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Systems and methods for medical diagnosis or risk assessment for a patient are provided. These systems and methods are designed to be employed at the point of care, such as in emergency rooms and operating rooms, or in any situation in which a rapid and accurate result is desired. The systems and methods process patient data, particularly data from point of care diagnostic tests or assays, including immunoassays, electrocardiograms, X-rays and other such tests, and provide an indication of a medical condition or risk or absence thereof. The systems include an instrument for reading or evaluating the test data and software for converting the data into diagnostic or risk assessment information.

Systems and methods for medical diagnosis or risk assessment for a patient are provided. These systems and methods are designed to be employed at the point of care, such as in emergency rooms and operating rooms, or in any situation in which a rapid and accurate result is desired. The systems and methods process patient data, particularly data from point of care diagnostic tests or assays, including immunoassays, electrocardiograms, X-rays and other such tests, and provide an indication of a medical condition or risk or absence thereof. The systems include an instrument for reading or evaluating the test data and software for converting the data into diagnostic or risk assessment information.

Analysis of a vehicle is performed using multi-dimensional infrared image data acquired for the vehicle. A component of the vehicle can be identified within the infrared image data, and the infrared image data for the component can be analyzed to determine whether any condition(s) are present on the vehicle. One or more actions can be initiated in response to a determination that a particular condition is present. Additionally, visible image data can be used to supplement the infrared image data. Still further, infrared image data for similar components imaged concurrently with the component can be used to identify whether any condition(s) are present on the vehicle. Unlike prior art approaches in the rail industry, the analysis can be performed on rail vehicles within a classification yard.

Embodiments of the present disclosure is directed to systems, methods and devices for interactive marketing with attribution using proximity sensors. Embodiments include interactive marketing displays coupled to an interactive marketing display controller, that provide marketing information to a shopper and allow the shopper to interact with it such that the interactive marketing display controller records interaction data with the shopper and a timestamp of interaction. Further, embodiments include data sensors that are in proximity to an interactive marketing displays such that the data sensor senses a shopper's mobile device, acquires a device identifier of the mobile device, and records a timestamp of when the mobile device is sensed. Additional embodiments include an interactive marketing display provider's server to combine the interaction data and the device identifier of the mobile device and provides the combined interaction data and device identifier to the retail server for attribution.

The method and apparatus of the present invention provides for detecting a flow of a formation fluid entering into a wellbore. An ultrasonic sensor is placed in a wellbore. The sensor has a resonant member that is exposed to a fluid in the wellbore. At a location in the wellbore, acoustic energy is measured wherein the acoustic energy is related to turbulence from formation fluid entering the wellbore. In another embodiment of the invention a tool is provided for detecting a flow of a formation fluid into a downhole location in a wellbore. The ultrasonic sensor has a resonant member that is adapted to be in contact with a fluid in the wellbore. The sensor generates electrical signals when exposed to ultrasonic turbulences caused by a formation fluid entering into the wellbore. A processor processes the electrical signals to detect the flow of the formation fluid entering into the wellbore.

A malfunction determination apparatus for a cooling apparatus that cools an internal combustion engine by circulating a coolant through an interior of the internal combustion engine, using an electric pump, after the internal combustion engine is started includes: a detection portion that detects the coolant temperature; and a determination portion that determines a malfunction has occurred in a thermostat, if a state in which the detected coolant temperature remains below a first threshold temperature after the electric pump begins operating, following start of the internal combustion engine, continues for at least a pre-determined time. The thermostat is a thermostat for switching from a first passage for circulating the coolant without passage via an interior of a radiator of the cooling apparatus to a second passage for circulating the coolant via the interior of the radiator, as the coolant temperature rises.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods and devices for interactive marketing with attribution using proximity sensors. Embodiments include interactive marketing displays coupled to an interactive marketing display controller, that provide marketing information to a shopper and allow the shopper to interact with it such that the interactive marketing display controller records interaction data with the shopper and a timestamp of interaction. Further, embodiments include data sensors that are in proximity to an interactive marketing displays such that the data sensor senses a shopper's mobile device, acquires a device identifier of the mobile device, and records a timestamp of when the mobile device is sensed. Additional embodiments include an interactive marketing display provider's server to combine the interaction data and the device identifier of the mobile device and provides the combined interaction data and device identifier to the retail server for attribution.

