Abstract: A vehicular dual mode illumination module includes mounting structure configured for mounting at a vehicle, a first light emitting diode (LED) operable to emit visible white light when electrically powered, and a second near-infrared (near-IR) LED operable to emit non-visible near-IR light when electrically powered. When the vehicle is parked and the first LED is electrically powered, the first LED emits visible white light to provide visible illumination at a first region exterior the vehicle. Electrical powering of the first LED is locked-out during movement of the vehicle. When the second near-IR LED is electrically powered, the second near-IR LED emits non-visible near-IR light to illuminate a second region exterior the vehicle and to provide non-visible illumination for a camera viewing the second region. Electrical powering of the second near-IR LED is not locked-out during movement of the vehicle.

Abstract: In a technique for directing network traffic to distribute client service requests among a set of service clusters of a service network, capacity and performance information is regularly obtained for the service clusters and provided to a trained reinforcement-learning (RL) model that integrates learned request-distribution and reward information for the service network. The RL model is operated to regularly update recommendation values for directing the client service requests to the service clusters, and updated recommendation values are regularly provided to a traffic director which directs network traffic at least partly based on the regularly provided updated recommendation values. The traffic director may be realized by a Domain Name System (DNS) server, having an ability to select among candidate service clusters based on weight values reported by the RL model.

Abstract: A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion disposed at a door handle region of a vehicular door, a handle portion attached at the base portion, a radar unit, and a heat dissipating element. The interior portion of the handle portion includes a first zone and a second zone separated from the first zone by a thermally insulating barrier. The radar unit is disposed at and generates heat at the first zone of the interior portion of the handle portion. The heat dissipating element includes a heat pipe. A first end of the heat pipe is in thermal conductivity with the radar unit within the first zone, and a second end of the heat pipe distal from the first end is disposed in the second zone. The heat pipe is configured to dissipate heat from the first zone to the second zone.

Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head pivotable about a mirror support. A mirror reflective element of the mirror head includes a reflective region defined by a mirror reflector that is viewable by a driver of a vehicle viewing the mirror reflective element. A video display device includes a display screen that is operable to display video images. The display screen includes a plurality of micro-LEDs disposed at electrically conductive traces of a circuit element. A width dimension of individual micro-LEDs is less than 500 microns, and a length dimension of individual micro-LEDs is less than 500 microns. Current passed by individual micro-LEDs of the plurality of micro-LEDs when operated is less than 4 mA. The video display device is operable to display at the display screen video images derived from image data captured by a camera of the vehicle.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange.

Abstract: A duct system for an HVAC system of an air-sealed building and a method for conditioning the internal air of the air-sealed building are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of fluidically connecting an inlet duct comprising an inlet damper, between the central duct and an ambient, fluidically connecting an outlet duct comprising an outlet damper, between the central duct and the ambient, and configuring a baffle at a predefined location within one or more of the central duct, the inlet duct, and/or the outlet duct, moving the baffle to a first position, and the inlet damper and the outlet damper to an opened position to enable outflow of internal air from the one or more zones and/or the central duct into the ambient via the outlet duct, and further enable inflow of ambient air into the central duct and/or the one or more zones via the inlet duct.

Abstract: Techniques for monitoring the health of services of a system are disclosed. A system determines that a detected alarm is associated with a service feature, and the service feature is associated with a service of a cloud environment. The system computes a health metric for the service based at least on the detected alarm that is associated with the service feature. Additionally, the system generates a visual representation that includes the health metric for display on a service health interface.

Abstract: Techniques for responding to a trigger event that threatens an operability of at least a portion of a cloud infrastructure of a cloud environment are disclosed. In response to detecting the occurrence of the trigger event, a system executes a mitigation process for mitigating an effect of the trigger event. The mitigation process includes determining a set of candidate services as candidates for stopping execution of operations in the cloud environment. In addition, the mitigation process generates a ranking of the set of candidate services based on weighting metrics associated with respective service features of the set of candidate services. Further, based on the ranking, the mitigation process selects a service of the set of candidate services and stops execution of operations of the service to at least partially mitigate the effect of the trigger event.

Abstract: Techniques for managing resource constraints of a cloud environment are disclosed. A system receives a request to initiate a provisioning process for provisioning a first service in the cloud environment. The system determines a resource constraint associated with a resource that the first service utilizes. Based on the resource constraint, the system determines a set of candidate services that also utilize the resource as candidates for deprovisioning from the cloud environment. The system identifies respective service features of the set of candidate services and generates a ranking of the set of candidate services based on weighting metrics associated with the respective service features. Based on the ranking, the system selects a second service of the set of candidate services for deprovisioning from the cloud environment. The system deprovisions the second service to alleviate the resource constraint and then provisions the first service by executing the provisioning process.

Abstract: Techniques for monitoring the health of services of a system are disclosed. A system determines a health metric for a service in a cloud environment. Additionally, the system determines a first service feature of the service and a plurality of downstream service features that depend on the first service feature. The system determines an impact weight for the first service based on the plurality of downstream service features. Additionally, the system computes a weighted health metric for the service at least by applying the impact weight to the health metric. The system generates a visual representation that includes the weighted health metric for display on a service health interface.

