Abstract: Disclosed is a formulation comprising a copolymer comprising one or more bifunctional high refractive index first monomers comprising a high refractive index aromatic core and further comprising one or more UV- or thermally-reactive groups (A) and one or more second monomers comprising a high refractive index core and further comprising one or more groups capable of reacting to increase the solubility of the copolymer in aqueous media (B), and one or more solvents. The formulation may optionally contain additional components. Further disclosed are methods for forming optical thin films from the formulation and optical devices containing the optical thin films.

Abstract: A host computer for emulating a target system includes a host memory, a CPU, and a host GPU. The host memory is configured to store a library of graphics functions and a VM. The VM includes a section of emulated memory storing target code configured to execute on the target system. The CPU is configured to execute the VM to emulate the target system. The VM is configured to execute the target code and intercept a graphics function call in the target code. The VM is further configured to redirect the graphics function call to a corresponding graphics function in the library of graphics functions stored in the host memory. The host GPU is configured to execute the corresponding graphics function to determine at least one feature configured to be rendered on a display coupled to the host GPU.

Abstract: A host computer for virtualizing a target multicore processor includes a host CPU and a host memory storing a virtual time object and a VM, the VM including target code. The host CPU executes the plurality of threads in parallel on corresponding virtual cores, including a first thread executing on a first virtual core and a second thread executing on a second virtual core. The VM assigns a designation to the first virtual core to increment the virtual time object by a first count of a first plurality of instructions executed in the first thread over a first duration. The VM moves the designation to the second virtual core in response to detecting an event that defines an end of the first duration. The second virtual core increments the virtual time object by a second count of instructions executed in the second thread over a second duration.

Abstract: A tintable window is described having a tintable coating, e.g., an electrochromic device coating, for regulating light transmitted through the window. In some embodiments, the window has a transparent display in the window's viewable region. Transparent displays may be substantially transparent when not in use, or when the window is viewed in a direction facing away from the transparent display. Windows may have sensors for receiving user commands and/or for monitoring environmental conditions. Transparent displays can display graphical user interfaces to, e.g., control window functions. Windows, as described herein, offer an alternative display to conventional projectors, TVs, and monitors. Windows may also be configured to receive, transmit, or block wireless communications from passing through the window. A window control system may share computational resources between controllers (e.g., at different windows).

Abstract: A tintable window is described having a tintable coating, e.g., an electrochromic device coating, for regulating light transmitted through the window. In some embodiments, the window has a transparent display in the window's viewable region. Transparent displays may be substantially transparent when not in use, or when the window is viewed in a direction facing away from the transparent display. Windows may have sensors for receiving user commands and/or for monitoring environmental conditions. Transparent displays can display graphical user interfaces to, e.g., control window functions. Windows, as described herein, offer an alternative display to conventional projectors, TVs, and monitors. Windows may also be configured to receive, transmit, or block wireless communications from passing through the window. A window control system may share computational resources between controllers (e.g., at different windows).

Abstract: A host computer for emulating a target system includes a host memory, a CPU, and a host GPU. The host memory is configured to store a library of graphics functions and a VM. The VM includes a section of emulated memory storing target code configured to execute on the target system. The CPU is configured to execute the VM to emulate the target system. The VM is configured to execute the target code and intercept a graphics function call in the target code. The VM is further configured to redirect the graphics function call to a corresponding graphics function in the library of graphics functions stored in the host memory. The host GPU is configured to execute the corresponding graphics function to determine at least one feature configured to be rendered on a display coupled to the host GPU.

Abstract: Example remote assistance systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a diagnostics system receives a description of a home-related issue from a user and identifies a user profile associated with the user. The diagnostics system further determines a complexity associated with resolving the issue and determines the user's ability to perform activities to resolve the issue based on the user profile and the complexity associated with resolving the issue. The diagnostics system then determines a level of support based on the user's ability to perform activities to resolve the issue.

