Abstract: A method for mapping and planning a parcel or garden may include receiving information indicative of position data of a robotic vehicle transiting a parcel and corresponding image data captured by the robotic vehicle at one or more locations on the parcel. The method may further include generating a base-map of the parcel based on the information received and providing a graphical representation of the parcel based on the base-map. The method may further include enabling an operator to generate a modified-map.

Abstract: A method for employing learnable boundary positions for bounding operation of a robotic vehicle may include detecting temporary indicia of a boundary on a parcel via at least one sensor of a robotic vehicle, generating coordinate or location based boundary information 5 based on the temporary indicia, and operating the robotic vehicle within the boundary based on the generated coordinate or location based boundary information.

Abstract: A system may include sensor equipment, a local yard maintenance manager and a remote yard maintenance manager. The sensor equipment includes one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land. The local yard maintenance manager may be disposed proximate to the parcel and configured to interface with the sensor equipment to monitor growing conditions on the parcel. The remote yard maintenance manager may be disposed remotely with respect to the parcel and configured to interface with the sensor equipment.

Abstract: A robotic vehicle may be configured to incorporate multiple sensors to make the robotic vehicle capable of detecting grass by measuring edge data and/or frequency data. In this regard, in some cases, the robotic vehicle may include an onboard positioning module, a detection module, and a mapping module that may work together to give the robotic vehicle a comprehensive understanding of its current location and of the features or objects located in its environment. Moreover, the robotic vehicle may include sensors that enable the modules to collect and process data that can be used to identify grass on a parcel on which the robotic vehicle operates.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for broadcasting a for broadcasting a modulated signal. A plurality of peaks is detected within a waveform envelope signal of the modulated signal. For each of the plurality of peaks, a pulse having substantial spectral content that is outside of a passband of a high power filter is constructed. The constructed pulse for each peak is subtracted from its associated peak to provide a peak-reduced signal. The peak-reduced signal is amplified at a power amplifier to provide an amplified signal. The amplified signal is filtered at the high power filter to provide a filtered signal. The filtered signal is broadcast at an associated antenna.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for broadcasting a for broadcasting a modulated signal. A plurality of peaks is detected within a waveform envelope signal of the modulated signal. For each of the plurality of peaks, a pulse having substantial spectral content that is outside of a passband of a high power filter is constructed. The constructed pulse for each peak is subtracted from its associated peak to provide a peak-reduced signal. The peak-reduced signal is amplified at a power amplifier to provide an amplified signal. The amplified signal is filtered at the high power filter to provide a filtered signal. The filtered signal is broadcast at an associated antenna.

Abstract: A method for employing learnable boundary positions for bounding operation of a robotic vehicle may include detecting temporary indicia of a boundary on a parcel via at least one sensor of a robotic vehicle, generating coordinate or location based boundary information 5 based on the temporary indicia, and operating the robotic vehicle within the boundary based on the generated coordinate or location based boundary information.

Abstract: A robotic vehicle may be configured to incorporate multiple sensors to make the robotic vehicle capable of detecting grass by measuring edge data and/or frequency data. In this regard, in some cases, the robotic vehicle may include an onboard positioning module, a detection module, and a mapping module that may work together to give the robotic vehicle a comprehensive understanding of its current location and of the features or objects located in its environment. Moreover, the robotic vehicle may include sensors that enable the modules to collect and process data that can be used to identify grass on a parcel on which the robotic vehicle operates.

Abstract: A method for mapping and planning a parcel or garden may include receiving information indicative of position data of a robotic vehicle transiting a parcel and corresponding image data captured by the robotic vehicle at one or more locations on the parcel. The method may further include generating a base-map of the parcel based on the information received and providing a graphical representation of the parcel based on the base-map. The method may further include enabling an operator to generate a modified-map.

Abstract: A system may include sensor equipment, task performance equipment, a yard maintenance manager and a robot. The sensor equipment may include one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land. The task performance equipment may be configured to perform a task on the parcel. The task may be associated with generating a result that is enabled to be monitored via the sensor equipment. The yard maintenance manager may be configured to interface with the sensor equipment and the task performance equipment to compare measured conditions with desirable conditions to direct operation of the task performance equipment. The robot may be configured to work the parcel and perform at least one of acting as one of the one or more sensors, acting as a device of the task performance equipment, or interacting with the sensor equipment or the task performance equipment.