Abstract: A distributed computing system has one or more clusters each including compute nodes connected by a cluster network and executing microservices in respective containers organized into pods. The system includes application slice components (routers, slice gateways) distributed among the clusters to define and operate application slices each providing application slice services for respective sets of pods distributed among the clusters. Each slice gateway provides an interface between local pods of the application slice and remote pods of the application slice on a respective different cluster. Each slice is associated with namespaces, network policies and resource quotas for the applications onboarded on the slice. The slice routers and slice gateways for a given application slice form a respective slice-specific overlay network providing cross-cluster network services including service discovery and traffic forwarding with isolation from other application slices that co-reside on the clusters.

Abstract: A radar sensor assembly includes a sensor printed circuit board (PCB) having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A radar transceiver is disposed at the first side of the sensor PCB and includes a plurality of antennas configured for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) radiation. A heat sink is disposed adjacent to the radar transceiver and is configured to dissipate heat from the radar transceiver. The radar transceiver is sandwiched between the heat sink and the sensor PCB. The heat sink is configured to allow the RF radiation to pass therethrough without guiding the RF radiation.

Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of vehicle cameras disposed at a vehicle, a trailer camera disposed at a trailer, and a video display screen disposed at the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. When the trailer is hitched to the vehicle, the trailer camera captures image data and provides captured image data to an electronic control unit (ECU). The plurality of vehicle cameras capture image data and provide captured image data to the ECU. An auxiliary camera is detachably attached at an exterior side portion of the trailer. With the auxiliary camera detachably attached at the exterior side portion of the trailer and during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle with the trailer hitched to the vehicle, and responsive to a user input, video images derived from the image data captured by the auxiliary camera are displayed for viewing by the driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicular display assembly includes a pixelated display having a plurality of micro-LEDs disposed at a substrate. Packing density of micro-LEDs of the plurality of micro-LEDs at the substrate is at least 10 micro-LEDs per square centimeter. Each individual micro-LED of the plurality of micro-LEDs, when the vehicular display assembly is operated to emit light, may pass less than 4 mA electrical current. The vehicular display assembly is configured to be disposed at a portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular display assembly. With the vehicular display assembly disposed at the portion of the equipped vehicle, light emitted by the plurality of micro-LEDs, when the vehicular display assembly is operated to emit light, is viewable at the portion of the equipped vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicular sensing system includes a sensing device disposed at a vehicle door of a vehicle. The sensing device includes a sensor element and at least one light emitting diode (LED) disposed at a circuit board. The sensing device is disposed behind a panel of the vehicle door of the vehicle, with the sensor element and the at least one LED being disposed at a light transmitting portion of the panel of the vehicle. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to processing at the controller of captured sensor data when the sensor element and the at least one LED are powered, determines a user input corresponding to a particular location and movement of a user's hand at or near the sensing device. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to determining a particular user input of a plurality of user inputs, provides an output.

Abstract: An apparatus for vascular access is described herein. The apparatus can comprise a cart movable from a first location to a second location near a patient, a manipulating device configured to releasably couple a cartridge including a needle, a catheter, and a guidewire that are coaxially disposed with respect to each other, and a robotic arm having a first end mounted to the cart and a second end coupled to the manipulating device. The manipulation device can include a plurality of actuation mechanisms configured to selectively advance the needle, the catheter, and the guidewire when the manipulating device is coupled to the cartridge. The robotic arm can include a plurality of joints that are configured to rotate about a plurality of axes to position the cartridge relative to the arm of the patient such that the needle, the catheter, and the guidewire can be inserted into a target vessel of the patient.

Abstract: Obtaining potential match results for a reference image across a plurality of system sites is disclosed. A computing device of one of the system sites includes a signature generator identifiable as a first version amongst a plurality of versions of a respective plurality of possible signature generators. The computing device is configured to generate, within the first signature generator, a first signature corresponding to a cropped object portion of a larger image. The first signature is distinctive to the first version. The computing device is further configured to determine that the cropped object portion being processed within the computing device is a match result for a similar images search. A server is configured to receive the cropped object portion and the first signature from the computing device.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange.

Abstract: An apparatus for vascular access is described herein. The apparatus can comprise a cart movable from a first location to a second location near a patient, a manipulating device configured to releasably couple a cartridge including a needle, a catheter, and a guidewire that are coaxially disposed with respect to each other, and a robotic arm having a first end mounted to the cart and a second end coupled to the manipulating device. The manipulation device can include a plurality of actuation mechanisms configured to selectively advance the needle, the catheter, and the guidewire when the manipulating device is coupled to the cartridge. The robotic arm can include a plurality of joints that are configured to rotate about a plurality of axes to position the cartridge relative to the arm of the patient such that the needle, the catheter, and the guidewire can be inserted into a target vessel of the patient.

Abstract: A vehicular dual mode illumination module includes mounting structure configured for mounting at a vehicle, a first light emitting diode (LED) operable to emit visible white light when electrically powered, and a second near-infrared (near-IR) LED operable to emit non-visible near-IR light when electrically powered. When the vehicle is parked and the first LED is electrically powered, the first LED emits visible white light to provide visible illumination at a first region exterior the vehicle. Electrical powering of the first LED is locked-out during movement of the vehicle. When the second near-IR LED is electrically powered, the second near-IR LED emits non-visible near-IR light to illuminate a second region exterior the vehicle and to provide non-visible illumination for a camera viewing the second region. Electrical powering of the second near-IR LED is not locked-out during movement of the vehicle.