Abstract: A method for using a fluid testing system in fluid communication with a fluid piping system includes providing a pit housing, the pit housing defining an interior pit cavity, a curb stop valve of a curb stop assembly mounted within the interior pit cavity; opening the curb stop valve to permit fluid to flow through the curb stop valve and into a sampling pipe, the sampling pipe at least partially mounted within the interior pit cavity; and dispensing a fluid sample of the fluid from the sampling pipe through a sampling assembly, the sampling assembly mounted within a sampling station housing.

Abstract: A roadway section enables dynamic wireless power transfer to a vehicle. The roadway section comprises pavement material and a wireless power charger. The pavement material defines a pavement section volume having a top surface on which the vehicle traverses and side surfaces. The wireless power charger includes a conductive element located at least partially within the pavement section volume and is configured to emit a magnetic field toward the top surface of the pavement section volume to wirelessly transfer electric power to the vehicle. The conductive element defines a profile with an outer radius that is located at least two and a half centimeters (2.5 cm) away from the side surfaces of the pavement section volume.

Abstract: An inflatable solar-powered light is provided. The solar-powered light includes a bladder and a solar-powered light assembly disposed entirely within the bladder. The solar-powered light assembly includes a solar panel, a rechargeable battery in electrical communication with the solar panel, and at least one light-emitting diode in electrical communication with the rechargeable battery. The bladder is substantially transparent, flexible, inflatable, and collapsible.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that improve short content identification in an audio stream through channel change detection and audio block realignment. Example instructions cause one or more processors to form a first audio block from an audio stream, detect whether the first audio block contains a channel change, the first audio block being one of a plurality of audio blocks the accessed audio, determine an offset of time from a beginning of the first audio block to when the channel change occurs in response to the channel change being detected in the first audio block, and create a new audio block aligned to start at the offset of time beyond the beginning of the first audio block using audio information from the audio stream, the new audio block to include a single channel of audio stream data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a Security Tag (“ST”) coupled to an item. The methods comprise: storing first Item Related Information (“IRI”) is a datastore of ST that is associated with an output device and second IRI in an integrated RFID element of ST; receiving third IRI at a microcontroller of ST; performing comparison operations by the microcontroller to compare the third IRI with the first and/or second IRI; using the third IRI to write over the first and/or second IRI based on results of the comparison operations; and synchronizing advertised information and register information for the item by outputting the third IRI from the output device and the integrated RFID element.

Abstract: Systems as described herein may include detecting live browser information that a user navigates to a first website displayed in a first open browser tab and a second website displayed in a second open browser tab. A data sharing server may provide the live browser information to a machine learning model as input. Based on feedback from the machine learning model, one or more similar products displayed in the first website and the second website may be determined. The data sharing server may detect an update on the one or more similar products, and cause a user device to display an alert indicating the update on the similar products.

Abstract: The present technology includes systems and methods for managing electronic messages on a user device. A vertical list of graphical elements each corresponding to an electronic message can be displayed on the user device and user input can be detected. Each electronic message is associated with one or more contacts, and each contact is associated with an icon image. The user input includes an indication to select a particular contact. In response to the user input, the user device can display visualization of contact information associated with the particular contact, including the icon image.

Abstract: A multimedia content item is summarized based on its audio track and a desired compression budget. The audio track is extracted and processed by an automatic speech recognizer to obtain a time-aligned text transcript. The text-transcript is partitioned into a plurality of segment sequences. An informativeness score based on a salience score and a diversity score is computed for each of the segments. A coherence score is also computed for the segments in the plurality of sequences. A subsequence of one of the segment sequences that optimizes for informativeness and coherence is selected for generating a new content item summarizing the multimedia content item.

Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for generation of improved language embeddings (e.g., entity embeddings for natural language tokens) which provide improved model performance. In addition, the proposed techniques require less computational consumption relative to previous approaches.

Abstract: Energy is generated from pulsed electric power sources applied to a gas medium that includes hydrogen. A sealed reactor chamber contains hydrogen. A plasma power supply, such as a DC, AC, or RF power supply, generates a plasma inside the chamber. The pulse energy generator systems use pulsed electric power for the conversion of molecular hydrogen into atomic hydrogen. An inner surface of the reactor chamber is coated with a catalyst to facilitate the reformation of molecular hydrogen from atomic hydrogen under conditions that release excess energy. The catalyst may include tungsten, nickel, titanium, platinum, palladium, and mixtures thereof. A plasma pulse controller connected to the plasma power supply turns the power supply on and off to generate plasma pulses inside the reactor chamber. A pulse time duration may range from 1 nanosecond to 1 millisecond and a dead time between pulses may range from 20 milliseconds to 0.3 seconds.