Abstract: A tintable window is described having a tintable coating, e.g., an electrochromic device coating, for regulating light transmitted through the window. In some embodiments, the window has a transparent display in the window's viewable region. Transparent displays may be substantially transparent when not in use, or when the window is viewed in a direction facing away from the transparent display. Windows may have sensors for receiving user commands and/or for monitoring environmental conditions. Transparent displays can display graphical user interfaces to, e.g., control window functions. Windows, as described herein, offer an alternative display to conventional projectors, TVs, and monitors. Windows may also be configured to receive, transmit, or block wireless communications from passing through the window. A window control system may share computational resources between controllers (e.g., at different windows).

Abstract: A tintable window is described having a tintable coating, e.g., an electrochromic device coating, for regulating light transmitted through the window. In some embodiments, the window has a transparent display in the window's viewable region. Transparent displays may be substantially transparent when not in use, or when the window is viewed in a direction facing away from the transparent display. Windows may have sensors for receiving user commands and/or for monitoring environmental conditions. Transparent displays can display graphical user interfaces to, e.g., control window functions. Windows, as described herein, offer an alternative display to conventional projectors, TVs, and monitors. Windows may also be configured to receive, transmit, or block wireless communications from passing through the window. A window control system may share computational resources between controllers (e.g., at different windows).

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for location-based augmented reality for job seekers. An example system includes a mobile device and a remote server. The mobile device includes a camera to collect video and a processor configured to execute an employment app to generate, in real-time, a computer-generated layer that includes a balloon for each of the employment locations. The processor also is configured to execute the employment app to generate, in real-time, an augmented reality interface by overlaying the computer-generated layer onto the video. A display location and a display size for each of the balloons indicate the employment locations to the employment candidate. The mobile device includes a display to display the augmented reality interface. The remote server is configured to identify up to the predetermined number of the employment locations. Each of the employment locations corresponds with one or more employment postings.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for automated resume and job posting creation with limited user-generated information. An example automated system includes a database and processor(s). The processor(s) are configured to obtain employment information for previous positions of a candidate via an employment app. For each of the previous positions, the processor(s) are configured to present a position interface; collect an employer name, a position title, a location, and a period of employment via the position interface; present a responsibilities interface that includes suggested responsibilities for the previous position; and collect, via the responsibilities interface, one or more selected responsibilities. The processor(s) are configured to retrieve, for each of the previous positions, the suggested responsibilities from the database based on the employer name, the position title, the location, and the period of employment.

Abstract: A system is provided for heating batches of sealed, metal cans containing a food product. The system includes a pressure chamber, an induction coil, a can support, a sealing device, a power supply, an air pressure source, and a drive. The pressure chamber has an opening. The induction coil is supported within the pressure chamber. The can support is for engaging and rotating a plurality of sealed, metal cans, at least a portion of the can support being movable through the opening from a first position outside of the chamber to a second position within the chamber adjacent to the induction coil and being rotatably supported within the chamber. The sealing device seals the pressure chamber when the can support is within the chamber. The power supply is coupled to the induction coil to energize the coil to apply an alternating current to the coil to induce a current into the metal cans which heats the food product of the metal cans.

Abstract: Wireless sensors for detection of an analyte may include a sensor receiving antenna configured to receive interrogation pulses having an interrogation frequency, a DC converter, a relaxation oscillator circuit electrically, and a sensor transmitting antenna. The relaxation oscillator circuit may include a capacitance element that defines a response-pulse frequency of the wireless sensor. The capacitance element may include an interdigitated capacitor coated with a detection layer of a functional material having a dielectric constant that defines the dielectric constant of the interdigitated capacitor. This dielectric constant changes when the functional material is exposed to the analyte, thereby changing the response-pulse frequency of the relaxation oscillator circuit to an analyte-exposure frequency indicative of the exposure of the functional material to the analyte. Wireless systems for detecting an analyte may include a wireless sensor that communicates with an interrogation module.

Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a fire sprinkler shut-off tool for stopping water flow from an activated fire sprinkler head. Due to the lack of any automatic safety release mechanisms, such tools currently on market suffer the disadvantage of requiring constant monitoring in case fire rekindles. The shut-off tool comprising a pair of adjustable clamping arms and an actuator assembly for adjusting and fixing the clamping arms addresses the safety issue by integrating a fusible link locking tab into the actuator assembly. The presence of a nearby fire melts and separates the locking tab thereby releasing the clamping arms from an activated fire sprinkler head. The shut-off tool also addresses the safety problem of firemen or building maintenance personnel using a shut-off device that requires two hands while working from a ladder as this device can be easily used with one hand.

