Abstract: The present disclosure describes a mask sheet, a mask component, and a vapor-deposition method, the mask sheet being disposed on a mask frame. The mask sheet includes a magnetic material and has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface of the mask sheet faces away from the mask frame, the second surface of the mask sheet faces to the mask frame, and a plurality of convex structures protrude from the first surface of the mask sheet.

Abstract: A videoconferencing device at an endpoint determines whether a person is a real person standing in front of a display device or if the person is instead an image rendered by a display device. In the first instance the real person will be included in a video feed for transmission to a remote endpoint. In the second instance, images of the display device on which the person is rendered will not be included in the video feed.

Abstract: A videoconferencing device at an endpoint determines whether a person is a real person standing in front of a display device or if the person is instead an image rendered by a display device. In the first instance the real person will be included in a video feed for transmission to a remote endpoint. In the second instance, images of the display device on which the person is rendered will not be included in the video feed.

Abstract: A method for controlling a process for manufacturing a bevel gear includes forming, via a first process, a ring gear and determining a first set of parameters associated with the ring gear, and forming, via a second process, the pinion gear, and determining a second set of parameters associated with the pinion gear. The ring gear and the pinion gear are paired, and a single-flank test is executed on the paired ring gear and pinion gear to determine a third set of parameters. The paired ring gear and pinion gear are assembled into a final assembly, and an end-of-line noise/vibration analysis of the final assembly is executed. The noise/vibration analysis, the first set of parameters, the second set of parameters, and the third set of parameters are evaluated, and one of the first process, the second process, the pairing process, and the assembly process are adjusted based thereon.

Abstract: A method may include receiving a source video frame captured using a wide angle lens, deriving a characteristic of a target video frame from the source video frame, generating a transitional video frame using the source video frame and the target video frame, and transmitting the transitional video frame to an endpoint.

Abstract: Provided are a connection structure and system of an integrated brake device for a rail vehicle. The connection structure of an integrated brake device for a rail vehicle includes a brake valve, a dust collector, an intermediate body, an air cylinder, a support assembly and a connection assembly. The intermediate body is of a plate-type structure, the brake valve and the dust collector are mounted on one side of the intermediate body, the air cylinder is connected to the intermediate body by means of the connection assembly, the air cylinder is mounted on the other side of the intermediate body, and the support assembly is located between the air cylinder and the intermediate body. The connection structure of an integrated brake device for a rail vehicle has a simple and compact structure and saves on space.

Abstract: Provided is a method for correlating individual action information with media content distribution, the method including obtaining data related to a presence of an external terminal relative to an output device providing media content, obtaining identifying information of a user associated with the detected external terminal, and storing, in a memory, data received from another party which indicates an action of the user at a virtual or physical location associated with a product or service presented in the provided media content.

Abstract: An active damping system for a driveline includes a prop shaft configured to transmit engine power from an engine to a load, a sealed damper housing, and an active damping fluid contained within the sealed damper housing. A viscosity of the active damping fluid is changeable based on a torsional vibration of the prop shaft. The active damping system further includes a piston fixed to a side of the prop shaft and in communication with the active damping fluid. The piston is configured to rotate about an axis of the prop shaft. The system further includes a viscosity changing unit in communication with the active damping fluid, and a controller operatively connected to the viscosity changing unit. The controller is configured to cause the viscosity changing unit to change a viscosity of the active damping fluid. The viscosity of the active damping fluid changes the torsional vibration.

Abstract: A system includes a vibration damper coupled for rotation with a rotating body. The vibration damper includes one or more fluid pockets. A reactive fluid is arranged in the one or more fluid pockets. The reactive fluid is configured to undergo a property change upon being exposed to a selected force. A force producing mechanism is fixedly mounted relative to the vibration damper, the force producing mechanism being operable to selectively produce the selected force.

Abstract: An active damping system for a driveline includes a prop shaft configured to transmit engine power from an engine to a load, a sealed damper housing, and an active damping fluid contained within the sealed damper housing. A viscosity of the active damping fluid is changeable based on a torsional vibration of the prop shaft. The active damping system further includes a piston fixed to a side of the prop shaft and in communication with the active damping fluid. The piston is configured to rotate about an axis of the prop shaft. The system further includes a viscosity changing unit in communication with the active damping fluid, and a controller operatively connected to the viscosity changing unit. The controller is configured to cause the viscosity changing unit to change a viscosity of the active damping fluid. The viscosity of the active damping fluid changes the torsional vibration.

