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A movement augmentation system that provides various forms of feedback, including real-time and post-performance for training and rehabilitation is disclosed. The systems, devices and methods provide augmentation to human movement behavior in order to accelerate acquisition of complex movement skills by a user and to mitigate injuries from poor movement technique (e.g., joint damage or muscle fatigue). An environment is provided that enables systematic and comprehensive capabilities through integration of its components.

Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee.

Disclosed is a mammographic imaging system and tools for processing mammographic images to enhance image acquisition and review workflow. The systems and tools enable rapid access to digital image information providing for improved workflow management and identification of images, upon initial review. The system and tools also allow for background processing of image information to reduce workflow delay. Specifically, digital images are processed in the background, i.e., they are automatically processed, free from specific task-orientated direction by a user, using resources that are not otherwise occupied addressing user-directed tasks. Background processing that may be supported includes preprocessing and interim processing. Preprocessing refers to processing of an image that occurs prior to initial review of that image by a physician. Interim processing refers to background processing that occurs during a review session, e.g., in a time period between initial review and a subsequent review of an image.

This invention is directed to a device and a method for assessing a subject. The device has at least one impedance measuring element functionally connected to a programmable element, programmed to analyze an impedance measurement, and to provide an assessment of at least one respiratory parameter of the subject. In another embodiment, the device has at least one small-scale motion measuring element. In another embodiment, the device preferably has a high resolution lens, a camera, and a programmable element, which is programmed to analyze at least one physiological parameter of the subject. The physiological parameter is preferably obtained by measuring differential displacements in the camera's field of view. The method according to the present invention involves recording a physiological parameter, analyzing the parameter to make a prediction, and providing an indication of the prediction to a user.

A novel and useful autonomous connectivity mechanism for use in user equipment (UE) connectivity in one or more cellular communications systems. The handover process is optimized by improving the selection of target base stations and optimizing the discontinuity period from the time of disconnection from a serving base station and connection to a target base station. The mechanism facilitates multiple cell connectivity in a network unaware manner while preserving single endpoint connectivity. The UE does not need to negotiate for or receive pre-allocated opportunities from the network for making neighboring base stations measurements. Measurement opportunities are created by the UE autonomously in accordance with UE activity patterns. Measurement opportunities are used to measure and maintain a candidate target base station list over the same or a plurality of access technologies. The parameter set tracked includes parameters that can be measured without any assistance from the target base station and which can effect the handover process, e.g., link quality, etc.

An absorbent structure in an absorbent article, such as a diaper, an incontinence guard, a sanitary napkin or like article. The structure includes a liquid-acquisition and liquid-dispersing core of high bulk, porous material. The core is in liquid communication with a liquid storage part that surrounds the core at least along its longitudinally extending side-edges and which has a mean pore size that is smaller than the mean pore size of the high bulk, porous core. The density of the liquid storage part increases in a direction out towards the longitudinally extending side-edges of the absorbant structure.

Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee.

The invention provides an intelligent comprehensive monitoring and security integrated management system for a parking garage. The system solves the comprehensive intelligent management problems of related automatic monitoring, automatic detection, display, different languages and voices, communication, dispatching, guide, digital quantity identification, security, forbidding and passing, charging, statistics, self diagnosis and maintenance and the like of various self-propelled and automatic three-dimensional mechanical parking garages. The system has significant meanings for improving the monitoring, security and management levels of various parking garages, promoting static traffic modernization construction and increasing the social and economic benefits of the parking garages.

The invention discloses a digital management system for project construction processes. The system comprises a data layer, a platform layer and application layers, wherein the data layer comprises a BIM construction module which is created via a division principle of a construction quality management unit; the data layer comprises system attribute data, BIM model data and business management data;the platform layer consists of a B/S architecture-adopted PC platform and a mobile platform; the PC platform application layer consists of a project board module, a BIM board module, a business management module and a statement center module; a business management module comprises a progress management module, a quality management module, a safety management module, an expense management module and a document management module; and a mobile platform application layer is a mobile office layer which consists of a project dynamic module, a model display module and a digital construction site module. The system has the advantage of improving the management precision and efficiency of project construction processes.

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for modeling and estimating the characteristics of a power amplifier with memory. A predistortion module generates a predistorted signal in response to coefficients of a complex polynomial representative of the amplifier and to an input signal. A power amplifier receives time-spaced samples of the predistorted signal and generates an output signal. A polynomial module updates the coefficients of the complex polynomial in response to a current sample of the output signal and to the time-spaced samples of the predistorted signal. In particular, the complex polynomial is implemented with both even and odd terms.

An M code envelope detector receives an incoming binary offset carrier (BOC) signal, such as the M code signal, and generates inphase BOC and quadraphase BOC signals, separated by an offset, that have respective ambiguous correlation envelopes, that when combined, provide a near unimodal correlation function with respect to code phase error of the BOC signal having an inherent multimodal autocorrelation function, with the near unimodal correlation envelope being tracked by early and late code replicas at broad one chip phases for providing unambiguous but nonlinear code phase error tracking, which detector is then further improved with the use of code replicas having narrow partial chip phases, such as ⅛ chip phases, for providing near linear code phase error tracking for unambiguous and accurate code tracking of the BOC signal.

The invention provides a positioning method and system based on a safe driving map and binocular recognition of traffic signs. Primary positioning of a running vehicle is carried out via the positioning system by means of a high-precision map. Meanwhile, images of the part in front of the vehicle are acquired, and traffic signs in the images are detected and identified. Coordinates of the traffic signs are recognized and obtained in the high-precision map, the distance between the vehicle and the signs are measured, and the position of the vehicle is calculated by comparing the coordinates of the traffic signs. In this way, the vehicle is positioned. By means of the invention, on the basis of traditional navigation data, acquisition of road traffic signs is added, roads signs are adopted to help positioning vehicles, the distance between vehicles and traffic signs is measured according to coordinates and sizes of signs which are recognized by left and right cameras, and vehicle positions are calculated according to spatial coordinates of traffic signs which are already stored in the high-precision map, so that submeter-level coordinate positioning is provided and a lane-based topology network is established.

