The invention relates to an apparatus (1) and a method (32) for removing particles (2-4) from the inside of a container (5) with an opening (6), wherein the apparatus (1) comprises means for applying a mechanical force that directs the particles (2-4) towards the opening (6) of the container (5), and an elongated me...

A method for calibrating a multi-view three dimensional camera (4)having a time-of-flight camera (4) for generating a three dimensional depth map (6) through a 360 degree lens system (8), the method includes placing the camera (4) relative to a surrounding hollow body (10) of a known inner shape (12), generatin...

The present invention relates to a video based monitoring system and method. The proposed system (10) comprises an image acquisition module (12), a movement detection module (16), and a stationary object detection module (18). The movement detection module (16) is adapted for detecting the presence of a moving objec...

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a parameter associated with motion of an object, wherein the method comprises illuminating an object with at least two light sources, said at least two light sources emitting light of distinct colours, wherein each of said at least two light s...

A method and apparatus for measuring the vibration characteristics of an object (12) is disclosed. The method comprises illuminating the object (12) using at least two light sources(17), the at least two light sources (17) emitting light of distinct colors, wherein each of the at least two light sources (17)are stro...

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a parameter of a moving object, wherein the method comprises directing at least two distinct colours of light to a colour camera (13), wherein the at least two distinct colours of light are directed at a respective delay and the direction of t...

A method and system for acquiring images using low cost imaging devices (20) is disclosed. The image acquisition is performed using a digital micro mirror device (14) placed between the imaging device (20) and the scene. The method comprises controlling a micro mirror device (14) to selectively toggle on and off th...

The present invention provides a system and a method for detection of an irregularity on a three-dimensional test surface. The proposed system (10) comprises means (12) for synthesizing a curved beam profile (34) for each strip of a three-dimensional training surface (14), such that the projection (28) of a radiati...

The present invention relates to a memory device (14) and a method thereof. The proposed memory device (14) comprises a memory (15) having a plurality of memory blocks (20). Each memory block (20) of the memory (15) is adapted to store multiple records of data. The memory device (14) further comprises data addr...

The present invention deals with a system and method for access control. The proposed system (10) comprises memory means (14) comprising a memory (16) having sequentially addressable memory locations (22) Each addressable memory location (22) further contains a fixed number of bit locations (24) Each bit locati...

The present invention relates to a system and method for power supply. The proposed system (10) comprises power generation means operable to supply electrical power to a DC link (14). The system (10) a first power conversion device (16) and a second power conversion device (18), each operable to convert the electric...

The present invention introduces apparatus (100) to determine the moisture content of an object (110). The apparatus (100) comprise an infrared camera (120) directed towards the object (110) to capture a camera image. The apparatus further has a computing means (130) to compute a histogram (200, 400) for the ca...

The present invention introduces a portable device (100) for detecting fetal heart rate using an acoustic sensor (110), to capture the fetal heart signal and a processor (120), to determine the fetal heart rate by performing a signal analysis of the captured fetal heart signal. The device also has an output means (1...

The present invention provides a non-destructive way of measuring moisture content of an object (102). The method first involves obtaining an audio signal (106) of a sound generated by one of the objects (102) colliding with another one of the objects (102). Then the method involves comparing the audio signal (...

The present invention provides a system (10) and method for detection of irregularities on a curved surface (20) having a uniform surface profile along a first direction (24). The proposed system (10) comprises first means (11) for generating a radiation beam (14) having a beam cross-section (13) in the form of...

The present invention provides a system and for reconstruction of a three-dimensional surface (14). The proposed system (10) comprises a line scan camera (30) and includes a dynamic beam projection means (12) adapted for synthesizing an inverse curve (152) corresponding to each strip, of successive strips of said ...

The invention provides an efficient gadget management mechanism for improved driving. The system (100) simultaneously displaying at least two user interfaces (24, 26, 28) of a plurality of devices (10, 12, 14) used inside a vehicle. The system comprises a device module (11, 13, 15) associated with each device (...

An optical inspection arrangement and method for detecting the surface defects of an elongated moving object is disclosed. The method comprising arranging a first cylindrical lens having a first predetermined focal length and a second cylindrical lens having a second predetermined focal length between the objec...

