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A system and method for a vulnerability assessment mechanism that serves to actively scan for vulnerabilities on a continuous basis and interpret the resulting traffic in context of policy is provided. Vulnerability information is presented within an enterprise manager system enabling the user to access vulnerability information, recommended remediation procedures, and associated network traffic. A studio mechanism is used to add scanners to the appropriate policies and control the scope and distribution of scans within the target network.

A system for ablating lesions in the interior regions of the human body including a RF catheter and a control system adapted to facilitate the automatic step deployment of an array-type energy delivery system positioned within the catheter. The RF catheter and control system further include an auto array deployment mechanism coupled to the array-type energy delivery system and an impedance and temperature monitoring system. In addition, the system includes a probe positioning device adapted to maintain a RF probe in a desired orientation during ablation procedures.

An air compressor utilizing an electronic control system. A pneumatically controlled regulator is provided for controlling output pressure for an air compressor. Digital gauges are provided on the air compressor to replace conventional mechanical gauges. A variable speed motor is used, which in turn varies the speed of the pump. Tools are provided for an air compressor that are capable of transmitting a signal to the air compressor indicating a desired pressure and / or motor speed at which the air compressor is to operate.

A method for prioritizing potential threats identified by vehicle active safety systems. The method includes providing context information including map information, vehicle position information, traffic assessment information, road condition information, weather condition information, and vehicle state information. The method calculates a system context value for each active safety system using the context information. Each active safety system provides a system threat level value, a system braking value, a system steering value, and a system throttle value. The method calculates an overall threat level value using all of the system context values and all of the system threat level values. The method then provides a braking request value to vehicle brakes based on all of the system braking values, a throttle request value to a vehicle throttle based on all of the system throttle values, and a steering request value to vehicle steering based on all of the system steering values.

Flying Car, readable aircraft, amphibian, multimode, multifunctional, composite versatile personal transport vehicle with twin, parallel fuselages, hulls, each with inflatable pontoons and / or wheels below and a cabin. Combined, aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, flying, air, aerial, airborne vehicle with variable, folding wings which is convertible via automatic transformation to a land vehicle and to a sea vessel. Two wings are stored between the fuselages. They extend on a system of rails, pivots and counter-rotating, fuselage-mounted arms which then sink flush into the wings' undersides and lock for flight. Upon wing extension and retraction, controls for road transport and flight controls alternately emerge or are stowed inoperably, as needed. Engine power alternately drives a propeller for flight, wheels for road travel and a separate, submersible, marine propeller for water transport.

Screenshots on a computer display are automatically captured to assist in building a tutorial to demonstrate the functionality of one or more applications. In one possible approach, an event detector, such as an accessibility toolkit, detects when events are generated by the one or more applications. The events may include, e.g., button clicks, windows opening or closing, drag and drop events, check boxes being checked, menus being pulled down or menu items selected, and so forth. Or, a program may monitor pixel changes on the screen to detect when changes occur in the images generated by the one or more applications. A tutorial builder application automatically captures an image when the event or image change is detected, edits the captured image such as by providing a focus on the changed portion, and provides the edited image in a tutorial window. Related text can also be automatically generated.

A contributor who is one of a number of participants divided into groups at telephone terminals is identified by recognizing the contributor voice during a teleconference managed by a conference device connected to the terminals. After the voice of the contributor received by the conference device is identified, an identifier of the identified contributor is broadcast from the conference device to the terminals and reproduced at the terminals. The contributor is introduced to the other participants, automatically or on demand, for example by a voice or visual message including the contributor name. The conference device can be included in one of the terminals; for example, the identifier identifies a contributor other than the regular user of a communicating telephone or mobile radio telephone.

Disclosed is a portable charger adapted for use with wireless devices. Integrated circuitry controls the amount of current charge delivered to the primary power source of a wireless device through an adaptor. The current charge is delivered by a power source located within an attractive housing. A light emitting diode coupled to the integrated circuit indicates whether the wireless device is actively being charged.

