Abstract: An electronic device includes a stack structure, the stack structure including at least one deck including tiers of vertically alternating dielectric materials and conductive materials, an opening extending through the at least one deck, a compressive dielectric material disposed on a bottom surface defining the opening and on sidewalls of the tiers defining the opening, and a dielectric material in direct contact with the compressive dielectric material. The dielectric material substantially fills a remainder of the opening. The compressive dielectric material exhibits a horizontal compressive force against the tiers. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A security appliance samples data about software defined infrastructures (SDIs) of a cloud computing environment to incrementally build models that map resource attributes indicated in fields to data types. The security appliance uses the model(s) to provide context sensitive help in policy rule constructions.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving a request for device validation, reading a genesis record from a device, the genesis record containing a device identification (ID), an original owner ID, a current owner ID, and a first hash of the device ID, an original owner ID, a current owner ID, and validating, by multiple processing entities having replicated copies of a chain that includes the genesis record and a succeeding transfer block, ownership of the device.

Abstract: A Node-B sends a polling message to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU sends an uplink synchronization burst in response to the polling message without contention. The Node-B estimates an uplink timing shift based on the synchronization burst and sends an uplink timing adjustment command to the WTRU. The WTRU then adjusts uplink timing based on the uplink timing adjustment command. Alternatively, the Node-B may send a scheduling message for uplink synchronization to the WTRU. The WTRU may send a synchronization burst based on the scheduling message. Alternatively, the WTRU may perform contention-based uplink synchronization after receiving a synchronization request from the Node-B. The WTRU may enter an idle state instead of performing a handover to a new cell when the WTRU moves to the new cell. A discontinuous reception (DRX) interval for the WTRU may be set based on activity of the WTRU.

Abstract: A conversion system includes a conversion device including a multilevel inverter configured to generate two alternating current (AC) output currents, a current sensor configured to sample a current through the multilevel inverter, or from the multilevel inverter, during a switching cycle, and a processor configure to estimate both of the two AC output currents based on the sampled current from the current sensor.

Abstract: Various implementations include a switch assembly that includes a housing and at least two printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are disposed within the housing and are axially arranged relative to each other. One or more force sensors are disposed on one of the PCBs, and, in some implementations, the one or more force sensors receive force input received by a touch overlay plate. Signals from the force sensors are processed to determine a magnitude, acceleration, and/or location of the force input, and a haptic feedback response is received by the touch overlay plate. The haptic feedback response is based on the force magnitude, acceleration, and/or location of input, according to some implementations. Axially arranging the PCBs reduces the footprint of the switch assembly and allows for the inclusion of more electrical components in the switch assembly, according to some implementations.

Abstract: Disease outbreaks pose significant threats to the health and productivity of both plants and organisms, with potential economic and ecological consequences. Timely identification and prediction of disease onset are crucial for implementing effective mitigation strategies. This abstract presents a novel method that combines clustering techniques with an AI framework based on CILEAB to predict the onset of diseases in plants and organisms. The proposed method leverages unsupervised clustering algorithms to identify patterns and groupings within a dataset consisting of various disease-related parameters, such as environmental factors, genetic information, and symptom progression data. By clustering similar instances together, the method aims to capture shared characteristics among samples that could indicate the presence of an underlying disease.

Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to supporting time synchronization across a datacenter network with greater accuracy. The time synchronization includes both software based and hardware based time synchronization mechanisms to provide more precise time synchronization across various nodes in the datacenter network. The software based mechanism can provide the initial coarse time synchronization while the hardware based mechanism can provide the subsequent finer time synchronization.

Abstract: Techniques for configuring autosave triggers in a computing environment based on environment and data conditions are disclosed. A system trains a machine learning model based on data attributes and environmental attributes to generate autosave value triggers for a computing environment. The autosave value triggers are triggered by different conditions. For example, one autosave trigger may be triggered when an error condition is detected. Another may be triggered when a certain number of operations are performed. The machine learning model generates autosave trigger values scores for one or more autosave triggers. The system may implement the autosave triggers in the computing environment based on the autosave trigger values.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to method of modernizing a legacy batch based on at least one functional context. The method includes at least one of: preprocessing, a plurality of metadata associated with a plurality of batches to obtain a plurality of derived data; generating, the functional context based on the plurality of derived data; determining, an average elapsed time for at least one application from the at least one functional context; parsing, log of the at least one consistent long running job to identify step and associated file referenced in the at least one long running job; determining, a hotspot based on at least program; and recommending, at least one batch design associated with at least one batch job in a future state. The hotspot corresponds to long running job on a batch stream, high volume files, and program with an increased millions of instructions per second (MIPS) usage.

