Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to intelligent transportation systems and automated vehicles and particularly, but not exclusively, to function allocation systems and methods for a connected automated vehicle highway system that provides transportation management and operations and vehicle control for connected and automated vehicles.

Abstract: An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a U-shaped configuration for seating a spinous process therein. Each arm has a proximal earning surface and is capable of rotation with respect to the body. An actuator assembly is disposed inside the passageway and connected to the body. When advanced, a threaded shaft of the actuator assembly contacts the earning surfaces of arms to rotate them from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the distracted adjacent spinous processes are seated in the U-shaped portion of the arms.

Abstract: A dust collector includes a housing, a passage structure and a dust collecting region. The passage structure is disposed in the housing, and configured to accelerate an airflow containing dust particles and separate the dust particles from the airflow. The dust collecting region is connected to the passage structure, and is configured to collect at least part of the dust particles of the airflow.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tape laying apparatus configured to lay prepreg tape to mould surface. The tape laying apparatus includes a tape supply spool, a compaction head, a cutting tool and at least one travel distance adjustment component. The tape supply spool is configured for the prepreg tape to be wound thereon. The compaction head is configured for delivering the prepreg tape to the mould surface from the tape supply spool. The cutting tool is movable along a cutting path. The cutting tool is configured to cut the prepreg tape passing through the cutting path. The at least one travel distance adjustment component is movably located between the cutting path and the compaction head and configured to push the prepreg tape passing through the cutting path so as to increase or decrease a travel distance of the prepreg tape from the cutting path to the compaction head.

Abstract: An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a U-shaped configuration for seating a spinous process therein. Each arm has a proximal caming surface and is capable of rotation with respect to the body. An actuator assembly is disposed inside the passageway and connected to the body. When advanced, a threaded shaft of the actuator assembly contacts the caming surfaces of arms to rotate them from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the distracted adjacent spinous processes are seated in the U-shaped portion of the arms.

Abstract: A tubular tool includes a tubular first part and a tubular second part. The tubular first part including a first section having an engaging hole defined in the distal end thereof, and a second section having a connection hole defined in the distal end thereof so as to be respectively connected to a driving tool and an object. The tubular second part is rotatably mounted to the first outer periphery of the first section of the first part. At least one lip extending from the inner periphery of the tubular second part. At least one first circular rib extends outward from the first outer periphery of the first section. The at least one lip is engaged with the at least one first circular rib to restrict the second part from separating from the first prat.

Abstract: Technologies relating to system and method of real-time video overlaying or superimposing display from multiple mutually synchronous cameras are disclosed. An example method of real-time video overlaying includes the steps of: synchronizing frame rates of a depth data, a face meta data, and a video data of a first camera video output captured by a first camera; determining a first depth between a user face and the first camera; using a cutoff depth to determine a user body contour; generating a binary mask of the user body contour based on the first depth and the cutoff depth; smoothing an edge of the binary mask; merging the binary mask with the first camera video output and generating a merged first camera video output; and overlaying the merged first camera video output onto a second camera video output.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems comprising roadside intelligent units (RIU) and infrastructure of specific intelligence levels and related methods for providing and/or supplementing automated driving capabilities of connected and automated vehicles (CAV).

Abstract: A wearable device an intelligent health promotion service system (IHPSS) is disclosed. One embodiment of the wearable device (10) is configured to interface plurality groups of skin-mounted sensor pads (130) over a body part (140) of a wearer, and comprises: a modular brace (110) structurally separated from the sensor pads, and a plurality of sensor modules (120). The modular bracing is provided with a plurality groups of orienting slots (111) arranged thereon configured to maintain intra-group orientation between the sensor pads, and is configured to allow inter-group distance adjustment between the groups of the sensor pads over the body part of the wearer. The plurality of sensor modules is configured to be detachably coupled to the groups of sensor pads through the orienting slots in the modular bracing member. The sensor modules are provided with physiological sensing circuits wirelessly communicative with the intelligent health system.

Abstract: A solar power system may include a solar panel set, a lithium battery set, a first controller, and a second controller. A single-contact switch is electrically connected between the solar panel set and the lithium battery set. When the first controller detects that the generated voltage of the solar panel set reaches a preset threshold value, the first controller is adapted to trigger the first awakening of the lithium battery set by electrically conducting the single-contact switch, thereby brought the lithium battery set out of the low potential protection state. Also, when the second controller detects the voltage of the lithium battery set is not rising after the first awakening of the lithium battery set, the first controller is driven by the second controller to process the second awakening of the lithium battery set through the single-contact switch.

