Abstract: Rooms, structures, vehicles, and other objects can be accurately diagrammed, often without performing a physical on-site inspection. Photographs of a room, structure, vehicle, or other object are uploaded to a computer having a processor. A base calibration measure is determined for a room, structure, vehicle, object, or component thereof, depicted in the photographs using at least one known dimension for items observable in the photographs. The base calibration measure is then used to determine dimensions of other areas, items, or objects depicted in such photographs, and to create at least one scale diagram of the subject matter of the photographs. Damages areas of the structure/vehicle/object can be assessed from the scale diagram. The scale diagram can then be used to calculate appropriate insurance payment amounts for damage claims.

Abstract: Drug delivery devices (700) are provided herein and include an elongated, elastic body (706) extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the elastic body comprises a water permeable wall structure (708) having defining an elongated drug reservoir lumen (714) extending between the first and second ends. One or more secondary lumens (718) are structured (e.g., positioned, sized, shaped, and optionally filled) to be effective to retard or prevent in vivo diffusion of (i) water into the drug reservoir lumen and/or (ii) solubilized drug out of the drug reservoir lumen.

Abstract: Three independent approaches to the reduction of gas molecule permeability through a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polyester film or container wall by increasing the mechanically or thermally induced crystallinity or the overall crystallinity level of a single or multilayer container, where the three approaches may be employed independently or in combination with one another.

Abstract: Models can be generated of a vehicle's view of its environment and used to maneuver the vehicle. This view need not include what objects or features the vehicle is actually seeing, but rather those areas that the vehicle is able to observe using its sensors if the sensors were completely un-occluded. For example, for each of a plurality of sensors of the object detection component, a computer may generate an individual 3D model of that sensor's field of view. Weather information is received and used to adjust one or more of the models. After this adjusting, the models may be aggregated into a comprehensive 3D model. The comprehensive model may be combined with detailed map information indicating the probability of detecting objects at different locations. The model of the vehicle's environment may be computed based on the combined comprehensive 3D model and detailed map information.

Abstract: An improved process for fabricating expanded thermoplastic polymers (eTP) starting from non-expanded TP is disclosed whereby said process has improved thermal control, uses preferably environmentally friendly foaming gasses, avoids anisotropy and sticking of the eTP during the processing and minimises the duration of the charging step.

Abstract: A downhole tool for use in a downhole drill string is provided. The downhole tool includes a rotor movably coupled within a stator, and a drive shaft movably coupled within a bearing housing. The drive shaft has a first end coupled with the rotor and a second end coupled with a drill bit. Bearing assemblies interfaces engagement between the drive shaft and the bearing housing, including polycrystalline diamond elements, each with an engagement surface, and an opposing engagement surface of a non-superhard metal.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for systems and methods to identify defective segments of content data. The methods may comprise generating a monitor agent effective to generate a request for the content data. The methods may comprise deploying the monitor agent to an address. The monitor agent may be effective to extract the content data and to generate delivery data associated with the content data. The methods may comprise distributing the delivery data to a parameter processor. The methods may comprise generating parameter data. The parameter data may be effective to indicate a parameter level associated with a parameter of the content data. The methods may comprise generating performance data based on the parameter data. The performance data may be effective to indicate a number of defects among the content data. The methods may comprise identifying a number of defective segments among the content data based on the performance data.

Abstract: A spatial light modulator includes a substrate, a phase change material cell on the substrate, the phase change material cell including an electrical heater on the substrate, an optical reflector layer on the electrical heater, and a phase change material layer on the optical reflector layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and an electronic device for transmitting and receiving data. The data transmission method includes: determining a hash value of original data to be transmitted; determining whether the hash value exist in a predetermined set of hash values; in response to the hash value being present in the set of hash values, transmitting the hash value, rather than the original data, to a server; and in response to the hash value being absent from the set of hash values, transmitting the original data to the server; and adding the hash value to the set of hash values. The embodiments of the present disclosure can avoid transmitting duplicated data between a client and a server, and it is not required to add extra remote procedure calling commands between the client and the server.

Abstract: A quantum computing device includes multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, at least one coupler element arranged such that each co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, is operatively couplable to each other co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, of the quantum computing device, and a tuning quantum device, in which the tuning quantum device is in electrical contact with a first co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits and with a second co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include aligning processing of audio samples collected by multiple audio sensors or microphones. In one example, this disclosure describes a method comprising enabling a first microphone; processing, by an audio processor and using a first processing pipeline, audio data samples collected by the first microphone; enabling a second microphone a period of time after enabling the first microphone; processing, by the audio processor and using a second processing pipeline, a sample of audio data collected by the second microphone by synchronizing starting times for the first and second processing pipelines.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Reference samples and magnitudes of transform coefficients corresponding to a current block of video data from an input to a neural network are identified. Sign values associated with the transform coefficients are predicted based on at least the identified reference samples. The video data is encoded/decoded based on the predicted sign values.

Abstract: A router of a private cellular network is configured to receive data packets from a plurality of endpoints; analyze the data packets to determine a corresponding source of each data packet; determine whether each corresponding source is a valid source; drop a data packet for which the corresponding source is invalid; for a data packet received from a valid source, determine whether to process the data packet internally or forward the data packet for external processing and route the data packet to a corresponding destination, the corresponding destination being one of a local enterprise network or a corresponding home cellular network of the valid source from which the data packet is received, wherein the private cellular network is configured to service a confined physical location in which home cellular networks of data packets received from valid sources do not provide cellular connectivity that meets a threshold level of cellular service.

Abstract: A dual tumble dryer unit that includes a housing that defines an interior, a divider that extends between first and second side walls and divides the interior into first and second sections, and first and second dryer assemblies that are positioned in the first and second sections. The first and second dryer assemblies each include a basket positioned to rotate about a horizontal axis, and a blower disposed positioned to blow air on the basket. A first drying path is defined between a first entry opening defined in the first side wall, the first basket and a first exit opening defined in the second side wall, and a second drying path is defined between a second entry opening defined in the first side wall, the second basket and a second exit opening defined in the second side wall.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) memory is provided, including a memory array chip and a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip disposed on the memory array chip. The memory chip provides double write/read throughput and includes a lower region with a lower array of memory cells, lower word lines, and a lower bit line, while an upper region includes an upper array of memory cells, upper word lines, and an upper bit line. A source line is disposed between the lower and upper regions and is connected to both the lower array of memory cells and the upper array of memory cells.

Abstract: An asphalt shingle coating system that includes a coater, a mixer, a viscosity gauge, a wax supply, a wax pump and a control system. The coater applies a layer of a coating asphalt mixture on an asphalt shingle substrate. The mixer mixes the coating asphalt mixture and is positioned upstream of the coater. The viscosity gauge may be positioned between the coater and the mixer, and it measures the viscosity of said coating asphalt mixture before it is delivered to the coater. The wax supply is in fluid communication with the mixer and a wax pump may deliver a volume of wax from the wax supply to the mixer, and the control system may selectively adjust the operation of the wax pump to substantially maintain a desired viscosity of said coating asphalt mixture.

Abstract: A system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect and locate an object by processing video camera data with a capsule network, wherein training the capsule network includes determining routing coefficients with a scale-invariant normalization function. The computer can be further programmed to receive the detected and located object.