Abstract: An active optical cable may include a multicore optical fiber, a connector housing, a mateable electrical connector, an array of optoelectronic converter devices in the connector housing, and an optical waveguide structure. The optical waveguide structure is configured to couple optical signals between the fiber cores and the optoelectronic converter devices in the connector housing.

Abstract: A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device via wireless communication. The remote control device may include a base portion and a rotating portion supported by the base portion so as to be rotatable about the base portion. The remote control device may include a control circuit and a wireless communication circuit. The control circuit may be operably coupled to the rotating portion and to the wireless communication circuit. The control circuit may be configured to translate a force applied to the rotating portion of the remote control device into a control signal and to cause the communication circuit to transmit the control signal to the load control device.

Abstract: One example method includes powering off a replica VM, taking a snapshot of an OS disk of a source VM associated with the replica VM, taking a snapshot of an OS disk of the replica VM, generating a list of blocks that includes all blocks of the source VM OS disk that have changed since a preceding cloning or snapshot process and further includes all blocks of the replica VM OS disk that have changed since the preceding cloning or snapshot process, and performing an override of the replica VM disk by writing, to the replica VM OS disk, the respective source VM OS disk values for each block in the list of blocks.

Abstract: A controllable light source is provided that includes a load control circuit and an integrated lighting load. The controllable light source is configured to receive wirelessly communicated commands transmitted by a remote control device associated with the controllable light source, such as a rotary remote control device. The controllable light source may include an actuator for associating the controllable light source with the remote control device, such that the load control circuit is operable to adjust the intensity of the lighting load in response to wireless signals received from the remote control device. The controllable light source may support the actuator such that the actuator may be actuated when the controllable light source is installed in a fixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073351. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073351. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073351 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073351 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: A non-invasive optical measurement system comprises an optical source for generating source light, and an interferometer for splitting the source light into sample light and reference light, delivering the sample light into an anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, and combining the signal light and the reference light into at least three phase-modulated interference light patterns. The optical path lengths of the respective source light and sample light match within a coherence length of the source light.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067560. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067560. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067560 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067560 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: Packaging method and device in which, with the aid of a stretch hood system 1, a tubular film portion 3 is drawn over an article 2 that is to be packaged. The tubular film portion 3 is firstly reefed with the aid of a reefing device 8 onto at least two reefing fingers 7 of a drawing-over device 6. Then, by moving the drawing-over device 6 along the article 2 that is to be packaged, the tubular film portion 3 is unreefed from the reefing fingers 7 of the drawing-over device 6 and drawn at least in sections over the article 2. During the reefing, the tubular film portion 3 is at least intermittently inflated.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, in a first device, a relative description file for physical markers that are positioned at locations, the relative description file defining relative positions for each of the physical markers with regard to at least another one of the physical markers; initially localizing a position of the first device among the physical markers by visually capturing any first physical marker of the physical markers using an image sensor of the first device; and recognizing a second physical marker of the physical markers and a location of the second physical marker without a line of sight, the second physical marker recognized using the relative description file.

Abstract: Location modeling may be generated for candidate locations based on validated location data. The location models for candidate locations may be based on validated location data associated with wireless access points that is validated using transaction data. Such validation may include comparing an identifier associated with candidate location data received from a client device to an identifier for a transaction account associated with a transaction from transaction data at a candidate location. Matching transaction data and candidate location data may generate validated location data to be used in generating location models for candidate locations.

Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying files in bulk in a file system. When files are represented by a segment tree, the levels of the segment trees are walked by level such that that multiple files are verified at the same time in order to identify missing segments. Then, a bottom up scan is performed using the missing segments to identify the files corresponding to the missing segments. The missing files can then be handled by the file system.

Abstract: A method comprising receiving, by a vehicle computer, first information specifying a user, a time, and a location, the first information received by the vehicle computer from a first communication channel; causing the vehicle to navigate to the geographic location so as to arrive at the specified location; at the geographic location: receiving, by the vehicle computer, second information identifying the individual, time and location, the second information received over a second communication channel different than the first communication channel, the second information sent by a mobile device at the location; comparing, by the vehicle computer, the first information and the second information; and responsive to the comparing, causing, by the vehicle computer, one or more doors of the vehicle to unlock or open.

