Abstract: A driver monitoring system for a motor vehicle, including at least one camera device, which has at least one camera unit situated on a support element and at least one infrared emitter. It is provided that the support element includes at least one device for locking the infrared emitter in place on the support element.

Abstract: An example introducer is disclosed. An example introducer includes an inner liner including a lumen, a distal region and at least one folded portion extending along the distal region. The introducer also includes a reinforcing member having a length and including at least one spine extending along the length of the reinforcing member. The introducer also includes a sheath disposed along at least a portion of the introducer, wherein the sheath includes at least one perforation, wherein material adjacent to the at least one folded portion is removed from a distal portion of the introducer to form a tip region. The introducer also includes a tip member disposed along the tip region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a structure for installing toilet piping comprising: a structural post defining a first accommodation space at a periphery thereof, the first accommodation space being provided with a first discharge pipe; at least one detachable floor panel defining a second accommodation space therebeneath, the second accommodation space communicating with the first accommodation space; at least one toilet disposed on the at least one detachable floor panel; and a second discharge pipe having one end connected to the at least one toilet and the other end connected to the first discharge pipe and disposed in the second accommodation space. The present invention further provides a method for installing toilet piping.

Abstract: A guide and protection bushing assembly is mountable in a well production system (e.g., a subsea tree) having an intervention member (e.g., a blowout preventer). The assembly guides a string of components to a cable hanger sealing surface disposed in the production system without damaging the sealing surface. The assembly includes a body having a first end engaging an intervention member, a second end engaging the production system, an outer surface, and an inner through passage that expands radially at the first end to form a funnel shape. In some embodiments, the assembly may further include rollers, leaf springs, or a protective sleeve coupled to biasing members, a plurality of centering disks having a plurality of flexible flaps separated by spacers, and/or centering devices with fins separated by spacers.

Abstract: A cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes a body having a longitudinal axis, a generally planar volume of hard material carried by the body, and a sensor affixed to the body. The sensor may be configured to sense at least one of stress and strain. An earth-boring tool includes a cutting element disposed at least partially within a pocket of a body. Methods of forming cutting elements comprise securing a generally planar volume of hard material to a body, attaching a sensor to the body, and configuring the sensor. Methods of forming earth-boring tools comprise forming a cutting element and securing the cutting element within a recess in a body of the earth-boring tool. Methods of forming wellbores comprise rotating an earth-boring tool comprising a cutting element and measuring at least one of stress and strain.

Abstract: A content management system manages documents such that a document is received and stored in the content management system. Access privileges (e.g., an Access Control List) to the document are defined for one or more users of the content management system. An occurrence of a document life cycle event with respect to the document is detected and a distribution list is generated for notifying the one or more users of the document life cycle event based on the access privileges of the one or more users.

Abstract: Expandable tools for use in subterranean boreholes may include a body defining a fluid flow path extending through the body. A valve piston may be located within the fluid flow path of the body, the valve piston configured to move longitudinally within the body responsive to drilling fluid flowing through the fluid flow path above a threshold pressure. The valve piston may include a nozzle defining an opening at an end of the valve piston. A status indicator may be located within the flow path of the body, the status indicator being fixed relative to the body. The status indicator may be positioned and shaped to alter a cross-sectional area of the opening of the nozzle by at least partially entering the nozzle responsive to the valve piston moving longitudinally within the body.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a bottom electrode layer over a substrate and forming a first passivation layer over the bottom electrode layer by a first atomic layer deposition process. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure further includes forming a dielectric layer over the first passivation layer by a second atomic layer deposition process and forming a second passivation layer over the dielectric layer by a third atomic layer deposition process. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure further includes forming a top electrode layer over the second passivation layer.

Abstract: A method of reducing latency, comprising generating a vertical synchronization signal (VSYNC); detecting whether at least a part of a picture has been received; synchronizing the generation of the vertical synchronization signal to a video decoding upon detecting receiving of the at least a part of the picture.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a request to initialize a storage device, identifying a size of the storage device to be initialized, determining a size of a table of contents and a location for the table of contents within the storage device, based on the identified size of the storage device to be initialized, determining a type of the table of contents; and initializing the storage device, utilizing the determined size of the table of contents, the determined location for the table of contents, and the determined type of the table of contents.