Abstract: Systems and methods for provisioning secure programmable logic devices (PLDs) are disclosed. An example secure PLD provisioning system includes an external system comprising a processor and a memory and configured to be coupled to a secure PLD through a configuration input/output (I/O) of the secure PLD. The external system is configured to generate a locked PLD comprising the secure PLD based, at least in part, on a request from a secure PLD customer, wherein the request from the secure PLD customer comprises a customer public key; and to provide a secured unlock package for the locked secure PLD. The external system may also be configured to provide an authenticatable key manifest comprising a customer programming key token and a corresponding programming public key associated with the locked secure PLD, wherein the authenticatable key manifest is signed using a programming private key generated by the locked secure PLD.

Abstract: Described herein are technologies that provide an element of security related to file system operations. Individual nodes in a file system, such as a directory or a file, can be associated with information that describes how to handle letter case when a file name included in a file system operation request is used to locate a file in the file system. For example, a case sensitive designation associated with a directory can require a case sensitive match between a file name included in a request and a file name included in the directory, in order to perform the requested file system operation. In another example, a case preferring designation associated with a directory first checks for a case sensitive match between file names. If a case sensitive match does not exist, then a case insensitive match between the file names can be used to perform the requested file system operation.

Abstract: A computing device is provided, including a processor configured to receive imaging relevance data for a geographic area. The processor may be further configured to generate, based at least in part on the imaging relevance data, image mask instructions specifying a region of interest included in the geographic area. The processor may be further configured to transmit the image mask instructions to a satellite. The processor may be further configured to receive, from the satellite, filtered satellite image data of the region of interest. One or more deprioritized regions of the geographic area outside the region of interest may be excluded from the filtered satellite image data.

Abstract: An electronic device, having a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, is provided. The electronic device includes a light sensor, a first light-emitting element, and a second light-emitting element. The light sensor is disposed in the first region and is configured to receive a light signal. The first light-emitting element is disposed in the first region. The second light-emitting element is disposed in the second region. The first light-emitting element is driven by a first driving signal. The first driving signal has a first duty cycle. The second light-emitting element is driven by a second driving signal. The second driving signal has a second duty cycle. The first duty cycle has a first duty ratio. The second duty cycle has a second duty ratio. The first duty ratio is less than the second duty ratio. The electronic device provides a better light sensing function.

Abstract: A multi-level inverter control system includes a power storage system having a high voltage terminal, a low voltage terminal, and an intermediate voltage terminal. The intermediate voltage terminal is at a voltage between the high voltage terminal and the low voltage terminal. A multi-level inverter includes a plurality of switches, a high voltage input connected to the high voltage terminal, a low voltage input connected to the low voltage terminal, and an intermediate voltage input connected to the intermediate voltage terminal. A controller is controllably coupled to the multi-level inverter. The controller includes at least a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions configured to cause the controller to operate the multi-level inverter in a three-level inverter mode, a full power two-level inverter mode, a first partial power two-level inverter mode and a second partial power two-level inverter mode.

Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for graph assisted unsupervised domain adaptation for machine fault diagnosis. The present disclosure solves the technical problems in the art using a Graph Assisted Unsupervised Domain Adaptation (GA-UDA) technique for the machine fault diagnosis. The GA-UDA technique carries out the domain adaptation in two stages. In the first stage, a Class-wise maximum mean discrepancy (CMMD) loss is minimized to transform the data from both source and target domains to a shared feature space. In the second stage, the augmented transformed (projected) data from both the source and the target domains are utilized to construct a joint graph. Subsequently, the labels of target domain data are estimated through label propagation over the joint graph. The GA-UDA technique of the present disclosure helps in addressing significant distribution shift between the two domains.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate overlapped with the first substrate and having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, a sensor unit disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first blocking layer disposed on the first side, and a second blocking layer disposed on the sensor unit. The second side is disposed between the sensor unit and the first side. The first blocking layer has a first opening, and the second blocking layer has a second opening. A width of the first opening is smaller than a width of the second opening.

Abstract: A network traffic classification process, including the steps of: monitoring network traffic flows to dynamically generate, for each of the network traffic flows and in real-time, time series data sets representing, for each of upstream and downstream directions of the network traffic flow, for each of a plurality of successive timeslots, and for each of a plurality of packet length bins, a packet count and a byte count of packets received within the timeslot and having one or more lengths within the corresponding packet length bin; and processing the time series data sets of each network traffic flow to classify the network flow into one of a plurality of predetermined network traffic classes, without using payload content of the network traffic flow.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to disengage a test head from an integrated circuit (IC) device are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises a test head to thermally interface with an IC device, a mounting piece to be coupled to the test head, and a push off tab to be mounted to the mounting piece, the push off tab including an arm to extend underneath the test head, the arm to contact the IC device before the test head is to contact the IC device.