An intermediate hopper has a toner reception tub, a partition for dividing an internal space of the toner reception tub; a first and a second toner conveyance path; a first toner conveyance screw being provided in the first toner conveyance path; a second toner conveyance screw being provided in the second toner conveyance path; a toner receiving port for receiving the toner; a toner communicating path for guiding the toner in the first toner conveyance path to the second toner conveyance path; a toner discharge port; and a toner amount detection sensor, wherein the first toner conveyance screw further comprises an agitation plate disposed at a position facing the toner receiving port so as to extend radially from the first rotation axis and fixed in parallel with the first rotation axis, and the toner amount detection sensor is provided on an upstream side relative to the agitation plate.

A full-wave rectifier circuit receives complementary signals and produces a current corresponding to an added value of differential signals at different levels. A voltage comparator performs a comparison between output signals produced and subjected to current addition and voltage conversion by the full-wave rectifier circuit. A timer detects whether an output signal of the voltage comparator is kept in the same state for a predetermined time or more, and produces a signal indicating a result of the detection. A signal detecting circuit that can accurately identify a state of digital signals of a minute amplitude transferred through a pair of complementary signal lines is achieved without complicating manufacturing steps.

A system for efficiently employing a quick paging channel signal to determine the presence of a forthcoming primary paging channel signal adapted for use with a wireless communications system employing a quick paging channel and a primary paging channel. The system includes a first mechanism for calculating a first decision parameter representative of a quality of a signal environment through which the quick paging channel is propagating. A second mechanism calculates a second decision parameter representative of a value of the quick paging channel signal. A third mechanism indicates, based on the first decision parameter and the second decision parameter, the presence or absence of an immediately forthcoming page message on the primary paging channel.

A malfunction determination apparatus for a cooling apparatus that cools an internal combustion engine by circulating a coolant through an interior of the internal combustion engine, using an electric pump, after the internal combustion engine is started includes: a detection portion that detects the coolant temperature; and a determination portion that determines a malfunction has occurred in a thermostat, if a state in which the detected coolant temperature remains below a first threshold temperature after the electric pump begins operating, following start of the internal combustion engine, continues for at least a pre-determined time. The thermostat is a thermostat for switching from a first passage for circulating the coolant without passage via an interior of a radiator of the cooling apparatus to a second passage for circulating the coolant via the interior of the radiator, as the coolant temperature rises.

An electronic component handler includes a region where an electronic component placement unit on which an electronic component is placed is capable of being disposed. A laser light source emits light toward the electronic component placement unit placed in the region. A capturing unit is capable of capturing an image of the electronic component and irradiated with the light. A processor determines the presence or absence of the electronic component in the electronic component placement unit based on the image. In the image, the processor sets a first candidate region and a second candidate region from an electronic component placement region which is a region where the electronic component is placed, determines a selected region by comparing the first candidate region and the second candidate region to each other, and performs the determination based on the selected region.

An interactive projector is provided with a projection section adapted to project an image on a screen surface, a detection section, and a correction section. The detection section detects presence or absence of contact of the pointing element with the screen surface based in a relationship between a difference between a Z-coordinate value of the pointing element and a Z-coordinate value of the screen surface, and a difference threshold value set in advance. The correction section corrects at least one of the Z-coordinate value of the screen surface, the Z-coordinate value of the pointing element, and the difference threshold value based on a history of the Z-coordinate value of the pointing element.

An interactive projector is provided with a projection section adapted to project an image on a screen surface, a detection section, and a correction section. The detection section detects presence or absence of contact of the pointing element with the screen surface based in a relationship between a difference between a Z-coordinate value of the pointing element and a Z-coordinate value of the screen surface, and a difference threshold value set in advance. The correction section corrects at least one of the Z-coordinate value of the screen surface, the Z-coordinate value of the pointing element, and the difference threshold value based on a history of the Z-coordinate value of the pointing element.

