Abstract: A drill adaptor that offers a simple solution for drilling large diameter holes in the earth with a small to mid-sized excavator. The drill adaptor allows drilling to occur on un-level ground as it can move side to side, front to back, and vertically up and down. The drill adaptor is comprised of a slide tube that moves the drill attachment up and down, side to side, and front to back. The drill adaptor uses pins to secure the inner, outer, and lower pivot housings. The inner and outer pivot housing allows the slide tubews front to back and side to side motion as the lower pivot housing connects to the drill attachment and or drill rotator. The drill adaptor uses a cable and winch system that can also be exchanged for a rack and pinion system to complete the vertically up and down movements of the drill attachment. This drill adaptor allows for an efficient and compact means of drilling large diameter holes in un-level drilling surface within the earth.

Abstract: A core barrel stabilizer that offers a simple solution in creating an initial drilling kerf in conjunction with a hollow core barrel for drilling large diameter holes into the earth for a plethora of construction needs. The core barrel stabilizer includes a centering rod for keeping the core barrel stabilizer and hollow core barrel centered during drilling the initial perimeter kerf, an eyelet hook for easily maneuvering the core barrel stabilizer between drill holes and transportation, and an inner barrel used to rest the inner wall of the hollow core barrel against during drilling to ensure the drilling kerf can be started.

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic input device is described. The electronic input device includes a scribing shaft disposed within a housing, the scribing shaft to translate along a longitudinal axis as a result of contact with a substrate. The electronic input device also includes an input sensor. The input sensor includes a plate secured within the housing. The plate elastically deforms responsive to the translation of the scribing shaft. A full-bridge strain gauge of the input sensor is disposed on a surface of the plate. The full-bridge strain gauge detects a deformation of the plate and outputs a corresponding signal, which corresponding signal varies dependent upon the amount of deformation of the plate. The input sensor also includes a failure protection device to limit the deformation of the plate to within a predetermined amount.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes where A includes at least one of a carbon-carbon bond or a bridging group, R includes between 0 and 4 of a first hydrocarbon, and n is between 2 and 3,000. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the bridging group may include a linear hydrocarbon chain and/or a branched hydrocarbon chain. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the bridging group may include between 1 and 10 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A horizontal direction drill rig heating system for efficiently keeping the drill carriage frame and other major components that are crucial for the drilling process free of snow and ice buildup during freezing conditions. The horizontal directional drill rig heating system includes a horizontal directional drill rig manufactured from structural tubing, a working fluid reservoir, a pump, an inverter, a heater, on/off valves, hoses, and multiple heating circuits on the horizontal directional drill rig to heat the entire horizontal directional drill rig during freezing conditions.

Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and systems context-aware thermal management in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. Notably, the environmental context to which a PCD is subjected may have significant impact on the PCD's thermal energy dissipation efficiency. Embodiments of the solution seek to leverage knowledge of a PCD's environmental context to modify or adjust thermal policy parameters applied within a PCD in response to a thermal event within the PCD.

Abstract: A digital pen systems and methods are provided. The digital pen comprises an internal pen module comprising a cartridge and a pressure sensor, a body housing the internal pen module, and a shuttle connected to the internal pen module on a first end of the digital pen and connected to a twist mechanism on a second end of the digital pen. The shuttle moves the cartridge and the pressure sensor when the twist mechanism is engaged.

Abstract: A method for providing metadata to a search engine for a document that is not in a mark-up language receives a request for contents of the document and locates metadata associated with the document. The method further creates name-value pairs for the metadata and provides to the search engine server a response comprising the name-value pair in an HTTP (or HTTPS) header and the contents of the document. In other implementations, a method includes sending a request for contents of the document and receiving a response to the request comprising an HTTP header with metadata about the document in a name-value pair and the document's content. The method also includes extracting the name-value pair from the HTTP header, creating a mark-up language tag for the name-value pair, and providing the make-up language tag and the contents of the document in a mark-up language format to a search index creation component.

Abstract: Method for acquiring seismic data is described. The method includes obtaining undersampled seismic data acquired from a non-uniform sampling grid. Attenuating multiples from the undersampled seismic data.

Abstract: A method of delivery robot operation, preferably including: navigating the robot to a location of a user; authenticating the user; initiating a transaction with the user; determining a user interaction with a compartment of the robot; and determining a termination event. A delivery robot, preferably including: a compartment, preferably including a door and defining a lumen; a cargo sensor; a communications module; one or more outputs: one or more inputs; a control module; and a drive module.

