Abstract: A knotless tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone includes an anchoring implant with a length of suture threaded therethrough. The implant is preferably a soft flexible three-dimensional structure. The implant may be actuated from a first elongate low profile shape into a second short radially expanded shape having a larger diameter than the hole through which it was placed. The suture extends through the anchor, through a tissue to be secured, and back through a designated suture-binding region or passageway within the anchor enabling the suture to be secured therein and without the need for a physician to tie a knot. Further tension applied to a suture leg approximates the tissue to the anchor until a desired tension or distance between the tissue and anchor is achieved.

Abstract: An electronics enclosure includes: a pair of floor panels that engage to form a floor; a pair of ceiling panels that engage to form a ceiling; a rear wall; four L-shaped supports that are fixed together to form a rectangular framework, the framework being fixed to the rear wall, the floor panels, and the ceiling panels; a pair of side wall panels attached to the framework; and a pair of door panels attached to the side wall panels.

Abstract: An aiming apparatus for nail gun or screw gun includes two or more light pointers. The first light pointer is showing the aiming location of the nail or screw, other light pointers referencing to the last nail or the last screw. The first plate holds the light pointers. The second plate secures the first plate in place. And a belt tightens the aiming apparatus on the nail gun or screw gun.

Abstract: A system for reducing water usage of hand wash station includes a Venturi nozzle contained within a faucet, an air self-closing valve connected to both Venturi nozzle and a first 1-way valve, a bellow pump connected to both the first 1-way valve and a second 1-way valve. A spring or multiple springs are attached to the bellow pump. A solid plate attached on the top of the bellow pump for user standing during hands washing, the weight of the user on the bellow pump pushing air to the Venturi nozzle. A water spring return valve connected to both Venturi nozzle and a fresh water tank, the water spring return valve using to turn off water, allowing only air blow out of the Venturi nozzle for hand drying.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and articles for generating and handling units or records derived from non-commodifiable work products, and the like. The disclosure provides for generating a certification record, including receiving work product data and generating a digitized record derived from the work product data.

Abstract: A knotless tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone includes an anchoring implant with a length of suture threaded therethrough. The implant is preferably a soft flexible three-dimensional structure. The implant may be actuated from a first elongate low profile shape into a second short radially expanded shape having a larger diameter than the hole through which it was placed. The suture extends through the anchor, through a tissue to be secured, and back through a designated suture-binding region or passageway within the anchor enabling the suture to be secured therein and without the need for a physician to tie a knot. Further tension applied to a suture leg approximates the tissue to the anchor until a desired tension or distance between the tissue and anchor is achieved.

Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for improving perception systems and in particular for improving perception systems of autonomous vehicles (AVs). A process of the disclosed technology can provide solutions for improving vehicle blinker detection/identification. In some approaches, blinker detection/identification can include steps for receiving a set of image frames, identifying image areas in the set of image frames, corresponding with a light source of the vehicle, and determining a blinker state associated with the vehicle. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: Various apparatus are disclosed for lifting heat sinks during insertion of optical modules into transceiver cages (e.g., housings). The apparatus also provide for lifting of the heat sink during removal of the optical modules from the transceiver cages. While the heat sink is lifted during insertion or removal, the heat sink is in contact with the surface of the optical module when the optical module is fully inserted in the transceiver cage. Lifting of the heat sink during insertion and removal of the optical module allows a thermal interface material (TIM) to be placed on the surface of the heat sink in contact with the optical module to improve thermal conduction between the optical module and the heat sink.

Abstract: Methods and systems for compact presentation of automatically summarized information according to rule-based graphically represented information. One of the methods includes obtaining, via a user accessible user interface, a request for uploaded textual information to be analyzed. Ontology information is accessed based on an indicated type associated with the textual information, and ontology information for the type. The ontology information specifies nodes, with the nodes causing the server system to extract values for textual expressions defined by the nodes, and relational information between the nodes, with the relational information indicating links between textual expressions. The textual information is parsed based on the ontology information. The parsing causes traversal of the nodes and extraction of values from associated textual expressions based on the textual information. Values are obtained based on the parsing, with the values being utilized as summary information.

Abstract: A method for the adaptation of a driving behavior of a vehicle by a control unit. Measurement data collected by at least one radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor are received and, by evaluating the received measurement data, at least one obstacle within a scanning range of the radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor is ascertained. Based on the ascertained obstacle and an installation position of the radar sensor and/or LIDAR sensor, a section of the scanning range concealed by the obstacle is ascertained. An object prediction is generated for the concealed section of the scanning range that a dynamic object may potentially cross a driving lane of the vehicle from the concealed section of the scanning range. A driving behavior of the vehicle is adapted as a function of the situation based on the object prediction. A control unit, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.

