Abstract: A method of communicating an emergency alert includes receiving, by a central content controller (CCC), audiovisual (AV) content from a plurality of sources, determining existence of one or more emergency alerts, encoding the content to form a first stream type and transmitting the first stream type to regional controllers (RCs) associated with a respective market area (MA) if no alerts exist, determining, if an alert exist, a market area for the alert, encode the content and the alert to form a second stream type, transmit the second stream type to a RC associated with a MA for which the alert is applicable and encode the content to form the first stream and transmit the first stream type to RCs associated with a MA without an alert, and broadcast, as AV signals, the received stream types by the RC.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to control a vehicle based on signal blending are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes programmable circuitry at least determine a first yaw rate signal based on first signal data output by a yaw rate sensor of a vehicle, determine a second yaw rate signal based on second signal data output by a steering wheel angle sensor of the vehicle, determine a blended yaw rate signal based on the first yaw rate signal and the second yaw rate signal, and adjust a torque to be applied by a motor of the vehicle based on the blended yaw rate signal.

Abstract: An electro-wetting on dielectric (EWOD) device, includes first and second substrates defining a fluid chamber therebetween, a plurality of electro-wetting electrodes on the first substrate, and at least one first electrode and at least two second electrodes on the second substrate. The device further includes a current sensor or sensing a difference between (1) a first current flowing between the first electrode and one of the second electrodes via a first fluid package in the fluid chamber of the EWOD device and (2) a second current flowing between the first electrode and another of the second electrodes via a second fluid package in the fluid chamber of the EWOD device.

Abstract: A wireless device establishes a Bluetooth connection with a peripheral device based on one or more Bluetooth Specifications, and transmits one or more first Bluetooth-encoded data frames to the peripheral device over the Bluetooth connection. The wireless device initiates a first handover operation for communications with the peripheral device responsive to a link metric of the Bluetooth connection being less than a first link metric threshold. In some instances, the first handover operation includes selecting an access point (AP) of one or more candidate APs based on signal strengths of frames received from the one or more candidate APs, and switching the communications between the wireless device and the peripheral device from the Bluetooth connection to a wireless local area network (WLAN) channel associated with the selected AP. The wireless device transmits one or more second Bluetooth-encoded data frames to the peripheral device over the WLAN channel.

Abstract: Described herein is a computer implemented method for generating webpage data. The method includes processing a set of design element objects to generate a set of element-grid records, each record corresponding to a design element and including a unique column start, a unique column end, a column start offset and a column end offset. The set of element-grid records is processed to generate a webpage grid definition that defines a grid including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. A first design element and a second design element have a same horizontal start position and the webpage grid definition defines: a unique column start gridline for the first design element; a unique column start gridline for the second design element; and a zero-width first column between the first and second column gridlines.

Abstract: A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for scanning for and identifying sensitive data in unexpected locations of data storage structures. Once sensitive data is found in unexpected locations of data storage structures, actions can be taken to remediate the unexpected storage of the sensitive data.

Abstract: An air blower has an inlet muffler and an outlet muffler to reduce the noise of the air blower during operation. Each of the mufflers may have two sections. One section is configured to attenuate high frequency noise and the other section is configured to attenuate lower frequency noise. A tubular internal wall in each of the mufflers defines the through passage for each of the mufflers. A noise absorbent material may be fitted about the tubular wall within each muffler. A plurality of holes are formed along the tubular wall of each through passage to expose the through passage to the noise absorbent material. A heater plenum may be interposed between the blower plenum and the outlet muffler to heat the air from the blower plenum. A filter at the input muffler filters the air sucked into the air blower.

Abstract: The disclosed technology teaches an implementation for leveraging self-sovereign credentials held on mobile devices to provision credentials that empower one party (“recipient” or “user”, used synonymously herein) to obtain credentialed access to information and resources on behalf of another party (“sender” or “administrator”, used synonymously herein), without either party exposing private key information to each other or to the cloud. The sender is able to revoke user credentials at any time. Parties are able to leverage commodity hardware to automatically mutually authenticate their credentials and access available relevant options and workflows.

Abstract: A radiation detector is disclosed. The detector comprises: a conversion device configured to develop a voltage when subject to incident radiation; and a switch operable configured to move between a first state and a second state when triggered by a threshold voltage. The conversion device is connected to the switch such that, when the threshold voltage is developed across the conversion device, the switch is triggered to move from the first state to the second state. The detector further comprises an interrogation circuit operable to determine whether the switch is in the first state or the second state, thereby to determine whether the detector has been subjected to a threshold level of radiation associated with the threshold voltage. A system comprising radiation sensitive apparatus and the radiation detector is also disclosed.

Abstract: A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.

