Abstract: A medical device includes a shaft, a beam, a hard stop structure, and a link. A proximal end portion of the beam is coupled to the distal end portion of the shaft and a distal end portion of the beam is coupled to the link. A strain sensor is on the beam. A hard stop structure includes a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and first opposing stop surfaces. The proximal end portion of the hard stop structure is coupled to a distal end portion of the shaft, and the distal end portion of the hard stop structure is coupled to the link. The first opposing stop surfaces are positioned to limit a lateral range of motion of the distal end of the beam with reference to the proximal end of the beam in a first direction by the first stop surfaces contacting one another.

Abstract: A face image processing method is provided. The face processing method comprising: extracting a plurality of features from a primary two-dimensional face image to generate a first feature vector; decomposing a three-dimensional face image into a plurality of base face images and a plurality of weighting factors corresponding to the base face images; generating a first two-dimensional code according to the first feature vector; and generating a second two-dimensional code according to the weighting factors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically insulated iron-based soft magnetic powder composition, a soft magnetic composite component obtainable from the powder composition and a process for producing the same. Specifically, the invention concerns a soft magnetic powder composition for the preparation of soft magnetic components working at high frequencies, the components being suitable for use e.g. as inductors or reactors for power electronics.

Abstract: The invention provides antibiotic BPI Fold Containing Family A Member 2 (BPIFA2) peptides, compositions comprising a BPIFA2 peptide, hydrogels comprising a BPIFA2 peptide, nanofibrillar networks comprising a BPIFA2 peptide, and tissue scaffolds comprising BPIFA2 peptides. The peptide, compositions, hydrogels nanofibrillar networks and tissue scaffolds are useful for medical therapy in an animal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for searching for a route. The systems may perform the methods to obtain route information of a first route; encode the route information of the first route into a first code based on a target model; access a target database in at least one storage medium, wherein the target database includes a plurality of candidate codes encoded through the target model from a plurality of candidate routes; identify, from the plurality of candidate codes, a second code based on the first code, the second code being associated with at least one second route; and send information associated with the at least one second route to a receiving device.

Abstract: An advertising is provided. The advertising system, characterized by comprising: an electronic device including: a lens exposed outside the electronic device; an recognition unit scanning the face of a use or a body of the user through the lens to obtain a user feature information; an online browsing unit including at least one online consumption behavior information; and an offline browsing unit including at least one offline consumption behavior information; and a data management server network connected to the electronic device, the user feature information, the online consumption behavior information, and the offline consumption behavior information being transmitted to the data management server, and the data management server including an analysis unit; wherein the analysis unit generates a user preference information according to the user feature information, the online consumption behavior information, and the offline consumption behavior information.

Abstract: A representative method involves: generating measured angular velocities and measured axial accelerations; calculating a resulting deviation associated with movements and rotations in a spatial reference frame by: providing a previous quaternion corresponding to time T?1 based on the measured axial accelerations corresponding to time T?1 and the measured angular velocities corresponding to time T?1; converting the measured angular velocities corresponding to time T based on the previous quaternion into a current quaternion and predicted axial accelerations; comparing the predicted axial accelerations with the measured axial accelerations corresponding to time T to obtain a first comparison result; obtaining an updated quaternion associated with time T based on the current quaternion and the first comparison result, and using the updated quaternion as a next occurrence of the previous quaternion; and providing the resulting deviation based on the updated quaternion; and, providing content based on the resultin

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for operating an online on-demand service platform. The systems may perform the methods to: determine one or more recommendation rules for one or more activities for recommending to one or more candidate users; determine, for each of the one or more activities, one or more preset objects for the activity to achieve on the one or more candidate users; determine, for each of the one or more activities, a completion probability that each of the one or more candidate users will complete the one or more preset objects of the activity; and determine, for each of the one or more activities, at least one target user from the one or more candidate users to send a notice of the activity based on the one or more completion probabilities and the one or more recommendation rules.

Abstract: An articulable medical device includes a link, a transfer member, a tool member, and a non-drive wire. The tool member has a base portion movably coupled to the transfer member, and a contact portion configured to engage a target tissue. The transfer member is rotatably coupled to the link to rotate with the tool member relative to the link from a first orientation to a second orientation. The non-drive wire has a first end portion coupled to an energy source, a second end portion coupled to the tool member contact portion, and a central portion between the first and second end portions that includes a transition portion disposed within a cavity defined within the base portion of the tool member, a distal portion of the link, or the transfer member, which has a compact first configuration in the first orientation and an expanded second configuration in the second orientation.

