Abstract: A system and method of bio-cleaning an ignition interlock device (IID). The method comprises receiving a handheld unit of an IID in a fixtured arrangement with an IID calibration station, and applying, while maintaining the IID handheld unit in the fixtured arrangement, a bio-cleaning agent to at least one ingress port of the IID handheld unit in a consolidated IID bio-cleaning and IID calibration operation.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments generally relate to transaction card constructions, and particularly, to a two-piece transaction card construction. Disclosed embodiments include a generally planar first card component including a first surface and a generally planar second card component including a second surface wherein the first card component is separate from the second card component. In disclosed embodiments, for example, the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a cavity and the other forms an inlay component configured to be seated within the cavity. In other embodiments the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a container and the other forms a lid configured to close the container.

Abstract: A system for driving a plurality of high side NMOS power switches includes a charge pump to generate a boot voltage across a charge pump capacitor and a plurality of high side drivers. Each high side driver includes a PMOS switch to turn on the high side NMOS power switch and an NMOS switch to turn off the high side NMOS power switch. A first inverter chain coupled between the boot voltage and the input voltage generates a first control signal to control the PMOS switch and a second inverter chain coupled between an internal boot voltage and the floating switch node generates a second control signal to control the NMOS switch. The boot voltage can be equal to the input voltage plus a regulator voltage and is substantially independent of a voltage at the floating switch node and the internal boot voltage can be equal to a voltage at the floating switch node plus a regulator voltage.

Abstract: A first base station receives, from a second base station, a next generation radio access network (NG-RAN) configuration update message including a neighbor information evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) information element (IE), a served cells new radio (NR) to add IE, a slice identifier of a first network slice supported by a cell of the second base station, and a second served cell information NR IE indicating that the cell of the second base station is in a second closed access group (CAG). The first base station sends, to the second base station, an NG-RAN configuration update acknowledge message including a first served cell information NR IE indicating that a cell of the first base station is in a first CAG. The first base station sends, to the second base station, a handover request message to the cell of the second base station.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a motorcycle saddlebag security enclosure assembly having an enclosure with a substantially flat top panel, an access door substantially parallel to the top panel, a bottom panel positioned below the top panel, and a plurality of side panels which connect between the top panel and bottom panel. Embodiments further contain a base adapted for removable attachment to the enclosure and having a substantially flat base plate, and a plurality of legs extending downwardly from the base plate. Preferably, a hook extending upwardly from the top panel and a pass-through aperture is placed on the same side of the enclosure as the hook. A C-shaped base element is placed beneath the base and near a central portion. A U-shaped channel extends below the top panel and accepts a sidewall of the access door.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for providing a domain-specific visualization of message content. Unclassified messages are received for a sender and a real-time classifier is used to assign categories to the messages. User interactions with email can then be used to generate a ranked list of domain-specific senders. This ranked list of senders and classified emails can then be used to provide a domain-specific view to a user. Further features (e.g., aggregated content pages by sender, dynamic call-to-action buttons, message previews etc.) can then be built on top of the ranked senders and messages.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to solutions for improving a firmware update mechanism and in particular, for improving a firmware update mechanism of a power distribution board by utilizing different boot procedures. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving, at a microcontroller, a firmware update, wherein the firmware update is transmitted by a computer powered by a power distribution board associated with the microcontroller, initiating, by the microcontroller, a warm boot procedure using the firmware update, and marking the warm boot procedure as successful if a message received from the computer indicates that the firmware update is successful. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for determining a power reset of the computer, initiating, by the microcontroller, a cold boot procedure using the firmware update, and marking the firmware update as proven if the message from the computer indicates that the firmware update is successful.

Abstract: A label and methods and devices for detecting an environmental factor that exceeds a threshold are described. The label includes a plurality of codable areas. The first portion of the plurality of codable areas are coded according to a first value and the second portion of the plurality of codable areas are coded according to a second value. The label additionally includes an environmentally triggered bubble positioned in one of the plurality of codable areas. The environmentally triggered bubble changes between the first value and the second value when ruptured. As a result, the code that the label represents changes when the environmentally triggered bubble ruptures.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for connecting with LEO satellites while reducing emissions toward GEO satellite communications. A system to implement the instant techniques may include a system comprised of a user communications equipment and a LEO constellation. The user equipment (“UE”) may comprise a communications modem and an active antenna unit with a transmit and receive beamformer. In further implementations, the UE may include additional receive only beamformers. The LEO constellation can have a regenerative payload or bent pipe, and can include orbits at different altitudes. Methods as described herein may include a procedure by which the user equipment and LEO satellite work together to identify candidate serving satellites, and select the one that allows to meet the power density requirements to avoid interfering with the GEO satellites.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of stabilizing a seawall and reducing erosion around a seawall. Disclosed herein are methods of reducing erosion around a seawall, comprising injecting an amount of a sealing material to an injection depth at each of a plurality of spaced locations along a landward side of a new seawall. Also disclosed herein are methods for forming a chemical footer for a seawall comprising injecting a polymeric material to an injection depth from 1 foot to 3 feet below the mudline at each of a plurality of spaced locations along a landward side of a seawall. Additionally described herein are methods for reinforcing a seawall, comprising injecting a polymeric material to an injection depth at a plurality of spaced locations along the landward side of the seawall, wherein the injection depth is substantially at the vertical midpoint between the mudline and the top of the seawall.

