Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first set of data obtained from an inertial measurement unit of the vehicle; receiving, by the processor, a second set of data obtained from a global positioning system of the vehicle; receiving, by the processor, a third set of data obtained from a camera of the vehicle; determining, by the processor, at least two vehicle states relative to markings of a lane by processing the first set of data, the second set of data, and the third set of data as measurement with an extended Kalman filter; and controlling, by the processor, the vehicle based on the at least two vehicle states.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for making clear ice. In one embodiment, a method for making clear ice includes providing a mold of any of the embodiments described herein, optionally inserting a skewer through the mold, the skewer being coupled to an item; circulating, using fluid inlet and outlet valves, a fluid in a mold cavity defined by the mold; varying overtime one or both of: a temperature of the cooling apparatus or a fluid flow rate, through the fluid inlet valve, as a percentage of max flow; and optionally retracting the skewer when the ice formation encases at least a portion of the item. In some embodiments, the method optionally includes a period of flow reversal, such that the fluid inlet valve becomes the fluid outlet valve and the fluid outlet valve becomes the fluid inlet valve. In some embodiments, the method optionally includes releasing the ice from the mold.

Abstract: A method for generating a training data set to train an artificial intelligence module for assisting air traffic control, including the steps of providing a first layer of historical flight data comprising trajectory data of aircraft, the trajectory data comprising track data, flight level data or speed data along time steps (t) of the trajectory, detecting a change in the trajectory data, the change occurring at a time step t2 along the trajectory, in either track data, flight level data or speed data of at least an aircraft, labelling, by a labelling module, in a time or distance t1 located before t2 in the trajectory of the aircraft with the detected change such that the detected change is configured to correspond with an instruction given by an air traffic controller to the aircraft, the labelled historical flight data generating a training data set for the artificial intelligence module.

Abstract: A system for discovery of all devices and drives connected directly or indirectly to a backplane uses a MCU to send a communication to a controller on a platform to determine a type of upstream connection between the backplane and the platform and generate a data structure containing the information. The MCU then searches for ports on the backplane to identify devices directly connected to the backplane. The MCU searches for connectors connected to the ports to identify possible other devices and drives. The MCU searches for slot information for slots connected to the downstream connectors. The connector information, port information and slot information is stored in the data structure and the data structure is communicated to a CPLD on the platform for use by a BIOS.

Abstract: A BIOS platform configuration system includes a BIOS coupled to hardware subsystems. During initialization operations, the BIOS communicates with each of the hardware subsystems and retrieves respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems and that describes at least a portion of a communication route between that hardware subsystem and at least one other hardware subsystem. The BIOS then combines the respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems to generate configuration information that describes complete communication routes between each of the hardware subsystems, and configures at least one of the hardware subsystems using the configuration information.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to drains in bathing environments. A drain fitting device can have a motor to actuate a cam to maneuver a drain stopper, enabling the flow of fluid through a drain inlet of a bathing environment. The drain fitting device can provide a motorized or actuated method for a user to quickly and reliably open a drain stopper of a bathing environment.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: activating, on a device, a world view camera; obtaining, using the world view camera, world view image data; activating, on the device, a front view camera; obtaining, using the front view camera, front view image data; and providing, on a display of the device, a view displaying the front view image data and the world view image data. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: An automated device discovery system includes a chassis defining device slots, with device connectors located adjacent each of the device slots. A bus subsystem and a reset subsystem are coupled to the device connectors. A processing system, which is coupled to each of the at least one bus system and the reset subsystem, causes the reset subsystem to sequentially assert reset instructions through each of the device connectors in a device slot sequence. The processing system then sequentially detects, via bus paths in the bus subsystem, each device that is located in one the device slots and coupled to its respective device connector based on reset operations performed by that device in response to the sequentially asserted reset instructions. The processing system then maps each device that was detected with a respective device slot identifier that corresponds to the device slot sequence in which the reset instructions were asserted.

Abstract: For application switching, a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a display, an input module that monitors user input for a switching command, an axis module that determines whether the switching command is along a first axis or along a second axis, the first axis being orthogonal to the second axis, and a switching module that presents a next application on the display in response to the switching command being along the first axis and that presents a next instance of a current application on the display in response to the switching command being along the second axis. In certain embodiments, the first axis comprises a vertical axis with respect to the display and the second axis comprises a horizontal axis with respect to the display.

