Abstract: A system may include an energy provision system, a first converter, a second converter, a traction system, and an auxiliary system. The energy provision system may provide a first voltage. The first converter may increase the first voltage from the energy provision system from the first voltage into at least a second voltage. The traction system of a vehicle may be powered by the second voltage from the first converter. The second converter may decrease the first voltage from the energy provision system from the first voltage to a third voltage which may be less than the second voltage. The auxiliary system of the vehicle may be powered by the third voltage from the second converter that may be less than the second voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for operating a user application including a user rendered context operating on a user device and maintaining a current render tree, and a user programmer context operating on a cloud computing system. The user rendered context of the user application can receive an input; and send, responsive to receiving the input, an event notification to the user programmer context of the user application. The user rendered context can further receive, from the user programmer context, a difference tree to update the current render tree, and update the current render tree based on the difference tree.

Abstract: A driver socket for installation of a ground reinforcement bolt is provided. The driver socket includes a cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis, wherein a leading end of the driver socket is configured to be arranged in connection to the bolt and a trailing end of the driver socket is configured to be arranged in connection to a driving device. The driver socket includes a through hole having. The through hole has a varying cross-sectional area along its axial length. The through hole has comprising a first diameter in a mid-section thereof that is smaller than a second diameter in a leading section thereof. The through hole has a transition located between the mid-section and the leading section. The transition has a frustoconical shape. An installation system including a ground reinforcement bolt and the driver socket is also provided.

Abstract: Customers often call a contact center to resolve an issue only to find the contact center cannot resolve the customer's issue and instead requires a third party to perform some action. By monitoring a customer's communication with an agent, an automated process may generate a workflow to address the issue comprising at least one action to be performed by a third party. The third party is then contacted, in real-time or offline, and provided with their actions to be performed. Records are written to a blockchain describing authentications, actions to take and by whom, and the completion of such actions. The resulting success, or lack thereof, is provided as feedback to further refine the accuracy of the automatic determinations of the workflow and/or the identity of the particular third parties.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a machine learning-based chroma keying process. The method may include receiving an input including an image depicting a chroma key scene and a color value corresponding to a background color of the image. The method may further include generating a preprocessed image by concatenating the image and the color value. The method may further include providing the preprocessed image to a trained neural network. The method may further include generating, using the trained neural network, an alpha matte representation of the image based on the preprocessed image.

Abstract: A system comprising an illumination system to direct light from one or more light sources to a limiting output pupil of a projection optomechanical system, a liquid crystal on silicon display panel (LCOS) to modulate the light from the projection optomechanical system and to direct the modulated light back toward the projection optomechanical system, and an in-coupler to a combiner waveguide to receive the modulated light from the LCOS, after it passes through the projection optomechanical system. The system in one embodiment is designed so that the light that passes through the projection optomechanical system from the illumination system lands on the LCOS within the limiting output pupil of the projection optomechanical system.

Abstract: A paver assembly includes a paving unit assembly having a first side wall, a second side wall, and an expandable frame connecting the first side wall and the second side wall together. The expandable frame can move the first side wall and the second side wall towards and away from one another to contract and expand the paving unit assembly so that a width of the paving unit assembly can be the same as a width of a surface paved by the paver assembly. The paver assembly can also include a first paving unit fixedly connected with respect to the first side wall and a second paving unit fixedly connected with respect to the second side wall, where the first paving unit and the second paving unit are offset with respect to one another and move past one another as the paver assembly expands and contracts.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for rapid generation of simulations of a patient's spinal morphology that enable pre-operative viewing of a patient's condition and to assist surgeons in determining the best corrective procedure and with any of the selection, augmentation or manufacture of spinal devices based on the patient specific simulated condition. The simulation is generated by morphing a generic spine model with a three-dimensional curve representation of the patient's particular spinal morphology derived from existing images of the patient's condition.

Abstract: A system including a hand dryer appliance including an electronic control system and a filter. The electronic control system is configured to monitor a filter loading parameter that is indicative of a loading level of the filter; generate a plurality of filter loading messages over time based on the monitored filter loading parameter, indicating the progressive loading of the filter, initiate a communications module to connect to a telecommunications network, and transmit the generated filter loading messages from the communications module to the telecommunications network.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.

