Abstract: Described is a method performed by a computing device for controlling home network system associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the method comprising: analyzing operational data associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the operational data collected from plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices; providing (or generating) recommendations for improving performance of the home network system according to the analyzed operational data; correlating the recommendations into groups; and aggregating the recommendations from the groups to generate unified recommendations for improving the home network system.

Abstract: A livestock blower apparatus for blowing air through a flexible hose onto an animal. A pair of blower units are enclosed within an interior space of a housing. The blower units are adapted to draw air through housing inlet openings and force it through a Y-shaped conduit out through a housing outlet opening without the air coming in contact with the housing interior space. A cooling fan is provided at a housing cooling inlet opening and blows air into the housing interior space. Another cooling fan is provided at a housing cooling outlet opening and draws/blows air out from within the housing interior space. The blower units are thereby protected from the elements and noise generated by them is muffled by the housing, and the blower units are cooled for minimizing the heat that may be transferred to the air being blown onto the animal.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for secure data communication between two devices. A disclosed system responds to a request from an originating communication device in a first network to connect with a communication device in a second network, for communication, by receiving a request from the communication device in the first network, the request including payload data and a destination network address in the second network. The system then transmits the received payload data to the destination address in the second network after analyzing the payload data for network intrusion. When the analysis does not indicate network intrusion, the system determines a route to the destination network address by looking up the destination address in a routing table and forwarding the payload data to the destination network address in the second network. If the analysis indicates network intrusion, the system discards the payload data.

Abstract: A hoist system includes a wire rope cable having a first end and a second end. The wire rope cable further including multiple strands twisted into a helical shape. The hoist system further including a lifting mechanism configured to attach to the first end of the wire rope cable. The lifting mechanism including at least one of a rotating drum and a set of frictional rollers. The hoist system further including a motor configured to rotate the lifting mechanism; and a housing configured to house the lifting mechanism, the motor, and at least part of the wire rope cable.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing the vibrations to a transition duct and improving the assembly and fit-up of a transition duct relative to a combustion system are disclosed. A damping member is provided between the transition duct and its mounting points to the gas turbine engine. The damping member comprises one or more layers of a composite material positioned between layers of sheet metal. An adjustable mounting system is also provided for the transition duct to allow for movement of a transition duct relative to the combustion liner.

Abstract: A conveyor belt monitoring system may utilize one or more ultrasonic sensors to identify variations in the position of the conveyor belt. These variations may be minor variations in belt position, which can be identified by the belt monitoring system well before they would be readily perceptible by a user. The monitoring system may be operated in conjunction with one or more belt adjustment mechanisms which can be used to correct the path of the conveyor belt based on information gathered by the monitoring system.

Abstract: Scheduling requests are transmitted from a mobile terminal to a base station. The mobile sends a first scheduling request to the base station, the first scheduling request being associated with first data to be transmitted to the base station. The mobile receives a scheduling grant from the base station in response to the first scheduling request and transmits a buffer status report to the base station in response to receiving the scheduling grant. An HARQ acknowledgment for the buffer status report is received. Second data is received for transmission to the base station while at least some of the first data is waiting to be transmitted to the base station. A change in a buffer status of the mobile terminal is detected indicating that the second data has higher priority than the first data. The mobile transmits a second subsequent scheduling request to the base station in response to the change in buffer status.

Abstract: A system comprises a computer including a processor and a memory, and the memory including instructions such that the processor is programmed to calculate, at a server, a distance between a fixed camera disposed within an environment and a vehicle traversing the environment based on at least two image frames captured by the fixed camera, wherein the at least two image frames depict the vehicle at different image coordinates; determine a position of the fixed camera based on the distance and vehicle distance measurements measured by a vehicle sensor; and generate a map representing the environment based on the position of the fixed camera and the vehicle distance measurements.

