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Predictive modeling of consumer financial behavior, including determination of likely responses to particular marketing efforts, is provided by application of consumer transaction data to predictive models associated with merchant segments. The merchant segments are derived from the consumer transaction data based on co-occurrences of merchants in sequences of transactions. Merchant vectors represent specific merchants, and are aligned in a vector space as a function of the degree to which the merchants co-occur more or less frequently than expected. Consumer vectors are developed within the vector space, to represent interests of particular consumers by virtue of relative vector positions of consumer and merchant vectors. Various techniques, including clustering, supervised segmentation, and nearest-neighbor analysis, are applied separately or in combination to generate improved predictions of consumer behavior.

A system and method of estimating the body shape of an individual from input data such as images or range maps. The body may appear in one or more poses captured at different times and a consistent body shape is computed for all poses. The body may appear in minimal tight-fitting clothing or in normal clothing wherein the described method produces an estimate of the body shape under the clothing. Clothed or bare regions of the body are detected via image classification and the fitting method is adapted to treat each region differently. Body shapes are represented parametrically and are matched to other bodies based on shape similarity and other features. Standard measurements are extracted using parametric or non-parametric functions of body shape. The system components support many applications in body scanning, advertising, social networking, collaborative filtering and Internet clothing shopping.

An acoustic sensor is provided according to certain aspects for non-invasively detecting physiological acoustic vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters of a medical patient. The sensor can include an acoustic sensing element configured to generate a first signal in response to acoustic vibrations from a medical patient. The sensor can also include front-end circuitry configured to receive an input signal that is based at least in part on the first signal and to produce an amplified signal in response to the input signal. In some embodiments, the sensor further includes a compression module in communication with the front-end circuitry and configured to compress portions of at least one of the input signal and the amplified signal according to a first compression scheme, the compressed portions corresponding to portions of the first signal having a magnitude greater than a predetermined threshold level.

A device, which is preferably embedded in a power distribution enclosure, enables analysis of conditions of electromechanical machines and, alternatively, also their driven or driver devices. The analysis uses operating voltages and currents supplied to or from the electromechanical machines. Since these voltages and currents are available at the enclosure, wiring or any other communication means to any sensors on the electromechanical machines or on the driver or driven devices are not necessary. The embedded device may optionally transmit its results to a computing or monitoring device remote from the enclosure, preferably wirelessly. The embedded device may receive all its power from an existing, conventional potential transformer in the enclosure, so that the embedded device may be retrofitted to the enclosure without the addition of any wiring external to the enclosure.

An Energy and Cost Savings Calculation System is provided that automates the determination of energy and cost savings due to energy conservation measures. The system provides Multi-Variant, Non-Linear (MVNL) load forecasting techniques, energy and cost savings calculations, and Weather Ranking. The load forecasting technique may accept numerous external parameters as input. The technique may use multiple Baselines. It may also use multiple Basic Reference Periods to reduce the load forecasting error. The load forecasting technique may utilize external parameters that are updated on a daily basis, such as dry bulb temperature, dew point temperature, solar condition, and interval meter data. The technique may use Baseline Extensions to perform forecasts and Reference Period Modifications to enhance accuracy. The system may calculate energy and cost savings using Complex Rates and time-of-use (TOU) energy data. The system may rank a plurality of sources providing weather data to identify the most accurate weather data.

The information terminal body may be designed to foldably pivot a pair of flat cases each having a display unit through a hinge which is equipped with a photographing optical system for the camera function unit of which optical axis of lens is perpendicular to an axial center of the hinge. The display units display information from communication channels and images taken in by the camera. The cases may have the display units such that the display units face outside in a folded state. At least one of the two display units may be a finder for photographers, while the other may be a finder for the subject persons. The terminal is equipped with a shutter button and a terminal operation button. The terminal operation button works also as a shutter button. The information terminal is also equipped with a viewfinder for the camera lens system.

The present invention provides a sighting device for a firearm having a trigger guard, a frame with an underside portion forward of the trigger guard, and a handgrip with a front strap. The sighting device has a body having a first portion including an illumination device. The body defines an engagement feature operable term the bubbly connectivity for portion of the trigger guard. The body has an elongated extension portion that extends from the first portion. The extension portion is shaped to underlie a lower portion of the trigger guard from the first portion to the front strap. The extension portion has a free end including a switch, and the extension portion includes a conductor operably connecting the switch to the illumination device.