An air compressor utilizing an electronic control system. A pneumatically controlled regulator is provided for controlling output pressure for an air compressor. Digital gauges are provided on the air compressor to replace conventional mechanical gauges. A variable speed motor is used, which in turn varies the speed of the pump. Tools are provided for an air compressor that are capable of transmitting a signal to the air compressor indicating a desired pressure and / or motor speed at which the air compressor is to operate.

A method for teaching reading is provided, reflecting the understanding that reading is a process, operating primarily implicitly and guided by a neural network built specifically for that purpose. During the Excellent Reading component, the student must produce excellent reading—made possible by enhancing the predictability of the text through listening repeatedly to it interspersed with reading it silently. The student's brain is seduced into utilizing prediction of meaning as the major reading strategy, which allows it to develop implicitly-operating prediction and confirmation strategies that consistently yield excellent reading. During the Coached Reading component, as the student reads the text aloud from unfamiliar text, a tutor gives feedback designed to assist the brain realize its current reading strategies are not producing the desired results and the erroneously-built neural network needs remodeling. During the Independent Reading component, the brain experiments with the strategy ideas formulated as a result of experiencing the other components.

The invention provides a bidirectional motion estimating method and system. The method comprises, after a prior frame image and a current frame image are obtained, performing bidirectional motion estimation based on forward block matching and backward block matching respectively; then according to the minimum SAD (sum of absolute difference) value and the corresponding motion vector which are obtained respectively, obtaining a final motion vector, wherein the obtained final motion vector can accurately describe the motion status of a moving object and accordingly solve the confusion between the moving object and the background due to inaccuracy of the motion vector. The invention also provides a video frame rate up-converting method and system. The method comprises obtaining the final motion vector according to the bidirectional motion estimating method and system and then performing motion vector filtering, motion compensation and blocking effect treatment; the finally obtained interpolated frames can eliminate confusion between the moving object and the background and blocking effects, improves the image quality of interpolated images, reduces the problems such as smoothness and continuity of video images and improves the visual effects of videos.

One aspect of the invention is a system for locating an object. The system may include, for example, an object electromagnetic receiver, an audio amplifier, an audio transducer, and an object microprocessor coupled to the object electromagnetic receiver and the audio amplifier. The object microprocessor is configured to ascertain whether a valid activation signal has been received by the object electromagnetic receiver, and if so, read a digital sound file, and ascertain whether the signal strength of the received valid activation signal is above a first threshold. If the signal strength is not above the first threshold, the object microprocessor outputs a maximum sound level indicator signal; and if the signal strength is above the first threshold, the object microprocessor outputs a second tier sound level indicator signal.

A business form comprising a face ply and a lamination ply includes a matrix of self adhering labels positioned in a label area and a self laminating wristband positioned in a wristband area, all of which are defined by die cuts therein for removal upon use. The wristband is comprised of a left edge justified, reduced length imaging area releasably adhered to a laminating portion comprising a pair of laminating panels one of which is smaller sized to merely laminate the imaging area and with self adhering tabs at opposite ends of the panels. A wristband extender is die cut into the lamination ply within the profile of the wristband. A second embodiment includes a pair of separated imaging areas in the same space as the single imaging area along with special precautions labels die cut into the lamination ply for application to the second smaller imaging area. The wristband may be provided separately in an envelope sized sheetlet or in a page size form with multiple wristbands but no labels.

An air compressor utilizing an electronic control system. A pneumatically controlled regulator is provided for controlling output pressure for an air compressor. Digital gauges are provided on the air compressor to replace conventional mechanical gauges. A variable speed motor is used, which in turn varies the speed of the pump. Tools are provided for an air compressor that are capable of transmitting a signal to the air compressor indicating a desired pressure and / or motor speed at which the air compressor is to operate.

