An optical flow odometer to determine the position of an object movable relatively to a surface is provided that includes a cluster of digital image sensors intended to be arranged on the movable object at respective reference positions and an electronic processing and control unit electrically connected with the digital image sensors and configured to: operate the digital image sensors in subsequent time instants during movement of the movable object so as to carry out a sequence of multiple digital image capture operations, in each of which the digital image sensors are operated to simultaneously capture respective digital images, and receive from the digital image sensors and process the digital images captured in the multiple digital image capture operations to compute either the positions of the individual digital image sensors or the position of the cluster of digital image sensors at one or more of the multiple digital image capture operations, and compute the position of the movable object at one or more multiple digital image capture operations based on either the positions of one or more individual digital image sensors or the position of the cluster of digital image sensors computed at one or more multiple digital image capture operations.

A laser generator is provided. The laser generator includes a substrate and an array of light-emitting elements. The array of light-emitting elements is arranged on the substrate. The array of light-emitting elements includes a basic array and an additional array added to the basic array. The basic array forms a basic area, and the additional array forms an additional area. The basic array includes at least three basic sub-arrays, and each basic sub-array forms a basic sub-area. The basic area includes a common area arranged in at least three basic sub-areas, and the common area is further arranged within the additional area.

A method and system for generating a three-dimensional representation of a vehicle to assess damage to the vehicle. A mobile device may capture multispectral scans of a vehicle from each a plurality of cameras configured to scan the vehicle at a different wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum. A virtual model of the vehicle may be generated from the multispectral scan of the vehicle, such that anomalous conditions or errors in individual wavelength data are omitted from model generation. A representation of the virtual model may be presented to the user via the display of the mobile device. The virtual model of the vehicle may further be analyzed to assess damage to the vehicle.

The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to a command bus in memory. A memory module may be equipped with multiple memory media types that are responsive to perform various operations in response to a common command. The operations may be carried out during the same clock cycle in response to the command. An example apparatus can include a first number of memory devices coupled to a host via a first number of ports and a second number of memory devices each coupled to the first number of memory devices via a second number of ports, wherein the second number of memory devices each include a controller, and wherein the first number of memory devices and the second number of memory devices can receive a command from the host to perform the various (e.g., the same or different) operations, sometime concurrently.

The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to a command bus in memory. A memory module may be equipped with multiple memory media types that are responsive to perform various operations in response to a common command. The operations may be carried out during the same clock cycle in response to the command. An example apparatus can include a first number of memory devices coupled to a host via a first number of ports and a second number of memory devices each coupled to the first number of memory devices via a second number of ports, wherein the second number of memory devices each include a controller, and wherein the first number of memory devices and the second number of memory devices can receive a command from the host to perform the various (e.g., the same or different) operations, sometime concurrently.

Technologies for monitoring beehives in an apiary includes one or more sensors communicatively coupled to a remote data analysis computing device, which is communicatively coupled to a client computing device. The sensors are configured to monitor beehives and/or the environment of the apiary and transmit the sensed data to the remote data analysis computing device. The remote data analysis computing device is configured to analyze the received sensor data, determine whether to perform an action as a function of a result of the analysis, and perform the function, as applicable. The client computing device is configured to interface with the remote data analysis computing device such that a user of the client computing device can view results of the data analysis and actions, as well as provide input and adjust settings administered by the remote data analysis computing device. A model for assessing beehive strength from an infrared image is also disclosed. Other embodiments are described herein.

A delivery system generates a pick sheet containing a plurality of SKUs based upon an order. A loaded pallet is imaged to identify the SKUs on the loaded pallet, which are compared to the order prior to the loaded pallet leaving the distribution center. The loaded pallet may be imaged while being wrapped with stretch wrap. At the point of delivery, the loaded pallet may be imaged again and analyzed to compare with the pick sheet.

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a cover layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface along a first direction, and the first surface is a touch-control operation surface of the display apparatus. The display apparatus further includes a light-shielding layer including a plurality of light-transmitting pinholes, and a light-sensitive sensor layer. The light-transmitting pinholes include first and second light-transmitting pinholes adjacent to each other. An imaging area on the light-sensitive sensor layer corresponding to the first light-transmitting pinhole is a first imaging area. Sensing areas on the light-sensitive sensor layer for detecting images corresponding to the first and the second light-transmitting pinholes are a first and a second sensing areas, respectively. The first imaging area covers and exceeds the first sensing area, and the first imaging area is non- overlapped with the second sensing area.

Systems and methods are provided for acquiring images of objects using an imaging device and a controllable mirror. The controllable mirror can be controlled to change a field of view for the imaging device, including so as to acquire images of different locations, of different parts of an object, or with different degrees of zoom.

Higher-speed image recognition processing can be implemented. A light receiving device according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of first filters (130) each transmitting an edge component in a predetermined direction in an incident image; a plurality of second filters (150) each transmitting light of a predetermined wavelength band in incident light; and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (PD) each photoelectrically converting light transmitted through one of the plurality of convolution filters and one of the plurality of color filters.