Abstract: This invention relates to systems and methods for processing and visualizing data related to trading strategies for exchange-traded equities based upon real-time options data.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for order fulfillment by community delivery. A method for product delivery comprises detecting a presence of a user device of a store customer associated with a customer profile at a location associated with a store location based on a location sensor, identifying a delivery community associated with the customer profile from a plurality of delivery communities in the community database, identifying available community delivery orders associated with other members of the delivery community in an order database, instructing a pickup order fulfillment system to prepare the one or more community delivery orders for pickup by the store customer, and providing delivery instructions for the one or more community delivery orders.

Abstract: A scooter device that can be propelled by side to side movement of a user is disclosed. The scooter device includes at least a first front wheel, at least a second and a third rearward located wheel, a frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second and third wheels, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement and a steering mechanism that has a vertically ascending control member and is coupled to the first wheel such that turning of the steering mechanism achieves a turning of the first wheel, the steering mechanism further coupled to the frame structure such that the steering mechanism may be tilted relative to the frame structure. The frame structure can includes a first foot placement platform extending above the second wheel and a second foot placement platform extending above the third wheel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for producing CCZ states and T states. In one aspect, a method for distilling a CCZ state includes preparing multiple target qubits, ancilla qubits and stabilizer qubits in a zero state, performing an X gate for each stabilizer qubit on multiple ancilla qubits or multiple ancilla qubits and one of the target qubits using the stabilizer qubit as a control, measuring the stabilizer qubits, performing, on each of the ancilla qubits, a Z1/4 gate and a Hadamard gate, measuring each of the ancilla qubits, performing, conditioned on each measured ancilla qubit state, a NOT operation on a selected stabilizer qubit, or a NOT operation on the selected stabilizer qubit and a Z gate on one or more respective target qubits, performing, on each target qubit and conditioned on a measured state of a respective stabilizer qubit, a Z gate on the target qubit, and performing an X gate on each of the target qubits.

Abstract: A method of chlorinating a antimony fluorohalide catalyst is disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises contacting an antimony fluorohalide catalyst that contains one or more fluorines with a regenerating agent chosen from 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233xf), 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane (250fb), 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244bb) and combinations of 1233xf, 250fb, and 244bb, under conditions effective to exchange at least one fluorine in the antimony fluorohalide catalyst with chlorine. The method can be used to regenerate spent antimony fluorohalide catalyst, for example regenerating SbCl5 from SbF5.

Abstract: A memory device formed of ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFETs). The memory device can be used as a front end buffer, such as in a data storage device having a non-volatile memory (NVM). A controller can be configured to transfer user data between the NVM and an external client (host) via the buffer. The FeFETs can be arranged in a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) array. A monitor circuit can be used to monitor operation of the FeFETs. An optimization controller can be used to adjust at least one operational parameter associated with the FeFETs responsive to the monitored operation by the monitor circuit. The FeFETs may require a refresh operation after each read operation. A power down sequence can involve a read operation without a subsequent refresh operation to wipe the FeFETs, the read operation jettisoning the data read from the buffer memory.

Abstract: A laminate including: a first ply having a first surface and a second surface, where the first surface is an outer surface of the laminate; a second ply having a third surface facing the second surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, where the fourth surface is an inner surface of the laminate; an interlayer between the plies; and an enhanced p-polarized reflective coating positioned over at least a portion of a surface of the plies. When the laminate is contacted with radiation having p-polarized radiation at an angle of 60° relative to normal of the laminate, the laminate exhibits a LTA of at least 70% and a reflectivity of the p-polarized radiation of at least 10%. A display system and method of projecting an image in a heads-up display is also disclosed.

Abstract: A testing apparatus and method for detecting faults in encoders are disclosed. The testing apparatus includes a signal conditioning circuit board that receives an encoder signal and a central processing unit in communication with the circuit board and configured to: check for faulty amplitude, check for signal symmetry, check for signal offset, and/or check for signal transmission rate. The testing apparatus includes a real-time controller for real-time signal processing and fault detection.

Abstract: A system and method of raising and lowering a ball coupler for coupling to a ball hitch is provided. A combination of hydraulic pump and hydraulic piston are employed to raise and lower the ball coupler of a gooseneck trailer. Both custom and off the shelf parts combine to create a user friendly system to couple and uncouple a gooseneck trailer to the truck. The system described herein replaces the need to raise and lower a gooseneck trailer's coupling system by hand crank and gear box and even the need to climb into the back of the truck bed. Varying trailer frame configurations and ball coupler sizes can be employed with the present invention. Also described and shown in this provisional is a non-rotating free end hydraulic piston device and method. Also described and shown is a coupling bushing device and method for securing a conventional coupler to piston rod.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed are directed to ensuring resource compliance within a cloud-based environment using a compliance system. The embodiments include steps for performing pre-provisioning checks of resources, such as network protocols, prior to their deployment within the cloud-based environment. The compliance system may include a number of components for performing the pre-provisioning check including a maintenance module, a collection module, and an evaluation module, which are used to evaluate the resource prior to deployment in the cloud-based environment.

