermined value; an on-chip reference resistor, the generated reference current arranged to produce a reference voltage across the on-chip reference resistor; an on-chip sense resistor, a port current arranged to flow through the on-chip sense resistor and produce a sense voltage across the on-chip sense resistor, wherein the resistance of the on-chip sense resistor exhibits a predetermined relationship with the resistance of the first on-chip reference resistor; and a current control circuit, a first input of the current control circuit arranged to receive the produced reference voltage and a second input of the current control circuit arranged to receive the sense voltage, wherein the current control circuit is arranged to limit the port current to a value responsive to the received reference voltage and the received sense voltage.

Abstract: A thermoelectric generator including a plurality of thermoelectric elements placed on substrates, wherein a thermal conductivity of each substrate is defined as: ? S ? 9 ? ? ? TE ? L S L TE Where: ?S=thermal conductivity of each substrate, ?TE=thermal conductivity of each thermoelectric element, LS=thickness of each substrate, LTE=thickness of each thermoelectric element.

Abstract: An input circuitry for an ADC constituted of: a first resistor coupled to an input of the ADC; a second resistor coupled to the input of the ADC and arranged to provide a current path; an electronically controlled switch coupled to the first resistor and arranged to provide a parallel current path through the first resistor; and a control circuitry; wherein the control circuitry is arranged to operate in a high current mode in the event that the input current exhibits an intensity within a first predetermined range and is arranged to operate in a low current mode in the event that the input current exhibits an intensity within a second predetermined range, different than the first predetermined range, wherein, in the high current mode the control circuitry is arranged to close the electronically controlled switch and in the low current mode is arranged to open the electronically controlled switch.

Abstract: An input circuitry for an ADC constituted of: a first resistor coupled to an input of the ADC; a second resistor coupled to the input of the ADC and arranged to provide a current path; an electronically controlled switch coupled to the first resistor and arranged to provide a parallel current path through the first resistor; and a control circuitry; wherein the control circuitry is arranged to operate in a high current mode in the event that the input current exhibits an intensity within a first predetermined range and is arranged to operate in a low current mode in the event that the input current exhibits an intensity within a second predetermined range, different than the first predetermined range, wherein, in the high current mode the control circuitry is arranged to close the electronically controlled switch and in the low current mode is arranged to open the electronically controlled switch.

Abstract: A port current control arrangement, constituted of: a current source arranged to generate a reference current or a predetermined value; an on-chip reference resistor, the generated reference current arranged to produce a reference voltage across the on-chip reference resistor; an on-chip sense resistor, a port current arranged to flow through the on-chip sense resistor and produce a sense voltage across the on-chip sense resistor, wherein the resistance of the on-chip sense resistor exhibits a predetermined relationship with the resistance of the first on-chip reference resistor; and a current control circuit, a first input of the current control circuit arranged to receive the produced reference voltage and a second input of the current control circuit arranged to receive the sense voltage, wherein the current control circuit is arranged to limit the port current to a value responsive to the received reference voltage and the received sense voltage.

Abstract: An active IR signature target simulation system which includes: a platform having a known temperature profile and a preplanned flight trajectory; a heat source carried onboard the platform, capable of producing heat following a controlled heating plan; and a control unit connected to the heat source and configured for initiating the heat source, thereby modifying the known temperature profile and generating a desired temperature profile required for sensing a simulated target IR signature during a simulation time window at a desired line of sight from the platform to an observing sensor, wherein the platform is an exo-atmospheric missile which includes an inner shell and a perforated outer shell, and wherein the heat source is a thermally active material disposed between at least a part of the inner shell and a part of the outer shell.

Abstract: Methods for optimizing the cost of executing a set of tests including finding the optimal ordering of the tests for some important cases such as set of tests having series-parallel structure with no statistical dependencies, and near-optimal orderings for the rest of the cases, such that the resources required for executing the tests are minimized.

Abstract: A method for imaging a body, including scanning the body so as to generate a tomographic image thereof, and analyzing the tomographic image to determine a location of a region of interest (ROI) (38) within the body. The method includes providing single photon counting detector modules (40), each of the modules being configured to receive photons from a respective direction and to generate a signal in response thereto. The method further includes coupling each of the modules to a respective adjustable mount (54), adjusting each of the adjustable mounts so that the direction of the module coupled thereto is aligned with respect to the location so as to receive radiation from the ROI, operating each of the modules to receive the photons from the ROI, and, in response to the signal generated by each of the modules, generating a single photon counting image of the ROI.

Abstract: Methods for optimizing the cost of executing a set of tests including finding the optimal ordering of the tests for some important cases such as set of tests having series-parallel structure with no statistical dependencies, and near-optimal orderings for the rest of the cases, such that the resources required for executing the tests are minimized.

Abstract: A thermoelectric generator including a plurality of thermoelectric elements placed on substrates, wherein a thermal conductivity of each substrate is defined as: ? S ? 9 ? ? TE ? L S L TE Where: ?S=thermal conductivity of each substrate, ?TE=thermal conductivity of each thermoelectric element, LS=thickness of each substrate, LTE=thickness of each thermoelectric element.