Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for an interface widget tool for automatic QR CODE® generation and display without application launching. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items a merchant at a merchant location using machine-readable codes. A machine-readable code may be provided via a mobile device of a user. In order to provide faster and more efficient code generation, an interface widget or other tool may be provided, which, on selection, may execute API calls to a server of a transaction processor. The transaction processor may generate a code without requiring the user to go through a code generation and processing flow in a corresponding application. The code may be limited in validity and may be presented via the widget. Once scanned, the code may provide encoded data for a financial instrument.

Abstract: In the various aspects and embodiments, the present disclosure provides cell populations or cell “banks” thereof to provide immune compatible, allogeneic cell therapies. In the various aspects and embodiments, the cell populations and progeny thereof maintain sufficient HLA Class I and HLA Class II functionalities, while facilitating patient matching to prevent or reduce graft versus host disease (GVHD) or graft rejection. The disclosure further provides methods for creating the populations by gene editing, and methods for cell therapy involving cells or tissues derived from the cell populations (including but not limited to hematopoietic stem cells, or “HSCs”, progenitors, or progenies thereof).

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for an interface widget tool for automatic QR code generation and display without application launching. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items a merchant at a merchant location using machine-readable codes. A machine-readable code may be provided via a mobile device of a user. In order to provide faster and more efficient code generation, an interface widget or other tool may be provided, which, on selection, may execute API calls to a server of a transaction processor. The transaction processor may generate a code without requiring the user to go through a code generation and processing flow in a corresponding application. The code may be limited in validity and may be presented via the widget. Once scanned, the code may provide encoded data for a financial instrument.

Abstract: A method of operating a device is disclosed. The method includes attempting communication between the device and a separate connecting device. The attempt utilizes a first resistance and determines whether communication is able to occur at a higher speed mode or lower speed mode. If communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode, using the first resistance, communication continues at the higher speed mode. If communication is not able to occur at the higher speed mode, another attempt through a second resistance is tried. The method again includes determining whether communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode through the second resistance. If communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode through the second resistance, communication continues at the higher speed mode. If communication is not able to occur at the higher speed mode, communication stays at the lower speed mode.

Abstract: A data processing device and a method for performing second or next stage of an N point Fast Fourier Transform is suggested. The processing device comprises an input operand memory unit and an input buffer comprising a plurality of addressable memory cells arranged in lines and columns. Furthermore, the device comprises a number of radix-P operation units for producing output operands that are buffered in an output buffer. Input operands are read from the input operand memory unit and buffering into the input buffer. The input operands are stored and fetched from the input buffer according to a reordering scheme that allows efficient parallel processing of the operands by the butterflies and the buffering of subsequent input operands.

Abstract: A data processing device and a method for performing second or next stage of an N point Fast Fourier Transform is suggested. The processing device comprises an input operand memory unit and an input buffer comprising a plurality of addressable memory cells arranged in lines and columns. Furthermore, the device comprises a number of radix-P operation units for producing output operands that are buffered in an output buffer. Input operands are read from the input operand memory unit and buffering into the input buffer. The input operands are stored and fetched from the input buffer according to a reordering scheme that allows efficient parallel processing of the operands by the butterflies and the buffering of subsequent input operands.

Abstract: A method of operating a device is disclosed. The method includes attempting communication between the device and a separate connecting device. The attempt utilizes a first resistance and determines whether communication is able to occur at a higher speed mode or lower speed mode. If communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode, using the first resistance, communication continues at the higher speed mode. If communication is not able to occur at the higher speed mode, another attempt through a second resistance is tried. The method again includes determining whether communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode through the second resistance. If communication is able to occur at the higher speed mode through the second resistance, communication continues at the higher speed mode. If communication is not able to occur at the higher speed mode, communication stays at the lower speed mode.

Abstract: Approaches for a hard-disk drive (HDD) comprising a head slider comprising a thermoelectric embedded contact sensor. The thermoelectric embedded contact sensor may comprise a first and second conductive lead and a metallic component. The metallic component has a different Seebeck coefficient than the first and second conductive leads. A thermoelectric voltage across the metallic component is used to measure the distance between a head slider and a magnetic-recording disk without supplying an electrical current from a hard-disk drive to either of the first conductive lead or the second conductive lead.

Abstract: Approaches for a hard-disk drive (HDD) comprising a head slider comprising a thermoelectric embedded contact sensor. The thermoelectric embedded contact sensor may comprise a first and second conductive lead and a metallic component. The metallic component has a different Seebeck coefficient than the first and second conductive leads. A thermoelectric voltage across the metallic component is used to measure the distance between a head slider and a magnetic-recording disk without supplying an electrical current from a hard-disk drive to either of the first conductive lead or the second conductive lead.

