Abstract: A de-escalation spray that is an alternative to traditional pepper spray. Law enforcement carries traditional pepper spray or tear gas. However, the present de-escalation spray only affects the intended target, does not cause respiratory distress, is water soluble, and easily cleans up.

Abstract: A navigation system comprises at least one processor, a receiver in communication with the at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor results in receiving, by at least two antennas coupled to a receiver, a plurality of signals from a plurality of different remote transmitters, transmitting, from a first antenna and for a first time instance, a first input signal to the receiver, the first input signal associated with a first group of the plurality of signals, transmitting, from a second antenna and for a second time instance subsequent to the first time instant, a second input signal to the receiver, the second input signal associated with a second group of the plurality of signals and determining, based partly on the first and second input signals, an indication associated with bearing or location of a craft.

Abstract: A system for detecting a neurological state of a brain of a patient is disclosed. The system comprises one or more recording arrays, a database, and a processor. The recording arrays comprise a plurality of recording electrodes having a diameter of less than about 1 mm and spaced by less than about 1 mm, and are configured to be minimally invasively inserted to the brain to record electrical signals from a target recording site. The database stores electrophysiological data relating to known electrophysiological signatures associated with neurological states. The processor is configured to receive recorded signals from the recording arrays, access the electrophysiological data from the database, identify electrophysiological signatures in the recorded signals based on the electrophysiological data, and determine the neurological state of the brain based on the identified electrophysiological signatures.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic and efficient intersection traffic control for autonomous or semi-autonomous ground vehicles. In accordance with some embodiments, the systems and methods comprise a centralized controller associated with an intersection that comprises a sensor for detecting data corresponding to ground vehicles approaching the intersection and a controller for generating and transmitting an instruction to at least one of the ground vehicles approaching the intersection, the instruction for causing the at least one vehicle to adjust at least one of its speed and path in order to avoid a collision with another of the ground vehicles.

Abstract: A method to create a serial wire speed firewall that can monitor and enforce security policy on a CAN buy network and prevent cyber-attacks.

Abstract: A switched reluctance electrical motor comprises a rotor having a substantially circular cylindrical envelope with a diameter in a range of 50 mm to 300 mm and a length in the range of 20 mm to 250 mm. The rotor comprises a plurality of radially extending rotor teeth. A switched reluctance electrical motor further comprises a stator surrounding the rotor and comprising a plurality of stator poles. The rotor teeth are circumferentially-spaced apart from each other to define slots between adjacent teeth that, expressed in normalised angular and radial coordinates, have a cross-sectional profile transverse to an axis of rotation of the rotor, lying within a well-defined polygonal region.

Abstract: The techniques of this disclosure relate to actively selecting lenses for camera focus processes. Lenses to be used during camera assembly are chosen based on whether their pairing with a specific set of production components can satisfy focus performance criteria of end of line test. Test equipment may check the lenses by dry-fit aligning them to a particular set of production components. If minimum focus performance cannot be achieved, then a different set of lenses are used to with that set of production components to produce a final camera assembly. This way, because the lenses are actively selected during production to achieve satisfactory focus performance of the EOLT, each final camera assembly is more likely to pass the EOLT, thereby improving camera production output.

Abstract: A system for performing grazing angle measurements is disclosed herein. The system includes a laser configured to emit a beam of light and a series of reflective elements configured to direct the beam of light and a hollow sphere is rotatable about a sphere axis with the sphere axis extending through a central region of the hollow sphere. The hollow sphere defines an elongated slot for accepting the beam of light when the hollow sphere is in one of a plurality of predetermined rotational positions about the sphere axis. A mounting arm extends into a central region of the hollow sphere and includes a sample mount configured to receive a sample. The system further includes a spectral hemispherical reflectance detector having a field of view extending into the hollow sphere and a baffle horizontally interposed relative to the sphere axis between the spectral hemispherical reflectance detector and the elongated slot.

Abstract: A system can have a database that stores a plurality of behaviors for various operational phases of an autonomous truck. The stored behaviors can include predetermined maneuvers for the autonomous truck, sensing behaviors, and logic behaviors. An operator can select one or more of the stored behaviors via a user interface. A controller can control the autonomous truck to perform the selected behaviors, for example, by assembling the selected behaviors together into an operation script. In some embodiments, performance of the selected behaviors can be used to load the autonomous truck.

