Motorola Corporation

Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Mastercard Asia/pacific Pte. Ltd.

Mastercard International Incorporated

The Procter Gamble Company

National University of Singapore

Jie Zhang

Daniel Roman Gamota

Paul W Brazis, Jr

John Szczech

Jiaming Li

Krishna Kalyanasundaram

Jerzy Wielgus

Donghao Huang

Steven Michael Scheifers

Paul Brazis

Hakeem B Adewole

Bensam Joyson

Abhijit Roy Chowdhuri

Kok Leong Chang

Zi En Ooi

Wei Peng Goh

Prashant Sharma

Sandeep Malhotra

Julius S Gyorfi

Lawrence E Lach

Swee Mean Mok

Min-Xian M Zhang

Rajen Srinivasa Prabhu

Tobias Puehse

Siew Lay Lim

Kin P Tsui

Sing Yang Chiam

Yong How Chin

Hongjun Liu

Sin Jian Tan

Ziyu Jin

Mansour Toloo

Rajen S Prabhu

Marc Kenneth Chason

Ke Keryn Lian

Krishna D Jonnalagadda

Zhiqiang Gao

Xin Liu

Xijing Wang

Naman Aggarwal

Ee Lim Tan

Kapilanjan Krishan

Jingjing Lan

Ross Finch

Weng Yew Lee

Douglas Teck Yong Tan

Noor Ali Nizar Ali

Yong Wei Chin

Aung Ko Ko Kyaw

Yi-Luen Ellen Do

Ranasinghe Arachchilage Nimesha Ranasinghe

Shienny Karwita Tailan

Douglas Tan

David Lewis Alexander Tolley

Ragavan Kalatharan

Ning Xue

Chee Keong Michael Ho

Anindya Dasgupta

Jishan Wu

Jie Luo

Jasmine Ng

Changyun Jiang

Disclosed herein is a comb sensor for measuring combing resistance, wherein the comb sensor comprises: a comb or brush comprising a handle, a head connected to the handle, and teeth connected to the head; and a bend sensor located on at least one of the teeth, to measure the bending of the one of the teeth. The present invention provides improved sensitivity and/or detailed measurement result.

Comb sensor for measuring combing resistance

According to some embodiments, a system and a method of transmitting identity verification information to a merchant include receiving an account identifier from a user in response to the user interacting with a merchant. The user is authenticated based on the account identifier and identity verification information is transmitted to the merchant.

Systems and methods for identity validation and verification

Various embodiments provide a hyperspectral imaging apparatus. The hyperspectral imaging apparatus includes a micro-lens array having a plurality of micro-lenses; and a filter array having a plurality of tunable filters. Each of the plurality of tunable filters is optically coupled to a respective micro-lens of the plurality of micro-lenses. Each micro-lens and the corresponding coupled tunable filter are configured to generate a spectrally filtered image of a scene, such that the micro-lens array and the filter array generate a plurality of spectrally filtered images of the scene for receiving by a plurality of areas of an image sensor. Each of the plurality of tunable filters is tunable to transmit a selected wavelength within a respective spectral band, wherein the spectral bands of the plurality of tunable filters are different from each other.

Hyperspectral imaging apparatus and method

A system and method of conducting an authentication transaction; and a near field communication (NFC) enabled mobile device for conducting the authentication transaction. The method includes the steps of: storing data associated with one or more authentication certificates in a secure element of the NFC enabled mobile device; sending the data associated with the one or more authentication certificates from the NFC enabled mobile device to a server via a NFC enabled transceiver; verifying the authenticity of the one or more authentication certificates at the server; and upon successful authentication, sending transaction data from the server to the NFC enabled mobile device via the NFC enabled transceiver.

System and method of conducting an authentication transaction

A data processor implemented method for gamification of activity tracking to determine a reward is provided. The method includes obtaining activity tracking information from one or more activity tracking sensors, and comparing one or more associated activity tracking target with the obtained activity tracking information to generate an activity tracking level. The method also includes assessing the activity tracking level for determination of the reward, and interfacing with a payment gateway to make payment to an entity associated with the reward, wherein an amount of the payment is dependent on the reward.

Method, apparatus and server for gamification of activity tracking to determine a reward

There is provided a method and system for making payment for a service at a service station which allow users to make payment even when their mobile devices lose data connectivity and when there is a high turnover of users at the service station. In addition, the method and system can lead to enhanced revenues at the service stations as well as improved user experiences when making payments at service stations.