Abstract: A solar power system may include a solar panel set, a lithium battery set, a first controller, and a second controller. A single-contact switch is electrically connected between the solar panel set and the lithium battery set. When the first controller detects that the generated voltage of the solar panel set reaches a preset threshold value, the first controller is adapted to trigger the first awakening of the lithium battery set by electrically conducting the single-contact switch, thereby brought the lithium battery set out of the low potential protection state. Also, when the second controller detects the voltage of the lithium battery set is not rising after the first awakening of the lithium battery set, the first controller is driven by the second controller to process the second awakening of the lithium battery set through the single-contact switch.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer particle comprising (a) a core polymer comprising (i) polymerized units of one or more Si-containing monomers; (ii) polymerized units of one or more monovinyl acrylic monomers (ii); and (iii) polymerized units of one or more graftlinkers that have no silicon atoms; (b) a shell polymer comprising polymerized units of one or more acrylic monomers. Also provided is a composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and a plurality of the polyer particles.

Abstract: A method of making a collection of polymer particles comprising (A) performing free radical polymerization (A) on an emulsion (E1) that comprises a collection of droplets dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the droplets comprise (i) one or more Si-containing monomers; (ii) one or more monovinyl acrylic monomers; and (iii) one or more graftlinkers that have no silicon atoms; to form a dispersion (D1) of core polymer particles in the aqueous medium; (B) in the presence of the dispersion (D1) of core polymer particles, performing aqueous emulsion polymerization (B) on one or more acrylic monomers.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to transportation operations and management services and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems and methods for an intelligent roadside toolbox (IRT) that facilitates vehicle operations and control for distributed driving systems (DDS).

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to aspects of a Distributed Driving System (DDS) for managing Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV) and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems, designs, and methods for a Device Allocation System (DAS) configured to allocate and distribute resources to devices of a Distributed Driving Systems (DDS).

Abstract: The present invention discloses an embedded urban design scene emulation method and system. The method includes the following steps: constructing a status quo urban three-dimensional model scene according to collected oblique photography data; loading a three-dimensional model of urban design to a scene, and extracting geometric attributes for generation of buildings; unifying a space coordinate system of models and scenes, and automatically determining a space matching degree by taking buildings as a basic unit, and marking matched buildings with Y and mismatched buildings with N for distinction; for a region with the buildings marked with N, performing a local flattening operation in a three-dimensional model scene of oblique photography to flatten stereo data; for a region with the buildings marked with Y, performing real-time space editing in the three-dimensional model of urban design to hide the marked buildings; and opening two sets of processed space data to implement mosaic display.

Abstract: A biomaterial printing apparatus includes a support base, a movement device, a printing device, a first optical-detection device, and a second optical-detection device. The carrier is configured for a culture container to be put thereon. The movement device is connected to the support base. The printing device is connected to the movement device. The first optical-detection device is configured to detect the position of the injection needle of the printing device. The second optical-detection device is configured to detect the position of the culture container. According to the detection of the first optical-detection device and the second optical-detection device, the biological material printing device can accurately move the injection needle to the injection position relative to the culture container, thereby improving the accuracy of printing the biological material.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for adjusting traffic for a network, a computing device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining local network state information collected by any border router node in the network; and inputting the local network state information collected by the any border router node into a corresponding first preset trained sub-model, to output a proportion of traffic dispatched on each candidate path from a source border router node to a destination border router node, in which the source border router node is the any border router node, and the destination border router node is an egress border router node in the network.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for adjusting traffic for a network, a computing device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining local network state information collected by any border router node in the network; and inputting the local network state information collected by the any border router node into a corresponding first preset trained sub-model, to output a proportion of traffic dispatched on each candidate path from a source border router node to a destination border router node, in which the source border router node is the any border router node, and the destination border router node is an egress border router node in the network.

Abstract: A mechanical arm system includes at least two links, at least two control devices and at least two motor devices. Each of the control devices includes a first control unit, a mechanical arm control unit and a driving unit. The first control unit receives an end-position command to output a first torque signal. The mechanical arm control unit includes a rigid mechanical unit and a mechanical model unit. The rigid mechanical unit receives the first torque signal to obtain a rigid mechanical torque, and the mechanical model unit receives the rigid mechanical torque and operates the flexible mechanical model to establish the mechanical arm model for obtaining the target torque, and the target position signal is output according to the target torque. The driving unit generates a driving signal according to the target position signal to adjust a rotation angle of the corresponding motor device.