Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to perform collision-free motion generation (e.g., to operate a real-world or virtual robot). In at least one embodiment, at least a portion of the collision-free motion generation is performed in parallel.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a first substrate; a second substrate; and an array of interconnects electrically coupling the first substrate to the second substrate. In an embodiment, the array of interconnects comprises first interconnects, wherein the first interconnects have a first volume and a first material composition, and second interconnects, wherein the second interconnects have a second volume and a second material composition, and wherein the first volume is different than the second volume and/or the first material composition is different than the second material composition.

Abstract: A system for controlling thermal comfort in a space is provided with variable mode of operation. This system may include a conditioner for conditioning air in the space, and a sensor for measuring a temperature in the space. A controller is provided for controlling the conditioner based on the temperature sensed by the sensor, and a fan for circulating air within the space is regulated based on the temperature sensed by the sensor. A related system for controlling a fan based on height is also provided, as is a system and method for easily and efficiently determining the height of a fan using a simple camera, such as one on a “smart” phone. A further aspect pertains to a controller, such as for example a portable handheld device, having a user interface adapted for suggesting an increase in a set point temperature of a thermostat based on the selected speed of the fan.

Abstract: A subsea riser is installed by lowering at least one riser conduit to the seabed when piggybacked to an elongate support that comprises at least one flowline. The elongate support may be a pipeline bundle, which may be attached to one or more towheads in a towable bundle unit. The riser conduit may be in fluid communication with the flowline. At the seabed, a free end portion of the riser conduit is detached from the elongate support by releasing subsea-releasable fastenings. Then, with the elongate support and a root end of the riser remaining at the seabed, the detached free end portion of the riser conduit is lifted away from the elongate support to a riser support, such as a platform, an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel), or a buoy.

Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for continuous real time monitoring of kidney function. In various embodiments, a urine analysis device collects sensor data describing one or more properties of urine. The urine analysis device may be integrated with a catheter system to continuously generate sensor data in real time as the urine is collected by the catheter system. Sensor data collected by the urine analysis device may be analyzed by physicians to detect changes in a patients kidney function. If necessary, based on the sensor data, physicians may perform an intervention to improve a patients kidney function.

Abstract: An electronic device is described which has a user interface which receives an input comprising a sequence of target indicators of data items. The data entry system has a search component which searches for candidate expanded sequences of indicators comprising the target indicators. The search component searches amongst indicators generated by a trained conditional language model, the conditional language model having been trained using pairs, each individual pair comprising a sequence of indicators and a corresponding expanded sequence of indicators.

Abstract: A downhole expandable apparatus for restricting ingress of solids in a wellbore comprises a base pipe, a fluid permeable expandable foam material mounted on the base pipe configurable between a non-expanded and an expanded configuration, and a retractable sleeve. The retractable sleeve is moveable between a first configuration in which the retractable sleeve retains the expandable foam material in the non-expanded configuration, and a second configuration in which the retractable sleeve is retracted to provide a free portion of the expandable foam material. The expandable foam material is permitted to radially expand towards the expanded configuration and into engagement with a surface in the wellbore.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that model a user's interaction with a user interface. There is provided a data input system, comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive user input. The system comprises a plurality of models, each of which relates previous user input events corresponding to a target to that target. An input probability generator is configured to generate, in association with the plurality of models, a probability that a user input event corresponds to a particular target. There is also provided a method of modelling a target of a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input, by modelling for each target previous user input events which correspond to that target. Furthermore, there is provided a method of inputting data into a system comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input.

Abstract: A subsea riser is installed by lowering at least one riser conduit to the seabed when piggybacked to an elongate support that comprises at least one flowline. The elongate support may be a pipeline bundle, which may be attached to one or more towheads in a towable bundle unit. The riser conduit may be in fluid communication with the flowline. At the seabed, a free end portion of the riser conduit is detached from the elongate support by releasing subsea-releasable fastenings. Then, with the elongate support and a root end of the riser remaining at the seabed, the detached free end portion of the riser conduit is lifted away from the elongate support to a riser support, such as a platform, an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading vessel), or a buoy.

Abstract: An electronic device is described which has at least one input interface to receive at least one item of a sequence of items. The electronic device is able to communicate with a server, the server storing a neural network and a process which generates item embeddings of the neural network. The electronic device has a memory storing a copy of the neural network and a plurality of item embeddings of the neural network. In the case when there is unavailability at the electronic device of a corresponding item embedding corresponding to the received at least one item, the electronic device triggers transfer of the corresponding item embedding from the server to the electronic device. A processor at the electronic device predicts at least one candidate next item in the sequence by processing the corresponding item embedding with the copy of the neural network and the plurality of item embeddings.

