A method comprises emitting detection radiation into a container; receiving a reflection of the emitted radiation from contents of the container; interpreting the received reflection to determine the contents of the container.

A method comprises emitting detection radiation into a container; receiving a reflection of the emitted radiation from contents of the container; interpreting the received reflection to determine the contents of the container.

A system and method for automated single cell capture and processing is described, where the system includes a deck supporting and positioning a set of sample processing elements; a gantry for actuating tools for interactions with the set of sample processing elements supported by the deck; and a base supporting various processing subsystems and a control subsystems in communication with the processing subsystems. The system can automatically execute workflows associated with single cell processing, including mRNA capture, cDNA synthesis, protein-associated assays, and library preparation, for next generation sequencing.

A system and method for automated single cell capture and processing is described, where the system includes a deck supporting and positioning a set of sample processing elements; a gantry for actuating tools for interactions with the set of sample processing elements supported by the deck; and a base supporting various processing subsystems and a control subsystems in communication with the processing subsystems. The system can automatically execute workflows associated with single cell processing, including mRNA capture, cDNA synthesis, protein-associated assays, and library preparation, for next generation sequencing.

A method for calibrating a device for measuring a mass of fuel carried by an aircraft by: receiving a message containing a reference permittivity, a reference density and a reference volume, determining a first calibration coefficient as a function of the reference permittivity, determining a second calibration coefficient as a function of the reference volume, determining a third coefficient of calibration as a function of the reference density, determining a calibrated mass of fuel as a function of a determined height of fuel corrected as a function of the first calibration coefficient, a volume of fuel determined as a function of the corrected height and corrected as a function of the second calibration coefficient, and a mass of fuel determined as a function of the corrected volume and corrected as a function of the third calibration coefficient.

A method for calibrating a device for measuring a mass of fuel carried by an aircraft by: receiving a message containing a reference permittivity, a reference density and a reference volume, determining a first calibration coefficient as a function of the reference permittivity, determining a second calibration coefficient as a function of the reference volume, determining a third coefficient of calibration as a function of the reference density, determining a calibrated mass of fuel as a function of a determined height of fuel corrected as a function of the first calibration coefficient, a volume of fuel determined as a function of the corrected height and corrected as a function of the second calibration coefficient, and a mass of fuel determined as a function of the corrected volume and corrected as a function of the third calibration coefficient.

A trap bowl is provided to accumulate liquid droplets from a filter, as a liquid content. The trap bowl includes a transparent vertical prism. The transparent vertical prism includes a face that forms a vertical transparent surface facing against a content of the section. The face can provide a first angle of total reflection when content of the section is a type of gas, and a second angle of total reflection when the content of the section is the liquid content. A light source may emit a light beam incident on the face at an angle of incidence. The angle of incidence results in reflection of the light beam, striking the light receiver, when the face has the first angle of total reflection, and results in refraction of the light beam, missing the light receiver, when the face has the second angle of total reflection.

The system can include: a container 110, a set of sensors 120, and a controller 130. The system can optionally include a robot 140. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to monitor and/or maintain a fullness level of a container. The system can additionally or alternatively function to enable robotic picking out of the container (e.g., in a pick-and-place setting). The system can additionally function to maintain candidate objects within reach of the robot's end effector to increase robot uptime while minimizing the extent of the robot's required motion (e.g., in the z-axis).

A data collection device comprises at least two optical sensors configured to detect tick marks of a medicament dose indicator of the medicament delivery device in their respective detection areas, and a processing arrangement configured to determine a current medicament dosage programmed into said medicament delivery device based on a count of the tick marks that pass through the detection areas of the optical sensors during programming of said medicament dosage into said medicament delivery device. A direction of travel of the tick marks may be identified, to determine whether the programmed dosage is increasing or decreasing. The apparatus may be arranged to identify a baseline dosage amount using a camera image of the medicament dosage indicator, so that a starting point for the count of tick marks can be determined. The medicament delivery device may be an injector pen.

The invention proposes a dishwasher comprising a working chamber (2), comprising at least one spray arm (5, 6) which is arranged in a rotatable manner in the working chamber (2), and comprising a metering apparatus (9) for supplying and metering a substance, such as detergent, rinse aid etc., into the working chamber (2), wherein the metering apparatus (9) is designed as an insert part (9) comprising a housing (20, 21) for insertion into a recess in an inner wall (7) of the working chamber (2), for example in the door (7) of the warning chamber (2), and comprising a sensor unit (27, 28) for identifying a spray arm movement in the working chamber (2) of the dishwasher, which sensor unit is arranged at least partially in a housing (20, 21) of the metering apparatus (6), wherein the dishwasher has improved program control. According to the invention, this is achieved in that at least one inlet opening (17) in an interior (22) of the metering apparatus (9) is arranged at least partially in the jet (23) of water/liquid from a spray nozzle (24) of the spray arm (5, 6) during the rotation of the spray arm (5, 6), wherein the sensor unit (27, 28) is arranged at least partially in the/on the interior (22) and/or on a wall of the interior (22).