Abstract: An apparatus for detecting one or more properties of a downhole fluid includes a housing. The apparatus also includes a location-sensitive optical detector, arranged within a chamber formed by the housing. The apparatus further includes a light source, arranged within the chamber. The apparatus also includes a lens, positioned at an end of the housing, the lens preferably having a flat side and a curved side, the flat side positioned proximate the chamber to position the flat side closer to the light source than the curved side. The apparatus further includes a mirror, arranged outside the housing.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and system for storing perishable products in a vacuum container. An atmosphere control system is coupled to the vacuum container for measuring and maintaining controlled atmospheric conditions within the vacuum container. The atmosphere control system includes a plurality of monitors configured to monitor atmospheric conditions within the vacuum container. The atmosphere control system further includes a vacuum pump configured to reduce total absolute pressure in the vacuum chamber to below a total gas pressure limit, an ozone generator configured to generate gaseous ozone, and an inlet valve coupled to the ozone generator and configured to admit an ozone-containing gas into the vacuum container.

Abstract: An air spring height sensor has a PCR (Pulsed-Coherent-Radar) sensor encased in a housing attached to an air spring. The housing also provides an integral channel for adding air to an air spring or releasing air. The PCR sensor is aligned with a connector to orient the sensor with respect to the air spring to accurately determine the height of the air spring.

Abstract: A liner for a form is provided. The form allows for the creation of a precast concrete wall to be formed. The liner allows a building material, for example, brick veneer, to be placed in the liner in a pattern. The pattern is modified by placing an adjustable joint inlay into the liner to form customizable insets for the brick veneer in the precast concrete wall. When liquid concrete is poured into the mold and then hardens, the concrete holds the building material in place in the pattern produced by the liner. The adjustable joint inlay for a precast concrete wall allows insets in a liner to be adjusted to accommodate bricks and stones of varying sizes and to allow the bricks and stones to be arranged in user-customized patterns.

Abstract: A communication system transmits a data signal between a transmitter and a receiver. A service provider operates the communication system for a client. When the data signal is received at the receiver, the data signal is decoded and the service provider decides whether the decoded data signal is accurate or whether the decoded data signal should be rejected. The service provider transmits the decoded data signal and its determination as to its accuracy to the client. Metadata including information about the transmission of the data signal is also provided to the client so that the client can make its own determination regarding whether to accept or reject the decoded data signal.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to eye imaging on a near-eye system using an eye-imaging camera that includes an array of lenses. One example provides a near-eye system, comprising an eye-imaging camera comprising an image sensor, and an array of lenses, each lens of the array of lenses configured to focus an image of an eye onto a different area of the image sensor than each other lens of the array of lenses.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is electrically connected to a power source through an electrical contact and at least one bump disposed on the electrical contact. The semiconductor device may be an LED on a CMOS wafer with the electrical contact spaced apart from it and disposed on the wafer. The semiconductor device and the electrical contact have side coating material disposed to surround them, and the at least one bump may be stacked to reach or nearly reach the top surface of the side coating material. This allows wire bonding of the semiconductor device to an external power source through the easily accessible bump(s), whose top surface is exposed by the side coating material.

Abstract: A control device, such as a gateway device for a wireless load control system, has a light bar extending around a periphery of an enclosure to provide feedback to a user of the load control system, as well as to provide a pleasing aesthetic effect on the gateway device. The control device may include at least one light-emitting diode mounted to a printed circuit board inside the enclosure, a control circuit mounted to the printed circuit board and operatively coupled to the light-emitting diode for controllably illuminating the light-emitting diode, and a multi-functional mounting structure for mounting the printed circuit board inside the enclosure. The mounting structure may have at least one light-pipe structure for conducting light from the at least one light-emitting diode to the light bar. The mounting structure may have an antenna-mounting structure to which an antenna of the control device may be mounted.

Abstract: A system for generating an immune protocol comprising a computing device configured to an immune biomarker, assign an immune category as a function of the immune biomarker, identify an effect on an immune profile for each nutritional element, wherein the identification includes receiving a nutritional input, retrieving a plurality of predicted effects of the plurality of nutrient amounts on the immune profile as a function of the nutritional input, and calculating an effect of the nutritional input on the immune profile, determine at least a nutritional element that contributes to the immune category as a function of the nutritional input, identify a plurality of protocol elements, wherein each protocol element contains at least a nutrient amount intended to address the immunological dysfunction, and generate an immune protocol as a function of the plurality of protocol elements.

