Abstract: A system for determining a road type includes processing circuitry configured to receive information from a plurality of sensors. The information corresponds to one or more of operation of a host vehicle and an environment surrounding the host vehicle. Additionally, the system determines whether one or more of the plurality of sensors detects an off highway event, classifies the road type as a local road in response to one or more of the plurality of sensors detecting an off highway event, determines whether the speed of the host vehicle is greater than a first predetermined speed for a first predetermined amount of time, and classifies the road type as a limited access highway in response to the speed of the host vehicle being greater than the first predetermined speed for the first predetermined amount of time.

Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for traffic monitoring, especially for monitoring of road traffic flow using fibre optic distributed acoustic sensing. The method involves performing distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) using a suitable interrogator unit (103) to provide a measurement signal from each of a plurality of sensing portions of a first length of a sensing optical fibre (102), where the first length of the sensing optical fibre runs alongside a road (101) having a plurality of lanes. The measurement signals from the sensing portions are processed to detect vehicles (104) travelling on the road and to determine at least one detected traffic flow property. The method further involves using a traffic flow model to relate the detected flow property to a modelled flow property, where the traffic flow model is configured to model vehicle detections that will be missed by the distributed acoustic sensing i.e. an indication of vehicles present on the road but not detected by the DAS sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining autonomous vehicle user boarding times are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining location data associated with a user device associated with a user. The method includes determining an estimated time until the user starts boarding the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the location data associated with the user device. The method includes obtaining data associated with the user. The method includes determining an estimated time of boarding duration for the user based at least in part on the data associated with the user. The method includes determining an estimated time until the user completes boarding of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the estimated time until the user starts boarding the autonomous vehicle and the estimated time of boarding duration for the user.

Abstract: A device for the management of parking places in a parking lot where, for each vehicle received, there is a specific parking space specifically identified, and for which the presence of the vehicle received is to be detected and used using one or more sensors which detect its presence at a predetermined parking place. The sensors include respective flexible coils made of a flexible conductive wire. A plurality of sensors are embedded in the thickness of a flexible carpet configured to cover a corresponding multiplicity of parking spaces and to be fixed to the ground.

Abstract: The invention relates to a car park monitoring system for detecting free and occupied parking spaces in a car park area, comprising a detection unit and a camera system, the camera system being designed to supply image evidence from within the car park area, and the detection unit being designed to assign, depending on said image evidence, an occupation status to the parking spaces which indicates whether a parking pace is free or occupied. The car park monitoring system is characterized in that the detection unit is further designed to store the image evidence for at least one corresponding parking space as a first snapshot when the occupation status of the parking space in question changes from free to occupied, and additionally to store the image evidence as a second snapshot when a limiting condition is met.

Abstract: An overhead structure determination device mounted in a vehicle includes a sensor, a target information acquisition device, a road surface height acquisition device, and a determination device. The target information acquisition device detects a target in front of the vehicle using the sensor and acquires a relative position and a relative height of the target with respect to the vehicle. The road surface height acquisition device acquires a relative height of a below-target road surface with respect to the vehicle as a road surface height. The below-target road surface is a road surface at the relative position of the target. When a difference between the relative height of the target and the road surface height exceeds a threshold, the determination device determines that the target is an overhead structure present above a height of the vehicle.

Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus receives visual field information about a driver of a surrounding vehicle of a self vehicle, and decides whether the self vehicle is outside the visual field of the surrounding vehicle or not in accordance with the visual field information. Accordingly, it can learn the present dynamic visual field range of the driver of the surrounding vehicle actually traveling around the self vehicle, and obtain more accurate visual field range. Thus, it can appropriately give information that is really necessary and suppress giving unnecessary information.

