Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first user input by a first user at a client system associated with the first user, wherein the first user input is associated with a first language register, selecting a first language-register model from a plurality of language-register models based on the first language register by the client system, wherein the plurality of language-register models are each personalized with respect to the first user, and presenting a personalized first communication content generated based on the selected first language-register model at the client system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more voice inputs from a first user, determining a first language register associated with the first user based on the one or more voice inputs, selecting a second language register for a voice response based on the one or more voice inputs, generating the voice response based on the second language register, and providing the voice response in response to the one or more voice inputs.

Abstract: A method includes attaching a clip array to opposing edges of a polymer thin film, the clip array having a plurality of first clips slidably disposed on a first track located proximate to a first edge of the polymer thin film and a plurality of second clips slidably disposed on a second track located proximate to a second edge of the polymer thin film, applying a positive in-plane strain to the polymer thin film along a transverse direction by increasing a distance between the first and second clips, and decreasing an inter-clip spacing amongst the first clips and amongst the second clips along a machine direction while applying the in-plane strain to form an optically anisotropic polymer thin film. During stretching, a strain rate of the thin film may be decreased and/or a temperature of the thin film may be increased.

Abstract: A family of connectors includes a plug, receptacle and adapter with the plug incorporating beam contacts, and the receptacle and adapter incorporating interfacing arched beam contacts. A z-configuration of the port(s) within the receptacle and adapter is configured to interface with the plug, which also presents a z-configuration. The parallel, upper and lower portions of the z-configuration of the plug incorporate the beam contacts. The first beam contact of the plug is rotated 180 degrees from the second beam contact of the plug; the arched beam contacts are similarly rotated. The plug, receptacle and adapter of a small form factor that is similar or identical to the formal factor of an optical fiber LC connector. The plug and receptacle can be configured for circuit board, cable or patch cord mounting. The plug and receptacle can be utilized in a multi-plug/multi-receptacle configuration.

Abstract: A stairlift includes a rail and a carriage. The carriage includes a frame, a central drive unit mounted to the frame, the central drive unit including a drive motor and a drive gear, a yoke assembly pivotably mounted to the frame, and a first bogie unit attached to the yoke assembly and a second bogie unit attached to the yoke assembly, wherein each bogie unit includes a bogie socket mounted to the yoke assembly, and a bogie ball spherically pivotable within the bogie socket, the bogie ball including a plurality of bogie ball rollers configured to hold the bogie ball to the rail, and further wherein the plurality of bogie ball rollers are configured to maintain the bogie ball in a generally perpendicular travel orientation relative to the rail.

Abstract: A rail segment for a stairlift and its method of formation are provided. The rail segment includes an elongate tube made of a first material, the tube comprising a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal retaining slot extending from the first end to the second end; a rack made of a second material, the rack comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the rack is held within the retaining slot; and anchor securing the rack within the retaining slot to the tube at or adjacent to ends of the tube.

Abstract: A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate various patch cord and mounting configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an RJ 45 style connector or RJ 45 style jack/receptacle configuration in a reduced footprint, e.g. one-half, one-third or one-quarter the size of a standard RJ 45 connector or jack/receptacle.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first user input by a first user at a client system associated with the first user, wherein the first user input is associated with a first language register, selecting a first language-register model from a plurality of language-register models based on the first language register by the client system, wherein the plurality of language-register models are each personalized with respect to the first user, and presenting a personalized first communication content generated based on the selected first language-register model at the client system.

Abstract: A robotic arm control system including a robotic arm configured to deploy one or more tools in an operating space, one or more sensors, and a control system operably configured to: scan the operating space with the one or more sensors, identify a surface of the operating space based at least in part upon information sensed by the one or more sensors, establish a virtual barrier offset from the surface, and limit movement of the robotic arm based at least in part upon the virtual barrier.

Abstract: A vital signs monitor includes an equipment housing defining an equipment compartment, a circuit assembly and a battery residing inside the equipment compartment, an electrical connector forming a connection between the battery assembly and the circuit assembly, and a battery discharge circuit. A retainer joined to the equipment housing retains the battery assembly in the housing. The retainer is separable from the housing so that its separation causes a break in the electrical connection and activates the discharge circuit.

