Abstract:
A computer-implemented method involving an object-based editing environment for defining a digital video as a linear arrangement of discrete media objects, each digital media object electronically stored as a digital file. The method includes displaying a graphical representation of a first digital media object within the editing environment; displaying one or more user interface icons associated with the digital media object; displaying a first menu in response to receiving a first user input; receiving second user input associated with the first menu and identifying a second digital media object; displaying a graphical representation of the second digital media object within the editing environment; and generating a digital video comprising the first digital media object and the second digital media object.
Abstract:
A mobile robot that includes a chassis, a drive system disposed on the chassis and configured to maneuver the robot over a work surface, a deck system, and a control system connected to the drive system and the deck system. The deck system includes a payload deck configured to receive a removable payload and a deck shifter configured to move the payload deck relative to the chassis. The control system includes a control arbitration system and a behavior system in communication with each other. The behavior system executes a behavior that evaluates and provides an outcome evaluation on a predicted outcome of a robot command. The control arbitration system selects and executes a robot command based at least in part on the outcome evaluation.
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method includes receiving data at a processing device, the data having been transferred over a secure connection from a transceiver coupled to a chemical detector and comprising a detection signal generated by the chemical detector, processing the data using the processing device to generate a human readable message, displaying the human readable message on a user interface of the processing device, receiving user input at the processing device, generating a control signal based on the user input, and transmitting the control signal to the chemical detector.
Abstract:
A releasable fastening arrangement includes a first fastening strip (140, 200) secured to and extending over a substrate surface (160) and having a first surface (145) carrying first fastening elements (146) extending from the surface. The releasable fastening arrangement also includes a second fastening strip (142) having a second surface carrying second fastening elements (148) that are engageable by the first fastening elements to form a releasable fastening. The first surface includes a flexible flap (204) that is surrounded by other portions of the first surface. The flap carries at least one of the first fastening elements, and has a distal edge (205) that is displaceable under peel loads applied to the at least one first fastening element carried by the flap.
Abstract:
A skin attachment member (10) having first (13) and second (11) surface with a plurality of skin penetrating elements (14) extending integrally from the first surface of the backing (12) to a distal tip. The skin penetrating elements are sized to avoid contact with nerves below the epidermal skin layer and have a foam (62) disposed between, at least some of the skin penetrating elements.
Abstract:
A method for forming a hook-engageable landing zone on a fibrous surface by selecting a region of the surface to form the landing zone, by raising fibers from the surface in the selected region to form fibrous loops extending from the surface, and by anchoring the fibrous loops in the selected region to secure the loops and resist pullout during hook engagement.
Abstract:
Refrigeration cycle dehumidif iers and related methods include directing a first air flow across a first portion (2) of a condenser (13) and directing a second air flow across a second portion (3) of the condenser. The first portion (2) is nearer a refrigerant inlet of the condenser than the second portion (3), and the first air flow has a higher temperature than the second air flow.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a fastener product includes continuously introducing a sheet (18) of preformed material to a gap (28) defined adjacent a peripheral surface of a rotating mold roll (30). A lane (66) of resin (50) is also introduced into the gap (28) with the lane (66) overlapping a longitudinal edge of the sheet (18). The resin (50) is pressed against the sheet (18) in the gap (28), such that the resin (50) becomes permanently bonded to the sheet (18), while an array of stems is molded from the resin (50) in the thicker region, the stems extending from a base portion (20) of the resin (50). Engageable heads are formed on the stems to form fastener elements. The gap (28) is configured with a step in thickness, the step defining a boundary between a relatively thicker gap region and a relatively thinner gap region, the sheet (18) of preformed material (18) being introduced to the gap (28) with its longitudinal edge disposed within the thicker gap region.
Abstract:
Methods of forming a loop product are provided. Some methods include (a) introducing a sheet-form substrate (14) and a layer of polymeric fibers (12) into a needle loom (18), with the fibers disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and (b) needling the fibers through the substrate to form hook-engageable loop structures (48) of the fibers extending from a second surface of the substrate through holes (38) formed in the substrate by the needling. Needling the fibers includes piercing the substrate with a plurality of needles (34) while advancing the substrate in a machine direction at a predetermined speed, while cyclically advancing the needles in the machine direction, during piercing of the substrate, in a manner that causes the needles to travel in a substantially elliptical path, such that while the needles extend through the substrate the needles are moving in the machine direction.
Abstract:
A rodent repellent device has a housing substantially enclosing a porous storage medium in an interior region of the housing; and a repellent disposed within the storage medium, the repellent including a component of feline urine that disperses into atmospheric air at room temperature.