679 results about "Shape matching" patented technology

A method of manufacturing an arthroplasty jig is disclosed herein. The method may include the following: generate a bone model, wherein the bone model includes a three dimensional computer model of at least a portion of a joint surface of a bone of a patient joint to undergo an arthroplasty procedure; generate an implant model, wherein the implant model includes a three dimensional computer model of at least a portion of a joint surface of an arthroplasty implant to be used in the arthroplasty procedure; assess a characteristic associated with the patient joint; generate a modified joint surface of the implant model by modifying at least a portion of a joint surface of the implant model according to the characteristic; and shape match the modified joint surface of the implant model and a corresponding joint surface of the bone model.

An electronic cigarette comprising an atomizer and a first case configured for accommodating the atomizer is provided; the atomizer includes a heating mechanism, a breather pipe, and oil storage cotton, the heating mechanism is received inside the breather pipe, and the oil storage cotton envelops an outer surface of the breather pipe; wherein, the heating mechanism is positioned along an axial direction of the breather pipe, and has a shape matching an inner surface of the breather pipe. The heating mechanism in the electronic cigarette has a large effective heating area so that more smoke can be generated by the atomizer.

A method for inferring disease similarity by similarity retrieval of electrocardiogram time-series, comprising: acquiring user ECG waveforms correspondingly depicting many cardiac cycles of the heart of many users stored in a database; pre-processing each of the user ECG waveforms through pre-processing steps to isolate sets of single cardiac cycles corresponding to different heart-rates detected for each of the user ECG waveforms, each single cardiac cycle within the many cardiac cycles of the heart of many users corresponds to one single heart-rate detected. acquiring patient ECG waveforms depicting multiple cardiac cycles of the heart of a query patient; pre-processing the patient ECG waveforms through pre-processing steps to isolate sets of single cardiac cycles corresponding to different heart-rates detected for each of the patient ECG waveforms of the query patient, each single cardiac cycle within the multiple cardiac cycles of the heart of the query patient corresponds to one single heart-rate detected.

A transporting and feeding package for a coil of welding wire comprising a wire receiving container with a vertical wall having a lateral shape and defining an opened top of the container, a wire feeding hat with a wire outlet and a downwardly extending skirt having a lower end with an opening and having a shape matching, but slightly larger than, said lateral shape so the skirt can move vertically along the vertical wall between a lowered transporting position and a raised feeding position while extending over said opened top of the container.

The invention relates to a novel type of an external fixation device having a carrying structure (1; 40) of interconnected elements (2, 5, 6) comprising an extendible central body (2), and clamps (5, 6) for bone screws respectively articulated on opposed ends (3, 4) of the central body (2), said central body comprising two parts (8, 9) telescoping slidable one on the other, each of said parts (8, 9) including a first portion (8a; 9a) of elongate shape formed integrally with a second end portion (8b; 9b) of substantially cylindrical shape, said first portions (8a, 9a) of the parts (8, 9) being slidably coupled to each other by means of a driving groove (7) formed longitudinally in one the first portion (8a) and a corresponding slide (7a) formed longitudinally in the other first portion (9a) and means being provided in said parts (8, 9) for stopping their sliding movement characterized in that it further comprises at least one plate (27; 41; 42; 43; 60) having predetermined contour shape and thickness, at least one recess (28; 44; 47; 51) formed on the surface of at least one of the interconnected elements (2, 5, 6) and having its contour shape matching the contour shape of said at least one plate (27; 41; 42; 43; 60), and means (30, 31; 46, 46a; 49, 50 53, 54) for releasably securing said at least one plate (27; 41; 42; 43; 60) in said at least one recess (28; 44; 47; 51).

The invention relates to a work enclosure, and in particular to a system for low temperature storage comprising a chest provided with a refrigerator unit. The device of the invention is particularly remarkable in that the chest has a top plate provided with a plurality of openings each suitable for allowing a support for at least one container of an article for storage to be passed therethrough, the support presenting a working storage height no greater than the height of said chest, and the top of said support is provided with an element of shape matching the shape of the opening so as to close it once the support has been fully inserted through said opening. In some embodiments, automatic means are provided above the top plate of the chest for moving the supports at least in vertical translation so as to enable supports to be inserted and withdrawn via the openings of the chest.

An illumination system for illuminating an object includes a light source and a lens array system. The light source includes an illumination element emitting light rays and surrounded by a parabolic reflector. The lens array system includes a first lens array plate and a second lens array plate. The first lens array plate includes a matrix of lenslets where, in one embodiment, each lenslet has a shape matching the aspect ratio of the object to be illuminated. The second lens array plate includes a radial pattern of wedge shaped lenslets each corresponding to a lenslet in the first lens array plate. Each wedge shaped lenslet in the second lens array plate has dimensions that are selected to provide a radial and theta collection angles matching the maximum divergence angle of the light source and the maximum divergence angles of the corresponding lenslet in the first lens array plate.

