Biallo, Dario

Method (100) for calibrating a hearing aid (400) worn by a user, the method (100) being implemented by a processing and control unit (330) of a system (300) for calibrating the hearing aid (400), the method (100) comprising the steps: a) receiving (110) at least one acoustic stimulus; and for each one of the detected acoustic stimulus: b) determining (120) a first set of parameters of such a detected acoustic stimulus, c) receiving (130) at least one EEG response, d) determining (140) a second set of parameters of a respective EEG response, e) performing a first verifying step (150) wherein it is verified whether the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters satisfy or not at least one of predetermined first conditions, f) if the detected at least one EEG response is detected within a certain timeframe from a sound onset time and if the outcome of the first verifying step (150) is positive, storing (151) the detected acoustic stimulus in association with the detected at least one EEG response.

The present invention relates to a head mountable device (100) comprising an eye-tracking system (200), comprising a first detecting subsystem (210) configured to detect at least one first gaze parameter of a respective eye to be tracked when a user wears the head mountable device (100) so as to generate a first signal, wherein the first detecting subsystem (210) is of a low power monitoring type, and a second detecting subsystem (220) configured to detect at least one second gaze parameter of the respective eye so as to generate a second signal, the second detecting subsystem (220) comprises a plurality of detecting elements (221, 222), a processing and control unit (230) associated to the first detecting subsystem (210) and to the second detecting subsystem (220) configured to estimate a region of interest (400) among a predetermined plurality of regions of interest on the basis of said first signal, wherein the estimated region of interest (400) comprises the direction of the gaze of a respective eye to be tracked, the processing and control unit (230) is configured to selectively activate one or more of the detecting elements (221, 222) on the basis of the estimated region of interest (400) for subsequently estimating the direction of the gaze of the respective eye to be tracked inside the estimated region of interest (400) on the basis of said second signal with optimized hardware and computing energy consumption.

Computer implemented method for obtaining an output response to a natural language input prompt, the output response being generated by a language model selected from a group of language models, comprising the steps: - receiving the input prompt; - determining a complexity score of the input prompt; - determining a time-criticality score of the input prompt; - for each language model, computing a quality of service score related to the combination of the language model and the input prompt, on the basis of the complexity score of the input prompt, the time-criticality score of the input prompt, a stored response quality function of the language model and a stored latency function of the language model; - selecting a selected language model on the basis of the computed quality service; - forwarding the input prompt to the selected language model; - receiving the output response generated by the selected language model on the basis of the input prompt.

Processing system (100) for executing an artificial intelligence or AI application comprising: a wearable device (110) comprising a first electronic unit (111) and a first battery (112); an electronic mobile terminal (120) connected to the wearable device (110) through a wireless connection (140), said electronic mobile terminal (120) comprising a second electronic unit 121 and a second battery (122); a cloud or edge server (130) connected to the electronic mobile terminal (120) through a telecommunications network (150), said server (130) comprising a third electronic unit 121; wherein the processing system is configured so that, at the first request of execution of the AI application, the AI application is executed by the first electronic unit (111), the second electronic unit (121) and the third electronic unit (131) according to a first predefined computational load distribution, and wherein the second electronic unit (121) is programmed for executing, after the first execution of the AI application, a Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent configured for determining at least one second distribution of the computational load on the basis of wearable device state data, electronic mobile terminal state data, server state data, wireless connection state and telecommunication network state data so as to minimize the energy consumption of the first battery maintaining an end-to-end latency smaller than the application time.

Method (1000) to operate a wearable sensory device for real-time image processing,wherein said sensory device comprises an image detector (100) and a Neural Processing Unit (NPU),wherein said image detector (100) takes at least two consecutive images (201, 202), a first image (201) and a second image (202),wherein the method (1000) is performed by NPU and comprises an algorithm design phase (1200) comprisingan acquiring operation (1201), wherein said acquiring operation (1201) acquires said at least two consecutive images (201, 202),a subtracting operation (1202) which subtracts the first image (201) from the second image (202) and obtains a differential image,a POSITIVE PATH operation (1210) which reconstructs a positive event-like image (32) from said differential image,a NEGATIVE PATH operation (1220) which reconstructs a negative event-like image (31) from said differential image,an addition operation (1230) which adds said negative event-like image (31) to positive event-like image (32) obtaining an event-like image.

