Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to a telecommunications management system (TMS) that receives an indication from a first user to participate in a telecommunication. The TMS can identify a characteristic of the first user and compare the characteristic with one or more characteristics of each user of a pool of users. The TMS can select, based on the comparison, a second user of the pool of users that matches the first user. The TMS can initiate, responsive to selecting the matching second user, an anonymous telecommunications channel between the first user and the second user.

Abstract: An enclosure for a three-dimensional printing system comprises a plurality of walls and a glass panel. The walls define an inner chamber for receiving the three-dimensional printing system and an opening that provides access to the inner chamber from outside the walls. The glass panel is shiftable between a closed position in which the panel blocks access to the inner chamber and an open position in which the panel allows access to the inner chamber via the opening.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detection of tissue damage in patients using a medical device for an extended period of time are disclosed.

Abstract: A method including receiving, at a payment-messaging system from a biller financial institution, a request comprising a public consumer token of a consumer. The consumer provided the public consumer token to a biller system of a biller for a bill payment by the consumer to the biller. The biller system provided the public consumer token to the biller financial institution. The biller financial institution maintains a biller account of the biller. The acts also can include determining a risk metric representing a risk of using the public consumer token for the bill payment. The acts additionally can include sending the risk metric from the payment-messaging system to the biller financial institution. The biller financial institution sends the risk metric to the biller system to allow the biller to determine whether to assume liability for the bill payment.

Abstract: A control device includes a button assembly having one or more buttons and a button carrier that includes a plurality of resilient, independently deflectable spring arms. The control device may be configured as a wall-mounted keypad to control a load control device, or as a thermostat to control a temperature regulation appliance. The button carrier may be configured to prevent interference between the buttons during operation of the control device. The button assembly may be captured between a faceplate of the control device and a housing that is attached to a rear side of the faceplate. The control device may include one or more button retainers that are attached to the buttons and that are configured to align respective outer surfaces of the buttons relative to each other, and relative to the faceplate of the control device, when the buttons are in respective rest positions.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: bundling multiple registered queries of a dataset using a scheduling technique, wherein the dataset is homogenous in schema; running a single table scan of the dataset to process the multiple registered queries of the dataset in parallel; and generating a respective output responsive to each of the multiple registered queries. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A battery includes a battery cell stack disposed within a housing such that a gap exists between the battery cell stack and an inner surface of the housing. The battery cell stack includes a plurality of battery cells that each include a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab electrically coupled to an electrode assembly and extending from the electrode assembly outside of a case. The positive electrode tabs and/or the negative electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells extend into the gap between the battery cell stack and the inner surface of the housing. A filler material fills the gap and provides a thermally conductive pathway between the positive electrode tabs and/or the negative electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells and the inner surface of the housing. The filler material includes a thermally conductive particulate component distributed throughout a polymeric matrix component.

Abstract: A mechanical jar including a housing, a piston disposed in the housing and responsive to applied fluid pressure to move in a first direction relative to the housing, a biasing arrangement disposed in the housing and configured to bias the piston in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a restraint configured to prevent movement of the piston in the second direction until a threshold force is applied to the restraint by the piston, whereafter the piston suddenly moves in the second direction.

Abstract: A factory processed and assembled optical fiber arrangement is configured to pass through tight, tortuous spaces when routed to a demarcation point. A connector housing attaches to the optical fiber arrangement at the demarcation point (or after leaving the tight, tortuous spaces) to form a connectorized end of the optical fiber. A fiber tip is protected before leaving the factory until connection is desired.

Abstract: The present application relates to an illumination system. The illumination system comprises: a first electric appliance driver, wherein a second electric appliance driver is electrically connected to the first electric appliance driver and is configured to receive power-source power from the first electric appliance driver, to convert the power-source power into driving power, and also to perform signal detection on the power-source power and generate a control signal for controlling an illumination unit and related accessories. The technical solution of the present application facilitates providing of power or control signals to an illumination unit and related accessories.

Abstract: A lightweight aluminum container body is provided which is typically of much greater length than the prior art. The container body which has a series of removable filter sections is provided. The container body which includes a top pivoting rear gate sealed by dual hydraulic piston arrangement and manual vice locks is provided. The container body having a central wall supporting a novel manifold and inlet drain offset system which automatically controls the sludge inlet drain flow and way the positionally balances sediment deposit is provided.