Abstract: A display has an image generator; a partially transmissive mirror having a curved surface; a beam splitter to reflect incident light toward the curved surface; and an optical image relay that defines a path to relay light to a curved focal surface of a partially transmissive mirror, the curved focal surface is between a curved reflective surface of the partial mirror and the beam splitter. A prism has a folding surface in the optical path for light from the image generator, wherein an aperture stop for the relay lies within the prism. A first plano-aspheric lens, against the prism input surface, guides light from the image generator toward the folding surface; a second plano-aspheric lens, in optical contact against the prism output surface, directs light to the curved focal surface. The relay, curved mirror, and beam splitter form an exit pupil for viewing the scene with a 2D image superimposed.

Abstract: Techniques for managing namespaces in a multi-cluster management (MCM) system to facilitate multi-cluster application development are provided. In one set of embodiments, a computer system executing the MCM system can create a workspace for an application being developed by a software development team of an organization, where the workspace is a logical grouping of namespaces on which the application has been or will be deployed, and where at least a subset of the namespaces can belong to different clusters of the organization. The computer system can then assign a member of the development team as a workspace administrator of the workspace, thereby enabling that development team member to perform management tasks on the workspace and its member namespaces via the MCM system (e.g., creating and adding namespaces to the workspace, setting access/image/network policies on the workspace, etc.), without help from the organization's IT staff.

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for entity disambiguation are provided. For example, a document may be analyzed to identify a first mention and a second mention. One or more techniques may be used to select and link a candidate entity, from a first set of candidate entities, to the first mention and select and link a candidate entity, from a second set of candidate entities, to the second mention.

Abstract: An optical communication system includes an optical transmitter and one or more processors. The optical transmitter is configured to output an optical signal, and includes an average-power-limited optical amplifier, such as an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). The one or more processors are configured to receive optical signal data related to a received power for a communication link from a remote communication system and determine that the optical signal data is likely to fall below a minimum received power within a time interval. In response to the determination, the one or more processors are configured to determine a duty cycle of the optical transmitter based on a minimum on-cycle length and a predicted EDFA output power and operate the optical transmitter using the determined duty cycle to transmit an on-cycle power that is no less than the minimum required receiver power for error-free operation of the communication link.

Abstract: A method (400) for a website authentication is provided. The method includes receiving a reference uniform resource locator (URL) (130) at a browser (120) and determining whether the reference URL adheres to an authentication protocol (202) including a credential identifier (132c) and a web authentication host URL (132a). When the reference URL adheres to the authentication protocol, the method also includes extracting the credential identifier and the web authentication host URL from the reference URL. The method further includes obtaining credential data (160) from a remote service (150) using the credential identifier and sending web authentication instructions (170) to the browser. The web authentication instructions include the web authentication host URL and the credential data.

Abstract: An example sheet product dispenser includes a dispensing mechanism operable to dispense sheet product to provide the dispensed portion within a dispensing chute. A tear bar is provided for separating the dispensed portion from a remainder of the sheet product. A shuttle is positioned between a switch and the dispensed portion. The shuttle is movable between an unactuated position and an actuated position. When the shuttle is in the unactuated position, the switch is in the unactuated configuration. The shuttle and the switch are positioned within the sheet product dispenser such that as the user pulls on the dispensed portion the shuttle moves to the actuated position so that the shuttle applies a force on the switch sufficient enough to transition the switch to an actuated configuration to indicate removal of the dispensed portion. Other example improvements include providing feedback for user inputs to a product dispenser.

Abstract: Provided are methods for operating a vehicle, which can include receiving, from one or more of at least one sensor placed within a vehicle or an application on a communication device connected to the vehicle, data indicative of at least one of an action or an appearance of a passenger of the vehicle; determining, based on the at least one of the action or the appearance, that a modification of at least one operational parameter of the vehicle is required; and modifying, in response to the determining, the at least one operational parameter of the vehicle. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: A process for preparing particles of polyphenylene sulfide polymer (PPS), based on the use of a polyester polymer (PE) comprising units from a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component, wherein at least 2 mol. % of the diol component is a poly(alkylene glycol). The process comprises the melt-blending of the PPS with the PE, the cooling the blend and the recovery of the particles by dissolution of the PE into water. The present invention relates to PPS particles obtained therefrom and to the use of these particles in SLS 3D printing, coatings and toughening of thermoset resins.

Abstract: A method, includes: (i) receiving information about an ambient light level; (ii) receiving image frame data for an active matrix display panel with an array of pixels each having a light emitting diode (LED) and a pixel circuit to control current supplied to the LED; (iii) selecting a selected current-resistance compensation (IRC) setting based on the information about the ambient light value; (iv) selecting a selected source voltage level based on the selected IRC setting that was selected by the computing system; (v) generating compensated image frame data for the image frame based on the received image frame data and the selected IRC setting; and (vi) displaying the image frame by supplying data signals based on the compensated image frame data to corresponding pixels from the array of pixels, while applying a source voltage corresponding to the selected source voltage level to all of the pixels.

Abstract: The present embodiments disclose an exercise apparatus including at least one rocker board dimensioned to support a user. A plurality of convex rockers are releasably engageable with the at least one rocker board to provide instability during an exercise. A cutout is positioned through the rocker boards to strengthen the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the user.