Abstract: In some implementations, a memory apparatus may compress a physical page table associated with a logical-to-physical (L2P) table, to obtain a compressed version of the physical page table, wherein the physical page table is associated with logical block address (LBA) and physical address pairs, wherein the compressed version is associated with a set of groups of LBAs and an exception list, and wherein the compressed version includes an indication of physical addresses associated with respective starting LBAs included in the set of groups and includes sequentiality indications for respective groups from the set of groups. The memory apparatus may receive, from a host system, a command indicating an LBA that is associated with the physical page table. The memory apparatus may perform a lookup operation using the compressed version of the physical page table to identify a physical address associated with the LBA.

Abstract: A bias circuit for a RF amplifier is described. The bias circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor configured as a first current mirror. A first current source is arranged between a supply node and the first transistor first terminal. An output of the bias circuit is coupled to the second transistor second terminal. A second current mirror coupled to the first current mirror and the bias circuit output. The bias circuit includes a first resistor coupled between a first transistor control terminal and a second transistor control terminal and a variable capacitor coupled between the second transistor control terminal and a ground.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for streaming or playing back stereoscopic content are described. Camera dependent correction information is communicated to a playback device and applied in the playback device to compensate for distortions introduced by the lenses of individual cameras. By performing lens dependent distortion compensation in the playback device edges which might be lost if correction were performed prior to encoding are preserved. Distortion correction information maybe in the form of UV map correction information. The correction information may indicate changes to be made to information in a UV map, e.g., at rendering time, to compensate for distortions specific to an individual camera. Different sets of correction information maybe communicated and used for different cameras of a stereoscopic pair which provide images that are rendered using the same UV map. The communicated correction information is sometimes called a correction mesh since it is used to correct mesh related information.

Abstract: A docking station operable in a plurality of modes is disclosed. An example method includes obtaining first data via a first interface of the docking station configured to couple the docking station to a computing device and second data via a second interface of the docking station configured to communicate with a network, responsive to operating in a first mode, obtaining third data via the second interface of the docking station, responsive to operating in a second mode, and selectively outputting the first and the second data, or the third data, to a display based on whether the docking station operates in the first or the second mode. The selectively outputting includes determining that the computing device is not coupled to the docking station, and in response, processing the third data by an application installed in a secure sandbox, and outputting the processed third data to the display.

Abstract: A user input system for providing input to a robotic surgical system for use in commanding motion of the robotic manipulator utilizes a surgeon input tool configured to be worn or held by a user. The surgeon input tool includes a plurality of LEDs, each emitting at different blink frequency and duty cycle. Event-based cameras disposed around a surgeon console are used to capture user movement of the surgeon input tool. The system receives input from the event cameras in response to sensing of light from the LEDs on the surgeon input tool, and uses that information to estimated position and/or orientation of the surgeon input tool. Motion commands corresponding to desired movement of the surgical instrument by the robotic manipulator arm are generated based on the estimated position or pose.

Abstract: Solutions are disclosed that enable capacity-aware local repair of tunnels in packet switched wide area networks (WANs). Traffic engineering agents on the routers are programmed to create the tunnels and include sets of primary and alternate tunnels sharing the same source and destination. A tunnel source router is provided a traffic split for allocating incoming traffic to its primary and alternate tunnels for when the primary tunnel is operating at or near full capacity operation, and another traffic split that shifts at least some traffic from the primary tunnel to the alternate tunnel, when the primary tunnel's capacity drops below a threshold. A tunnel may lose capacity for commonly-occurring reasons, such as a disturbance to cabling and faults in optical transceivers. Traffic engineering agents along the tunnel report capacity to the tunnel source router, permitting the network to respond to capacity changes more rapidly than waiting for network tunnel reconfiguration.

Abstract: An operating theatre light comprising at least one environmental sensor. The operating theatre light includes a sensor housing attached to the operating theatre light. The sensor housing defines an enclosure containing the at least one environmental sensor. The sensor housing is protected (e.g. sealed) against the ingress of liquid to the enclosure. The operating theatre light may have a transmitter or transceiver or wired connection for transmitting environmental sensor data produced by the at least one environmental sensor. An operating theatre system comprising the operating theatre light and a control panel comprising a receiver or transceiver configured to receive environmental sensor data transmitted by the operating theatre light.