Abstract: A system can autonomously or semi-autonomously guide a driver to a dock or parking location. The system can include a sensor or sensors that collect data to create a map of the dock or parking location, a user interface that allows the driver to select a dock or a feature in the map and to determine the final pose of the tractor and trailer, and a planner that creates a kinematically-correct and obstacle-free trajectory from the current location to the dock or parking location. The system can provide user aids, such as a ground guide avatar or avatars, that provide the distance to the dock, speed and turning directions, or other guidance.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selective and/or opportunistic GNSS/GPS navigation that actively mask or filter satellite signals based on identified “clear sky” or “obstructed sky” regions.

Abstract: An energy storage system includes an energy storage component. It further includes heat generating electronics. It further includes a fluid circulator that transfers fluid between the energy storage component and the heat generating electronics. The circulator is controlled to alternatively transfer fluid from the battery to the heat generating electronics or from the heat generating electronics to the energy storage component based at least in part on a thermal state of the energy storage system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of simulating operation of an electric drive unit to predict one or more performance parameters of the electric drive unit is provided. The electric drive unit comprises at least an electric motor. The method comprises obtaining parameters defining physical properties of the electric motor, obtaining parameters defining drive currents for driving the electric motor, processing the obtained parameters using a machine learning module trained a priori to predict a spatially varying electromagnetic and/or mechanical and/or thermal profile within the electric motor during operation, and providing as output a predicted profile for the electric motor, and using the predicted profile to compute the one or more performance parameters of the electric drive unit.

Abstract: A distributed network and security operations platform is disclosed. The disclosed platform comprises an external service that facilitates network and security operations for a private network. Data from nodes of the private network is received and analyzed by the service, and an output is automatically generated by the service in response to analyzing received data that facilitates modifying the routing performed by at least one or more of the nodes of the private network.

Abstract: An autonomous truck loading system can have a database that stores a plurality of elementary behaviors for various phases of a process of loading the autonomous truck by the one or more loaders. The stored elementary behaviors can include predetermined maneuvers for the autonomous truck, sensing behaviors; and logic behaviors. An operator can select multiple ones of the stored behaviors via user interface. A controller can assemble the selected behaviors together into an operation script for loading of the autonomous truck by a loader. The controller can control the autonomous truck to perform the operation script.

Abstract: A wiring harness for a battery and inverter system includes a main cable. It further includes an inverter connector configured to plug the main cable into an inverter module. It further includes a first spur of the main cable terminating in a first-type battery device connector. It further includes a second spur of the main cable terminating in a second type battery device connector.

Abstract: A system for compressing neural signal data using spatiotemporal data compression techniques. The system includes an implantable neural that receives electrophysiologic signal data from the electrode array, maps the electrophysiologic signal data to locations of each of the plurality of the electrodes, and compresses the mapped electrophysiologic signal data based on the locations of the plurality of electrodes utilizing a spatiotemporal data compression algorithm to define compressed electrophysiologic signal data. The implantable neural device can be connectable to a computer system that decompressed the electrophysiologic data for various downstream applications.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X15R410 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15R410 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15R410 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15R410, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15R410 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15R410 and methods of using maize variety X15R410 are disclosed.

Abstract: Described is phased metalens depth of focus increase for camera focusing. An objective camera lens is configured to provide a focus window across multiple radial zones within a field of view. A camera imager is configured to capture an image of the field of view. When at least two of the radial zones have different back focal lengths relative the imager and the objective lens, a phased metalens is positioned between the objective lens and the camera imager. The metalens is configured to compensate for defocus caused by the different back focal lengths by increasing, across the radial zones within the field of view, a depth of the focus window. The metalens improves focus across the field of view, which prevents variations in objective lens characteristics from reducing image quality.

Abstract: The electronic device may invoke a host application. The device may display a first host user interface on the display, the first host user interface including a first host user interface component associated with a child application. In response, the device may invoke, using the host application, the child application executed at the electronic device. The device may transmit, using the host application, a request for data associated with a child user interface component to the child application. The device may transmit, using the child application, the request for data associated with the child user interface component to a child application server, wherein the data associated with the child user interface component is inaccessible by the host application. The device may receive, using the child application, the data associated with the child user interface component from the child application server. The device may display the child user interface component.