Abstract: A BIOS platform configuration system includes a BIOS coupled to hardware subsystems. During initialization operations, the BIOS communicates with each of the hardware subsystems and retrieves respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems and that describes at least a portion of a communication route between that hardware subsystem and at least one other hardware subsystem. The BIOS then combines the respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems to generate configuration information that describes complete communication routes between each of the hardware subsystems, and configures at least one of the hardware subsystems using the configuration information.

Abstract: A BIOS platform configuration system includes a BIOS coupled to hardware subsystems. During initialization operations, the BIOS communicates with each of the hardware subsystems and retrieves respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems and that describes at least a portion of a communication route between that hardware subsystem and at least one other hardware subsystem. The BIOS then combines the respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems to generate configuration information that describes complete communication routes between each of the hardware subsystems, and configures at least one of the hardware subsystems using the configuration information.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to drains in bathing environments. A drain fitting device can have a motor to actuate a cam to maneuver a drain stopper, enabling the flow of fluid through a drain inlet of a bathing environment. The drain fitting device can provide a motorized or actuated method for a user to quickly and reliably open a drain stopper of a bathing environment.

Abstract: In the operation of analytical devices, and particularly laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) devices, a number of advantages may be obtained by the use of complementary safety mechanisms, such as those that govern the operation or firing of a laser. Such complementary safety mechanisms, compared to the individual safety mechanisms acting alone, prevent operation of the laser under a greater number of unsafe circumstances (even if one or more detected conditions are safe, based on not activating the associated safety mechanism) and permits operation under a greater number of safe circumstances (even if one or more detected conditions are unsafe, based on activating the associated safety mechanism).

Abstract: An information handling system includes a memory and a central processing unit. The memory stores a boot image for a boot process of the information handling system. The central processing unit loads the boot image and executes the boot process. During the boot process, the central processing unit performs a pre-EFI initialization phase that configures a socket of the central processing unit during an auto-discovery of the socket, and stores the socket configuration in a memory.

Abstract: A BIOS platform configuration system includes a BIOS coupled to hardware subsystems. During initialization operations, the BIOS communicates with each of the hardware subsystems and retrieves respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems and that describes at least a portion of a communication route between that hardware subsystem and at least one other hardware subsystem. The BIOS then combines the respective hardware subsystem information that is associated with each of the hardware subsystems to generate configuration information that describes complete communication routes between each of the hardware subsystems, and configures at least one of the hardware subsystems using the configuration information.

Abstract: A forwarding unit for a SDN system is provided, the forwarding unit being configured to forward data packets and comprising a memory module for storing at least one forwarding rule and a forwarding rule managing module, wherein the forwarding rule managing module is configured to activate the at least one forwarding rule according to a preset time condition and wherein the preset time condition comprises at least two activation times of the at least one forwarding rule and wherein the forwarding rule managing module is configured to activate the at least one forwarding rule at any one of the at least two activation times.

Abstract: The invention principally relates to a method of detecting a disease agent in blood, comprising: (i) creating a sample infra-red spectrum representative of the blood, with one or more spectral components, each having a wavenumber and absorbance value; (ii) providing a reference database of spectral models, each model having one or more database spectral components of a wavenumber and an absorbance value, wherein the database spectral components identify disease agents; (iii) determining whether one or more database spectral components corresponds to one or more sample spectral components, and (iv) compiling a list of corresponding database components identified.

Abstract: An aircraft includes a clearance between an opening and a door. The clearance communicates with a cavity and is oriented in a direction intersecting a flow direction of an air flow to the outside of the aircraft in flight. The aircraft further includes an upstream edge and an upstream outer surface situated in front of the clearance joined by a sharp edge with a bend radius of less than or equal to 1 mm, in order to limit the incidence of aerodynamic noise.

Abstract: The present invention relates to co-crystals of ibrutinib and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as well as a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: A composition comprising from 60-80 wt % alcohol alkoxy sulfates, 2-20 wt % of polyalkoxy sulfates and water wherein the alcohol alkoxy sulfates are of the formula R—O—(C3H6O)x—(C2H4O)y—SO3 where R is an alkyl group having from 9 to 18 carbon atoms, x is from 1 to 40, y is from 0 to 20 and x+y is from 1 to 60.