Abstract: A femoral neck trochanteric nail makes use of a dual, lag-screw/anti-rotation screw assembly to provide two, spaced fixation points locatable across a femoral neck in conjunction with a corresponding hip procedure. The anti-rotation screw may be advanced through a bore in the lag screw after the lag screw has been suitably fixed to a trochanteric nail received at an intramedullary location. The lag screw and anti-rotation screw construct may be oriented in different positions to have corresponding fixation points at different angular locations after fixation.

Abstract: Intramedullary aiming systems, instruments, and methods of treating bone fractures are provided. The aiming systems may include one or more instruments configured to ensure optimal alignment and placement of one or more components of an intramedullary nailing system, such as anteversion alignment, anti-rotation, lag screw aiming, distal aiming, and other instruments suitable to enhance and optimize the surgical procedure.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a clip for holding articles includes a main body having a first body portion and a second body portion mounted to undergo pivotal movement relative to the first body portion for selectively positioning the clip between an open state and a closed state. The first state of the clip is configured to allow an article to be positioned between the first and second body portions, and the closed state of the article is configured to securely hold the article between the first and second body portions. A biasing member is mounted between the first and second body portions for biasing the clip to the closed state. The clip is configured for placement in the open state by pivotal movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion against the biasing force of the biasing member. The invention is also directed to a sun visor assembly equipped with the clip.

Abstract: A method for isolating applications on a network, the method including: denying network traffic access to applications sitting behind an Access Gateway Engine; receiving a username of a user that logs onto the network; extracting a source address associated with the username; retrieving a list of applications with which the username is permitted to communicate; extracting application destination information for each application of the list of applications; generating an access control policy for the username, the access control policy allowing the username having the source address to communicate with the list of application each of which having respective the destination information; the Access Gateway Engine allowing or denying the network traffic, originating from the username source address, access to the applications, according to the access control policy for the user.

Abstract: An automated swarming vehicle test environment includes a vehicle automation platform (VAP), a first swarming vehicle, and a second swarming vehicle. In some embodiments, a first test plan is created by a VAP for a first swarming vehicle. The first test plan comprises: a time series of vehicle trajectory data for the first swarming vehicle, and position data for the first swarming vehicle relative to a test vehicle. The first test plan is sent from the VAP to the first swarming vehicle. In some embodiments, a second test plan is created by the VAP for a second swarming vehicle. The second test plan comprises: a time series of vehicle trajectory data for the second swarming vehicle, and position data for the second swarming vehicle relative to the test vehicle. The second test plan is sent from the VAP to the second swarming vehicle.

Abstract: A trochanteric nailing system makes use of a lag screw operatively connectable to a trochanteric nail. The lag screw has a helical thread disposed over a suitable surgical length on the outer surface of the shaft of the lag screw. The helical thread includes undercuts formed therein to improve resistance to cutout or lag screw migration. The lag screw may also include a variable-width thread to improve fixation and resistance to migration or cut out. Helical flutes reduce torque forces exerted on bone during insertion, while maintaining the improved fixation of other features about the entire circumference of the lag screw. The lag screw may also be equipped with tapered set screw grooves which engaging opposing portions of a set screw of the trochanteric nail when received therein to resist migration or cutout.

Abstract: A method and system for automatically creating access control policies for a network, including: (a) automatically identifying and recording user or host entities that attach to the network; (b) monitoring allowed network communications from the user or host entities; (c) correlating network address information from the allowed network communications with names of the user or host entities; and (d) proposing a respective access control policy for each of the user or host entities based on information gleaned during a learning process.

Abstract: Intramedullary aiming systems, instruments, and methods of treating bone fractures are provided. The aiming systems may include one or more instruments configured to ensure optimal alignment and placement of one or more components of an intramedullary nailing system, such as anteversion alignment, anti-rotation, lag screw aiming, distal aiming, and other instruments suitable to enhance and optimize the surgical procedure.

Abstract: Intramedullary aiming systems, instruments, and methods of treating bone fractures are provided. The aiming systems may include one or more instruments configured to ensure optimal alignment and placement of one or more components of an intramedullary nailing system, such as anteversion alignment, anti-rotation, lag screw aiming, distal aiming, and other instruments suitable to enhance and optimize the surgical procedure.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for modifying parametric continuity between portions of a digital image in piecewise parametric patch deformations. For example, the disclosed system determine parametric patches in a parametric quilt corresponding to a digital image in response to a request to deform the digital image. The disclosed system divides the digital image into a plurality of separate portions along edges of the parametric patches, each parametric patch comprising a separate set of control points. The disclosed system generates sets of interactive handles for each anchor control point in the parametric patch corresponding to metadata flags that determine parametric continuities between portions of the digital image. Additionally, in response to a user input, the disclosed system modifies the parametric continuity at a portion of the digital image corresponding to an anchor control point by modifying a metadata flag for the control point.

