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A vehicle lighting system, comprising; - a modular component, further comprising: - a plurality of addressable LED-based lighting units disposed in an array on a circuit board, each LED associated with a phosphor, - wherein each addressable lighting unit of the plurality of addressable lighting units is configured to respond to data addressed to it in a serial addressing protocol, and - wherein the array comprises rows and columns of addressable LED-based lighting units. - a modular component, further comprising: - a plurality of addressable LED-based lighting units disposed in an array on a circuit board, each LED associated with a phosphor, - wherein each addressable lighting unit of the plurality of addressable lighting units is configured to respond to data addressed to it in a serial addressing protocol, and - wherein the array comprises rows and columns of addressable LED-based lighting units.
A system for delivering laser energy to tissue, said system comprising: a probe adapted to be advanced into tissue, said probe having a shaft and a central axial passage for delivering a stream of light transmissive fluid from a proximal end to a distal end thereof; a nozzle for emitting the stream of the light transmissive fluid in a lateral direction from the distal end of the probe; a waveguide in the central axial passage for transmitting coherent light; an insufflation source connected to a port formed in a wall of the shaft; wherein the waveguide comprises an element , the element comprising a lens or a shaped surface disposed to focus the coherent light within the stream of light transmissive fluid being delivered through the nozzle so that the light is carried by the fluid by total internal reflection. a probe adapted to be advanced into tissue, said probe having a shaft and a central axial passage for delivering a stream of light transmissive fluid from a proximal end to a distal end thereof; a nozzle for emitting the stream of the light transmissive fluid in a lateral direction from the distal end of the probe; a waveguide in the central axial passage for transmitting coherent light; an insufflation source connected to a port formed in a wall of the shaft; wherein the waveguide comprises an element , the element comprising a lens or a shaped surface disposed to focus the coherent light within the stream of light transmissive fluid being delivered through the nozzle so that the light is carried by the fluid by total internal reflection.
Self-service checkout system comprising: a self-service checkout having an automatic payment system , at which a customer scans and pays for products themself; and a monitoring device having a sensor arrangement and an evaluation unit , wherein the sensor arrangement has a camera and is configured to send a signal to the evaluation unit , which represents a locomotion of the customer in a monitoring area of the self-service checkout , and wherein the evaluation unit is configured to detect a payment process of the customer at the automatic payment system , characterized in that the signal additionally represents a gesture of the customer , and in that the evaluation unit is configured to extract a pattern characteristic for the payment process from the signal and to compare it to patterns from a pattern reserve , in order to detect the payment process of the customer at the automatic payment system independently of a registration of the payment by the automatic payment system . a self-service checkout having an automatic payment system , at which a customer scans and pays for products themself; and a monitoring device having a sensor arrangement and an evaluation unit , wherein the sensor arrangement has a camera and is configured to send a signal to the evaluation unit , which represents a locomotion of the customer in a monitoring area of the self-service checkout , and wherein the evaluation unit is configured to detect a payment process of the customer at the automatic payment system , characterized in that the signal additionally represents a gesture of the customer , and in that the evaluation unit is configured to extract a pattern characteristic for the payment process from the signal and to compare it to patterns from a pattern reserve , in order to detect the payment process of the customer at the automatic payment system independently of a registration of the payment by the automatic payment system .
An ultrasound image processing apparatus comprising an image processor arrangement adapted to: receive a first sequence of ultrasound images imaging an anatomical feature of interest during a first full cardiac cycle in the absence of an invasive medical device in said ultrasound images, each ultrasound image corresponding to a different phase of said cardiac cycle; receive a further sequence of ultrasound images imaging the anatomical feature of interest during a further full cardiac cycle in the presence of the invasive medical device in said ultrasound images, each ultrasound image corresponding to a different phase of said cardiac cycle said invasive medical device at least partially obscuring the anatomical feature of interest, and for each ultrasound image of the further sequence: track the location of the invasive medical device in the ultrasound image; isolate the invasive medical device from the ultrasound image; and insert the isolated invasive medical device into an ultrasound image of the first sequence of a corresponding phase of the cardiac cycle in the tracked location; and control a display device to display the first sequence of ultrasound images including the inserted invasive medical device. receive a first sequence of ultrasound images imaging an anatomical feature of interest during a first full cardiac cycle in the absence of an invasive medical device in said ultrasound images, each ultrasound image corresponding to a different phase of said cardiac cycle; receive a further sequence of ultrasound images imaging the anatomical feature of interest during a further full cardiac cycle in the presence of the invasive medical device in said ultrasound images, each ultrasound image corresponding to a different phase of said cardiac cycle said invasive medical device at least partially obscuring the anatomical feature of interest, and for each ultrasound image of the further sequence: track the location of the invasive medical device in the ultrasound image; isolate the invasive medical device from the ultrasound image; and insert the isolated invasive medical device into an ultrasound image of the first sequence of a corresponding phase of the cardiac cycle in the tracked location; and control a display device to display the first sequence of ultrasound images including the inserted invasive medical device. track the location of the invasive medical device in the ultrasound image; isolate the invasive medical device from the ultrasound image; and insert the isolated invasive medical device into an ultrasound image of the first sequence of a corresponding phase of the cardiac cycle in the tracked location; and control a display device to display the first sequence of ultrasound images including the inserted invasive medical device.
