Abstract: A system that allows non-engineers administrators, without programming, machine language, or artificial intelligence system knowledge, to expand the capabilities of a dialogue system. The dialogue system may have a knowledge system, user interface, and learning model. A user interface allows non-engineers to utilize the knowledge system, defined by a small set of primitives and a simple language, to annotate a user utterance. The annotation may include selecting actions to take based on the utterance and subsequent actions and configuring associations. A dialogue state is continuously updated and provided to the user as the actions and associations take place. Rules are generated based on the actions, associations and dialogue state that allows for computing a wide range of results.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes an acoustic wave filter configured to filter a radio frequency signal and a loop circuit coupled to the acoustic wave filter. The loop circuit is configured to generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency. The loop circuit includes a Lamb wave resonator having a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer includes free edges. An edge of the piezoelectric layer is configured to one of suppress or scatter reflections of acoustic waves generated by the interdigital transducer electrode from the edge of the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: A laterally excited bulk acoustic wave device is disclosed. The laterally excited bulk acoustic wave device can include a first solid acoustic mirror, a second solid acoustic mirror, a piezoelectric layer that is positioned between the first solid acoustic mirror and the second solid acoustic mirror, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a support substrate arranged to dissipate heat associated with the bulk acoustic wave. The interdigital transducer electrode is arranged to laterally excite a bulk acoustic wave. The first solid acoustic mirror and the second solid acoustic mirror are arranged to confine acoustic energy of the bulk acoustic wave. The first solid acoustic mirror is positioned on the support substrate.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave device with a vertical stack over a piezoelectric layer. The vertical stack can include a first acoustic reflector disposed on the piezoelectric layer, a second acoustic reflector disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer and positioned between the first acoustic reflector and the second acoustic reflector. The interdigital transducer electrode has a first side that is closer to the first acoustic reflector and a second side that is closer to the second acoustic reflector. A vertical arrangement of the vertical stack can be configured such that an acoustic wave propagation velocity of a first region between the first side and a first reflector is faster than an acoustic wave propagation velocity of a second region between the first side and the second side.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave filter with an acoustic velocity adjustment structure. The surface acoustic wave filter can include a first interdigital transducer electrode disposed on a piezoelectric layer, an acoustic reflector disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and a second interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The second interdigital transducer electrode is longitudinally coupled to the first interdigital transducer electrode and positioned between the first interdigital transducer electrode and the acoustic reflector. The acoustic velocity adjustment structure can be positioned over at least a gap between the first interdigital transducer electrode and the second interdigital transducer electrode.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave device that includes a first reflector over a piezoelectric layer, a second reflector over the piezoelectric layer, and an interdigital transducer electrode structure over the piezoelectric layer and positioned between the first reflector and the second reflector. The surface acoustic wave device includes a velocity adjustment layer arranged to adjust acoustic velocity in a region of the surface acoustic wave device. The velocity adjustment layer can be a high speed layer or a low speed layer.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a multiplexer, such as a duplexer, a quadplexer, a hexaplexer, or the like. The multiplexer includes acoustic wave filters coupled to a common node. A first acoustic wave filter of the acoustic wave filters includes acoustic wave resonators of a first type and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node.

Abstract: A device for verifying a subject includes: a device body comprising a processor and a biometric system; wherein the biometric system comprises a first image capture device and a second image capture device, in which the first image capture device is configured to define a spatial region and the second image capture device is configured to capture an image of a subject within said spatial region, and the processor is configured to conduct an identification process on the captured image of the subject within the spatial region.

Abstract: A method for installing a sensor onto an inner surface of a tire is generally disclosed. The method includes robotically deglazing at least a portion of the inner surface of the tire, defining a preconditioned surface. The sensor is robotically selected and a target surface of the sensor is cleaned. An adhesive is applied to at least a portion of the target surface of the sensor. In some embodiments, the adhesive is applied to a portion of the preconditioned surface. The sensor is robotically positioned, wherein the target surface of the sensor abuts the preconditioned surface. A wet-out operation is performed, wherein a predetermined pressure is applied to the sensor for a predetermined period of time to affix the sensor to the preconditioned surface.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire pre-conditioning system includes a conveyor system, a belt assembly, a friction device and a drive system. The conveyor system includes a tire engaging surface, a first side, and a second side. The belt assembly is adjacent to the first side of the tire engaging surface. The friction device is adjacent to the second side of the tire engaging surface. The drive system is configured to move a tire along the tire engaging surface in a path between the belt assembly and the friction device.

