Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of separating a carbon allotrope from a salt and a separation system for the same. The method may include adding a solid comprising the carbon allotrope and the salt to a solution comprising the salt, performing a first filtration on the solution at a first temperature to remove the carbon allotrope from the solution, adjusting the temperature of the solution to a second temperature to precipitate a first portion of the salt, performing a second filtration on the solution at the second temperature to remove the first portion of the salt from the solution, adjusting the temperature of the solution to the first temperature to dissolve a second portion of the salt in the solution, and recycling the solution.

Abstract: Provided is a method including receiving a request for a media choreography asset to play on a first client computing device that has control over at least one connected device that has a feature configured to provide a sensory output to a user; obtaining the media choreography asset that includes a primary media track that includes at least one content track to be presented via an audio or video system, and the media choreography asset includes one or more triggers that include a first set of instructions to operate a first set of the at least one connected device at a first timecode and a first duration during a playback of the primary media track; and providing the media choreography asset to the first client computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a contactor device which may include a housing including a tank and a lid, wherein there is a seal between the tank and the lid, at least one liquid inlet, at least one gas inlet, a bed of a contact medium contained within the tank and positioned over a barrier having a plurality of through holes, at least one liquid outlet, at least one gas outlet, and a guide plate positioned to prevent the liquid from reaching the gas outlet. Methods of operating a contactor device are also described and may include methods of capturing and converting carbon dioxide to commercially useful materials.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned compact representations of radio frequency (RF) signals. One of the methods includes: determining a first RF signal to be compressed; using an encoder machine-learning network to process the first RF signal and generate a compressed signal; calculating a measure of compression in the compressed signal; using a decoder machine-learning network to process the compressed signal and generate a second RF signal that represents a reconstruction of the first RF signal; calculating a measure of distance between the second RF signal and the first RF signal; and updating at least one of the encoder machine-learning network or the decoder machine-learning network based on (i) the measure of distance between the second RF signal and the first RF signal, and (ii) the measure of compression in the compressed signal.

Abstract: One or more lighting components are projected onto pixel locations of a rendered image with sampling locations set off from pixel location centers according to associated jitter vectors. The sampled image is denoised in way that preserves the associated jitter vectors, and may be performed separately for different lighting components. The denoised image is processed using upsampling and/or temporal antialiasing, using the associated jitter vectors, to an image format having a spatial resolution at least as high as the denoised image.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, techniques to process pixel values sampled from a multi color channel imaging device. In particular, methods and/or techniques to process pixel samples for interpolating pixel values for one or more color channels.

Abstract: A phase shifter for altering the phase of a radio frequency signal is disclosed herein. A Lange coupler is used having reflective ports that are coupled to artificial transmission lines. The artificial transmission lines provide a reflection transmission path, the length of which can be determined by digital control lines. Transistors placed along the length of the central trace provide independent paths to ground that serve to shorten the electrical length of the ATL. Accordingly, by selectively turning the transistors on/off, the electrical length of the ATL can be selected and thus the amount of phase delay introduced by the phase shifter.

Abstract: Technology is disclosed for reading memory cells having threshold switching selectors. A sense amplifier may have a set of capacitors that may be used to exchange charge with a sense node connected to the selected word line. A capacitor may be used to pull excess charge from the sense node or to provide charge to the sense node. A control circuit drives a current to the selected word line to charge up the selected word line to switch on the threshold switching selector of the selected memory cell. A capacitor may be connected to the selected word line when, or soon after, the threshold switching selector switches on. The capacitor may draw away excess charge to prevent a snapback current from flowing through the memory cell thereby preventing mis-reads. The capacitor may reduce read latency by speeding the rate of voltage change on a word line.

Abstract: A method for improving communication network performance comprises identifying a favorability status of individual predictions and/or decisions of a plurality of decisions of a machine-learning algorithm acting on the communication network. The favorability statuses are stored with corresponding values of network parameters used as features in the algorithm. A counterfactual algorithm is generated, e.g., by generating a tree-based classification algorithm, based on the stored favorability statuses and network parameter values, to derive rules for producing a favorable status based on one or more of the network parameters. A proposed recourse action comprising a change in at least one of the network parameters is identified, based on the rules, and a decision network, such as a Bayesian inference network, is generated for determining a confidence level estimating a reliability of achieving a favorable status by changing the network parameter(s).

Abstract: A method of processing a counting output associated with a counting device comprising: (i) calculating a first time-to-count average value based on time-to-count values obtained for a number of events ‘n’ between events x1 and xn; (ii) measuring a time-to-count value associated with event xn+1; and (iii) calculating a second time-to-count average value based on time-to-count values obtained for the number of events ‘n’ between events x2 and xn+1.

Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive an event from an event source, the event comprising data and a timestamp. The building system operates to identify first contextual data describing the event in a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of a building, enrich the event with the first contextual data, and provide the enriched event to a consuming system, the consuming system generating an output event based on the enriched event. The building system operates to identify second contextual data describing the output event in the digital twin, enrich the output event with the second contextual data, and provide the enriched output event to the consuming system or another consuming system.

Abstract: A method for detecting a gas migration event in a gas-lift hydrocarbon production well. The method includes obtaining process data from the gas-lifted, hydrocarbon production well, the well controlled by a set of operation parameters and detecting, with a computational model, a gas migration event based on the process data. The method further includes adjusting one or more operation parameters in the set of operation parameters to mitigate the gas migration event based on the gas migration event and process data. The method further includes determining a maintenance action based on the gas migration event, generating an alert for the detected gas migration event, and performing the maintenance action on the production well.

Abstract: A first image frame in a first resolution format comprising image signal intensity values mapped to first pixel locations has sampling points offset from the centers of first pixel locations according to associated jitter vectors. The image signal intensity values are mapped to second pixel locations in a second image frame in a second resolution format based at least in part on the jitter vectors, the second resolution format being higher resolution than the first resolution format. The mapped image signal intensity values are combined with image signal intensity values of an accumulated history image buffer according to coefficients predicted by a neural network such as based on magnitudes of the jitter vectors. Interpolated pixel image intensities are added to the accumulated history buffer for empty or null pixel locations in the second image frame in the second image format. Upsampling artifacts such as checkerboarding and aliasing are reduced.

Abstract: A fluid control valve includes a cover portion and a body portion. Inner surfaces of the cover and the body portion define a chamber that includes an inlet and an outlet in communication with the chamber. The cover portion includes a central section and an inversion inhibitor circumscribing the central section. The inversion inhibitor projects into the chamber toward a central axis of the chamber. The fluid control valve also includes a diaphragm disposed between the cover portion and the body portion. The diaphragm has a flexible member that is disposed within the chamber for controlling communication between the inlet and the outlet. The inversion inhibitor prevents the flexible member from reaching its natural-inverted position and creates a force within the flexible member that urges the flexible member to a seated position.

Abstract: A sprinkler accelerator system includes an accelerator and at least one orifice. The accelerator is coupled with at least one pipe coupled with at least one sprinkler, and vents gas from the at least one pipe when the at least one sprinkler opens. The at least one orifice controls a rate of change of pressure in the at least one pipe to control operation of a flow control valve coupled with the accelerator.

Abstract: A hand-held knockout driver includes a main housing having a handle portion, a motor positioned within the main housing, a pump assembly driven by the motor, and a secondary housing coupled to the main housing and defining a bore therein. The hand-held knockout driver also includes a working piston moveable within the bore from a rest position to an actuated position to define a piston throw distance therebetween. The hand-held knockout driver also includes a draw stud coupled to the working piston, a die coupled to the secondary housing, and a punch coupled to the draw stud opposite the working piston for movement therewith relative to the die. The die has a depth greater than the piston throw distance.

Abstract: A method of managing predicting anomalies in operation of a communications network. The method includes receiving network performance data, including network performance data received as time series of values representing monitored characteristics. The method also includes detecting a first anomaly in operation of the communications network and, from historical network performance data, determining if an instance of the first anomaly occurred in the past. If this is a first occurrence of the first anomaly, then based on network performance data received before detecting the first anomaly the method includes building a first model for predicting an instance of the first anomaly and deploying the first model to operate. An apparatus implementing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: Multiple successively spatially downsampled versions of a rendered image frame are generated for at least one two-dimensional signal component of one or more two-dimensional signal components of an image frame, and one or more versions of the rendered image frame are selected from among the rendered image frame and the spatially downsampled versions of the rendered image frame for sampling a texture feature based, at least in part, on a prediction computed by a neural network.

Abstract: A method and a system for predicting gas lift equipment failure are disclosed. The method includes obtaining data from a plurality of sources, the plurality of sources including sensor readings, maintenance records, operational parameters, and production targets and determining a plurality of initial equipment failure probabilities using a plurality of machine learning models. Further, the method includes determining an ensemble prediction using an ensemble model trained on the plurality of initial equipment failure probabilities and performing, in response to the ensemble prediction, a maintenance operation of the gas lift equipment.