Abstract: A clip for holding articles includes a main body having a first body portion and a second body portion mounted to undergo pivotal movement relative to the first body portion for selectively positioning the clip between an open state and a closed state. The first state of the clip is configured to allow an article to be positioned between the first and second body portions, and the closed state of the article is configured to securely hold the article between the first and second body portions. A biasing member is mounted between the first and second body portions for biasing the clip to the closed state. The clip is configured for placement in the open state by pivotal movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion against the biasing force of the biasing member.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for warping artwork. The artwork is warped to fit an existing image of a cylinder. A method of warping artwork may include receiving a request to wrap an image onto a cylindrical surface. In response to the request, a set of adjacent warping patches are generated. The set of adjacent warping patches includes a first zero-width patch corresponding to a left edge of the image and a second zero-width patch corresponding to a right edge of the image. The image is mapped to the set of adjacent warping patches based on a viewing perspective of the cylindrical surface. User control handles are provided to adjust the warp to fit the existing image of the cylinder, including its position, curvature, and perspective.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for modifying parametric continuity between portions of a digital image in piecewise parametric patch deformations. For example, the disclosed system determine parametric patches in a parametric quilt corresponding to a digital image in response to a request to deform the digital image. The disclosed system divides the digital image into a plurality of separate portions along edges of the parametric patches, each parametric patch comprising a separate set of control points. The disclosed system generates sets of interactive handles for each anchor control point in the parametric patch corresponding to metadata flags that determine parametric continuities between portions of the digital image. Additionally, in response to a user input, the disclosed system modifies the parametric continuity at a portion of the digital image corresponding to an anchor control point by modifying a metadata flag for the control point.

Abstract: Systems and methods for segmenting scan data are disclosed. The methods include creating a graph from scan data representing a plurality of points in an environment associated with a ground and one or more objects, where the graph includes a plurality of vertices corresponding to the plurality of points in the environment, a first terminal vertex associated with the ground label, and a second terminal vertex associated with the non-ground label. A unary potential being the cost of assigning a vertex to a ground label or a non-ground label is assigned to each vertex, and a pairwise potential is assigned to each pair of neighboring vertices in the graph as a measure of a cost of assigning different labels. The methods include using the unary the pairwise potentials to identify labels for each point and segmenting the scan data to identify points associated with the ground.

Abstract: An intelligent keyboard for mobile devices and other computer devices. This intelligent keyboard provides the user with suggestions of relevant words or phrases that can be used to start or continue a conversation on text message, email and/or various web applications. The intelligent keyboard provides conversation suggestions that are appropriate for given application contexts, categories, and conversation types. The intelligent keyboard uses user generated content from application users, usage history, profile data, dialogue data, platform generated content from the system managers/owners, content collected from various websites/integrations and natural language content generated by artificial intelligence. Content is ranked by preference, contextual suitability, and performance. Content is further tagged for application context. User behavior, user data and artificial intelligence models continuously update the system so that the relevance and performance of keyboard content is optimized.

Abstract: A sun visor assembly includes a visor having a recess, a first clip portion, and a second clip portion configured to be integrally mounted in the recess of the visor. The second clip portion is configured for connection to the first clip portion to allow the first clip portion to undergo pivotal movement relative to the second clip portion between open and closed states of the first clip portion. The first and second clip portions together form a cavity for securely accommodating and releasable holding an item in the closed state of the first clip portion.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a clip for holding articles includes a main body having a first body portion and a second body portion mounted to undergo pivotal movement relative to the first body portion for selectively positioning the clip between an open state and a closed state. The first state of the clip is configured to allow an article to be positioned between the first and second body portions, and the closed state of the article is configured to securely hold the article between the first and second body portions. A biasing member is mounted between the first and second body portions for biasing the clip to the closed state. The clip is configured for placement in the open state by pivotal movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion against the biasing force of the biasing member. The invention is also directed to a sun visor assembly equipped with the clip.

Abstract: A sun visor assembly includes a visor having a recess, a first clip portion, and a second clip portion configured to be integrally mounted in the recess of the visor. The second clip portion is configured for connection to the first clip portion to allow the first clip portion to undergo pivotal movement relative to the second clip portion between open and closed states of the first clip portion. The first and second clip portions together form a cavity for securely accommodating and releasable holding an item in the closed state of the first clip portion.

Abstract: The present inventive solution relates to facilitating purchasing of products and services that appear in video content, for increasing conversion rates to sales. A video player accesses a video and timestamped metadata relating to the content of the video. A Graphical User Interaction module uses them to create a purchase facilitator, which is rendered by a video renderer onto the video content. A purchase manager receives the purchase facilitator and a user's purchase command, and services the purchase command, which is associated with the purchase facilitator, by contacting an e-commerce platform. The GUI module receives from the e-commerce platform and feeds to the video renderer a description, a price, and payment instructions for the product associated with the purchase command. In another exemplary embodiment, the purchase manager creates a set of purchase commands equal to the number of products contained in the video.

Abstract: An intelligent keyboard for mobile devices and other computer devices. This intelligent keyboard provides the user with suggestions of relevant words or phrases that can be used to start or continue a conversation on text message, email and/or various web applications. The intelligent keyboard provides conversation suggestions that are appropriate for given application contexts, categories, and conversation types. The intelligent keyboard uses user generated content from application users, usage history, profile data, dialogue data, platform generated content from the system managers/owners, content collected from various websites/integrations and natural language content generated by artificial intelligence. Content is ranked by preference, contextual suitability, and performance. Content is further tagged for application context. User behavior, user data and artificial intelligence models continuously update the system so that the relevance and performance of keyboard content is optimized.