Abstract: A remote caging system and method for remote caging for semi-trailer brakes is provided. The remote caging system comprises a remote control device, and a remote caging apparatus including a transmitter/receiver. The remote caging apparatus is installed on a semi-trailer truck brake. The remote control device sends and receives signals to and from the transmitter/receiver to engage and disengage the brakes.

Abstract: A method of performing write operations that have been received by a data storage apparatus is provided. The method includes (a) storing page descriptors for received write operations within temporary storage, each page descriptor indicating respective data to be written; (b) upon storing each page descriptor, organizing that page descriptor into a shared working-set structure; and (c) operating a plurality of flushers to persist the data indicated by respective page descriptors to long-term persistent storage based on organization of the page descriptors in the shared working-set structure, each flusher accessing page descriptors via the shared working-set structure. An apparatus, system, and computer program product for performing a similar method are also provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system that clusters customers based on demographic data and purchase history data for the customers. In some embodiments, the e-commerce system solves an Integer Program that accounts for the demographic data and purchase history data in order to identify a hyperplane that splits a selected cluster of customers.

Abstract: A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of thermostats is provided and each thermostat includes an identification corresponding to a room in which the thermostat is placed. Each thermostat includes a wireless transceiver that periodically transmits an identification beacon signal that is received by a proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device. The proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device, in turn, broadcasts data packets including an indication of the strength of thermostat identification signals received. The broadcasts are received by a server via an array of wireless routers. A location of the proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device is determined based on the signal strength information in the data packets.

Abstract: Microphones including a housing defining a cavity, a plurality of conductors positioned within the cavity, at least one dielectric bar positioned within the cavity, and a transducer diaphragm. The conductors are structured to move in response to pressure changes while the housing remains fixed. A first conductor generates first electrical signals responsive to the pressure changes resulting from changes in an atmospheric pressure. A second conductor generates second electrical signals responsive to the pressure changes resulting from acoustic activity. The dielectric bar is fixed with respect to the cavity and remains fixed under the pressure changes. The dielectric bar is adjacent to at least one of the conductors. In response to an applied pressure that is an atmospheric pressure and/or an acoustic pressure, the transducer diaphragm exerts a force on the housing and displaces at least a portion of conductors with respect to the dielectric bar.

Abstract: A method of decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including obtaining a coded video sequence from the encoded video bitstream; obtaining a picture unit from the coded video sequence; obtaining a PH NAL unit included in the picture unit; obtaining at least one coded slice NAL unit included in the picture unit; decoding a coded picture based on the PH NAL unit, the at least one coded slice NAL unit a PPS NAL unit obtained from the coded video sequence, and am SPS NAL unit obtained from the coded video sequence; and outputting the decoded picture, wherein the SPS NAL unit is available to the at least one processor before the PPS NAL unit, and wherein the PPS NAL unit is available to the at least one processor before the PH NAL unit and the at least one coded slice NAL unit.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to controlling an electronically-controlled appliance using a software application and providing a user interface for controlling an electronically-controlled appliance. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication from a remote computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is communicably connected to the remote computing system. The computer system provides a notification in the software application indicating that the electronically-controlled appliance is available to receive instructions, and receives a user input at the software application indicating that certain functions are to be performed by the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system further generates instructions configured to control the electronically-controlled appliance based on the functions specified in the received user input, and sends the generated instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions.

Abstract: A method of three-dimensional (3D)-Tree coding for neural network model compression, is performed by at least one processor, and includes reshaping a four-dimensional (4D) parameter tensor of a neural network into a 3D parameter tensor of the neural network, the 3D parameter tensor comprising a convolution kernel size, an input feature size, and an output feature size, partitioning the 3D parameter tensor along a plane that is formed by the input feature size and the output feature size into 3D coding tree units (CTU3Ds), partitioning each of the CTU3Ds into a plurality of 3D coding units (CU3Ds) recursively until a predetermined depth, using a quad-tree, and constructing a 3D tree for each of the plurality of CU3Ds, wherein the 3D tree for each of the plurality of CU3Ds is a 3D-Unitree.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate audience measurement data from population sample data having incomplete demographic classifications are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to a parametric amplifier including a quantum capacitor are described. In one example, a parametric amplifier comprising an input terminal for receiving a qubit signal is provided. The parametric amplifier further includes a pump terminal for receiving a pump signal. The parametric amplifier further comprises an amplifier, including a plurality of quantum capacitance devices configured to operate in a cryogenic environment, configured to amplify the qubit signal by mixing the qubit signal with the pump signal to generate an amplified signal. The parametric amplifier further includes an output terminal for providing the amplified signal.

