Abstract: A package or container is disclosed that includes an opening device in conjunction with a self-sealing valve for facilitating opening of the package and for dispensing fluids in a controlled manner. In one embodiment, the opening device can comprise a breachable bubble. The breachable bubble can be in communication with a fluid channel that operates in conjunction with the self-sealing valve. The package can include a folded portion for sealing the fluid channel and allowing the bubble to be breached when a user applies pressure. Once the bubble is breached, the folded portion can be unfolded for dispensing a fluid.

Abstract: Methods and systems for recipient-assisted recharging during delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are disclosed herein. During a UAV transport task, a UAV determines that the UAV has arrived at a delivery location specified by a first flight leg of the transport task. The UAV responsively initiates a notification process indicating that a recipient-assisted recharging process should be initiated at or near the delivery location. When the UAV determines that the recipient-assisted recharging process has recharged a battery of the UAV to a target level, and also determines that a non-returnable portion of the payload has been removed from the UAV while a returnable portion of the payload is coupled to or held by the UAV, the UAV initiates a second flight segment of the transport task.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for ascertaining aspects of a presentation and/or of an audience member. A presentation remote can be used to obtain information about the presentation and provide it to the audience member.

Abstract: Bandwidth parts (BWPs) and other resources for wireless communications are described. A wireless device may use a BWP control procedure and/or a BWP timer management procedure for activating, deactivating, and/or switching BWPs, for example, using multiple active BWPs. A base station may send information comprising one or more fields indicating an action associated with a BWP, for example, if multiple active BWPs are supported. A wireless device may control a first BWP inactivity timer associated with a first active BWP, for example, based on activating, deactivating, and/or switching a second BWP.

Abstract: Systems and methods of (remotely) controlling aspects of pools and spas and of modifying water contained therein are detailed. Internet-enabled access to pool and spa controllers may happen without any need for users to create firewall ports or utilize static internet protocol addresses. Certain networking devices may be configured using a USB connection or SD card, avoiding any requirement for an Ethernet cable or supplying separate power to the devices during configuration. Time-varying data may be obtained in respect of one or more installations and analyzed for various information.

Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, a rotor shaft and a pump. The rotor is disposed within the stator and separated from the stator by an airgap. The airgap inadvertently accumulates a fluid. The rotor shaft is connected to the rotor. The pump is configured to move the fluid out of the airgap.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for using selective resolution reduction on images to be transmitted and/or used by a playback device are described. Prior to transmission one or more images of an environment are captured. Based on image content, motion detection and/or user input a resolution reduction operation is selected and performed. The reduced resolution image is communicated to a playback device along with information indicating a UV map corresponding to the selected resolution allocation that should be used by the playback device for rendering the communicated image. By changing the resolution allocation used and which UV map is used by the playback device different resolution allocations can be made with respect to different portions of the environment while allowing the number of pixels in transmitted images to remain constant. The playback device renders the individual images with the UV map corresponding to the resolution allocation used to generate the individual images.

Abstract: A wideband sonar receiver is provided that includes: a selectable bandpass filter adapted to filter a received sonar signal to produce a filtered signal and a correlator adapted to correlate the baseband samples with baseband replica samples to provide a correlated signal. In addition, the wideband sonar receiver may include a shaping filter to shape unshaped received pulses. Finally, a variety of sonar processing algorithms are described with regard to reducing clutter and interference, target detection, and bottom detection.

Abstract: A system for geographically tracking nourishment selection including a computing device configured to receive a location from a user device associated with a user; determine a plurality of nourishment possibilities within the location; locate a performance character associated with the user, wherein the performance character contains a nourishment score; generate a user profile wherein the user profile comprises the location, the plurality of nourishment possibilities, and the performance character; generate a selector machine-learning process, wherein the selector machine-learning process utilizes the user profile as an input, and outputs a plurality of corresponding nourishment possibility indexes; and grade the plurality of nourishment possibilities using the plurality of corresponding nourishment possibility indexes.

Abstract: In some implementations, a device of a user may receive user input indicative of a selection of an application implemented by the device. The user input may be received via a graphical user interface presented by the device. The user input may be received while the application is in an unlaunched state in which the user is unauthenticated for use of the application. The device may obtain, while the application is in the unlaunched state, one or more messages of the application. The device may cause, while the application is in the unlaunched state, information indicative of at least one message, of the one or more messages, to be displayed in the graphical user interface.

