Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for visual field translation are disclosed, including providing an apparatus comprising: a platform; first and second left eye mirrors and first and second right eye mirrors coupled to the platform, wherein the left eye and right eye mirrors are configured to redirect light reflecting or emanating from an object onto regions of the user's retinas unaffected by scotomas; wherein the first left eye mirror and the first right eye mirror are positioned to approximately match a pupillary distance between the user's eyes; and viewing into the apparatus and making adjustments to one or more of the first left eye mirror, the second left eye mirror, the first right eye mirror, and the second right eye mirror in order to translate the user's central vision axis onto regions of the user's retinas unaffected by scotomas. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for low latency handovers. An example method can include receiving, by a satellite, a schedule of communications between the satellite and one or more gateways; requesting, based on the schedule, a handover from a link between the satellite and a gateway to a different link between the satellite and the gateway or a different gateway; prior to a completion of the handover, processing packets bicasted over the link between the satellite and the gateway and the different link between the satellite and the gateway or the different gateway; performing the handover from the link between the satellite and the gateway to the different link between the satellite and the gateway or the different gateway; and after the handover, transmitting, by the satellite, one or more packets via the different link between the satellite and the gateway or the different gateway.

Abstract: An apparatus has: a first member; a shaft rotatable relative to the first member about an axis; and a seal system. The seal system has: a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face; a seal housing; a seat carried by the shaft and having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a plurality of coil springs biasing the seal face against the seat face, each coil spring having a first end and a second end. The seal has a plurality of spring compartments. Each of the plurality of coil springs is partially within a respective associated compartment of the plurality of spring compartments.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center asset telemetry operation. The data center asset telemetry operation includes: monitoring telemetry information for a plurality of data center assets; determining whether any of the telemetry information includes backlogged telemetry aggregation information; and, performing a telemetry aggregation operation when the telemetry aggregation information is backlogged, the telemetry aggregation operation collecting and aggregating the backlogged telemetry aggregation information.

Abstract: A second level intra prediction mode can be combined with one or more of sixty-seven JVET intra prediction modes during encoding of a coding unit in a video bitstream. Embodiments include making a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) mode available as the second level intra prediction mode. In embodiments, when a PDPC (position dependent intra prediction combination) mode is enabled, the second level intra prediction is combined with one of the 67 selected intra predictor modes. In embodiments, the PDPC mode is only enabled or available for a predetermined subset of intra prediction modes (out of 67 possible modes), in order to reduce encoder complexity and potentially improve coding efficiency. The PDPC mode may be identifies as enabled or available by a list of modes or signaling in the video bitstream.

Abstract: To provide a long-life compression ring without an increase in the outer peripheral abrasion near the gap regardless of the ring material or the presence or absence of the outer peripheral hard coating, in an annular compression ring having a pair of gap faces opposed to each other to form a free gap and a nominal diameter d1 equal to an inner diameter of a cylinder to which the compression ring is attached to along with a piston, a self tangential force is 5N to 50N, and a radius of curvature R1 and the nominal diameter d1 satisfy a relationship: ?0.01?(2R1?d1)/d1<0.002 where the radius of curvature R1 is that of outer peripheral arcs of gap end portions in a free shape state before the compression ring is attached to the cylinder, and the gap end portions are defined in ranges between the gap faces and positions where a center angle from a midpoint of the free gap is 35°.

Abstract: A spectacle lens according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens body; and a contrast adjustment section provided on or in the lens body and including a dot-portion group in which dot portions are arranged, wherein the arrangement of the dot portions is non-uniform. A spectacle lens according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens body; and a contrast adjustment section provided on or in the lens body and including a dot-portion group in which dot portions are arranged, wherein the dot-portion group includes dot portions each having an aspect ratio, which is the ratio of the length in the short-axis direction to the length in the long-axis direction in the plan-view shape, of less than 1.

Abstract: Hybrid use of dual policies is provided to improve a communication system. In a multiple access scenario, when an inactive user equipment (UE) transitions to an active state, it may be become a burden to a radio cell on which it was previously camping. In some embodiments, hybrid load balancing is provided using a hierarchical machine learning paradigm based on reinforcement learning in which an LSTM generates a goal for one policy influencing cell reselection so that another policy influencing handover over active UEs can be assisted. The communication system as influenced by the policies is modeled as a Markov decision process (MDP). The policies controlling the active UEs and inactive UEs are coupled, and measureable system characteristics are improved. In some embodiments, policy actions depend at least in part on energy saving.

Abstract: Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes performing communication with a base station based on a full-duplex mode, transmitting, to the base station, a first message for requesting a duration for calibration of a circuit for analog self-interference cancellation (SIC), receiving, from the base station, a second message for allocating the duration, and performing the calibration of the circuit during the duration. Herein, during the duration, the UE is controlled to operate based on a half-duplex mode.

Abstract: A wireless communication network (102) can employ techniques for the network (102) to indicate specific radio access characteristics to be used by a user equipment (100) 5 when responding to a paging message. The network (102) can indicate a specific radio access technology (RAT) that the UE (100) should use when connecting to the network (102). In this manner, the UE (100) can initiate a connection using the desired RAT rather than first initiating a connection with an incorrect RAT and performing a handover or network reconfiguration.