An image communication apparatus comprises an email receiving unit for receiving an email; facsimile-forwarding unit for facsimile-forwarding the email received by the email receiving unit; a forwarding-size-upper-limit setting unit for setting a predetermined forwarding size upper limit; and a facsimile-forward limiting unit for limiting the facsimile-forwarding when the forwarding size to be facsimile-forwarded by the facsimile-forwarding unit exceeds the forwarding size upper limit set by the forwarding-upper-limit-size setting unit.

An air compressor utilizing an electronic control system. A pneumatically controlled regulator is provided for controlling output pressure for an air compressor. Digital gauges are provided on the air compressor to replace conventional mechanical gauges. A variable speed motor is used, which in turn varies the speed of the pump. Tools are provided for an air compressor that are capable of transmitting a signal to the air compressor indicating a desired pressure and / or motor speed at which the air compressor is to operate.

A system and technique for generating an interactive and dynamic seating layout with passenger boarding information is disclosed. The system includes an electronic display element controlled to display a seating layout that accurately depicts the configuration of seats on a vehicle to be boarded. During the boarding procedure, the seating layout is updated in real-time with distinguishing visual elements that indicate whether seats are awaiting boarding, currently boarding, or have already boarded.

An arrangement for marking and measuring sections of railroad track, which allows track sections which are susceptible to wear to be determined reliably and accurately. A sensor unit is provided for detecting measuring points, and has at least two independent detector units measuring in a non-contacting manner, based on a first optical sensor having spectrally selective sensitivity and a second identification detector. The measuring points, as angle elements, are detachably fastened to the rail and are provided at a horizontally oriented leg with a coating emitting in a narrow spectral band and with an identification value carrier for the identification detector. The sensor unit is so arranged at a device which can travel on tracks that the independent detector units are guided parallel to the rail in the same direction over the measuring points with the movement of the device which can travel on tracks.

Disclosed is a medical scheduling system to keep the users of medically prescribed medication on their medication-taking schedule. The Med-Sked™ Tab System is a series of Day / Dose tabs that indicate the medication schedule or calendar and confirms that the schedule has been adhered to, when the appropriate tabs are removed. This procedure eliminates the confusion associated with the taking of medication. It assists the user in complying with, and with specificity to prescription and non-prescription medication scheduling. Using a tab residue, It confirms that this has been accomplished when the appropriate Day / Dose Tab has been removed.

A stent-graft planning system is a web-based system that assists a physician in selecting and ordering the right stent-graft online in real-time. The stent-graft planning system provides a physician with a two-dimensional (2D) graphic model reflecting the individual vessel anatomy, e.g., aneurismal anatomy, and the selected stent graft in that anatomy. By comparing the graphic model with the image of the patient's vessels, the physician can note any dimensions that are inconsistent with the graphic image and problems with the stent-graft placement. Each collected measurement is validated and the physician is warned if the measurement suggests a problem. The stent-graft system automatically generates the most suitable stent graft for an individual patient. After reviewing the selected stent graft in the 2D model, the stent graft can be ordered online.

Markers, methods of marking, and marking systems for use in association with images are disclosed. One marker is removable with a targeted design and metric dimensions inscribed on a clear plastic flap. This marker is attached adjacent to an area of interest with the target placed in such a manner to precisely pin point out an observed abnormality. A paper label at one edge is available for written comments and directions for further studies. The marker can be removed without damage to the image(s).

Systems and methods that provide profit optimization and give manufacturers adequate information and object data for making capital and strategic sales, operational, and procurement decisions. Disclosed are embodiments for comprehensive machine-executable decision-making systems that provide executives with tools that identify the best possible plan to optimize profits. The systems and related components eliminate subjectivity, controversy, and confusion while supporting the natural workflow of the leadership team in the creation and execution of a single optimal plan.

An air compressor utilizing an electronic control system. A pneumatically controlled regulator is provided for controlling output pressure for an air compressor. Digital gauges are provided on the air compressor to replace conventional mechanical gauges. A variable speed motor is used, which in turn varies the speed of the pump. Tools are provided for an air compressor that are capable of transmitting a signal to the air compressor indicating a desired pressure and / or motor speed at which the air compressor is to operate.