Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cooking apparatus to operate in an automated/robotic environment containing 3 major sub-units: air fryer hood, a rotating or a vibrating pot and an induction heating subunit. The air fryer hood of the air fryer subunit streams high velocity, heated air, circulating it in the cooking pot which is rotated, generating a stirring motion of the food ingredients contained in the said pot. The induction unit which is positioned under the rotating pot base may be used to heat the pot for frying and browning of the food products. The apparatus can be used as a stand alone or incorporated in robotic or automated food preparation systems. The apparatus provides controlled cooking regimes for various recipes and food product requirements and each of the sub-units of the apparatus is independently controlled.

Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for generating personalized videos from textual information are provided. An indication of a preference of a user is obtained. Further, textual information for generating a personalized video is obtained from the user. At least one characteristic of a character is selected based on the preference of the user. An artificial neural network, the textual information and the selected at least one characteristic of the character is used to generate the personalized video depicting the character with the selected at least one characteristic.

Abstract: Methods and systems for electronic storage are provided. A storage system comprises a plurality of storage system front ends, a plurality of storage system back ends, and a plurality of solid state drive (SSD) agents. Each storage system front end resides on a server of a plurality of servers. Each server of the plurality of servers comprises one or more storage system back ends of the plurality of storage system back ends. Each storage system front end is able to receive I/O requests and relay information associated with the I/O requests to a relevant storage system back end. The relevant storage system back end communicates metadata associated with the I/O request to an SSD via an SSD agent.

Abstract: A storage trunk including a container, a lid, a latch and a seal is provided. The container can include an upper surface, a plurality of sidewalls, and a bottom surface. The lid can include a top section and a lip disposed adjacent to the top section. The lip can include a latch receiving section having a lock receiving section. The lid can be removably secured to the container. The latch can be connected to the container. The seal can be disposed adjacent to the lip of the lid. In certain embodiments, the storage trunk can include a tie-down element, a handle, and/or a wheel.

Abstract: A storage module for storing electrical energy includes an electrochemical storage cell, a housing which encloses the electrochemical storage cell, and a degassing line which is disposed on the housing and runs outside of the housing. An exhaust gas from an interior of the housing is dischargeable by the degassing line to an area surrounding the storage module and is coolable by the degassing line.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory machine-readable media, and computing devices for transitioning tasks and interrupt service routines are provided. An example method includes processing, by a plurality of processor cores of a storage controller, tasks and interrupt service routines. A performance statistic is determined corresponding to the plurality of processor cores. Based on detecting that the performance statistic passes a threshold, a number of the plurality of processor cores that are assigned to the tasks and the interrupt service routines are reduced.

Abstract: An exemplary method for reducing bias in a training image dataset for training a machine-learning model comprises: receiving a plurality of text strings comprising at least one text string describing each image in the training image dataset; generating a plurality of embeddings based on the plurality of text strings; identifying, based on the plurality of embeddings, a plurality of visual features in the training image dataset; identifying one or more correlations between the plurality of visual features in the training image dataset; receiving a user input identifying at least one biased correlation from the one or more correlations; and training the machine-learning model at least partially by adjusting one or more data sampling weights associated with one or more training images in the training image dataset based on the user input.

Abstract: An electronic door system includes a door frame, a door hingedly coupled to the door frame, an electrically-controllable component coupled to or disposed within the door, a door wiring harness, and a cover. The door defines a channel extending along at least a portion of a peripheral edge thereof. The door wiring harness includes a wire extending along and within the channel. The wire is coupled to the electrically-controllable component. The cover extends along the peripheral edge and covers the channel.

Abstract: An image generating device is disclosed having a first light source configured to generate a first upstream light beam, a second light source configured to generate a second upstream light beam, and an array of variable transmittance elements configured to selectively receive and transmit the first upstream light beam and to selectively receive and transmit the second upstream light beam so as to form, respectively, a first downstream light beam forming a first image and a second downstream light beam forming a second image. A head-up display including an image generating device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A distributed system can include a server outside of a clinical environment and a connectivity adapter and a plurality of infusion pumps within the clinical environment. The connectivity adapter can monitor microservices that measure the quality of connectivity adapter's performance. If the performance is below a threshold level, a message indicating poor performance can be sent to the server. The message can be sent when a prior message relating to poor performance has not already been sent within a predetermined time period.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for human-machine interfaces for improving machine understanding and fulfillment of utterance-based requests provided via the interfaces. Multiple candidate understandings from multiple stages of a natural language processing flow are preserved for arbitration and choosing by an arbitrator that applies arbitration rules to the plurality of candidates and chooses a single candidate for initiation of a corresponding service. In an embodiment, the arbitrator uses a media content taste profile to choose a candidate understanding for initiation of a corresponding service.

