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A user borne portable personal digital assistant, a brain activity sensing system, a surround sensing system, and correlation system are provided for video logging and memory enhancement. Signatures simultaneously input from the brain system and surround system representing the environment around the user at a given time and place are correlated into a historical relational database. Real-time query means for identifying correlations between the historical database and current internal and external signatures as the user moves through space and time are provided. Body integrated sensor, processing, and display devices are provided to accomplish statistically valid neural representations within the brain correlated to externally originated geo-spatial information and sensory representations surrounding the user. Methods and systems are disclosed for using the resultant data from the data logging system as input into a simulation, stimulation, search engine, social network, telecommunication, or emulation system within a biological, mechanical, and bio-mechanical system.

System, assembly and method are provided to facilitate reconstruction of cardiac information representing a complex rhythm disorder associated with a patient's heart to indicate a source of the heart rhythm disorder. The complex rhythm disorder can be treated by application of energy to modify the source of the rhythm disorder.

A new digital image / video camera that directly acquires random projections of the incident light field without first collecting the pixels / voxels. In one preferred embodiment, the camera employs a digital micromirror array to perform optical calculations of linear projections of an image onto pseudorandom binary patterns. Its hallmarks include the ability to obtain an image with only a single detection element while measuring the image / video fewer times than the number of pixels or voxels—this can significantly reduce the computation required for image / video acquisition / encoding. Since the system features a single photon detector, it can also be adapted to image at wavelengths that are currently impossible with conventional CCD and CMOS imagers.

Fast digital implementations of the second generation curvelet transform for use in data processing are disclosed. One such digital transformation is based on unequally-spaced fast Fourier transforms (USFFT) while another is based on the wrapping of specially selected Fourier samples. Both digital transformations return a table of digital curvelet coefficients indexed by a scale parameter, an orientation parameter, and a spatial location parameter. Both implementations are fast in the sense that they run in about O(n2 log n) flops for n by n Cartesian arrays or about O(N log N) flops for Cartesian arrays of size N=n3; in addition, they are also invertible, with rapid inversion algorithms of about the same complexity.

An intervertebral implant is provided for insertion between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body defining an intervertebral space. The implant includes a first anchoring part for anchoring at the first vertebral body, a second anchoring part for anchoring at the second vertebral body, and a joint configured to connect the first and second anchoring parts together. The joint includes a first joint part carried by the first anchoring part, and a second joint part carried by the second anchoring part. The implant further includes at least one restoring device adapted to exert a restoring force on the first or second joint part. The restoring force of the at least one restoring device transfers the first or second joint part from a deflected position back to a normal position and / or limits movement of the first or second joint part away from the normal position.

A stent, or device for repair and reconstruction of the spinal disc wall, or annulus fibrosus, after surgical incision or pathologic rupture, which is inserted through an aperture into the subannular space. The stent has radial extensions which are caused or allowed to expand into an expanded configuration to bridge the aperture. The stent thereby occludes the defective region from the inside of the vertebral disc and prevents the migration of nucleus pulposus therethrough, while also providing a scaffold for tissue growth.

The present invention provides a computer system and user interface that allows a user to readily view and analyze two-dimensional and three-dimensional in vivo images and imaging data. The user interface is well-suited for one or more of the following actions pertinent to in vivo light imaging: investigation and control of three-dimensional imaging data and reconstruction algorithms; control of topographic reconstruction algorithms; tomographic spectral imaging and analysis; and comparison of two-dimensional or three-dimensional imaging data obtained at different times.

A computerized aircraft system, such as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is provided with a cloud detection system. The UAS includes a monocular electro-optic or infra-red camera which acquires consecutively, in real time, a plurality of images within a field of view of the camera. The system identifies feature points in each of the consecutive images, and generates macro representations of cloud formations (3D representations of the clouds) based on tracking of the feature points across the plurality of images. A cloud avoidance system takes in nominal own-ship waypoints, compares those waypoints to the 3D cloud representations and outputs modified waypoints to avoid the detected clouds.

The invention discloses an image super-resolution reconstruction algorithm based on a shallow convolution neural network and a deep convolution neural network. The method comprises the following steps: 1) selecting a training sample and a testing sample; 2) performing extracting, mapping, upsamping and multi-scale conversion to the deep network characteristics; 3) extracting the characteristics of the shallow network; and 4) combining the shallow network and the deep network. Compared with the prior art, with regard to the single image reconstruction and video sequence reconstruction, the algorithm of the invention can accurately and effectively reconstruct the model of a high-resolution image so as to obtain a good reconstruction effect. In addition, multi-scale detail characteristic extraction is achieved, and the algorithm has better results than that of other existing algorithms. The reconstruction speed is also fast.

