Abstract: An aircraft hazard warning system or method can be utilized to determine a location of turbulence, hail or other hazard for an aircraft. The aircraft hazard warning system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine an inferred presence of a weather condition in response to lightning sensor data, radar reflectivity data, turbulence data, geographic location data, vertical structure analysis data, and/or temperature data. The system can include a display for showing the weather condition and its location.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a multi-step identification process using a hybrid edge/server infrastructure to generate machine learned inferences are provided. One example method includes obtaining sensor data of an environment including one or more user. The method includes selecting at least a portion of the sensor data that is associated with the one or more users. The method includes generating, using one or more machine learning models, an intermediate representation of the selected portion of the sensor data that represents the face of the one or more users. The method includes transmitting the intermediate representation and a request for a user identification based on the intermediate representation, the remote computing system configured to perform additional steps of the multi-step identification process using the intermediate representation and the machine-learned system. The method includes receiving a user identifier for the one or more users.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a multi-step identification process using a hybrid edge/server infrastructure to generate machine learned inferences are provided. One example method includes obtaining sensor data of an environment including one or more user. The method includes selecting at least a portion of the sensor data that is associated with the one or more users. The method includes generating, using one or more machine learning models, an intermediate representation of the selected portion of the sensor data that represents the face of the one or more users. The method includes transmitting the intermediate representation and a request for a user identification based on the intermediate representation, the remote computing system configured to perform additional steps of the multi-step identification process using the intermediate representation and the machine-learned system. The method includes receiving a user identifier for the one or more users.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a multi-step identification process using a hybrid edge/server infrastructure to generate machine learned inferences are provided. One example method includes obtaining sensor data of an environment including one or more user. The method includes selecting at least a portion of the sensor data that is associated with the one or more users. The method includes generating, using one or more machine learning models, an intermediate representation of the selected portion of the sensor data that represents the face of the one or more users. The method includes transmitting the intermediate representation and a request for a user identification based on the intermediate representation, the remote computing system configured to perform additional steps of the multi-step identification process using the intermediate representation and the machine-learned system. The method includes receiving a user identifier for the one or more users.

Abstract: A method can include determining a distance of a person's face from a camera that captured an image of the person's face, determining a size of a display in communication with the camera, and scaling the image based on the determined distance of the person's face and the determined size of the display.

Abstract: A method can include determining a distance of a person's face from a camera that captured an image of the person's face, determining a size of a display in communication with the camera, and scaling the image based on the determined distance of the person's face and the determined size of the display.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention incorporates a comprehensive blood glucose monitoring system into the case of a smartphone or other device that a patient normally carries with them. This system may include a glucose meter, lancets, test strips, logic to report the result of the blood test in the glucose meter, and a communication module to report the results to the smartphone. In addition, the system may also include small syringes of insulin concealed within the case or attached to the case. This would allow the user to inject if he or she needed to, after obtaining the results of the test.

Abstract: A skate blade for an ice hockey skate comprising a blade having an upper portion having a thickness corresponding to a standard skate blade and a lower portion having a pair of substantially parallel side walls defining a lower portion thickness of between 4.06 to 6.35 mm, the lower portion thickness extending from the bottom of the blade a height of 3.175 to 4.45 mm.

Abstract: A feed mechanism (22) for feeding plants (24) into a chopper, including a loading mechanism (26) that uses gravity to feed plants into a chopper feed mechanism, and a chopper feed mechanism including a drive wheel (36) and a belt (38) for feeding plants to a chopper (48). A mechanical planter may include the feed mechanism. The feed mechanism may also be used in a method of planting energy cane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method for reformulating a frozen, food product to minimize growth of ice crystals.

Abstract: The invention relates to water dispersible extract preparations derived from water soluble components of Labiatae family plant material, including plant material hay and previously extracted or spent hay, which possesses beneficial oral care properties, methods of their manufacturing and application of the preparations in oral care products.

Abstract: The invention relates to water dispersible extract preparations derived from water soluble components of Labiatae family plant material, including plant material hay and previously extracted or spent hay, which possesses beneficial oral care properties, methods of their manufacturing and application of the preparations in oral care products.