Absorbent laminates and multi-layer, folded absorbent cores comprising the absorbent laminates for use in absorbent articles are presented. Specifically, multi-layer, folded absorbent cores are presented that are formed from an absorbent laminate comprising an absorbent layer between two tissue layers, in which the absorbent core includes a central channel running longitudinally along the core and crenellations profiled along the thickness of the core and providing enhanced liquid distribution across the core surface area or profile and improved liquid absorption into the laminate.

The invention relates to a cloud system structure pre-warning system and method for riverway type reservoir tributary bay water bloom. The cloud system structure pre-warning system comprises a monitoring cloud module, an information cloud module, an application supporting module, a water bloom pre-warning module and a discussion decision-making module. The monitoring cloud module is composed of a field information collecting unit and an operation communication unit, storage media of the information cloud module are composed of movable distributed storage station nets combined fixedly, the application supporting module is composed of a basic supporting unit, an application customization unit, a data cooperation unit and an emergency response module, the water bloom pre-warning module is composed of a risk analysis unit and a pre-warning and forecasting unit, and the discussion decision-making module is used for achieving decision-making discussion and information sharing communication in a cloud environment. The cloud system structure pre-warning system and method for riverway type reservoir tributary bay water bloom achieve seamless linkage and operation control over the modules based on a cloud system structure, carry out all-weather monitoring, cloud storage and water bloom risk pre-warning on the inducing factors of the riverway type reservoir tributary bay water bloom and water bloom biochemical properties, and provide a new measure based on the cloud system structure for preventing and reducing water bloom events.

A slope monitoring and early warning system based on deformation data comprises a plurality of surface displacement devices and a communication base station. The surface displacement devices send collected data information to the communication base station, and data interaction is carried out between the communication base station and a far-end monitoring center. According to a slope monitoring and early warning method based on the deformation data, a slope stability computational formula is deduced according to measured point displacement values and angle deviation values through analysis on a slope deformation instability mechanism based on theories of rock and soil mechanics. Dangerousness states on a slope are judged according to slope stability coefficient indexes, and therefore dangerousness classification on the slope can have fixed indexes and standards. The slope monitoring and early warning method based on the deformation data is different from the existing displacement-time method that different slopes have different early warning displacement values.

The subject invention pertains to a method for acquiring and reconstructing a collection of time crucial magnetic resonance images. The subject invention is applicable for speeding up acquisition of or improving the quality of the set of images. In one specific embodiment, the subject method is used to reduce the time required to generate a cardiac CINE sequence of phases of the heart.

An absorbent structure having HIPE foam that comprises polyurethane foam.

The present invention provides methods of improving GNSS receivers' satellite signal acquisition and TIFF performances by taking advantage of SBAS signals. Due to a SBAS satellite's geostationary position and typically strong signal, the SBAS satellite signal can be acquired more quickly than a GPS satellite signal. Once a SBAS satellite signal is acquired the Doppler frequency search uncertainty may be reduced for remaining GNSS satellites which are to be acquired. Furthermore, a satellite search list may be optimized to search for satellites close to the line of sight (LOS) of the SBAS satellite for which a signal has been acquired, in receiver “warm” and “hot” start modes. Moreover, since a SBAS signal sub-frame is only one second long, which is shorter than six seconds for a GPS signal sub-frame, synchronization of the SBAS signal sub-frame may be achieved faster than for GPS signals. With aided time information, a receiver may compute the absolute time of week (TOW) from a sub-frame synchronized SBAS signal. Therefore, without necessarily waiting for TOW to be decoded from a GPS signal and with TOW extracted from a SBAS signal, a receiver can achieve better TTFF performance.

Interactive electronic training systems and methods are described herein. Certain embodiments provide preprogrammed video, audio, and/or textual presentations of training materials which provide information related to skills/information to be trained. A scenario including real or animated actors is presented, simulating an interaction. The training system presents related queries for the trainee who audibly responds. The training system stores a score based in part on a comparison of the trainee's response with an answer stored in training system memory. Optionally, the scores are substantially immediately presented by the system to the trainee.

An optical instrument and a method for obtaining distance and image information of an object is disclosed to improve the speed and accuracy of data acquisition. The instrument comprises a camera, positioning unit, distance measuring unit, lens arrangement and control unit. The camera acquires images of an object and the control unit defines an area to be scanned and measurement pixels of an object in the image, wherein the measurement pixels are converted into an approximation of coordinates of positions to be measured assuming a default distance to the positions, and the optical axis of the lens arrangement is adjusted sequentially onto the positions to be measured. After measuring the distances to the positions, the coordinates are recalculated increasing the accuracy of the coordinates.

The invention discloses a screen capture method and an electronic device, which are used to solve the technical problem of poor operation of the electronic device, wherein the screen capture method comprises that when a first display content is displayed on a discharge unit of the electronic device, the discharge unit of the electronic device receives trigger operation which is used to trigger the electronic device to start a long-screen capture function, the long-screen capture function is used to capture display content which is more than to a screen, controls a display page of the display unit to display in a rolling mode according to the trigger operation, and controls the display page to stop rolling during the rolling display process of the display page, the display unit displays a second display content when the display page stops rolling, and the display contents between the first and the second display contents and between the first display content and the second display content are captured to be images, thereby generating a first screenshot file.