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A measurement device is provided that allows for determining distance, range and bearing of a target of interest. The distance, range and bearing to the target of interest are determined relative to the position of the measurement device and are stored in memory. The device is further operative to translate these relative positions of the target to an absolute position at the time of measurement, or, when the position of the measurement device becomes known. The absolute position of the measurement device may be determined utilizing GPS technologies or through the measurement of geophysical reference points. Measurement of the relative location of target(s) of interest is performed utilizing an electronic range finding device and elevation and heading sensors. The resulting information is stored in memory for conversions to vector information that may be utilized to generate, for instance, topographical images.

An instrument for establishing orientation of a pelvic prosthesis comprises a tri-pod having an angularly adjustable guide rod on it. The tips of the legs define a plane, and the guide rod is set by the surgeon to a defined orientation with respect to this plane on the basis of preoperative studies. In use, two of the legs of the instrument are positioned by the surgeon at defined anatomical locations on the pelvis (e.g., a point in the region of the posterior/inferior acetabulum and a point on the anterior superior iliac spine). The third leg then lands on the pelvis at a point determined by the position of the first two points, as well as by the separations between the third leg and the other two legs. The separations are adjustable, but are preferably fixed percentages of the separation between the first and second legs. The position of the guide rod then defines with respect to the actual pelvis the direction for insertion of a prosthesis.

A delivery device for positioning and deploying an implantable device within a lumen is provided. The device includes an inner tube positioned within an outer tube and capable of sliding therein, wherein the inner and outer tubes have proximal and distal ends. A mechanism is coupled to at least one of the inner and outer tubes and is operable to deploy the implantable device within the lumen. At least one anchor is positioned on the inner tube to stabilize the implantable device by engaging at least a portion of the implantable device while the mechanism deploys the device. The anchor is positioned on the inner tube such that the anchor is freely rotatable about the inner tube.

Object detection and tracking operations on images that may be performed independently are presented. A detection module receives images, extracts edges in horizontal and vertical directions, and generates an edge map where object-regions are ranked by their immediacy. Filters remove attached edges and ensure regions have proper proportions/size. The regions are tested using a geometric constraint to ensure proper shape, and are fit with best-fit rectangles, which are merged or deleted depending on their relationships. Remaining rectangles are objects. A tracking module receives images in which objects are detected and uses Euclidean distance/edge density criterion to match objects. If objects are matched, clustering determines whether the object is new; if not, a sum-of-squared-difference in intensity test locates matching objects. If this succeeds, clustering is performed and rectangles are applied to regions and merged or deleted depending on their relationships and are considered objects; if not the regions are rejected.

The invention concerns a device for adjusting the position of a screw (13) that is able to move a part of a surgical instrument, said device (4) comprising: —a stem (41) comprising a tip (42) suited to the head (130) of the screw (13), —an actuated system (45) for driving said stem (41) in rotation, —communication means to communicate with a control unit (21), such that the control unit (21) transmits to the actuated system (45) the number of turns to apply to the stem (41) to reach the target position of the screw (13). The invention also concerns a surgical system for alignment of surgical guide means (14, 15), comprising: —a positioning unit comprising a fixed part (11) and a mobile part (12) supporting the surgical guide means (14, 15), the position of said mobile part (12) being adjustable with respect to the fixed part (11) by screws (13), —a referencing unit for detecting the position of the positioning unit with respect to a target position of the surgical guide means, —a control unit (21) for computing the target position of screws (13), —said device (4) for adjusting the positions of the screws (13).

An optical scanning apparatus includes an optical source, a deflection part deflecting an optical beam emitted from the optical source, plural optical elements directing or focusing the optical beam deflected by the deflection part to corresponding one of plural image carrying bodies, a holding member holding the plural optical elements, wherein the optical beam scans the respective image carrying bodies in a main scanning direction, and wherein the holding member includes a pair of holding member elements disposed so as to face each other in the main scanning direction, and the plural optical elements are held between the pair of holding member elements in a bridged state.