A method and system for enhancing the resolution of an image sensing device, including the steps of attaching a mask to a panel of detectors in an image sensing device, generating multiple fields of view, related to one another by sub-pixel shifts, acquiring multiple images with the image sensing device from the multiple fields of view, and combining the multiple images into an enhanced image of higher pixel resolution than the pixel resolutions of the multiple images.

Methods and devices for fixing a defect in the anulus fibrosus of a patient. The devices include first and second vertical components extending from the middle region of the horizontal component, each of the first and second vertical components having a width and an end. The middle region of the horizontal component of the device blocks the defect in the anulus fibrosus. The first vertical component is attached to the upper vertebra and the second vertical component is attached to the lower vertebra. The horizontal component can be positioned beneath a layer of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

A plurality of master desktop images for a plurality of users are stored at a plurality of geographically diverse data centers. At a first one of the data centers, a virtual desktop is constructed for a remote client. The virtual desktop is constructed from a given one of the master desktop images at the first one of the data centers and an individualized delta image for a user associated with the remote client. When it is determined that the remote client is at a geographical location wherein the first one of the data centers is not the closest one of the data centers to the remote client, the virtual desktop for the remote client is reconstructed at a second, closest, one of the data centers. The virtual desktop is reconstructed from a given one of the master desktop images at the second one of the data centers and the individualized delta image for the user associated with the remote client. A copy of the individualized delta image is moved from the first one of the data centers to the second one of the data centers to facilitate reconstructing the virtual desktop.

Dynamic projection of at least first and second patterns contributes detectable disparity onto a scene that includes a target object. The scene is imaged with two-dimensional cameras whose acquired imagery includes disparity contributions whose presence enable a three-dimensional reconstruction depth map to be rapidly and accurately generated. In one embodiment coherent light is input to a first DOE within whose near range output is disposed a second DOE, whose far range output projects an image. Electronically varying effective optical distance between the two DOEs varies the pattern projected from the second DOE. A processor system and algorithms enable dynamic intelligent selection of projected patterns to more readily discern target object characteristics: shape, size, velocity. Patterns can implement spatio-temporal depth reconstruction, spatio-temporal depth reconstruction, and even single-camera spatio-temporal light coding reconstruction. Target objects may be scanned or may make gestures that are rapidly detected and recognized by the system and method.

A method of tracking a pose of a moving camera includes receiving a first image from a camera, receiving a sequence of digitized images from said camera, recording, for each of said sequence of digitized images, the pose and 2D correspondences of landmarks, reconstructing a location and appearance of a 2-dimensional texture patch from 2D correspondences of the landmarks by triangulation and optimization, computing back-projection errors by comparing said reconstructed texture patch with said first received image; and reconstructing said location and appearance of said 2-dimensional texture patch from the 2D correspondences of the landmarks of said sequence of digitized images by triangulation and optimization after eliminating those landmarks with large back-projection errors.

The invention relates to a calibration technology for multiple structured light projected three-dimensional profile measuring heads, discloses a technology for calibrating multiple structured light projected three-dimensional profile measuring heads in different directions, which can be used for the quick label-free measurement of an object profile projected by structured light, and belongs to the technical field of optical measurement. In the calibration technology, only a calibration object of a plane with a plurality of calibration patterns is required to be designed and is not required to be manufactured into a high-precision three-dimensional target with known geometrical relationships on all surfaces; and geometrical parameters among all planes of the calibration object can be obtained by a close-range photogrammetry technology to upgrade the calibration object into the three-dimensional target, so the difficulty of machining and maintaining the high-precision three-dimensional target directly is reduced. By utilizing the technology, multiple structured light projected three-dimensional profile measuring heads can be measured from different visual angles in a label-free mode, and point clouds scanned in different directions are unified to one coordinate system automatically, so error accumulation caused by splicing is avoided effectively, and the time of the three-dimensional appearance reconstruction of the object can be shortened.

