Abstract: A driver state guide device includes: a state identification unit identifying a present state of a driver of an own vehicle; a target estimation unit estimating a target state to which the state of the driver is guided; a route prediction unit providing a predicted route of the own vehicle; a situation prediction unit predicting a situation in the predicted route predicted by the route prediction unit; a planning unit planning, as a stimulus plan, a stimulus to be used in the predicted route to guide the state of the driver to the target state; and a stimulus control unit providing the stimulus for the driver according to the stimulus plan determined by the planning unit in the predicted route.

Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes a sensor, a computer memory, and a processor. The sensor is configured to be disposed on a vehicle, and is configured to obtain sound or vibration data for the vehicle. The computer memory is configured to store a plurality of known signatures pertaining to a plurality of different types of vehicle theft events. The processor is configured to: compare a signature of the data with the plurality of known signatures stored in the computer memory; and determine whether a vehicle theft event is occurring based on the comparing of the signature of the data with the plurality of known signatures.

Abstract: Described is a process for introducing perforations in a laminate that comprises a silicone gel. The process includes the following steps: bringing an array of perforating elements in contact with a deformable layer of a laminate that at least includes a substrate layer, a layer comprising a silicone gel and a deformable layer, wherein said deformable layer covers said layer including the silicone gel; applying ultrasonic energy to said laminate in order to simultaneously introduce a plurality of perforations into said laminate, while providing deformed portions in said deformable layer, wherein said deformed portions penetrate into the plurality of perforations in said laminate; after having introduced said plurality of perforations into said laminate, keeping said deformable layer in contact with said layer including the silicone gel, such that said deformed portions remain penetrating into said plurality of perforations, for at least 12 hours.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include an additive manufacturing assembly having a printing area, a first nozzle comprising a first nozzle having a first aperture diameter and configured to dispense a first material in the printing area, and a second nozzle comprising a second nozzle having a second aperture diameter that is larger than the first aperture diameter and configured to dispense a second material in the printing area.

Abstract: An alert control apparatus includes: an alert control unit to issue a first alert to an occupant in a moving body if an object in a particular category is present within a region to which the moving body is headed, and issue a second alert to the occupant if an object in a category other than the particular category is present within the region; a reception control unit to perform, when the moving body enters a new movement section on a movement route, control for receiving a category of an object present within the new movement section from an external apparatus. If there is an object for which an alert is to be issued during movement within the new section, the alert control unit, based on the category received from the external apparatus, controls as to which of the first and second alerts is to be issued.

Abstract: In a first light emission control device, a clock signal is generated, and after a first driving sequence starts to be performed in which the respective states of light-emitting elements in a first light-emitting element array are sequentially switched synchronously with the clock signal, at a particular time point a characteristic of the clock signal is changed from a first characteristic to a second characteristic. After the change, in a second light emission control device, a second driving sequence is performed in which the respective states of light-emitting elements in a second light-emitting element array are sequentially switched synchronously with the clock signal.

Abstract: A sewer pipe inflow and infiltration diagnosis method based on a distributed fiber-optic temperature measurement system is provided. The inflow and infiltration diagnosis method includes the following steps: S1: transmitting, by an optical time-domain reflectometer, an original optical signal to a temperature sensing fiber-optic cable provided in a sewer pipe; S2: feeding back, by the temperature sensing fiber-optic cable, a modulated optical signal to the optical time-domain reflectometer due to a temperature effect; S3: subjecting the modulated optical signal to photoelectric conversion, so as to acquire binary information; S4: converting the binary information into decimal information; S5: drawing a spatiotemporal map of a water temperature; and S6: eliminating a background noise value, identifying an abnormal water temperature point, determining an inflow and infiltration point of the sewer pipe, and determining an abnormal inflow and infiltration point of the sewer pipe.

Abstract: An orientation characteristic measurement system (1) includes an irradiation optical system (5), a detection optical system (11), a light detector (13), a rotation mechanism (9) changing an angle (?) between a surface of the sample and an optical axis (L2) of the detection optical system (11), and a computer (15), and the computer (15) includes a rotation mechanism control unit (32) controlling the rotation mechanism (9), a distribution acquisition unit (34) normalizing an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity to acquire an angle-dependent distribution of light intensity, an area specifying unit (35) specifying light intensity in a maximum area on the basis of the angle-dependent distribution of the light intensity, and a parameter calculation unit (36) calculating the orientation parameter (S) on the basis of a linear relationship determined using the film thickness and refractive index of the sample and the light intensity in the maximum area.

Abstract: A method and system for resistivity imaging may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises a pad and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the pad, taking an impedance measurement with the plurality of electrodes, applying a correction to the measured impedance by using a relaxation constant of the measured impedance to find a corrected impedance for each electrode of the plurality of electrodes, and constructing an image from the corrected impedance, wherein the image maps formation impedance. The system for resistivity imaging may comprise a downhole tool, a conveyance for disposing the downhole tool in a borehole, and an information handling system. The downhole tool may further comprise an arm and a pad wherein the pad comprises a plurality of electrodes and at least one return electrode.

Abstract: A system defines, creates, uses, and distributes information about other entities by collecting network information, recombining and synthesizing new network metrics from the collected network information, and then publishing one or more synthetic metrics datum describing the operation of the synthetic device, using a facading processing system. The technology herein has applications e.g., in the areas of network and computer systems management.

