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The present invention relates generally to a non-invasive method and apparatus for measuring a fluid analyte, particularly relating to glucose or alcohol contained in blood or tissue, utilizing spectroscopic methods. More particularly, the method and apparatus incorporate means for detecting and quantifying changes in the concentration of specific analytes in tissue fluid. Also, the method and apparatus can be used to predict future levels of analyte concentration either in the tissue fluid or in blood in an adjacent vascular system.

This invention is a social networking website & web-based system that allows users to post ‘party reports’—detailed, real-time information about current ongoing parties and events that they know of; allows users to comment and upload pictures & videos on the posted information in real-time; and presents this information in an organized fashion—by city, school or location, by date & time, or by both. The system also contains algorithms used to determine the top or best party cities, schools or locations based on predetermined formulas & user posted information. The website also allows users to connect with other registered users on the website and define them as their ‘peeps’ as well as create ‘crews’, which are close-knit groups of people that they usually party to go out with.

The present invention is essentially a method and system for leaving and retrieving messages at specific coordinate way points within a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider network. Users carry or transport interface devices for communicating over the network and are able to record and view messages at specific coordinate locations while traveling in the network. The location of the device is calculated by the device or by the network while the device is powered on and in within the physical boundaries of the network, or through a combination of both. Messages can be made available to network subscribers when their interface devices come within an area centered about a physical coordinate location. Personalized messages can also be left by subscribers at any coordinate point within the boundaries of the network. The invention can also be used to facilitate access of information about an asset when a technician comes within a physical proximity threshold relative to said asset.

A multipurpose hemofiltration system (10) and method are disclosed for the removal of fluid and / or soluble waste from the blood of a patient. The system (10) continuously monitors the flow rates of drained fluid, blood, and infusate. When necessary, the pumping rates of the infusate, drained fluid and blood are adjusted to remove a preselected amount of fluid from the blood in a preselected time period. A supervisory controller (160) can monitor patient parameters, such as heart rate (120) and blood pressure (130), and adjust the pumping rates accordingly. The supervisory controller (160) uses fuzzy logic to make expert decisions, based upon a set of supervisory rules, to control each pumping rate to achieve a desired flow rate and to respond to fault conditions. An adaptive controller (162) corrects temporal variations in the flow rate based upon an adaptive law and a control law.

The present invention is essentially a method and system for leaving and retrieving messages at specific coordinate way points within a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider network. Users carry or transport interface devices for communicating over the network and are able to record and view messages at specific coordinate locations while traveling in the network. The location of the device is calculated by the device or by the network while the device is powered on and in within the physical boundaries of the network, or through a combination of both. Messages can be made available to network subscribers when their interface devices come within an area centered about a physical coordinate location. Personalized messages can also be left by subscribers at any coordinate point within the boundaries of the network. The invention can also be used to facilitate access of information about an asset when a technician comes within a physical proximity threshold relative to said asset.

An apparatus for providing an estimate for a 3D camera pose relative to a scene from 2D image data of 2D image frame provided by said camera. A candidate 2D key points detector determines candidate 2D key points from the 2D image frame. A detected 3D observations detector determines detected 3D observations from pre-recorded scene data and the candidate 2D key points. A detected 3D camera pose estimator determines a detected 3D camera pose estimate from the camera data, the detected 3D observations and the candidate 2D key points. A first storage stores the detected 2D candidate key points and the 2D image data, and outputs in response to a 3D camera pose estimate output previous 2D image data and candidate 2D key points related to a previous 3D camera pose estimate output. A second storage stores and outputs a previous 3D camera pose estimate. A tracked 3D observations detector determines tracked 3D observations from the 2D image data, the candidate 2D key points, the camera data, the previous 2D image data and candidate 2D key points, the previous 3D camera pose estimate and 3D scene model data. A pose estimate selector outputs a selected one of the detected camera pose estimate and the previous 3D camera pose estimate. A 3D camera pose estimator computes and outputs the 3D camera pose estimate from the camera data, the detected 3D observations, the tracked 3D observations and the selected 3D camera pose estimate.