Abstract: An acoustic telemetry tool can include string connectors at respective opposite ends of the acoustic telemetry tool, a tubular outer housing extending longitudinally between the connectors, an inner mandrel extending longitudinally between the connectors, an annular chamber formed radially between the outer housing and the inner mandrel, and an acoustic telemetry assembly positioned in the annular chamber. In one acoustic telemetry tool, the outer housing is configured to transmit mechanical loads between the connectors, but the inner mandrel is configured to not transmit mechanical loads between the connectors. In another acoustic telemetry tool, the outer housing and the inner mandrel are configured to transmit mechanical loads between the connectors. In another tool, there may be multiple sets of outer housings, inner mandrels and acoustic telemetry assemblies.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating, through a first transistor of an impedance trimming circuit, a precision current based on a reference voltage and an automatic test equipment (ATE) in a first phase of the impedance trimming circuit, wherein the ATE is coupled to the impedance trimming circuit to receive the precision current; mirroring the precision current into a second transistor and a first on-die resistor; sending a first internal voltage feedback at an internal node VFBINT to the ATE, wherein the internal node VFBINT is coupled to the second transistor and the first on-die resistor; and receiving a first trimming code to trim the first on-die resistor, wherein the first trimming code is based on a comparison of the first on-die resistor and a target on-die resistor by the ATE.

Abstract: A device includes memory and a processor. The device receives biometric information. The device receives location information. The device analyzes the received biometric information with stored biometric information. The device analyzes the received location information with stored location information. The device determines whether the received biometric information matches the stored biometric information. The device determines whether the received location information matches the stored location information. The device sends an electronic communication that indicates whether the received biometric information matches the stored biometric information and whether the received local information matches the stored location information.

Abstract: System and method for checking reputations of executable files in an endpoint device use an integrity verification on an executable file being scanned to determine whether the executable file has been unaltered since being installed in the endpoint device. When the executable file has been determined to be unaltered since being installed in the endpoint device, a file origin analysis is executed on the executable file based on a vendor identifier for the executable file to determine whether the executable file is from an approved source. When the executable file is determined to be from an approved source, an output is produced that indicates that the executable file has an approved reputation.

Abstract: A system such as an imaging system may include Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) value generation circuitry. The CRC value generation circuitry may include a data splitter that splits an input data bit stream instead multiple split data bit streams each inserted with a number of bits having a value of 0. A plurality of CRC value generators may each have a corresponding input path to receive a respective one of the split data bit streams and generate corresponding partial CRC values. A data combiner coupled to the plurality of Cyclic Redundancy Check value generators may combine the partial CRC values to generate a final CRC value. A normalizer may be coupled between each of the plurality of CRC generators and the data combiner. Two CRC value data storage structures may help the plurality of Cyclic Redundancy Check value generators and the data combiner perform the desired CRC computations.

Abstract: Systems and methods include a kiosk that performs an electronic payment transaction based on instructions received from a portable device of a user. The system further includes a transmitting device electrically coupled to the kiosk. The transmitting device is configured to transmit a first signal to the portable device at a first direction. The system further includes a receiving device electrically coupled to the kiosk. The receiving device is configured to receive a second signal from the portable device at a second direction. The transmitting device and receiving device are positioned such that the first and second direction enable determination of a position of the user, where the processor enables the electronic payment transaction to be processed only when the portable device is at a location relative to the kiosk. The location is disposed within a transmission path coextensive with both the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: A wireless device receives a release message indicating a small data transmission (SDT) procedure, of a cell, for an inactive state of the wireless device and indicating a downlink reference signal (RS), of a plurality of downlink RSs of the cell, associated with the SDT procedure. The wireless device initiates, during the SDT procedure, a beam failure detection and recovery procedure on the cell based on a measurement quantity of the downlink RS compared with a first threshold, and based on a cell measurement quantity, of one or more downlink RSs of the plurality downlink RSs, compared with a second threshold.

Abstract: Parking system and method. In one example, an externally mounted parking system includes a parking system case that is externally mounted to a transmission case of a transmission and a parking system actuator that actuates a mechanism which selectively prevents movement of a gear in the transmission. In the parking system the mechanism is rotationally mounted in the parking system case and a gear reduction assembly in the system is coupled to the transmission through an opening in the transmission case and an opening in the parking system case.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to collecting and processing data from computing devices of a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The data received from each of these AV computing devices may include raw sensor data or data that has been generated using data received by one or more sensors at respective AVs. Once this data is collected and associated with discrete locations and times, the data may be evaluated and used to generate mappings of various sorts. These mappings may include mappings of underground features generated based on an evaluations of vibration data. Alternatively, or additionally, these mapping may include mappings of landscape features, atmospheric features, or the locations of aircraft from data associated with certain types of sensing apparatus, for example radar apparatus or light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques for branch prediction. A branch predictor may be included in a front end of a processor. The branch predictor may store branch targets in a branch target buffer. The branch target buffer includes shared bits, which may be combined with branch target bits to specify branch target destination addresses. Shared bits may result in more efficient memory usage in the processor, for example.