Abstract: A system includes a storage medium storing a set of instructions and at least one processor in communication with the storage medium. When executing the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the system to divide an area into a plurality of sub-areas; acquire service information related to at least one service item in each sub-area; determine at least one tag associated with the sub-area based on the service information; determine a target sub-area associated with the terminal device based on the location information of the terminal device; recommend one or more service items in the target sub-area based on the at least one tag associated with the target sub-area; and transmit one or more pieces of service information related to the one or more service items to be presented on the terminal device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for searching for a route. The systems may perform the methods to obtain route information of a first route; encode the route information of the first route into a first code based on a target model; access a target database in at least one storage medium, wherein the target database includes a plurality of candidate codes encoded through the target model from a plurality of candidate routes; identify, from the plurality of candidate codes, a second code based on the first code, the second code being associated with at least one second route; and send information associated with the at least one second route to a receiving device.

Abstract: A low-friction medical device includes a first link, a second link, and a tension member. The first link is coupled to an instrument shaft and a first guide path is defined in the first link. The second link is rotatable relative to the first link through an angular range. A distal end portion of the second link is rotatably coupled to a tool member. A curved guide path is defined within the second link between the tool member and the first guide path. A curved guide surface of the second link defines a portion of the second guide path. A first portion of the tension member is parallel to a centerline of the first guide path, and a second portion is coupled to the tool member. A third portion of the tension member between the first and second portions is in contact with the curved guide surface throughout a portion of the angular range.

Abstract: A low-friction medical device includes a first link, a second link, and a tension member. The first link is coupled to an instrument shaft and a first guide path is defined in the first link. The second link is rotatable relative to the first link through an angular range. A distal end portion of the second link is rotatably coupled to a tool member. A curved guide path is defined within the second link between the tool member and the first guide path. A curved guide surface of the second link defines a portion of the second guide path. A first portion of the tension member is parallel to a centerline of the first guide path, and a second portion is coupled to the tool member. A third portion of the tension member between the first and second portions is in contact with the curved guide surface throughout a portion of the angular range.

Abstract: An electronic device utilizing a nine-axis motion sensor module, capable of accurately outputting a resultant deviation including deviation angles in a 3D reference frame is provided. The present invention provides a novel comparison and compensation to accurately obtain a resultant deviation including deviation angles of the electronic device under the presence of external and/or internal interferences including the ones caused by undesirable electromagnetic fields and the ones associated with undesirable external forces and axial accelerations.

Abstract: A face image processing method is provided. The face processing method comprising: extracting a plurality of features from a primary two-dimensional face image to generate a first feature vector; decomposing a three-dimensional face image into a plurality of base face images and a plurality of weighting factors corresponding to the base face images; generating a first two-dimensional code according to the first feature vector; and generating a second two-dimensional code according to the weighting factors.

Abstract: A face recognition system is provided. The face recognition system includes an electronic device and terminal server. The electronic device comprising: a camera, exposed outside the electronic device; and a scanning unit, scanning a user face through the camera to obtain a user face feature data. The terminal server communicated with the electronic device, comprising: a two-dimensional code generation unit, generating a user two-dimensional code according to the user face feature data; a two-dimensional code database, comprising a plurality of member two-dimensional codes; and a comparison unit, comparing the user two-dimensional code with each of the member two-dimensional codes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for vehicle management. The systems may perform the methods to obtain information associated with a vehicle in a first time period; determine an income value associated with the vehicle in a second time period based on the information associated with the vehicle; determine a cost value associated with the vehicle in the second time period based on the income value and the information associated with the vehicle; and generate a recommendation as to whether to discard the vehicle based on the income value and the cost value.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing motion recognition using motion sensor fusion and an associated computer program product are provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a plurality of motion sensors of the electronic device to obtain sensor data respectively corresponding to the plurality of motion sensors, the sensor data measured at a device coordinate system of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of motion sensors includes inertial motion sensors; and performing sensor fusion according to the sensor data by converting at least one portion of the sensor data and derivatives of the sensor data into converted data based on a global coordinate system of a user of the electronic device, to perform motion recognition based on the global coordinate system, in order to recognize the user's motion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a shape-changeable magnetic member comprising a plurality of segments with each segment being able to be magnetized with a desired magnitude and orientation of magnetization, to a method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member composed of a plurality of segments and to a shape changeable magnetic member.

Abstract: A ferromagnetic powder composition including soft magnetic iron-based core particles, wherein the surface of the core particles is provided with at least one phosphorus-based inorganic insulating layer and then at least partially covered with metal-organic compound(s), wherein the total amount of metal-organic compound(s) is between 0.005 and 0.05% by weight of the powder composition, and wherein the powder composition further includes a lubricant. Further, a process for producing the composition and a method for the manufacturing of soft magnetic composite components prepared from the composition, as well as the obtained component.