Abstract: A passenger seat back can include a rearward surface, a tray table (106) deployable away from the rearward surface of the seat back, and a shelf (108) independent from the tray table (106). The shelf (108) can include a support surface (110) and at least one pivot (116) pivotally coupling the support surface (110) to the rearward surface of the seat back. For example, the support surface (110) may support a passenger's personal entertainment device or other item at a variety of viewing orientations and apart from the tray table (106).

Abstract: A first-tier structure includes a first vertically alternating sequence of first continuous insulating layers and first continuous sacrificial material layers and a first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion overlying first stepped surfaces of the first vertically alternating sequence. A second vertically alternating sequence of second continuous insulating layers and second continuous sacrificial material layers is formed over the first-tier structure. A vertically alternating stack of insulating plates and dielectric material is formed over the first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion. Alternatively, dielectric pillar structures may be formed in lieu of the vertically alternating stack. After formation of memory stack structures, electrically conductive layers replace portions of the first and second continuous sacrificial material layers.

Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for modifying usage of display device pixels. A computing system monitors usage of a plurality of pixels of a display device and determines a target usage level. The computing system identifies that a usage level of a first pixel does not satisfy the target usage level and selects an occasion at which to present the first pixel in a frame to be presented by the display device with an increased intensity with respect to an original intensity that was specified for the first pixel by the frame. The computing system activates the first pixel at the increased intensity during presentation by the display device of the frame.

Abstract: Mines and construction sites are pnme applications for automation. The invention is composed of a protocol that allows multiple machines to be coordinated from a single application. The invention provides what in classical control is called a coordination layer between the machines (4D-RCS). This coordination layer is currently provided by humans as machines only interact with each other in the physical world, but there is no infrastructure to have them coordinated from an autonomous control standpoint.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a machine rotor circumscribed by a machine stator, and having a rotor shaft, rotor stack, and end cap which rotate about an axis. The end cap includes lobes equal in number to a number of pole pairs of the machine rotor. A position sensor assembly has a predetermined alignment with the machine rotor and stator. The sensor assembly includes a sensor rotor formed by the lobes and a sensor stator having a printed circuit board with conductive sine and cosine traces. Machine rotor rotation causes the sensor assembly to output an unmodulated sine and cosine signals to a controller, which then calculates a calibrated reference angle. A magnetic axis of an electrical phase of the machine is aligned with and bisects a peak of the sine trace. A direct axis of the machine rotor aligns with an edge of a lobe.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing identification of secrets as one-way secrets in a computing environment. In particular, a secret isolation manager of an access management in the computing environment can identify an entity as an owner of secrets in a secret storage structure. In operation, the secret isolation manager, can receive a request, associated with a requesting entity, to access a secret associated with an approving entity. The request can be for an application of the requesting entity to access a secret of the approving entity. The secret isolation manager accesses the secret storage structure that stores affinity identifiers, where an affinity identifier indicates that the requesting entity has a one-way affinity with the approving entity that owns the secret. The one-way affinity operates to allow the approving entity to share the secret with the requesting entity, so the requesting entity is granted access to the secret.

Abstract: Network traffic, such as packets addressed to a user device and/or a location, may be filtered/segregated to ensure that the user device and/or the location receives services for which they are subscribed.

Abstract: A method of identifying and retrieving component digital images for component fault analysis includes generating a known-fault database of digital images of known faults of a previously analyzed component and corresponding remedial actions. The method also includes accessing the known-fault database with a digital image of a current fault of a new component. The method additionally includes comparing the digital image of the current fault with the digital images in the known-fault database based on a computed target characteristic. The method also includes sorting the digital images in the known-fault database in order based on a magnitude of the computed target characteristic for each respective digital image in the known-fault database relative to the digital image of the current fault. The method further includes outputting the sorted digital images to facilitate correlation of the current fault to a particular known fault and identifying the corresponding remedial action.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring the content of a chamber of a container via electrical capacitive tomography (ECT) or acoustic imaging are presented. The three-dimensional volume of the chamber and its content are imaged by developing a map of permittivity or acoustic impedance by (1) applying a stimulus signal between each of a plurality of electrode pairs of a plurality of electrodes that is arranged about the chamber and (2), for each stimulus signal applied, measuring a response signal at each of the remaining electrodes of the plurality. Once the map of permittivity or acoustic impedance is established, the number and type of tablets (or liquid) within the chamber is determined.

Abstract: A system and method for organizing and retrieving conditioned data is disclosed. The data retrieval application includes a criteria determination engine, an optimization engine and a retrieval engine. The criteria determination engine determines criteria set for a list of data elements. The optimization engine organizes the list of data elements into a directed acyclic graph embodying a skip list data structure and optimizes the constructed directed acyclic graph. The retrieval engine receives a query, determines the features of the query, queries the directed acyclic graph using the features and retrieves a node representing a user interface data based on the criteria set matching the features.