Abstract: One example method includes transmitting, by an application running in a host CPU, a notification to an application in a coprocessor/accelerator indicating that inbound data generated by the application is ready, receiving, by the application in the coprocessor/accelerator, the notification and delegating, by the application in the coprocessor/accelerator, an IO command to the application running in the host CPU, forwarding, by the application running in the host CPU, the IO command to an OS of the host CPU, transmitting, by the OS of the host CPU, an IO request to an IO device, initiating, by the IO device, a P2PDMA to transmit data associated with the IO request to a memory of the coprocessor/accelerator, and processing, by the application in the coprocessor/accelerator, the data.

Abstract: A system for providing electronic features in a doorframe include a body structure having a top wall, a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls. The walls define an interior space of the body structure. A plurality of ports are formed in the top wall and a plurality of ports are formed in the bottom wall with each port opening into the interior space. One or more of the top wall ports is longitudinally aligned with a respective bottom wall port to form a port pair. A diverter is positioned in the interior space and extends in the interior space from one side wall and toward an opposing side wall. The diverter spans between the port pair. The diverter has a diverter surface that is configured for directing an element that extends through a port of the port pair toward an area in the body structure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an axial swage tool configured to axially swage a fitting to a tube, a cable, or other such item of manufacture. The swage tool can be configured to utilize swaging engagement members for grasping and driving a swaging ring over a fitting. The swaging ring thereby radially compresses the fitting around the tube or other item.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to corrugated radomes for protecting and concealing components of radar units. An example radar system may include a radar unit that includes at least one antenna having a radiation pattern. The radar unit is configured to transmit a radar signal based on the radiation pattern and receive radar signals. In addition, the radar system further includes a radome located in a direction of transmission of the radiation pattern. Particularly, the radome includes a stepped surface having at least one step that includes a height equal to one-quarter of a wavelength at a frequency of operation of the radar unit. The least one step is positioned on the radome such that the at least one step causes deconstructive interference of reflections of the transmitted radar signal caused by the radome.

Abstract: A control system of a self-driving tractor can access sensor data to determine a set of trailer configuration parameters of a cargo trailer coupled to the self-driving tractor. Based on the set of trailer configuration parameters, the control system can configure a motion planning model for autonomously controlling the acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the tractor.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle box apparatus, in combination with a wall structure that includes an upright wall stud. The electrical receptacle box apparatus is constructed and arranged for securing to the upright wall stud. The wall structure forms a barrier that defines and demarcates adjacent rooms. The electrical receptacle box apparatus includes an electrical receptacle box having oppositely facing first and second component securing surfaces and a mounting surface, fasteners for securing the electrical receptacle box to the wall stud by securing the mounting surface of the electrical receptacle box to a side surface of the wall stud, a first electrical component positioned within the electrical receptacle box at the first component securing surface of the electrical receptacle box, and a second electrical component positioned within the electrical receptacle box at the second component securing surface of the electrical receptacle box.

Abstract: Limiting access to native device capabilities. A method includes, at a container application installed at the computing device, the container application configured to execute hosted script based applications, identifying a hosted application to execute. The method further includes, at the container application, obtaining information identifying a limited set of capabilities from among the native device capabilities indicating which of the native device capabilities the hosted application has been granted access to. The method further includes, at the container application, executing the hosted application and enforcing limits on the hosted application such that the hosted application is only able to access the native device capabilities identified in the limited set of capabilities.

Abstract: A method of distributing a smart will of a user, the method comprising: receiving a smart will creation request comprising: one or more beneficiary wallet identifiers, and asset distribution rules; creating, based on the smart will creation request, an estate smart contract, the estate smart contract being configured to authorize transfer of one or more assets registered to the estate smart contract to a storage location specified by an executor smart contract; receiving, by the executor smart contract, a death notification indicative of death of an owner of the estate smart contract; instructing the estate smart contract to transfer the assets from the estate smart contract to a trust smart contract; verifying, by the trust smart contract, that the beneficiary wallets are valid; and transferring, by the trust smart contract, one or more assets to the beneficiary wallets in accordance with the asset distribution rules.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to control delivery of input-output operations from a host device to a storage system over selected ones of a plurality of paths through a network. The processing device is further configured to send one or more requests to the storage system for data corresponding to states of a plurality of storage devices in the storage system. The one or more requests comprise a directive that the data corresponding to the states returned by the storage system relate to changes in the states of the storage devices. The processing device is also configured to receive the data corresponding to the states from the storage system, to identify one or more state changes of one or more of the storage devices based on the received data, and to manage one or more of the input-output operations responsive to the identified one or more state changes.

Abstract: A system for anonymizing motor vehicle position information includes a global positioning system (GPS) module disposed within a host vehicle, a control module disposed within the host vehicle and in electronic communication with the GPS module. The control module executes a control logic for collecting real-time host vehicle telemetry data packets from the GPS module, and a control logic for continuously wirelessly communicating the real-time host vehicle telemetry data packets.