Abstract: Present embodiments use deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithms and use one or more path planning approaches to create a path using a deep learning approach using a reinforcement learning algorithm, trained using traditional learning algorithms such as A-Star. The reinforcement learning algorithm takes in a forward-facing camera operative as part of a computer vision system for a robot, and utilizes training the algorithm to train the robot to traverse from point A to point B in an operating environment using a sequence of waypoints as a breadcrumb trail. The system trains the robot to learn the path section by section by the waypoints, which prevents requiring the robot to solve the entire path.

Abstract: Technologies are described for a cap sensor unit for an energy absorber. The cap sensor unit may comprise a housing. The housing may be configured to be attachable to, and removable from, an end of a piston of the energy absorber. Walls of the housing may define a pocket for a sensor within the housing. The caps sensor unit may comprise the sensor. The sensor may be within the housing. The sensor may be a wireless position switch. The sensor may include a wireless transmitter. The sensor may be configured to send a signal to a receiver when a force impacts the cap sensor unit. The sensor may be in a load path of the force.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for receiving media data. One apparatus includes processing circuitry receives a media presentation description (MPD) file that includes an essential property descriptor for a dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) operation. The essential property descriptor is associated with a first session-based description (SBD) file and indicating that a part of a uniform resource locator (URL) is to be modified based on the first SBD file. The part of the URL has been generated based on a second SBD file. The processing circuitry modifies the part of the URL based on the first SBD file and receives the media data based on the modified part of the URL.

Abstract: Geolocation based vehicle access systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a blockchain ledger from a vehicle operating in a controlled area, the blockchain ledger including time-stamped, location and vehicle data. The method also includes comparing the time-stamped, location and vehicle data to database records that have control access parameters for controlled areas. In addition, the method includes generating a notice when the time-stamped, location and vehicle data matches control access parameters for the controlled area, which is one of the controlled areas. More so, the method includes providing the notice to the vehicle or a user of the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for a systems and methods for intra-shot dynamic LIDAR detector gain. One example method my include receiving first image data associated with a first image of an object illuminated at a first wavelength and captured by a camera at the first wavelength, the first image data including first pixel data for a first pixel of the first image and second pixel data for a second pixel of the first image. The example method may also include calculating a first reflectance value for the first pixel using the first pixel data. The example method may also include calculating a second reflectance value for the second pixel using the second pixel data. The example method may also include generating, using first reflectance value and the second reflectance value, a first reflectance distribution of the object.

Abstract: There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform obtaining video data, detecting at least one face from at least one frame of the video data, determining a set of facial landmark features of the at least one face from the at least one frame of the video data, and coding the video data at least partly by a neural network based on the determined set of facial landmark features.

Abstract: There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform publishing media presentation description data comprising main live program data, and signaling a client device about ad data and in-manifest data where the ad data instructs the client device of an initial end time at which to end a display of an ad by switching a display at the client device from the ad to the main live program data and where the in-manifest data instructs the client device to determine, during a streaming of the ad to the client device, an updated end time, prior to the end time, at which to end the streaming of the ad by switching the streaming at the client device from the ad to the main live program data.

Abstract: Presented are multilayer composite panels for motor vehicles, methods for making/using such panels, and motor vehicles with transparent composite roof panels having localized reinforcement features. A sandwich-type multilayer composite panel contains one or more exterior layers each including a transparent rigid material, one or more bonding layers each including a transparent adhesive material, and one or more structural reinforcement layers each including a fiber-reinforced polymer material. Each structural reinforcement layer may be attached directly to a bonding layer and/or exterior layer. The composite panel may also include one or more IR-reflective layers, one or more light-absorbing sunshade layers, and one or more insulating low-k layers. The fibers of each structural reinforcement layer are localized to a discrete region within the composite panel's plan-view profile.

Abstract: A seat back panel may have a panel having a central portion bounded by an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion may have an upper attachment member adapted to selectively receive a portion of a framework for a seat. The central portion may have a least one side attachment member adapted to selectively receive a portion of the framework. the central portion may have a concave shape. The lower portion may have a convex shape. The concave shape and the convex shape may give the panel a general S-shape.

Abstract: A method, system, device, and/or non-transitory computer readable medium for performing age verification, the device including a memory having stored thereon computer readable instructions, and processing circuitry configured to execute the computer readable instructions to cause the device to, receive identity verification information from an adult vaper, determine a personal profile corresponding to the adult vaper based on the identity verification information, and enable operation of an electronic vaping device based on the received identity verification information and the personal profile.

Abstract: A patient specific instrument is disclosed for correcting a condition present in a patient. The patient specific instrument includes a body that includes an inferior side having a bone engagement surface shaped to match a first surface of a first bone and a second surface of a second bone of a joint. The instrument also includes a superior side having a first guide feature and a second guide feature that together, with the bone engagement surface overlying the first surface and the second surface, are positioned to guide resection of the first bone and the second bone during a surgical osteotomy for correcting the condition. The body is configured to seat transverse to the joint with the bone engagement surface engaging the first surface of the first bone and the second surface of the second bone.

