Abstract: A condiment holder for supporting a condiment container, said condiment holder including a body having a top surface and a bottom surface. An aperture is defined by an interior peripheral wall of the body. The aperture extends between the top and bottom surfaces of the body. The peripheral wall includes a plurality of sets of opposed wall sections and each set of opposed wall sections is configured to engage one of a plurality of differently shaped condiment containers. The peripheral wall includes at least three sets of opposed wall sections and the body is thereby able to selectively engage at least three differently shaped condiment containers. A clip extends outwardly from the body and is utilized to engage a fin of a vehicle air vent to secure the condiment holder thereto.

Abstract: A method of making a hollow fiber carbon molecular sieve is comprised of heating a hollow polymer fiber to a carbonization temperature in an atmosphere that is non-oxidizing to form a hollow fiber carbon molecular sieve, wherein during at least a portion of the heating a tensile force is applied to the hollow polymer fiber. The method may improve the separation of gases similar in size such a propylene from propane.

Abstract: A measurement system used in conjunction with a conveyor includes a first sensor with a first transceiver and a second sensor with a second transceiver. The transceivers transmit a first light beam and a second light beam towards a movable portion of the conveyor. A control unit communicably coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor, wherein the control unit calculates a first distance between the first sensor and the movable portion based on the first sensor and a second distance between the second sensor and the movable portion based on the second sensor. The control unit determines a difference value between the first distance and the second distance; and stops the unloader in response to the difference value being above a predefined threshold value.

Abstract: A fenestration system includes a chassis formed from left and right chassis stiles, and top and bottom chassis rails. The left and right chassis stiles having an outside longitudinal groove, an outside longitudinal ridge, an inside longitudinal groove and an inside longitudinal ridge. The top and bottom chassis rails having an outside longitudinal groove, an outside longitudinal ridge, an inside longitudinal groove and an inside longitudinal ridge. Outside stile covers are configured to engage the longitudinal outside groove and the longitudinal outside ridge of the chassis stile. Inside stile covers are configured to engage the inside longitudinal groove and the inside longitudinal ridge of the chassis stile. Outside rail covers are configured to engage the longitudinal outside groove and the longitudinal outside ridge of the chassis rail. Inside rail covers are configured to engage the inside longitudinal groove and the inside longitudinal ridge of the chassis rail.

Abstract: Technology for interoperability is disclosed by enabling the sharing of application state data for an application experience across computing devices, operating systems, applications, or locations. In one aspect, a secondary application shares encrypted state data along with a non-encrypted hint that describes the application experience reflected in the state data with a primary application. The primary application is then able to use the hint to determine that a user is interested in returning to the experience in the secondary application. The primary application then transfers the encrypted state data to the secondary application, which uses the state data to return the application to the application experience. A platform and an application programming interface (API) are provided for computer applications and services to store and retrieve application state data associated with an event.

Abstract: Control of a load wrapping apparatus may be based at least in part on packaging material grading and/or factory profiles.

Abstract: A method and system of signature verification that includes receiving a signature-in-question, extracting at least one of an image of the signature-in-question and a trajectory of the signature-in-question from the received signature-in-question, accessing a reference signature, extracting at least one of a reference image and a reference trajectory from the accessed reference signature, comparing the at least one of the image of the signature-in-question and trajectory of the signature-in-question to the at least one of the reference image and reference trajectory, and determining whether signature-in-question is authentic based on the comparison.

Abstract: A computing system receives from a messaging system a first input identifying a data source. The computing system receives from the messaging system a second input specifying a natural language command related to the data source. The system translates the second input into a set of parameters for building a first data visualization from the data source. The system calls one or more API functions provided by a data visualization server, and the computing system receives from the data visualization server a first data visualization that includes a first subset of data fields from the data source. The system generates a representation of the first data visualization and sends the representation to the messaging system, which in turn sends the representation to an electronic device for display on the device.

Abstract: A weight training sled having (i) a chassis, (ii) longitudinally spaced rotatable wheels in contact with ground, (iii) a pair of laterally spaced push handles proximate a first longitudinal end of the chassis and (iv) a brake for applying resistance to one of the wheels, characterized by an elevated tow hook.