Abstract: Techniques are described for injection molding. When material inside a cavity of a tool is solidified into a molded part, the tool imparts a finished surface onto the part, including sidewalls with a zero or low-draft angle. To allow separation from the cavity without using sleeves or sliders, the cavity is widened, just prior to the part being ejected. The tool is made from metal with a high coefficient of thermal expansion, so the size of the cavity can be manipulated using temperature control. Heat applied to an outer portion of the metal surrounding the cavity pulls the metal away from the part creating an air gap within the cavity. Carefully applied cooling to an inner portion of the metal blocks the heat and keeps the surface temperature under control, which preserves the finished surface on the part. When the air gap allows, the part releases from the cavity with the finished surface intact.

Abstract: A motion conversion apparatus (400, 500) comprises at least one set including a rodrack assembly (110) between two gearshaft member end sections (155), and a gearshaft member mid section (156) between the two gearshaft member end sections (155). The rodrack assembly (110) comprises a first gear connection member (120) and two guide members (140). The gearshaft member mid section (156) comprises a second gear connection member (160) configured to engage with the first gear connection member (120). The two gearshaft member end sections (155) each comprise a guiding surface arrangement (170) configured to contact the two guide members (140). The rodrack assembly (110) is configured to provide rotation of the gearshaft member mid section (156) about a rotational axis (A) by reciprocating linear motion of the rodrack assembly (110) along a first spatial dimension (D1) orthogonal to the rotational axis (A), or vice versa.

Abstract: A server system detects presentation of a media content item being played at a first device in proximity to a second device associated with a first user. It also receives from the second device content information derived from sound output from the presentation of the media content item at the first device captured at the second device. Based on the received content information, it identifies the media content item being played at the first device and a plurality of first quotations associated with the media content item. The server system sends to the second device the first quotations and a plurality of quotation operation affordances. It receives selection by the first user of a first affordance of the quotation operation affordances for a first one of the first quotations. In accordance with the selection, it performs an operation with respect to the first one of the first quotations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus can include a system controller and a system processor. The system controller can retrieve a health science related dataset from at least one database, the retrieved dataset including information associated with at least one of a patient medical information, healthcare provider clinical information, health related publications and treatment information, and pharmaceutical information, and transmit to a user equipment a recommendation of at least one of health diagnosis and treatment for a patient. The system processor can utilize multidimensional nonlinear manifold clustering on at least one element from the retrieved dataset, assign an entity formulated from the at least one element of the retrieved dataset into a decision hyper-volume based on the multidimensional nonlinear manifold clustering, and determine the recommendation of at least one of health diagnosis and treatment for the patient based on the assignment of the entity into the decision hyper-volume.

Abstract: Snare device with anti-skewing. In one embodiment, the snare device includes a core-wire. The core-wire is made of a superelastic material and includes a proximal portion of greater cross-sectional area and a distal portion of lesser cross-sectional area. The distal portion includes a looped shape in a relaxed state. A flexible coil is mounted around the core-wire and is straight in a compressed state. The distal ends of the core-wire and the coil are coupled together. The proximal end of the core-wire is coupled to a handle of an actuator, and the proximal end of the coil is coupled to a slide of an actuator, the slide being slidably mounted on the handle. The tensile strength of the coil multiplied by the cross-sectional area of the coil is greater than the upper plateau stress of the core-wire distal portion multiplied by the cross-sectional area of the core-wire distal portion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-storage medium, for using a search engine implemented on a user device to identify topics or tasks associated with native application content. The method may include actions of receiving a set of data that is generated by the native application and that includes (i) native application content, and (ii) context information associated with the native application content, indexing the data on the user device, and then identifying one or more tasks based on the indexed data.

Abstract: A system and method for providing zone-specific media to a user. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a system and method that flexibly selects and provides media content (e.g., audio content), where such content is selected based, at least in part, on a user location (e.g., location within a premises).

Abstract: A system-in-package cellular assembly is disclosed. The assembly may include a main board including a multi-layer printed circuit board. The main board may include one or more through holes and be detachably connectable to an end-product via the one or more through holes and one or more connecting members. The main board may be reversibly, electrically couplable to the end-product via the one or more through holes and the one or more connecting members. The assembly may include an add-on board including one or more through holes and be detachably connectable to the main board via one or more connectors. The add-on board may be reversibly, electrically couplable to the main board via one or more main board surface mount connectors and one or more add-on board surface mount connectors. The add-on board may include at least one of one or more sensors or one or more sensor through holes.

Abstract: A gate assembly comprising of a track comprising a vertical portion and two angular portions on opposing sides of the hopper. A pair of rectangular gates each comprising a longitudinal edge and opposing lateral edges slidingly engaged on the track allows the gates to move between a lowered, closed position and a raised, open position. A hinge combines the longitudinal edge of each of the pair of rectangular gates and allows them to pivot toward and away from each other during closing and opening, respectively.

Abstract: A system and method for omnichannel voice and text-based advertising using voice recognition. The system comprises an application that allows a user who has viewed an advertisement on a non-interactive medium to speak one or more words dictated by the advertisement into the application in order to receive business incentives. A speech recognition engine recognizes the words spoken into the application and matches the words to the relevant advertisement and delivers a text-based incentive to the user. Furthermore, with the potential customer's phone number now available, an omnichannel text-based communicator may now send other advertisements, reminders (such as to use the incentive), and communications to the user of the application.