Abstract: A radially stacked planetary gear assembly provides improved lubrication fluid flow to the planet gear bearings of an outer planetary gear set which is especially important when the housing or outer planetary gear carrier is stationary. The assembly includes radially aligned or stacked inner and outer planetary gear sets each having a sun gear, a ring gear and a carrier having planet gears in constant mesh with the sun and ring gears wherein the ring gear of the inner gear set is also the sun gear of the outer gear set and the outer carrier is the assembly housing. The sun gear is disposed on a transmission shaft having lubrication passages which aligns with pluralities of radial openings in a hub housing. A circular plate or guide adjacent one side of the housing includes channels which align with the openings and functions as a lubrication director, channeling lubrication from the transmission shaft and the pluralities of radial openings in the housing hub to the outer bearings, shafts and planet gears.

Abstract: An approach, is presented for exchanging status updates while on and/or offline when collaborating on various activities via one or more networks. A method comprises determining one or more tasks associated with at least one collaborative activity for one or more devices participating in the at least one collaborative activity. The method also comprises determining status information for the one or more tasks with respect to the one or more devices. Further, the method also comprises causing, at least in part, an exchange of the status information among the one or more devices via at least one communication mechanism that supports offline messaging.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes using a processor to receive identification information and a desired language. The identification information is utilized to uniquely identify a text file from a database, where the text file includes a first set of captions associated with digital content. The method includes using a processor to translate the first set of captions of the text file into the desired language utilizing a machine translation service and at least one human translator. The method includes using a processor to generate a translated text file comprising a second set of captions in the desired language and output the translated text file to a media viewing device for synchronous display with the digital content.

Abstract: Seismic data acquired by independent simultaneous sweeping (ISS®) techniques are processed is to attenuate random uncompressed cross-talk signals and improve the resolution of the pre-stack migrated time image. A frequency-varying mean filter is applied on cross-spread offset-azimuth gathers of the data. The frequency-space domain filter may vary its window size according to the characteristics of the cross-talk.

Abstract: Acquisition of data by managing crosstalk interference with sector designs and unique sweeps is conducted and the resultant data are processed in 3D common receiver domain to attenuate crosstalk noise while preserving the signals for high source and receiver density acquisition designs. High-amplitude spectral amplitudes are attenuated and inter-ensemble statics or structural time delays are applied to achieve optimum filter performance. If the spectral amplitudes have been attenuated to a level consistent with non-simultaneous acquisition, conventional surface consistent processing can be performed to correct for statics and amplitude variations. A 3-point filter in different frequency bands may then be applied to remove any remaining residual crosstalk noise.

Abstract: A variator assembly for a CVT or an IVT includes an input shaft that defines an axis of rotation, an input disc rotationally coupled to the input shaft and coaxial with the axis of rotation, and an output disc rotationally coupled to the input disc and coaxial with the axis of rotation. The output disc includes a distal portion having an axial width. A gear is connected to the distal portion of the output disc. The gear has a plurality of gear teeth each having a gear tooth face width that is greater than the axial width of the distal portion of the output disc.

Abstract: Provided is a method for correlating individual action information with media content distribution, the method including obtaining data related to a presence of an external terminal relative to an output device providing media content, obtaining identifying information of a user associated with the detected external terminal, and storing, in a memory, data received from another party which indicates an action of the user at a virtual or physical location associated with a product or service presented in the provided media content.

Abstract: Consistent with the present disclosure, chromatic dispersion is introduced into an optical communication path including multiple segments or spans of dispersion shifted fiber (DSF). The chromatic dispersion generates phase mismatching between optical signals propagating along the optical communication path, i.e., the optical signals are decorrelated, such that mixing products are reduced inmagnitude, and the noise attributable to four wave mixing is correspondingly reduced.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed including a subsea link idler apparatus comprising at least one data laser generating a first laser beam as a data signal, having a first frequency within a first data channel bandwidth slot; a first continuous wave laser generating a second laser beam with a first polarization and a second frequency being within a second data channel bandwidth slot; a second continuous wave laser generating a third laser beam with a second polarization different from the first polarization and a third frequency being offset from the second frequency and being within the second data channel bandwidth slot; a polarization beam combiner positioned in paths of the second and third laser beams combining the second and third laser beams into an idler signal; and a transmitter receiving and transmitting the data signal and idler signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed including a subsea link idler apparatus comprising at least one data laser generating a first laser beam as a data signal, having a first frequency within a first data channel bandwidth slot; a first continuous wave laser generating a second laser beam with a first polarization and a second frequency being within a second data channel bandwidth slot; a second continuous wave laser generating a third laser beam with a second polarization different from the first polarization and a third frequency being offset from the second frequency and being within the second data channel bandwidth slot; a polarization beam combiner positioned in paths of the second and third laser beams combining the second and third laser beams into an idler signal; and a transmitter receiving and transmitting the data signal and idler signal.