Abstract: A system continuously monitors, by at least one inspector, an inspection work queue for a class of inspection operation request, detects, by the at least one inspector, the class of inspection operation request in the inspection work queue, removes, by the at least one inspector, the class of inspection operation request from the inspection work queue, determines, by the at least one inspector, one of a class of inspection tool and a specific level of inspection to perform for the class of inspection operation request that references a data object, and executes, by the at least one inspector, the one of the class of inspection tool and the specific level of inspection for the class of inspection operation request that references the data object at one of a certain time and a certain event during a data lifecycle of the data object.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus pneumatic system may include a mattress defining an interior and a pneumatic enclosure in fluid communication with the interior and comprising an inlet and an outlet. A blower may be in fluid communication with the interior and the pneumatic enclosure. A pressure sensor may be configured to detect a pressure at the outlet. A controller may be configured to monitor a speed of the blower and the pressure at the outlet for detecting at least one of an intake blockage condition and an exhaust blockage condition.

Abstract: Each accessory device in a set of accessory devices may establish a respective communication link between the accessory device and an ear-wearable device. A particular accessory device in the set of accessory devices may receive data via the communication link between the particular accessory device and the ear-wearable device. The data comprise information generated based on sensor signals from sensors that monitor a user of the ear-wearable device. The accessory devices perform a health monitoring activity based on the data.

Abstract: Various aspects include devices, systems, and methods for securing an anchoring element to a seafloor. The methods may use a subsea anchorage installation system that may include a subsea grout supply assembly. The subsea grout supply assembly may include a variable volume grout storage chamber, a paddle, and a subsea grout pump. The variable volume grout storage chamber may be configured to transport dry grout to a seafloor. The variable volume grout storage chamber may include a water injection port configured to receive water for mixing with the dry grout on the seafloor. The variable volume grout storage chamber may also be configured to expand from a collapsed configuration as water is injected.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first actuator to rotate the substrate holder, a second actuator to move the substrate holder linearly, a first sensor to generate one or more first measurements or images of the substrate, a second sensor to generate one or more second measurements of target positions on the substrate, and a processing device. The processing device estimates a position of the substrate on the substrate holder and causes the first actuator to rotate the substrate holder about a first axis. The rotation causes an offset between a field of view of the second sensor and a target position on the substrate due to the substrate not being centered on the substrate holder. The processing device causes the second actuator to move the substrate holder linearly along a second axis to correct the offset. The processing device determines a profile across a surface of the substrate based on the one or more second measurements of the target positions.

Abstract: Enforcing shadow stack violations at module granularity, rather than at thread or process granularity. An exception is processed during execution of a thread based on code of an application binary, which is enabled for shadow stack enforcement, that calls an external module. The exception results from a mismatch between a return address popped from the thread's call stack and a return address popped from the thread's shadow stack. Processing the exception includes determining that the exception resulted from execution of an instruction in the external module, and determining whether or not the external module is enabled for shadow stack enforcement. Based at least on these determinations, execution of the thread is terminated when the external module is enabled for shadow stack enforcement, or the thread is permitted to continue executing when the external module is not enabled for shadow stack enforcement.

Abstract: In one example, a method for forming an environmental barrier coating (EBC) and/or abradable coating on a substrate. The method may include depositing a coating on a ceramic or ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate to form an as-deposited coating, wherein the coating includes at least one of an environmental barrier coating (EBC) and an abradable coating. The method further comprises heat treating the as-deposited coating at or above a first temperature for a first period of time following the deposition of the as-deposited coating on the substrate, wherein heat treating the as-deposited coating includes heating the as-deposited coating to or above the first temperature at a controlled rate. The heat treatment may be configured to at least one of decrease the open pores and/or microcracks of the heat-treated coating compared to the as-deposited coating or control a grain size of the heat-treated coating.

Abstract: A monolithic open cell structure apparatus including an open cell structure housing including a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first opening located at the first side, and a second opening located opposite the first opening at a second side. The monolithic open cell structure apparatus also including a filtration portion extending from the first side to the second side within the open cell structure housing. The monolithic open cell structure apparatus further including a retaining partition that at least partially encloses the filtration portion within the open cell structure housing. The monolithic open cell structure apparatus is a single piece including a unitary structure.

Abstract: Occluded image fragments are sorted in size. The largest image fragment is used to size a quadtree node in a layout mask for a disocclusion atlas used to store the image fragments. The sorted image fragments are stored into the disocclusion atlas using the layout mask such as each image fragment is hosted with a best fit quadtree node in the disocclusion atlas. A video signal may be generated by encoding one or more reference images and the disocclusion atlas storing the image fragments. The image fragments can be used by a recipient device to fill disoccluded image data in disoccluded spatial regions in a display image synthesized from the reference images.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to systems and devices for electronically measuring the absolute position of one or more moving targets e.g., along the length of a metal beam using mutual capacitive sensing. The beam may be made of metal and may have a limited inset area to fit a position detection sensor device along its length. The moving targets may have no active elements and the position of multiple targets may be detected simultaneously along the beam. The systems and devices described herein do not utilize electronic position feedback and instead rely on an integrated ruler and minimize the total number of sensors required to support recalibration, thereby minimizing scan time (more sensors results in a linear increase in scan time).