Abstract: A surrounding area monitoring apparatus receives visual field information about a driver of a surrounding vehicle of a self vehicle, and decides whether the self vehicle is outside the visual field of the surrounding vehicle or not in accordance with the visual field information. Accordingly, it can learn the present dynamic visual field range of the driver of the surrounding vehicle actually traveling around the self vehicle, and obtain more accurate visual field range. Thus, it can appropriately give information that is really necessary and suppress giving unnecessary information.

Abstract: A vehicle control device and a vehicle control method are configured: to perform passing vehicle determination to determine whether another vehicle is a passing vehicle, based on position data included in first communication data received from the other vehicle and also position data of an own-vehicle; to transmit second communication data including a result of the passing vehicle determination and the position data of the own-vehicle; and to perform oncoming vehicle determination to determine whether the other vehicle is an oncoming vehicle, based on the position data included in the second communication data received from the other vehicle and the position data of an own-vehicle.

Abstract: A system includes a first-vehicle processor configured to receive a signal broadcast from a second vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine a distance between a first transceiver, receiving the signal, and a second transceiver, transmitting the signal. The processor is further configured to determine second vehicle dimensions. Also, the processor is configured to digitally map a second vehicle perimeter around a second transceiver location, determined based on the distance and alert a first vehicle driver of a likely overlap condition of the second vehicle perimeter and a first vehicle perimeter.

Abstract: An on-demand transport system can manage an on-demand transportation service for a given region by matching requesting users with drivers and the AVs, where the AVs utilize localization maps and live sensor data to autonomously operate throughout the given region. The transport system can identify a local anomaly within the given region that affects AV performance. The transport system can transmit a routing invitation a driver to provide feedback corresponding to the local anomaly. Based on feedback data received from the driver, the transport system can transmit an update to AVs intersecting the local anomaly to enable the intersecting AVs to resolve the local anomaly.

Abstract: A method for determining uncertainty in a predicted flight path for an aerial vehicle can include determining, by one or more computing devices, uncertainty in a performance model of the aerial vehicle. The method can further include determining, by one or more computing devices, uncertainty in a weather model indicative of weather conditions along the predicted flight path. In addition, the method can include determining, by the one or more computing devices, uncertainty in the predicted flight path based on the uncertainty in the performance model and the uncertainty in the weather model. The method can further include generating, by one or more computing devices, a notification indicating the uncertainty in the predicted flight path.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and apparatus for joint optimization of multi-UAV task assignment and path planning.

Abstract: An autonomous drone service system controls at least one drone vehicle configured to autonomously navigate along a flight path to provide one or more services requested by a user. The system includes an electronic service provider device to receive at least one service request signal generated by a user device. The request signal indicates at least one requested service provided by the drone service system and location or locations associated with the requested services. The electronic service provider device that automatically maps the at least one requested service to the at least one drone vehicle, and commands the at least one drone vehicle to perform the service request at the one or more locations.

Abstract: An autonomous drone service system controls at least one drone vehicle configured to autonomously navigate along a flight path to provide one or more services requested by a user. The system includes an electronic service provider device to receive at least one service request signal generated by a user device. The request signal indicates at least one requested service provided by the drone service system and location or locations associated with the requested services. The electronic service provider device that automatically maps the at least one requested service to the at least one drone vehicle, and commands the at least one drone vehicle to perform the service request at the one or more locations.

Abstract: A dominoes-style mathematical operation game is provided including, but not limited to, a plurality of dominoes, each domino having a top face in the bottom face. The bottom face of each domino has a pair of equally sized sides each with unique combination of an at least a number indicia and a mathematical sign and possibly a physical representation of at least one of addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, equality, calculus operations, comparison, and algebraic equations.

Abstract: A method of managing lifelong learner events on a blockchain includes detecting an event related to a learner using a blockchain-enabled digital learning system, determining a concern/risk level of the learner by performing a risk assessment, determining parameters to generate a transaction related the learner's event based on the parameters and the concern/risk level, determining the values of the parameters by measuring the value or importance of the event and its associated metadata and documents, generating a list of transactions corresponding to the parameters, and validating the transactions using validating distributed peer-to-peer devices that run one or more chaincodes related to the management of the lifelong learner events.