An Energy and Cost Savings Calculation System is provided that automates the determination of energy and cost savings due to energy conservation measures. The system provides Multi-Variant, Non-Linear (MVNL) load forecasting techniques, energy and cost savings calculations, and Weather Ranking. The load forecasting technique may accept numerous external parameters as input. The technique may use multiple Baselines. It may also use multiple Basic Reference Periods to reduce the load forecasting error. The load forecasting technique may utilize external parameters that are updated on a daily basis, such as dry bulb temperature, dew point temperature, solar condition, and interval meter data. The technique may use Baseline Extensions to perform forecasts and Reference Period Modifications to enhance accuracy. The system may calculate energy and cost savings using Complex Rates and time-of-use (TOU) energy data. The system may rank a plurality of sources providing weather data to identify the most accurate weather data.

A system for measurement of three-dimensional motion of an object is provided. The system includes a light projection means adapted for projecting, for distinct time intervals, light of at least two different colors with a cross-sectional pattern of fringe lines onto a surface of the object and also includes image acquisition means for capturing an image of the object during an exposure time, wherein the distinct time intervals are within the duration of the exposure time. The system further includes image processing means adapted for processing the image to obtain a different depth map for each color based on a projected pattern of fringe lines on the object as viewed from the position of the image acquisition means, to determine corresponding points on the depth maps of each color, and to determine a three-dimensional motion characteristic of the object based on the positions of corresponding points on the depth maps.

For the purpose of coding or decoding motion information in a picture with a small overhead, a coding method of performing compression coding of a moving picture by motion compensated prediction is configured to have a motion compensated prediction step (processing by motion detector 2, motion compensator 5, spatial predictor 9, etc.) of performing the motion compensated prediction while assigning one or more motion vectors (e.g., up to two motion vectors) in units of sub-blocks obtained by sub-dividing each of macroblocks resulting from division of each frame of the moving picture; and an assignment information coding step (processing by variable length encoder 23 and others) of outputting information about an assignment situation of the one or more motion vectors to the sub-blocks in a multiplexed form on a bitstream.

The invention discloses a posture and moving track positioning system and method of robot grabbing an online workpiece. The device comprises a camera support, an industrial camera, the tested workpiece, a workpiece conveying belt, a tail end executer, a robot system, a workbench, an image processor and the like. The method comprises the steps that a depth positioning model of a plane point in an absolute coordinate system in the vertical direction, a depth positioning model of a space point in the absolute coordinate system in the vertical direction, an X-axis positioning model of the plane point in the absolute coordinate system in the horizontal direction and an X-axis positioning model of the space point in the absolute coordinate system in the horizontal direction are established, three-dimensional coordinates of imaging points in all the cameras can be solved through combination of the priori knowledge of the workpiece, accordingly, and a robot can be guided to adopt the accurate tail end executer posture and movement track to intelligently grab the workpiece accurately. The posture and moving track positioning system and method have the advantages that the grabbing precision is high, the structure is simple, and cost is low.

The invention provides an automatic adobe stacking device. The device comprises an automatic control device, an adobe group conveying mechanism, a horizontal travelling mechanism, a vertical lifting mechanism arranged on the horizontal travelling mechanism, a rotation mechanism fixed on the lower end of the vertical lifting mechanism and an adobe grabbing mechanism fixed on the lower end of the rotation mechanism, wherein the adobe group conveying mechanism is arranged below the adobe grabbing mechanism; and the automatic control device is respectively connected with the adobe group conveyingmechanism, the horizontal travelling mechanism, the vertical lifting mechanism, the rotation mechanism and the adobe grabbing mechanism so as to control the operation of the mechanisms. The adobe automatic stacking device has the advantages of accurate positioning, stable direction steering, neatly stacked adobes, firmly overlapped upper and lower adobes, simple structure, high automatic degree and easiness for operation, so that the labor intensity of workers is reduced, the production efficiency of stacking is greatly improved, and the stacking quality of adobe stacks is improved.

A system is described for monitoring the swing path of a golf club head and for monitoring flight characteristics of a golf ball following impact. A processor utilizes data from spaced apart spaced sensor arrays in determining the club head speed and head angle of a golf club during the swing phase of the club. Image capture devices captures successive images of the ball after impact, and the system processor generates data reflecting ball flight characteristics based on a comparison of the images.

A data symbol reading apparatus, for reading an encoded data symbol, includes: an image pickup element; an image forming optical system for forming an image of the encoded data symbol located within a symbol read area onto a light-receiving surface of the image pickup element; and an illumination system. The illumination system includes a plurality of light sources, a diffusion plate for diffusing light emitted from the light sources, and a lens member for transmitting diffused light diffused by the diffusion plate onto the symbol read area. The plurality of light sources, the diffusion plate, and the lens member are arranged such that a light distribution within the symbol reading area is almost uniform.