Dental drill device (10) comprises a drill (12) with a stop element (28). In various embodiments, at one end, the drill (12) has a cutting part (14) with a free drill end (16) and, at the other end, it has a shank part (18). Arranged on the shank part (18) there is a holder portion (26) with several fastening recesses (30) spaced apart from one another in the axial direction (A), each fastening recess (30) being limited, in the direction of an exposed receiving end area (20) of the shank part (18), by an abutment surface (34) which is at right angles to the axial direction (A) of the drill (12). A stop element with a drill abutment (36) is fitted onto the holder portion (26) and has an engagement element (58). The engagement element (58) has a counter-abutment surface (35) which cooperates in a form fit with the abutment surface (32). By means of the form fit acting between the abutment surface (32) and the counter-abutment surface (35), the stop element (28) is held on the drill (12) such that it cannot be displaced in the direction of the receiving end area (20) of the drill (12).

A computer implemented method for fusing position and range measurements to determine the position of at least one node of a plurality of distributed nodes is disclosed. The method includes (a) measuring the position of at least one node; (b) computing an estimate of the position of the at least one node based on the measured position using a filter that takes account of past estimates of position; (c) receiving an estimate of position of at least a second node; (d) measuring inter-node range to the at least a second node; (e) combining the measured inter-node range with the estimate of position of at least a second node using a second filter that takes account of past estimates of position to generate a refined estimate of the position of the at least one node; and (f) when a change in the position of the at least one node is above a predetermined threshold value, setting the refined estimate of the position of the at least one node to the estimate of the position of the at least one node and repeating (c), (e), and (f).

An examination platform for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a patient bed for supporting a patient, a local antenna device for acquisition of magnetic resonance signals, and a drive device arranged at the patient bed. The drive device is coupled with the local antenna device. The local antenna device thus can be moved parallel to the longitudinal axis of the patient bed independently of a movement of the patient bed. A magnetic resonance apparatus and a method for acquisition of image data of a patient employ such an examination platform.

The invention relates to a video analysis-based space positioning method. The method comprises the following steps: 1, obtaining and storing coordinate information, parameter information and relevant attribute information of a plurality of cameras in a range; 2, obtaining and storing video data containing a target; 3, searching the video data containing the target according to the characteristic information of the target; 4, obtaining and storing the coordinate information of the target at every moment in real time according to the information of the position of the target relative to the cameras, and the position coordinate information, the parameter information and relevant attribute information of the cameras; and 5, obtaining the motion locus of the target according to the coordinate information of the target at every moment. The method fully utilizes the dense monitoring facility laid in the city scene, can rapidly position the accurate position of the target, can obtain the motion locus of the monitored target within a period of time, solves the accurate positioning problem in the complex city scene, and avoids the position description complexity existing in simple latitude and longitude positioning.

The method includes (1) traversing entire stream file of AVS program, building indexing information for all I frames, adding the indexing information to the end of the stream file of AVS program, and loading the indexing information before playing back AVS program stream; (2) based on operations such as fast locating, scene jumping, and quick dragging operations carried out by user to determine position and time of playing point; (3) using same proportion search method to find out PS packet containing I frame nearest to the playing point so as to find out initial position and timestamp of PS packet in AVS program stream file; (4) based on time and position of I frame of playing point, system locates relevant position of the AVS program stream automatically and carries out playing back operation. Advantages are: solving pinpoint issue, and guaranteeing standard AVS program stream.

A parallel kinematic machine (PKM) with three active kinematic chains and a leg has improved precision and stiffness maps by: providing drive and actuation of each active kinematic chain by devices secured rigidly to a support structure so that only a fixed length leg of the chain is suspended; driving the fixed length leg of the active kinematic chain to move in a direction oblique to a direction of the fixed length leg; and providing a prismatically jointed leg that is rigidly secured to the base structure and coupled by an effectively universal joint to the motion platform.