Abstract: Using various embodiments, methods and systems for assisted programming using an interconnectable block based system are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of interconnectable blocks, and a processing unit. The processing unit can determine a programming language construct, or the portion thereof, based on a sequence in which the plurality of interconnectable blocks are connected to each other and execute the programming language construct, or the portion thereof, and transmit the output to an output device. The output device, can be coupled to the interconnectable block based system and can be at least an electroacoustic transducer device or an electroluminescent device.

Abstract: The method of monitoring glucose levels begins with the retrieval of at least one daily glucose reading with a user personal computing (PC) device. A daily weight measurement is also retrieved with the user PC device. A daily biometric summary is then relayed from the user PC device to a remote server, wherein the daily biometric summary includes the daily glucose reading and the daily weight measurement. A plurality of iterations is executed in order to compile a user biometric profile, wherein the user biometric profile includes the daily biometric summary for each iteration. The user biometric profile is then compared to the ideal biometric profile with the remote server in order to generate a biometric assessment for the user account. The biometric assessment is outputted with the user PC device for the viewing of the user account.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for grounded natural language learning in an interactive setting. In embodiments, during a learning process, an agent learns natural language by interacting with a teacher and learning from feedback, thus learning and improving language skills while taking part in the conversation. In embodiments, a model is used to incorporate both imitation and reinforcement by leveraging jointly sentence and reward feedback from the teacher. Various experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness of a model embodiment.

Abstract: Methods for identifying and assessing the language proficiency of a student with a web based interface package

Abstract: Electronically displayed Braille dots are laterally propagated against a stationary finger resting on a stationary base for reading Braille. The lateral propagation takes the form of a transverse wave of pins which are raised and lowered in sequence. The reading can be synchronized with other processes or events under computer controls. A Braille display is provided employing electrowetting forces to control the sequential raising and lowering of the pins. Using layer-based manufacturing, the display is sized to a finger-worn device. A method of interactive reading is provided whereby the reading of Braille from the display is computer-synchronized with other events and processes to help users learn Braille, to monitor physiological responses to reading, and to enhance a user's reading experience. A children's Braille tablet is also provided.

Abstract: A system for providing a tactile display is disclosed. The system utilizes magnetic forces and actuators in order to move a series of tactile elements. The system can be arranged such that the display may include an entire array of thousands of elements.

Abstract: A method for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training includes sensing a chest compression force via a distributed sensor, measuring a depth of the chest compression via an accelerometer, calculating depth of the chest compression based at least in part on the sensed chest compression force and, in some cases, on the measured depth of the chest compression.

Abstract: A system for improving performance of chest compressions includes at least one mobile computing device, an accelerometer configured to measure a vertical displacement of a user's hands to determine information relating to rate and depth of chest compressions, and a processor; and a computer device configured to send information to and receive information from the mobile computing device(s). The system associates the information relating to the rate and depth of the chest compressions with the user; sends the information to the computer device; analyzes the information to determine a proficiency level of the user; compares the proficiency level of the user to a proficiency standard required to be certified in life saving activities; and provides an indication of whether the user of the mobile computing device is ready for certification if the proficiency level of the user meets the proficiency standard. Also, a method for certification is provided.

Abstract: Certain embodiments herein relate to educational knee joint models with synthetic medial and lateral menisci disposed thereon. In certain implementations, one of the synthetic menisci has specific type of tear formed therein. Other embodiments relate to educational knee joint treatment platforms having a base, an attachment wall, a coupling component, and a retention strap.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an enhanced temperature validation slide comprising a substrate and a removable label attached to the substrate with an adhesive. In some implementations, the label comprises at least two threshold temperature indicators, a transparent liquid impermeable barrier layer, a designated area for user generated information, an area for displayed information (i.e. a lot number), an area for displayed text or graphics linked to information stored online (i.e. a QR code), and a thermo-chromic visual indicator area. The various implementations of this disclosure may describe a validation slide utilizing any number of the features described above in any combination.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates in general to methods for tracking web-based articles and methods of authenticating the origin of web-based articles. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to a tracking system for web-based articles and to web-based articles having identifying marks that allow tracking and authentication of its origin.