Abstract: Because the touch temperature of a wearable computing device (“WCD”) may be an insignificant factor for user experience when the WCD is not being worn by a user, embodiments of the solution seek to modify thermal management policies based on an inferred user proximity state. Exemplary embodiments monitor one or more signals from readily available sensors in the WCD that have primary purposes other than measuring user proximity. Depending on embodiment, the sensors may be selected from a group consisting of a heart rate monitor, a pulse monitor, an O2 sensor, a bio-impedance sensor, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor and a light sensor. Using the signals generated by such sensors, relative physical proximity of the WCD to a user may be inferred and, based on the user proximity state, thermal policies either relaxed or tightened.

Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and systems context-aware thermal management in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. Notably, the environmental context to which a PCD is subjected may have significant impact on the PCD's thermal energy dissipation efficiency. Embodiments of the solution seek to leverage knowledge of a PCD's environmental context to modify or adjust thermal policy parameters applied within a PCD in response to a thermal event within the PCD.

Abstract: An innovative passive cooling solution with sealed UAV enclosure system allows heat from a semiconductor chip to be dissipated to the ambient environment through evaporation/condensation phase-change cooling and air cooling a heat sink such as a fin without any additional power consumption to operate cooling solution. One example of such a solution may include a pipe with a fin and a fluid. The pipe may include a wick structure along an inner surface of the pipe configured to allow the fluid to travel within the wick structure and to allow a vapor form of the fluid to exit the wick structure towards a center of the pipe.

Abstract: A device that includes a region comprising an integrated device and a heat dissipating device coupled to the region comprising the integrated device. The heat dissipating device is configured to dissipate heat away from the region. The heat dissipating device includes a fluid, an evaporator configured to evaporate the fluid, a first condenser configured to condense the fluid, where the first condenser is located in a first wall of the device, an evaporation portion coupled to the evaporator and the first condenser, and a collection portion coupled to the first condenser and the evaporator. The evaporation portion is configured to channel an evaporated fluid from the evaporator to the first condenser. The collection portion is configured to channel a condensed fluid from the first condenser to the evaporator through the help of gravity.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for proactive power and performance management of workloads in a portable computing device (“PCD”), such as, but not limited to, a virtual reality (“VR”) or augmented reality (“AR”) workload. An exemplary embodiment determines that a target application (or an application queued for execution) is compatible with a proactive throttling policy. Advantageously, for those applications that are compatible with a proactive throttling policy, embodiments of the solution may rely on historical performance data of those applications to preset performance parameters such that the PCD may deliver a consistent user experience over time uninterrupted by fluctuations in processing performance resulting from reactive thermal throttling policies.

Abstract: A device that includes a region comprising an integrated device and a heat dissipating device coupled to the region comprising the integrated device. The heat dissipating device is configured to dissipate heat away from the region. The heat dissipating device includes a fluid, an evaporator configured to evaporate the fluid, a first condenser configured to condense the fluid, where the first condenser is located in a first wall of the device, an evaporation portion coupled to the evaporator and the first condenser, and a collection portion coupled to the first condenser and the evaporator. The evaporation portion is configured to channel an evaporated fluid from the evaporator to the first condenser. The collection portion is configured to channel a condensed fluid from the first condenser to the evaporator through the help of gravity.

Abstract: A system includes sensor nodes each including camera and a processor, the nodes interconnected via a wide area network. A master controller establishes named queues each associated with a proximate physical object in an area including one or more of the sensor nodes and detectable by the sensor node camera. Each sensor node identifies a viewed physical object in a feed from the sensor node camera, and associates the viewed physical object with one of the named queues.

Abstract: A digital pen systems and methods are provided. The digital pen comprises an internal pen module comprising a cartridge and a pressure sensor, a body housing the internal pen module, and a shuttle connected to the internal pen module on a first end of the digital pen and connected to a twist mechanism on a second end of the digital pen. The shuttle moves the cartridge and the pressure sensor when the twist mechanism is engaged.

Abstract: A device that includes a region comprising an integrated device, and a heat dissipating device coupled to the region comprising the integrated device. The heat dissipating device is configured to dissipate heat away from the region. The heat dissipating device includes a fluid, an evaporator configured to evaporate the fluid, a condenser configured to condense the fluid, an inner wall coupled to the evaporator and the condenser, an outer shell encapsulating the fluid, the evaporator, the condenser and the inner wall, an evaporation portion configured to channel an evaporated fluid from the evaporator to the condenser, wherein the evaporation portion is at least partially defined by the inner wall, and a collection portion configured to channel a condensed fluid from the condenser to the evaporator, wherein the collection portion is at least partially defined by the inner wall. The heat dissipating device may be a multi-phase heat dissipating device.