This disclosure provides methods for the creation of a quantitative database of metabolites, particularly lipid metabolites, using chromatographic technology; methods for assembling that information into a visual format for interpretation, and methods of this information to identify and understand metabolome-wide effects, for instance those effects influenced by pharmaceuticals, genes, toxins, diet or the environment. Also provided are metabolite databases, such as lipid metabolite databases, that are stored on a computer readable medium, which include quantitative measurements of a plurality of metabolites.

Devices, systems and methods for use in separating sample materials into different sample components and then isolating one or more of the sample components for further processing or analysis are disclosed. Devices employ configurations that optionally allow a sample material to be electrophoretically separated into sample components in a separation matrix within a separation conduit. The sample components may then be detected in a detection zone in the separation conduit, and then selected components shunted to a component collection conduit within the device downstream of the detection zone for further processing or analysis based on information received at the detection zone. Methods of using these devices, and systems that incorporate these devices are also envisioned.

A whole slide fluorescence digital pathology system is provided that uses a monochrome TDI line scan camera, which is particularly useful in fluorescence scanning where the signal is typically much weaker than in brightfield microscopy. The system uses oblique brightfield illumination for fast and accurate tissue finding and employs a unique double sweep focus scoring and objective lens height averaging technique to identify focus points and create a focus map that can be followed during subsequent scanning to provide autofocusing capability. The system also scans and analyzes image data to determine the optimal line rate for the TDI line scan camera to use during subsequent scanning of the digital slide image and it also creates a light profile to compensate for loss of illumination light due to roll off.

A surgical drill guide for installing dental implants with predetermined angular alignment and rotational orientation for a dental prosthesis, formed of:a. a base part formed to correspond generally to the shape and contour of a patient's upper or lower mouth, the base part having peripheral edges and having opposite tissue and mouth sides and at least one drill guide hole extending through the base part from the tissue side to the mouth side, each of the drill guide holes having a central axis at a predetermined angular orientation relative to the mouth side and having lateral location relative to the peripheral edges, andb. a set of rotational position indicators on the tissue and mouth sides respectively of the base part for each of the drill guide holes, the rotational position indicators of each set being at the same rotational position about the central axis of the drill guide hole.

A direct multilateration target tracking system is provided with the TOA time stamp as an input. A technique of tracking targets with varying receiver combinations is provided. Methods of correlating and combining Mode A, Mode C, and Mode S messages to enhance target tracking in a passive surveillance system are provided. A direct multilateration target tracking system is provided by TOA tracking and smoothing. A technique for selecting best receiver combination and / or solution of multilateration equations from a multitude of combinations and / or solutions is provided. A technique for correcting pseudorange values with atmospheric conditions is provided. A technique for improving height determination for regions of poor VDOP in a 3D multilateration system is provided.

The invention provides a virtual learning environment natural interaction method based on multimode emotion recognition. The method comprises the steps that expression information, posture information and voice information representing the learning state of a student are acquired, and multimode emotion features based on a color image, deep information, a voice signal and skeleton information are constructed; facial detection, preprocessing and feature extraction are performed on the color image and a depth image, and a support vector machine (SVM) and an AdaBoost method are combined to perform facial expression classification; preprocessing and emotion feature extraction are performed on voice emotion information, and a hidden Markov model is utilized to recognize a voice emotion; regularization processing is performed on the skeleton information to obtain human body posture representation vectors, and a multi-class support vector machine (SVM) is used for performing posture emotion classification; and a quadrature rule fusion algorithm is constructed for recognition results of the three emotions to perform fusion on a decision-making layer, and emotion performance such as the expression, voice and posture of a virtual intelligent body is generated according to the fusion result.

A handheld or pocketsized electronic apparatus, such as a mobile telephone, having a display unit and a touch surface that is position-sensitive in a first and second direction for control of the electronic apparatus; the display unit having a display area taking up most of the front side of the apparatus and the touch surface being sufficiently narrow to fit on the side edge of the apparatus and curved in the first direction to convex shape, thus making it simple for a user to control the apparatus with one hand, without the display being hidden, and in an ergonomically correct manner, whereby control of the apparatus is attained without the use of a keyboard or similar input device.