Abstract: Disclosed are improvements in human nutrition involving a unique combination of natural products constituting anti-inflammatory compositions which can reduce cardiovascular disease risks as well as play a positive role in other conditions and diseases for which key indicators, especially selected from the group consisting of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), 5-lypoxygenase (5-LOX) expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE-2) biosynthesis or any combination of these, are indicators. Therapeutic compositions preferably comprise curcumin, bilberry extract, grape seed extract, green tea extract and apple extract, in effective amounts individually and combined to provide a therapeutically significant reduction in one or more key indicators. Another exemplified therapeutic composition comprises: omega-3 rich refined fish oil, resveratrol, blueberry extract, grape seed extract, green tea extract and gamma and/or delta tocopherol, in effective amounts individually for the above benefits.

Abstract: Improved triglyceride compositions, bearing both omega-3-usaturated fatty acids and short chain fatty acids, are prepared according to the formulae: wherein, each R, independently, is a fatty acid residue, either saturated or unsaturated, having between 2 and 40 carbons; each R?, independently, is a long chain omega-3-unsaturated fatty acid residue having between 16 and 40 carbons, preferably 18 to 22 carbons; and each R?, independently, is a short chain acid residue having 2 to 5 carbons, preferably 2 to 4 carbons, most preferably 2 to 3 carbons. Also described is a regimen for treating a medical problem associated with less than healthy stomach tissue that is responsive to treatment with a triglyceride mixture as defined above, in amounts and at intervals effective to therapeutically improve the health of the stomach tissue. In another aspect the compositions are used in a regime for treating skin to increase skin cell turnover, to provide nourishment to epithelial cells and reduce inflammation.

Abstract: This invention provides improved COX-2 inhibitory compositions comprising a combination of a selective inhibitor of COX-2 and a prostacyclin promoter, especially an antioxidant of the type known as food extracts. The invention also provides a regimen treating a disease that is responsive to inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2, comprising administering to a patient suffering from such a disease the combination of the invention comprising a selective inhibitor of COX-2 and a prostacyclin promoter in amounts and at intervals effective to therapeutically inhibit COX-2 while maintaining a therapeutically significant level of prostacyclin production.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to low calorie bulking agents (e.g., cellulose, starch, bran, glucans, hydrocolloids, and the like) coated with a lipid compound to form a base or inner layer and thereafter encapsulating the fiber/lipid complex within a protein compound as an outer layer. In effect, the present invention provides a delivery system for edible fibers wherein the moisture absorption by the edible fibers can be controlled. Using the encapsulated fiber of this invention, the absorption of water by the edible fiber (and thus the swelling of the edible fiber) can be effectively delayed until the encapsulated fiber reaches the stomach and normal digestive processes begin.

Abstract: Plant sterols and plant sterol esters have been shown to be cholesterol-reducing agents in human serum. In the present invention, plant sterols and plant stanols are incorporated into compositions which are dispersible in water by complexing the hydrophobic lipids with water-soluble carbohydrates. The resulting plant sterol-carbohydrate complexes are in an aqueous or powder form which can be readily incorporated with food products in an amount effective to reduce serum cholesterol levels in a human consuming such food product, without adversely modifying the organoleptic properties of the food product.

Abstract: Methods are provided for reducing the amounts of acrylamide and/or buteneamide in processed foods. The invention further relates to methods for treating processed foods with inhibitors, including organic amino compound, organic sulfhydryl compounds, and certain other compounds (e.g., disulfide reducing agents), to reduce the amount of acrylamide and/or buteneamide in processed food exposed to high temperature conditions (generally above about 110° C.) during manufacturing or cooking.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the processing of soy-derived materials for use in various products. More particularly, the invention relates to a process producing highly functional soy protein using ultrafiltration followed by an enzymatic treatment.

Abstract: A shoe cleaning apparatus for use with a vehicle includes a brush assembly having at least one brush unit thereon. A mounting arm includes a first end extending from the brush assembly and a second end selectively coupled to a hitch receiver of the vehicle in an installed position. The mounting arm further includes a hinge for moving the brush assembly between an operating position and a storage position. The mounting arm includes an upper portion coupled to the hitch receiver and a lower portion laterally offset from the upper portion toward a ground surface. The lower portion is coupled to the brush assembly. The hinge is disposed on the lower portion of the mounting arm. A stepped portion extends perpendicularly between the upper portion and the lower portion. The brush assembly rotates from a substantially parallel relationship with the ground surface in the operating position to an upright position substantially perpendicular to the ground surface in the storage position.