Abstract: A latch system includes a releasably secured latch or keeper and a solenoid assembly. The solenoid assembly has a solenoid driver coupled to a power supply, a switching circuit connected with the solenoid driver, and a function generator to selectively adjust a frequency of a pick current output from the power supply and provided to the solenoid driver. The frequency is adjusted until the pick current induces a resulting vibration of said latch system sufficient to free a preloaded latch or keeper. The adjusted frequency may be a target frequency or a range of frequencies. Also included may be a preload sensor. When a preload is sensed, the frequency may be adjusted by the function generator until the pick current induces a resulting vibration of said latch system sufficient to free a preloaded latch or keeper.

Abstract: A flexible load management (FLM) system and technique adaptively monitors and manages power consumption of a premises. The FLM system includes a virtual critical load panel (vCLP) that utilizes circuit breakers in combination with companion modules (i.e., intelligent controllers) to vary a prioritization arrangement of loads in the premises by time of day, season or even dynamically. The vCLP is a prioritized enumeration (i.e., prioritization) of the loads within the premises, wherein the loads are considered sufficiently important such that they are protected by a local power source. The vCLP is dynamically configurable by a user in real time according to an instantaneous demand for the prioritized loads that is used to determine a number of branch circuits associated with the loads that is able to be powered-on at any time.

Abstract: A hybrid DC-DC converter includes a converter circuit, a bridge circuit with a bridge path that includes a winding of a transformer, and another bridge circuit with a bridge path that includes another winding of the transformer. Current through the bridge path of the other bridge circuit flows through the converter circuit in one direction and bypasses the converter circuit in the other direction. The converter circuit can operate in buck, boost, or buck-boost mode.

Abstract: A system for communication of business card information, the system comprising an electronic business card comprising a near-field communication (NFC) chip, the NFC chip having electronic business card information, wherein the electronic business card information is configured to instigate an action in a recipient device when the NFC chip proximally interfaces with the recipient device, and wherein the recipient device is NFC enabled. The system may further comprise a network and an application system in operable communication with the network, the application system configured to transmit a user information associated with a user of the electronic business card to a database configured to store the user information, and the application system configured to permit the user to interact with the user information via a user interface.

Abstract: A lidar assembly includes a light emitter, a light detector, and a lens positioned to project light from the light emitter. The lens is polycarbonate. The lens has a light-absorbing dye in the polycarbonate that absorbs light having a first wavelength and transmits light at wavelengths greater than and/or less than the first wavelength.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for automatic signal detection in an RF environment are disclosed. A sensor device in a nodal network comprises at least one RF receiver, a generator engine, and an analyzer engine. The at least one RF receiver measures power levels in the RF environment and generates FFT data based on power level data. The generator engine calculates a power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in real time or near real time, including a first derivative and a second derivative of the FFT data. The analyzer engine creates a baseline based on statistical calculations of the power levels measured in the RF environment for a predetermined period of time, and identifies at least one signal based on the first derivative and the second derivative of the FFT data in at least one conflict situation from comparing live power distribution to the baseline of the RF environment.

Abstract: A valve for use with a compressed breathable gas source having a valve adapted to: (a) be disposed upstream of a patient delivery device and (b) control at least a portion of a breathable gas source upstream of the patient delivery device and the source including both: (i) a compressed breathable gas source and (ii) a second gas source. The valve includes a first rotatable body. The first rotatable body adjusts, upon rotation thereof a cross-sectional area for gas flow through one or more first apertures from the compressed breathable gas source, second gas source, or both. The valve further includes a gear rotatable simultaneously in response to rotation of the first rotatable body and upon rotation of the gear adjusts a second cross-sectional area for flow through one or more second apertures of gas from the compressed breathable gas source, said second gas source, or both.

Abstract: A system includes a lidar system having a light emitter and a light detector and a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to demodulate modulated light received by the light detector to extract data from the modulated light. The lidar system receives data both by illuminating a field of view (FOV) of the lidar system and detecting returned light reflected by objects in the field of view FOV and by demodulating the modulated light that is received by the lidar system. The lidar system may combine data from both of these sources.

Abstract: A computation unit includes input lines to provide a floating-point value, a first lookup table, a second lookup table, a range detector, and an output stage. The input lines include exponent lines and mantissa lines. The first lookup table has a first address input coupled to a first subset of the input lines to provide a first output. The second lookup table has a second address input coupled to a second subset of the input lines to provide a second output. The range detector is coupled to at least some of the input lines and indicates whether the floating-point value provided on the input lines is within a specified range on a range output. The output stage is operatively coupled to the first output, the second output and the range output, to generate a function output based on the first output, the second output, and the range output.

Abstract: Techniques relate to object classifications using bootstrapping of region-level annotations. For each of multiple images, regions within the image can be identified. For each region, a region-specific label can be identified, a set of objects within the region can be detected, and an object-specific label can be assigned to each object. The object-specific label can be the same as the region-specific label assigned to the region within which the object is located. A training data set can be defined to include, for each image of the multiple images, object-location data (indicating intra-image location data for the detected object) and label data (indicating the object-specific labels assigned to the objects). An image-processing model can be trained using the training data. Training can include learning values for a set of parameters that define calculations performed by the image-processing model.