Device for cleaning a gas flow, comprising: - a pipeline for guiding a gas flow to be treated with a flow direction ; - a co-current separator (G) arranged in the pipeline with injection nozzles for injecting an uncontaminated cleaning liquid (W), having a swirl generator for generating a rotation of the gas flow, a water extractor for separating contaminated liquid (K) from the gas flow and an immersion tube for discharging clean gas ; - a buffer container for the contaminated liquid (K); - a spray scrubber (I) in the pipeline upstream of the co-current separator (G) with injection nozzles , a water extractor downstream in the direction of flow and an associated buffer container for the contaminated liquid (K') from the water extractor ; wherein - the injection nozzles of the co-current separator (G) with a source of uncontaminated cleaning liquid (W) and - the injection nozzles of the spray scrubber (I) are operatively connected to the buffer container for the contaminated liquid (K) from the co-current separator (G). - a pipeline for guiding a gas flow to be treated with a flow direction ; - a co-current separator (G) arranged in the pipeline with injection nozzles for injecting an uncontaminated cleaning liquid (W), having a swirl generator for generating a rotation of the gas flow, a water extractor for separating contaminated liquid (K) from the gas flow and an immersion tube for discharging clean gas ; - a buffer container for the contaminated liquid (K); - a spray scrubber (I) in the pipeline upstream of the co-current separator (G) with injection nozzles , a water extractor downstream in the direction of flow and an associated buffer container for the contaminated liquid (K') from the water extractor ; wherein - the injection nozzles of the co-current separator (G) with a source of uncontaminated cleaning liquid (W) and - the injection nozzles of the spray scrubber (I) are operatively connected to the buffer container for the contaminated liquid (K) from the co-current separator (G).
A method of single-cell polynucleotide sequencing, the method comprising: enriching a sample comprising a plurality of cells for cells of interest to produce an enriched cell sample, wherein enriching the sample comprises acoustic focusing the plurality of cells of interest to increase the concentration of the plurality of cells of interest; isolating one or more cells of interest from the enriched cell sample, wherein the isolating comprises sorting cells in the enriched cell sample with a flow cytometer; and obtaining sequence information of one or more polynucleotides from each of the one or more isolated cells, wherein obtaining sequence information comprises generating a molecularly indexed polynucleotide library from the one or more isolated cells. enriching a sample comprising a plurality of cells for cells of interest to produce an enriched cell sample, wherein enriching the sample comprises acoustic focusing the plurality of cells of interest to increase the concentration of the plurality of cells of interest; isolating one or more cells of interest from the enriched cell sample, wherein the isolating comprises sorting cells in the enriched cell sample with a flow cytometer; and obtaining sequence information of one or more polynucleotides from each of the one or more isolated cells, wherein obtaining sequence information comprises generating a molecularly indexed polynucleotide library from the one or more isolated cells.
A robotic system comprising: a guide tube ; a plurality of devices ; a plurality of slave manipulators , each manipulator of the plurality of slave manipulators configured to manipulate a respective device of the plurality of devices , wherein each of the plurality of devices is disposed through the guide tube so as to be extendable beyond a distal end of the guide tube ; a master input device ; and characterized by : means (2202; 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405; 3302, 3304, 3305) for concurrently commanding the plurality of slave manipulators to move their respective devices in a common degree-of-freedom direction in response to movement of the master input device , wherein the common degree-of-freedom direction is a surge direction relative to the distal end of the guide tube , wherein movement of the respective device in the surge direction moves the respective device longitudinally in the guide tube to extend beyond, or to retract into, the distal end of the guide tube . a guide tube ; a plurality of devices ; a plurality of slave manipulators , each manipulator of the plurality of slave manipulators configured to manipulate a respective device of the plurality of devices , wherein each of the plurality of devices is disposed through the guide tube so as to be extendable beyond a distal end of the guide tube ; a master input device ; and characterized by : means (2202; 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405; 3302, 3304, 3305) for concurrently commanding the plurality of slave manipulators to move their respective devices in a common degree-of-freedom direction in response to movement of the master input device , wherein the common degree-of-freedom direction is a surge direction relative to the distal end of the guide tube , wherein movement of the respective device in the surge direction moves the respective device longitudinally in the guide tube to extend beyond, or to retract into, the distal end of the guide tube .