Abstract: An automotive exhaust aftertreatment system includes a three-way catalyst (TWC) fluidly coupled to an internal combustion engine and a muffler, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit located downstream from the TWC and upstream from the muffler, the SCR unit configured as a NOx catalytic converter and a hydrocarbon (HC) trap, and an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) located downstream from the SCR and upstream from the muffler, the EHC configured as a catalytic converter for the trapped HCs once the HCs are released from the SCR.

Abstract: Techniques for performing data transfers may include determining a first page of user data to be transferred from a source data storage system to a target data storage system, wherein the source data storage system has a source page size granularity denoting a first size of backend I/O operations on the source data storage system, wherein the target data storage system has a target page size granularity denoting a second size of backend I/O operations on the target data storage system; performing processing on the source data storage system that constructs a second page of user data that is the second size, wherein the second page of user data includes the first page of user data that is the first size and another page of user data that is the first size; and transferring the second page of user data from the source to the target data storage system.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the systems and methods built in accordance with the present disclosure may analyze audience engagement with a presentation displayed during a meeting and provide feedback to a presenter during and/or after the presentation. In some embodiments, the provided feedback may include determining metrics indicative of participant engagement levels. Participant engagement levels may then be used to adjust meetings in real-time and/or after the meeting has ended. In some embodiments, the system may include a hybrid configuration where a subset of the presenters, participants and moderators are physically present in the same environment. In some embodiments, the system may include a fully virtual configuration where all of the presenters, participants and moderators are physically remote from each other.

Abstract: A vapor generator assembly for an e-vaping device may include a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation, a vaporizer assembly configured to heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from the reservoir to form a vapor, and an air intake assembly configured to direct ambient air into the vaporizer assembly. The air intake assembly may at least partially define an air inlet that extends at least partially around an outer surface of the vapor generator assembly. The air inlet may be an arcuate air inlet or an annular air inlet. The air intake assembly may at least partially define an inlet channel extending from the air inlet into an interior of the vapor generator assembly to at least partially establish fluid communication between the arcuate air inlet and the vaporizer assembly. The inlet channel may extend coaxially in relation to a longitudinal axis of the vapor generator assembly.

Abstract: An air filtration system for a mobile unit having a vent fan and a kit for forming the air filtration system. The air filtration system includes a rigid outer cover made, a filter box, and a vent fan installed on a roof of the mobile unit. An air inlet passageway is formed in the rigid outer cover so that the vent fan may draw outside air through the filter box and into an interior space of the mobile unit. The air inlet passageway may include a louver for allowing air entry while protecting the filter box from rainwater. A base plate has a central opening that is positionable around a vent fan housing and securable to a vent fan flange to form a flat surface upon which to receive the filter box and the rigid outer cover.

Abstract: A conical mount includes a housing defining an axis of rotation, a base member enclosed within the housing, a main rubber element coupled to the base member and enclosed within the housing, an upper metal portion positioned within the housing such that the main rubber element is positioned between the base member and upper metal portion, a radial snubber extending circumferentially around the upper metal portion, and a bearing assembly coupled with the radial snubber and positioned between the radial snubber and the upper metal portion. The bearing assembly enables the radial snubber to rotate freely about the axis of rotation to reduce a tangential load on the radial snubber.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing foreign transactions. An exemplary method may include providing, to a device of the user, instructions to display an application interface. The application interface may receive user requests to specify a foreign geographical area and to enable and disable the foreign transaction service in the foreign geographical area. The method may also include receiving, through the application interface, a request to enable the foreign transaction service. The method may include associating a transaction rule with the payment account. The transaction rule may define a condition upon which approval of a foreign transaction is permitted. The method may also include receiving a foreign transaction authorization request associated with the payment account. The method may also include approving the foreign transaction authorization request when the condition is met and declining the foreign transaction authorization request when the condition is not met.

Abstract: Processes of synthesizing long-chain branched polymers. The processes include contacting together one or more C2-C14 alkene monomers, at least one diene, optionally a solvent, and a multi-chain catalyst optionally in the presence of hydrogen, wherein the multi-chain catalyst comprises a plurality of polymerization sites; producing at least two polymer chains of the C2-C14 alkene monomers, each polymer chain polymerizing at one of the polymerization sites; synthesizing the long-chain branched polymers by connecting the two polymer chains with the diene, the joining of the two polymer chains being performed in a concerted manner during the polymerization; and producing tri-functional long chain branches from the diene, wherein the tri-functional long chain branches occur at a frequency of at least 0.03 per 1000 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention is a half pin for use in conjunction with external fixators, in which the half pin has a thin hydroxyapatite coating over a substantial portion thereof, a not-sharp hole-finding tip, and a variable pitch pattern in the threaded portion of the half pin. The hydroxyapatite coating must be thin—40-70 microns, deposited by plasma spray—and with limited porosity and pore size, and must extend not only over all the threads of the half pin but also a substantial portion of the unthreaded shaft proximal to the threaded end. The invention also includes a pin cube for use in association with the coated half pins. Wires may also be coated with the hydroxyapatite coating.