An electronic component handler includes: a region where an electronic component placement unit on which an electronic component is placed is capable of being disposed; a laser light source which emits light toward the electronic component placement unit placed in the region; a capturing unit which is capable of capturing an image of the electronic component and irradiated with the light; and a processor which determines the presence or absence of the electronic component in the electronic component placement unit based on the image, in which, in the image, the processor sets a first candidate region and a second candidate region from an electronic component placement region which is a region where the electronic component is placed, determines a selected region by comparing the first candidate region and the second candidate region to each other, and performs the determination based on the selected region.

An intermediate hopper has a toner reception tub, a partition for dividing an internal space of the toner reception tub; a first and a second toner conveyance path; a first toner conveyance screw being provided in the first toner conveyance path; a second toner conveyance screw being provided in the second toner conveyance path; a toner receiving port for receiving the toner; a toner communicating path for guiding the toner in the first toner conveyance path to the second toner conveyance path; a toner discharge port; and a toner amount detection sensor, wherein the first toner conveyance screw further comprises an agitation plate disposed at a position facing the toner receiving port so as to extend radially from the first rotation axis and fixed in parallel with the first rotation axis, and the toner amount detection sensor is provided on an upstream side relative to the agitation plate.

A measurement device or system configured to measure the content of biofuels within a fuel blend. By measuring a state of a responsive material within a fuel blend, a biofuel content of the fuel blend may be measured. For example, the solubility of a responsive material to biofuel content within a fuel blend, may affect a property of the responsive material, such as shape, dimensional size, or electrical impedance, which may be measured and used as a basis for determining biofuel content.

An attached object detection apparatus includes a setting part, a calculator, and a detector. A setting part sets a plurality of divided regions within a captured image captured by an image capturing apparatus. A calculator calculates, for each of the plurality of divided regions and based on luminance of pixels in the divided region, a representative luminance value and an amount of luminance dispersion. A detector detects, as an attached region that has an attached object, a divided region among the plurality of divided regions that satisfies the following conditions: i) a first difference is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined difference, ii) a second difference is equal to or smaller than a second predetermined difference, and iii) the representative luminance value of the current divided region is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined value.

A measurement device or system configured to measure the content of biofuels within a fuel blend. By measuring a state of a responsive material within a fuel blend, a biofuel content of the fuel blend may be measured. For example, the solubility of a responsive material to biofuel content within a fuel blend, may affect a property of the responsive material, such as shape, dimensional size, or electrical impedance, which may be measured and used as a basis for determining biofuel content.

An abnormality determination device is used in an exhaust gas purification system. The exhaust gas purification system is disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an internal-combustion engine and includes an injection valve for injecting a liquid reducing agent to a NOx purification catalyst for purifying NOx in an exhaust gas, and a pump for pressurizing and supplying the reducing agent to the injection valve via a reducing agent passage. The abnormality determination device includes an acquisition section acquiring a rotation speed of the pump when the injection valve is injecting the reducing agent as an injection time rotation speed; and a determiner determining whether the injection valve has an abnormality based on the injection time rotation speed.

A hydraulic control device that controls a hydraulic pressure for a plurality of friction engagement elements included in an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle to establish a plurality of shift speeds, including: a plurality of pressure regulation valves, a plurality of hydraulic switches, speed change control means, and abnormality determination means.

An apparatus for verifying the presence, or the absence, of an abrasive element in a machine for finishing surfaces comprising a support body configured to removably engage the abrasive element. The support body and the abrasive element are, respectively, provided, at respective engagement surfaces with first and second engagement elements configured to move from an engagement configuration to a disengagement configuration, and vice versa. Furthermore, a displacement device is provided to move the support body in the space according to at least 1 degree of freedom. The apparatus, furthermore, provides at least a control station equipped with a control device comprising a control element having a control surface provided with third engagement elements configured to engage with the first engagement elements of the support body, and a detection device configured to detect if an engagement between the control element and the support body has taken place.