A system and method for manufacturing a custom prosthetic liner. The system may include a shape capture device for capturing the shape of a residual limb. The captured shape may be used to generate a 3-dimensional electronic liner model using a processor and specialized software. A 3-dimensional electronic model of the residual limb may also be produced. Preferably, an interface is provided that allows a user of the system to alter the shape and / or size of the 3-dimensional model(s) to allow the subsequently-produced liner to accommodate particular features of the residual limb. Data associated with at least the resulting 3-dimensional liner model is provided to a manufacturing facility equipped to produce a custom liner therefrom. The data may be remotely transmitted to the manufacturing facility. A positive likeness of the residual limb is created from the data associated with the 3-dimensional model(s), and is subsequently used as a mold core in the liner molding process.

An automated, personalized informed consent creation and verification process is provided herein. Multimedia, interactive informed consent presentations may be created for medical procedures or clinical trials which are procedure-specific or trial-specific by providing standardized disclosure information to a patient regarding a specific medical procedure or clinical trial which is being performed. The presentation is also patient specific by using the patient's medical history to personalize the disclosures regarding risk and expected outcome of the procedure. The presentation may be provided on a computer, such as a tablet, where the patient views and interacts with the informed consent presentation to ask and answer questions, indicate their capacity to make a decision and verify comprehension of the content of the presentation. The patient's consent may be recorded in an audio or video record in order to more accurately capture the patient's consent and verify that the patient consented to the procedure.

A system and method of estimating the body shape of an individual from input data such as images or range maps. The body may appear in one or more poses captured at different times and a consistent body shape is computed for all poses. The body may appear in minimal tight-fitting clothing or in normal clothing wherein the described method produces an estimate of the body shape under the clothing. Clothed or bare regions of the body are detected via image classification and the fitting method is adapted to treat each region differently. Body shapes are represented parametrically and are matched to other bodies based on shape similarity and other features. Standard measurements are extracted using parametric or non-parametric functions of body shape. The system components support many applications in body scanning, advertising, social networking, collaborative filtering and Internet clothing shopping.

The present invention provides a sighting device for a firearm having a trigger guard, a frame with an underside portion forward of the trigger guard, and a handgrip with a front strap. The sighting device has a body having a first portion including an illumination device. The body defines an engagement feature operable term the bubbly connectivity for portion of the trigger guard. The body has an elongated extension portion that extends from the first portion. The extension portion is shaped to underlie a lower portion of the trigger guard from the first portion to the front strap. The extension portion has a free end including a switch, and the extension portion includes a conductor operably connecting the switch to the illumination device.

The invention relates to a track planning method of a redundant space mechanical arm for on-track catching. The catching operation of the space mechanical arm is divided into a rough catching stage and a fine catching stage, so that problems are simplified. By aiming at outstanding problems of different stages, different planning algorithms are adopted. In the rough catching stage, a track searching algorithm based on configuration space is adopted, and the algorithm is based on the test in the configuration space; and in the fine catching stage, a pseudo-inverse algorithm based on kinematics is adopted, and the final precise catching is guaranteed by compensating the relative movement of a target.

The present invention relates generally to the field of task management methods and systems and specifically task management methods and systems for creating and optimising future schedules utilising the computer.

A capsule endoscope is provided with an image pickup section having a CCD image sensor, a plurality of LEDs for emitting illumination light, a control circuit for controlling the image pickup section and the LEDs, a transmitting / receiving circuit for transmitting an image signal as a radio signal, and a battery for supplying electric power to each part of the capsule endoscope inside of a capsule case. When the capsule endoscope reaches a large intestine which is a lower digestive tract, the transmitting / receiving circuit receives an image capture initiation signal from an external transmitter provided outside of the body. The control circuit then activates the LEDs and the image pickup section to perform the image capturing at a predetermined interval.

The information terminal body may be designed to foldably pivot a pair of flat cases each having a display unit through a hinge which is equipped with a photographing optical system for the camera function unit of which optical axis of lens is perpendicular to an axial center of the hinge. The display units display information from communication channels and images taken in by the camera. The cases may have the display units such that the display units face outside in a folded state. At least one of the two display units may be a finder for photographers, while the other may be a finder for the subject persons. The terminal is equipped with a shutter button and a terminal operation button. The terminal operation button works also as a shutter button. The information terminal is also equipped with a viewfinder for the camera lens system.