Abstract: A method includes disposing a sheet of glass on a front side of a semiconductor substrate that includes at least one image sensor die, attaching the sheet of glass to the at least one image sensor die by a bead of adhesive material disposed on an edge of the at least one image sensor die, and sawing the semiconductor substrate from a back side to form a trench along a side of the at least one image sensor die. The trench extends through a thickness of the semiconductor substrate and through a part of a thickness of the sheet of glass. The method further includes filling the trench with a molding material to form a layer of molding material on a sidewall of the at least one image sensor die, and singulating the semiconductor substrate to isolate an individual image sensor package enclosing the at least one image sensor die.

Abstract: A wavelength converting structure is provided, the wavelength converting structure including an SWIR phosphor having emission wavelengths in the range of 1600-2200 nm, the SWIR phosphor comprising a structurally disordered garnet material, a sensitizer ion, and at least one rare earth emitter ion. Also provided is a luminescent material having emission wavelength in the range of 1600-2200 nm, the luminescent material including (Gd3-u-v-x-y-zLuxTmyHozScvREu)[Sc2-a-bLuaCrbGadAle]{Ga3-cAlc}O12 with RE=La, Y, Yb, Nd, Er, Ce and 0?u?2, 0<v?1, 0<x?1, 0<y?0.5, 0?z?0.05, 0<a?1, 0<b?0.3, 0?c?3, 0<d?1.8, 0?e?1.8. An IR emitting device including the luminescent material may provide a broad-band emission in the wavelength range of 1600-2200 nm with a continuous emission spectrum over a spectral width of at least 500 nm.

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for interfacing with an EMV compliant chip card having an embedded microchip. A transaction computer includes a virtual credit card terminal running in a web browser and that is in communication with an EMV card reader having a chip card slot. The virtual terminal defines a first EMV transaction and a second EMV transaction based upon user input. The virtual terminal then causes the embedded microchip of the EMV chip card to generate a first cryptogram associated with the first transaction and a second cryptogram associated with the second transaction during a contact interface session or a contactless interface session. The virtual terminal then authenticates the first and second cryptograms over a computer network with a card issuer. Once authenticated, the virtual terminal completes the first transaction and the second transaction.

Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for configuring access to a memory device are disclosed. The configuration of the memory device may be carried out by creating a plurality of access profiles that are adapted to optimize access to the memory device in accordance with a type of access. For example, when an application with specific memory access needs is initiated, the memory access profile that is designed for that particular access need may be utilized to configure access to the memory device. The configuration may apply to a portion of the memory device, a partition of the memory device, a single access location on the memory device, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. The disclosure provides methods for breeding corn plants having late wilt (LW) resistance using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides corn germplasm resistant to LW. The disclosure also provides markers associated with LW resistance loci for introgressing these loci into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel LW resistant germplasm.

Abstract: A method for video decoding includes determining that an angular intra prediction mode for a current block is a wide angle mode. The method further includes determining a non-wide angle mode that corresponds to the wide angle mode, the non-wide angle mode being spaced apart from the vertical mode or the horizontal mode by an angular distance that is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold. The method further includes, in response to a determination that an intra prediction coding tool and coding tool parameters are specified for the determined non-wide angle mode, performing intra prediction for the current block using the wide angle mode, using the intra prediction coding tool, and using the coding tool parameters specified for the determined non-wide angle mode.

Abstract: The invention describes a bat for baseball or softball having a composite or metallic outer barrel and an insert assembly formed from composite or metallic materials and soft foam materials. The invention describes a number of embodiments of the insert assembly which may include adjustable floating or fixed power cones and adjustable sleeves, as well as a dual wall construction with the radially outer wall having an annular gap to allow limited directional flex of the radially outer wall of the insert assembly upon impact with a ball.

Abstract: Provided for is a mattress comprising a first layer comprising a first firm layer and a first soft layer, a second layer comprising a second firm layer and a second soft layer, where the second layer and the first layer are in horizontal adjacent contact. The mattress may further comprise a base layer comprising a base top layer and a base bottom layer, where the base layer and the first layer are in vertical adjacent contact, and where the base layer and the second layer are in vertical adjacent contact. The mattress may further comprise a cover comprising a cover top, a cover bottom, and a zipper, where the zipper may separate the cover top from the cover bottom, where a band may be disposed on an inside surface of the cover top, where the band may mask a gap between the first layer and the second layer.

Abstract: A sensor, comprising: a substrate having a reference crystal orientation and a plurality of vertical Hall element pairs that are formed on the substrate. Each vertical Hall element pair includes: (i) a respective first vertical Hall element that is oriented at a respective first angle relative to the reference crystal orientation of the substrate and (ii) a respective second vertical Hall element that is oriented at a respective second angle relative to the reference crystal orientation of the substrate. The substrate has a rectangular shape, and each of the vertical Hall element pairs is disposed in a different respective corner of the substrate.