Abstract: A load control device is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between an AC power source and an electrical load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network. The load control device may further comprise an optical module operable to receive an optical signal, such that the controller may obtain an IP address from the received optical signal and control the power delivered to the load in response to a wireless signal that includes the IP address.

Abstract: A wireless device may receive from a base station one or more messages indicating a first downlink transmission power of reference signals. The wireless device may also measure a first reference signal received power value of the received reference signals in a measurement window. The wireless device also receives a command indicating a time period during which transmission of the reference signals are stopped. The wireless device may further transmit to the base station, after the time period during which transmission of the reference signals are stopped, uplink signals. The uplink transmission power of the uplink signals being determined by the wireless device based on received power of the first reference signal, and the first downlink transmission power.

Abstract: Clock monitors for circuits having a plurality of oscillators. The clock monitors produce an error indication when one oscillator is determined to be outside of a desired operating range or beyond a defined threshold with respect to a second oscillator. The clock monitors include a synchronizer configured to receive a clock signal from a first oscillator of the plurality of oscillators and synchronize the received clock signal with a second oscillator and to produce a synchronized clock signal. The clock monitors can include a counter configured to produce a count value based on synchronized clock signal. The clock monitors include comparison circuitry configured to receive the count value and produce an error indication when the count value is outside a predetermined range. The clock monitors may be used to ensure correct clock operation for different transition scenarios, e.g., turning on or off a certain clock or power domain.

Abstract: Methods are provided that may include determining one or more of a vibration characteristic or a fluid characteristic of one or more components of a vehicle and determining one or more expected characteristics for the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic. The methods may also include determining whether the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic deviates from the one or more expected respective characteristics, and implementing one or more responsive actions in response to determining that the one or more of the vibration characteristic or the fluid characteristic deviates from the one or more expected characteristics.

Abstract: A method of applying a coating composition to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator is disclosed and provides coated article. The high transfer efficiency applicator comprises a plurality of nozzles, each being configured to apply a stream or stream of droplets of the coating composition to a substrate substantially without atomization, and an infrared emitter. The method includes providing a coating composition for overspray-free application to the high transfer efficiency applicator, and applying the coating composition via disposing a plurality of lines of the coating composition onto the substrate via the plurality of nozzles. The method also includes irradiating the coating composition via the infrared emitter during and/or after application to give an irradiated coating composition, and thereby form an overspray free coating layer on the substrate.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method to determine a device of a driver including: receiving, by a computing device and from a first user device, first telematics data; receiving, by the computing device and from a second user device, second telematics data; determining, using a trained machine learning model, patterns in the first and second telematics data; determining, using the patterns in the first and second telematics data, relative positions of the first user device and the second user device; determining a predicted position of the first user device relative to the second user device; and identifying that the first user device or the second user device is associated with the driver of a vehicle based at least in part upon the predicted position of the first user device relative to the second user device. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to enhancing a card activation experience for an authorized card user when activating a new card by at least displaying various types of information related to the new card in augmented reality (AR) and allowing the user to perform the activation itself or experience other aspects of the activation process in AR. Information pertaining the successful activation of the card may also be provided to the user in AR.

Abstract: Bleach dilution and delivery vehicles are enabled. For example, a method can comprise: transporting, using a bleach dilution and delivery vehicle, sodium hypochlorite from a first location to a second location, mixing, using the bleach dilution and delivery vehicle, water from the second location and sodium hypochlorite from the bleach dilution and delivery vehicle to a defined strength, resulting in a diluted mix, and dispensing, using the bleach dilution and delivery vehicle, the diluted mix to the second location.

Abstract: A system and method for denoising a grey scale image of a pattern on a substrate, including: scanning a gaussian beam consecutively across scanlines extending along an x direction, wherein the scan lines are disposed adjacent to each other in a y direction within a predetermined region of the pattern, obtaining waveforms from secondary electrons and backscattered electrons reflected from the scanned pattern; converting the waveforms into a grey scale image, and applying a gaussian weighted distribution for each of the scan lines of the grey scale image and the neighboring scan lines of the grey scale image to account for the impact of the neighboring scan lines to each scan line.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for cyclical enrichment, especially of rare earth elements and isotopes. A tube, or ampule, optionally with one crucible, or with two coaxially opposite crucibles in fluid communication, is used to hold a source material in vacuum and irradiate the source material to enrich it with product material. Following the irradiation of the source substance (e.g., Yb, enriched with 176Yb) to yield the product substance (e.g., 177Lu), the mixture may be sublimated to remove most of the source substance and concentrate the product material, e.g., by heating the lower part and cooling the upper part of the tube, to condense sublimated source material at the top of the tube. Consecutively, the concentrated product substance may be purified, while the solidified source structure may be reused in irradiation/sublimation cycles to further enrich and concentrate the product material.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, structures, circuits, and methods providing integrated circuit (IC) packages or modules having diagonalized leads. First and second semiconductor dies are disposed on a substrate. First and second coils are configured on the substrate for a transformer. The transformer may include a core. The leads or pins may be aligned along a diagonal of the package body, providing increased creepage. The IC packages and modules may include various types of circuits; in some examples, IC packages or modules may include a galvanically isolated gate driver or other high voltage circuit.