An exemplary auto-focus imaging system having a compact configuration and a high-focusing accuracy includes a lens assembly, an image sensor, a locator, a control unit, and a voice coil actuator. The lens assembly is configured for picking up and manipulating optical information. The image sensor is configured for sensing the optical information and producing corresponding electronic signals. The locator is configured for producing a first position signal representative of an actual position of the lens assembly. The locator includes a magnet and a magnetic sensor. A relative positional relationship between the magnet and the magnetic directly varies with a movement of the lens assembly. The control unit is configured for receiving the electronic signals and the first position signal and outputting a control signal. The voice coil actuator is configured for receiving the control signal and moving the lens assembly to a desired position.

The invention provides a method and device for monitoring and controlling network risks. The method comprises the following steps: step one, selecting the sample space of network objectives of some network element (NE), carrying out statistic analysis on the sample point data of the sample space, and calculating a dynamic baseline, wherein the network objectives comply with a normal distribution character; step two, according to preset tolerability and the dynamic baseline, determining the upper tolerance limit and the lower tolerance limit of the network objectives as early warning thresholds for triggering an early warning generating mechanism of the predictive network objectives; and step three, judging whether values of the predictive network objectives which are monitored and controlled in real time exceed the early warning thresholds; and if the values exceed the early warning thresholds, triggering the early warning generating mechanism. By realizing a dynamic threshold method, the threshold values can be set more reasonably and accurately, multiple early warning grades can be triggered, accurate monitoring and control for networks is reached, hidden failures in the networks are found, and finally after-event problem analysis of the prior art for the network failures is changed into initiative monitoring and controlling of the network objectives before problems generate, thus effectively ensuring the normal operation of the networks.

A power supply system between a power supply and an electrical load uses a plurality of battery modules which may be different in configuration from one another. The system assesses one or more state variables for each battery module to indicate a health status of the battery module. The variable indicative of the health status typically includes: i) a residual ability of the battery module to accept electric charge, ii) a residual capacity of the battery module to hold electric charge, iii) an internal resistance of the battery module, iv) a conductance of the battery module, v) a capacitance of the battery module, vi) a rate of charge of the battery module, vii) a rate of discharge of the battery module under load, or viii) a rate of self-discharge of the battery module. The system then generates unique charging and discharging criteria for each battery module which is specifically derived from the health status of the battery module.

The invention discloses a method for evaluating compressibility of a shale gas reservoir. The method sequentially comprises the following steps of (1) calculating a shale brittleness index Brit, (2), calculating a shale fracture toughness index Kn, (3), calculating a natural weak plane opening facility index Pn, (4), calculating a natural weak plane penetrated index Cn, (5), introducing a complex seam net probability index Fcf and a transforming volume probability index Fsrv, and determining a reservoir compressibility index FI, (6), according to the size of the reservoir compressibility index FI, evaluating the compressibility of a block shale reservoir. According to the method, various compressibility influence factors are considered, and particularly on the basis of a seam net forming mechanism, the influence of the natural weak plane is fully considered; the shortcomings of an existing evaluation method are overcome, and logging data are utilized for calculating brittleness and breaking toughness of the shale gas reservoir; and the dependency on experimental data is reduced. The method is used for evaluating the reservoir quality of a fractured well, has feasibility and accuracy and provides a new decision making method for facture well selecting and layer selecting of the shale gas reservoir.

An exposure apparatus which prevents damages due to leaked out liquid from expanding and can maintain exposure accuracy and measuring accuracy. The exposure apparatus includes first and second stages (ST1, ST2) which can independently move within an XY-plane on an image plane side of a projection optical system (PL); a drive mechanism (SD) which moves the first stage and the second stage together with the stage being close to or in contact with each other; a liquid immersion mechanism (1) which forms a liquid immersion area on an upper plane of at least one of the stages of the first stage and the second stage; and a detecting device (60) which detects liquid leaked out from between the first stage and the second stage.

A system for mounting a stent on a balloon catheter includes two positioning and alignment stations, which are used to prepare a stent and catheter for crimping using the same crimping head. The system is configured for automated assembly of the stent and catheter prior to crimping. A catheter and stent are placed on a computer-controlled carriage that delivers the stent and catheter to the crimper head. Before placing the stent and catheter into the crimper head, an automated alignment system locates the stent between balloon markers.