Abstract: A redundant communication apparatus includes a determining unit and a transmitting unit. The determining unit determines an upper limit of a redundancy level when transmission waiting data in a transmission apparatus is made redundant and transmitted, based on a data quantity of the transmission waiting data and a communication speed of a communication line between a reception apparatus that is a transmission destination of the transmission waiting data and the transmission apparatus. The transmitting unit causes the transmission waiting data to be made redundant at a redundancy level that is equal to or less than the upper limit determined by the determining unit and transmits the data to the reception apparatus via the communication line.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a random access method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: A terminal device sends random access information to a network device. The random access information is used to indicate a quantity of sending times of the random access information sent by the terminal device to the network device; or the random access information is used to indicate a random access response window length corresponding to the random access information, and the random access response window length is configurable. The terminal device detects a random access response in a random access response window. According to the random access method, the terminal device, and the network device provided in the embodiments of this application, the random access response window length can flexibly vary with the quantity of sending times of the random access information, to meet requirements of different unlicensed spectrum systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, including saxagliptin and sitagliptin, for use in the topical eye treatment and/or prevention of retinal neurodegenerative diseases, in particular diabetic retinopathy and its associated microvascular impairment. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical topical eye compositions for use in the topical treatment and/or prevention of these diseases.

Abstract: A display device includes a light source array including a plurality of light sources where at least one of the plurality of light sources is selectively driven, a spatial light modulator for modulating light from the light source array to form image light, a focusing optical system for focusing the image light formed by the spatial light modulator at a position in a predetermined eye box, a micro mirror array arranged in an optical path formed in the focusing optical system and including a plurality of mirror cells. The plurality of mirror cells are controlled to be in an ON state in that light is reflected in a direction toward an inside of the eye box or to be in an OFF state in that light is reflected in a direction toward an outside of the eye box.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for a content-addressable peer-to-peer storage network. The content-addressable peer-to-peer storage network includes a plurality of nodes. A node generates a new data block, which is witnessed by peer nodes to increase the integrity of the data. Each peer node responds to the node's signature request with an encoded digital signature of the data using a private key. The node appends the signature from each witness node to the data block and then generates a cryptographic hash of the entire data block, which is used as the identity of the block.

Abstract: A video decoder that decodes a current block of pixels by using multi-hypothesis combined prediction mode is provided. The video decoder generates a first prediction of the current block based on an inter prediction mode. The video decoder enables the combined prediction mode for the current block based on a block size of the current block determined according to a width and a height of the current block. The combined prediction mode is disabled when the width of or the height of the current block is greater than a threshold length. When the combined prediction mode is enabled, the video decoder generates a second prediction based on an intra prediction mode that is inferred to be a planar mode, and subsequently a combined prediction for the current block based on the first prediction and the second prediction. The video decoder reconstructs the current block by using the combined prediction.

Abstract: A method for collective communications includes invoking a collective operation over a group of computing processes in which the processes concurrently transmit and receive data to and from other processes in the group via a communication medium. Messages are composed for transmission by source processes including metadata indicating how the data to be transmitted by the source processes in the collective operation are to be handled by destination processes that are to receive the data and also including in at least some of the messages the data to be transmitted by one or more of the source processes to one or more of the destination processes. The composed messages are transmitted concurrently from the source processes to the destination processes in the group over the communication medium. The data are processed by the destination processes in response to the metadata included in the messages received by the destination processes.

Abstract: Device configurations for a machine-learned model. A device analytics system includes an electronic processor configured to determine, for a machine-learned model configured to detect a plurality of features, a prioritization ranking for a plurality of input parameters provided to the machine-learned model and receive, for each device, a confidence value for each feature included in the plurality of features. The electronic processor is configured to determine, for each device included in the plurality of devices, a performance value for each feature included in the plurality of features based on the prioritization ranking for the plurality of input parameters and the confidence value for each feature for the respective device. The electronic processor is configured to select, based on the performance value for each device included in the plurality of devices for a feature, a device configuration for the machine-learned model, and implement the selected device configuration.

Abstract: A seal includes a ceramic matrix composite ply having woven ceramic-based fibers in a ceramic-based matrix. The ceramic matrix composite ply has at least one bend formed about a bend axis and defines at least one rounded portion. A sealed assembly and a method of making a seal are also disclosed.

Abstract: An encoder system and computer-implemented method may be provided for generating a video stream for a streaming client. The system and method may determine a part of the video which is or would be occluded during display of the video by the streaming client, for example on the basis of signaling data received from the streaming client. A video stream may be generated by, before or as part of encoding of the video, omitting the part of the video, or replacing video data in the part by replacement video data having a lower entropy than said video data. The video stream may be provided to the streaming client, for example via a network. Accordingly, a better compressible version of the video may be obtained, which when displayed by the streaming client, may still contain all or most non-occluded parts visible to a user.