Abstract: A browser-based tool is disclosed for providing context-based assistance during web browsing. An example method involves receiving a contextual search request pertaining to main content displayed in a browser's display area, extracting content from the main content, receiving a contextual suggestion based on the extracted content, and displaying the contextual suggestion in a designated contextual search area within the browser. This innovative approach streamlines the search process by providing users with relevant suggestions based on the content they are currently viewing, thereby improving efficiency in navigating online information.

Abstract: A building monitoring system includes a first sensor configured to detect a first condition in the space, a second sensor configured to detect a second condition in the space, and a robotic sentinel. The robotic sentinel includes a memory for storing one or more rules each configured to identify an alert condition for the space based on the first and/or second conditions in the space, a communications module configured to communicate with a remote device over a network, and a controller operatively coupled to the sensors, the memory, and the communications module. The controller is configured to apply the one or more rules to the first and second detected conditions in the space to identify one or more alert conditions and determine what action is required by the robotic sentinel, and if action is required, command the robotic sentinel to travel to a location of the alert condition.

Abstract: Heteroaryl pyridone and aza-pyridone compounds are provided, including stereoisomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful for inhibiting Btk kinase, and for treating immune disorders such as inflammation mediated by Btk kinase. Methods of using heteroaryl pyridone and aza-pyridone compounds for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, and treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.

Abstract: A material (e.g., proppant) handling system includes a storage container, a mechanical conveyor system, and a pneumatic conveyor system. The mechanical conveyor system is configured to convey material from an unloading station to a conveyor system discharge and into an inlet of the storage container (e.g., at an elevation that is higher than the unloading station). The pneumatic delivery system is configured to deliver material from the storage container to an off-system destination (e.g., a silo or the like), pneumatically. In a typical implementation, the storage container, the mechanical conveyor system, and the pneumatic conveyor system are all on, or connected to, or supported by one common chassis.

Abstract: The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using the mutant forms of lysenin.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing and using an electronic key. In some embodiments, the electronic key is utilized to cause a vehicle to unlock one or more doors of the vehicle when a computer system that includes the electronic key is positioned within a first threshold distance of the vehicle. In some embodiments, a user interface object associated with the electronic key is displayed in a first position of an accounts user interface when a computer system that includes the electronic key is positioned within a second threshold distance of the vehicle.

Abstract: Virtual agents may be deployed to conduct a communication with a customer to determine and resolve a work item. During the communication, the virtual agent may need to obtain or provide information to other entities. However, coding a virtual agent to perform such communications is difficult and error prone. By providing a messaging system with a central repository, the virtual agent may register an interest in another entity, group of entities, the state of one or more entities, or information contained therein via messaging to a central repository. The central repository then provides callback messages to the virtual agent that matches the interest or any other conditions specified.

Abstract: A vehicle guidance system and method includes at least one guidance sensor configured to mount on or adjacent to a pantograph along a lateral width of the pantograph. The pantograph installs on a vehicle and conducts electrical energy from a conductive pathway as the vehicle travels along a route. The vehicle guidance system and method includes a controller that receives one or more sensor signals generated by the at least one guidance sensor and determines a lateral position of the conductive pathway relative to the pantograph based on the one or more sensor signals.

Abstract: A method of identifying a vehicle total loss claim includes retrieving a plurality of historical vehicle records, labeling the records as repaired or total loss, calculating mean cost values, training a regression model, optimizing a probability threshold, analyzing a plurality of inputs to generate a prediction, and transmitting the prediction. A computing system includes a transceiver; a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to receive answers, transmit the answers, receive a prediction, when the prediction is repairable, generate a repair suggestion, and when the prediction is total loss, generate a settlement offer. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to receive answers, transmit the answers, receive a prediction, when the prediction is repairable, generate a repair suggestion, and when prediction is total loss, generate a settlement offer.

Abstract: Making the best customer-agent matching decision to engage in a communication to resolve a work item is a primary objective of any contact center. In addition to or as an alternative to standard routing decisions, a real-time agent-matching module is selected from a pool of agent-matching modules, each real-time agent-matching module being unique in its ability to match a resource (e.g., agent) to a customer. The real-time agent-matching modules may differ from one another in terms of information gathered and/or utilizing logic unique to that particular agent-matching module. An orchestration layer is provided to select a single agent-matching module or a series or parallel number of agent-matching modules to select a resource and connect to the customer.