Disclosed herein are polyurethane polymer matrices with a porosity of from about 20 microns to about 90 microns that are useful in promoting closure and protection of incision sites; supporting the lower pole position of breast implants; and providing a partial or complete covering of breast implants to provide a beneficial interface with host tissue and to reduce the potential for malpositioning or capsular contracture. The disclosed matrices can be seeded with mammalian cells.

The invention relates to a method for realizing three-dimensional reconstruction of movement by using a binocular camera. In a traditional method, a sensor is utilized to realize capture, while a mechanical system has the shortcoming that the captured movement authenticity is still dependent on the ability and perseverance of an animator to a great extent, and an optical system for capturing is expensive in equipment cost, and is only suitable for the application of manufacturing film television with large investment. The method for realizing three-dimensional reconstruction of movement by using the binocular camera comprises the following steps: (1) achieving the image detection of the binocular camera; (2) achieving the image capture of the binocular camera; (3) collecting multiple chessboard pictures for shooting; (4) calibrating the camera by a camera calibration tool box self-provided by Matlab; (5) completing the stereoscopic imaging of the binocular camera; (6) obtaining three-dimensional environment information by using the reprojectImageTo3D function of Open CV; (7) attaching luminous balls on major joints of a human body. The method provided by the invention is mature, can obtain a better reconstruction effect, and is superior to other vision-based three-dimensional reconstruction methods.

Method, apparatus, memory card, and system for establishing a secure connection between a wireless communication apparatus and a data communication apparatus based on a wireless application protocol. The wireless communication apparatus is provided with contact means for receiving information from a separate unit provided with memory means. The memory means comprising information to control the access of the wireless communication apparatus through a wireless communication network connected to said data communication apparatus.

The present invention provides a computer system and user interface that allows a user to readily view and analyze two-dimensional and three-dimensional in vivo images and imaging data. The user interface is well-suited for one or more of the following actions pertinent to in vivo light imaging: investigation and control of three-dimensional imaging data and reconstruction algorithms; control of topographic reconstruction algorithms; tomographic spectral imaging and analysis; and comparison of two-dimensional or three-dimensional imaging data obtained at different times.

A method is shown for supporting a multichannel audio extension at an encoding end of a multichannel audio coding system. In order to improve the audio quality over a large frequency range, the method comprises transforming each channel of a multichannel audio signal into the frequency domain and dividing a bandwidth of the frequency domain signals into a first region of lower frequencies and at least one further region of higher frequencies. Then, the frequency domain signals are encoded in each of the frequency regions with another type of coding to obtain parametric multichannel extension information for the respective frequency region. The invention relates equally to a method for supporting in a corresponding manner a multichannel audio extension at a decoding end. Also shown are a corresponding encoder, a corresponding decoder, and corresponding devices, systems and software program products.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a face identification method, device and system. According to the embodiment of the invention, the face images of multiple different view angles of an object to be identified, the face feature information is extracted from the face images of multiple different view angles, a face feature information group corresponding to the object to be identified is obtained, then the face of the object to be identified is identified based on the face feature information group, and an identification result is obtained. According to the scheme, the accuracy and safety of identification can be improved.

The invention relates to a multiscale fusion CNN-based super-resolution magnetic resonance image reconstruction method. The method comprises the following steps of: firstly preprocessing a low-resolution image and a corresponding high-resolution image, and constructing a training data set and a label data set; constructing a multiscale information-fusion full-convolutional neural network; inputting the training data set into the constructed multiscale information-fusion full-convolutional neural network to carry out training so as to obtain a learnt convolutional neural network model; inputting the test low-resolution image into the learnt convolutional neural network to obtain a reconstructed high-resolution image. Through a multiscale fusion unit, features of different convolutional layers are mapped and fused, so that flat structures stacked by multiple convolutional layers of traditional convolutional neural networks are overcome, the convergence speeds of the networks can be improved, lost image details of low-resolution images can be reconstructed more rapidly, the reconstruction time can be shortened, the reconstruction efficiency can be improved and the resource waste can be avoided.

An implantable graft, which may be inserted into a fistula tract to occlude the primary opening of the fistula, is provided. The graft may have a curved, generally conical shape with a trumpet-like head end that continuously tapers to a smaller tail end. The graft may be an integral unit made of a single material, such as a heterograft material. Methods of closing single and multiple fistulae are also provided.