A synthesis of automated speech recognition (voice to text) technology and a knowledge-based analysis of the concepts and contexts of the free text therefrom enable a directed-vocabulary look up index to be used in conjunction with the speech recognition technology thus enabling medical dictation to be transcribed in real time without elaborate training of the dictator or the speech recognition technology. Thus, caregivers can create and review Computer-Based Patient Records in the necessary timeframe consistent with good patient care. The Computer-Based Patient Records can be linked to other applications such as prescription cross checking, lab test results, payer regulations, etc.

The invention provides a four-dimensional flight track dynamic prediction method based on ADS-B information updating. By communicating with networks among ADS-B receivers, a ADS-B data decoding module is adopted to obtain real-time velocity information, height information, longitude information and latitude information of a flight, and consistency check is conducted on a predicted flight track and the real-time velocity, height, longitude and latitude of the flight, so that the dynamic, online and real-time flight track prediction capability is achieved. The method can provide important technical support for developing the automation and intellectualization of air traffic control and achieving the flight-track-based operation.

A process control system simulation technique performs real-time simulation of an actual process control network as that network is running within a process plant in a manner that is synchronized with the operation of the actual process control network. This real-time, synchronized simulation system includes a simulation process control network and a process model which are automatically updated periodically during the operation of the actual process control network to reflect changes made to the process control network, as well as to account for changes in the plant itself, i.e., changes which require an updated process model. The disclosed simulation system provides for more readily accessible and usable simulation activities, as the process control network and the process models used within the simulation system are synchronized with and up-to-date with respect to the current process operating conditions. Moreover, this simulation system is more accurate as it uses process models developed from the current state of the process whenever the simulation system beings to perform a simulation. Still further, the disclosed simulation system is easy to operate, as it uses the same user interface applications as the actual process control network and can be initialized and used at any time during operation the process plant without any significant configuration or set-up activities.

The present invention enables observers to rapidly determine whether a seat belt is properly fastened. When the seat belt buckle is latched a circuit is completed which activates an array of lights incorporated with the seat belt fabric. When illuminated, the lights provide to an observer positive visual confirmation the belt is latched. The disclosed invention promotes safety by permitting law enforcement officers, aircraft cabin attendants, amusement park ride operators and the like to verify at a glance, regardless of ambient lighting conditions, whether seat belts are being used as required.

The invention discloses a human body fatigue evaluation method based on brain waves. According to the method, a ThinkGearAM electroencephalogram chip is used for acquiring original brain wave signals, an built-in algorithm is used for analyzing and processing the original brain wave signals, and four kinds of parameters are given through calculation according to processed brain wave data; the four kinds of parameters include variable coefficients of five brain wave signals of original delta waves, original theta waves, original alpha waves, original beta waves and original gamma waves, two nonlinear parameters of complexity and power spectral entropy, a fatigue index F worked out through energy of four basic rhythms of the delta waves, the theta waves, the alpha waves and the beta waves in the brain waves, and two parameters of relaxation degree and attention degree extracted through the brain wave signals, and the four kinds of parameters serve as input of a probabilistic neural network (PPN), the output of the PNN serves as a human body fatigue evaluation basis, and therefore the human body fatigue can be judged according to the brain waves of people.

The invention discloses an optimization method of an intersection dynamic comprehensive evaluation and signal control system based on a real-time simulation model. Statistical analysis is performed on an intersection vehicle arrival time distribution law and a saturation time headway distribution law, simulation control is performed on vehicles monitored in real time, analytical calculation of traffic flow parameters of an intersection such as mean queue length, queue time and travel vehicle speed, and characteristics such as vehicle exhaust, oil consumption and noise, and acquired information is shared and an optimized signal control scheme is implemented by a third party control platform. The method has the advantages that a real-time data acquisition function is realized by test coils embedded in interfaces at the near end and the far end of an intersection entrance road; the simulation model adopts vehicle arrival and green light termination as triggering conditions of starting a simulation system traffic flow parameter configuration; a saturation time headway is adopted as a time series distribution basis of vehicle leaving; simulation car following and lane changing behaviors are realized by a series of algorithms; and a traffic simulation function has timeliness, accuracy and rapid response.