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: A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, or tag, is affixed to a particular item and stores unique identifying information about that item. It can be queried with a reader that transmits wireless signals to the tag and receive the tag's responses, which can be correlated with information in inventory records. Conventionally, when a reader stops receiving a tag's responses to these queries, the inventory records are updated to show that the tag and associated item have been removed from the inventory. But a tag can stop producing detectable response for other reasons, including being too close to other tags, so simply removing the tag and item can lead to inaccurate inventory records. Stateful inventory technology address this problem by maintaining and transitioning tags among different states, including a stale state for tags that have not been read recently, depending on when and where the tags were last read.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, computer program product, and method use a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a first floor height (FFH) and a FFH elevation (FFE) of a building. The FFH, and FFE of the building are determined with respect to the terrain or surface of the parcel of land on which the building is located. In turn, by knowing the FFH and/or FFE of the building on the parcel, it is possible to use that information while performing a flood risk assessment to a property without requiring a personal inspection of the parcel by a human.

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: The present invention relates to a new bio-based methyl dihydrojasmonate and cyclopentanone. Methyl dihydrojasmonate having a bio-based carbon content greater than or equal to 30% and/or a number of carbon atoms from bio-based origin greater than or equal to 2, and cyclopentanone having a bio-based carbon content higher or equal to 50% or a number of carbon atoms from bio-based origin greater than or equal to 2 are described. The invention further relates to a process for their preparations and the use of such compounds.

Abstract: A resilient unit 2400 is made up of modules 2400A-2400E, each comprising a central core of pocketed springs and a peripheral frame comprising one or more pads or blocks of recyclable polymeric material. Intermediate modules 2400C, 2400D and 2400E are provided between base module 2400A and upper module 2400B. The intermediate modules can be selected and combined to provide a mattress with very specific characteristics, in accordance with a user's requirements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the processing of waste plastics (end-of-life plastic) to obtain hydrocarbons for the production of fuel or further plastics. A method of controlling a process for pyrolysis, comprising: charging a reactor vessel with plastic material: processing the plastics material by: heating the reactor vessel to pyrolyse the plastics material: driving an agitator within the reactor vessel to mix the material in the reactor vessel: and receiving hydrocarbon vapour from the reactor vessel: monitoring one or more parameter(s) consisting of: the agitator load: and/or a plurality of temperatures at a plurality of different heights within the reactor vessel: and/or the temperature of vapour received from the reactor vessel: and in response to the monitored parameter(s): modifying the heating and/or driving: and/or concluding the processing.

Abstract: A photovoltaic system is formed as a window that is constructed of at least one polymer layer that is filled or decorated with metal nanoparticles and a window frame that includes one or more photovoltaic cells. The metal nanoparticles have a shape and size such that they display surface plasmon resonance frequencies in the near-infrared and/or the near-ultraviolet. The near-infrared and/or the near-ultraviolet radiations are scattered such that they are transmitted parallel to the face of the window to the photovoltaic cells, where an electrical current is generated.

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: Disclosed is a battery control system configured to perform a method comprising receiving a signal indicative of a temperature of the battery at a first time, comparing a difference between the temperature of the battery at the first time to a baseline fast-rise temperature to obtain a fast-rise temperature difference, outputting a battery fast-rise temperature signal if the fast-rise temperature difference exceeds a fast-rise temperature difference limit, receiving a signal indicative of the temperature of the battery at a second time, comparing a difference between the temperature of the battery at the second time to a baseline slow-rise temperature to obtain a slow-rise temperature difference, outputting a battery slow-rise temperature signal if the slow-rise temperature difference exceeds a slow-rise temperature difference limit, and setting the baseline slow-rise temperature to the temperature of the battery at the second time if the slow-rise temperature difference is below the slow-rise temperature dif

Abstract: An illustrative data storage system is configured to efficiently copy virtual machines across different protocols/formats. For example, a storage system virtually copies images of a virtual machine from a first type of presented storage format to a second type of presented storage format. As another example, a storage system virtually copies a source virtual machine image into a block object to form a file of a block-object-based file system configured to present the virtually copied virtual machine image through a file-based protocol to a virtual machine host.

Abstract: A process for treating elastomeric materials with supercritical CO2 such that they can be used or reused as intended prior to exposure to supercritical CO2.