Abstract: A three-speed gearbox assembly for an electric drive vehicle includes three planetary gear sets. A first clutch selectively couples the electric motor output to a second portion of the first planetary gear set, a second clutch selectively grounds the second portion of the first planetary gear set, and a third clutch selectively grounds a portion of the third planetary gear set. A fourth clutch is selectively engaged to lock first and second axle shafts to provide a locked differential function. The gearbox assembly is selectively switchable between (i) a first gear where the second and third clutches are engaged and the first and fourth clutches are disengaged, (ii) a second gear where first and third clutches are engaged and the second and fourth clutches are disengaged, and (iii) a third gear where second and fourth clutches are engaged and the first and third clutches are disengaged.

Abstract: An improved living area estimation system is described herein that can control and/or use data obtained by a residential robotic device that operates within a structure to estimate the living area. In particular, a residential robotic device may navigate along a predetermined or dynamically-determined route on one floor of the structure. As the residential robotic device travels along the route, the residential robotic device can use one or more sensors to track the area covered. The living area estimation system can obtain a traversed area map directly or indirectly from the residential robotic device, use image processing techniques to enhance the traversed area map, and estimate a living area of a floor on which the residential robotic device operated using the enhanced traversed area map. The living area estimation system can then use artificial intelligence and the estimated floor living area to estimate the living area of a structure.

Abstract: A foldable touch screen display device made up of flexible or tiled display segments that can be folded from a compact state to an expanded state which also includes a gaming motion control interface. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a larger phone or tablet computer, which may also have the mechanical functionality of a laptop. The gaming motion control interface can provide enhanced interaction and viewing of a game application by utilizing the inherent folding mechanics and position of each display segment relative to each other such that a virtual object or point of reference shown on the display corresponds with the device's folding motion. Other applications that do not relate to gaming may also be applied utilizing the same techniques disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing permissions and authorizing access to a service supported by a computing device. The methods comprise by a computing device: intercepting a request to access the service sent along with a certificate including a first tenant identifier (the first tenant identifier identifying a first business entity other than a second business entity providing the service); using the first tenant identifier to obtain permission information from a datastore (the permission information specifying which resources of a plurality of resources can be returned in response to requests from the first business entity); generating a web authentication token including the first tenant identifier and the permission information; and initiating operations of the service in response to a validation of the web authentication token.

Abstract: A decoder may receive, in a bit stream for a current block of samples, a first residual block of samples, an indication of a displacement vector, and an indication of a downscaling. The decoder may, based on the indication of the downscaling, upscale the first residual block of samples to a second residual block of samples. The decoder may generate a decoded block of samples based on: the displacement vector; and the second residual block of samples.

Abstract: A delivery container is designed to fit into the rear passenger compartment of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle (AV) that makes deliveries without a human driver. The delivery container includes a base, two sides, and a top. The sides are angled and the top is smaller than the base, which creates a large opening that is easy for a user to access and can adequately store large or bulky goods. The delivery container may be accessed from either side of the vehicle, and may include a drawer for moving items from one side of the vehicle to the other, so that items may be easily accessed from either side.

Abstract: Methods and systems for training an autonomous vehicle (AV) motion planning model are disclosed. The system receives a log of data representing objects detected by an AV over time. The system identifies a group of sample times in the log. Each sample time represents a time at which the AV made a choice in response to a state of an object. For each of the sample times, the system will generate candidate trajectories for the AV, and it will output the candidate trajectories on a display. The system will receive a label with a rating for each candidate trajectory. The system will then save, to a data set, each of the candidate trajectories in association with its label and the data from the log for its corresponding sample time. The system may then apply the data set to an AV motion planning model to train the model.

Abstract: A method of managing operator take-over of autonomous vehicle. The method includes gathering information on an external surrounding of the autonomous vehicle; analyzing the gathered information on the external surrounding of the autonomous vehicle to determine an upcoming traffic pattern; gathering information on an operator of the autonomous vehicle; analyzing the gathered information on the operator of the autonomous vehicle to determine an operator behavior; predicting an operator action based on the determined upcoming traffic pattern and the determined operator behavior; and initiating a predetermined vehicle response based on the predicted operator action. The predicting the operator action includes comparing the determined upcoming traffic pattern with a similar historic traffic pattern and retrieving a historical operator action in response to the similar historical pattern.

Abstract: Methods and systems of managing dynamic response to wind in a solar tracker system are provided. The method includes determining a wind speed, comparing the wind speed to a predetermined threshold value to determine if the wind speed equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold, positioning a windward most solar tracker to a predetermined angle based on the comparing, and positioning a leeward most solar tracker to the predetermined angle based on the comparing. The solar trackers are positioned at the predetermined angle at a predetermined interval starting at the windward most solar tracker and the remaining solar trackers remain in a normal operating condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of analyzing an energy storage device including normalizing charge and discharge voltage profiles to obtain normalized charge and discharge voltage profiles as a function of a normalized capacity; averaging the normalized voltage profiles to obtain an averaged voltage profile as a function of the normalized capacity; determining an internal resistance between the charge or discharge voltage profiles and the normalized averaged voltage profile; determining a current-resistance (IR) potential responsive to a measured current and the determined internal resistance; determining an IR-free voltage charge or discharge profile of the energy storage device; and determining a ratio between a capacity change and a voltage potential change in a charging or discharging process of the energy storage device over a predetermined interval of time responsive to the determined IR-free voltage charge or discharge profiles.

Abstract: Examples for determining access to restricted features of an application are disclosed. A current working status of a user account and an access policy can be analyzed to determine whether access to the restricted feature should be granted or denied. The functionality can be provided by a library bundled within an application.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage the identification of control packets in an encapsulation header. In one implementation, a computing system may receive a Geneve packet at a network interface and determine that the Geneve packet includes an Operations and Management (OAM) flag. Once the OAM flag is identified, the computing system can select a processing queue from a plurality of processing queues for a main processing system of the computing system based on the OAM flag and assign the Geneve packet to the processing queue.