Abstract: A system and method for removable or semi-permanent installation of a transparent organic lighting diode (TOLED) display with transparency control are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a TOLED display that includes a TOLED panel with a front side and a back side, a cover glass coupled to the front side of the TOLED panel, and an electrochromic (EC) glass coupled to the back side of the TOLED panel to provide transparency control of the TOLED panel. The system further includes a top hinge assembly and a bottom hinge assembly used to rotatably couple the TOLED display to a support structure to facilitate rotation of the TOLED display to different positions and to provide relatively easy removal of the TOLED display.

Abstract: Provided is a method in a control system that is configured to provide command information to environmental adjustment equipment. The control system includes a plurality of user interface devices wherein each user interface device is configured to select an operating mode for a plurality of monitored areas in a building and wherein each user interface device is located in a different one of the monitored areas. The method comprises detecting a mode change request at a first user interface device for a first monitored area and executing the mode change request for the first monitored area while retaining a prior selected mode for another monitored area that was selected using a different user interface device when for each monitored area the environmental adjustment equipment includes a throttling device for controlling the flow of conditioned medium provided to the monitored area.

Abstract: A method for a search engine to provide domain-agnostic options for structured exploration based on a query. The method comprises clustering a corpus of historical queries into a plurality of query clusters. The method further comprises identifying a set of variable query terms in each query cluster. Then, a query structure of a new user query is identified, and a specific query cluster matching the query structure of the new user query is selected. Furthermore, the variable query term in the query structure of the new user query is identified. The method further comprises providing a query exploration interface offering user-selectable options for structured exploration of the new user query. Each of the user-selectable option corresponds to a variable query term in the identified set of variable query terms for the specific query cluster identified as matching the query structure of the new user query.

Abstract: Provided herein in some embodiments is an artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine hosted on one or more remote servers configured to cooperate with one or more databases including one or more AI-engine modules and one or more server-side client-server interfaces. The one or more AI-engine modules include an instructor module and a learner module configured to train an AI model. An assembly code can be generated from a source code written in a pedagogical programming language describing a mental model of one or more concept modules to be learned by the AI model and curricula of one or more lessons for training the AI model. The one or more server-side client-server interfaces can be configured to enable client interactions from a local client such as submitting the source code for training the AI model and using the trained AI model for one or more predictions.

Abstract: Navigation applications may utilize various different data sources to provide route information. In one example, a method of operation may include receiving at least one destination and creating a navigation route from a current location to a final destination, retrieving a plurality of user characteristics and a plurality of user preferences from at least one of a local memory of a user device and a remote memory of a remote device, modifying the navigation route to include intermediate routes based on the plurality of user characteristics and the plurality of user preferences, and transmitting a notification to a user device comprising at least one suggestion for an intermediate route.

Abstract: Technique manage data within computerized memory. The techniques involve, in response to receiving host data in a write cache, updating a data order log that holds order information indicating a temporal order for the host data. The temporal order initially is the order that the host data was received in the write cache. The techniques further involve transferring the host data from the write cache to secondary storage. The techniques further involve, after the host data is transferred from the write cache to secondary storage, providing a garbage collection service that consolidates the host data within the secondary storage in accordance with the data order log that holds the order information indicating the temporal order for the host data. With the temporal order of the host data generally preserved, data access operations may enjoy various optimizations such as improved prefetching, more sequential reads, improved auto-tiering, and so on.

Abstract: Some variations provide a metal vapor-density control system comprising: a first electrode; a multiphase second electrode that is electrically isolated from the first electrode, wherein the second electrode contains an ion-conducting phase capable of transporting mobile ions and an atom-transporting phase capable of storing and transporting neutral forms of the mobile ions; and an ion-conducting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the ion-conducting layer is capable of transporting the mobile ions. The metal vapor-density control system may be contained within a vapor cell, a cold atom system, an atom chip, an atom gyroscope, an atomic clock, a communication system switch or buffer, a single-photon generator or detector, a gas-phase atom sensor, a nonlinear frequency generator, a precision spectroscopy instrument, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an atom interferometer, a magneto-optical trap, an atomic-cloud imaging apparatus, or an atom dispenser system, for example.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for context-based speech processing. A current context may be determined. A subset of trigger words or phrases may be selected, from a plurality of trigger words, as trigger words that a computing device is configured to recognize in the determined current context. The computing device may be controlled to listen for only the subset of trigger words during speech recognition.