Abstract: Electromagnetic shields, vehicles, wireless charging systems, and related methods are disclosed. An electromagnetic shield includes a shield member including a coil side to face one or more inductive coils. The electromagnetic shield also includes one or more perimeter shield members configured in a loop proximate to a perimeter of the coil side of the shield member. The shield member and the one or more perimeter shield members are configured to shield electromagnetic radiation emitted by the one or more inductive coils.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel.

Abstract: Intelligent battery depletion techniques for a range-extended electrified vehicle (REEV) include receiving at least (i) a state of charge (SOC) of a battery system of the REEV and (ii) a distance for a trip of the REEV, controlling an electrified powertrain (engine and electric motor) of the REEV to generate a drive torque to satisfy a driver torque request, based on at least the battery system SOC and the trip distance, determining, an optimized charge depletion or allocation profile for the trip for powering the electric motor/battery system, and controlling the electrified powertrain based on the blended charge depletion or allocation profile until the trip distance has been reached or the battery system SOC reaches a desired minimum level, and then transitioning to a charge sustaining mode where the engine generates the drive torque and maintains the battery system SOC at the desired minimum level.

Abstract: A method is provided for improved understanding of text or speech sequences utilizing language neutral verb expression patterns (LNVEP). The LNVEP system deconstructs the text or speech sequences to uncover the LNVEP, which includes one or more essential component categories with a certain verb to yield a universally understandable, appropriate verb expression. The LNVEP identifies the semantic meaning of the text or speech sequences. Each LNVEP corresponds to one of more LNVEP Model that identifies the syntax of the text or speech sequences.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.

Abstract: One example method includes determining a spatial distribution of devices in a three dimensional physical environment, determining a polling frequency for each of the devices, receiving data generated by the devices, evaluating the data, and assigning a trust score to the data. The devices may take the form of respective sensors operable to sense a physical attribute of the three dimensional physical environment. A Fourier transform may be employed to determine the polling frequency.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic allocation of spectrum among cross-interfering radio nodes of wireless communications systems are disclosed. Multiple radio nodes may be deployed within a geographical region, and each radio node may support wireless communication over spectrum in which access is arbitrated by an external service not under the control of the operator of the radio node. Each radio node is configured to detect radio conditions which may indicate coexistence between the radio node and a neighboring radio node. A network entity associated with the radio node obtains radio condition information and determines a coexistence status between the radio node and the neighboring radio node, such as whether coexistence with the neighboring radio node is tolerable or intolerable. The network entity reports an indication of the coexistence status to a spectrum server, and the spectrum server reallocates the spectrum among the radio nodes.

Abstract: An audio filtering and power extraction apparatus for filtering out audio signal and extracting power from a combined signal and direct-current power line, with an input configured to couple to a combined signal and direct-current power line, a filtering extractor system functionally coupled to the input, a DC sensing switch circuit, and a second order low-pass filter functionally coupled to the DC sensing switch circuit, the second order low-pass filter including, an inductor, a capacitor and resistor in series with each other, and an output functionally coupled to an output of the filtering extractor system and through which output extracted power is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems for freezing a liquid suitable for use by a frozen confection machine. The apparatuses, methods, and systems include a two-piece form suitable for producing a dense ice structure.

Abstract: A safety anchor apparatus is adapted for use in installation of a perimeter cable fall protection system at a construction site, e.g., involving concrete or masonry wall construction. The safety anchor apparatus may be mounted during construction of the masonry or cement block wall with relative ease and is capable of securing holding the support cable (e.g., steel cable) in a tensioned condition to meet all safety standards with regard to strength, load etc. The safety anchor apparatus is secured to embedded reinforcement bar extending through a column or rows of cement blocks. The safety anchor apparatus is selectively adjustable to accommodate masonry blocks of different sizes which may be used during construction of the support wall. Moreover, the safety anchor apparatus is adjustable to account for variations in wall design and readily deployable about the vertical reinforcement bar during application of the rows of cement blocks.