Abstract: An optical device including a first layer of a total internal reflection (TIR) waveguide and a second layer of the TIR waveguide is disclosed. The second layer of the TIR waveguide may be coupled to the first layer. The second layer may include an output coupling device configured to reflect light toward an exit face of the TIR waveguide. The output coupling device may include one or more diffractive gratings. The optical device may also include an input coupling face disposed on a non-diffractive edge portion the first layer or the second layer or both the first and second layer. The input coupling face may be configured to receive image light. Another optical device may include an input coupling face disposed on a non-diffractive input coupling element. The non-diffractive input coupling element may be positioned in an optical path for directing the image light to the TIR waveguide.

Abstract: A method of forming a vaporizer of an electronic vaping device includes applying a porous material to at least one surface of a heating element to form a coating thereon. The heating element is formed of a conductive material.

Abstract: A tank valve system comprises a main valve body, an overfill protection device (OPD), a gauge drive apparatus and a fuel level indicator. The OPD and gauge drive apparatus are configured to both be inserted through a narrow neck of a fuel storage tank prior to connecting the valve body to the neck. The valve body includes a primary fuel channel and a shuttle interface channel. The OPD includes an overfill float driving an overfill shutoff valve for controlling fluid flow from the primary channel into the tank. The gauge drive apparatus includes a gauge float, a shuttle, and an elongated extension body. The gauge float is movable with respect to the extension body between an uppermost position and a lowermost position, thereby driving the shuttle. The shuttle has a gauge actuation portion transportable within the shuttle interface channel to thereby actuate the fuel level indicator.

Abstract: Methods and systems to improve coupling and cohesion of at least one educational program are provided. In some examples, the methods and systems include at least one educational program, where the at least one educational program comprises a first application programming interface (API) that is configured to be coupled to a second API of an internet enabled electronic device in a restricted state and partially decoupled in an unrestricted state.

Abstract: A plant stake and display tag holder for use with a nursery container such as a pot or free-standing planter. The display tag is attached to the container and is accessible and visible to the consumer without obstruction from the container or plant contained therein. The bottom of the plant stake inserts into a slit in the rim portion of a nursery container and locks into place to hold the plant stake upright and securely in place. The display tag is held above the soil line and avoids the common problems associated with display tag holders inserted below the soil line.

Abstract: A method can include receiving image data characterizing a viewed object acquired via an image sensor of a visual inspection system and providing the image data in a display. The method can include receiving a first directional movement input via a directional input device of the visual inspection system and applying a first set of actuator drive signals to a plurality of actuators of the visual inspection system. The method can further include applying a coordinate transformation to the image data to generate transformed image data and receiving a second directional movement input via the directional input device. The method can also include applying a second set of actuator drive signals to the plurality of actuators. The second set of actuator drive signals can cause points on the viewed object to move in the first direction on the display. Related systems performing the method are also provided.

Abstract: A method of securely encrypting data whereby a computing device can utilize a seed and a pin to generate a mantissa of an irrational number. The computing device can then utilize a portion of the mantissa as a one-time pad to encrypt data. The seed can be transmitted to a recipient via a graphical code to enable secure decryption by a recipient's computing device.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to a quick-connect fitting that provides a leak-proof connection between two components of a waterway. The quick-connect fitting of the present disclosure is releasable and reusable for disconnecting and reconnecting the waterway connection. Moreover, the quick-connect fitting further comprises an audible identifier which identifies the quick-connect fitting has secured the waterway components to be connected.

Abstract: An SMS-based dual mode content subscription system is disclosed. A first broadcast message associated with a subscription content source is received. A set of destination SMS addresses is determined, each destination SMS address associated with a different subscription to the subscription content source and corresponding to a different mobile device. An SMS message that includes the first broadcast message is sent to each destination SMS address, the SMS message identifying a same first sender SMS address. A reply SMS message is received from a first mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, the reply SMS message being directed to the first sender SMS address and not being distributed to any other mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices. In response to the reply SMS message, a second SMS message that includes a first subscriber message is sent to only the first mobile device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein includes a system, a method, and a device for processing and converting data using matrix operations. Circuitry can partition an input of a first data format across a plurality of lookup tables each residing in a respective memory. The circuitry can access weight information from a load store memory, and the partitioned input on a per column basis from the plurality of lookup tables. The circuitry can perform a number of multiply-accumulate (MAC) operations per cycle between the weight information from the load store memory and the partitioned input read on a per column basis from the plurality of lookup tables. The number of MAC operations performed per cycle can correspond to a total number of columns of the plurality of lookup tables. The circuitry can generate, responsive to the MAC operations on the partitioned input, a plurality of outputs in a second data format.

