Abstract: A nose portion assembly of a riveting apparatus is rotatable between a first vertical position and a second angled position which is adjacent an end of a rivet feed ramp. The angled position of the nose assembly matches the angle of a rivet feed ramp from a rivet feed member positioned on the side of the riveting apparatus.

Abstract: A nose portion assembly of a riveting apparatus is rotatable between a first vertical position and a second angled position which is adjacent an end of a rivet feed ramp. The angled position of the nose assembly matches the angle of a rivet feed ramp from a rivet feed member positioned on the side of the riveting apparatus.

Abstract: A compact dust separator and collector employs a generally cylindrical separator section having a inlet tube where air and entrained dust particles enters the separator section, a top plate with a vortex tube extending downward, and a separator baffle plate disposed at a lower end of said separator section below a lower end of the vortex tube. The baffle plate has peripheral geometry that defines a peripheral gap from the cylindrical separator section wall, with the gap increasing in width in the direction of air flow. There is a blower and filter section above the separator section and a collection section below. The vortex tube can have a cylindrical mesh extending down to the baffle plate, which may have a self-emptying dust cup.

Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed describing implementations of a navigational device with an integrated camera, which may record live video. A driving recorder is described that may store the live video data upon detection of a triggering event. A lane departure notification system is also described that determines whether a vehicle has crossed a road lane line, and cartographic data used by the navigational system may be leveraged such that the alert is issued when the vehicle is crossing into oncoming traffic but otherwise is suppressed. A collision notification system is also described, which identifies a vehicle by applying separate classification algorithms to the live video data based upon whether the video is recorded during the daytime or nighttime, and calculates a following distance. The navigational device may issue an alert when the following distance is below a recommended following distance threshold.

Abstract: Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage from a physical text are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage torn a physical text are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage from a physical text are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage from a physical text are disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage from a physical text are disclosed.

Abstract: An auxiliary dust collection system can be interposed between a sander or other dust producing tool and a vacuum source, e.g., shop vacuum. A cyclonic separator is connected by a flexible hose to the tool and by another hose to the vacuum source. The cone of the separator is mounted onto the lid of a drum into which the dust precipitates. For a tool that has its own blower, the vacuum source can be omitted, and the air leaving the outlet duct of the separator can be filtered and returned to the ambient. A drop in silencer formed of a sleeve or tube of acoustic foam can be positioned into the inlet side of a filter cartridge following a cyclonic separator. The silencer absorbs a significant fraction of the process noise. The acoustic foam can have a textured surface on the sound-facing side.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a kit comprising a tool element and a screw for mating engagement therewith. The tool element is preferably a portion of a screwdriver, ratchet or power tool and preferably comprises blade means, flared drive means and substantially rectangular shank drive means. The screw preferably comprises a head and a body and the head of the screw preferably comprises a slot and a substantially rectangular shank set. In preferred embodiments of the kit, the flared drive means of the tool element is preferably sized to engage the slot of the screw and the substantially rectangular shank drive means of the tool element is preferably sized to engage the substantially rectangular shank set of the screw. Additional embodiments of the invention are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A software development method and apparatus is provided for the simultaneous creation of software applications that operate on a variety of client devices and include text-to-speech and speech recognition capabilities. A software development system and related method use a graphical user interface that provides a software developer with an intuitive drag and drop technique for building software applications. Program elements, accessible with the drag and drop technique, include corresponding markup code that is adapted to operate on the plurality of different client devices. The software developer can generate a natural language grammar by providing typical or example spoken responses. The grammar is automatically enhanced to increase the number of recognizable words or phrases. The example responses provided by the software developer are further used to automatically build application-specific help.

Abstract: An inference engine in a knowledge base system may be invoked by an application program (e.g., a COBOL program), by arranging to detect, in the program, instructions whose syntax complies with the syntax requirements of a predefined data base manipulation language (e.g., SQL), and then executing the instruction by invoking the inference engine. As a result, the application programmer can implicitly and transparently take full advantage of the facilities of the inference engine using simple, known data base manipulation language statements.