Method and system for making payment for a service at a service station

There is provided a sensing device for measuring a level of an analyte. The sensing device includes a sensing element configured to sense the analyte and produce an electrical output which is variable based on the level of the analyte sensed, a measurement circuit including a reference element for providing an electrical property, the measurement circuit being connected to the sensing element and configured to provide a measurement output signal based on the electrical property of the reference element and the electrical output of the sensing element, whereby the measurement output signal indicates the level of the analyte sensed with respect to the electrical property of the reference element. There is also provided a corresponding method of fabricating the sensing device.

Sensing device for measuring a level of an analyte, method of fabrication thereof

Disclosed herein is a system for managing item delivery. The system includes an order management system, comprising an order terminal for receiving an order, a transmitter for receiving the order from the order terminal and sending the order to one or more product providers, a verification terminal by which a recipient can verify completion of delivery of items associated with the order, and a scheduler. The scheduler schedules a robot to be available at an interchange to receive the one or more items, and the order management system provides a delivery destination to the robot by which, or so that, the robot can autonomously navigate to the destination.

Item delivery management systems and methods

A method for conducting a transaction between a merchant and a customer, a merchant device, and a computer storage medium for instructing a computing device to execute a method for conducting a transaction between a merchant and a customer are disclosed. The method includes establishing a secure wireless connection between a merchant device and a customer device, real-time synchronizing, via the secure connection, a shopping cart of the customer between the merchant and the customer devices, determining, via the secure connection, at least one payment option for checking out the shopping cart, and processing, at a transaction processing device, the payment based on a selected payment option out of the at least one payment option.

Method for conducting a transaction

A computer-implemented method of identifying a payment card design includes partitioning an image of a detected payment card into a plurality of blocks, the image comprising predetermined portions irreversibly masked; and generating an individual numerical representation of each respective one of the plurality of blocks, thereby generating a collective numerical representation of the design of the detected payment card. The method also includes selecting, from a database storing a plurality of payment card designs, one or more payment card designs based on the collective numerical representation of the design of the detected payment card. The method further includes generating a similarity score between the design of the detected payment card and each of the one or more selected payment card designs; and associating the design of the detected payment card with one of the one or more selected payment card designs based on the similarity score.

Method and system for identifying a payment card design

System and method for facilitating user identification of a product. The system includes: a receiver unit configured to receive a signal; a memory module in communication with the receiver unit, the memory module having stored thereon product data that is stored in association with a transmittable product identity, wherein the receiver unit is further configured to (i) convert the received signal into its corresponding transmittable product identity and (ii) retrieve the product data from the memory module based on a comparison between the stored transmittable product identity and the converted transmittable product identity; and an output unit configured to output the retrieved product data to a user for facilitating user identification of the product.

Method, medium, and system for facilitating user identification of a product

The invention relates to a sensor for sensing an analyte. The sensor comprises a detection sensing element having an electrical property variable with the amount of optical light received by the detection sensing element, a control sensing element having an electrical property variable with the amount of optical light received by the control sensing element, a detection optical element for contacting an analyte and transmitting a first amount of optical light received thereby to the detection sensing element in response to the contact with the analyte, a control optical element for contacting a control medium and transmitting a second amount of optical light received thereby to the control sensing element in response to the contact with the control medium, and an output arrangement configured to provide an indication based on the electrical property of the detection sensing element when the first amount of optical light is received by the detection sensing element, with respect to the electrical property of the control sensing element when the second amount of optical light is received by the control sensing element, thereby sensing said analyte. In various embodiments, the sensor is a pH sensor and electrical resistance is the electrical property variable in response to the amount of optical light received by the sensing elements.

Sensor for and method of sensing an analyte, and method of fabricating a sensor

The invention relates to dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells, and in particular, to perylene functionalized porphyrin dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. The invention further relates to a dye molecule comprising perylene functionalized porphyrin moiety.

Perylene functionalized porphyrin dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells

In various embodiments, a printed circuit arrangement may be provided. The printed circuit arrangement may include a processor circuit. The printed circuit arrangement may further include a printed main circuit arrangement in electrical connection with a first input node of the processor circuit. The printed main circuit arrangement may be configured to receive at least one input signal and generate a main circuit signal based on the at least one input signal after a first delay from receiving the at least one input signal. The printed circuit arrangement may further include a printed reference circuit arrangement in electrical connection with a second input node of the processor circuit. The printed reference circuit arrangement may be configured to receive a further input signal, may have a second delay and may be configured such that the second delay adapts to the first delay.

Printed circuit arrangement and method of forming the same

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Jie Zhang