Abstract: The current disclosure provides for mapping ultrasound images to resolution mapped ultrasound images using generative neural networks, while maintaining clinical quality of the resolution mapped ultrasound image, thereby enabling a clinician to evaluate ultrasound images in a preferred resolution without loss of clinically relevant content.

Abstract: A method to manufacture an automobile vehicle engine aluminum piston, comprises: printing an aluminum piston crown portion including an additive manufacturing (AM) piston crown work piece using initial aluminum powders defining an initial aluminum powder bed; removing the aluminum piston crown portion from the initial aluminum powder bed; fixedly joining a cast iron ring carrier to the AM piston crown work piece; placing the aluminum piston crown portion together with the cast iron ring carrier into a secondary and a tertiary aluminum powder bed; and printing a piston skirt integrally connected to the AM piston crown work piece and to the cast iron ring carrier.

Abstract: A device for creating a uniform gap between adjacent vehicle panels. The device includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. A grip portion is disposed along the elongate member between the first end and the second end. A first arm extends coaxially from the grip portion in a first direction, and a second arm extends coaxially from the grip portion in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A tile comprising the following components: A) a first film formed from a first composition comprising the following: i) a functionalized olefin-based polymer comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride, and, optionally, c) an amino or an amine; and ii) a functionalized styrenic block copolymer, comprising, in polymerized form, styrene, and ethylene and/or at least one alpha-olefin, and comprising one or more chemical groups selected from the following: a) a carboxylic acid, and/or b) an anhydride; and B) a substrate comprising at least one layer formed from a second composition comprising a propylene-based polymer; and wherein the first film covers at least one surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A polymeric composition for restoring a previously formed spike hole in a wood railroad tie is described. The polymeric composition comprises a resin comprising a chain extender in a concentration of at least about 10 wt % and at least one polyol, and at least one isocyanate-containing compound. The chain extender may be diethylene glycol. The composition may also include a moisture control additive in a concentration of at least 5 wt % of the resin.

Abstract: A method of accessing data includes storing a table that includes a plurality of tablets corresponding to distinct non-overlapping table portions. Respective pluralities of tablet access objects and application objects are stored in a plurality of servers. A distinct application object and distinct tablet are associated with each tablet access object. Each application object corresponds to a distinct instantiation of an application associated with the table. The tablet access objects and associated application objects are redistributed among the servers in accordance with a first load-balancing criterion. A first request directed to a respective tablet is received from a client. In response, the tablet access object associated with the respective tablet is used to perform a data access operation on the respective tablet, and the application object associated with the respective tablet is used to perform an additional computational operation to produce a result to be returned to the client.

Abstract: A method and system to provide timebase synchronization for multiple processors in a multi-processor sensor system, where each processor operates according to a respective reference clock, and where the processors' respective reference clocks are off sync from each other. An example method includes simultaneously injecting a synchronization pulse respectively into the multiple processors. Further, the method includes recording for each processor, according to the processor's respective reference clock, a respective synchronization-pulse timestamp of the simultaneously injected synchronization pulse, comparing the respective synchronization-pulse timestamps recorded for the processors, and, based on the comparing, computing for each processor a respective time offset. Additionally, the method includes using the per-processor computed time offsets as a basis to provide a synchronized timebase across the processors.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing privacy transformation of data to protect privacy in data analytics under the multi-access edge computing environment. In particular, a policy receiver in an edge server receives privacy instructions. Inference determiner in the edge server in a data analytics pipeline receives data from an IoT device and evaluates the data to recognize data associated with personally identifiable information. Privacy data transformer transforms the received data with inference for protecting data privacy by preventing exposure of private information from the edge server. In particular, the privacy data transformer dynamically selects a technique among techniques for removing information that is subject to privacy protection and transforms the received data using the technique.