Abstract: Wireless sensors for detection of an analyte may include a sensor receiving antenna configured to receive interrogation pulses having an interrogation frequency, a DC converter, a relaxation oscillator circuit electrically, and a sensor transmitting antenna. The relaxation oscillator circuit may include a capacitance element that defines a response-pulse frequency of the wireless sensor. The capacitance element may include an interdigitated capacitor coated with a detection layer of a functional material having a dielectric constant that defines the dielectric constant of the interdigitated capacitor. This dielectric constant changes when the functional material is exposed to the analyte, thereby changing the response-pulse frequency of the relaxation oscillator circuit to an analyte-exposure frequency indicative of the exposure of the functional material to the analyte. Wireless systems for detecting an analyte may include a wireless sensor that communicates with an interrogation module.

Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a fire sprinkler shut-off tool for stopping water flow from an activated fire sprinkler head. Due to the lack of any automatic safety release mechanisms, such tools currently on market suffer the disadvantage of requiring constant monitoring in case fire rekindles. The shut-off tool comprising a pair of adjustable clamping arms and an actuator assembly for adjusting and fixing the clamping arms addresses the safety issue by integrating a fusible link locking tab into the actuator assembly. The presence of a nearby fire melts and separates the locking tab thereby releasing the clamping arms from an activated fire sprinkler head. The shut-off tool also addresses the safety problem of firemen or building maintenance personnel using a shut-off device that requires two hands while working from a ladder as this device can be easily used with one hand.

Abstract: A method of analysing biomedical signals, for example electrocardiograms, by using a Hidden Markov Model for subsections of the signal. In the case of an electrocardiogram two Hidden Markov Models are used to detect respectively the start and end of the QT interval. The relationship between the QT interval and heart rate can be computed and a contemporaneous value for the slope of this relationship can be obtained by calculating the QT/RR relationship for all of the beats in a sliding time window based on the current beat. Portions of electrocardiograms taken on different days can efficiently and accurately be compared by selecting time windows of the ECGs at the same time of day, and looking for similar beats in those time windows.

Abstract: A way of quantifying the shape of an ECG waveform is disclosed by detecting the JT segment using two Hidden Markov Models and calculating the analytic signal of the JT segment. Parameters calculated from the analytic signal are used as shape descriptors for the JT segment. The shape descriptors may be displayed in a dimensionality-reduced mapping. Templates representing characteristic shapes can be produced by finding cluster centers in the shape descriptor space, and the novelty of new waveforms can be quantified by comparing the position in shape descriptor space of new shape descriptors to a predefined normal training set or to previously encountered waveforms. Novel shape descriptors can be used to retrieve the corresponding waveforms, and templates of such novel shapes can be created by averaging such waveforms, using dynamic time warping to allow for variations in heart rate.

Abstract: A method of analysing biomedical signals, for example electrocardiograms, by using a Hidden Markov Model for subsections of the signal. In the case of an electrocardiogram two Hidden Markov Models are used to detect respectively the start and end of the QT interval. The relationship between the QT interval and heart rate can be computed and a contemporaneous value for the slope of this relationship can be obtained by calculating the QT/RR relationship for all of the beats in a sliding time window based on the current beat. Portions of electrocardiograms taken on different days can efficiently and accurately be compared by selecting time windows of the ECGs at the same time of day, and looking for similar beats in those time windows.

Abstract: A way of quantifying the shape of an ECG waveform is disclosed by detecting the JT segment using two Hidden Markov Models and calculating the analytic signal of the JT segment. Parameters calculated from the analytic signal are used as shape descriptors for the JT segment. The shape descriptors may be displayed in a dimensionality-reduced mapping. Templates representing characteristic shapes can be produced by finding cluster centres in the shape descriptor space, and the novelty of new waveforms can be quantified by comparing the position in shape descriptor space of new shape descriptors to a predefined normal training set or to previously encountered waveforms. Novel shape descriptors can be used to retrieve the corresponding waveforms, and templates of such novel shapes can be created by averaging such waveforms, using dynamic time warping to allow for variations in heart rate.