The invention discloses a high-precision electric field driven spray deposition 3D printer and a working method thereof, and solves the problems of a traditional 3D printer on multiple aspects of resolution, stability and controllability; high-precision printing of multilayer structures can be realized; the printing process is observed and monitored in real time; and high-precision pattern printing is performed on insulation substrates through electric conducting materials. The high-precision electric field driven spray deposition 3D printer comprises a mounting baseplate; a Y-axle worktable is arranged on the mounting baseplate; a vacuum absorption platform is fixed on the Y-axle worktable; a printing substrate is absorbed on the vacuum absorption platform; a printing nozzle and a vertical observation camera are correspondingly arranged above the printing substrate, and are connected to a Z-axle worktable; the Z-axle worktable is fixed on an X-axle worktable; a squint observation camera is correspondingly arranged on one side of the printing nozzle; an LED light source and a far infrared curing light source are correspondingly arranged on the other side of the printing nozzle; theprinting nozzle communicates with a storage bottle; and the storage bottle is arranged on a lifting table.

A hoist synchronization apparatus and method using a master controller operating software that provides a pulse reference to a slave controller. The slave commands its motor to rotate at the speed conveyed by that pulse reference. The slave controller monitors the pulse feedback from both the master encoder and the slave's encoder and compensates for any position error by adjusting its motor output speed. In addition, the slave controller includes the capability to automatically resynchronize the hoists. Resynchronization is accomplished by storing position error generated when either the master or the slave is run independently and correcting for the error when both units are operated at a later time.

The invention provides a city complex traffic environment path guide system and method based on locating labels. The method comprises the steps: (101) locating labels of two-dimension codes or classification codes and the like are arranged on the peripheries and vital lines of complex road junctions, interchanges, comprehensive transportation junctions and commercial building clusters; (102) the locating labels of the two-dimension codes or the classification codes and the like are linked to the physical positions of the locating labels arranged in realistic scenes; (103) the locating labels in the realistic scenes are scanned through a handheld or vehicle-mounted terminal, so that locating or path planning based on locating is achieved. The step (101) further comprises the step (101-1) for generating the locating labels; the step (101-2) for constructing a traffic network topology of a city complex environment by the adoption of a three-dimensional model capable of distinguishing nodes; and the step (101-3) of distributing different weighted values to different road sections, then obtaining an optimal edge dominating set based on the obtained network topology and the road section weighted values, and arranging the locating labels for the optimal edge dominating set.

The invention discloses a method and system for performing accurate positioning by adopting hybrid sampling filter by an intelligent vehicle. The accurate positioning of a vehicle in an environment without/with a weak satellite signal can be realized by utilizing the hybrid sampling filter and combining pre-constructed high-precision map data or real-time point cloud data collected by a laser radar or a camera, the method and system can be used for aided driving and unmanned driving of the vehicle; a new probability positioning framework is adopted, and a random sampling consistency algorithmand a particle filter/histogram filter algorithm are efficiently integrated by using a nuclear density estimation method, the disadvantages of the opposite parties are remedied by sufficiently utilizing the respective advantages, and then more robust, accurate and quick positioning is performed by using a probability grid map based on a Gaussian hybrid model.

Document feeder and image capturing device preventing empty stamping associated with improper positioning of printing unit. Document feeder A, conveying document originals from a document placement location, along a predetermined conveyance path (12), and to a document information-capturing location (5, 6), is furnished with: a printing unit (8), which is shiftable along the document widthwise direction approximately orthogonal to the document conveyance direction, and is for carrying out predetermined printing onto conveyed documents; and a detection unit (S4), provided in the conveyance path further upstream in the conveyance direction than the printer unit (8), that detects whether a conveyed document will pass inside the limits of the range in which the printer unit (8) prints.

A process and a device for the automatic rectification of images, where at least one image is rectified by a mapping function onto a reference image and at least some of the parameters of the mapping function are unknown are disclosed. The process includes at least an extraction of at least three objects from the image; a detennination of at least three control points in the image, where characteristic points of the extracted objects are determined as control points; an assignment of the objects to objects in the reference image, where the objects in the two images are assigned on the basis of the similarity between the objects and/or on the basis of a vector grid, the vector grid being formed by connecting the characteristic object points, and a selection of a suitable mapping function and/or an adjustment of the parameters of the mapping function, where the mapping function is changed by changing the parameters in such a way that the cumulative error with respect to the positional differences between the projected control points and the corresponding points in the reference image is minimized.

