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A wearable neck device for providing environmental awareness to a user, the wearable neck device includes a flexible tube. A first stereo pair of cameras is encased in a left portion of the flexible tube and a second stereo pair of cameras is encased in a right portion of the flexible tube. A vibration motor within the flexible tube provides haptic and audio feedback to the user. A processor in the flexible tube recognizes objects from the first stereo pair of cameras and the second stereo pair of cameras. The vibration motor provides haptic and audio feedback of the items or points of interest to the user.

A risk mapping system (1) for use in crises management comprises a database (2) having a plurality of risk maps and hazard data associated with each risk map stored thereon. The database is accessible by one or more of personal computers (3), laptops (4) and hand held devices (5) by way of communication channels (6). The risk maps stored on the database comprise three dimensional graphical representations of specific locations and for each specific location having a three dimensional graphical representation there are provided a plurality of three dimensional, graphical representations from different aspects of that location. The hazard data is represented by way of a hazard icon superimposed on the risk map.

A touchscreen including a touch sensitive layer wherein the user perceived surface roughness or friction coefficient is variable and dynamically controlled. The level of user perceived surface roughness or friction coefficient is related to the information that is displayed at the position at which an object touches the touch sensitive layer. The surface roughness is not locally changed but rather for a complete portion of the touchscreen or for the whole touchscreen simultaneously. Because the modulation of user experience surface roughness or friction coefficient is faster than the user interaction, the user will experience that the surface roughness of certain areas of the display is different from other areas, depending on the information that is being shown, although in fact the surface roughness or friction coefficient is uniform over the whole portion or the whole display at any given point of time.

Methods and apparatus include a handheld printer manipulated by an operator to print an image on a media. A controller correlates a location of a printhead to the image and causes printing or not, including referencing a memory of firing data for fluid firing actuators of the printhead. A position sensor provides input to the controller to assist in navigation. The controller figures an ideal position of a center of an actuator chip, defining the fluid firing actuators, and an actual position during use. Individual fluid firing actuators are known relative to the center by way of a calculated offset. Predicted positions, as well as ascertained velocities and accelerations are other noteworthy aspects. Resolving firing data for actual locations of each actuator is also contemplated.

A bi-directional communications link between a television set and a remote control unit assists a viewer in controlling the entertainment system. The television set can signal the remote control unit to confirm instruction signal received from the remote control unit. The television can also transmit electronic program guide information to the remote control unit which is displayed on a display device on the remote control unit. The television can send the remote control unit a listing of available sub-channels within a single digital channel. The listing is displayed on the remote's display device, and the viewer can then choose from among the sub-channels.

Self-expanding stent delivery systems and methods having an introducer that receives a delivery catheter. The delivery catheter includes an outer body, an inner body and a stent loaded onto a stent bed within the inner body. The outer body receives the inner body with the stent loaded on the stent bed thereof. The outer body helps constrain the stent in its undeployed state in the stent bed until the stent is deployed by retraction of the outer body of the delivery catheter when the stent is identified as positioned across an intended treatment site. At least one anchoring mechanism provided on the inner body helps maintain the undeployed loaded stent appropriately in the stent bed during deployment. The at least one anchoring mechanism can include radiopaque material to increase fluoroscopic visualization of the stent during deployment, and the self-expanding stent can be a bio-absorbable material including drugs or other bio-active agents incorporated therein or provided thereon. The at least one anchoring mechanism can instead comprise a set of at least two bumpers between which the stent is loaded until deployed by retraction of the outer body of the delivery catheter when the stent has been appropriately positioned across an intended treatment site. After deployment of the stent at the intended treatment site, removal of the inner body and outer body of the delivery catheter and of the introducer occurs. Reliable and accurate emplacement of the stent across an intended treatment site is rendered more likely as a result.

An intelligent data display system includes a complex data source for the storage and display on a visual display device of data of different types, an image channel for the extraction and transformation of image data, and for the provision of transformed image data as a formatted image data output; a text channel for the extraction and transformation of text data, and for the provision of transformed text as a formatted text data output; and an output for receiving the formatted data output and for redisplaying it on the display device.

A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area.

A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area.

A device for controlling keyboard keys displayed on a display. A three dimensional position sensing device is used to locate a pointing object such as a finger tip hovering over a display screen. A processor moves the displayed keys in corresponding x and y directions responsive to the two dimensional location of the finger tip. The processor also increases or decreases the size of a portion of the displayed keys depending on whether the finger tip is moving toward or away from the display in the z-direction in order to assist the user in navigating a full keyboard in a small display.

A virtual environment browser (64) holds a number of clip-in files (70, 72, 74) defining guide characters—locally generated visual aids to navigation that appear within a generated image of a virtual environment and follow a user's input (80) navigational commands to provide an advance cue as to the effects of an input command. Where the virtual environment data is supplied from a remote source (62) and includes (78) an indication of a preferred mode for navigating that environment, for example, flying or walking, the browser (64) detects this indication and automatically selects the appropriate guide character. Scaling (84) of the guide character to match the scale of the virtual environment, or such as to render the guide character unobtrusive, may also be provided.

A catheter system includes a concentrically arranged proximal catheter and an inner catheter; a conical tip attached to a distal end of the inner catheter; and at least one articulating assembly disposed on the catheter. The articulating assembly includes a distal ring attached to the inner catheter adjacent a proximal end of the conical tip and a proximal ring having a wedge shaped cross section attached to the distal end of the proximal catheter. A method for navigating a vascular system includes providing a catheter system, navigating the distal end of the catheter through the vascular system; determining a change in direction of the distal end of the catheter; and manipulating the at least one articulating assembly so that a distal ring and a proximal ring are rotated relative to each other and the angle of the distal tip relative to a long axis of the catheter has been altered

A name of a thoroughfare is identified from at least one name for the thoroughfare in reference to a set of criteria. In one example, the set of criteria includes whether or not the thoroughfare is an interstate, whether or not a name is shielded, has a suffix, and/or has an identified prefix. Interstate thoroughfares are often identified by a shielded name of the interstate thoroughfare, and non-interstate thoroughfares are often identified by a non-shielded name of the non-interstate thoroughfare. The identified name includes a name which is most recognized or well-known for navigating.

The present invention relates to a method, system and related devices for selecting a spatial portion of ultra high resolution video content, under control of a client device, for being transmitted from a server towards said client device where said method comprises first obtaining selection information from said client device to select a spatial portion of said ultra high resolution video content for transmitting towards said client device and selecting said spatial portion from said ultra high resolution video content based on said selection information in view of at least part of said ultra high resolution video content being transmitted from said server towards said client device in combination with/function of content data pertaining to said ultra high resolution video content.

A system and method for providing a uniform interface on heterogeneous access devices, that are capable of requesting specified classes of information from a server. Access devices, such as those that access Internet content, are often of different hardware and software configurations. Each access device displays a similar interface, for example, an interface similar to the touchpad of a telephone. The interfaces are configured so that similar keys included in the interfaces of different access devices request a similar specified classes of information. Then, when similar keys on different access devices are selected by a user, the selection causes the access devices to request a similar specified class of information. Thus, users of access devices with differing configurations become accustomed to similar keys requesting similar specified classes of information. This makes the interface easier to learn and less confusing for users.

A system and method for an autonomous lawn mower comprising a mower body having at least one motor arranged to drive a cutting blade and to propel the mower body on an operating surface via a wheel arrangement, wherein the mower body includes a navigation system arranged to assist a controller to control the operation of the mower body within a predefined operating area.