Abstract: Systems and methods of the present technical solution enable a multi-modal interface for voice-based devices, such as digital assistants. The solution can enable a user to interact with video and other content through a touch interface and through voice commands. In addition to inputs such as stop and play, the present solution can also automatically generate annotations for displayed video files. From the annotations, the solution can identify one or more break points that are associated with different scenes, video portions, or how-to steps in the video. The digital assistant can receive input audio signal and parse the input audio signal to identify semantic entities within the input audio signal. The digital assistant can map the identified semantic entities to the annotations to select a portion of the video that corresponds to the users request in the input audio signal.

Abstract: A method includes receiving an overlapped audio signal that includes audio spoken by a speaker that overlaps a segment of synthesized playback audio. The method also includes encoding a sequence of characters that correspond to the synthesized playback audio into a text embedding representation. For each character in the sequence of characters, the method also includes generating a respective cancelation probability using the text embedding representation. The cancelation probability indicates a likelihood that the corresponding character is associated with the segment of the synthesized playback audio overlapped by the audio spoken by the speaker in the overlapped audio signal.

Abstract: A method of making a PEEK-PEmEK copolymer having RPEEK and RPEmEK repeat units in a molar ratio RPEEK/RPEmEK ranging from 95/5 to 45/55, the PEEK-PEmEK copolymer obtained from the method and the polymer composition including the PEEK-PEmEK copolymer, at least one reinforcing filler, at least one additive, or a combination thereof, shaped articles including the polymer composition, polymer-metal junctions including the polymer composition. Also described are methods of making the polymer composition, methods of making the shaped articles, and methods of making the polymer-metal junctions.

Abstract: Briefly described, and according to one embodiment, aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to natural rubber and functional silica compositions for tire manufacturing and methods for forming the same. In at least one embodiment, the disclosed composition is a renewable elastomeric polymeric composition for rubber compounding applications, such as low rolling resistance tire tread and winter tire tread applications. The disclosed composition may also reduce fuel consumption and, thus, carbon dioxide emissions in gas-powered vehicles, and increase driving range in electric vehicles, because the disclosed composition is more energy efficient than current tire material compositions. In various embodiments, the disclosed composition may be formed by blending water-soluble silsesquioxane oligomers into a natural rubber latex system, followed by in-situ formation of a continuous, molecular silica network within the resulting polymer.

Abstract: A communication system using vector and scalar potential is disclosed. The system uses field-free potentials signaling for many applications where the absence of shielding effects in sea water, plasma or other dense media due to the fact that the absence of (E,B) fields eliminates the possibility of induced charge and current response in the media being transited.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for data mining a plurality of records to identify one or more patterns. A list of frequent items is generated using the records of a certain subpopulation in a dataset of the records. By scanning through the dataset, a prefix tree is generated based on the list of frequent items. Each node in the prefix tree includes an accumulator which maintains separate counts of records from the subpopulation matching the respective node and of records from the plurality of records matching the respective node. One or more population-normalized frequent patterns associated with the plurality of records are extracted based on a traversal of the prefix tree.

Abstract: Systems and restaurant locations for use with a mobile ordering system, and methods thereof, to provide at least more time-efficient pick up of orders by customers than with traditional ordering and pick up windows.

Abstract: A device receives user interface interaction data that identifies an interaction that a user has with an interface that displays an image of a vehicle. The device generates, by using a data model to process at least a portion of the image, an array of vectors that includes one or more vectors relating to vehicle characteristics of the vehicle. The device assigns one or more weights to the one or more vectors based on the user interface action data. The device determines, based on a similarity analysis, similarity scores that indicate similarities between the array of vectors that include the one or more vectors that have been weighted and other arrays relating to the vehicles depicted in the images. The device selects a subset of the images based on the similarity scores and causes the subset of the images to be displayed.

Abstract: A system and method and for generating a template based on a page of a document includes receiving a request to create the template for the document, providing a page of the document as an input to a trained machine-learning (ML) model, where the trained machine-learning model is trained to automatically generate target pages for the document based on a received page and the page includes a background image and content, and receiving target pages for the document from the ML model. Each target page has a distinct layout and includes a modified background image and one or more placeholders for content and a template for the document is generated from the one or more target pages and provided for display on a user interface screen associated with the document.

Abstract: A gaze direction of a user is determined by an eye-tracking system of a head mounted device. Audio data generated by at least one microphone is captured. Gaze-guided audio is generated from the audio data based on the gaze direction of the user.

Abstract: Transfer ports for confinement gloveboxes may include a flange sized and shaped to be secured within an opening in a wall of a glovebox. A sleeve may be secured to the flange and define a passage through the flange. A first cap may be removably secured to the sleeve on a first side of the flange and obstruct the passage on the first side. A second cap may be removably secured to the sleeve on a second, opposite side of the flange and obstruct the passage on the second side.

Abstract: Systems and methods for starting an engine of a hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the method starts an engine according to vehicle conditions that are within a range that is defined by one or more thresholds. The thresholds may be adjusted based on a history of individual driving patterns.

Abstract: An efficient, cost-effective, and efficacious technique for removing coal ash and other pollutants from waterways, ponds, marshes, holding tanks and other water sources and supplies. An apparatus comprising an open cage including electromagnets and/or permanent magnets and/or electrodes is supplied with electrical power to extract materials such as rare earth elements and/or heavy metals. The materials levitate to the surface, forming a slurry while leaving water substantially free of such materials. Rare earth magnets electrically connect electrolysis electrode structures and serve as electrolysis electrode segments.

Abstract: Provided herein are cellulose acetate tow bands having less than 0.1 wt. % titanium dioxide, wherein the content of titanium dioxide is measured by ashing and/or by titanium particle count density. Also provided herein is a method of measuring the titanium dioxide content of cellulose acetate tow by ashing. Also provided herein is a method for measuring the color of cellulose acetate tow.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology are directed to classifying motion data collected by wearable sensors. Motion data collected by a first wearable motion sensor and a second wearable motion sensor during the performance of an activity can be obtained. The motion data from the first wearable motion sensor can include data associated with one or more first motion primitives and the second motion data collected by the second wearable motion sensor can include data associated with one or more second motion primitives. The first motion data and the second motion data can be synchronized based at least in part on time stamp information. Data associated with a signature motion classification associated with the activity can be determined based at least in part on the one or more first motion primitives and the one or more second motion primitives.

Abstract: Methods for generating one or more advertisement creatives for multiple advertisement types. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a selection and data entered in an electronic form, the selection being for two or more different advertisement types, the entered data being of one or more data types, the data types including text, image, audio, or video, generating two or more advertisement creatives using the entered data, the two or more advertisement creatives being for the selected two or more different advertisement types, and presenting the two or more advertisement creatives.

Abstract: Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include communication using a payment processing device. Various other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A metrology frame configured to receive and secure a workpiece in preparation for an interferometric determination of a spatial profile of the workpiece with the use of one or more retroreflectors removably cooperated with the frame in known pre-determined spatial relationship with respect the fiducial features of not only the workpiece but those of the metrology frame itself. The metrology frame is necessarily devoid of a holographic optical element, while the measurement apparatus containing such metrology frame employs a hologram configured to generate at least one alignment optical wavefront that spatially converges on the retroreflector.