Abstract: A fiber optic system includes a telecommunications chassis defining a front and a rear, a plurality of blades slidably mounted to the chassis, the blades slidable in a direction extending from the front to the rear, and a plurality of fiber optic cassettes removably mounted to each blade. Each fiber optic cassette includes a housing defining a maximum cassette height, the housing formed by a base and a cover mounted thereon. Each cassette defines fiber optic connection locations. The base of each cassette defines a notched area for receiving a portion of the blade on which the cassette is mounted such that the blade does not increase the overall maximum height defined by the housing.

Abstract: A method of detecting and responding to a visitor to a smart home environment via an electronic greeting system of the smart home environment, including determining that a visitor is approaching an entryway of the smart home environment; initiating a facial recognition operation while the visitor is approaching the entryway; initiating an observation window in response to the determination that a visitor is approaching the entryway; obtaining context information from one or more sensors of the smart home environment during the observation window; and at the end of the time window, initiating a response to the detected approach of the visitor based on the context information and/or an outcome of the facial recognition operation.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, which can be used as fungicides.

Abstract: A coffee monitoring system for monitoring coffee in an urn comprises a temperature sensor removably installed in the urn, a weight sensor arranged under the urn, and a computer programmed and operable to compute a coffee forecast based on the temperature and weight data and age of the coffee since brewing. The system includes one or more portable computing devices, preferably tablets, to conveniently communicate with users. Related methods are also described.

Abstract: Methods for displaying improved user interfaces are disclosed. The method includes receiving a user interface request to display a user interface of an issue tracking system from a user device. The user interface displays a plurality of objects and the user interface request includes a user identifier of a user of the user device and a user identifier of the requested user interface. The method further includes determining a time since the user last viewed the user interface, retrieving object data for the requested user interface based on the user interface identifier, retrieving activity data for the requested user interface based on the time since the user last viewed the user interface, and communicating the object data and activity data to the user device for displaying on the user device, the user device displaying the object data and displaying one or more activity indicators based on the received activity data.

Abstract: An airborne redirection unit (ARU), for deflecting an RF energy beam, the ARU comprising: A canopy comprising a surface for slowing the rate of descent, A beam director supported at the canopy, the ARU being configured to focus the RF energy beam.

Abstract: An item sorting system is described. The item sorting system includes at least one bin that holds items to be sorted and a light source that illuminates the items stored in the at least one bin. In implementations, the at least one bin includes walls that direct light, received from the light source via a first surface, for emission via a second surface facing an interior of the at least one bin. The item sorting system further includes a recognition device that identifies the items for use in sorting the items. The item sorting system further includes an end effector that manipulates the items during sorting. In some implementations, the end effector includes tips that apply a gentle vacuum force to individually manipulate items in a manner that allows for efficient sorting without damaging the items.

Abstract: The present disclosure seeks to provide a handpiece configuration for a surgical instrument such as an electrosurgical instrument to reduce the risk of a burn to the operator handling the handpiece. In particular, the present disclosure firstly provides an inner moulding in the handpiece for housing a motor and a suction path of the electrosurgical instrument. The inner moulding comprises a thermal conduction path between the motor and the suction path for the purpose of transferring heat generated from the motor to the exiting irrigation fluid in the suction path. The handpiece is further configured to comprise a thermally insulating outer casing surrounding the inner moulding. This configuration of the handpiece enables heat transfer from the motor to the irrigation fluid in the suction path while keeping the external surface of the handpiece cool.

Abstract: An aquaculture system can include an aquafarm with one or more aquatic pods of aquatic organisms and a remote device to manage the aquafarm. An aquatic pod may be associated with an aquatic structure with a buoyancy system and a control device to automatically perform daily farming functions. The aquatic structure may include an enclosure to hold the aquatic organisms. The control device may be configured to use a smart buoyancy assistant to control the buoyancy system and to determine the farming task to perform in response to environmental stimuli. The remote device can receive data representing crop metrics, harvest results, and sensor data. The remote device can aggregate data from multiple aquatic pods and correlate the data to generate aquaculture models to improve the harvest results. The remote device can generate overview and maintenance reports for the aquafarm.

Abstract: The disclosed system obtains records from a database, determines weights associated with the records, and obtains a first and a second force acting on a record among the records. The system defines a projection space based on the records, represents the record in the projection space by projecting the record into the projection space to obtain a projected record, and represents the first force and the second force in the projection space. The system repeatedly applies the first force and the second force to the projected record, thereby changing a position of the projected record in the projection space, until an equilibrium between the first force and the second force is reached. The system determines how closely the value associated with the record satisfies the first value associated with the criterion based on a distance between the projected record in the projection space at equilibrium and the first force.

