Abstract: A connector terminating an end of an electrical cable includes an outer surface, and a radio frequency (RF) sensor tag is secured to the connector outer surface and includes a temperature sensor and an antenna. In response to the RF sensor tag receiving an interrogation signal from a remote RF reader, the temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the connector and generate a temperature data signal, and the antenna is configured to transmit the temperature data signal to the remote RF reader.

Abstract: A technique for identifying an opt-out status for a user's mobile or other computing device without relying exclusively on client-side storage or primarily on the use of non-determinative mechanisms is discussed. Embodiments provide server-based or otherwise hosted techniques of accurately identifying devices of users that wish to opt-out of having their device activity tracked. These techniques enable accurate identification of a device's opt-out status even in the absence of a client-side opt-out indicator.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention provide a photovoltaic concentrator tile for a space-based solar power (SBSP) system including constituent components thereof. In a number of embodiments, the photovoltaic concentrator tile include a one photovoltaic cell, a reflector, a power transmitter and circuitry configured to perform a variety of control functions. Embodiments also provide compactible structures, materials for improving thermal emissivity, and methods and mechanisms for manufacturing and using these components.

Abstract: A system is described that turns off a high power, power supply when a device no longer needs high power. A low power, power supply or a rechargeable battery provides power to determine when the device again needs high power. The low power supply consumes a minimum possible power when the device does not need high power and the power rechargeable battery is not charged. That is, the high power and low power, power supplies are turned on or off based on the real time power consumption need of the device and the charged state of the battery. The power need of the device is monitored by a current shunt monitoring circuit and a control signal monitoring circuit.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a digital color camera includes, for each of three primary colors used in a field sequential color virtual image, determining a conversion model for each color using RGB values and the color-measurement values. For each primary color, the method includes illuminating a display device using an input light beam of a primary color having spectral properties representative of a light beam in a virtual image in a wearable device. The method includes capturing, with the digital color camera, an image of the display device, and determining, from the image, RGB values for each primary color. The method includes capturing, with a color-measurement device, a color-measurement value associated with each corresponding primary color at the display device, thereby acquiring a color-measurement value in an absolute color space. A conversion model for each color is determined using RGB values and the color-measurement values.

Abstract: A system and a method for object detection using augmented training dataset. The system includes a computing device, which is configured to: provide a two-dimensional (2D) image, extract feature vectors and estimate depths of 2D image pixels, generate a point cloud using the feature vectors and the depths, and project the point cloud using a new camera pose to obtain a projected image. The 2D image has a bounding box enclosing an object and labeled with the object. Each pixel within the bounding box is named bounding box pixel, each point in the point cloud corresponding to the bounding box pixel is named bounding box point, each image pixel in the projected image corresponding to the bounding box point is named projected bounding box pixel, and a projected bounding box is defined using the projected bounding box pixels and labeled with the object.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a communications interface and a management server. The management server is configured to access servers through the interface, determine that additional resources are needed for execution by a system, and determine that one of the servers is in a standby mode. In the standby mode, the server is powered down and a baseboard management controller (BMC) therein is only powered through a connection from the apparatus or another server of the network. The management server is configured to determine that additional resources for execution by the system from the server are to be activated and cause a wake-up signal to be sent to the BMC, wherein the wake-up signal is configured to cause the BMC to wake and provision the operating environment of the server.

Abstract: Lubricity additives for hydrocarbon fuels are presented according to formula I: R1[(—O—R2)n-Q]p??(I) wherein p is 3 or greater; each n is independently selected from integers equal to 2 or greater; R1 is a C3-C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group of valence p which is branched or linear and which is substituted or unsubstituted; each R2 is independently selected from C2-C20 divalent aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon groups which are branched or linear and which are substituted or unsubstituted; and each Q is independently selected from —NH2 or a moiety according to formula II: wherein each R3 is independently selected from C8-C60 alkenyl groups which are substituted or unsubstituted, providing that at least one Q is the moiety according to formula II.

