Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber; a dispenser provided on the cabinet, the dispenser defining a dispenser recess, the dispenser including a nozzle for dispensing liquid water or ice; a user input provided on the dispenser; and one or more controllers operably connected with the dispenser, the one or more controllers configured to perform an operation. The operation includes receiving a first input signal apart from the appliance, the first input signal including a first requested volume of liquid; storing the first requested volume of liquid within the dispenser; directing an emission of a notification via the user input in response to storing the first requested volume of liquid; and initiating a dispensing action from the nozzle after directing the emission of the notification.

Abstract: A system and method for managing nutrient concentrate in water-based solutions is disclosed. The method includes receiving nutrient information of water-based solution from a data measurement unit at real-time and receiving a set of desired parameters associated with the crops from one or more sources. The method further generating a set of nutrients recommendations corresponding to one or more additional nutrients required in the water-based solution for maximum crop yield and determining a set of dosing parameters to inject the one or more additional nutrients in the water-based solution based on the nutrient information, the set of desired parameters and the set of nutrients recommendations by using a nutrient management based AI model. Further, the method includes the nutrient information, the set of desired parameters, the set of nutrients recommendation and the set of dosing parameters on user interface screen of one or more electronic devices.

Abstract: An occupancy fan controller method to detect a Heating, Ventilating Air Conditioning (HVAC) fan is operating based on a fan-on duration control selected by a user and after a fan-on delay selected by the user, overriding the fan-on duration control. The method comprises monitoring an occupancy sensor signal to determine an occupancy in a conditioned space served by an HVAC system and automatically overriding the fan-on duration control to save energy when the conditioned space is unoccupied. The overriding may comprise waiting until after a fan-off delay, operating the HVAC fan in auto mode based only on a thermostat call for cooling or a thermostat call for heating, controlling an economizer damper to reduce or increase outdoor airflow, and operating the HVAC fan for a variable fan-off delay after the thermostat call for cooling or heating based on the duration of the thermostat call for cooling or heating.

Abstract: Disclosed are a power demand side speech interaction method and system. The method includes: obtaining original demand information, the original demand information including user's basic information, user demand information, and a user demand time; converting the original demand information into first information in text format; performing text statistical analysis based on an industry term on the first information in text format, to obtain second information; searching for corresponding user's actual information from a database according to the second information; outputting the user's actual information; searching for a corresponding forecasting model from the database, according to the second information and the user's basic information; calculating, according to a policy limit value of latest policy information in the database, a time for which the model corresponding to the user's basic information reaches the policy limit value; and transmitting an early warning message.

Abstract: Described are systems and methods for clock gating components on a system-on-chip. A processing system includes one or more cores, each core including a clock gating enable bit register which is set by software when an expected idle period of the core meets or exceeds a clock gating threshold, and a power management unit connected to the one or more cores. The power management unit configured to receive an idle notification from a core of the one or more cores and initiate clock gating a clock associated with the core when the core and additional logic is quiescent and the clock gating enable bit register is set. The clock gating threshold is a defined magnitude greater than a clock wake-up time.

Abstract: An actuated shear pin includes an actuator and pin body coupled to the actuator. The actuator selectively configures the pin body in a locking configuration or a stowed configuration. In the locking configuration, the pin body is placed in a travel path of two components configured to move relative to each other, to inhibit such relative movement. In the stowed configuration, the pin body is out of the travel path, thereby allowing the two components to move relative to each other.

Abstract: A rod bender includes a first handle arm and a second handle arm coupled to a first pivot point. A body portion of the rod bender is coupled to the first handle arm at a second pivot point and the second handle arm is coupled to the body portion at a third pivot point. The body portion also includes first and second distal arms configured with first and second rolling elements and navigation arrays coupled to distal ends of the first and second distal arms. A barrel is provided on the body portion which is positioned on a center area of the body portion. The navigation arrays have optical markers that are tracked by camera. A three-dimensional reconstruction of a rod bent by the rod bender is created using tracked position of the optical markers during bending.

Abstract: A method of thermal and power control in a computing device includes, at the computing device, initializing a thermal module of the computing device, receiving data at the thermal module from a first component assigned to an interface of the thermal module, and sending an output to a second component from the thermal module based on the data. Initializing the thermal module includes detecting a presence of a plurality of potential components of the computing device; querying each of the plurality of potential components to determine capabilities of each component; in response to the querying, for each of at least a subset of the plurality of potential components receiving identification information for the component and, based on the received identification information, configuring one or more interfaces of the plurality of predefined interfaces of the thermal module to establish communication with the sub set of components.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, an information handling system may include an information indication assembly. For example, the information indication assembly may include at least one light emitter; multiple conductors coupled to the at least one light emitter; a pin that includes a rigid material and that permits the first plurality of conductors to pass through; and a grommet that includes an elastic material and configured to house the pin. In one instance, the pin and the grommet may be aligned along a longitudinal axis of the information indication assembly. In a second instance the pin and the grommet form a fastener of a fan associated with the information handling system. In another instance, the elastic material may mitigate vibrations from the fan. In one or more embodiments, a printed circuit board may include the multiple conductors. For example, the printed circuit board may be a flexible printed circuit board.