Abstract: A device for detecting disk asperities. The device includes an optical glide head. The glide head is not required to physically contact a disk for detection of the disk asperities. The optical glide head includes a waveguide configured to transmit light onto the disk and receive reflected light from the disk.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for analyzing a user interface. In particular, user interface (UI) elements within the user interface may be analyzed to detect potential issues, such as visual layout issues, functionality issues, and/or other issues with the user interface. In one example, property data of a UI element may be determined. For example, coordinates of the UI element, a string within the UI element, a translation of the string, dimensional units of the UI element, and/or a wide variety of other property data may be determined. The property data may be correlated together (e.g., analyzed) to determine a recommendation. For example, a string size of a string may be compared with a UI size of a UI element to determine whether the string visually fits within the UI element without truncation. In this way, the recommendation may identify issues and/or solutions to such issues.

Abstract: A method of displaying consecutively first and second asynchronous video data streams on a display device, where there is a transition from the first video data stream to the second video data stream. The transition includes interrupting updating the display on the video display device during a prolonged vertical blanking interval in response to assertion of a vertical blanking pulse in the first video stream until subsequent de-assertion of a vertical blanking pulse in the second video stream, and displaying the second video data stream starting with a frame following the subsequent de-assertion of the vertical blanking pulse in the second video stream.

Abstract: A device for detecting disk asperities. The device includes an optical glide head. The glide head is not required to physically contact a disk for detection of the disk asperities. The optical glide head includes a waveguide configured to transmit light onto the disk and receive reflected light from the disk.

Abstract: Described are methods of translating text strings displayed by a user interface application in a source language into text strings in a target language. A translator application creates a dynamic database file containing a mapping of source language text strings to corresponding target language text strings. When a request to translate a source language text string is received, the translator application retrieves a corresponding target language text string from the dynamic database file and displays the target language text string, while the source language text string is also being displayed by the user interface application.

Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus—Mass Storage Device (USB-MSD) based data logger may store data from sensors onto a Secure Digital (SD) card, these stored files may be analyzed on a personal computer (PC) using standard PC applications, then based on the logged data a new file for tuning may be created and transferred to a microcontroller using a desired standard protocol, e.g., MSD protocol. This file may then be decoded by the microcontroller and appropriate peripherals may be operated based on the file data.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a heat affected zone in at least one thin surface layer of metal of a component suitable for use in an HDD comprises: a radiation device for generating a first beam of pulsed laser radiation; an optical device for transmitting the first beam of pulsed laser radiation to the metal on the surface of the component; a first control system for determining the amount of the pulsed laser radiation required to produce a controlled heat affected zone in at least one thin surface layer of metal of the component; and a second control system for determining the location of the pulsed laser radiation on the surface of the component. The embodied apparatus does not require CW laser radiation in conjunction with the pulsed laser radiation to cause bi-directional angular deflection of a free end of the component.

Abstract: A system and method for patterning a master disk or “stamper” to be used for nanoimprinting magnetic recording disks uses an air-bearing slider that supports an aperture structure within the optical near-field of a resist layer on a rotating master disk substrate. Laser pulses directed to the input side of the aperture are output to the resist layer. The aperture structure includes a metal film reflective to the laser radiation with the aperture formed in it. The aperture has a size less than the wavelength of the incident laser radiation and is maintained by the air-bearing slider near the resist layer to within the radiation wavelength. The timing of the laser pulses is controlled to form a pattern of exposed regions in the resist layer, with this pattern ultimately resulting in the desired pattern of data islands and nondata islands in the magnetic recording disks when they are nanoimprinted by the master disk.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-actuatable, self-limiting wear contact pad slider and method for making the same. A protruding element surrounding the transducer is fabricated using a third etch step so that the protruding element has a height that is greater than or equal to the designed fly height of the aerodynamic lift surface minus the disk roughness.

Abstract: The head of a disk drive has write elements disposed on one protrusion pad that wears away during initial operation to permit reduced tolerances and, thus, reduced spacing between the disk and head, with the read element being disposed on a separate protrusion pad and spaced from the write element pad in the radial dimension. This prevents read element recession during cooling in the absence of write current that could otherwise occur if the read element were located on the same pad as the write head.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-actuatable, self-limiting wear contact pad slider and method for making the same. A protruding element surrounding the transducer is fabricated using a third etch step so that the protruding element has a height that is greater than or equal to the designed fly height of the aerodynamic lift surface minus the disk roughness.