An apparatus for writing and reading holograms, comprising a spatial light modulator (SLM) operable in phase mode, having a plurality of pixels for generating an object beam that overlaps with a reference beam; a holographic recording medium (HRM) in the path of the object beam; and a first lens element disposed in the path of the object beam between the SLM and the HRM; wherein the HRM is disposed at or near the Fourier transform plane of the first lens element.

Preparation method and application of polycaprolactone / natural polymer composite porous scaffold, method: including preparation of polycaprolactone electrospun nanofiber membrane; (1) placing polycaprolactone electrospun nanofiber membrane in alkaline solution reaction, soaking and rinsing in deionized water; (2) putting the fiber membrane obtained in (1) into DMTMM or natural polymer solution of DTMMM to react, immersing and rinsing in deionized water, and then immersing in natural polymer for room temperature reaction, to remove Ionized water soaking and rinsing; (3) Evenly coating and casting the mixed solution of natural polymer materials on the fiber membrane obtained in (2), freeze-drying, and extracting the solvent; (4) Applying the double-layer scaffold obtained in (3) After soaking in the cross-linking room temperature reaction, soaking in deionized water, rinsing, and freeze-drying. The porous scaffold prepared by the invention is stable, has suitable pore diameter, good biocompatibility and fast degradation rate, and can be used for skin and clinical tissue and organ defect repair, reconstruction or wound dressing.

A longitudinal minimal-invasion bone cutter for tubular bones comprises a bone cutting end bone cutting device and far end positioning devices. The bone cutting end bone cutting device is slidingly sleeved on a positioning adjusting guide rail which is in a long-strip shape, a sliding groove is arranged in the middle of the positioning adjusting guide rail along the length direction, and scales of the positioning adjusting guide rail are arranged along the sliding groove. The far end positioning devices are symmetrically sleeved at two ends of the positioning adjusting guide rail slidingly. By means of the longitudinal minimal-invasion bone cutter, medical workers can perform longitudinal bone cutting operations on the tubular bones according to treatment needs, and the longitudinal minimal-invasion bone cutter is convenient to operate. When the operations are performed, the longitudinal minimal-invasion bone cutter provides convenience for transverse traction of bone blocks and meets needs of angiitis treatment. The bone cutting operations performed by the aid of the longitudinal minimal-invasion bone cutter belong to minimal-invasion operations, do not damage nerves, blood vessels, soft tissues and periostea, have small invasion, facilitate reconstruction and union of bones, and meet needs of longitudinal traction treatment of the tubular bones. By means of the longitudinal minimal-invasion bone cutter, safety and accuracy of the longitudinal bone cutting operations of the tubular bones are improved, medical workers can conveniently perform the operations, and the operation effect is guaranteed.

Fast digital implementations of the second generation curvelet transform for use in data processing are disclosed. One such digital transformation is based on unequally-spaced fast Fourier transforms (USFFT) while another is based on the wrapping of specially selected Fourier samples. Both digital transformations return a table of digital curvelet coefficients indexed by a scale parameter, an orientation parameter, and a spatial location parameter. Both implementations are fast in the sense that they run in about O(n2 log n) flops for n by n Cartesian arrays or about O(N log N) flops for Cartesian arrays of size N=n3; in addition, they are also invertible, with rapid inversion algorithms of about the same complexity.

The present invention provides a rehabilitation device using a walking assistance device (1) having an actuator which generates and provides torque to a lower limb joint of a wearer wearing the walking assistance device (1), comprising a floor reaction force pattern storing unit (330) configured to store a reference floor reaction force pattern; a control target floor reaction force setting unit (340) for determining a control target floor reaction force based on the floor reaction force pattern stored in the floor reaction force pattern storing unit (330); a target torque calculating unit (350) for calculating a target torque of the actuator to achieve the control target floor reaction force determined by the control target floor reaction force setting unit (340); and an actuator output controller (150) for controlling output of the actuator such that the actuator generates a torque matching the target torque calculated by the target torque calculating unit (350); wherein the floor reaction force that the wearer receives is increased and decreased by the application of torque generated by the actuator.

A longitudinally curved adjustable bone plate comprising name to play how will the first plate having an end defined by at least two spaced prongs, and an end having means to fasten the plate to a body structure, e.g., the bone; and a second plate having an end defined by at least two straight bores for receiving the prongs, and an end having means to fasten the plate to a body structure, e.g., a bone; and a locking assembly for locking the prongs in the bores and fixing the overall length of the plate.