Abstract: A method according to the teachings of the present disclosure may include disposing a sheath around a conductor assembly, with an outer surface of the sheath defining spaced apart crowns and valleys. An outlet of at least one ink jet print head may be positioned adjacent the sheath at an angle of 60 degrees to 120 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis of the sheath. The method may also include using at least one ink jet print head to print marking indicia on the sheath, the marking indicia indicating at least characteristic of the electrical cable assembly.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system are provided for supporting lossless transitions between interruption and polling mode of a resource. In response to a state variable setting or a timed trigger, launching a task to process replies for a resource. The task processes each ready reply for each resource. A timed trigger is established to relaunch the task based on the task executing in polling mode. The task is exited.

Abstract: A system that selectively provides power to a speaker light is described. This system may include: the speaker light; a power supply that provides electrical power to the speaker light when the power supply is electrically coupled to an external power source; a relay electrically coupled to the power supply and electrically coupled to a switch; and the switch, where the switch has a first state in which the switch electrically couples the relay to the external power source and a second state in which the switch electrically decouples the relay from the external power source. Moreover, the speaker light may include a master speaker light in a speaker-light array with multiple speaker lights and associated power supplies, and the master speaker light may wirelessly configure and control operation of one or more remaining speaker lights in the speaker-light array.

Abstract: A method includes receiving data acquired with a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) scanning system physically coupled to a computed tomography (CT) imaging system of a subject to be imaged disposed on a cradle of a table, wherein the table is configured to move the subject into and out of a bore of a gantry of the CT imaging system. The method also includes generating a multi-dimensional avatar of the subject representing a topography of the subject. The method further includes causing display of the multi-dimensional avatar positioned on the cradle that represents a current position of the subject on the display, wherein the display is disposed adjacent the table within view of the subject. The method even further includes providing instructions on the display to enable the subject to guide themselves to a target position on the cradle for a CT scan with the CT imaging system.

Abstract: A biodegradable food service item is disclosed, which includes a biodegradable substrate having at least one food contact surface. This substrate is made of cellulosic fibers. The food service item also includes a coating applied over the at least one food contact surface. This coating is made up of from about 25 to about 60 weight percent of at least one biodegradable polymer, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates. A method for making the biodegradable food service item is also disclosed.

Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to input an image to a first neural network to generate a first detected object and input the image to a second neural network to generate a reconstructed image which is input to a third neural network to generate a second detected object. The image can be divided into portions and the portions input to respective fourth neural networks to generate portions of a third detected object. The first detected object, the second detected object, the portions of the third detected object, and context data can be input to a partially observable Markov decision process to generate a high confidence detected object.

Abstract: A system and a method for maintaining an X-ray focal spot position at a desired location on an X-ray detector of an X-ray imaging system include obtaining, via processing circuitry, a scan protocol for performing an X-ray scan with the X-ray imaging system. The system and the method also include determining, via the processing circuitry, a bending magnet current value to utilize to maintain the X-ray focal spot position of an X-ray beam emitted from an X-ray tube of the X-ray imaging system at the desired location on the X-ray detector based on a plurality of acquisition parameters of the X-ray scan. The system and the method further include utilizing, via the processing circuitry, the bending magnet current value during the X-ray scan to maintain the X-ray focal spot position at the desired location on the X-ray detector.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) and a shared high security module (sHSM) separate from and connected to the plurality of ECUs over one or more private networks. At least one of the ECUs, over at least one of the plurality of private networks, authenticates a session with the sHSM and requests servicing during the authenticated session. The servicing includes encryption, decryption, or authentication, of a message designated to be handled by the at least one ECU and included in the request for servicing. The sHSM receives the message, performs the requested servicing of the message using capabilities onboard the sHSM, and publishes a serviced version of the message to a designated controller area network bus.

Abstract: A rapid contrast therapy system can provide cold, heat/hot/warm (hereafter referred to as “hot”), and/or rapid contrast therapy, which involves rapidly alternating between cold therapy and hot therapy. The system can circulate cold or hot fluid, such as water, through a hose, into a therapy wrap, and then back to the fluid reservoirs of the system. The system can utilize a vapor compression system or other chiller technology to cool the cold water reservoir, and immersion heaters can be used to heat the hot water reservoir.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to generate first and second messages for transmission via a communications bus via a first modulation mode and to generate first and second watermarking signals for transmission on the communications bus via a second modulation mode, in which the first and second modulation modes are isolated from each other. The instructions may additionally be to transmit the first message overlaid by the first watermarking signal and to transmit the second message overlaid by the second watermarking signal, the second watermarking signal having a parameter that varies from the first watermarking signal.