A method and system for verifying operation of an automated process in a computer system is disclosed. The method comprising of defining a set of sequences of at least two events expected during execution of the automated process, operating the computer system to execute the automated process, capturing the events p...

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling loading of waste water into a biological treatment system (20) comprising an attached growth bioreactor, wherein the method comprises computing a thickness of a microbial biofilm (48) on a surface (32) of said attached growth bioreactor by using...

A method and system for detecting a traffic rule violation by a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprising transmitting a traffic rule information indicative of a traffic regulatory requirement to a vehicle unit inside the vehicle, the vehicle unit recording a vehicle information indicating a driving condition of t...

A uterine contraction measurement device (2) having an elastic structure (6) with a contact surface to receive a tangential stress (F2) from a woman"s abdomen (4) and a piezoelectric element (10) mechanically coupled to the elastic structure (6) such that the tangential stress (F2) from opposing directions of the pi...

A sensor for measuring a respiration of a user, wherein the sensor comprises a capacitor comprising of a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate, the capacitor plates being coupled to a skin of the user such that a movement of the skin during the respiration changes a relative arrangement of the firs...

System and method for evaluating query performance The present invention provides a system and method for evaluating query performance. The proposed system (30) comprises a query normalization module (34) adapted to receive an instance of an input query (32) and to generate a normalized representation (36) of said ...

The invention relates to a method and system for verifying an identity (22) of a person (2). The method comprises of capturing a digital image (4) of the person (2) wherein the image (4) comprises a plurality of pixels (14) on an area (10) of the image (4), providing illumination coefficients (6) which are defi...

The present invention relates to speaker recognition. The proposed system (100) comprises means (110) for receiving an input utterance (12) from a speaker, means (120) for extracting a plurality of features (130) from the input utterance (12), means (140) for forming a feature vector (150) by combining at least two...

A system (2) for refactoring a block of software (4) includes an analyzer (14) for receiving a set of workflows (6) via a user interface (8) and adapted to analyze each of the workflows (34) one at a time to determine a set of refactoring opportunity (32), the user interface (8) adapted to transfer the set of w...

The present invention relates to a communication network comprising an arrangement of nodes, each of the nodes being a leader node (11-15) or a child node (130) of one of the leader nodes (11-15), each of the leader nodes (11-15) having unidirectional links to a number of other leader nodes (11-15), the number of ot...

The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging apparatus capable of providing a more accurate and fast automatic guidance system to capture an image having optimal image quality. The apparatus comprises an ultrasound transducer (2), movable to perform a scan and adapted to capture a first image (4) of a sub...

The present invention relates to an arrangement for testing and deploying an application (2) for a plurality of target smart cameras (4, 6, 8, 10) in a network (12). The arrangement comprises of an emulator module (14) for testing and debugging of the application (2). The emulator module (14) is adapted to simulate ...

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining the condition of a food product in a container, wherein the apparatus comprises an arrangement of a pair of electrodes that conforms to the external geometry of the container and receives the container between the pair of electrodes, a capacitan...

The present invention relates to a billing system comprising means for arranging purchase items and conveying the arranged purchase items for identification; imaging means for capturing an image of a portion of the conveyed purchase item, means for selecting multiple image sections from the captured image, mean...

The present invention introduces a novel structure (100), to detect the patient position. A two-dimensional pattern (120) in the structure (150) is used to track the position of the patient. The two-dimensional pattern (120) which is associated with a surface (150) is placed at a fixed position with respect to ...

The invention relates to a method, one or more computer-readable media and a system for analyzing a computer program, wherein the method comprises defining a first condition, wherein said first condition specifies a cause of an error, defining a second condition, wherein said second condition specifies a defect for...

The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of tracking blocks in blood vessels. While performing an ultrasound imaging an operator first searches for the blood vessel in which a probable block is suspected using B-Mode images. This is made possible by using the B-Mode processing means ...

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A method and system for increasing a contrast of an image of surface comprising steps of projecting a set of projector pixels to the surface using a projector, capturing an image of the surface using a camera, and a processing means for identifying a portion in the image with a low contrast corresponding to a part o...