A method of driving a turbine, the method comprising the following steps: (a) providing solid carbon dioxide; (b) heating the solid carbon dioxide to produce a high pressure carbon dioxide fluid; (c) passing the carbon dioxide over a blade of the turbine; and (d) collecting the carbon dioxide that has passed over the turbine blade; wherein carbon dioxide collected in step (d) is in solid form, characterised in that in step (a) the solid carbon dioxide is provided at atmospheric pressure. (a) providing solid carbon dioxide; (b) heating the solid carbon dioxide to produce a high pressure carbon dioxide fluid; (c) passing the carbon dioxide over a blade of the turbine; and (d) collecting the carbon dioxide that has passed over the turbine blade;
A method comprising: receiving a first layer material and a second layer material at a nip roller assembly ; laminating , by the nip roller assembly, the first and second layer material to provide a laminated composite material comprising a main portion and at least one edge portion; and delaminating the at least one edge portion of the laminated composite material to provide a partially laminated composite material for use in manufacturing a composite product, wherein: the at least one edge portion is a first edge portion at a first side of the laminated composite material; the laminated composite material further comprises a second edge portion at a second opposite side of the laminated composite material; and the method further comprises delaminating the second edge portion of the laminated composite material. receiving a first layer material and a second layer material at a nip roller assembly ; laminating , by the nip roller assembly, the first and second layer material to provide a laminated composite material comprising a main portion and at least one edge portion; and delaminating the at least one edge portion of the laminated composite material to provide a partially laminated composite material for use in manufacturing a composite product, wherein: the at least one edge portion is a first edge portion at a first side of the laminated composite material; the laminated composite material further comprises a second edge portion at a second opposite side of the laminated composite material; and the method further comprises delaminating the second edge portion of the laminated composite material.
A system for evaluating a vessel of a patient, comprising a processor configured to: receive a first set of angiographic images of the vessel having a lesion from a first view plane, the lesion having a lesion length (L1) extending from a proximal lesion end to a distal lesion end; collect a first set of anatomic vessel measurements from the angiographic images, the first set of anatomic vessel measurements including at least one first lesion diameter , one first proximal vessel diameter proximal to the lesion and one first distal vessel diameter distal to the lesion; determine a first flow value utilizing the at least one first lesion diameter ; create a hypothetical vessel which represents the vessel without the lesion extending from a first point of the vessel having the first proximal vessel diameter to a second point of the vessel having the first distal vessel diameter ; determine a second flow value for the hypothetical vessel of the vessel; calculate a first anatomical fractional flow reserve for the vessel by dividing the first flow value by the second flow value. receive a first set of angiographic images of the vessel having a lesion from a first view plane, the lesion having a lesion length (L1) extending from a proximal lesion end to a distal lesion end; collect a first set of anatomic vessel measurements from the angiographic images, the first set of anatomic vessel measurements including at least one first lesion diameter , one first proximal vessel diameter proximal to the lesion and one first distal vessel diameter distal to the lesion; determine a first flow value utilizing the at least one first lesion diameter ; create a hypothetical vessel which represents the vessel without the lesion extending from a first point of the vessel having the first proximal vessel diameter to a second point of the vessel having the first distal vessel diameter ; determine a second flow value for the hypothetical vessel of the vessel; calculate a first anatomical fractional flow reserve for the vessel by dividing the first flow value by the second flow value.
