Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to credit media segments shared among multiple media assets are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include comparing a sequence of monitored media signatures with a library of reference signatures to determine a signature match, the monitored media signatures representative of a monitored media presentation. Disclosed example methods also include determining duration and offset of the signature match, the offset to represent a position of the signature match relative to a start of a reference media asset associated with the signature match. Disclosed example methods further include crediting a segment of the monitored media presentation represented by the signature match to an identifier of a class of media assets including the reference media asset in response to a determination that (i) the duration of the signature match does not exceed a first threshold and (ii) the offset does not exceed a second threshold.

Abstract: A load control system may include control devices for controlling electrical loads. The control devices may include load control devices, such as a lighting device for controlling an amount of power provided to a lighting load, and input devices, such as a remote control device configured to transmit digital messages comprising lighting control instructions for controlling the lighting load via the lighting device. The remote control device may communicate with the lighting device via an intermediary device, such as a hub device. The remote control device may detect a user interface event, such as a button press or a rotation of the remote control device. The remote control device or the hub device may determine whether to transmit digital messages to as unicast messages or multicast messages based on the type of user interface event detected.

Abstract: A urinal backup flange according to the present invention comprises a central flange portion with an arcuate, recessed bottom that substantially conforms to the cross-sectional shape of an upper portion of a site's piping, and two side or lateral (e.g., ear or wing) portions extending laterally from each lateral end of the central flange portion and having slots for receiving urinal bolts. The urinal backup flange can be provided with one or more apertures and/or protrusions or tabs with apertures in the form of eyelets to allow securement of the device to the wall and/or the a damaged urinal flange already in place. After adjusting alignment and positioning, and optionally replacing the gasket, if necessary, urinal bolts may be used to secure the urinal to the wall through both the damaged urinal flange as well as the urinal backup flange. A urinal flange repair kit comprising the urinal backup flange according to the present invention and a method for its use are also disclosed.

Abstract: An agricultural system includes a tillage implement with a frame, a shank mount coupled to or integrally formed with the frame, a rotary sensor coupled to the shank mount, and a shank coupled to a bracket via a first fastener. The tillage implement also includes a rod assembly with a first end portion coupled to the bracket via a shear bolt that is configured to shear upon contact by the shank and a second end portion coupled to a rotary shaft of the rotary sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus for aligning a latch to a striker of a vehicle door is provided. The apparatus includes a frame configured to be attached to the vehicle door, and a base coupled to the frame. The frame includes a body, a first arm and a second arm. The body defines an opening configured to receive the striker. The first arm extends from the body, and includes a first inner surface. The second arm extends from the body, and includes a second inner surface. The base includes an upper surface that defines a recess that extends inward from the end that abuts the frame. The recess is configured to receive a portion of the striker that passes through the opening in the frame. The first inner surface, the second inner surface, and the upper surface are configured to align the latch to the striker when the vehicle door is closed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated unmanned aerial vehicle recognition. A multiplicity of receivers captures RF data and transmits the RF data to at least one node device. The at least one node device comprises a signal processing engine, a detection engine, a classification engine, and a direction finding engine. The at least one node device is configured with an artificial intelligence algorithm. The detection engine and classification engine are trained to detect and classify signals from unmanned vehicles and their controllers based on processed data from the signal processing engine. The direction finding engine is operable to provide lines of bearing for detected unmanned vehicles.

Abstract: A level shifter, configured to shift an input voltage swing from a first voltage range to a second voltage range, comprising a first stage and a switching stage, with circuitry configured in isolation wells. The first stage includes a first stage input receiving an input signal that swings between a first voltage value and a second voltage, a buffer configured to shift the input signal to vary between a third value and a fourth value, and a first stage output configured to present a first stage output signal. The switching stage comprises switching stage inputs, configured to receive the first stage output signal, switch drivers, and switching devices configured to, responsive to the driver output, generate a switching stage output signal that is a shifted version of the input signal. The switching stage output signal ranges between a fifth voltage value and a sixth voltage value.

Abstract: A system and a method include a container configured to retain one or more liquids. A liquid level sensor is disposed within the container. The liquid level sensor includes a plurality of sensing elements configured to sense a level of the one or more liquids within the container. In at least one example, the sensing elements are optical fibers.

Abstract: Various embodiments of an airfoil and machines with airfoils are disclosed. The airfoils include a thicker leading airfoil portion and a thinner trailing airfoil portion. In one embodiment, the leading airfoil portion is formed by bending a body of the airfoil back toward itself. In another embodiment, the leading airfoil portion has a solid geometry and includes two elliptic surfaces. To prevent detachment of airflow, the leading airfoil portion includes at least two arc portions or surfaces that act to direct the airflow down to the trailing airfoil portion in a manner that stabilizes vortexes that may form in the region of changing thickness.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guiding system for a surgical robotic system, comprising a tool guide (11), a tool (30), an intermediate part (60) mounted on the tool (30), and first and second coupling links (21, 22), and presenting: —a first guiding configuration in which the first coupling link (21, 22) couples the intermediate part (60) and the tool guide (11) so that both are mobile relative to each other according to a unique first degree of freedom corresponding to a translation along a tool guide axis (X); and—a second guiding configuration in which the second coupling link (22) couples the intermediate part (60) and the tool guide (11) so that both are mobile relative to each other according to the first degree of freedom and according to at least one additional degree of freedom.