Abstract: Described herein is a computer implemented method. The method comprises receiving, from a user device, a selected workflow message identifying a selected workflow; accessing the selected workflow from a workflow data store; evaluating, using runtime context information received from the user device, one or more secondary triggers associated with the selected workflow to determine an applicable branch of the selected triggered workflow; communicating, to the user device, branch information in respect of the applicable branch, the branch information including information in respect of one or more operations that would be performed if the selected workflow was executed.

Abstract: A thermal immersion circulator can comprise a heater including a hollow cylindrical main body having an inlet opening at a first end thereof and an outlet opening in a side wall thereof. The heater can include a flexible circuit board having a plurality of resistive bands controlled by controlling electronics such as TRIACs, which can be water-cooled. A thermal immersion circulator including such a heater can be used in scientific laboratories or sous vide food cooking.

Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a processor to identify a first location based on an image captured by a camera. In some examples, the processor detects a movement of the electronic device based on sensor data generated by a sensor. In some examples, the processor identifies a second location when the movement satisfies a registration condition.

Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for detecting and responding to speeding violations. An example method executed by a processor in a first vehicle (a law-enforcement vehicle, for example) can include receiving, from a vehicle speed detection system, a speed measurement associated with a second vehicle. The processor may determine that the speed of the second vehicle exceeds a threshold speed and may operate a camera to capture an image of the second vehicle. The image may be evaluated for determining at least one identifying feature of the second vehicle. A record may then be generated. The record can include the speed measurement, the image, and the first identifying feature. In some cases, the record may be transmitted to another law-enforcement vehicle for pursuing the second vehicle and/or to an Internet-of-Things (IoT) roadside unit for tracking the second vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and subscripts x and n are as described herein and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for the treatment, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more disease states that could benefit from inhibition of a coronavirus, including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. The compounds of this invention could further be used in combination with other therapeutically effective agents, including but not limited to, other drugs useful for the treatment of coronavirus infection. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: A method at a server system includes: receiving a video stream from a remote video camera, wherein the video stream comprises a plurality of video frames; selecting a plurality of non-contiguous frames from the video stream, the plurality of non-contiguous frames being associated with a predetermined time interval; encoding the plurality of non-contiguous frames as a compressed video segment associated with the time interval; receiving a request from an application running on a client device to review video from the remote video camera for the time interval; and in response to the request, transmitting the video segment to the client device for viewing in the application.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining a required following behavior when a road actor or vehicle cuts in front of an autonomous vehicle. The appropriate following behavior depends on various factors including road and weather conditions, recovery time gap, minimum time gap for the autonomous vehicle speed, distance between the autonomous vehicle and cut-in vehicle, speed of the autonomous vehicle at the time of cut-in, speed of the cut-in vehicle, time to collision threshold for hard braking, and time to collision threshold for normal braking. Types of following behaviors include emergency deceleration, aggressive deceleration, moderate deceleration, recovery deceleration, some deceleration or following without deceleration. In some examples, the recovery time gap can be set to 3 or more seconds. In some examples, it is set to below 3 seconds. As the recovery time gap increases, the following distance between the autonomous vehicle and a leading vehicle increases.

Abstract: A fiber optic system includes a telecommunications chassis defining a front and a rear, a plurality of blades slidably mounted to the chassis, the blades slidable in a direction extending from the front to the rear, and a plurality of fiber optic cassettes removably mounted to each blade. Each fiber optic cassette includes a housing defining a maximum cassette height, the housing formed by a base and a cover mounted thereon. Each cassette defines fiber optic connection locations. The base of each cassette defines a notched area for receiving a portion of the blade on which the cassette is mounted such that the blade does not increase the overall maximum height defined by the housing.

Abstract: Heat exchanger assemblies including turning vanes are taught herein. In preferred embodiments, the heat exchanger assembly comprises: an inlet duct; a heat exchanger coupled to the inlet duct and a plurality of turning vanes coupled to the heat exchanger and protruding into the inlet duct. The intake plane of the heat exchanger is at an angle between 0 degrees and 90 degrees to the primary flow direction of the inlet duct. The plurality of turning vanes comprise: a straight leading edge of length L that is parallel to the primary flow direction of the inlet duct; a convex lower surface that transitions a bottom of the leading edge to an upper wall of a lower channel of the heat exchanger; and a concave upper surface that transitions a distal point of the turning vane to a second channel of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A vehicle monitors an ongoing enforcement situation using one or more sensors provided to the vehicle and determines, based on the monitoring and sensor data of the one or more sensors, that a foot pursuit has begun. The vehicle receives a location signal from a location-providing device carried by at least one entity involved in the situation and determines a street route for the vehicle that follows movement of the entity by using streets travelable by the vehicle, based on a plurality of locations received from the location-providing device. Also, the vehicle automatically and autonomously controls the vehicle to follow the determined street route.