Abstract: A phased array ultrasonic testing device for positioning first and second phased array probes relative to a surface of a material to be tested. The testing device includes a first wedge configured to receive and orient the first phased array probe relative to the surface. A second wedge is configured to receive and orient the second phased array probe relative to the surface. A coupling structure is mounted to the first and second wedges and configured to selectively provide for the first and second wedges to move parallel to one another in a first direction and restrict relative movement of the first and second wedges in other directions.

Abstract: An apparatus, including a drone which is assigned to a venue and programmed or configured for flight, navigation, or operation, within an interior of the venue. The drone is activated upon an occurrence of a drone activation event, and the drone flies or navigates inside the venue in response to the drone activation event. The drone finds or locates an individual or an animal inside the venue, and initiates a communication link with a communication device, wherein the communication device is located at a location remote from the venue. An audio recording device or a video recording device of or at the drone records audio information or video information, and the drone transmits the audio information or the video information to the communication device or to a computer. The computer is located at a location remote from the venue. The drone provides audio information via a speaker.

Abstract: A system for energy conversion that includes a propulsion system, a fuel circuit, a combustion device, a turbine, and a load device. The fuel circuit is in fluid communication with a fuel tank and a fuel flow control device that separates a flow of fuel into a first portion and a second portion. The combustion device receives a flow of oxidizer and the second portion of fuel to generate combustion gases. The turbine receives the combustion gases from the combustion device via a fluid circuit. The load device is operably coupled to the turbine via a driveshaft and is configured to receive torque from the driveshaft.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to be head-worn by a user, includes: a transparent screen configured to allow the user to see therethrough; a sensor system configured to sense a characteristic of a physical object in an environment in which the user is located; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor system, the processing unit configured to: cause the screen to display a user-controllable object, and cause the screen to display an image of a feature that is resulted from a virtual interaction between the user-controllable object and the physical object, so that the feature will appear to be a part of the physical object in the environment or appear to be emanating from the physical object.

Abstract: Techniques for selecting and providing highly targeted, interactive advertisements in a personalized manner. These advertisements may be audio-only advertisements, video-only advertisements, or advertisements that include both audio and video. As described below, advertisements may be selected and/or generated for a particular user based on an array of factors, including the user's interactions with multiple different client devices (e.g., a tablet computing device, a voice-controlled device, a television etc.), as well as additional behavior of the user. In some instances, the client devices may include a voice-controlled device that the user interacts with via voice commands and that provides audible content for output to the user.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically summarizing event-related data using artificial intelligence techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining text-based data and non-text-based data associated with at least one virtual event comprising one or more participants; generating a content-related summarization of one or more of at least a portion of the text-based data and at least a portion of the non-text-based data using at least a first set of one or more artificial intelligence techniques; generating a participant sentiment-related summarization associated with one or more of at least a portion of the text-based data and at least a portion of the non-text-based data using at least a second set of one or more artificial intelligence techniques; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on one or more of the content-related summarization and the participant sentiment-related summarization.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a processor having a functional slice architecture. The processor is divided into tiles (or functional units) organized into a plurality of functional slices. The functional slices are configured to perform specific operations within the processor, which includes memory slices for storing operand data and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data (e.g., vector processing, matrix manipulation). The processor includes a plurality of functional slices of a module type, each functional slice having a plurality of tiles. The processor further includes a plurality of data transport lanes for transporting data in a direction indicated in a corresponding instruction. The processor also includes a plurality of instruction queues, each instruction queue associated with a corresponding functional slice of the plurality of functional slices, wherein the instructions in the instruction queues comprise a functional slice specific operation code.

Abstract: A system and method for content creation via interactive layers is provided. A mutable general object on which to build an artefact is stored. The mutable general object includes a plurality of n-dimensional data units capable of being rendered in a multi-dimensional display. An environment represented by the artefact is displayed. The artefact includes layers that each represent a different characteristic of the environment. Each layer includes a generator and layer parameters. A unique identifier is assigned to each layer. The identifiers for the layers of the artefact are composited and the composited identifiers are stored. Upon accessing the composited identifiers, the artefact is reconfigured for display using the generator and layer parameters from each of the layers.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a central processing unit, a power source, a first distance measuring device, a first compressible member, and a first housing pin, where the central processing unit is electrically coupled to the power source and the first distance measuring device. A first end of the first compressible member is mechanically coupled to a first end of the first housing pin and a second end of the first compressible member is mechanically coupled to an inner surface of the enclosure. The first distance measuring device positioned at the second end of the first compressible member, where the first distance measuring device is configured to measure a first distance to the first end of the first housing pin. A first key pin of a key structure disposed in the enclosure, where the first key pin is configured to compress the first compressible member the first distance.

Abstract: An audio controlled assistant captures environmental noise and converts the environmental noise into audio signals. The audio signals are provided to a system which analyzes the audio signals for a plurality of audio prompts, which have been customized for the acoustic environment surrounding the audio controlled assistant by an acoustic modeling system. The system configured to detect the presence of an audio prompt in the audio signals and transmit instructions associated with the detected audio prompt to at least one of the audio controlled assistant or one or more cloud based services, in response.