The invention discloses a global positioning method of a laser-navigated AGV (automatic guided vehicle). The global positioning of the AGV comprises the determination of direction and position of the AGV in an environmental map. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, determining direction information by reading data of a compass arranged on an AGV body; and secondly, determining position information by using road sign information detected by a laser radar and by adopting a Markov method, wherein the Markov method comprises two stages, namely time updating and observation updating. According to the global positioning method, the problem of accurate positioning of the initial position of the AGV is effectively solved, so that the AGV is not required to start at a known position every time, furthermore, the great inconvenience brought to the application of the AGV is eliminated, namely even if the AGV starts at any position, a relatively accurate initial position of the AGV can be given.

The invention relates to a cursor control method which comprises the following steps: setting a selection control mode of a first cursor moving way or a second cursor moving way in advance according to user's preference; tracking a moving point path, and initiating a cursor control processes according to the predetermined action; based on the predetermined action, determining whether a reference point is set or not, if yes, building a user coordinate system for cursor controlling through selecting a reference point and taking the selected reference point as a center; calculating the relative position between a current point and the reference point; and under the mode of the first cursor moving mode, performing cursor positioning for a cursor moving speed manner through maping the relative position, and under the mode of the secod cursor moving mode, performing cursor position adjustment on cursor offset distance through maping the relative position of the current moving point relative to the reference point.

If a supply voltage for a motor drops below a predetermined level during movement of a windowpane, a controller of a power window system outputs a stop signal instructing the motor to stop rotating, and stores in a memory a first position and a motion direction of the windowpane derived from a first signal generated by a transducer (signal generator). The controller compares a second position of the windowpane derived from a second signal generated by the transducer when the supply voltage for the motor is restored to the predetermined level or higher with the first position of the windowpane stored in the memory. If the second position is different from the first position, the first position stored in the memory is corrected toward the motion direction by an amount corresponding to a difference between the first and second positions

A computer arrangement is disclosed, including a processor and a memory that stores a computer program, object data originating from a first source and including object location data, and laser samples originating from a second source, including a sub-set of laser samples relating to the object and including laser sample location data as to each laser sample. In at least one embodiment, the processor compares the object location data and the laser sample location data of the sub-set of laser samples, and matches the object location data to the laser sample location data of the sub-set of laser samples based on this comparison, and thereby corrects for relative positional errors between the first and second sources of location data. The object may be a building façade, for example.

A method for determination of a repeater time delay in a mobile communication network, without affecting a correct positioning of a mobile terminal, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining an initial estimated position of a mobile communication terminal to be measured its position, estimating a respective distance between a serving base station and an adjacent base station and the mobile terminal using the initial estimated position, estimating a time difference of arrival of a serving base station signal and an adjacent base station signal received by the mobile terminal using the estimated distances, receiving the time difference of arrival of the serving base station signal and the adjacent base station signal measured from the mobile terminal, calculating a difference between the estimated time difference of arrival and the measured time difference of arrival, and determining the difference as a repeater time delay existing in the serving base station of the mobile terminal, if said difference is larger than a predetermined threshold value. The present invention makes it possible to estimate in advance the clock error in the terminal owing to the repeater time delay in AGPS system, so it can provide the terminal with more precise Acquisition Assistance Information (AAI). Further, such estimation of clock errors in the mobile terminal makes it possible to prevent the failure in acquisition of GPS signals that may occur due to the significant deflection error in the clock operation of the mobile terminal.

To control a speed at a time of entering a curved road a vehicle to autonomously travel within a travelling lane even in a case where there is an error in an estimated longitudinal position of the vehicle.

A curve travel speed calculation unit 15b calculates a curve travel speed for a vehicle to autonomously travelling in a travelling lane based on a curve radius and an estimated error in longitudinal position. A speed planning unit 15c and a travel control unit 17 decelerate the vehicle M such that the speed of the vehicle M becomes the curve travel speed at the time of entering the curved road in front of the vehicle M in a case where the speed of the vehicle M is equal to or higher than the curve travel speed and the curve travel speed is equal to or higher than the reference speed.