Abstract: Saliency regions are identified in a global scene depicted by volumetric video. Saliency video streams that track the saliency regions are generated. Each saliency video stream tracks a respective saliency region. A saliency stream based representation of the volumetric video is generated to include the saliency video streams. The saliency stream based representation of the volumetric video is transmitted to a video streaming client.

Abstract: A system and method for estimating a caloric expenditure by a user for a workout. A system includes one or more wearable sensors configured to be worn by the user, each sensing biometric data and/or performance data about the user during the workout. A mobile computing device includes a memory that stores a user profile for the user and a metabolic equivalent of tasks (METs) table, and one or more communication inputs for receiving the biometric data from the one or more wearable sensors. A computer processor associated with the mobile computing device is configured by an application to calculate the caloric expenditure by the user for the workout according to one or more fields of the METs table and the user profile, and based on the workout defined by the application.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for a consumable good having an inner coating layer comprising antioxidant, a process for preparing such a container, and the use of said container for the storage of a consumable good, and the use of an antioxidant as an additive to coating layers of such containers.

Abstract: A droplet ejector assembly for a printhead comprises a substrate, the substrate comprising a CMOS control circuit, a plurality of layers on the first surface of the substrate, a fluid chamber having a droplet ejection outlet, and a piezoelectric actuator element formed by one or more said layers and comprising first and second electrodes in contact with a piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric actuator element defines part of the fluid chamber. At least one said electrode electrically is connected to the CMOS control circuit. The droplet ejector comprises a fluid chamber having a droplet ejection outlet. The piezoelectric actuator element is separate to the droplet ejection outlet and the piezoelectric body is formed of one or more piezoelectric materials processable at a temperature below 450° C. Thus, a CMOS control circuit is integrated with a droplet ejector assembly.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to an ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer. The device comprises an enclosure configured to be supported by or in an ear of the wearer. Electronic circuitry is disposed in the enclosure and comprises a wireless transceiver. An antenna is situated in or on the enclosure and coupled to the wireless transceiver. The antenna comprises a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a strap comprising a reactive component connected to the first and second antenna elements.

Abstract: A system and method for providing recommendations for a workout by a user. The system includes a workout engine configured to select the workout for the user based on user input and/or historical data, and one or more data sources, each of the one or more data sources providing information associated with the user and/or the workout. The system further includes a recommendation engine configured to receive the information associated with the user and/or the workout from the one or more data sources, and to generate one or more recommendations about the workout and/or the user before, during and/or after the workout by the user, the one or more recommendations being configured to optimize the performance of the workout by the user.

Abstract: A system includes a robot with a robot arm having multiple joints and an end effector to carry a substrate. A processing device is to build, with respect to a joint space for the multiple joints and the end effector, a graph of reachable positions and sub-paths between the reachable positions, wherein the reachable positions and the sub-paths satisfy Cartesian limits within the joint space. The processing device is to determine, by executing a graph optimization algorithm on the graph, multiple paths, each made up of a group of the sub-paths and having one of a shortest distance or a lowest cost between a start point and an end point of the end effector. The processing device is to select a path, of the multiple paths, through the graph that minimizes a move time of the end effector between the start point and the end point.

Abstract: A control system in an atmospheric suit includes a broadcast-type controller area network (CAN) bus and a plurality of motor controllers coupled to the CAN bus. Each of the plurality of motor controllers has a same software design and performs a different control operation based on an assigned hardware address. The control system also includes one or more sensors to sense one or more parameter values in the atmospheric suit and to provide the one or more parameter values on the CAN bus. A primary controller communicates with the plurality of motor controllers via the CAN bus and provides communication to a wearer of the atmospheric suit or communication outside the atmospheric suit outside the CAN bus.

Abstract: An antenna system for a wearable device comprises an antenna that includes a plurality of elements. The elements include an antenna element that comprises an electrically conductive material. The antenna also includes one or more feed points configured for operable coupling to a wireless transceiver. Additionally, the antenna includes a set of one or more switch units. For each respective switch unit of the set of switch units: the respective switch unit is connected to one or more elements of the respective switch unit in the plurality of elements, a flow of electrical current to the one or more elements connected to the respective switch unit is dependent on a switch state of the respective switch unit. A radiation characteristic of the antenna is dependent on the switch states of the switch units.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to methods of digesting ?-amylase/trypsin inhibitors (ATI), and to the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an ?-amylase/trypsin inhibitor (ATI) mediated conditions.