Abstract: An asphalt composition includes asphalt, a non-epoxidized oil chosen from flux oils, bio oils, recycled motor oils, liquid plasticizers, and combinations thereof, and a polyolefin. The polyolefin has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 1,000 to about 20,000 g/mol, an optional acid number of from about 10 to about 50 mg KOH/g, an optional saponification number of from about 10 to about 100 mg KOH/g, and a density of from about 0.92 to about 1 g/cm3. The asphalt composition has a performance grade of PG (52 to 88) and (?22 to ?40), wherein (52 to 88) is an average seven day maximum pavement design temperature in degrees Celsius and represents deformation resistance and (?22 to ?40) is an average one day minimum pavement design temperature in degrees Celsius and represents thermal cracking resistance, each as determined using AASHTO M320.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having an intake manifold, a compressor in fluid communication with the intake manifold, a charge air cooler in fluid communication with and between the compressor and the intake manifold, a throttle controlling fluid communication between the air charge cooler and the intake manifold, and a condensate collection reservoir that collects condensate from the air charge cooler and is in fluid communication with a suction port of a Venturi device in a bypass loop around the throttle. A motive inlet of the Venturi device is in fluid communication upstream of the throttle and a discharge outlet is in fluid communication downstream of the throttle, and under operating conditions that provide an adequate pressure drop across the Venturi device, the suction port draws condensate from the condensate collection reservoir and introduces the condensate into the intake manifold as a mist.

Abstract: A robotic arm control system including a robotic arm configured to deploy one or more tools in an operating space, one or more sensors, and a control system operably configured to: scan the operating space with the one or more sensors, identify a surface of the operating space based at least in part upon information sensed by the one or more sensors, establish a virtual barrier offset from the surface, and limit movement of the robotic arm based at least in part upon the virtual barrier.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a deflector. In one example, a system includes a first engine bay component comprising a deflector with a deflection surface shaped to engage a second engine bay component to rotate the first engine bay component and mitigate contact between the first engine bay component and a third engine bay component.

Abstract: A lighting assembly is disclosed which includes a leadframe and at least one light-emitting diode (LED) element arranged on the leadframe. At least a portion of the leadframe is covered with a polyurethane coating arranged to electrically insulate the portion of the leadframe, and at least a portion of the polyurethane covered portion of the leadframe is further covered with a thermally conductive material. A method for manufacturing the lighting assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: In one approach, an LED array uses a combination of a half cavity and straight reflective sidewalls to improve the power distribution so that more light falls within the collection angle of the projection optics. From the bottom upwards, the LEDs in the array include a reflector, a thinner p-layer and a thicker n-layer. An active region (such as quantum wells) between the p-layer and the p-layer generates light. Without additional structures, the generated light would have an isotropic distribution and not much of the light would fall within the collection angle of the projection optics. However, the bottom reflector and p-layer form a half cavity for the light emitted from the active region. This alters the angular power distribution. Straight reflective sidewalls extending from the active region upwards into the n-layer further reflect light from the altered power distribution into the collection angle of the projection optics.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a user, a user input comprising a plurality of n-grams, parsing the user input to identify one or more overall intents, hidden intents, and slots associated with the one or more n-grams, wherein at least one of the hidden intents is non-resolvable for being associated with partial slot information corresponding to an n-gram that has not been resolved to a particular entity identifier, wherein the partial slot information is associated with two more entity identifiers of two or more entities, respectively, sending, to the client system, instructions for prompting the user to select one of the entities to be associated with the non-resolvable hidden intent, resolving the non-resolvable hidden intent based on the entity identifier of the entity selected by the user, and generating a response to the user input based on the resolved hidden intent.

Abstract: In one approach, an LED array uses a combination of a half cavity and straight reflective sidewalls to improve the power distribution so that more light falls within the collection angle of the projection optics. From the bottom upwards, the LEDs in the array include a reflector, a thinner p-layer and a thicker n-layer. An active region (such as quantum wells) between the p-layer and the p-layer generates light. Without additional structures, the generated light would have an isotropic distribution and not much of the light would fall within the collection angle of the projection optics. However, the bottom reflector and p-layer form a half cavity for the light emitted from the active region. This alters the angular power distribution. Straight reflective sidewalls extending from the active region upwards into the n-layer further reflect light from the altered power distribution into the collection angle of the projection optics.