Abstract: A cyclonic separator for a gas turbine engine includes a housing, a fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, a second fluid outlet, and a particle separator. The housing includes a first end, a second end, and an outer wall extending between the first end and the second end. The fluid inlet is disposed at the first end of the housing. The first fluid outlet is disposed at the second end of the housing. The second fluid outlet is disposed in the outer wall downstream of the first end of the housing and extends outward at least partially in the radial direction. The particle separator is disposed in the housing between the first end and the second end inward of the outer wall in the radial direction and extends in the circumferential direction. The particle separator defines a plurality of openings extending in the radial direction.

Abstract: A cyclonic separator for a gas turbine engine includes a housing, a fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, a second fluid outlet, and a particle separator. The housing includes a first end, a second end, and an outer wall extending between the first end and the second end. The fluid inlet is disposed at the first end of the housing. The first fluid outlet is disposed at the second end of the housing. The second fluid outlet is disposed in the outer wall downstream of the first end of the housing and extends outward at least partially in the radial direction. The particle separator is disposed in the housing between the first end and the second end inward of the outer wall in the radial direction and extends in the circumferential direction. The particle separator defines a plurality of openings extending in the radial direction.

Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting custom navigation options are described herein. In some embodiments, the media guidance application displays a first portion of a media asset, and identifies a set of entities referenced in messages associated with the media asset. The media guidance application then selects an entity frequently referenced in the plurality of messages, and displays a transport bar associated with the entity comprising an indicator identifying the entity and a region associated with only portions of the media asset associated with the entity. The media guidance application then displays a second portion of the media asset in response to receiving a user selection of a segment of the region. In some embodiments, the region corresponds to a custom presentation of the media asset featuring the selected entity, and the transport bar updates dynamically based on newly received messages, or the content displayed by the media guidance application.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel solution for Network Optimization in telecommunications network that has traditionally always been driven by measuring and improving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of network elements vis-à-vis advancement for identification of the customers with poor experience and identification of spatial clusters of these customers to pinpoint the exact location of the problem, allowing for more targeted network optimization. The systems and methods contained in this invention enable the identification of these customers with poor experience and identifies spatial clusters of these customers to pinpoint the exact location of the problem, allowing for more targeted network optimization. This disclosure provides solution by aggregating a multitude of metrics pertinent to the user's voice, data and coverage experience and deriving a single KPI, it is possible to benchmark and correspondingly track and improve their experience.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for calculating a predicted time when a first user will be exposed to a spoiler of a first media asset. A media guidance application may retrieve an initial transmission time of the first media asset and a transmission time of a second media asset that precedes the transmission time of the first media asset. The media guidance application may retrieve electronic communications from a second user whose electronic communications the first user has viewed, and determine a subset of the electronic communications that correspond to the second media asset. The media guidance application may calculate a length of time from the transmission time of the second media asset to the earliest availability time of an electronic communication in the subset. The media guidance application may calculate the predicted time based on the transmission time of the first media asset and the length of time.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides several embodiments of integrated conformal antennas that are designed to be integrated into handheld devices and support operation at millimeter-wave operating frequency band that includes 28 GHz. The antennas have low mutual coupling despite close proximity, and maintain a front-to-back radiation ratio of 10 dB or better within the operating frequency band. The integrated conformal antennas are further capable of supporting operation of the device in different orientations, different forward gains, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of intelligent cabin management systems and methods. In embodiments, a system includes video cameras for capturing live video streams, an enhancement module for enhancing the live video stream, at least one analytics module for analyzing the enhanced video stream to generate analytics data, and a reporting system for reporting the generated data to at least one of avionics system, crew system and maintenance crew system. The at least one analytics module includes models trained to identify features and reconcile the same against known parameters to determine at least one of compliance and damage. In use, the system alerts crews to issues requiring correction or attention to ensure efficient cabin management.

Abstract: A controller and a method is provided for controlling a capacitance of an LC circuit having a circuit frequency including, a variable capacitor to couple with an external inductor as part of an LC circuit, a target value, a spread spectrum function to generate an adjustment value, and a circuit to poll the target value, call the spread spectrum function, and set a capacitance of the variable capacitor based on the sum of the target value and the adjustment value.

Abstract: Systems and methods for handling multilingual queries are provided. One example method includes receiving, at a computing device, an input, wherein the input comprises a multi-lingual query comprising at least a first source language and a second source language. The multi-lingual query is translated, word for word, into a destination language to produce a monolingual query, with the word order of the multilingual query and the word order of the monolingual query being the same. The monolingual query is processed using natural language processing to map the mono-lingual query to a natural language query in the destination language.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is for performing a process having a plurality of work steps using one or more computing units. The method includes defining a process having a plurality of work steps. Each work step requires one or more defined inputs, and each work step generates one or more defined outputs. The outputs of some work steps are used as inputs of other work steps. The method further includes checking whether all required inputs can be generated by the process, and ordering the work steps according to the dependencies resulting from the inputs and the outputs, when the checking determines that all required inputs can be generated by the process. The method also includes instantiating the ordered work steps, and performing the instantiated work steps by one or more computing units.

