Abstract: Embodiments for automatically converting printed documents into electronic format using artificial intelligence techniques disclosed herein include: (i) receiving a plurality of images of documents; (ii) for each received image, using an image classification algorithm to classify the image as one of (a) an image of a first type of document, or (b) an image of a second type of document; (iii) for each image classified as an image of the first type of document, using an object localization algorithm to identity an area of interest in the image; (iv) for an identified area of interest, using an optical character recognition algorithm to extract text from the identified area of interest; and (v) populating a record associated with the document with the extracted text.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include determining whether the insurance claim comprises an anomaly based on whether the claim violates a rule in a Rules Engine or is scored by an Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning engine below a threshold. When the claim comprises an anomaly, (i) for each feature of the claim, (a) determining a sensitivity value of the feature relative to each other feature of the claim, and (b) determining a saliency value of the feature relative categories relevant to the claim, and (ii) estimating a value of the claim based on a multi-variate linear regression model. And based on the sensitivity values, saliency values, and estimated value, recommending one or more ways to cure the anomaly based on (i) a Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations based recommendation and/or (ii) a Global Surrogate Model based recommendation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a dataset of synthesized data items from a dataset of original data items are disclosed herein. Some embodiments include (i) selecting an original data item from the dataset of original data items, where each original data item (a) comprises a combination of first-type codes and second-type codes, and (b) is associated with a topic in a topic model; and (ii) generating a synthesized data item based on the original data item and the topic associated with the original data item, where the synthesized data item comprises a combination of first-type codes and second-type codes that differs from the combination of first-type codes and second-type codes in the original data item by one first-type code or one second-type code.

Abstract: A nutriculture device includes: a culture bed having an upward facing opening; a planting panel that covers the opening of the culture bed, includes a through hole having a crop pass therethrough, and defines an internal space between the cover and the culture bed; a water retention mat inside the internal space and that retains water; a plurality of culture containers each of which supports the crop, each of which is arranged in the internal space, and each of which is provided with a bottom hole; a medium housed in each culture container; a mat-side water irrigation unit feeding water to the water retention mat; and a container-side water irrigation unit feeding water into each of the culture containers per container unit including some of the culture containers or per culture container. The nutriculture device with this configuration can cultivate high-quality crops while suppressing generated drainage water.

Abstract: The present application proposes a mobile phone operating system architecture and a corresponding ecological development method. The mobile phone operating system includes: the operating system core layer, which is used to manage hardware devices and task scheduling, etc.; the subsystem management layer, which runs on the operating system kernel and is used to provide the necessary management functions for the operation of the subsystem; the subsystem, which runs on above the subsystem management layer, it is used to provide the running environment of the application components; the application program and its components run in the subsystem, and are used to provide specific functional services to the users of the mobile phone operating system. The mobile phone operating system architecture provided by this application can accommodate various existing or future mobile phone application ecosystems, and realize the perfect decoupling of mobile phone hardware and ecological software.

Abstract: Provided is a method for managing garbage disposal credit reporting. The method comprises: a smart garbage can performing online real-time marking of bagged garbage, photographing scattered garbage after it is disposed of, and a system obtaining information transmitted by the smart garbage can, after each time garbage is disposed of, the smart garbage can saving for a certain period of time the traceable information generated by the disposed garbage; when inspecting the disposed garbage, if a delivery error is discovered, the inspecting client uploading the erroneous marking information on the garbage bag and uploading the erroneous scattered garbage photograph, in order to evaluate the credit of the person who throws garbage into the garbage according to whether the information about the type of garbage disposed is correct.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include generating invalid insurance claims based on category pairs from a category matrix derived from a set of known valid insurance claims, wherein an individual invalid insurance claim comprises at least one of: (i) a diagnosis code from a first category of a category pair and a procedure code from a second category of the category pair not in the first category or (ii) a procedure code from the first category of the category pair and a diagnosis code from the second category of the category pair not in the first category. Some embodiments also include generating a training dataset comprising (i) valid insurance claims from the set of known valid insurance claims and (ii) the invalid insurance claims; and using the training dataset to train an Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engine to classify insurance claims as valid or invalid.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing, segmenting, and classifying multimedia material are disclosed herein. Embodiments include (i) receiving multimedia material for analysis, (ii) extracting elements from the multimedia material and forming objects comprising the elements; (iii) segmenting the multimedia material into segments, where individual segments include objects located within a threshold distance from each other; (iv) detecting objects within each segment; (v) associating attributes with the detected objects within the segments; (vi) annotating the segments by creating a relationship tree among the objects within each segment; and (vii) storing annotations of the segments for analysis.

Abstract: A platform application and methods of operation that integrate both native and third-party modules into an integrated environment on an inmate computing device is disclosed. Third-party modules or systems are applications meant to operate independent from the platform application. Information is communicated between the platform application and third-party module or system to add audit, alarm and other functions across all modules or systems controlled by the platform software. The third-party module or system is audited to allow triggering of rules that cause remedial action to be taken. Triggers can be on actions not monitored by a particular third-party module or system.