Abstract: Most of the internet traffic today is carried out via the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). The main advantage of TCP is that it provides reliable data transfer to the application layer and simplifies programming. The protocol maximizes data throughput but may also lead to noticeable transmission delay in wide area networks (WAN). A client-server based medical image viewing system is disclosed that achieves high data throughput over TCP without impacting responsiveness. Special timestamp messages inserted into the data stream allow the system to detect situations where network latency increases noticeably and to obtain a reliable estimate of sustained transfer bandwidth. The system applies a feedback scheme that avoids network delays by limiting send bandwidth. In addition other parameters, in particular image compression settings, are dynamically adjusted depending on current network quality.

Abstract: A flexible service-based architecture (SBA) for next generation communication networks is described. In an embodiment, a method performed by a system comprising a processor comprises receiving a service request for provision of a data communication service to a communication device via a communication network comprising a plurality of different network resources defined by resource components and sub-components of the resource components. In response to receiving the service request, accessing network resource abstraction information that identifies the resource components, and the sub-components respectively associated with the resource components, and selecting a subset of the different network resources for the provision of the data communication service to the communication device based a service criterion associated with the data communication service.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for calculating a predicted location of a location tracking device. In an aspect, a wireless communications device detects a breach of a geofence made by the location tracking device, receives data representing a state of the location tracking device, the state of the location tracking device comprising at least a current location of the location tracking device and a velocity of the location tracking device, and determines, based on the data representing the state of the location tracking device, the predicted location of the location tracking device.

Abstract: This application relates to techniques for determining whether to engage an autonomous controller of a vehicle based on previously recorded data. A computing system may receive, from a vehicle computing system, data representative of a vehicle being operated in an environment, such as by an autonomous controller. The computing system may generate a simulation associated with the vehicle operation and configured to test an updated autonomous controller. The computing system may determine one or more first time periods associated with the vehicle operations that satisfy one or more conditions associated with engaging an autonomous controller and one or more second time periods associated with the vehicle operations that fail to satisfy the one or more conditions. The computing system may enable an engagement of the autonomous controller during the one or more first time periods and disable the engagement during the one or more second time periods.

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a user equipment (UE) for performing a handover procedure with minimum mobility interruption. The method receives, at the UE, a reconfiguration message that has an indicator for performing a dual-connectivity based (DC-based) handover procedure. The method then performs the DC-based handover procedure without reestablishing a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity of the UE during the DC-based handover procedure. The PDCP entity maintains a plurality of security keys to decipher PDCP packets received from at least one of a source base station and a target base station during the handover procedure and while the UE is transitioning from the source base station to the target base station.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises an interface and a control circuit. The interface may be configured to receive a plurality of sensor signals from a vehicle platform of a vehicle and present one or more control signals to the vehicle platform. The control circuit may be configured to (i) detect whether an attention state of a driver is in an attentive state or an inattentive state in response to one or more of the plurality of sensor signals from the vehicle platform during a first window having a first duration, (ii) assess whether the driver is sufficiently attentive by monitoring the one or more of the plurality of sensor signals from the vehicle platform and determining whether changes in the attention state of the driver during a second window having a second duration that is longer than the first duration exceeds a threshold, and (iii) when the threshold is exceeded, transition operation of the vehicle to the driver and safely discontinue an automation system function of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a vehicle assistance or control system with a vehicle and with an offboard obstacle recognition sensor for recognizing obstacles for the vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes an onboard obstacle recognition sensor for recognizing obstacles to the vehicle, wherein a first grid map is generated relative to the offboard obstacle recognition sensor, a second grid map relative to the onboard obstacle recognition sensor, or respectively relative to the vehicle, and wherein a consolidated grid map is generated depending on the first grid map and the second grid map.

Abstract: A network entity for a mobile telecommunications system, including circuitry configured to perform transmission rate control of data transmissions according to a transmission control protocol, wherein the transmission rate control is performed based on an output of a machine learning algorithm including a prediction of a congestion of the data transmissions.

Abstract: A continuous filament additive manufacturing machine for building a part by laying down a continuous mono-filament or composite filament material layer by layer on a tool or substrate. The machine includes a system, such as a robot, operable to move in at least three degrees of freedom, and a placement module coupled to the system and being configured to deposit the continuous filament material. The placement module includes a guide for guiding the material to the part, a heat source for pre-heating the material as it is being deposited from the placement module and a compaction device for compacting the material as it is being deposited from the placement module. The compaction device includes an ultrasonic horn that is ultrasonically vibrated to melt or flow the material and cause the material to fuse and be compacted to the tool or substrate.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for devices and methods of measuring a pitch P of optical device structures and an orientation angle ? of the optical device structures. One embodiment of the system includes an optical arm coupled to an arm actuator. The optical arm includes a light source. The light source emits a light path operable to be diffracted to the stage. The optical arm further includes a first beam splitter and a second beam splitter positioned in the light path. The first beam splitter directs the light path through a first lens and the second beam splitter directs the light path through a first dove prism and a second lens. The optical arm further includes a first detector operable to detect the light path from the first lens and second detector operable to detect the light path from the second lens.