According to one embodiment, an information collection system comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The transmitter emits a signal. The receiver receives the signal. The processor calculates a distance between the transmitter and the receiver from a strength of the signal received by the receiver. The processor calculating the distance between the transmitter and the receiver from the strength of the signal for each of the signals received during a first interval, and using an average distance as the distance between the transmitter and the receiver, the average distance being obtained by averaging the plurality of calculated distances.

A method for creating a segmented alignment rod, the method including receiving a request for a segmented alignment rod, receiving at least one image of a deformed spine, generating, a normal spinal curvature, and generating a segmented alignment rod design.

A vehicle system may include a memory of a vehicle configured to maintain at least one smart contract between a manufacturer of the vehicle and a supplier of components to the manufacturer, and a processor of the vehicle configured to receive at least one diagnostic code from the vehicle, the diagnostic code being associated with at least one vehicle component, in response to the code being identified by the processor as being associated with the at least one smart contract, update the at least one smart contract within the memory with the code, and transmit the smart contract, as updated, to a third party associated with the vehicle component.

Transaction-enabled systems and methods for royalty apportionment and stacking are disclosed. An example system may include a plurality of royalty generating elements (a royalty stack) each related to a corresponding one or more of a plurality of intellectual property (IP) assets (an aggregate stack of IP). The system may further include a royalty apportionment wrapper to interpret IP licensing terms and apportion royalties to a plurality of owning entities corresponding to the aggregate stack of IP in response to the IP licensing terms and a smart contract wrapper. The smart contract wrapper is configured to access a distributed ledger, interpret an IP description value and IP addition request, to add an IP asset to the aggregate stack of IP, and to adjust the royalty stack.

Transaction-enabled systems and methods for royalty apportionment and stacking are disclosed. An example system may include a plurality of royalty generating elements (a royalty stack) each related to a corresponding one or more of a plurality of intellectual property (IP) assets (an aggregate stack of IP). The system may further include a royalty apportionment wrapper to interpret IP licensing terms and apportion royalties to a plurality of owning entities corresponding to the aggregate stack of IP in response to the IP licensing terms and a smart contract wrapper. The smart contract wrapper is configured to access a distributed ledger, interpret an IP description value and IP addition request, to add an IP asset to the aggregate stack of IP, and to adjust the royalty stack.

Provided are a device and a method which enable easy analysis and evaluation of work efficiency of a worker without burdensome tasks and easy determination of a worker's skill level by comparing the worker's work efficiency status with that of another worker or a past record of the same worker, wherein analytical information is produced by estimating the worker's joint positions based on a video; acquiring time series data on joint positions; determining work efficiency based on the time series data; acquiring a target range (part of a work process with low work efficiency); output an image of the target range overlaid on a graph of the time series data; and output a posture image of the worker overlaid on the video. The analytical information may include information on a working activity to be analyzed and information on a chosen model working activity with high work efficiency.

A sheet providing method provides a sheet that is used by being applied to a body surface of an individual user. The method involves determining a shape and dimensions of a sheet for each individual user U based on body surface information of the individual user; and forming the sheet by controlling a discharge nozzle that discharges a raw material of the sheet based on information regarding the shape and the dimensions of the sheet. Also, a sheet providing system having a sheet specification determining unit that determines a shape and dimensions of a sheet for each individual user based on body surface information of the individual user; and a sheet forming unit that forms the sheet by controlling a discharge nozzle that discharges a raw material of the sheet based on information regarding the shape and the dimensions of the sheet.

A schedule data creation device creates schedule data that define an execution schedule for executing a plurality of jobs of different job types in chronological order. An input/output unit acquires table data in which the schedule conditions are described in tabular format for each combination of the job types, and acquires request data that specify a plurality of jobs for which the schedule data are to be created. A schedule data creation device arranges a plurality of jobs in chronological order based on the table data such that each of the jobs specified in the request data meets the schedule conditions to create the schedule data. The input/output unit outputs the schedule data and the table data.

A system and method for making made-to-order architectural millwork of custom dimensions; including the design of wood joints and a system for deploying them within the overall structural design of individual architectural millwork units, as well as methods for online design and ordering, automated writing of machine code, robotic part preparation, and simplified on-site installation. With the automation and generation of digital code for manufacturing custom architectural components, this method makes the formation of distributed manufacturing centers possible. Through this method and with minimum re-tooling and/or training, these centers are able to produce custom millwork more efficiently and effectively than traditional custom millwork woodshops.

The present disclosure describes transaction-enabling systems and methods. A system can include a facility including a core task including a customer relevant output and a controller. The controller may include a facility description circuit to interpret a plurality of historical facility parameter values and corresponding facility outcome values and a facility prediction circuit to operate an adaptive learning system, wherein the adaptive learning system is configured to train a facility production predictor in response to the historical facility parameter values and the corresponding outcome values. The facility description circuit also interprets a plurality of present state facility parameter values, wherein the trained facility production predictor determines a customer contact indicator in response to the plurality of present state facility parameter values and a customer notification circuit provides a notification to a customer in response.