Abstract: An improved three-dimensional sign includes three light boxes each having a light box housing, a light or lights, a light diffuser, and a bezel configured to releasably secure a graphical image in contact with the respective diffuser. Each of the three bight box housings and the respective diffusers are formed with respective selectively-shaped peripheries. The first, second, and third light boxes are selectively positioned with respect to each other within a fixture housing that provides a dark background tot the backlit graphics, for the three selectively shaped peripheries and graphics to create a particular inverse cube illusion. The structural arrangement also provides the illusion that the statically displayed advertise lent graphic(s) is/are directed towards and follows the consumer as he/she approaches and then walks past the sign. The dark environment is provided by a housing of sufficient depth, having a dark surface that is preferably black.

Abstract: A modular universal lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle banner display system includes a carrying case to house the components of the system and can easily accommodate additional elements. The system includes a plurality of tow scaffolds that form a fixed and rigid scaffolding configuration to be coupled to the banner. The system includes a variety of flexible rigging elements, such as nylon lines, configured to form a harness configuration to couple the tow scaffold configuration of one or a collection of assembled tow scaffolds to the unmanned aerial vehicle in single line or double line harness configurations. The system is applicable for a large variety of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones and a large variety of banners.

Abstract: A display device includes a defect inspection circuit, and a display panel having a display area and a peripheral area positioned outside the display area. The display panel includes a sensing wire positioned in the peripheral area and connected to the defect inspection circuit. The defect inspection circuit includes a resistance detection circuit that detects a resistance of the sensing wire based on an output signal corresponding to the sensing wire, a memory that stores first resistance information related to the resistance of the sensing wire detected in a first inspection operation, and a comparator circuit including a first comparator that compares the first resistance information with second resistance information. The second resistance information is related to the resistance of the sensing wire detected in a second inspection operation that is performed at a different time than the first inspection operation.

Abstract: An electrical assembly for detecting failures in an LCD source driver includes a plurality of active channels on the source driver which communicate electronically with an LCD. A split active channel on the source driver is provided with an original signal and splits the original signal into an active split channel and a dummy split channel. The active split channel is sent to the LCD. A microprocessor receives the dummy split channel and compares the received dummy split channel signal to the original signal.

Abstract: A shift register, a gate driving circuit, a display panel and a driving method. The shift register includes: an input circuit, an output circuit, a pull-up-node pull-down circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit and an output pull-down circuit. The first control circuit is configured to write a fourth clock signal into a first pull-down node and write a first power voltage into a second pull-down node responsive to a first control signal, and to write the first power voltage into the first pull-down node responsive to a voltage of a pull-up node. The second control circuit is configured to write the fourth clock signal into the second pull-down node and write the first power voltage into the first pull-down node responsive to a second control signal, and to write the first power voltage into the second pull-down node responsive to the voltage of the pull-up node.

Abstract: Provided are a color temperature adjusting system of a transparent display and a color temperature adjusting method of a transparent display. The display mode or the fusion mode is selected via the mode selecting module (1) of the system. The display color temperature adjusting module (2) is configured to give different color temperature adjusting results according to a mode selected by the user and the color temperature of the environment, in which the transparent display (4) is located. As the user selects the display mode, the display color temperature adjusting module (2) uses a preset fixed color temperature as the color temperature adjusting results; as the user selects the fusion mode, the display color temperature adjusting module (2) uses a color temperature consistent with the color temperature of the environment obtained by the environmental color temperature detecting module (3) as the color temperature adjusting result.

