Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for for exit pupil expansion in a curved lens with embedded light guide are described. Exit pupil expansion in a curved lens may be achieved with a light guide comprising an outcoupler with minimized second order diffraction, where the outcoupler applies an optical power to outcoupled light.

Abstract: Female quick couplings have a housing defining an axial bore therethrough that has a frustum-shaped bore portion that defines a restriction orifice, a first slot transverse to the axial bore, an a first shoulder between the first slot and the restriction orifice, and a locking member slidingly received in the first slot. The frustum-shaped bore can have an upstream conical frustum and a downstream conical frustum mated at their respective smaller diameter. The upstream conical frustum has a largest diameter that is larger than a largest diameter of the downstream conical frustum. Engine systems incorporating the female quick coupling and female quick coupling kits are also disclosed.

Abstract: System for monitoring and classifying driving behavior of an operator of a motor vehicle includes at least one personal monitoring device having mechanism(s) for wearing the device by and/or attaching the device to the operator, and hardware including local memory, battery, and sensors. The device provides at least GPS and communication functions, and monitors and communicates information about driving behavior, including driving data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors and/or calculated or derived from data collected by the device without receiving it from vehicle sensors. Application software on the device interfaces with device hardware for monitoring and communicating, being activated and deactivated based on trigger events. At least one control system includes an information processor receiving and communicating information about driving behavior, aggregating information, and communicating at least some of the aggregated information.

Abstract: A cable management device for mounting to a telecommunications fixture includes an outer barrel disposed over an inner barrel, one of the outer barrel and the inner barrel defining a plurality of discrete detents positioned in a stacked arrangement axially along an length thereof, and the other of the outer barrel and the inner barrel defining at least one flexible cantilever arm defining a tab configured to lock into a selected one of the detents for allowing adjustment of a length of the cable management device.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that allow data to be sent between a Bluetooth enabled device and a virtual device associated with a corresponding physical device. In particular, embodiments of a virtual mobile device system may include one or more components for processing Bluetooth calls where these Bluetooth components may process received Bluetooth calls in a first manner in a connected state and process Bluetooth calls in a disconnected state in a second manner.

Abstract: A method for submission of payment transaction requests from a point of sale (POS) terminal to a financial institution includes reading payment information from a payment vehicle, reading financial institution routing information from the payment vehicle, reading a payment vehicle certificate from the payment vehicle, requesting consumer authentication information from a consumer, and submitting a payment transaction request to the financial institution using the financial institution routing information, a POS terminal certificate, and the payment vehicle certificate.

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for determining a data domain associated with data, including parsing a document to generate one or more document indexes corresponding to the document, the one or more document indexes comprising a plurality of index terms and location information, determining a syntactic confidence score corresponding to a non-dictionary term in the plurality of index terms based on a syntactic analysis of the non-dictionary term, determining a proximity confidence score corresponding to the non-dictionary term based on the location information and at least one proximity query associated with the non-dictionary term and one or more other terms in the document index, determining a semantic confidence score based on a plurality of dictionary terms in the plurality of index terms, and determining an overall confidence score corresponding to the non-dictionary term based on the syntactic confidence score, the proximity confidence score, and the semantic confidence score.

Abstract: An electronic document is provided for display at a first user device associated with a first user. A first input associated with a body portion of the electronic document is received from the first user device of the first user. The first input includes a particular symbol followed by one or more characters that represent a second user. A second input associated with the body portion of the electronic document is received from the first user device of the first user. The second input includes textual input associated with the body portion of the electronic document. The first input associated with the body portion of the electronic document is analyzed to determine one or more user addresses. A message is caused to be sent to a second user device of the second user using the determined one or more user addresses.

Abstract: Systems and methods of adjusting the diameter of an endoluminal prosthesis that allows for controlled radial deployment of the endoluminal prosthesis and the ability to revise the positioning of the endoluminal prosthesis after unsheathing. The endoluminal prosthesis includes a stent graft having a tubular graft wall, a stent, a main strand, a proximal strand, and a distal strand.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining a number of distance points connected to a person at a point in time, scraping a plurality of indexes corresponding to a respective plurality of journey hosts to identify a plurality of journey possibilities for each journey host of the plurality of journey hosts, generating a plurality of reachable locations based on the number of distance points and the journey possibilities, the plurality of reachable locations comprising at least a subset of the plurality of journey possibilities correlated to the number of distance points, receiving location signals generated via a location sensor of a device associated with the person, identifying one or more previous locations of the device based on the location signals, identifying a subset of the reachable locations based on the previous locations of the device, and generating a graphical interface to visually display the subset of the reachable locations on a map.