Abstract: A method of treating a disease or disorder for which an increase in immune cells in the brain is therapeutic in a subject is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent which specifically binds and increases activity of a receptor selected from the group consisting of a 5HT2C receptor, a 5HT2A receptor and a 5HT2B receptor in the postcentral gyrus and/or the choroid plexus (CP) of the brain of the subject. Compositions for treating these diseases are also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for three-dimensional cultivation of proliferating plant cells in a packed bed bioreactor, the bioreactor comprising at least one packed bed chamber configured to confine said proliferating plant cells within it such that the proliferating plant cells become a three-dimensional stationary biomass phase; and At least one container comprising a fluid media, the fluid media is configured to flow through said proliferating plant cells stationary biomass phase, wherein, the flow of the fluid media through the proliferating plant cells stationary biomass phase allows transfer of compounds from the fluid media into the cells and vice versa in low shear forces within the at least one packed bed chamber thereby imitating natural growth environment of the proliferating plant cells within the 3D bioreactor.

Abstract: A net swatch tag system has a container containing a net. The container has a lid that is removable and attaches to the container. A swatch tag is connected to the container. The swatch tag retains a swatch material corresponding to the net. A base is formed on the swatch tag. The base has a contrast background section. The swatch material is mounted over the contrast background section.

Abstract: An electro-optic display and driving method are disclosed. The electro-optic display includes a layer of electrophoretic material disposed between a common electrode and a backplane. The backplane includes an array of pixel electrodes, each coupled to a pixel transistor. A controller provides time-dependent voltages to the gate line, the source line, and the common electrode of each pixel transistor. The driving method includes applying a first stage voltage to the gate line. The first stage voltage has a first magnitude that is substantially half of a gate low voltage for placing the pixel transistor in a non-conducting state. The first stage voltage is maintained on the gate line for a first period of time. Then, a second stage voltage is applied to the gate line, where the second stage voltage has a second magnitude that is substantially the gate low voltage for placing the pixel transistor in the non-conducting state.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to high throughput (HT) control information. A device may determine a frame comprising HT control information. The device may determine to extend a size of the HT control information. The device may cause to generate a management or data frame for sending to a first station device of one or more station devices, the management or data frame comprising extended high throughput (HT) control information, define a new control identification (ID) associated with the extended HT control information, and cause to send the management or data frame to the first station device.

Abstract: A flexible substrate includes a number of layers, where each layer has a number of printed wires. The printed substrate is environmentally protected. The printed substrate is rolled and inserted into a catheter. Connectors are attached to each end of the rolled substrate. The connectors are connected to sensors at a distal end of the catheter and with electrical cards or a cable connector at a proximate end of the catheter. At least one layer of the substrate is connected to a coil in a magnetic sensor. A layer in which the traces are shorted in the distal end is used to measure a magnetic interference. These measurements are used by a processor or hardware to cancel out the magnetic interference effect on the other layers. Another printed substrate can be wrapped within the catheter shaft and used for non-magnetic type sensors.

Abstract: A modular continuous track system for a utility vehicle is disclosed. The modular continuous track system may include a first crawler unit comprising a first electric motor and a first track mounting system configured to couple the first crawler unit to a first utility platform. The modular continuous track system may include a second crawler unit comprising a second electric motor and a second track mounting system configured to couple the second crawler unit to the first utility platform. The modular continuous track system may include a control system configured to control operation of the first crawler unit and the second crawler unit comprising: a first motor controller electrically coupled to a main controller and the first electric motor, a second motor controller electrically coupled to the main controller and the second electric motor; and the main controller.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus comprising a memory stack including multiple memory dies and a parallel processor including a plurality of multiprocessors. Each multiprocessor has a single instruction, multiple thread (SIMT) architecture, the parallel processor coupled to the memory stack via one or more memory interfaces. At least one multiprocessor comprises a multiply-accumulate circuit to perform multiply-accumulate operations on matrix data in a stage of a neural network implementation to produce a result matrix comprising a plurality of matrix data elements at a first precision, precision tracking logic to evaluate metrics associated with the matrix data elements and indicate if an optimization is to be performed for representing data at a second stage of the neural network implementation, and a numerical transform unit to dynamically perform a numerical transform operation on the matrix data elements based on the indication to produce transformed matrix data elements at a second precision.

Abstract: The present invention relates to HARQ, particularly for IEEE 802.11, i.e. Wi-Fi. The invention proposes a transmitting device for supporting such HARQ, in which the order of scrambling and encoding is changed compared to the conventional transmitter. Likewise the invention proposes a receiving device for supporting such HARQ, in which the order of descrambling and decoding is changed compared to the conventional receiver. In particular, the transmitting device is configured to encode at least one data unit using Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding, scramble the encoded data unit based on a scrambling seed, provide an indication of the scrambling seed that is separate from the scrambled and encoded data unit, and transmit the indication of the scrambling seed and then the scrambled and encoded data unit to a receiving device.