Abstract: An over sampled image sensor in which the pixel size is small enough to provide spatial oversampling of the minimum blur size of the sensor optics is disclosed. Image processing to detect targets below the typical limit of 6× the temporal noise floor is also disclosed. The apparatus is useful in detecting dimmer targets and targets at a longer range from the sensors. The inventions exploits signal processing, which allows spatial temporal filtering of the superpixel image in such manner that the Noise Equivalent Power is reduced by a means of Superpixel Filtering and Pooling, which increases the sensitivity far beyond a non-oversampled imager. Overall visual acuity is improved due to the ability to detect dimmer targets, provide better resolution of low intensity targets, and improvements in false alarm rejection.

Abstract: A control circuit and method for a voltage converter. The control circuit having a ramp circuit, a reference generating circuit, a comparison circuit and a logic circuit. The ramp circuit generates a ramp signal that decreases from the moment the power switch is turned off and increases from the moment the power switch is turned on. The reference generating circuit generates a reference voltage. The comparison circuit compares the reference voltage with the sum of the feedback voltage and the ramp signal to generate a comparison signal. The logic circuit uses the comparison signal and a clock signal to generate the control signal to control a power switch of the voltage converter.

Abstract: Apparatus for the delivery of an electrical field which facilitates the intracellular delivery of a therapeutic agent to a predetermined site within the tissue of a patient. The apparatus will comprise a plurality of penetrating electrodes arranged in a predetermined spatial relationship, each electrode with a cross sectional area contributing to the total cross sectional area of all electrodes, and structural means incorporating an inanimate source of energy operatively connected to the plurality of electrodes for deploying the electrodes, wherein the source of energy is sufficient to impart a force of at least 1000 pounds per square inch (0.7 kilogram per square millimeter) of total cross sectional area of all electrodes at the initiation of the deployment of the electrodes. The apparatus will also comprise means for generating an electrical field which facilitates the intracellular delivery of a therapeutic agent, which means is operatively connected to said electrodes at least in their deployed state.

Abstract: Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine capable of avoiding deterioration of combustion and reliably suppressing synthetic noise of a high pressure fuel pump and a fuel injection valve without affecting an operating state of the internal combustion engine. Therefore, when it is determined that there is synthetic noise of a high pressure fuel pump and a fuel injection valve, an operating angle of a variable valve mechanism provided in the internal combustion engine is made variable while satisfying a fuel injection request of the fuel injection valve.

Abstract: Described embodiments establish at least one secure connection for a session. An intermediary device may intercept a domain name service (DNS) request from a client. The device may determine, according to the intercepted DNS request and configuration data of the device, that the client is preparing to establish a session with a server. The device may send a client hello message of the device to the server for establishing a first secure connection between the device and the server for the session, prior to the client sending a client hello message of the client for establishing a second secure connection between the client and the device for the session. The second secure connection may be established between the client and the device using a specified value for a session identifier received from the server in response to the client hello message of the device.

Abstract: An endodontic instrument includes a cutting portion having upper and lower ends spaced apart along an axis, a cutting surface extending helically along the axis, and a non-contact surface extending helically along the axis. A cross section of the cutting portion in a plane perpendicular to the axis has a non-circular circumference. The cutting surface extends about a first portion of the non-circular circumference, and the non-contact surface forms a linear segment that extends about a second portion of the non-circular circumference. The cutting portion can further include a second cutting surface extending helically along the axis, and a second non-contact surface extending helically along the axis.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to receive a request to communicate a message including a body to an intended recipient and to receive a first public key of the intended recipient and a second public key of the intended recipient. The apparatus is further configured to encrypt the body using a first message key to produce a first encrypted body, to encrypt the first message key using the first public key to produce a first encrypted message key, to encrypt the first encrypted message key and the first encrypted body using a second message key to produce a second encrypted body, and to encrypt the second message key using the second public key to produce a second encrypted message key. The apparatus is also configured to communicate an encrypted message to the intended recipient, the encrypted message including the second encrypted message key and the second encrypted body.

Abstract: Described embodiments improve the performance of a computer network via selectively forwarding packets to bypass quality of service (QoS) processing, avoiding processing delays during critical periods of high demand, increasing throughput and efficiency may be increased by sacrificing a small amount of QoS accuracy. QoS processing may be applied to a subset of packets of a flow or connection, referred to herein as “lazy” processing or lazy byte batching. Packets that bypass QoS processing may be immediately forwarded with the same QoS settings as packets of the flow for which QoS processing is applied, resulting in tremendous overhead savings with only minimal decline in accuracy.

Abstract: A rotary union having a housing, a shaft rotatably disposed within the housing, and a tube having a first end sealingly disposed within the shaft and a second end sealingly coupled to the housing. A tire inflation system may comprise a rotary union externally mounted to a vehicle wheel end or mounted to a vehicle fairing.