Abstract: A sensor package for sensing vibration is described. The sensor package includes a carrier and a piezoelectric module coupled to the carrier. A wireless vibration sensor is further coupled to the carrier at a distance from the piezoelectric module. The sensor package further includes one or more conductive paths coupling the piezoelectric module to the wireless vibration sensor. The sensor package may be disposed on a bearing housing of a rail vehicle. The sensor package may also be utilized in marine, land and aviation applications.

Abstract: A bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions, a bight portion having a flexible hinge, a fastener portion, and an engagement portion for retaining the clamp in a closed position to partition the stomach. A method for installing may include creating an opening in a patient's abdominal cavity to access the stomach, removing tissue connected to the stomach adjacent areas the clamp is to be positioned, positioning the clamp in an open position wherein first ends of the first and second elongated portions are open relative to one another, inserting the clamp into the abdominal cavity in the open position and the first and second elongated portions of the clamp separately pass through the opening in the abdominal cavity, positioning the first and second elongated portions adjacent first and second sides of the stomach, and closing the clamp to partition the stomach.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, and apparatus and a computer readable medium for controlling a storage system. For example, a method for controlling a storage system is provided. The method comprises: determining a control factor related to a background operation in the storage system, the control factor including a usage state of a storage resource pool in the storage system; setting a priority level for the background operation based on the determined control factor; and controlling execution of the background operation based on the set priority level. Embodiments of the present disclosure may accelerate execution of background operations, improve resource utilization efficiency, and ensure good I/O performance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods to reduce computational costs associated with convolutional neural networks. In addition, the present disclosure provides a class of efficient models termed “MobileNets” for mobile and embedded vision applications. MobileNets are based on a straight-forward architecture that uses depthwise separable convolutions to build light weight deep neural networks. The present disclosure further provides two global hyper-parameters that efficiently trade-off between latency and accuracy. These hyper-parameters allow the entity building the model to select the appropriately sized model for the particular application based on the constraints of the problem. MobileNets and associated computational cost reduction techniques are effective across a wide range of applications and use cases.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device and computer program product for data stream processing. The method comprises activating, in response to receiving a starting first predefined tag in a first input data stream from a first data source, a duplicate process of a process by duplicating a state of the process to the duplicate process. The method further comprises processing, by the duplicate process, only a data unit before an ending second predefined tag in a second input data stream from a second data source without interruption of processing of the first and second input data streams by the process. The second data source differs from the first data source. The method further comprises creating a snapshot of the duplicate process for recovery of the process due to failure in response to receiving the ending second predefined tag in the second input data stream.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a first set of documents that correspond to data discovery documents. The method further includes generating a map of terms and words based on the first set of documents, the map of terms and words corresponding to concepts. The method further includes receiving from a first user an initial document relating to a data discovery issue. The method further includes requesting the user to provide an identification of at least one of an initial name of a first person, an initial date, and an initial keyword related to the legal issue. The method further includes generating at least one of a similar name of a second person, a similar date, and a similar keyword based on the map of terms and words. The method further includes identifying a review document based on the review document including at least one of the similar name of the second person, the similar date, and the similar keyword.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image capture, curation, and editing system that includes a resource-efficient mobile image capture device that continuously captures images. In particular, the present disclosure provides low power frameworks for controlling image sensor mode in a mobile image capture device. On example low power frame work includes a scene analyzer that analyzes a scene depicted by a first image and, based at least in part on such analysis, causes an image sensor control signal to be provided to an image sensor to adjust at least one of the frame rate and the resolution of the image sensor.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method of facilitating communications from an autonomous vehicle to a user. For instance, a method may include, while attempting to pick up the user and prior to the user entering an vehicle, inputting a current location of the vehicle and map information into a model in order to identify a type of communication action for communicating a location of the vehicle to the user; enabling a first communication based on the type of the communication action; determining whether the user has responded to the first communication from received sensor data; and enabling a second communication based on the determination of whether the user has responded to the communication.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R445B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R445B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R445B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R445B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.