Abstract: Vehicle systems and methods are provided for controlling converters of a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). An exemplary method involves identifying an active subset of converters to supply an expected current consumption for one or more electrical loads supplied by the RESS, configuring droop control settings of active converters based at least in part on the expected current consumption, and configuring reserve converters with respective droop control settings different from the respective droop control settings of the active converters. The droop control settings are configured to achieve a desired distribution of the expected current consumption across the active converters and activate the reserve converters to supply supplemental current in response to transient fluctuations where current demand exceeds the expected current consumption.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating dynamic quick actions for an application in a web browser. The dynamic quick actions correspond to various functions of an application accessible via a web browser sidebar interface. When a hover event is detected in association with an icon of the application, a quick-actions card is generated that includes quick actions of the application from which the user can select. For instance, a selection of a quick action triggers the web browser to execute an action that causes the application function to be performed. Thus, application functions are able to be surfaced and controlled via a single input device selection (e.g., a mouse click).

Abstract: A method to perform localization is disclosed. The method may be performed by a first device of a plurality of devices distributed non-uniformly in a network. Each device, from the plurality of devices, may be configured to detect or obtain signals from an emitter. The method may include obtaining signals from the emitter and converting the signals into a first complex amplitude. The method may further include broadcasting the first complex amplitude to one or more second devices of the plurality of devices. The method may further include obtaining, by the first device, a second complex amplitude from the second devices, and constructing a correlation matrix based on the first complex amplitude and the second complex amplitude. The method may additionally include determining a line of bearing to the emitter based on the correlation matrix, and determining an emitter location based on the line of bearing.

Abstract: A power line communication (PLC) self-test for tractor-trailers is provided. The self-test can be performed in a brake controller comprising a PLC transmitter configured to couple with a power line providing power from a tractor to at least one trailer coupled with the tractor. In the self-test, the brake controller causes the PLC transmitter to send a PLC test message on the power line and determines whether the brake controller received the PLC test message from a PLC receiver. If the brake controller did not receive the PLC test message from the PLC receiver, a fault message is generated. The PLC receiver can be in the brake controller or in a PLC receive electronic control unit (ECU), for example. Other embodiments are provided.

Abstract: Event-related data based on an image that has been captured is generated. Coverage information relating to imaging range is compared to the event-related data. The cameras that can capture an image of the event, based on a comparing result, are listed so that an operator can select one of the listed cameras.

Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to receive multiple audio signals obtained from ones of a plurality of microphones of a microphone array, implement an audio zooming based on the audio signals by selectively focusing and enhancing first ones of the audio signals and by attenuating other ones of the audio signals, and control an output of audio based on the audio zooming, and the audio zooming includes a consolidating of a plurality of directional features of the first ones of the audio signals within a field around the microphone array and a countering based on determining directional aspects of the other ones of the audio signals from outside of the field.

Abstract: A biometric wearable device (e.g. finger ring or smart watch) has optical sensors to measure body oxygenation level, hydration level, glucose level, heart rate, heart rate variability, and/or blood pressure. Light from light emitters is transmitted through body tissue and changes in the light are analyzed. In an example, the device can include body-facing protrusions where the light emitters and/or the light receivers are located.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for cell-free DNA extraction from liquid biological samples. The methods can be employed for determination of fetal DNA fraction and non- invasive prenatal screening of fetal aneuploidies and analyses of other types of cell-free DNA.

Abstract: This disclosure teaches a system and method for monitoring an extracorporeal blood circuit of a patient and identifying a needle dislodgement. The method includes identifying a potential needle dislodgement event based on changes in pressure of the extracorporeal blood circuit, searching for a heart rate of a patient by analyzing an optical backscatter signal from an optical sensor attached to the extracorporeal blood circuit or by analyzing a pressure signal representative of the pressure in the extracorporeal blood circuit, and verifying the potential needle dislodgement event is a needle dislodgement based on the absence of the heart rate.

Abstract: A hydraulic suspension system for a motor vehicle having at least a pair of road engaging wheels. The suspension system includes, a hydraulic cylinder coupled with the each of the pair of road engaging wheels, the hydraulic cylinder defining a cap end volume and a rod end volume separated by a piston. A hydraulic supply circuit for the hydraulic cylinder includes, a high pressure hydraulic source, a low pressure hydraulic drain, a pair of hydraulic sub circuits each coupled to one of the hydraulic cylinder cap and rod end volumes. Each hydraulic sub circuit includes, a proportional supply flow valve coupled with the high pressure hydraulic source and one of the cylinder volumes, a return flow control proportional valve coupled with the low pressure hydraulic drain and the one cylinder volume, and an accumulator coupled to the associated hydraulic cylinder volume through an accumulator fill control proportional valve.

Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicle that includes performing a first operation on a front vehicle structure, securing a plurality of first vehicle components to the front vehicle structure while performing the first operation on the front vehicle structure, performing a second operation on a rear vehicle structure, securing a plurality of second vehicle components to the rear vehicle structure while performing the second operation on the rear vehicle structure, and coupling the front vehicle structure and the rear vehicle structure to each other to form an intermediate vehicle structure after the first vehicle components have been secured to the front vehicle structure and the second vehicle components have been secured to the rear vehicle structure. The first operation includes continuously or intermittently rotating the front vehicle structure. The second operation includes continuously or intermittently rotating the rear vehicle structure.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a jet assembly housing top for helping an applicable jet assembly dispense or eject a fluid and a large amount of bubbles to a setting. Another aspect is a jet assembly for dispensing or ejecting a fluid and a large amount of bubbles to a setting. A further aspect is a fluid pump that includes a jet assembly for dispensing or ejecting a fluid and a large amount of bubbles to a setting. Each aspect includes an air tube that draws or pulls in air from outside a setting when in use so that the applicable jet assembly is able to dispense or eject a fluid and a large amount of bubbles to a setting. An embodiment of a jet assembly housing top is a two-piece device comprised of an outer, larger top or cover and an inner, smaller top or cover.

Abstract: A genderless aseptic connector system in which a plurality of connectors of substantially identical configuration each include connector housing having an internal surface defining a fluid passage between a connector end and connector housing face having an annular seal and a membrane positioned to cover the annular seal, wherein, upon engagement of a first connector housing and a second connector housing along a common juncture, a first membrane and a second membrane when correspondingly removed from a first annular seal coupled to the first connector housing and a second annular seal coupled to the second connector housing allow the first annular seal to engage the second annular seal to provide a sterile fluid passage.

Abstract: A ground cable may comprise a plurality of strands. Inner core strands of the cable may be surrounded by an adjacent outermost layer or wrap of outer wrap strands. The outer wrap of strands may comprise at least one indicator strand, which may comprise an indicator finish on a portion of its surface. A characteristic of the indicator finish may change when exposed to a current level that exceeds an electrical fault threshold.

Abstract: A night vision system along with an image intensifier tube and method for forming the tube are provided. The night vision system incorporates the image intensifier tube in both an analog channel as well as a digital channel, with an addressable display within the analog image intensifier tube analog channel configured to create an electronically addressable output. An analog image intensifier tube is included in the digital imager for presenting binary digital signals representative of an image, or of symbol indicia, and registering those digital representation from the digital imager onto one or more electron multipliers of the analog image intensifier tube within the analog channel. The provided night vision system also utilizes a cathodoluminescent screen, which is a highly efficient light source that reduces system power.

Abstract: In beamforming with an antenna for satellite communications, the antenna includes an array of radiating elements. The beamforming method includes: formulating a matrix based on responses from all elements of the antenna to each of a number of users of a first satellite; augmenting the matrix by adding responses from the elements of the antenna to other users served by a different satellite; from the augmented matrix, generating a beamforming matrix; and with the beamforming matrix, beamforming a beam from the antenna.

Abstract: Presented are electric machines with rotor shaft-mounted heat pipes/vapor chambers thermally coupled to endcap-integrated heat sinks, methods for making/using such machines, and vehicles equipped with such machines. An electric machine includes an outer housing, a stator assembly mounted to the housing, and a rotor assembly rotatably mounted adjacent the stator assembly. The stator assembly includes one or more stator windings mounted to an annular stator core. The rotor assembly includes one or more electromagnetic rotor windings mounted to a cylindrical rotor core. A rotor power transfer circuit (PTC) is electrically connected to the rotor assembly to electrify the rotor winding(s). A rotor shaft is attached to the rotor core to rotate in unison therewith. One or more heat pipes are mounted on the rotor shaft's outer surface and project axially between the rotor PTC and rotor core. Each heat pipe passively extracts and transfers thermal energy from the rotor PTC.

Abstract: A method and system for generating and verifying a digital signature, the method and system comprising sharing, between a signing node and a verifying node, a message in which the signing node is to issue a digital signature, performing, by the signing node, a first number of operations to generate the digital signature featuring a redundancy, generating, by the signing node, a shortened digital signature. The transforming of the digital signature to the shortened digital signature includes omitting the redundancy, transmitting, by the signing node to the verifying node, the shortened digital signature. The verifying node is configured to perform a second number of operations to recover the redundancy and generate the digital signature from the shortened digital signature, and verifying, by the verifying node, the digital signature with respect to the message.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided including two or more termination units. Each termination unit can include a via channel, a connection via, floating field rings, a metal plate, and a floating field plate. The floating field rings may include a first floating field ring having a first width and a second floating field ring having a second width. The first width may be different than the second width. The metal plate is coupled to the first floating field ring through the via channel. The floating field plate is coupled to the metal plate through the connection via. The termination units provide an adaptive electric field distribution configured to dissipate a voltage passing from a drain of the semiconductor device to a source of the semiconductor device.

Abstract: A knife sharpening device and method of using the device are disclosed. The device can include a closed housing for receiving a knife blade. The housing can include an opening in the front panel through which the blade can be inserted, and the opening can prevent the knife handle from being inserted. The device can include a cartridge with a sharpening stone. The cartridge can be coupled to a belt in communication with a one or more pullies that are coupled to the housing at positions spaced apart from one another to define an elliptical path for the belt to travel. The device can include a motor for driving the rotation of the pullies, which will cause the belt to travel about the elliptical path and causes the sharpening stone to contact the blade.