Display rack for displaying goods, wherein the display rack comprises a bottom shelf , one or more intermediate shelves , a top shelf each comprising an upper side and a lower side and multiple pairs of telescopic side walls , wherein each of the side walls comprises a first edge and a second edge, wherein: - The upper side of each bottom and intermediate shelves is arranged for hingedly connecting both second edges of one of said pairs of side walls; - The lower side of each top and intermediate shelves is arranged for slideably attaching both first edges of one of said pairs of side walls; and - each of the side walls is arranged telescopically for setting at least two different distances between the first edge and the second edge, wherein each pair of side walls that are hingedly connected to a first shelf of said bottom and intermediate shelves and slideably attached to a second shelf of said intermediate and top shelves comprises a supporting configuration wherein the side walls of the pair are essentially perpendicular to both of the first and second shelves, wherein the pair of side walls can be collapsed towards each other from the supporting configuration. - The upper side of each bottom and intermediate shelves is arranged for hingedly connecting both second edges of one of said pairs of side walls; - The lower side of each top and intermediate shelves is arranged for slideably attaching both first edges of one of said pairs of side walls; and - each of the side walls is arranged telescopically for setting at least two different distances between the first edge and the second edge,
Computer implemented method for classifying a tracked object in an environment of a vehicle which includes a plurality of radar sensors and a processing device configured to establish a neural network, the method comprising: - capturing local radar detections from an object in the environment of the vehicle via the radar sensors , - determining point features based on the local radar detections, - determining tracker features based on the local radar detections, - encoding the point features via point encoding layers of the neural network, - encoding the tracker features via track encoding layers of the neural network, - concatenating the encoded point features and the encoded tracker features to form a common tensor, - passing the common tensor to a recurrent neural network which provides temporal fusion layers of the neural network in order to perform a temporal fusion of the encoded point features and the encoded tracker features via the temporal fusion layers, and - classifying the tracked object based on the fused encoded point and tracker features via classifying layers of the neural network. - capturing local radar detections from an object in the environment of the vehicle via the radar sensors , - determining point features based on the local radar detections, - determining tracker features based on the local radar detections, - encoding the point features via point encoding layers of the neural network, - encoding the tracker features via track encoding layers of the neural network, - concatenating the encoded point features and the encoded tracker features to form a common tensor, - passing the common tensor to a recurrent neural network which provides temporal fusion layers of the neural network in order to perform a temporal fusion of the encoded point features and the encoded tracker features via the temporal fusion layers, and - classifying the tracked object based on the fused encoded point and tracker features via classifying layers of the neural network.
A medical fluid management assembly comprising: a pneumatic manifold including a plurality of plates sealed together to form a plurality of pneumatic passageways , a pneumatic valve chamber and a pneumatic pump chamber formed by at least one of the plates, the pneumatic valve chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one of the pneumatic passageways, and the pneumatic pump chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one of the pneumatic passageways; and a fluid manifold including a plurality of fluid pathways , a fluid valve chamber and a fluid pump chamber formed by the fluid manifold, the fluid valve chamber in selective fluid communication with the fluid pump chamber and at least one of the fluid pathways, wherein (a) the pneumatic valve chamber and the fluid valve chamber are mated together to compress at least one flexible valve chamber membrane or a valve chamber area of at least one common flexible membrane and (b) the pneumatic pump chamber and the fluid pump chamber are mated together to compress at least one flexible pump membrane or a pump chamber area of the at least one common flexible membrane , wherein at least one of (i) the pneumatic valve chamber extends outwardly from the at least one plate , (ii) the pneumatic pump chamber extends outwardly from the at least one plate , (iii) the fluid valve chamber extends outwardly from the fluid manifold , or (iv) the fluid pump chamber extends outwardly from the fluid manifold so as to aid in compressing their respective at least one flexible membrane or at least one flexible membrane area . a pneumatic manifold including a plurality of plates sealed together to form a plurality of pneumatic passageways , a pneumatic valve chamber and a pneumatic pump chamber formed by at least one of the plates, the pneumatic valve chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one of the pneumatic passageways, and the pneumatic pump chamber in pneumatic communication with at least one of the pneumatic passageways; and a fluid manifold including a plurality of fluid pathways , a fluid valve chamber and a fluid pump chamber formed by the fluid manifold, the fluid valve chamber in selective fluid communication with the fluid pump chamber and at least one of the fluid pathways, wherein (a) the pneumatic valve chamber and the fluid valve chamber are mated together to compress at least one flexible valve chamber membrane or a valve chamber area of at least one common flexible membrane and (b) the pneumatic pump chamber and the fluid pump chamber are mated together to compress at least one flexible pump membrane or a pump chamber area of the at least one common flexible membrane , wherein at least one of (i) the pneumatic valve chamber extends outwardly from the at least one plate , (ii) the pneumatic pump chamber extends outwardly from the at least one plate , (iii) the fluid valve chamber extends outwardly from the fluid manifold , or (iv) the fluid pump chamber extends outwardly from the fluid manifold so as to aid in compressing their respective at least one flexible membrane or at least one flexible membrane area .