Abstract: An apparatus is for cleaning and circulating air within a room including a ceiling. A fan includes a hub connected to a plurality of blades for circulating the air, and a motor for rotating the plurality of blades about an axis. A cleaner is adapted for mounting to the ceiling for cleaning air for delivery to the fan. The cleaner includes a tube for delivering air from an intake to a discharge for being circulated by the or more of the plurality of blades. The tube includes an energy source for emitting energy sufficient to kill a living organism in the air.

Abstract: A system for controlling thermal comfort in a space is provided with variable mode of operation. This system may include a conditioner for conditioning air in the space, and a sensor for measuring a temperature in the space. A controller is provided for controlling the conditioner based on the temperature sensed by the sensor, and a fan for circulating air within the space is regulated based on the temperature sensed by the sensor. A related system for controlling a fan based on height is also provided, as is a system and method for easily and efficiently determining the height of a fan using a simple camera, such as one on a “smart” phone. A further aspect pertains to a controller, such as for example a portable handheld device, having a user interface adapted for suggesting an increase in a set point temperature of a thermostat based on the selected speed of the fan.

Abstract: A data input system is described of the type which has a virtual keyboard which enables a user to type a text sequence into a computing device. The data input system has an input probability generator which is configured to compute keypress evidence. The keypress evidence comprises probabilities that user input events at the virtual keyboard correspond to characters or keyboard functions. The data input system has a trained keypress encoder, having been trained using keypress evidence and corresponding words. The trained keypress encoder encodes the keypress evidence into a numerical encoding. The data input system has a completion/correction predictor which is configured to take as input, the numerical encoding and an encoding of one or more text items of the text sequence already input to the computing device, in order to predict a text item in the text sequence.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method for generating predictions. The predictions are generated using a model configured to associate text with at least one action associated with at least one of a plurality of applications.

Abstract: A system for controlling thermal comfort in a space is provided with a variable mode of operation. The system may include a conditioner for conditioning air in the space, and a sensor for measuring a temperature in the space. A controller is provided for controlling the conditioner based on the temperature sensed by the sensor, and a fan for circulating air within the space is regulated based on the temperature sensed by the sensor. A related system for controlling a fan based on height is also provided, as is a system and method for easily and efficiently determining the height of a fan using a simple camera, such as one on a “smart” phone. A further aspect pertains to a controller, such as for example a portable handheld device, having a user interface adapted for suggesting an increase in a set point temperature of a thermostat based on the selected speed of the fan.

Abstract: A data entry system is described which has a user interface which receives a sequence of one or more context text items input by a user. The data entry system has a predictor trained to predict a next item in the sequence. The predictor comprises a plurality of learnt text item embeddings each text item embedding representing a text item in a numerical form, the text item embeddings having a plurality of different lengths. A projection component obtains text item embeddings of the context text items and projects these to be of the same length. The predictor comprises a trained neural network which is fed the projected text item embeddings and which computes a numerical output associated with the predicted next item.

Abstract: A system comprising a feature identification means configured to generate one or more features from a plurality of samples, wherein each of the plurality of samples are sampled at a different time and correspond to a location of a single continuous gesture on a gesture-sensitive keyboard as the gesture is being performed and, wherein each of the one or more features relates to one of a plurality of targets of the gesture sensitive keyboard that a user may have intended to input when performing the gesture. The system comprises a prediction means configured to predict one or more terms from the one or more features, the prediction means comprising a prefix tree generating means configured to generate a prefix tree of terms which includes the one or more features, a path finding means configured to find one or more paths through the prefix tree of terms given the one or more features, and a predictor. A corresponding method is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that model a user's interaction with a user interface. There is provided a data input system, comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive user input. The system comprises a plurality of models, each of which relates previous user input events corresponding to a target to that target. An input probability generator is configured to generate, in association with the plurality of models, a probability that a user input event corresponds to a particular target. There is also provided a method of modelling a target of a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input, by modelling for each target previous user input events which correspond to that target. Furthermore, there is provided a method of inputting data into a system comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input.

Abstract: A method of automatically imputing missing or erroneous data. The method comprises dividing a portion of input data (e.g. a sentence) into a sequence of smaller elements (e.g. words), and identifying points in the sequence at which missing or erroneous data is potentially to be imputed. For each point, a first search step generates a respective set of one or more paths for the respective point, each path comprising a candidate element to potentially replace the missing or erroneous data at the respective point, and an associated probability score generated by a neural network. In each subsequent search step for each point, a set of one or more of the preceding paths from one or more of the preceding search steps are selected to extend with an additional candidate element and score again. The paths are compared from across the different search steps to select at least one for output.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that model a user's interaction with a user interface. There is provided a data input system, comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive user input. The system comprises a plurality of models, each of which relates previous user input events corresponding to a target to that target. An input probability generator is configured to generate, in association with the plurality of models, a probability that a user input event corresponds to a particular target. There is also provided a method of modelling a target of a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input, by modelling for each target previous user input events which correspond to that target. Furthermore, there is provided a method of inputting data into a system comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input.