A method of syntax analysis based on a mobile configuration concept, and a natural language search method using the syntax analysis method, are provided. The syntax analysis method includes morpheme analysis and syntax analysis after establishing a morpheme dictionary program for analyzing morphemes of an input sentence, and a subcategorization database storing the details of subcategories belonging to heads, such as stems of words and word endings, of each component of a sentence such that the syntactic status of an inflective word ending is admitted based on the marker theory which regards both postpositions and endings as syntactic units, and combination relations between words can be grammatically defined as a whole. In the morpheme analysis, if a sentence desired to be analyzed is input, the contents of morphemes are analyzed in units of polymorphemes according to the morpheme dictionary program, and after selecting an analysis case of a morpheme appropriate to the input data among morpheme analysis data by polymorpheme, preprocessing is performed. In the syntax analysis, with the analyzed morphemes, partial structures of a sentence are first established according to grammatical roles stored in a grammar rule database, and then, by using the subcategorization database, the entire structure is established. Then, by calculating the weighted value of each structure, a most appropriate optimum case is determined and output. Accordingly, any scrambled sentence can be easily and quickly analyzed without any sophisticated parsing apparatus. Also, the grammatical relationships between expressions forming a sentence can be accurately captured such that information requested by a user is retrieved in the same manner as a human-being makes a decision, and accurate information can be provided.

An accurate high-speed moving vehicle mark identification method based on video belongs to a calculation processing method adopting image and mode identification technology to realize vehicle detection and vehicle mark identification. The present invention mainly comprises five function modules, namely a video camera control module, a motion detection module, a vehicle snapshot module, a vehicle positioning module and a vehicle identification module. The present invention acquires a real-time video image through a camera system, judges whether a vehicle passes by processing the video image, judges the motion direction of the vehicle according to motion characteristics, segments a picture of the moving vehicle from an image sequence, positions a vehicle mark through vehicle texture features, and performs classification identification to a vehicle head mark or a vehicle back mark by utilizing vehicle mark features before and after. The present invention can solve the vehicle model and vehicle mark identification of high-speed running vehicles, especially the identification of vehicle back marks.

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 relates to a dynamic network content grabbing method and a dynamic network content crawler system. The dynamic network content grabbing method comprises the following steps of: submitting an access request for a target network, and acquiring a target webpage comprising one or more dynamic contents; extracting the dynamic content in a specific area in the acquired target webpage; judging whether each extracted dynamic content exists in cache, if so, not processing the dynamic content, and if not, advancing to the next step so as to grab the dynamic content; locally solidifying the dynamic content through rendering so as to generate a static content which corresponds to the current content of the dynamic content; and analyzing the static content, extracting a target content, locally saving the target content and caching the dynamic content in the cache. According to the network content grabbing technology, the content in the specific area in the webpage can be customized and grabbed, the rolling news and other dynamic rolling contents are timely grabbed, and the network content grabbing technology can serve as a search engine and a content provider of other external application.

The invention discloses a video-analysis-based antitheft monitoring method for a physical store. The method comprises the following steps of: tracking the motion trail of a customer in the physical store in a video analysis way, identifying the hand motion and upper limb motion of the customer at a specified place of the physical store, and judging whether the customer conducts suspected theft or not by combining commodity changes before and after the customer leaves the specified place; and when the customer is determined to conduct the theft, continuously tracking the customer, and transmitting a prompt to service staff or security staff in the store when the customer tends to leave the physical store. The suspected theft information of the customer when the customer browses commodities in the physical store can be quickly and accurately captured, and theft judgment accuracy is improved through continuous tracking. Therefore, economic loss caused by the theft of the customer to the physical store is greatly reduced on the premise of substantially no increase of labor cost, and the economic benefits of the physical store are improved.

The present invention is related to methods and apparatus that advantageously permit the more efficient use of an input range of an analog-to-digital converter used by an adaptive predistortion linearized RF transmitter. A main signal component of a down-converted output of an RF transmitter is removed prior to the analog-to-digital conversion of the down-converted output, thereby allowing more of the input range of the analog-to-digital converter to capture an error signal component of the down-converted output. Embodiments of the present invention can thus adaptively tune the predistortion stage to a higher degree of linearity or can use lower cost analog-to-digital converters with fewer quantization steps for the same performance.

An automatic snapshot system for highway traffic offence comprises a front snapshot unit, a network transmission unit, a detection unit and a management server, wherein the front snapshot unit obtains real-time video in a detected scene, the network transmission unit transmits the real-time video to the detection unit; the detection unit after obtaining the video uses object segmentation and trace tracking and analysis to find vehicles having abnormal behaviors such as reversing, going in a direction not allowed by traffic regulations and illegal parking, providing the position of the target vehicle, controlling a holder to rotate so that the license plate of the target vehicle is in the image capture center of the front snapshot unit, controlling the front snapshot unit to zoom a lens and adjust the size the target in the image to facilitate license plate identification and analysis; and after the license plate is determined, the front snapshot unit controlling an electric zoom lens to restore to a wide angle monitoring mode and snapshot distant view, close view and license plates, and uploading the snapshot results to the management server unit.