Abstract: Provided are a patch GAN-based depth completion method and apparatus in an autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: Provided are a depth completion method and apparatus using spatial-temporal information. The depth completion apparatus according to the present invention comprises a processor; and a memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor for performing operations comprising receiving an RGB image and a sparse image through a camera and LiDAR, generating a dense first depth map by processing color information of the RGB image through a first branch based on an encoder-decoder, generating a dense second depth map by up-sampling the sparse image through a second branch based on an encoder-decoder, generating a third depth map by fusing the first depth map and the second depth map, and generating a final depth map including a trajectory of a moving object included in an RGB image continuously captured during movement by inputting the third depth map to a convolution long term short memory (LSTM).

Abstract: A paraffin warmer is disclosed herein, which allows paraffin to be easily heated to a melting temperature within a tub and transferred to a container via a heated spigot. A spigot has a liquid channel that allows liquid paraffin to flow from a cavity of the tub out the spigot into the container that may be at room temperature. The tub of the paraffin warmer and a liquid channel through the spigot may be heated with first and second heating elements to prevent liquid paraffin from solidifying in the liquid channel of the spigot that would clog the spigot. The first heating element may be wrapped around the spigot to heat the liquid channel from where the paraffin exits the tub to the distal end of the spigot.

Abstract: Tissue repair systems which use knotless all-suture anchors and have the ability to lock multiple repair sutures within the anchor construct. The anchor construct includes a tension suture wrapped or looped upon itself to create an open eyelet, through which multiple repair sutures originating in soft tissue are passed. The location of the eyelet may be anywhere inside the all-suture anchor or adjacent to the exterior of the anchor body. Tensioning of the tension suture causes the eyelet to restrict movement of the repair sutures and secures them within or against the anchor body.

Abstract: A method for calibrating an acoustic antenna including elementary transducers distributed over an antenna row or plane, about a reference transducer, the antenna defining a main axis, passing through the reference transducer, and perpendicular to the antenna row or plane, the method including: measuring signals generated by elementary transducers in response to a calibration acoustic wave from a calibration source; on the basis of these measurements, determining a temporal phase shift of the signal respectively generated by each elementary transducer; reiterating the above steps in such a way that, in at least one iteration, the position of the calibration source may be considered to be centered on the main axis; and estimating a phase shift of each elementary transducer with respect to the reference transducer.

Abstract: A method for extracting a moving object in a video by an object detection system operated by at least one processor is provided. The method comprises receiving a certain unsmoothed frame included in the video, and if the certain frame is not a first frame of the video, calculating a pixel intensity difference between reference pixels of a reference background sample extracted from the first frame of the video and each of frame pixels of the certain frame. The method further comprises determining a segmentation of a background and a foreground in the certain frame based on the calculated pixel intensity difference and a predetermined threshold, and extracting the foreground from the certain frame as the object according to a similarity measurement value between the reference pixels and the frame pixels.

Abstract: Tissue repair systems which use knotless all-suture anchors and have the ability to lock multiple repair sutures within the anchor construct. The anchor construct includes a tension suture wrapped or looped upon itself to create an open eyelet, through which multiple repair sutures originating in soft tissue are passed. The location of the eyelet may be anywhere inside the all-suture anchor or adjacent to the exterior of the anchor body. Tensioning of the tension suture causes the eyelet to restrict movement of the repair sutures and secures them within or against the anchor body.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture configured to perform at least one of denoising, deblurring, dehazing, and color correction on an input. The input comprises a plurality of low-quality input images having different exposure values captured for the same object at the same time by a camera under display (CUD) to render a high-quality output image. The CNN architecture is trained using a set of training images including a plurality of low-quality training images having different exposure values and a high-quality training image corresponding to the plurality of low-quality training images.

Abstract: A module for a metrocell assembly includes: a hollow, elongate cylindrical housing; and at least one power rail extending longitudinally on the exterior of the housing. The at least one power rail is configured to receive an accessory mounted on the power rail and to provide electrical contact from within the housing to the accessory.

Abstract: A magnetic spring based energy harvester which includes a casing and a first retained magnet and a second retained magnet positioned within the casing. A levitated magnet is positioned between the first and second retained magnets and a spring assembly connected to the casing and the second retained magnet, wherein the spring assembly is configured to allow limited movement of the second retained magnet toward and away from the levitating magnet. Lastly, a conductive coil winding is positioned around the levitated magnet such that movement of the levitated magnet induces a current in the coil winding.