Abstract: An audio controlled assistant captures environmental noise and converts the environmental noise into audio signals. The audio signals are provided to a system which analyzes the audio signals for a plurality of audio prompts, which have been customized for the acoustic environment surrounding the audio controlled assistant by an acoustic modeling system. The system configured to detect the presence of an audio prompt in the audio signals and transmit instructions associated with the detected audio prompt to at least one of the audio controlled assistant or one or more cloud based services, in response.

Abstract: An impact driver, in accordance with one embodiment, includes a rotatable shaft, and a rotating driver mechanism configured to rotate the shaft. A first mass is positioned to selectively strike the rotating driver mechanism for inducing a rotation of the shaft in a first direction. A first inductor is positioned to accelerate the first mass toward the rotating driver mechanism. A computer-implemented method, in accordance with one embodiment, includes repeatedly activating a first inductor for repeatedly accelerating a first mass toward a rotating driver mechanism to selectively strike the rotating driver mechanism for inducing a rotation of a shaft in a first direction. In response to receiving an indication that rotation of the shaft is detected, the repeated activation is terminated.

Abstract: In one aspect, an example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes, by a virtual event assistant, joining an online meeting and receiving a content of the online meeting in real-time, the content including an audio stream and a video stream of the online meeting. The method also includes, by the virtual event assistant, generating a summarized content of the online meeting based on a transcript of the online meeting, wherein generating the summarized content includes applying one or more artificial intelligence (AI)-based techniques to the transcript of the online meeting. The method further includes, by the virtual meeting assistant, determining contextual metadata of the online meeting based on analysis of the content of the online meeting. The method may also include providing the summarized content with the contextual metadata of the online meeting for playback by a user, for example.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a depth sensor. A configuration operation can be performed by storing a first sequence of operation steps which define a first depth sensing mode of operation, and a second sequence of operation steps which define a second depth sensing mode of operation, in the memory. In response to a first request for depth measurements according to the first depth sensing mode of operation, the depth sensor can be operated in the first mode of operation by causing it to execute the first sequence of operation steps. In response to a second request for depth measurements according to the second depth sensing mode of operation, and without performing an additional configuration operation, the depth sensor can be operated in the second mode of operation by causing it to execute the second sequence of operation steps.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to be head-worn by a user, includes: a transparent screen configured to allow the user to see therethrough; a sensor system configured to sense a characteristic of a physical object in an environment in which the user is located; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor system, the processing unit configured to: cause the screen to display a user-controllable object, and cause the screen to display an image of a feature that is resulted from a virtual interaction between the user-controllable object and the physical object, so that the feature will appear to be a part of the physical object in the environment or appear to be emanating from the physical object.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a processor having a functional slice architecture. The processor is divided into tiles (or functional units) organized into a plurality of functional slices. The functional slices are configured to perform specific operations within the processor, which includes memory slices for storing operand data and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data (e.g., vector processing, matrix manipulation). The processor includes a plurality of functional slices of a module type, each functional slice having a plurality of tiles. The processor further includes a plurality of data transport lanes for transporting data in a direction indicated in a corresponding instruction. The processor also includes a plurality of instruction queues, each instruction queue associated with a corresponding functional slice of the plurality of functional slices, wherein the instructions in the instruction queues comprise a functional slice specific operation code.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a virtual reality (VR) simulation of a retail store, which simulation is configured and displayed on an immersive VR display device that enables a user to experience the simulated retail store as if it were a physical retail store. The systems enable the user to arrange display cases and other interior store components, and to populate shelves, racks, and the like, with products to be sold in the retail store. A VR platform enables multiple users to synchronously view the VR simulation and make coordinated changes to develop an optimized configuration of the retail store. Marketing, sales, merchant, and other data may be collected, aggregated, and analyzed to identify purchase trends of certain products; the analyzed data may identify user shopping preferences, and the VR platform may generate a customized retail store including only products relevant to a user.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to parse textual data using parallel computing devices. In at least one embodiment, text is parsed by a plurality of parallel processing units using a finite state machine and logical stack to convert the text to a tree data structure. Data is extracted from the tree by the plurality of parallel processors and stored.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a processor having a functional slice architecture. The processor is divided into tiles (or functional units) organized into a plurality of functional slices. The functional slices are configured to perform specific operations within the processor, which includes memory slices for storing operand data and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data (e.g., vector processing, matrix manipulation). The processor includes a plurality of functional slices of a module type, each functional slice having a plurality of tiles. The processor further includes a plurality of data transport lanes for transporting data in a direction indicated in a corresponding instruction. The processor also includes a plurality of instruction queues, each instruction queue associated with a corresponding functional slice of the plurality of functional slices, wherein the instructions in the instruction queues comprise a functional slice specific operation code.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing using carbon nanotubes are provided. In embodiments a stack of nanotubes are formed and then a non-destructive removal process is utilized to reduce the thickness of the stack of nanotubes. A device such as a transistor may then be formed from the reduced stack of nanotubes.