Abstract: A multi-frequency antenna structure includes a feed portion, a first ground portion, a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion, and a third radiating portion. The feed portion supplies current to the antenna structure. The first ground portion is spaced apart from the feed portion and grounds the antenna structure. The first radiating portion is electrically connected to the feed portion. The second radiating portion is spaced apart from the first radiating portion and is electrically connected to the first ground portion. The third radiating portion is spaced apart from the second radiating portion and is electrically connected to the feed portion and the first radiating portion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for optimizing web pages using a rendering engine are presented. In some embodiments, a cloud service computing platform may receive, via a communication interface and from a user device, a request for a web page. Subsequently, the cloud service computing platform may retrieve, via the communication interface, and from a server, the web page. Further, the cloud service computing platform may render, using a headless browser, the web page to identify a plurality of content parts associated with the web page. Next, the cloud service computing platform may optimize the plurality of content parts associated with the web page. Additionally, the cloud service computing platform may transmit, via the communication interface and to the user device, the plurality of optimized content parts associated with the web page. Subsequently, the user device may render the plurality of optimized content parts associated with the web page.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates, among other things, to an image analysis method for identifying objects belonging to a particular objet class in a digital image of a biological sample. The method may include, among other things, analyzing the digital image for automatically or semi-automatically identifying objects in the digital image; analyzing the digital image for identifying, for each object, a first object feature value of a first object feature of said object; analyzing the digital image for computing one or more first context feature values; inputting both the first object feature value of each of the objects in the digital image and the first context feature value of said digital image into a first classifier; and executing the first classifier.

Abstract: A technique implements a dataflow graph, taking a number of streams of data inputs and transforms these inputs into a number of streams of outputs. The dataflow graph can perform pattern matching. The technique implements reactions via the composition of pattern matching across joined streams of input data. A completeness of matching an input sequence to a particular input pattern can be characterized as having at least three different degrees, such as cold (not yet matched), warm (e.g., minimally matched), and hot (e.g., maximally matched). The input pattern to be matched can have a variable length, including zero length or unlimited or arbitrarily large length. Data flows can be on a push basis or pull basis, or a combination, and may change depending on the state.

Abstract: Methods of producing glycidyl nitrate. The method comprises reacting glycerol and nitric acid in a microfluidic reactor to form a nitrated glycerol compound. The microfluidic reactor comprises a reaction volume of the microfluidic reactor of less than about 20 ml and an inner diameter of a reaction channel of the microfluidic reactor of less than or equal to about 1000 ?m. The nitrated glycerol compound is reacted with a base in the microfluidic reactor to form glycidyl nitrate. Additional methods of producing glycidyl nitrate are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are mutant DNA polymerases having increased 3?-mismatch discrimination relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The mutant polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the mutant DNA polymerases.

Abstract: A display signal associated with a pinball machine display is received. The display signal is interpreted. A network message is transmitted via a network interface based at least in part on the interpretation of the display signal. A network message is received via a network interface. A maintenance signal associated with the network message is submitted via a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to a pinball machine coin door panel driver board.

Abstract: An event-driven simulation system is provided. The simulation system includes an accelerator that executes event-driven instructions based on a testbench of a design. The accelerator uses an event table to keep track of pending input events and to identify instructions that need to be executed. The instructions are group-sorted into groups of logically independent instructions, and the simulation accelerator determines which group of instructions to fetch and execute based on which groups of instructions have pending events. The event table has an instruction event table and a group event table. Each group has one respective corresponding bit in the group event table for indicating whether the group has at least one pending event in the current time step. Each instruction of each group has a corresponding bit in the instruction event table for indicating whether the instruction has at least one pending event in the current time step.

Abstract: The inventive subject matter disclosed herein includes multiple novel filter media comprising activated rice husks, as well as filtration systems and methods for removing contaminants from an aqueous solution, such as wastewater produced as a byproduct of various industrial processes, including mining, oil and gas exploration and extraction, farming, manufacturing, and the like.

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: An antenna structure includes a metal housing, a first resonance portion, a second resonance portion, an extending portion, and a signal feed source. The metal housing includes a front frame, a backboard, and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot and the front frame defines a groove and a gap. The metal housing is divided into at least an antenna section by the slot, the groove, and the gap. The first and second resonance portions and the extending portion are spaced apart from each other. The first resonance portion and the extending portion are both directly and electrically connected to the antenna section or are spaced apart and electrically coupled to the antenna section. The second resonance portion is electrically connected to the antenna section. One resonance portion is electrically connected to the signal feed source and the other resonance portion is grounded.