Abstract: A system may include sensor equipment, a local yard maintenance manager and a remote yard maintenance manager. The sensor equipment includes one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land. The local yard maintenance manager may be disposed proximate to the parcel and configured to interface with the sensor equipment to monitor growing conditions on the parcel. The remote yard maintenance manager may be disposed remotely with respect to the parcel and configured to interface with the sensor equipment.

Abstract: A system may include sensor equipment, task performance equipment, and a yard maintenance manager. The sensor equipment may include one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land. The task performance equipment may be configured to perform a task on the parcel. The task may be associated with generating a result that is enabled to be monitored via the sensor equipment. The yard maintenance manager may be configured to interface with the sensor equipment and the task performance equipment to compare measured conditions with desirable conditions to direct operation of the task performance equipment.

Abstract: A system may include sensor equipment, task performance equipment, a yard maintenance manager and a robot. The sensor equipment may include one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land. The task performance equipment may be configured to perform a task on the parcel. The task may be associated with generating a result that is enabled to be monitored via the sensor equipment. The yard maintenance manager may be configured to interface with the sensor equipment and the task performance equipment to compare measured conditions with desirable conditions to direct operation of the task performance equipment. The robot may be configured to work the parcel and perform as one of the one or more sensors, acting as a device of the task performance equipment, or interacting with the sensor equipment or the task performance equipment.

Abstract: A wireless device having an antenna structure incorporates a conductive structure to extend an effective length of at least one component of the antenna structure. The enhanced 3-D conductive structure is applicable to a variety of antenna types, including, but not limited to, a CRLH structured antenna.

Abstract: A system communicates data and includes a transmitter for transmitting a communications signal that carries communications data. It includes an efficient modulator for approximating the frequencies of sine/cosine basis waveforms using complex exponential functions and adding and subtracting the complex exponential functions to generate an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) communications signal as a plurality of N data subcarriers that carry communications data as data symbols. A receiver receives the OFDM communications signal and includes a demodulation circuit for demodulating the OFDM communications signal using logical shifts of multiples +/?2p based on complex exponential functions corresponding to sine/cosine basis waveform approximations to extract amplitude and phase values from a plurality of N data subcarriers as data symbols within the OFDM communications signal.

Abstract: A communications device includes a signal input that receives an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communications signal. A demodulator is connected to the signal input for receiving the OFDM communications signal and demodulating the OFDM communication signal. It includes at least one memory element for storing the at least one sine/cosine basis waveform approximation as complex exponential functions. A logic circuit performs logical shifts in additions and multiples of +/?2n and extracts amplitude and phase values from a plurality of N data subcarriers within the OFDM communications signal. The demodulator includes efficient implementation of the FFT for use as an OFDM demodulator where the complex exponentials are approximated by multi-level complex sinusoids and optionally oversampled to increase SNR of the FFT output.

Abstract: A communications device includes at least one memory device for storing complex exponential functions as approximations of sine and cosine basis waveforms. A logic circuit adds and subtracts the complex exponential functions to generate an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) communications signal as a plurality of N data subcarriers that carry communications data. The logic circuit provides efficient and accurate implementation of the IFFT for use as an OFDM modulator using additions of stored complex exponentials and modulation of the integer-valued QAM data symbols using logic shifts and sign changes (2's complement).

Abstract: A wireless device having an antenna structure incorporates a conductive structure to extend an effective length of at least one component of the antenna structure. The enhanced 3-D conductive structure is applicable to a variety of antenna types, including, but not limited to, a CRLH structured antenna.

Abstract: A disc housing intended for refiners with refining discs rotating in opposed directions relative to each other is disclosed for mechanically disintegrating and working fibrous material. The disc housing surrounds the refining discs in an air-tight manner, and is provided with an outlet for the worked fibrous material. The inside of the disc housing along its periphery is formed with a channel, which, as seen in the circumferential direction, has a continuously increasing radius, which increases all the way to the outlet, which is located tangentially as a direct continuation of the channel.

Abstract: A system communicates data and includes a transmitter for transmitting a communications signal that carries communications data. It includes an efficient modulator for approximating the frequencies of sine/cosine basis waveforms using complex exponential functions and adding and subtracting the complex exponential functions to generate an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) communications signal as a plurality of N data subcarriers that carry communications data as data symbols. A receiver receives the OFDM communications signal and includes a demodulation circuit for demodulating the OFDM communications signal using logical shifts of multiples +/?2p based on complex exponential functions corresponding to sine/cosine basis waveform approximations to extract amplitude and phase values from a plurality of N data subcarriers as data symbols within the OFDM communications signal.