Abstract: The invention provides a luminance adjustment system, comprising: a block division module (1), a luminance representative value calculation module (2), an edge information extraction module (3), an adjustment gain calculation module (4), a gain smooth processing module (5), and a data modulation module (6). By dividing an image into blocks, and combined with the luminance representative value and the amount of edge information amount indicating the complexity of the image of each block, the invention performs an individual luminance adjustment on each block, so that a more accurate adjustment can be achieved. As such, the invention can maintain details in darker part of the image, and to adjust the luminance of bright and complex part of the image to a greater extent.

Abstract: A parallel redundant integrated-circuit system includes an input connection, an output connection and first and second active circuits. The first active circuit includes one or more first integrated circuits and has an input connected to the input connection and an output connected to the output connection. The second active circuit includes one or more second integrated circuits and is redundant to the first active circuit, has an input connected to the input connection, and has an output connected to the output connection. The second integrated circuits are separate and distinct from the first integrated circuits.

Abstract: A digital-drive display system, comprising an array of display pixels, each display pixel having a light emitter, a digital memory for storing a digital pixel value, and a drive circuit that drives the light emitter in response to the digital pixel value. The drive circuit can respond to a control signal provided to all of the display pixels in common by a display controller that loads digital pixel values in the digit memory of each display pixel.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes first and second display areas adjacent to each other, a processor which generates first image data corresponding to the first and second display areas if a display mode is a first mode, and generates second image data corresponding to the first display area if the display mode is a second mode and a display driver which generates a first data signal corresponding to the first image data in the first mode, and converts the second image data and generates a second data signal corresponding to the converted second image data in the second mode. When the display device is driven in the second mode, a gradation image may be displayed on at least a region of the second display area.

Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for compensating for noise in a display that includes sensing a current in a sensing channel of the display. Compensating for the noise also includes sensing an observation current from noise in an observation channel of the display and scaling the observation current to generate a scaled observation current. The scaled observation current is subtracted from the sense current to generate a compensated output. The compensated output is used to drive compensation operations of the display based at least in part on the compensated output to reduce effects of the noise.

Abstract: A display panel includes a display area, the display area including a plurality of scan lines; and a non-display area, the non-display area including a plurality of gate driving circuits and at least one load compensating unit; wherein at least two of the plurality of scan lines have different lengths; each gate driving circuit is respectively connected with one scan line; each load compensating unit corresponds to one gate driving circuit to compensate a load of one gate driving circuit, and the larger a length of the scan line connected with the gate driving circuit, the smaller a load added by a corresponding load compensating unit. In the display panel provided by the present disclosure, through arranging the load compensating unit, the phenomenon of the non-uniform brightness of the display panel can be improved, and display quality of the display panel can be improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel circuit, a driving method and a display, including: a compensation unit connected with a driving unit; an external power supply, a driving unit and a first light emitting unit sequentially connected in series; a capacitor disposed between a first node and the external power supply; and an initialization unit with a first initialization transistor having a first electrode of connected to the first node, a gate electrode externally connected to a second scan signal, and a second electrode connected to a second light emitting unit, and a second initialization transistor having a first electrode connected to the second light emitting unit, a second electrode connected to an initialization voltage and a gate electrode externally connected to a second scan signal. The first initialization transistor and the second initialization transistor are a dual-gate transistor.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a common-gate transistor, a pixel circuit, a driving method and a display, including: a first doped region, a second doped region, a third doped region, a fourth doped region and a fifth doped region; the second doped region, the third doped region, the fourth doped region, and the fifth doped region are indirectly communicated through the first doped region, and the second doped region, the third doped region, and the fourth doped region, the fifth doped region and the first doped region are hetero-doped respectively. The two transistors in the common-gate transistor share one gate doped region, i.e., the first doped region, which can not only save one gate doped region, but also can make the gates of the two transistors have the same electrical parameters, and then the cascode effect of the two transistors is more ideal.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display are disclosed. In a compensation unit, a first electrode of a switching transistor is connected to a gate electrode of a compensation transistor, a second electrode of the switching transistor is connected to a first electrode of the compensation transistor; the gate electrode of the compensation transistor is connected to a driving unit through a first node, a second electrode of the compensation transistor is connected to a data signal; the compensation unit sets a voltage of the first node to be a first voltage; the capacitor is configured to keep the voltage of the first node to be the first voltage; the driving unit is configured to generate a driving current to drive the light emitting unit to emit light; and a driving transistor in the driving unit and the compensation transistor are a common-gate transistor.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method and a display is provided. The pixel circuit comprises a compensation unit which includes a data strobe transistor and a compensation transistor, wherein a first electrode of the data strobe transistor is coupled to a second electrode of the compensation transistor; a first electrode of the compensation transistor is coupled to a gate electrode of the compensation transistor, the gate electrode thereof is coupled to a driving unit through a first node; an external power supply, the driving unit and a light-emitting unit are sequentially coupled in series; a capacitor is located between the first node and the external power supply; the driving unit generates a driving current to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light; a driving transistor of the driving unit shares a same gate electrode with the compensation transistor.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method and a display device having the pixel circuit are disclosed, wherein the pixel circuit comprises a compensation unit, a driving unit, a light emitting unit, a capacitor, an initialization unit and an external power supply and the driving method comprises a first initialization stage, a second initialization stage, a data writing stage and a light emitting stage.