Abstract: An apparatus for use downhole is disclosed that, in one configuration includes a downhole tool configured to operate in an active position and an inactive position and an actuation device, which may include a control unit. The apparatus includes a telemetry unit that sends a first pattern recognition signal to the control unit to move the tool into the active position and a second pattern recognition signal to move the tool into the inactive position. The apparatus may be used for drilling a subterranean formation and include a tubular body and one or more extendable features, each positionally coupled to a track of the tubular body, and a drilling fluid flow path extending through a bore of the tubular body for conducting drilling fluid therethrough. A push sleeve is disposed within the tubular body and coupled to the one or more features.

Abstract: A method of forming a metal-insulator-metal capacitor is provided. The method includes forming a first metal plate over a semiconductor substrate, forming a first dielectric layer with a first dielectric constant on a surface of the first metal plate, forming a second dielectric layer with a second dielectric constant on a surface of the first dielectric layer, forming a third dielectric layer with a third dielectric constant on a surface of the second dielectric layer, and forming a second metal plate on a surface of the third dielectric layer. The second dielectric constant is different from the first dielectric constant and different from the third dielectric constant.

Abstract: An assistive device for holding an object having a mounting clamp for securing the device to a surface, an arm attached to the mounting clamp by means of a first rotatable and lockable joint, a fist arm attached to the first rotatable and lockable joint, a second rotatable and lockable joint, a second arm attached to the second rotatable and lockable joint, an integrated clamp holder mounted to the second am by means of a third rotatable and lockable joint.

Abstract: Organic perylene diimide-based compounds are provided. Methods of producing the organic compounds is also provided as well as methods of their use including, among other things, their use as organic semiconductor materials.

Abstract: A content management system manages documents such that a document is received and stored in the content management system. Access privileges (e.g., an Access Control List) to the document are defined for one or more users of the content management system. An occurrence of a document life cycle event with respect to the document is detected and a distribution list is generated for notifying the one or more users of the document life cycle event based on the access privileges of the one or more users.

Abstract: A data analysis system stores in-memory representation of a distributed data structure across a plurality of processors of a parallel or distributed system. Client applications interact with the in-memory distributed data structure to process queries using the in-memory distributed data structure and to modify the in-memory distributed data structure. The data analysis system creates uniform resource identifier (URI) to identify each in-memory distributed data structure. The URI can be communicated from one client application to another application using communication mechanisms outside the data analysis system, for example, by email, thereby allowing other client devices to interact with a particular in-memory distributed data structure. The in-memory distributed data structure can be a machine learning model that is trained by one client device and executed by another client device. A client application can interact with the in-memory distributed data structure using different programming languages.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to acyl-ACP reductase (AAR) enzyme variants that result in improved fatty aldehyde and fatty alcohol production when expressed in recombinant host cells. The disclosure further relates to methods of making and using such AAR variants for the production of fatty alcohol compositions having particular characteristics.

Abstract: A cosmetic testing fixture is disclosed for evaluating the cosmetic condition of a used electronic device, comprising an enclosure for containing the used electronic device and a fixture that uses the relative amounts of reflected and scattered light off a surface of the used electronic device to determine if there are any cosmetic imperfections such as scratches or cracks on the surface.

Abstract: A system and method for delivering a product such as a pharmacy bottle from a conveyor system to a delivery container via a delivery chute. A sensor is placed at a top opening of the chute to sense for product in the chute area and to provide instructions to complete the delivery order if the chute area is clear.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell having a reduced leakage current, and an associated apparatus. In some embodiments, the method is performed by forming a bottom electrode layer over a lower metal interconnect layer. A dielectric data storage layer having a variable resistance is formed onto the bottom electrode layer in-situ with forming at least a part of the bottom electrode layer. A top electrode layer is formed over the dielectric data storage layer. By forming the dielectric data storage layer in-situ with forming at least a part of the bottom electrode layer, leakage current, leakage current distribution and device yield of the RRAM cell are improved.