Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be used in combination with composable communication goal statements to facilitate a user's ability to quickly structure story outlines in a manner usable by an NLG narrative generation system without any need for the user to directly author computer code. Narrative analytics that are linked to communication goal statements can employ a conditional outcome framework that allows the content and structure of resulting narratives to intelligently adapt as a function of the nature of the data under consideration. This AI technology permits NLG systems to determine the appropriate content for inclusion in a narrative story about a data set in a manner that will satisfy a desired communication goal.

Abstract: Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements configured to provide a variable illumination pattern of an area are described. The adjustable optical elements of the illumination devices can be traversed relative to a surface (e.g., a ceiling of a room) to vary the light distribution and/or intensity to the surface.

Abstract: Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements configured to provide a variable illumination pattern of an area are described. The adjustable optical elements of the illumination devices can be traversed relative to a surface (e.g., a ceiling of a room) to vary the light distribution and/or intensity to the surface.

Abstract: Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements configured to provide a variable illumination pattern of an area are described. The adjustable optical elements of the illumination devices can be traversed relative to a surface (e.g., a ceiling of a room) to vary the light distribution and/or intensity to the surface.

Abstract: A workspace divider includes a divider frame, a screen secured to the divider frame so as to extend across and essentially span a central opening defined through the divider frame, and an illumination device carried by a top edge portion of the divider frame, the illumination device including a light source configured to emit light and disposed along the top edge portion of the divider frame, and a light transmitter extending from the top edge portion of the divider frame and configured to transmit light emitted from the light source and to direct the transmitted light laterally beyond at least one broad side of the divider frame, to illuminate a workspace bounded by the divider frame.

Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include a set of components that fit entirely within a shipping container that interfits with at least some of the components to form the assembled lighting system.

Abstract: Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements configured to provide a variable illumination pattern of an area are described. The adjustable optical elements of the illumination devices can be traversed relative to a surface (e.g., a ceiling of a room) to vary the light distribution and/or intensity to the surface.

Abstract: A portable leak detector kit uses a stethoscope-like arrangement including a flexible and shape adjustable tube with several different interchangeable heads mountable at a distal end of the tube for picking up leak sounds of equipment or machinery. A first sound receiving head has a spheroidal shape with an external wire netting while a second head has a surface of spaced apart bumps and apertures and is made of a flexible material enabling it to be wrapped around a pipe, and a plurality of flexible third heads of different sizes enabling them to be selectively clamped around one of a range of NPS size pipes and each having a first open channel in an inside surface. Sound conducting paths join exterior surfaces of the heads to a neck which is ultimately connected through the tube to an ear piece used for listening to the leak sounds.

Abstract: Illumination devices with adjustable optical elements configured to provide a variable illumination pattern of an area are described. The adjustable optical elements of the illumination devices can be traversed relative to a surface (e.g., a ceiling of a room) to vary the light distribution and/or intensity to the surface.

Abstract: A strap assembly for lifting a load has a plurality of elongated flexible straps that are joined together and configured in such as way as to enable relatively quick, easy securement of a large object so that it can be safely hoisted. In addition, the present invention discloses a method of hoisting a heavy object, such as an air conditioning unit, into a confined space such as an attic of a home. The strap assembly provides Velcro® type fastening elements enabling the strap assembly to be fitted to a wide range of loads.

Abstract: A portable crane that can be easily set up on the rooftop and safely and easily lift objects to the rooftop is disclosed. The portable crane comprises of a support structure that will support the portable crane near the edge of a rooftop with a boom pivotally connected to a support column affixed to the support structure and a cable extending between the free end of the boom to lift the load and a means to pull the cable such as a winch. The support structure will stabilize and support the portable crane and the load it is lifting on the edge of a rooftop.

Abstract: A gas extraction apparatus is used within a pressure vessel for extracting gas from the vessel while leaving liquid. A neck fitting is adapted for threaded engagement within a neck of a pressure bottle. An expansion chamber is threaded into the neck fitting. The expansion chamber extends distally and axially into the pressure bottle. The expansion chamber is threaded into the adapter fitting and a suction tube terminates with a circular flange engaged for rotation within the adapter fitting. A compression spring is fitted between the obverse side of the circular flange of the suction tube and a terminal distal surface of the expansion chamber. A seal is positioned between the reverse side of the circular flange and an internal annular surface of the adapter fitting. A further seal is positioned between the proximal end of the tube body and an annular seal retaining groove within the adapter fitting.

Abstract: A paintball dispensing hopper has an insulating sidewall enclosing a paintball storage space with an open top. A hinged top cover moves between an open position providing access to the open top of the container for filling the storage space with paintballs, and a closed position sealing the open top of the container. All interior surfaces of the sidewall are curved in a manner for directing the paintballs toward a lower frontal dispensing tube. A dispensing valve is engaged with the dispensing tube for dispensing the paintballs by either rotation or linear motion.