Abstract: Described are techniques and systems for secure camera based IMU calibration for stationary systems, including vehicles. Existing vehicle camera systems are employed, with enhanced security to prevent malicious attempts by hackers to try and cause a vehicle to enter IMU calibration mode. IMU calibration occurs when a calibration system determines the vehicle is parked in a controlled environment; calibration targets are positioned at different viewing angles to vehicle cameras to act as sources of optical patterns of encoded data. Features of the patterns are for security as well as for alignment functionality. Images of the calibration targets enable inference of a vehicle coordinate system, from which calculations for IMU mounting error compensations are performed. A relative rotation between the IMU and the vehicle coordinate system are applied to IMU data to compensate for relative rotations between the vehicle and the IMU, thereby improving vehicle slope and bank metrics.

Abstract: The present technology relates to health metrics corresponding to industrial automation devices and a user experience for viewing and configuring health metrics. Health metrics of a device can be produced by obtaining performance metrics of the device and contextualizing the performance metrics based on contextualization information. The health metrics can be categorized based on applying rule sets to the health metrics. The rule sets can be selectively applied to the health metrics based on a type of a respective health metric. The health metrics and health metric categories can be instantiated in a user interface of a user device based on a request for device health information from the user device.

Abstract: The present technology relates to health metrics corresponding to industrial automation devices and a user experience for configuring calculation devices to produce the health metrics. Health metrics of a device can be produced by obtaining performance metrics of the device and contextualizing the performance metrics based on contextualization information. The health metrics can be categorized based on applying rule sets to the health metrics. Contextualization and application of rule sets can be selectively performed by one or more calculation devices, such as one or more servers, industrial devices, user devices, or the like based on configuration settings. The calculation devices can obtain the performance metrics, operations, and rule sets to produce the health metrics for instantiation on a user interface.

Abstract: The present technology relates to health metrics corresponding to industrial automation devices and a user experience for connecting to devices in an industrial automation environment to configure and view health metrics. Health metrics of a device can be obtained from a server, an industrial device, a controller coupled to the industrial device, or another source, and provided to a user interface device. The user interface device can display indications of the health metrics on a user interface. The user interface device can also establish a connection with a user device and provide the indications of the health metrics to the user device for display on a user interface of the user device.

Abstract: A system is provided for pre-distorting a transmit signal in a mobile terminal prior to amplification by a power amplifier to compensate for AM to AM and AM to PM distortion over an input value range. Pre-distortion circuitry includes both amplitude and phase pre-distortion circuitries. The amplitude pre-distortion circuitry distorts an amplitude component of a polar transmit signal using an amplitude compensation signal that essentially cancels the AM to AM distortion, and the phase pre-distortion circuitry distorts a phase component of the polar transmit signal using a phase compensation signal that essentially cancels the AM to PM distortion. The amplitude and phase compensation signals are generated based on corresponding sets of coefficients selected from a number of sets of coefficients defining polynomials describing compensation signals for each of at least two subsets of the input value range for each of two or more power levels of the power amplifier circuitry.

Abstract: A system is provided for pre-distorting a transmit signal in a mobile terminal prior to amplification by a power amplifier to compensate for AM to AM and AM to PM distortion over an input value range. Pre-distortion circuitry includes both amplitude and phase pre-distortion circuitries. The amplitude pre-distortion circuitry distorts an amplitude component of a polar transmit signal using an amplitude compensation signal that essentially cancels the AM to AM distortion, and the phase pre-distortion circuitry distorts a phase component of the polar transmit signal using a phase compensation signal that essentially cancels the AM to PM distortion. The amplitude and phase compensation signals are generated based on corresponding sets of coefficients selected from a number of sets of coefficients defining polynomials describing compensation signals for each of at least two subsets of the input value range for each of two or more power levels of the power amplifier circuitry.

Abstract: Printers and methods for operating a printer are provided. One method comprises receiving a print order associated with image data for use in printing a plurality images; converting the image data into actions to print the plurality of images on a receiver medium with print adjacent areas between the printed images, the converting being performed in accordance with printer settings; printing a first set of color patches in the print adjacent areas when the each of the first set of calibration color patches can be printed in the print adjacent areas; printing a second set of color patches in the print adjacent areas when each of the first set of color patches cannot be printed in the print adjacent areas; and sensing the color of each printed color patch and recalibrating the printer settings based upon the sensed colors.

Abstract: A printer and method for operating a printer are provided that prints using a receiver medium having a rolled portion with an outermost layer from which an unrolled portion extends to a print engine. The method comprises: sensing a condition indicating the receiver medium may have been contacted by other than a component of the printer or by a donor material applied by the print engine; measuring an aspect of the receiver medium indicative of the circumferential length of the outermost layer; determining a circumferential length of the receiver medium based upon the measured aspect of the rolled portion of the receiver medium; determining an exclusion length of the receiver medium based upon the determined circumferential length and a travel distance that is a representation of a length of the unrolled portion between the rolled portion and the print engine; and automatically advancing the receiver medium by the exclusion length.

Abstract: Printers and methods for operating a printer are provided. One method comprises receiving a print order associated with image data for use in printing a plurality images; converting the image data into actions to print the plurality of images on a receiver medium with print adjacent areas between the printed images, the converting being performed in accordance with printer settings; printing a first set of color patches in the print adjacent areas when the each of the first set of calibration color patches can be printed in the print adjacent areas; printing a second set of color patches in the print adjacent areas when each of the first set of color patches cannot be printed in the print adjacent areas; and sensing the color of each printed color patch and recalibrating the printer settings based upon the sensed colors.

Abstract: An alarm for waking a dozing driver includes a plurality of electrical switches arranged about the steering wheel of a vehicle. A rigid member extends continuously about the steering wheel and is resiliently attached thereto and arranged with respect to the switches so that a normal grasp of the steering wheel causes the rigid member to be displaced and at least one of the plurality of switches to change from its normal position. Alarm means are electrically connected with the plurality of switches and with a power supply so that the change of state of a switch from its normal position deactivates the alarm means.