Abstract: The Posture-Adaptive Keyboard enhances user-computer interactions through dynamic three-dimensional adjustability—horizontally, vertically, and angularly. It features an enclosure made from materials including opaque, translucent, or transparent options, and incorporates a versatile mounting mechanism. This design allows the keyboard to align with the user's natural ergonomic posture, potentially reducing repetitive stress injuries (RSIs). A key feature is the variable friction articulated arm connected to the keyboard's integrated mounting mechanism, which permits precise and stable positioning. Adjustments are made via a friction control knob, optimizing ergonomic settings for user comfort. The keyboard supports both wired and wireless setups, ensuring compatibility with various computing environments.

Abstract: Extra-urethral implants and methods of use are disclosed. Implants can treat disorders or diseases of the prostate by, for example, enlarging the lumen of the prostatic urethra.

Abstract: A device and method for assembling an electronic golf ball are described. The device may include a printed circuit board, a wire wrapped around a ring-shaped bobbin, where the ring-shaped bobbin includes four legs, two on each side of the ring-shaped bobbin, with the printed circuit board inserted into the ring-shaped bobbin. This assembly, an electronic apparatus, is placed in a mold, with at least one of the four legs in contact with walls of the mold, the legs centering the electronic apparatus in a center of the mold. An inner layer material is inserted in the mold creating an inner core assembly. The inner layer assembly is removed from the mold and covered with a stiff spherical core and an outer golf ball cover layer, to form the golf ball.

Abstract: Steering light includes: providing, from a plurality of optical source ports, a respective optical wave that is tuned over different respective wavelengths, within different respective time slots; emitting at least a portion of the light from at least one optical phased array comprising a plurality of optical phase shifters, and a plurality of optical grating antennas; distributing at least a portion of the light using at least one optical distribution network (ODN) comprising: one or more ODN input ports, and two or more ODN output ports each coupled to a different respective one of the optical phase shifters; and coupling at least a portion of the light using at least one optical coupler (OC) comprising: at least one OC input port coupled to one of the optical source ports, and at least one OC output port coupled to one of the one or more ODN input ports.

Abstract: A method for execution by a touch screen computing device includes obtaining a touch signal associated with a row electrode of a touch screen display that is operable to render frames of data into visible images, where the touch screen display includes rows of electrodes oriented with columns of electrodes. The method further includes spatial filtering the touch signal in a first direction of the row electrode with respect to columns of the electrodes that form intersections with the row electrode to produce first direction touch signal data. The method further includes spatial filtering the touch signal in a second direction of the row electrode with respect to the intersections to produce second direction touch signal data. The method further includes combining the first and second direction touch signal data to produce a filtered touch signal. The method further includes processing the filtered touch signal to determine touch data.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed relating to using a spatial noise model to compensate for noise in a frame of touch sensor data. One example provides, on a computing device, a method comprising receiving a noise level for each sensor antenna of a set of sensor antennas of a touch sensor; for each pair of sensor antennas, determining a noise compensation ratio comprising a noise level of a first antenna compared to a noise level of a second antenna; and storing the noise compensation ratio in a spatial noise model.

Abstract: A vehicle engagement assembly is attached to a vehicle lift, wherein the vehicle lift is configured to actuate the engagement assembly between lowered and raised positions, and the vehicle engagement assembly includes: a first arm including a first notch, a second arm including a second notch, an adapter coupling arm including a coupling portion, and an adapter that couples with the coupling portion. The second arm can transition between a first extended configuration and a first retracted configuration relative to the first arm. The adapter fits within the first notch when both the second arm is in the first retracted configuration and the adapter coupling arm is in the second retracted configuration. The adapter coupling arm is configured to transition between a second extended configuration and a second retracted configuration relative to the second arm.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for continuous, large scale, commercially viable production of nanoforests. A roll-to-roll process passes a flexible substrate, including fibers and fabrics, through a furnace. Precursors are introduced in a growth zone in which a vertical or horizontal nanoforest of nanotubes or nanowires is grown on the substrate. Sensors and actuators with feedback control are provided for parameters such as substrate speed, substrate tension, furnace temperature, precursor flow rate, nanoforest thickness, and nanoforest. The furnace is preferably enclosed for environmental and safety purposes. The feed roll and take-up roll are disposed in housings can be attached to the furnace via airlocks, which enables rapid loading and unloading of the rolls using techniques well known in the industry while maintaining furnace conditions.

Abstract: Patterns in lane data and traffic signal data around intersections are used to detect potential errors in map databases and automatically generate data for map databases. Groups of lanes inbound into intersections and/or outbound from intersections can be categorized, and these categories may be used to compare lanes around an intersection, or at multiple intersections along a roadway or in a region. Deviations from expected patterns of these intersection categories may be used to identify errors. Patterns of internal lanes based on external lanes and traffic signal data may be used to automatically generate internal lane data for intersections.