Abstract: An emitter (200B) comprises an inlet section, at least one pressure reducing section, and an outlet section. The inlet section includes inlet features defining inlet apertures in fluid communication with a lateral flow path. The at least one pressure reducing section is in fluid communication with the inlet section, and the at least one pressure reducing section includes resistance features configured and arranged to reduce pressure in irrigation water flowing through the at least one pressure reducing section. The outlet section is in fluid communication with the at least one pressure reducing section and an at least one outlet aperture in the lateral. The outlet section includes at least one suspension feature configured and arranged to keep any debris in suspension in the irrigation water so that it flows (221) out the at least one outlet aperture with the irrigation water.

Abstract: Rihulose-1,5-bisphosphate oxygenase (RuBisCO) protein fibers and a method of producing them are disclosed herein. The method of producing one or more RuBisCO protein fibers including obtaining RuBisCO, for example from tobacco, combining the RuBisCO with one or more plasticizers, heating the combination of the RuBisCO and the one or more plasticizers up to about 140 degrees C., filtering the heated combination through an about 20 ?m filter, and passing the filtered combination through an orifice to produce one or more RuBisCO protein fibers.

Abstract: A temperature-controllable power line apparatus having: a tubular fluid line element made of an electrically conductive material, in particular metal, preferably copper or aluminum, including corresponding alloys; at least two openings of the fluid line element, which openings are preferably arranged at different ends of the fluid line element; and a free space inside the fluid line element, which free space provides a fluid-guiding connection between the two openings. A strand having a plurality of strand wires, preferably made of copper, is guided fluid line element; the free space extends at least in regions along the fluid line element around the strand; and the strand or the strand wires in at least one connection region is/are placed on the fluid line element, preferably pressed, or vice versa. A method for producing a temperature-controllable power line apparatus and a method for temperature-controlling a power line are further provided.

Abstract: A method is described of estimating at least one dimension of an object represented by a point cloud relating to a scene comprising the object. The estimation takes into account a distance, of at least one of the points of the point cloud, from a center of the point cloud in at least one direction.

Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to the configuration and management of data communications associated with a vehicle. By way of illustrative example, aspects of the present application correspond to identifying vehicle data requested by a user and accessing the identified vehicle data to provide it to the user. Illustratively, the vehicle data request can specify a request for vehicle data as defined in the request and is not limited to any predefined categories of communications that define size, format or type of data that can be returned. The vehicle data can include data generated or collected by a plurality of vehicles, including, but not limited tog logs of information previously collected or generated by sensor and processing components, current vehicle data, or third-party data collected by the vehicle, and the like.

Abstract: An antenna assembly. The antenna assembly may include an antenna, having a loop structure, and a dielectric window, adjacent to the antenna. The antenna assembly may also include a Faraday shield assembly disposed between the antenna and the dielectric window, where the Faraday shield assembly is disposed at least partially around the antenna. The Faraday shield assembly may include a plurality of metallic sections, electrically isolated from one another, where the plurality of metallic sections are arranged into a plurality of shield pairs. As such, a first metallic section and a second metallic section of a given shield pair may be disposed opposite one another and may be electrically connected to one another.

Abstract: A power plant is configured to output power to a grid power system and comprises a hydrogen generation system configured to produce hydrogen, a gas turbine combined cycle power plant comprising a gas turbine engine configured to combust hydrogen from the hydrogen generation system to generate a gas stream that can be used to rotate a turbine shaft and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) configured to generate steam with the gas stream of the gas turbine engine to rotate a steam turbine, a storage system configured to store hydrogen produced by the hydrogen generation system, and a controller configured to operate the hydrogen generation system with electricity from the grid power system when the grid power system has excess energy and balance active and reactive loads on the grid power system using at least one of the hydrogen generation system and the gas turbine combined cycle power plant.

Abstract: Provided herein are intranasal fluid delivery devices and apparatus comprising a dispensing tip a shot chamber carrying a fluid, the shot chamber having a diaphragm at one end and a plunger at the other end, an actuator connected to a push rod moveable toward the shot chamber, and a sheath covering at least a distal end of the dispensing tip, wherein the distal end of the dispensing tip is configured to extend from the sheath and into a subject's nasal cavity.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for managing access to remotely accessed software applications. In embodiments, such techniques may be performed by a service provider platform for software applications capable of being accessed by computing devices. The techniques may involve determining (e.g., based on a software bill of materials) components associated with the software applications, identifying a number of current security threats, and determining, based on the components and current security threats, a risk score associated with each of the software applications. The service provider platform may receive an indication of a level of risk for each of the computing devices in the organization, generate, based on the risk score associated with the software applications and the level of risk for each of the computing devices, policy data for each of the computing devices, and provide the policy data to at least one second computing device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing security risk management using a security risk management engine in a security management system. The security risk management engine operates to provide security risk management based on a contextual security matrix that uses contextual information of a security issue to quantify a security exposure of the security issue. In operation, a security issue identifier for a security issue associated with a computing environment computing device is accessed. Contextual information associated with the security issue is identified. Using a contextual security matrix (CSM), a CSM-based risk score that quantifies a security exposure associated with the security issue is generated. Based on the CSM-based risk score, a security posture visualization associated with the computing environment is generated. The security posture visualization comprises the security issue having the CSM-based risk score.