Abstract: A method of machining a feature in a component using a machine having a support rotatable about a rotation axis and having a cutting tool movable relative to the component, the component being mounted on the support for rotation about a central axis of the component, the method includes: determining coordinates of at least three points on a reference surface of the component, the at least three points being circumferentially offset from one another relative to the central axis; determining an angular correction to apply to the cutting tool based on the coordinates of the at least three points; and machining the feature in the component using the cutting tool angled with the angular correction.

Abstract: A system faults to a return air sensor integrated within a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit. The system transmits a signal to a remote sensor. The system determines that a return signal is not received from the remote sensor. The system obtains a temperature reading from the return air sensor. The system determines whether the temperature reading satisfies a temperature setting stored in the memory. In response to determining that the temperature reading does not satisfy the temperature setting, the system enables heating or cooling of the HVAC unit until the temperature setting is satisfied. In response to determining that the temperature reading satisfies the temperature setting, the system disables heating or cooling of the HVAC unit.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can safely generate and execute an outage plan for a power grid based on severe weather-driven events. In one example, the method may include receiving predicted or current operational power system state data from a power grid and weather conditions associated with the power grid, identifying one or more nodes on the power grid to de-energize based on the operational state data and the current weather conditions, determining a sequence of instructions to perform to de-energize the one or more identified nodes based on the operational state data and the current weather conditions associated with the power grid, and generating an outage plan including mitigation steps for ensuring the stability and security of the power grid which includes the determined sequence of instructions to be executed and store the outage plan in the memory.

Abstract: A method of thermal and power control in a computing device includes, at the computing device, initializing a thermal module of the computing device, receiving data at the thermal module from a first component assigned to an interface of the thermal module, and sending an output to a second component from the thermal module based on the data. Initializing the thermal module includes detecting a presence of a plurality of potential components of the computing device; querying each of the plurality of potential components to determine capabilities of each component; in response to the querying, for each of at least a subset of the plurality of potential components receiving identification information for the component and, based on the received identification information, configuring one or more interfaces of the plurality of predefined interfaces of the thermal module to establish communication with the sub set of components.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a power supply apparatus. The power supply apparatus includes at least one power unit and a magnetic unit. The magnetic unit is stacked with and electrically connected to the at least one power unit. The magnetic unit comprises a plurality of pins and a magnetic core. The at least part of the plurality of pins extends out of a projection of the magnetic core in a connection plane of the at least one power unit and the magnetic unit to connect to the at least one power unit.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method determines a property of a machine, in particular a machine tool, without metrologically capturing the property. The method includes the following steps: capturing one or more first time series of one or more physical measurement variables of the machine; detecting change points in the one or more first time series; extracting pattern-sequence instances from the first time series on the basis of the detected change points; producing a plurality of pattern-sequence classes in accordance with the extracted pattern-sequence instances; identifying at least one characteristic of a plurality of pattern-sequence instances of the same pattern-sequence class and a time curve of the characteristic; determining a property of a machine using the determined characteristic and/or using the time curve of the determined characteristic.

Abstract: Devices and methods for cache prefetching are provided. A device is provided which comprises a quality of service (QOS) component having first assigned registers used to store data to execute a program, a plurality of non-QOS components having second assigned registers used to store data to execute the program and a power management controller, in communication with the QOS component and the non-QOS components. The power management controller is configured to issue fences for the non-QOS components when it is determined that one or more of the non-QOS components are idle, issue a fence for the QOS component when the fences for the non-QOS components are completed and enter a reduced power state when the fences for the non-QOS components and the fence for the QOS component are completed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for activity-based device recommendations are disclosed. For example, historical usage data associated with a device may indicate that the device is likely to be associated with a given state at a given time. When the device is not in the anticipated state, a recommendation to transition the device state, for example, may be sent. Additionally, a determination of the activity state associated with the device, such as an active state, an asleep state, and/or an away state may be utilized to determine the recommendation to surface, to determine whether to send a recommendation, and when and/or how to send the recommendation.

Abstract: In a management system, a management apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an operating status of a piece of electric equipment installed in a house, and a transmitter configured to transmit, to a first management server, operation information of the operating status detected by the detector. The first management server includes a receiver configured to receive the operation information from the management apparatus, and a calculator configured to calculate a responsivity index based on operation information of a piece of specific electric equipment among a plurality of the pieces of electric equipment, the responsivity index indicating a possibility that a user of the piece of electric equipment is capable of responding to an external request.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cascade water recycling intelligent system for shale gas exploitation, comprising a cascade water recycling system, wherein a data output end of the cascade water recycling system is connected with a data input end of an information system, a data output end of the information system is connected with a data input end of a decision making system, and a data output end of the decision making system is connected with a regulator; the cascade water recycling system comprises at least one time of water quantity judgment, a current exploiting intensity of shale gas is continued under a condition that the water quantity does not exceed a water safety threshold; and monitoring data is transferred to the information system under a condition that the water quantity exceeds the water safety threshold; the information system is further used for transferring the collected data to the decision making system.

Abstract: Various implementations described herein are related to a device having logic that operates in multiple voltage domains. The device may include a backside power network with rows of segmented supply rails coupled to the logic. The rows of segmented supply rails may include alternating rail breaks that define an interchanging directional supply of power to the logic in the multiple voltage domains.