Machine for processing a slab-shaped workpiece delimited by a rim, comprising:- support means adapted to support the workpiece;- processing means actuatable to process the workpiece;- movement means actuatable to move the processing means relative to the workpiece allowing the processing of the workpiece by means of the processing means;- detection means adapted to locate at least part of the rim;- a control unit configured to actuate the processing means and the movement means on the basis of the rim as located by the detection means;wherein the detection means comprise an image capture device that can be controlled by the control unit in order to move with respect to the workpiece and to sequentially capture and transmit to the control unit a first image and a plurality of further images of the rim, wherein each image has a centre and an outline, and depicts a portion of the rim that intersects the outline in a first intersection point and a second intersection point, wherein the control unit is configured to control the image capture device in such a way that each further image depicts the first intersection point of the image captured immediately before.

Side-by-side placing device (1) configured to place a plurality of boxes side by side, wherein each box comprises a housing portion and a cover portion connected to the housing portion and comprising a first side flap and a second side flap which protrude from opposite sides along an advancement direction (D) with respect to the housing portion, the device (1) comprising:- support means defining a first alignment position (20) and at least a first further alignment position (21) downstream of the first alignment position (20), wherein the boxes can be positioned substantially aligned with each other along the advancement direction (D) ;- sorting means (3) comprising at least a first fin (31) arranged so that it can be interposed between the first side flap of the box positioned in the first alignment position (20) and the second side flap of the box positioned in the first further alignment position (21), the first fin (31) being rotatable on itself around a first axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the advancement direction (D); and- movement means (27) that can be operated to advance the box positioned in the first alignment position (20) along the advancement direction (D) towards the box positioned in the first further alignment position (21).

Excavation machine (1) for making excavations for creating diaphragm walls, comprising:- a base machine (2) comprising:- a truck (4);- a turret (5) rotating with respect to the truck (4) ;- at least one winder for at least one service line, positioned on the turret (5);- an arm (6, 36) hinged to the turret (5) at a base end of the arm (6, 36) so as to be rotatable and inclinable with respect to the turret (5), said arm (6, 36) supporting a plurality of head pulleys (19, 25, 29, 30) at a head end opposite to the base end;- an excavation tool (3) hanging from the arm (6, 36) and supported by at least one flexible suspension element (7) windable and unwindable on a winding/unwinding assembly (8) associated with the base machine (2);wherein the winding/unwinding assembly (8) comprises two drums (8A, 8B) coaxial with each other, from each of which a respective branch of the at least one flexible suspension element (7) originates, where each branch originates from the respective drum (8A, 8B), passes over at least one respective pulley (19, 25) of the head pulleys (19, 25, 29, 30), and is connected to the excavation tool (3).

Provided are a snap-fit structure for a cover plate and a cell bracket, and a battery module, which relate to the technical field of batteries. The snap-fit structure includes a first member (1) and a second member (2). The first member (1) has a clamping hole (11). The clamping hole (11) includes a first hole portion (111), a connecting portion (113) and a second hole portion (112) that are disposed and connected in sequence. The clamping hole (11) is contracted at the connecting portion (113). The second member (2) includes a base (21) and a first snap (22) and a second snap (23) that are disposed on a surface of the base (21). The first snap (22) is engaged with the first hole portion (111), and the second snap (23) is engaged with the second hole portion (112).

The present application provides a method and a process for strengthened leaching of laterite nickel ore. The method comprises: obtaining reaction conditions for a laterite nickel ore leaching reaction; establishing a reaction model for the laterite nickel ore leaching reaction based on the reaction conditions; wherein the reaction model comprises a liquid-layer diffusion control model, a product-layer diffusion control model and a reaction control model; determining a reaction conversion yield of the laterite nickel ore leaching reaction based on the reaction model; the applicable reaction models under different reaction conditions are established based on the reaction temperature, acid/ore ratio, and reaction period, and thereby the laterite nickel ore leaching process can be controlled accurately. The present application provides theoretical basis and guidance to the strengthened leaching of laterite nickel ore, and thusly improving the reaction rate of the laterite nickel ore leaching reaction.