Abstract: A method for automatically providing real-time navigation directions using one or more vehicle components is provided. The method may further include, in response to receiving and identifying navigation direction data from a navigation service provider, converting the navigation direction data into different electrical communications to different vehicle components that may include one or more combinations of a light indicator component, a sound indicator component, and a vibration indicator component associated with a vehicle. The method may also include automatically presenting the real-time navigation directions using the different vehicle components by automatically transmitting the electrical communications based on the navigation direction data to the one or more combinations of the light indicator component, the sound indicator component, and the vibration indicator component.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to project a first specified time-varying illumination pattern to an area outside of an object undergoing authentication, to capture images of the object and a portion of the area outside of the object, and to authenticate a scene that includes the images based on a comparison between the first specified time-varying illumination pattern with a second time-varying illumination pattern extracted from the images.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes obtaining, at a processor, a tomographic image of a phantom, wherein the phantom includes heterogeneous regions having a plurality of materials with varying attenuation coefficients. The method also includes automatically segmenting, via the processor, the heterogeneous regions from the tomographic image to generate a segmented image. The method further includes automatically identifying, via the processor, a plurality of regions of interest having varying attenuation coefficients within the tomographic image based on the segmented image. The method still further includes automatically labeling, via the processor, each region of interest of the plurality of regions of interest as representing a particular material of the plurality of materials. The method even further includes outputting, via the processor, a labeled image of the tomographic image. The method may be utilized in quality assurance testing and calibration.

Abstract: Techniques for personalizing an AI automated conversational system are provided. In one aspect, a method for personalizing an automated conversational system includes: making predictions of a familiarity of a user with concepts needed to understand a standard output utterance based on the familiarity of an aggregate of users and a background knowledge model of the concepts and related concepts, wherein the standard output utterance assumes that the concepts are known; and giving, by the automated conversational system, an output utterance that is tailored to the user given the predictions. For instance, the automated conversational system can give the standard output utterance to the user when it is predicted that the user is familiar with the concepts, or a nonstandard output utterance when it is it is predicted that the user is unfamiliar with at least one of the concepts.

Abstract: An optical device includes a stack that includes a first curved optical element stacked with a second curved optical element. The second curved optical element propagates light by total internal reflection. The stack also includes an incoupling diffractive grating that incouples the light into the second optical element and an outcoupling diffractive grating optically coupled to the incoupling diffractive grating through the second curved optical element. The outcoupling diffractive grating directs the light. The first curved optical element has a first refractive index, the second curved optical element has a second refractive index, and the first refractive index is different from the second refractive index by approximately 0.15 to 1.2.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to generate obscured received data from received data by applying at least one Boolean operation to the data and to transmit, via a first communications channel, the obscured received data to a second computer. The executable instructions are additionally to transmit, via a second communications channel, a key to the second computer.

Abstract: An automated apparatus can provide pre-analytical processing of samples, racking and forwarding to an adjacent analyzer for analysis. The apparatus may have a controller that implements an auto-learn process to teach robotic handlers the locations within the workspace(s) of the apparatus. A robotic sample handler may include a sensor configured to generate a detection signal when in a near vicinity of a fiducial beacon in the workspace of the apparatus for biological sample preparation, preprocessing and/or diagnostic assay performed by one or more analyzers of the automated apparatus. The controller may control the robotic sample handler to conduct a search pattern so that a location of the fiducial beacon may be detected and thereafter calculated to obtain a more accurate location of the beacon. The calculated positions may then serve as a basis for the controlled movement of samples by the robot to and from locations of the workspace.

Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet can be a thin chemically-strengthened glass sheet or can be a non-chemically strengthened glass sheet, the polymer interlayer can have a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet can be a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet or a thin chemically strengthened glass sheet.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes generating an image from scan data acquired during a non-diagnostic scan utilizing a computed tomography scanner. The computer-implemented method also includes performing object segmentation based on pixel connectivity on the image to generate segmented regions. The computer-implemented method further includes characterizing pixel connectivity properties of the segmented regions. The computer-implemented method still further includes obtaining respective bounding shape coordinates and area for bounding shapes of the segmented regions.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating an ontology-driven conversational interface includes generating an ontology from a description of a domain schema of a Data Analysis (DA) model, in which the DA model is a defined in terms of quantifiable, qualifying or categorical entities and their relationships as described by the domain schema. Conversational artifacts of a conversation space including a conversational pattern framework are generated by extracting DA-related intents, entities, and a dialog from the generated ontology for the conversational interface. A dialog logic table maps DA-related patterns to intents, extracted quantifiable, qualifying or categorical attributes to entities, and the dialog to user-prompts for one or more parameters in an identified DA pattern. The conversation space is integrated with at least one of an external data source or an analytics platform that stores and processes data.