Abstract: Described is a system for producing indicators and warnings of adversarial activities. The system receives multiple networks of transactional data from different sources. Each node of a network of transactional data represents an entity, and each edge represents a relation between entities. A worldview graph is generated by merging the multiple networks of transactional data. Suspicious subgraph regions related to an adversarial activity are identified in the worldview graph through activity detection. The suspicious subgraph regions are used to generate and transmit an alert of the adversarial activity.

Abstract: The disclosed technologies address various technical problems, including improving human-computer interaction, by augmenting the functionality provided by user input devices using a digital glove. For example, a digital glove can be utilized to provide pressure sensitivity for non-pressure sensitive touchscreen devices, attribute input made with a digital pen to a user wearing the digital glove, augment the functionality provided by mice and other types of handheld user input devices, augment the functionality provided gaze tracking systems, improve camera-based motion tracking systems, and to augment the functionality provided by speech recognition systems.

Abstract: A collapsible backpack cooler includes a base, a collapsible portion, a back portion, and one or more straps configured for use by a user in securing the collapsible backpack cooler to their back. The collapsible backpack cooler is configured to allow the collapsible backpack cooler to transition between an expanded configuration, and a collapsed configuration having a reduced volume as compared to the expanded configuration.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a pest repelling magnetic field generating device (PRD) having a temperature sensor to detect the temperature of a solenoid coil during operation. The detected temperature to be used to ensure that the PRD operates within an ideal temperature range. Additionally, a fan is oriented within a housing of the PRD to force the flow of air from inside a housing of the PRD to outside a housing the PRD. In an illustrative example, the PRD may shut off if the temperature of the solenoid coil moves outside the ideal temperature range. By operating the PRD within an ideal temperature range, the service life of the PRD may be extended. Further, the fan may mitigate dust collection within the housing of the pest repelling magnetic field generating device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to provide credit decisioning based on graph neural networks. A lending network graph of a plurality of loans may be received, each loan associated with a creditor and one account. A first node of the graph may be associated with a first creditor and the second node may be associated with a first account. A graph neural network may receive a respective message from each node connected to the first node, each message comprising an embedding vector reflecting a current state of the node. The graph neural network may update weights for the first node in a forward pass. The graph neural network may receive a respective message from each node connected to the second node, each message comprising the embedding vector reflecting the current state of the node. The graph neural network may update weights for the second node in a backward pass.

Abstract: A stand-on aerator including a chassis, a pair of first wheels coupled to the chassis, wherein the first wheels are operable as drive wheels, a pair of second wheels coupled to the chassis, and an operator platform extending from a rear portion of the chassis. The stand-on aerator also has an aerator assembly coupled to the chassis, wherein the aerator assembly includes a plurality of reciprocating tines capable of extending from and retracting into the aerator assembly.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a body panel, a cap layer affixed to the body panel, and a covering enclosing external surfaces of the body panel such that the covering has no visible or tactile seams.

Abstract: A nicotine e-vaping device includes a heater, a power control circuit, and a memory module. The heater element is configured to heat nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The power control circuit is coupled to the heater element through a wire. The power control circuit is configured to apply a pulse width modulated power signal to the heater element through the wire, and to receive information over the wire. The memory module is configured to detect a plurality of pulses in the pulse width modulated power signal, record information based on the detected plurality of pulses, and output the recorded information to the power control circuit via the wire.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to assess monitor, improve, and/or modify health and well-being as it relates to people associated with a habitable or other built environments or spaces therein. In some embodiments, an intervention assessment system and methods include one or more sensors for measuring aspects related to the built environment, a personal user device, and a control circuit configured to receive one or more measurements form the sensor(s), identify a problem with the built environment, and identify potential interventions based on the indicators associated with the problem. By one approach, a plurality of potential interventions may be ranked based on, for example, the ability to reduce the prevalence of the problem or indicator in the built environment, feasibility, cost, and timeliness. In some approaches, the system and method also select and may implement one or more interventions.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for delectively depositing a material on a substrate wherein the substrate has at least two different surfaces wherein one surface is passivated thereby allowing selective deposition on the non-passivated surface. In particular, disclosed is a method for preparing a surface of a substrate for selective film deposition, wherein the surface of the substrate comprises at least a first surface comprising SiO2 and an initial concentration of surface hydroxyl groups and a second surface comprising SiH, the method comprising the steps of: contacting the substrate with a wet chemical composition to obtain a treated substrate comprising an increased concentration of surface hydroxyl groups relative to the initial concentration of surface hydroxyl groups; and heating the treated substrate to a temperature of from about 200° C. to about 600° C.