Abstract: Systems and methods for fail-safe corrective actions based on vision information for autonomous driving. An example method is implemented by a processor system included in a vehicle, with the method comprising obtaining images from image sensors positioned about the vehicle. Visibility information is determined for at least a portion of the images. Adjustment of operation of an autonomous vehicle is caused based on the visibility information.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a set of large language models to determine a natural language response to a query. One of the methods includes receiving a query related to a document. The document is submitted to a first model along with a prompt to generate an outline of the document. The document is submitted to a second model along with a prompt to generate metadata of the document. At least a portion of the query, document metadata, and the document outline are submitted to a third model with a prompt to generate a natural language response to the query. A selected sentence from the natural language response is correlated to a document sentence. The natural language response is provided to the user with an indication that the selected sentence from the natural language response is correlated to the document sentence.

Abstract: Continued and precise operation of an agricultural implement exists even where a subsystem, such as a GPS receiver, wireless communicator, a sensor, or the like, fails, falters, or is otherwise unusable. Data is continually tracked to the extent possible during failure or faltering and is temporarily stored. The temporary data is later stitched or otherwise harmonized with historical data once the failing system is repaired or otherwise once again available. During failure or faltering, views, and even mapped views, of historical and real-time data are displayed. Predicted or anticipated data can be included within these views or can even be used when stitching.

Abstract: Continued and precise operation of an agricultural implement exists even where a subsystem, such as a GPS receiver, wireless communicator, a sensor, or the like, fails, falters, or is otherwise unusable. Data is continually tracked to the extent possible during failure or faltering and is temporarily stored. The temporary data is later stitched or otherwise harmonized with historical data once the failing system is repaired or otherwise once again available. During failure or faltering, views, and even mapped views, of historical and real-time data are displayed. Predicted or anticipated data can be included within these views or can even be used when stitching.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fail-safe corrective actions based on vision information for autonomous driving. An example method is implemented by a processor system included in a vehicle, with the method comprising obtaining images from image sensors positioned about the vehicle. Visibility information is determined for at least a portion of the images. Adjustment of operation of an autonomous vehicle is caused based on the visibility information.

Abstract: Continued and precise operation of an agricultural implement exists even where a subsystem, such as a GPS receiver, wireless communicator, a sensor, or the like, fails, falters, or is otherwise unusable. Data is continually tracked to the extent possible during failure or faltering and is temporarily stored. The temporary data is later stitched or otherwise harmonized with historical data once the failing system is repaired or otherwise once again available. During failure or faltering, views, and even mapped views, of historical and real-time data are displayed. Predicted or anticipated data can be included within these views or can even be used when stitching.

Abstract: A system for graphically building a virtual network of computer components, the system including: a processor device for receiving an input library of components to form a network, and for devising communication pathways among the components; a display for displaying a proposed interconnection of components; and a memory device for storing component characteristics, wherein the processor device will produce a visual display of the proposed network based on the components selected for inclusion in the network.

Abstract: A swimming search and retrieval game is provided. The game includes the use of a faux environment in a body of water. The faux environment is configured to mimic a real life environment, such as a log, stump, coral, or ice environment. Items, such as replica animals associated with the real environment, are placed at and around the faux environment. Participants take turns retrieving the items from the faux environment based upon the type of play, such as most retrievals within an allotted time. The game difficulty can be increased by adding propellants for the environments and/or items to move the items during the retrieval.

Abstract: A method for producing an aluminum foam product wherein reactive gas producing particles are introduced into an aluminum alloy melt under controlled conditions and subjected to agitation to induce the production of foam-stabilizing by-products, and, under certain conditions, the production of gases used to produce the molten metal foam itself. Foam products produced through this method have intrinsically formed metal oxides and other solid particles dispersed therein and are devoid of the large extrinsically added stabilizing ceramic additions traditionally used in the production of aluminum foams. The invention claims a rapid, single step method for producing an inoculated, foamable melt using low cost precursor materials.

Abstract: Steels having a pearlitic structure and containing 0.60 to 1.0 weight percent carbon, 1.1 to 3.0 weight percent silicon, 0.45 to 0.85 weight percent manganese, less than 0.050 weight percent sulfur and less than 0.050 weight percent phosphorus, with the remainder of said steel being iron and incidental impurities, can be used to make railway wheels that are resistant to martensite transformations and, hence, spalling. The addition of 0.50 to 1.0 weight percent chromium to such steels further improves their resistance to spalling.