A flexible printed circuit board has an insulation layer, a first signal wiring layer including a microstrip line, a second signal wiring layer including a signal connection terminal for allowing the microstrip line to connect the exterior connector electrically, and a ground conductive section having a ground connection terminal for connecting the exterior connector. The microstrip line and the signal connection terminal are connected to each other by a wiring via hole. The wiring via hole passes through the insulation layer, the first signal wiring layer, and the second signal wiring layer. The microstrip line has a taper section which gradually enlarges a width of the microstrip line toward the wiring via hole in the vicinity of the wiring via hole. The ground conductive section that corresponds to the microstrip line has a taper section with a shape matching the taper section of the microstrip line.

The tectorial membrane rack for aorta without inner leakage consists of one netted rack in the shape matching with aorta and tectorial membrane layer covering the rack. The present invention features that high-hydroscopicity polymer with biocompatibility is sewn to the end of the tectorial membrane to form collar-like sealing ring, which will expand to fill the interval between blood vessel and the rack after absorbing water. One kind of biodegradable coating is painted to the high-hydroscopicity material to retard its hydroscopic expansion. The said high-hydroscopicity material includes acrylic acid, acrylate, acrylamide, cellulose, etc. The present invention makes it possible to raise the safety and treating effect of operation.

A photo-based project and associated printed photobook having a flush photo collage, or montage, on the front cover are disclosed. In one embodiment, a photobook is made by receiving a plurality of images corresponding to a photo-project; storing said plurality of images in a data repository; receiving a print order for a printed photobook corresponding to the photo-project; in response to the print order, printing a photo-strip having one or more of the images; producing a front cover by compressing a compressible cover material to form a channel in the compressible cover material, wherein the channel is of a size and a shape matching the photo-strip; wrapping the compressible cover material with the channel around a cover board to make the front cover; and setting the photo-strip permanently into the channel and flush with the front cover to create the photobook.

The invention discloses a planar component three-dimensional position and normal vector calculation method based on a depth map. the method comprises the steps of: identifying a component through shape matching, and acquiring a dense depth map of an area-of-interest where the component is positioned by using a binocular three-dimensional vision system; carrying out non-uniform sampling and statistical analysis on the dense depth map to remove off-group points; fitting a plane in the dense depth map by using a robust random sample consensus algorithm; and calculating a three-dimensional position and a normal vector of the component according to a plane equation, and providing a conversion method for a camera coordinate system and a world coordinate system. The planar component three-dimensional position and normal vector calculation method has the advantages of high universality, high positioning accuracy and good stability, and is suitable for planar components.

An object of the present invention is to provide a map matching method capable of performing a process operation in a high speed. In the map matching method of the present invention, while employing road network data in which road networks are formed in a plurality of hierarchical layers “a”, “b”, “c”, and a road network of an upper-grade hierarchical layer is established by such a road network which is extracted from a road network having a lower-grade hierarchical layer lower than the road network having the upper-grade hierarchical layer, a road network of the uppermost-grade hierarchical layer “a” is matched with a shape vector indicative of a shape of a objective road in a beginning stage; and when such a candidate road which is matched with the shape vector cannot be obtained in the road network of the uppermost-grade hierarchical layer “a”, since such a road network having another hierarchical layer “b”, or “c” is matched with the shape vector, the objective road is identified. In the most cases, as to a objective road of traffic information and the like, the objective road can be identified by executing a map matching operation with employment of the road network having the uppermost-grade hierarchical layer “a”, and the map matching operation can be carried out in a high speed.

The invention discloses a calligraphy character identifying method. A signal calligraphy character image is collected and Chinese character semanteme is manually annotated, wherein the Chinese character semanteme corresponds to the signal calligraphy character image. The calligraphy character feature information of the signal calligraphy character image is extracted and stored in a feature data bank after binaryzation processing, denoising processing and normalization processing are conducted to signal calligraphy character image. The feature information comprises four boundary point positions of the calligraphy character of the signal calligraphy character image and average stroke passing numbers, projecting valves and outline points in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the calligraphy character. Then, to-be-identified signal calligraphy character image is processed. The feature information of the to-be-identified signal calligraphy character is extracted and shape match is compared after preliminary screening. The calligraphy character is screened in the feature data bank, wherein the shape of the calligraphy character is similar to the shape of the to-be-identified calligraphy character. Finally, weight calculation is conducted to same semanteme calligraphy character image and the same semanteme calligraphy character image is merged. Identifying results are given. The calligraphy character identifying method has the advantages of being small in calculated amount, capable of giving an accuracy identifying result in a short time and capable of having no specific requirements for the to-be-identified calligraphy character image offered by users.