Abstract: A reconfigurable processor comprises an array of processing units and an instrumentation network. The array of processing units is configured to execute runtime events to execute an application. The instrumentation network is operatively coupled to the array of processing units. The instrumentation network comprises a control bus configured to form control signal routes in the instrumentation network. The instrumentation network further comprises a plurality of instrumentation counters having inputs and outputs connected to the control bus and to the processing units. Instrumentation counters in the plurality instrumentation units are configurable to consume control signals on the inputs and produce counts of the runtime events on the outputs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated unmanned aerial vehicle recognition. A multiplicity of receivers captures RF data and transmits the RF data to at least one node device. The at least one node device comprises a signal processing engine, a detection engine, a classification engine, and a direction finding engine. The at least one node device is configured with an artificial intelligence algorithm. The detection engine and classification engine are trained to detect and classify signals from unmanned vehicles and their controllers based on processed data from the signal processing engine. The direction finding engine is operable to provide lines of bearing for detected unmanned vehicles.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an indoor air cleaning apparatus and a method for removing at least a portion of at least one type of gas from an indoor airflow are disclosed. The apparatus may comprise a cabinet; at least one sorbent bank comprising at least one cartridge; a fan assembly comprising at least one housing including at least one housing inlet and at least one housing outlet, at least one motor and at least one impeller; and a heating element configured to operate in at least one of two modes: an active mode and an inactive mode; and a controller configured to operate in at least two modes: an adsorption mode and a regeneration mode.

Abstract: A data processing system comprises memory, compile time logic, runtime logic, and instrumentation profiling logic. The memory stores a dataflow graph for an application. The dataflow graph has a plurality of compute nodes that are configured to be producers to produce data for execution of the application, and to be consumers to consume the data for execution of the application. The compile time logic partitions execution of the dataflow graph into stages. Each of the stages has one or more compute nodes, one or more producers, and one or more consumers. The runtime logic determines a processing latency for each of the stages by calculating time elapsed between producers of a particular stage receiving input data and consumers of the particular stage receiving output data. The instrumentation profiling logic generates performance statistics for the dataflow graph based on the processing latency determined for each of the stages.

Abstract: A method for creating and executing a micro-application includes receiving a user selection of a user interface element within a user interface of a primary application. Source code associated with the selected user interface element is parsed to obtain at least one attribute associated with the selected user interface element. Data associated with the selected user interface element is identified based on the source code. A response based on the at least one attribute and the data is generated. A microapp configured to process the response to obtain the data from within the primary application is generated.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical anchor device and methods of use for providing an improved device for intraluminally directed vascular anastomosis. The anchor device includes a generally tubular graft having a flange disposed at one end thereof, where a portion of the graft extends through the flange. The flange includes a wire frame made of a resilient material and a thin membrane covering or overlaying the wire frame, where the wire frame is self-expanding when deployed within a lumen. The device may be deployed within the lumen at an anastomotic site without a need for sutures, staples, clips, or other mechanical attachment means that may cause further injury.

Abstract: There is provided a technique of decoding an uplink in a multiple input multiple output wireless communication system in an open radio access network having an open distributed unit (O-DU) and an open radio unit (O-RU). The O-DU (a) constructs a combining matrix for a resource block, and (b) sends the combining matrix to the O-RU. The O-RU (a) utilizes the combining matrix to compress signals on NR antennas per subcarrier into M values, where NR is a number of antennas, and M is less than NR, and (b) sends the M values per subcarrier to the O-DU.

Abstract: An actuator-controlled strike comprising a housing disposable within a doorframe and including a cavity for a spring latch and a dead latch of a mortise-type lockset. A keeper is pivotably mounted within the chamber to engage the spring latch. A pivotably mounted kicker cooperates with the keeper. A pivotably mounted dead latch release is supported by the keeper when the spring latch is within the strike. The keeper is released by the actuator and rotates into a position to ramp the spring latch out of the strike, also allowing the dead latch release to release the dead latch into the cavity, allowing the spring latch to be ramped out of the strike. Pivoting the keeper causes the kicker to urge the spring latch onto an exit ramp on a face of the keeper. The dead latch release can be installed in a plurality of different locations in the housing.

Abstract: A television playout system provided in a broadcast provider system receives a playout schedule, which corresponds to a live video feed of a channel broadcasted to one or more multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs), from a playout schedule source, and generates a new channel comprising one or more video on demand (VOD) content assets, based on one or more scheduling rules of the playout schedule, to be transmitted to a plurality of MVPDs at a time specified in the received playout schedule. The received live video feed of the channel is sanitized by removal of a lower third graphical content overlay from the live video feed for the generation of the new channel. A discontinuity is inserted between program segments to allow dynamic ad insertion (DAI) within the program segments of the live video feed for the new channel.

Abstract: Devices used to deliver a substance within a patient's body are disclosed. The devices may include a microcatheter configured to deliver the substance to a targeted site. The microcatheter may include an expandable member to temporarily restrict blood flow in a vessel, a flow restriction member to restrict flow of material out a distal end of the microcatheter, and a port disposed proximal of the expandable member.