Abstract: A light intensity control system in a vehicle enables the head lamp of the vehicle and the display of the instrument cluster to switch between one or more beam position depending on the ambient light intensity directly in the field view of the driver's eye.

Abstract: A method and system for adjusting ads auction using predicted user responses to an in-ad survey is provided. The method includes (1) providing a content item associated with an actionable object, which when selected, causes a computing device to present a plurality of interactive elements each corresponding to a different one of a plurality of reasons for restricting the content item; (2) receiving, from the computing device, data indicating a particular reason, of the plurality of reasons, for restricting the content item, and the particular reason corresponding to a particular interactive element, of the plurality of interactive elements, that was selected by the user; and (3) updating, using the received data, a content selection model for selecting content items, wherein the content selection model is associated with the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to animal models simulating human biliary atresia. The model includes a large animal treated with an agent causing sclerosis of intrahepatic bile ducts in the animal to simulate human bile duct injury.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for modifying a phonetic search index based on a use frequency associated with phonetic representations of text terms included in metadata of a media item. A first phonetic representation of a text term of the metadata, pronounced as a word, may be generated. A second phonetic representation of the text term may be generated by concatenating a phonetic representation of each letter in the text term. A database may be queried to determine use frequencies of the first and second phonetic representations, one of which may be selected based on a comparison of the use frequencies. A phonetic search index may be modified by including an entry for the selected phonetic representation. A voice query related to the media item may be received, and a reply to the voice query may be generated for output by performing a lookup in the modified phonetic search index.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a method and a system for computing using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) neuromorphic architecture. Implementing energy efficient Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications at power constrained environment/devices is challenging due to huge energy consumption during both training and inferencing. The disclosure is a FPGA architecture based neuromorphic computing platform, the basic components include a plurality of neurons and memory. The FPGA neuromorphic architecture is parameterized, parallel and modular, thus enabling improved energy/inference and Latency-Throughput. Based on values of the plurality of features of the data set, the FPGA neuromorphic architecture is generated in a modular and parallel fashion. The output of the disclosed FPGA neuromorphic architecture is the plurality of output spikes from the neuron, which becomes the basis of inference for computing.

Abstract: A system configured to generate dynamic visual feedback by synchronizing smart lights with a rhythm and energy levels of music being output. A device may translate audio samples to luma (brightness), chroma (color), and location data using a low-latency algorithm. For example, the device may divide the full band audio data into separate frequency bands based on the number of output devices and control a brightness for an output device by tracking energy within a corresponding frequency band. The color and location may be controlled based on a number of beats per minute, direction, and/or the like. In addition to controlling external lighting via a smart home hub, the device can control LED light(s) on the device via an LED controller. To further reduce latency, the device can directly communicate between an audio processor, the smart home hub, and/or the LED controller using low level hardware abstraction layers (HALs).

Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting custom navigation options are described herein. In some embodiments, the media guidance application displays a first portion of a media asset, and receives a user selection of an entity depicted within the portion. The media guidance application identifies a playlist of media asset portions associated with the entity, and generates for display a transport bar associated with the entity comprising an indicator identifying the entity and only one or more regions associated with the playlist of media asset portions. The media guidance application then receives a second user selection, and generates for display a second portion of the media asset associated with the entity in response. In some embodiments, the media guidance application identifies the playlist by searching a custom presentation database for entries associated with the entity, and retrieves the playlist from the identified entry.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for providing streamlined access to media assets of interest to a user. The method includes determining that a supplemental viewing device, through which a user views a field of view, is directed at a first field of view. The method further involves detecting that the supplemental viewing device is now directed at a second field of view, and determining that a media consumption device is within the second field of view. A first media asset of interest to the user that is available for consumption via the media consumption device is identified, and the supplemental viewing device generates a visual indication in the second field of view. The visual indication indicates that the first media asset is available for consumption via the media consumption device, and the visual indication tracks a location of the media consumption device in the second field of view.

Abstract: A multi-arm robotic surgical system having an endoscopic camera (C) coupled to a robotic arm and a plurality of surgical instruments each detachably coupled to a robotic arm. The multi-arm robotic surgical system further comprises of a surgeon console having a master controller, a left-hand controller and a right-hand controller, a three-dimensional (3D) HD monitor, a two-dimensional (2D) touch screen monitor, a pair of trackable 3D glasses to be worn by the surgeon, a head tracking camera, a foot pedal controller, a control panel for performing emergency system functions, an electrosurgical unit interface, an image processor configured to process a 3D image data received from the endoscopic camera (C), a digital device configured to prepare an image data by using the processed 3D image data received from the image processor and superimposing it with a 2D overlay including a status of the plurality of surgical instruments and display on the 3D HD monitor and a patient side staff 3D monitor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to address shortcomings in conventional systems by correcting an erroneous term in on-screen caption text for a media asset. In some aspects, the systems and methods identify the erroneous term in a text segment of the on-screen caption text, and identify one or more video frames of the media asset corresponding to the text segment. The systems and methods further identify a contextual term related to the erroneous term from the one or more video frames. By accessing a knowledge graph, the systems and methods identify a candidate correction based on the contextual term and a portion of the text segment. Lastly, the systems and methods replaces the erroneous term with the candidate correction.