Abstract: A platform application and methods of operation that integrate both native and third-party modules into an integrated environment on an inmate computing device is disclosed. Third-party modules or systems are applications meant to operate independent from the platform application. Information is communicated between the platform application and third-party module or system to add audit, alarm and other functions across all modules or systems controlled by the platform software. The third-party module or system is audited to allow triggering of rules that cause remedial action to be taken. Triggers can be on actions not monitored by a particular third-party module or system.

Abstract: A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the correctional facility system is at a second location, different from the first location. The messaging system authenticates a sender of the external message, receives the external message in electronic form at the first location, checks the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility, determine a second location of the offender and a corresponding printer, and sends the external message to the second location for automatic printing with the corresponding printer.

Abstract: A platform application and methods of operation that integrate both native and third-party modules into an integrated environment on an inmate computing device is disclosed. Third-party modules or systems are applications meant to operate independent from the platform application. Information is communicated between the platform application and third-party module or system to add audit, alarm and other functions across all modules or systems controlled by the platform software. The third-party module or system is audited to allow triggering of rules that cause remedial action to be taken. Triggers can be on actions not monitored by a particular third-party module or system.

Abstract: A method of enterprise risk management includes defining a hierarchical organizational model to represent an enterprise. The model has a master level and one or more levels subordinate to the master level. The master level has plural materiality grades and plural probability grades, each subordinate level including one or more entities have a reporting relationship to one of the entities in the preceding level, each entity having plural materiality grades. Risk information is collected which includes risk items, each associated with a particular entity in the hierarchical organizational model and having a materiality measure and a probability measure. Selected portions of the collected risk information is output in an output view that for each selected risk item relates the probability measure to the plural probability grades and the materiality measure to either the plural master level materiality grades or the plural entity level materiality grades depending on a selected level.

Abstract: A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the correctional facility system is at a second location, different from the first location. The messaging system authenticates a sender of the external message, receives the external message in electronic form at the first location, checks the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility, determine a second location of the offender and a corresponding printer, and sends the external message to the second location for automatic printing with the corresponding printer.

Abstract: A platform application and methods of operation that integrate both native and third-party modules into an integrated environment on an inmate computing device is disclosed. Third-party modules or systems are applications meant to operate independent from the platform application. Information is communicated between the platform application and third-party module or system to add audit, alarm and other functions across all modules or systems controlled by the platform software. The third-party module or system is audited to allow triggering of rules that cause remedial action to be taken. Triggers can be on actions not monitored by a particular third-party module or system.

Abstract: A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the correctional facility system is at a second location, different from the first location. The messaging system authenticates a sender of the external message, receives the external message in electronic form at the first location, checks the external message against criteria specified by the correctional facility, determine a second location of the offender and a corresponding printer, and sends the external message to the second location for automatic printing with the corresponding printer.

Abstract: A customizable data gathering method utilizes a transportable computing device to store a user-defined menu and data table structure with pointers to define a hierarchical tree model. Once defined the tree model serves as a data template that guides a field inspector in collecting data. The template is created by a user without having to program the computing device.

Abstract: A method of transversely cutting a prefabricated slab having one or more hollow longitudinal cores includes inserting a pair of expandable plugs into at least one of the one or more cores, the plugs of the or each pair being positioned in a respective core spaced apart on opposite sides of an intended cut line and post-insertion expansion of the plugs blocking the respective core; introducing settable material into a portion of the or each blocked core between its spaced apart pair of expanded plugs; and after at least partial setting of the introduced settable material, cutting the slab transversely across the intended cut line.

Abstract: There is provided a new and useful coring assembly for mounting on the end of a drill string and comprising a core barrel; abrading means on at least a part of the core barrel; a reaming collar mounted about a lower section of the core barrel and selectable between a first condition in which the collar is rotatable with the barrel and a second condition in which the collar is rotatable relative to and slidable longitudinally relative to the core barrel; a housing suspended from the core barrel; a deflection crank extending between the housing and the core barrel; and means within the housing for transferring power from a power source to the crank for selectively rotating the crank for moving the core barrel between a first position in which the core barrel and the housing are aligned and a second position in which the barrel and the housing are not aligned.

Abstract: An extrusion machine for making elongated articles of concrete by forcing the concrete through a mold, the article having a relatively large core. The machine is moved forwardly by reaction as the concrete is forced against the molded concrete. A rotatable spiral conveyor extends longitudinally of the mold and moves the concrete through the mold. A nonrotatable forming element in the mold forms the internal cavity. The element is immediately following the downstream end of the conveyor. The forming element has its lower edge positioned so that not more than 10% of the height of the forming element is below the lower edge of the conveyor the lower edge and lower sides of the element being free of any substantial ramp. The longitudinal center line of the element is higher than the center line of the conveyor and includes a ramp extending upwardly from the downstream end of the conveyor. The conveyor forces the concrete over the forming elements to form the concrete article.