Abstract: A graphical display device includes a plurality of color-specific subpixels spatially distributed across a display region. Subpixel wear compensation is performed for some or all of the color-specific subpixels. For each color-specific subpixel, the compensation may include sampling one or more display signals directed to the color-specific subpixel to obtain a time-series of sampled values. The compensation may further include storing, in non-volatile storage, compensation data for the color-specific subpixel derived from the time-series of sampled values. The compensation may further include driving the color-specific subpixel based on the compensation data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an array substrate and a driving method, a display panel and a display device. An initialization control terminal of a first pixel circuit is coupled to an initialization control terminal of a second pixel circuit. The array substrate and the driving method, the display panel and the display device provided according to the embodiments of the disclosure may reduce the number of signal lines and the occupied space.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device comprising: a source device configured to output image data; and a sink device configured to perform a displaying operation based on the image data, wherein the source device is configured to change a frame rate of an image frame composing the image data while the displaying operation is performed, wherein the sink device is configured to change a frame rate of a panel driving frame for the displaying operation as the frame rate of the image frame is changed, and wherein the source device is configured to change the frame rate of the image frame while satisfying a condition in which an emission duty ratio of the panel driving frame is not changed.

Abstract: A display device in which selection circuits and display blocks are arranged is provided. Each of display blocks comprises signal lines extending in a column direction and pixels arranged in a matrix pattern. Pixels each comprise a light emitting element. Each of selection circuits switches a signal line to which to supply an image signal among signal lines such that the image signal is written to each pixel aligned in a row direction among pixels. In one frame period, an order in which signal lines corresponding to respective pixels arranged in a first row among the pixels aligned in the row direction are selected, and an order in which signal lines corresponding to respective pixels arranged in a second row different to the first row among the pixels aligned in the row direction are selected are different to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device in which light emitting elements of a plurality of colors including a light emitting element emitting blue light are formed in each pixel on a substrate on which a transistor is formed for each sub-pixel, and a plurality of pixels formed with sub-pixels of the plurality of colors as a unit are arranged in a form of a matrix, wherein relative positional relation between transistors of sub-pixels of respective light emission colors including blue light and a light emitting section of a light emitting element emitting the blue light is laid out such that distances between the transistors of the sub-pixels of the respective light emission colors including the blue light and the light emitting section of the light emitting element emitting the blue light are equal to each other for the respective colors.