Abstract: A method of producing a non-dairy cheese includes fermenting non-dairy milk with lactic acid bacteria and mixing the fermented non-dairy milk with dry ingredients. The dry ingredients include one or more gums and one or more starches. The method further includes heating the fermented non-dairy milk and dry ingredients to 180 degrees and mixing oil into the fermented non-dairy milk in an in-line high shear mixer creating an oil/non-dairy milk mixture. The method further includes circulating the oil/non-dairy milk mixture through the inline high shear mixer until the droplet size of the oil in the non-dairy milk is 15 micrometers or less, removing air from the oil/non-dairy milk mixture, and packaging the oil/non-dairy milk mixture to yield a non-dairy cheese product.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave filter with an acoustic wave resonator arranged to concentrate a transverse spurious mode at a frequency. Such an acoustic wave resonator can have a narrow aperture to concentrate the transverse spurious mode. The transverse spurious mode can increase steepness of a skirt of the acoustic wave filter. Related methods, acoustic wave devices, multiplexers, radio frequency front ends, radio frequency modules, and wireless communication devices are disclosed.

Abstract: A facial barrier assembly includes a liner including distinct sheets and a barrier including distinct face masks. The face masks are removably coupled to the sheets. Common perforations extend through the liner and the barrier to define the distinct sheets and, in some cases, the distinct face masks. The liner and the barrier are arranged as roll or a fanfold.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a data clean room allowing secure data analysis across multiple accounts, without the use of third parties. Each account may be associated with a different company or party. The data clean room may provide security functions to safeguard sensitive information. For example, the data clean room may restrict access to data in other accounts. The data clean room may also restrict which data may be used in the analysis and may restrict the output. The overlap data may be anonymized to prevent sensitive information from being revealed.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for compressing multiple instruction operations together into a single retire queue entry are disclosed. A processor includes at least a scheduler, a retire queue, one or more execution units, and control logic. When the control logic detects a given instruction operation being dispatched by the scheduler to an execution unit, the control logic determines if the given instruction operation meets one or more conditions for being compressed with one or more other instruction operations into a single retire queue entry. If the one or more conditions are met, two or more instruction operations are stored together in a single retire queue entry. By compressing multiple instruction operations together into an individual retire queue entry, the retire queue is able to be used more efficiently, and the processor can speculatively execute more instructions without the retire queue exhausting its supply of available entries.

Abstract: A method of producing a non-dairy cheese includes fermenting non-dairy milk with lactic acid bacteria and mixing the fermented non-dairy milk with dry ingredients. The dry ingredients include one or more gums and one or more starches. The method further includes heating the fermented non-dairy milk and dry ingredients to 180 degrees and mixing oil into the fermented non-dairy milk in an in-line high shear mixer creating an oil/non-dairy milk mixture. The method further includes circulating the oil/non-dairy milk mixture through the inline high shear mixer until the droplet size of the oil in the non-dairy milk is 15 micrometers or less, removing air from the oil/non-dairy milk mixture, and packaging the oil/non-dairy milk mixture to yield a non-dairy cheese product.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a power amplification system can comprise a current source configured to provide a bias current, a current mirror configured to mirror the bias current, a comparator configured to compare the mirrored bias current to a threshold current, and a transistor at an output of the comparator. The transistor can be configured to be activated in response to the mirrored bias current exceeding the threshold current.

Abstract: Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved scratch resistance. The glass-based articles comprise: a thickness t; a lithium aluminosilicate composition; and a molar ratio of sodium oxide (Na2O) to lithium oxide (Li2O) that is less than or equal to 0.63 at the center of the glass-based article. The articles have a molar ratio of sodium dioxide (Na2O) to lithium dioxide (Li2O) in a post-spike near region that is greater than or equal to 0.9 and/or less than 1.5.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or other content to be associated with precise geo-spatial locations in a physical environment. A model of a physical environment is accessed and a three dimensional mesh definition comprising a plurality of mesh cells is received where the mesh is associated with the physical environment. A given mesh cell is associated with a logical address. Augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or other content may be associated with a given mesh cell. Tracking data corresponding to movement of a user in the physical environment is received. The tracking data may be compared with mesh cell locations to identify matching mesh cells. Addresses associated with the matching mesh cells are used to identify associated content. The identified associated augmented reality, virtual reality, and/or other content may be rendered using an augmented reality, virtual reality, or other rendering device.