Abstract: A vent system for use during respiratory therapy with a flow of pressurized gas may provide a continuous vent flow of gas. The vent system may include a vent housing having an outer wall; an inner wall, the inner wall defining an inlet for the flow of gas; and a base positioned between the outer wall and the inner wall, the base having at least one first orifice and at least one second orifice. The vent system may include a membrane, the membrane being shaped and dimensioned such that the membrane does not cover the at least one first orifice to allow the vent flow through the at least one first orifice, and the membrane being shaped and dimensioned such that in a first position the membrane is positioned over the at least one second orifice to allow the vent flow through the at least one second orifice.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuating device for a torque transmission system includes a shell arranged around an axis X, the shell being fixed relative to the axis X. The shell includes walls defining an annular cavity which houses a coil and at least partially a plunger which is able to move axially along the axis X to actuate a coupling device.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments are directed to a data plane proxy with an embedded open policy agent for a microservices application. An example method for authorizing requests in the microservices application that includes multiple services, each service being an application program interface (API) performing a piecemeal function of an overall application function, includes receiving, by a service of the multiple services, a request for access or utilization of the service. The service includes a data plane proxy that is configured to perform at least one of routing, load balancing, authentication and authorization, service discovery, or health checking for the service. The method further includes determining, by an open policy agent module embedded in the data plane proxy, whether to authorize the request, and transmitting, based on the determining, a decision that authorizes or rejects the request.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing multi-platform prescription drug claim adjudication are provided.

Abstract: Dermatological cosmetic combination treatments with high intensity focused ultrasound, dermal fillers, fat-reducing compounds, cavitation-prone fluids, and/or septa dissection are provided. A HIFU therapy system can include an imaging system, methods adapted to alter placement and position of a line focus, multiple simultaneous cosmetic ultrasound treatment zones and/or dithering ultrasound beams from a transducer to alter placement and position of multiple cosmetic treatment zones in tissue. The HIFU systems can include a hand wand removable transducer module, and control module. The dermal fillers can include hydroxyapatite. The fat-reducing compounds can include adipocytolytic compounds, pentacyclic triterpenoid compounds, proapoptotic compounds, compounds impairing differentiation of pre-adipocytes, and combinations thereof. The cavitation-prone fluids can include molecules dissolved in fluids, ethanol, glycerin, and ethylene glycol.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to fluid injection systems, apparatus, methods, and associated components thereof that include flexible hoses for wellhead sites. In one implementation, a fluid injection system for wellhead sites includes a pump, a pump manifold, and a flexible hose coupled between the pump and the pump manifold. The flexible hose includes a first end coupled to the pump and a second end coupled to the pump manifold. The first end of the flexible hose includes a first end fitting coupled to the pump, and the first end fitting is oriented at an angle relative to a horizontal plane. The second end of the flexible hose includes a second end fitting coupled to the pump manifold, and the second end fitting is oriented vertically and perpendicularly to the horizontal plane.

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations: identifying a first subject matter in a first digital image; defining shapes for one or more regions in a second digital image of a second subject matter, wherein the one or more regions comprise at least one hidden area of the second subject matter that is obstructed by one or more objects; overlaying at least a first region of the one or more regions in the second digital image with another portion of the second subject matter; generating a composite image that depicts the first subject matter combined with the second subject matter having the at least the first region overlaid; and causing the composite image to be displayed. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: Vinyl tile cutting devices are described herein. The described tile cutting devices include a base element. The base element is configured to support a tile thereon. The described tile cutting devices further include a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a rotatable cutting blade for cutting said tile along an arc. In some embodiments, the cutting assembly includes an adjustment mechanism for changing the radius of the arc. The vinyl tile cutting device further includes a heating element. The heating element is configured to heat said tile prior to the cutting of said tile.

Abstract: A collet assembly, for an umbilical plate that connects a vehicle to a ground station prior to a launch of the vehicle, includes an active decoupler. The active decoupler includes a pin. A cuff has a central opening. The pin passes through the central opening. A plurality of fingers are pivotally coupled to the cuff. A plurality of levers are pivotally coupled to the plurality of fingers and the pin.

Abstract: A medical station includes a movable cart and a cassette system. The cassette system including a frame, a plurality of lockable drawers slidably mounted to the frame, and a graspable handle configured for movement between a closed position where the handle is not accessible or graspable by a user and a released position.

Abstract: A routing policy includes policy directives and policy functions. Execution of the routing policy includes invoking a policy function at a point of application in a policy directive. Execution of the invoked policy function can include making any number of nested function calls. When an EXIT statement is encountered in a nested policy function, execution of the policy function terminates and execution of the routing policy continues immediately with the policy directive following the point of application, irrespective of how deeply nested in the invocation hierarchy the policy function is.