Abstract: A thermal insulation member is described for a heater assembly of a haircare appliance. The thermal insulation member is formed of an elastomeric material and includes a sleeve, a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of studs. The ribs and studs project outwardly from a surface of the sleeve, and the ribs project further the studs. A haircare appliance including the thermal insulation member is also described.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are provided that improve power management for devices communicating via Bluetooth (BT) over Internet Protocol (BTOIP). The apparatus for wireless communication for a first device receives a first set of packets from a second device during a time period associated with a training phase for the first device. The apparatus determines an arrival time of a first packet of the first set of packets. The apparatus determines, based on the arrival time and a wakeup time interval, a wakeup time for the first device. The apparatus causes, based on the wakeup time for the first device and one or more attributes associated with the first set of packets, a shutdown of the first device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a decontamination robot. The robot includes a decontamination box including at least two arrays of ultraviolet LEDs, the two arrays arranged to irradiate an object placed inside the decontamination box from at least two independent directions, the decontamination box further including an interior surface with at least 90% reflectivity of ultraviolet light. The robot also includes a drivetrain including four swerve-drive units, each swerve-drive unit capable of rotating a wheel on an axis of the wheel and capable of orienting the wheel in a plane defined by the axes of the four wheels of the four swerve-drive units, whereby the four swerve-drive units coordinate to generate translational motion of the decontamination robot on a working surface.

Abstract: A computer method for identifying product in a distributor's inventory system that fulfills a product request made via a natural language query. the natural language query is received as a product request including multiple words in sequential order. The words are vectorized into word-vectors that are concatenated and used to generate a query embedding. The query embedding is processed utilizing a trained product category classifier that predicts which product category the requested product belongs. Forward and backward sequence vectors are generated from the sequentially ordered words of the query that are concatenated and processed using a trained model specific to the predicted product category. The sequence vectors represent positional relationships between the words of the natural language query. Thereafter, the system identifies product attribute(s) embodied in the natural language query that each correspond to a predetermined key-characteristic of the category.

Abstract: An air blower has an inlet muffler and an outlet muffler to reduce the noise of the air blower during operation. Each of the mufflers may have two sections. One section is configured to attenuate high frequency noise and the other section is configured to attenuate lower frequency noise. A tubular internal wall in each of the mufflers defines the through passage for each of the mufflers. A noise absorbent material may be fitted about the tubular wall within each muffler. A plurality of holes are formed along the tubular wall of each through passage to expose the through passage to the noise absorbent material. A heater plenum may be interposed between the blower plenum and the outlet muffler to heat the air from the blower plenum. A filter at the input muffler filters the air sucked into the air blower.

Abstract: Techniques for intelligently repositioning a hologram for an object in a scene based on a past condition of the object and/or a planned future condition of the object are disclosed. A hologram is identified for an object in a scene. Identifying the hologram includes identifying a current location of the hologram within the scene. Time-based data associated with the object is accessed. The time-based data includes at least one of a past condition of the object or a planned future condition of the object. A new location for the hologram is selected within the scene. This selection is based on the time-based data. The hologram is then repositioned to the new location.

Abstract: A method of sharing Personal Identifying Information comprising; inputting one or more PII fields into a search institution to be matched; normalizing one or more fields of PII data by converting to a standard format; generating one or more fields of PII data are combined; creating a Bloom filter, Bloom filter concatenates the combined one or more fields of PII; MurmurHashing concatenated combined one or more fields of PII are multiplied by one or more constants, then rotated, then divide by thirty-two; Base64encoding, wherein each Bloom filter combinations are counted and converted to an ASCII binary format, converted combinations are divided into six characters and a decimal value; matching six characters and the decimal value are hashed with a secret key, then hash a second time with a hash function, then mix with the secret key, then hash for a third time with a hash function, then output a result.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a wound treatment apparatus with electronic components integrated within a wound dressing. In some embodiments. a wound dressing apparatus can comprise a wound dressing. The wound dressing can comprise an absorbent material. an electronics unit comprising a negative pressure source. the electronics unit integrated within the wound dressing and at least partially encapsulated by one or more layers of a flexible film. At least one of the layers of the flexible film can comprise a window or aperture configured to permit fluid communication between the absorbent material and the negative pressure source.

Abstract: At least some embodiments of the technology are directed to an automated slide processing apparatus configured to apply at least one reagent to a specimen carried by a microscope slide. The slide processing station can include a support element with a support surface, at least one vacuum port, and a sealing member having a non-round shape. In an uncompressed state, the scaling member can extend upwardly beyond the support surface. In a compressed state, the scaling member can be configured to maintain an airtight seal with a backside of the microscope slide as the microscope slide is pulled against the support surface by a vacuum drawn via the at least one vacuum port.