Abstract: Energy distribution structures provide architectural flexibility in various configurations, materials, and scalability, which enables a vast number of applications. An energy distribution structure or array thereof may include a three-dimensional outer component and a three-dimensional inner component within the outer component. The outer component absorbs and redirects initial energy from an applied energy event, and the inner component absorbs and redirects residual energy from the applied energy event. Such an applied energy event may be caused by a ballistic or non-ballistic impact, an instantaneous or prolonged impact such as atmospheric pressure or decompression, explosive overpressure (shockwave), low-velocity contact, and blunt force trauma. Energy distribution structures can increase the strength, resilience or survivability of such events, and reduce the injury or damage to target objects such as people, vehicles, structures, vessels and surfaces by shielding same from such events.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle is described herein. The autonomous vehicle comprises a first sensor and a second sensor having limited fields of view, an articulation system, and a computing system. The computing system determines a first region and a second region external to the autonomous vehicle based on a sensor prioritization scheme comprising a ranking of regions surrounding the autonomous vehicle. The computing system then causes the articulation system to orient the first sensor towards the first region and the second region towards the second region. Responsive to receiving a sensor signal from the first sensor indicating that an object has entered a field of view of the first sensor, the computing system determines a third region having a higher ranking than the second region within the sensor prioritization scheme. The computing system then causes the articulation system to orient the second sensor towards the third region.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of sending data in a network that includes at least one worker node executing one or more sets of containers and a virtual switch, the virtual switch including a gateway interface, a virtual local area network (VLAN) tunnel interface, and a set of virtual Ethernet interfaces associated with the one or more sets of containers. The method configures the gateway interface of the worker node to associate the gateway interface with multiple subnets that are each associated with a namespace. The worker node executes at least (1) first and second sets of containers of a first namespace, and (2) a third set of containers of a second namespace. The method sends data between the first and second sets of containers through a first virtual Ethernet interface associated with the first set of containers and a second virtual Ethernet interface associated with the second set of containers.

Abstract: The attack vectors for some denial-of-service cyber attacks on the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) are bad, bogus, or unregistered domain name DNS requests to resolve domain names that are not registered in the DNS. Some other cyber attacks steal sensitive data by encoding the data in bogus domain names, or domain names otherwise not registered in the DNS, that are transferred across networks in bogus DNS requests. A DNS gatekeeper may filter in-transit packets containing DNS requests and may efficiently determine if a request's domain name is registered in the DNS. When the domain name is not registered in the DNS, the DNS gatekeeper may take one of a plurality of protective actions. The DNS gatekeeper drops requests determined not to be legitimate, which may prevent an attack.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing timing information from a R-MACHPHY device to a video core while the R-MACPHY device receives video data from the video core while operating in asynchronous mode. In some embodiments, the R-MACPHY device may alternately and selectively configure its mode of operation to alternate between synchronous mode and asynchronous mode, and provide the timing information to the video core when it switches to asynchronous mode.

Abstract: A system includes a content provider serving a first user webpage that displays an external posting link associated with a computer store and a second user webpage of a social networking service. The computer store contains posts each associated with a post select control. A computer server at the content provider is coupled to the computer store and for each of the posts is programmed to receive from a web browser of a computer user a signal indicating activation of the post select control of a selected one of the posts displayed by the first user webpage, automatically link the selected one of the posts to the external posting link, receive from the web browser of the computer user a signal indicating activation of the external posting link, and automatically issue the selected one of the posts to the second user webpage for posting thereon.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed towards controlling the persistency of information provided to a service worker. A method includes receiving a response that includes response data. The response is received at a security service and was transmitted by a second computing device in response to receiving an information request from a first computing device. The first computing device implements a service worker. Sensitive data included in the response data is identified. The response includes caching instructions that instruct the service worker to cache the sensitive data at the first computing device. In response to identifying the sensitive data, the caching instructions are updated such that any portion of the response data that the updated caching instructions instruct the service worker to cache at the first computing device excludes the sensitive data. The updated response is transmitted to the first computing device and includes the response data and the updated caching instructions.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for generating a group of media content items are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a server, a plurality of media content items; storing, on a user device, the plurality of media content items; determining, by the user device, whether to request a clustering of the plurality of media content items; in response to determining that a request for clustering the plurality of media content items is to be made, transmitting the request to the server, wherein the request includes indications of the plurality of media content items; receiving, from the server, a plurality of clusters corresponding to the plurality of media content items; and causing indications of the plurality of media content items to be presented in a user interface on the user device, wherein the indications of the plurality of media content items are organized based on the plurality of clusters.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the systems, methods and devices are provided for breaking up calcified lesions in an anatomical conduit. More specifically, an electrical arc is generated between two spaced-apart electrodes disposed within a fluid-filled balloon, creating a subsonic pressure wave. In some embodiments, the electrodes comprise a plurality of points that allow the electrical arc to form at any one of the plurality of points to, among other things, extend the electrode life.

Abstract: This application relates to video encoding and decoding, and specifically to tools and techniques for using and providing supplemental enhancement information in bitstreams. Among other things, the detailed description presents innovations for bitstreams having supplemental enhancement information (SEI). In particular embodiments, the SEI message includes picture source data (e.g., data indicating whether the associated picture is a progressive scan picture or an interlaced scan picture and/or data indicating whether the associated picture is a duplicate picture). The SEI message can also express a confidence level of the encoder's relative confidence in the accuracy of this picture source data. A decoder can use the confidence level indication to determine whether the decoder should separately identify the picture as progressive or interlaced and/or a duplicate picture or honor the picture source scanning information in the SEI as it is.