Abstract: During operation, a computer network device may provide an identifier for a network (such as an SSID for a WLAN) that supports certificate-based authentication and pre-shared-key-based authentication. Then, during an authentication procedure, the computer network device may receive an authentication request associated with an electronic device, where the authentication request specifies an instance of the certificate-based authentication or an instance of the pre-shared-key-based authentication. Moreover, the computer network device may provide authentication information addressed to a computer based at least in part on the authentication request.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving two or more data sets each representing speech of a corresponding individual attending an internet-based social networking video conference session, decoding the received data sets to produce corresponding text for each individual attending the internet-based social networking video conference, and detecting characteristics of the session from a coalesced transcript produced from the decoded text of the attending individuals for providing context to the internet-based social networking video conference session.

Abstract: A flexible, double-ended vibrating device can include two flexible arms, each arm extending outward from an opposite side of the central portion of the device and having a same shape. At least one arm of the two arms can be configured to individually bend into a plurality of bent positions and retain a selected bent position until bent into another selected bent position. The device can further include at least one vibrating motor arranged within the central portion.

Abstract: An axle assembly having a differential assembly, a drive pinion, and a differential brake. The differential assembly may be rotatable about a differential axis. The drive pinion may mesh with a ring gear of the differential assembly. The differential brake may be operable to apply a brake torque to inhibit rotation of the differential assembly.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for scanning a mobile computing device for applications produced by partnered entities and providing benefits when those applications are found. An exemplary system does this by accessing a list of applications and associating each application with a respective entity which has a rewards program linked to a specific entity. The system issues a request for application information of the applications which are installed on the mobile computing device, identifies applications that match the list of applications in the data record, and generates at least one notification based on the identified applications and the rewards program. The system then displays the at least one notification.

Abstract: An apparatus for image/video encoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs, based on one or more input images, respective online training based encoder tunings on a plurality of neural image compression (NIC) frameworks. An online training based encoder tuning on an NIC framework in the plurality of NIC frameworks determines an update to an encoder of the NIC framework with a decoder of the NIC framework having fixed parameters. The processing circuitry selects a first NIC framework based on respective performances of the plurality of NIC frameworks with updated encoders from the online training based encoder tunings. The first NIC framework has a first updated encoder from the online training based encoder tunings. The processing circuitry encodes, by the first updated encoder, the one or more input images, into a coded bitstream and includes a signal indicative of the first NIC framework in the coded bitstream.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for authenticating an identity of a user requesting a resource or service from an entity. In some embodiments, a system may include at least one processor; and a non-transitory medium containing instructions that cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include receiving credential information associated with the remote user, and receiving, from the server associated with the entity, first hash information. The operations may also include generating second hash information based on information associated with the user, comparing the first hash information with the second hash information, and transmitting an indication based on the comparison to the server associated with the entity.

Abstract: During operation, a controller node, in multiple nodes in a cluster, may provide to the multiple nodes a set of operations associated with an update of controller software for a controller, where at least the controller node implements the controller. Moreover, at least a first node in the multiple nodes may perform the set of operations associated with the update of the controller software. Furthermore, at least a second node in the multiple nodes may monitor the performing of the set of operations by at least the first node. When the performing of the set of operations is completed by at least the first node, the first node may terminate the performing of the set of operations by the multiple nodes. Alternatively, when a failure occurs during the update of the controller software, at least the first node or the second node may automatically recover the multiple nodes.

Abstract: A computing system is configured to implement a deep neural network comprising an input layer for receiving inputs applied to the deep neural network, an output layer for outputting inferences based on the received inputs, and a plurality of hidden layers interposed between the input layer and the output layer. A plurality of nodes selectively operate on the inputs to generate and cause outputting of the inferences, wherein operation of the nodes is controlled based on parameters of the deep neural network. A sparsity controller is configured to selectively apply a plurality of different sparsity states to control parameter density of the deep neural network. A quantization controller is configured to selectively quantize the parameters of the deep neural network in a manner that is sparsity-dependent, such that quantization applied to each parameter is based on which of the plurality of different sparsity states applies to the parameter.

Abstract: A method includes receiving training data that includes unspoken textual utterances, un-transcribed non-synthetic speech utterances, and transcribed non-synthetic speech utterances. Each unspoken textual utterance is not paired with any corresponding spoken utterance of non-synthetic speech. Each un-transcribed non-synthetic speech utterance not paired with a corresponding transcription. Each transcribed non-synthetic speech utterance paired with a corresponding transcription. The method also includes generating a corresponding alignment output for each unspoken textual utterance of the received training data using an alignment model. The method also includes pre-training an audio encoder on the alignment outputs generated for corresponding to the unspoken textual utterances, the un-transcribed non-synthetic speech utterances, and the transcribed non-synthetic speech utterances to teach the audio encoder to jointly learn shared speech and text representations.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind a TREM2 protein, e.g., a mammalian TREM2 or human TREM2, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.