Abstract: Devices and methods for providing a power transistor structure with a shallow source region include implanting a dopant of a first dopant polarity into a drift region on a source side of a gate structure to form a body region, the body region being self-aligned to, and extending under, the gate structure, and producing a shallow body region wherein the source side hybrid contact mitigates punch through of the shallow self-aligned body region and suppresses triggering of a parasitic bipolar. A retrograde body well, of the first dopant polarity, may be disposed beneath, and noncontiguous with, the shallow self-aligned body region, wherein the retrograde body well improves the electric field profile of the shallow self-aligned body region. A variety of power transistor structures are produced from such devices and methods.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that probabilistically predict dynamic object behavior. In particular, in contrast to existing systems which attempt to predict object trajectories directly (e.g., directly predict a specific sequence of well-defined states), a probabilistic approach is instead leveraged that predicts discrete probability distributions over object state at each of a plurality of time steps. In one example, systems and methods predict future states of dynamic objects (e.g., pedestrians) such that an autonomous vehicle can plan safer actions/movement.

Abstract: The present technology is directed to adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and methods for making and using such devices. In many of the embodiments described herein, the shunts include a generally flat frame. The frame can include an elongated portion having a lumen extending therethrough and a bladder portion defining an interior chamber that is in fluid communication with the lumen. When implanted in a patient's eye, aqueous can drain from the anterior chamber to a target outflow location via the lumen and interior chamber. In some embodiments, the shunts include a flow control assembly positioned within the interior chamber of the bladder portion to control the flow of aqueous through the lumen.

Abstract: A link press assembly for use with a press to service a parallel link track chain is provided that includes alignment tools, disassembly tools, and reassembly tools. The alignment tools include a contact block, a plurality of block guide rods slidingly receivable within block guide rod passages of the contact block, a bridge plate for securement to a parallel link track chain, a plurality of elongated rod guides having plate guide rod passages, and a support block. The disassembly tools include a disassembly mount plate, an inner link support plate, a plurality of disassembly rods, an outer link support plate, and a disassembly tool bar having a plurality of pin bumpers. The reassembly tools include a back tool plate, a plurality of backing cups, a reassembly front tool bar having a plurality of front cups secured thereto, and a link hanger having a plurality of hanger guide rod passages.

Abstract: A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to detect a moving object in video stream data based on determining an eccentricity map. The instructions can further include instructions to determine a magnitude and direction of motion of the moving object, transform the magnitude and direction to global coordinates and operate a vehicle based on the transformed magnitude and direction.

Abstract: An exhaust system includes a housing having an internal cavity defining an exhaust gas passage extending along an axis, at least one exhaust gas aftertreatment component positioned within the internal cavity, and an inlet cover mounted to the housing to provide an open internal area that is upstream of the internal cavity. The inlet cover has a contoured outer surface that includes an inlet opening and at least one sensor opening that is configured to receive an exhaust gas sensor. An inlet tube is mounted to the inlet cover at the inlet opening. A plate is positioned upstream of the at least one gas aftertreatment component and within the open internal area. The plate has a curved surface with a plurality of openings.

Abstract: A method is used for efficient storage allocation in a storage system. An infrastructure manager receives a request for storage from a first storage operating entity. The infrastructure manager identifies, from entries in a pagebin, a pagelist with sufficient available storage to satisfy the request. The infrastructure manager locks the pagebin while assigning the identified pagelist to the first storage operating entity. Upon a commitment of the identified pagelist by the first storage operating entity, the infrastructure manager unlocks the pagebin and identifies, from the entries in the pagebin, a second pagelist with sufficient available storage to satisfy a request from a second storage operating entity.

Abstract: A cloud-based migration system exposes a source-independent application programming interface for receiving data to be migrated. The data is uploaded and stored as a single entity in a cloud-based storage system. A migration system then accesses the migration package and begins migrating the data to its destination, from the cloud-based storage system.

Abstract: Described is a system (and method) that intelligently distributes data within a clustered storage environment. To provide such a capability, the system may distribute backup files by considering a source of the data to be backed-up. In particular, the system may leverage the ability of front-end components such as a backup application to perform a granular data source identification of data. Such information may be propagated to back-end components such as a storage filesystem in the form of a data source identifier (e.g. placement tag). The data source identifiers may then be accessed by the clustered storage system to intelligently distribute backup files amongst a set of storage nodes forming a cluster. For example, backup files from the same data source may be stored on the same storage node to obtain the same deduplication efficiency as a single storage system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating a model trained to predict a low-probability stochastic defect, using the model to predict the low-probability stochastic defect, determining a process window based on the low-probability stochastic defect, and controlling, based on the process window, a lithography tool to manufacture a device.

Abstract: A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented. The apparatus (10) comprises an encoder (11) that encodes input data into cell words, and a modulator (12) that modulates said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation. The modulator (12) is configured to use, based on the total number M of constellation points of the constellation, the signal-to-noise ratio SNR in dB and the channel characteristics, a non-uniform constellation from a group of constellations comprising one or more of predetermined constellations defined by the constellation position vector u1 . . . v, wherein v=sqrt(M)/2?1.