Abstract: A fastening system for an object (e.g., a wearable such as footwear) is disclosed that includes a buckle assembly and a strap for adjusting tension. The buckle assembly includes a base and a slider engaged with the base. The strap includes an array of teeth to engage with a pawl formed on the base. The fastening system is configurable between an engaged condition and a released condition based on the positioning of the slider relative to the base.

Abstract: A floor mat for a vehicle includes a first panel, a second panel pivotably coupled to the first panel, and an actuator operably coupled to and positioned beneath the first panel. The actuator is operable to move the first panel in a vehicle-forward direction from a first position to a second position. Movement of the first panel toward the second position causes the second panel to pivot relative to the first panel from a lowered position to a raised position. In the lowered position of the second panel, the vehicle-uppermost portion of the second panel is positioned at a first vehicle-elevation. In the raised position of the second panel, the vehicle-uppermost portion of the second panel is positioned at a second vehicle-elevation that is greater than the first vehicle-elevation.

Abstract: A battery system for an electric vehicle includes a first battery module with a first heater and a second battery module with a second heater. The battery system also includes a control system configured to selectively activate the first or the second heater to dissipate energy from the first or the second battery module.

Abstract: A disposable, sterile guide constructed of medically-acceptable plastic used for compartmentalizing and therefore protecting the ligament or fascia during three different orthopedic surgical procedures: ECTR, ECuTR, and EPFR. This device reduces the risk of damage to any other part of the surrounding anatomy. The device is disposable and packaged so as to be sterile and therefore readily usable by the surgeon means that it can reduce the risk of infection and is a less expensive alternative to traditional non-disposable, metal instruments that must be sterilized prior to each procedure.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and compensating miswiring of oxygen sensors of a cylinder bank of an engine are disclosed. In one example, fuel control parameters are monitored to determine whether or not the fuel control parameters diverge to fuel control thresholds. If so, a controller may switch which cylinder's equivalence ratios are adjusted in response to output of a particular oxygen sensor.

Abstract: Integrated frame and battery pack structure for electric vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a battery pack structure including a flange to be coupled to a surface of a longitudinal rail of a frame of a vehicle, a first wall, and a second wall, the first wall and the second wall defining an interior, a battery disposed within the interior, a cross member disposed within the interior.

Abstract: A plug for use in wellbore operations includes a plug body extending from a top end to a bottom end; a sealing member as part of the plug body and positioned at the bottom end; and a non-rotating profile positioned at the bottom end of the plug body; the sealing member protrudes past the non-rotating profile such that the sealing member comes into contact with a surface when the plug is dropped into a well before the non-rotating profile.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a managed multidimensional search based on an application query and management policies. The application can receive a pipeline endpoint. The query can be sent to the pipeline endpoint. The pipeline can vectorize the query for comparison against a vector database of an identified dataset. The closest vectors can be converted back to content chunks. The system can generate prompts related to the content chunks and send those prompts to an AI model. The AI model can then output a response that includes the most relevant content, citations, and hyperlinks. These can be displayed in the application.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method including applying high-intensity focused ultrasound energy to a skin treatment area with simultaneous movement of the transducer body across the skin treatment area to form a pattern of treatment lines in tissue at a first depth below the surface of the skin. For example, the pattern of treatment lines may be formed by the movement of the transducer body during one or more treatment cycles. A preferred pattern of treatment lines includes treatment lines that intersect. Furthermore, the method may further include applying the high-intensity focused ultrasound energy to the skin treatment area with simultaneous movement of the transducer body across the skin treatment area to form a second pattern of treatment lines in tissue at a second depth below the surface of the skin and a third pattern of treatment lines in tissue at a third depth below the surface of the skin.

Abstract: Upon detecting an accumulation of snow on a driving surface, a driving path from a first location to a second location is identified. A vehicle is operated from the first location to the second location and then to a third location that is identical to or proximate to the first location.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for an asymmetrical Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS). A backup AVS is implemented on a vehicle to serve as a failover system for one or more of the primary AVS components or processes (e.g., steering, braking, etc.). In this way, during primary AVS failures, the backup AVS can dynamically handle a subset of vehicle operations in various component configuration levels based on a desired mission level.

Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and devices for generating semantic objects and an output based on the detection or recognition of the state of an environment that includes objects. State data, based in part on sensor output, can be received from one or more sensors that detect a state of an environment including objects. Based in part on the state data, semantic objects are generated. The semantic objects can correspond to the objects and include a set of attributes. Based in part on the set of attributes of the semantic objects, one or more operating modes, associated with the semantic objects can be determined. Based in part on the one or more operating modes, object outputs associated with the semantic objects can be generated. The object outputs can include one or more visual indications or one or more audio indications.

Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle floor. The assembly includes a seat including a pedestal supported by the vehicle floor. The assembly includes a track supported by the vehicle floor. The pedestal is slidable along the track. The assembly includes an energy absorbing device supported by and slidable along the track. The energy absorbing device is between the track and the pedestal. The energy absorbing device is deformable relative to the track.

Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for a vehicle, including: a mounting surface adapted to receive a fairlead device for a winch assembly of the vehicle; and a frame structure coupled to the mounting surface and adapted to be secured to a bumper structure of the vehicle; wherein the frame structure and the mounting surface are adapted to be collapsed or crushed towards the bumper structure when a sufficient force is applied to the fairlead device by a hook of the winch assembly when the hook is impacted during an impact event. The fairlead device and the hook are deflected into an opening formed in a front member of a bumper assembly with the hook being at least flush with an exterior surface of the front member of the bumper assembly.

Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous sterilization of vehicles includes coded logic or processing instructions to determine (i) when sterilization should occur (or not occur), (ii) where sterilization should occur (or not occur), and/or (iii) how sterilization should occur (e.g., which method to use, how long to conduct, and/or which parameter values/settings to employ). The sterilization system may autonomously determine when it is safe to sterilize an environment/location and/or how such sterilization should be carried out. Autonomous sterilization systems and/or processes described herein may permit facilities and/or services to remain open and/or available at higher rates than current offline processes permit, thereby increasing availability.

Abstract: An animated figure system includes an animated figure comprising a flexible skin layer, an actuating system coupled to a connection location of the flexible skin layer, and an automation controller. The automation controller is configured to access a digital model of the animated figure, in which the digital model comprises a vertex associated with the connection location, determine a first positioning of the vertex within the digital model, and control the actuating system to set a second positioning of the connection location based on the first positioning of the vertex.

Abstract: The techniques described in this disclosure enhance the reception of the information at a user equipment (UE) from an Active Coordination Set (ACS) of a wireless network system, where the ACS includes a set of base stations that jointly operate to communicate data between the system and the UE. The ACS allocates respective subsets of a plurality of time domain resources for use by corresponding ACS base stations in communicating with the UE, and provides, to the UE, an indication of the allocations. Based on the received allocation indication (502), the UE obtains data payload transmitted by the ACS (508) by tuning to various base stations in accordance with their respective time domain resource allocations (505). The ACS may redundantly transmit selected data payload and/or employ different encoding schemes to further enhance reception of information at the UE.

Abstract: A stalk roll may be configured to be mounted upon a stalk roll drive shaft of a corn harvesting header, wherein the stalk roll drive shaft has a generally square cross-sectional shape. The stalk roll may comprise a main cylinder with a plurality of flutes extending radially from the main cylinder along the length of the main cylinder. A taper may be positioned toward the front end of the main cylinder. The flutes may be configured with differing edges to facilitate stalk movement into and through the ear separation zone to the plant separation zone. The flutes may be configured such that a bladeless area proximate to the nose cone on each of two stalk rolls of an opposing pair cooperate to form at a stalk engagement gap in at least one moment in time per revolution of the stalk rolls.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a farm arranged to grow crops. In some embodiments, the farm includes a seeding station, an irrigation and growing station, and a harvesting and packaging station. In some embodiments, the farm is arranged to grow crops via to a hybrid aeroponic and hydroponic irrigation system. In some embodiments, the crops are grown in a container having a hydroponic irrigation zone and an aeroponic irrigation zone.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for jointly training an encoder that generates a watermark and a decoder that decodes a data item encoded within the watermark. The training comprises obtaining a plurality of training images and data items. For each training image, a first watermark is generated using an encoder and a subsequent second watermark is generated by tiling two or more first watermarks. The training image is watermarked using the second watermark to generate a first error value and distortions are added to the watermarked image. A distortion detector predicts the distortions based on which the distorted image is modified. The modified image is decoded by the decoder to generate a predicted data item and a second error value. The training parameters of the encoder and decoder are adjusted based on the first and the second error value.