Abstract: Systems and methods for providing vehicle information to operators and service people without the use of a tool enabling communication directly between the vehicle and the operator or service person. In particular, systems and methods are provided for receiving a vehicle data request from an operator mobile device application, identifying a vehicle in close proximity to the operator mobile device, obtaining most recent vehicle data, and transmitting the requested vehicle data to the operator mobile device. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for the operator to request various capabilities with respect to the vehicles, such as vehicle access.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated cleaning and inspection of electric vehicles. The systems and methods for automated cleaning eliminate the need for human interaction with the vehicle and/or cleaning system. Vehicle cleaning is typically a heavily manual task that consumes operation personnel time and resources. Providing automated systems and methods for vehicle cleaning can reduce human resources used for cleaning. Additionally, automated cleaning systems and methods can increase vehicle utilization efficiency by decreasing downtime for cleaning. In various implementations, systems and methods are provided for automated vehicle inspections. In some examples, automated vehicle inspections can occur concurrently with automated vehicle cleaning.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated charging of electric vehicles. The systems and methods for automated charging eliminate the need for human interaction with the vehicle and/or charging system. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for a high-utilization system in which one robotic system can be used to connect and disconnect multiple chargers to vehicles in a facility. In particular, a system is provided for connecting and disconnecting electric vehicles with chargers, without each charger having its own robotic arm. In some examples, an overhead gantry system includes a robotic arm that can move from charger to charger to connect (and/or disconnect) vehicles. In other examples, a ground-based robot moves from charger to charger to connect (and/or disconnect) vehicles.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination; transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass; during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination; and untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.

Abstract: A heat transfer system regulates the flow of a coolant or heating fluid to the battery of an electric vehicle (EV). Heat transfer systems may be located at charging facilities for charging EVs in an EV fleet. A fleet manager may direct an EV to a particular charging facility to appropriately cool or heat the EV battery during charging; different charging facilities may have different heating or cooling capabilities. The fleet manager may oversee operation of the heat transfer systems, e.g., pre-heating or pre-cooling a heat transfer fluid based on predicted demand.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to autonomous vehicle (AV) training, more specifically, to AV training in a collaborative synthetic environment (e.g., a metaverse). In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a process for collecting road data representing a real-world environment encountered by an autonomous vehicle and generating, using the road data, a synthetic environment representative of the real-world environment. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for establishing a connection between the synthetic environment and a remote device, wherein the remote device, and receiving a set of instructions from a user for interacting with the synthetic (virtual) environment. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for modifying the synthetic environment based on instructions received from the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automated detection and disinfection of microbes in autonomous vehicles, to prevent possible transmission of diseases or illness to subsequent users. Automated detection and disinfection of a vehicle includes autonomously scanning various parts of the autonomous vehicle for microbes, selecting a disinfectant based on detected microbes, and autonomously disinfecting at least a portion of the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination; transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass; during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination; and untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.

Abstract: In the context of electronic design automation and particularly circuit layout design software tools, systems and methods for incremental chaining of circuit devices (or, more generally, “figures,” which can include instances and pins) permit user-interactive abutment and placement. Selection of one or more anchor figures highlights chaining candidates which can be automatically chained to the anchor figure(s) upon selection, as with a single mouse click. As compared to manual interactive abutment or automatic batch-mode chaining, incremental chaining offers improved usability, reduced manual effort, and the opportunity for user interaction as a chain is constructed, because the user is permitted interventions at any point in the chaining process for altering device parameters or characteristics.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products using a center access direction for pin figures during an abutment of instances in an integrated circuit (IC) design. Using a center access direction allows an electronic design automation (EDA) tool to overlap the centers of the pin figures to be merged. Once the centers of the pin figures are overlapped, the EDA tool runs one or more merging and optimization algorithms to abut the circuit devices containing the pin figures. The EDA tool therefore is computationally efficient and yet provides more functionality: unlike the conventional system, the EDA tool does not have to align the pin figures and calculate an offset to overlap the pin figures post alignment. Furthermore, the EDA tool can overlap the pin figures from any angle and is not confined to rectilinear access direction of the conventional systems.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow a layout editor function, presented in a graphical user interface, of an EDA, to indicate certain layout instances or “cell views” as “transparent.” The instances are indicated as transparent using various layout editor commands or layout designer markers. Unlike conventional solutions, a binder within the layout editor of the EDA is not required to bind layout transparent instances to corresponding instances in a related schematic design file or records. Instead, the EDA may identify non-transparent instances at a lower-level of the layout design's hierarchy to bind, because the systems and methods described herein provide for a transparent instance container at a hierarchically higher-level.

Abstract: Methods and systems of an electronic circuit design system described herein provide a new abutment tool in which a chain post-processing function is called once per resultant chain of abutted instances after each chain is fully formed in a layout. In an embodiment, a process design kit (PDK) abutment update function is enhanced to support a new chain processing event that facilitates a creation of new top level figures in a cell view in which the chain lives, and further facilitate adjustment of parameters of instances of programmable cells in the chain.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow a layout editor function, presented in a graphical user interface, of an EDA, to indicate certain layout instances or “cell views” as “transparent.” The instances are indicated as transparent using various layout editor commands or layout designer markers. Unlike conventional solutions, a binder within the layout editor of the EDA is not required to bind layout transparent instances to corresponding instances in a related schematic design file or records. Instead, the EDA may identify non-transparent instances at a lower-level of the layout design's hierarchy to bind, because the systems and methods described herein provide for a transparent instance container at a hierarchically higher-level.

Abstract: The subject system and method are generally directed to the user-friendly insertion of at least one device, and optionally chains of devices, into at least one pre-existing chain of interconnected devices within a graphical representation of a circuit design such as a circuit layout, circuit mask, or a schematic. The system and method provide for discerning the intended insertion points and performing remedial transformations of the devices within the chains to ensure compliance with both structural and operational requirements of the circuit design.

Abstract: Systems and methods to enable a user to edit subMaster content of selected instances of an electronic layout design, including editing the contents of selected instances of an existing subMaster of an EDA design, generating a new subMaster to incorporate the modified contents of the selected instances, and binding the new subMaster to the selected instances without losing the design hierarchy of the layout design.

Abstract: In one embodiment a new method to address configuring a logical design and libraries of design elements with additional information is proposed that may be used to create a physical design from that logical design. Logical designs may be generic, while physical design libraries are normally targeted towards specific technology. Consequently, there can be a mapping from the cells in a logical library to cells which correspond to their implementation in a physical library. In one embodiment, annotations required to map from logical design to physical design may be stored in a separate design view. In one embodiment the user can modify the physical mapping attributes of cells, instances, and occurrences in the logical design and save the modifications back to the physical configuration view.

Abstract: A method of treating symptoms of benign prostatic hypertrophy and a method of treating lower urinary tract symptoms, are disclosed. The method includes administering to a mammal about 1 to about 20 milligrams of an agent that inhibits cyclic guanosine 3,5-monophosphate specific phosphodiesterase type 5.

Abstract: The present invention provides agents such as agonists, antibodies, antagonists or inhibitors to modulate the activity of PDE5 proteins. These compositions and methods are useful for the diagnosis or treatment of conditions associated with the presence, the deficiency, altered levels, or altered activity of PDE5 proteins.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel purified and isolated nucleotide sequences encoding the cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase designated cGB-PDE. Also provided by the invention are methods and materials for the recombinant production of cGB-PDE polypeptide products and methods for identifying compounds which modulate the enzymatic activity of cGB-PDE polypeptides.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel purified and isolated nucleotide sequences encoding the cGMP-binding. cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase designated cGB-PDE. Also provided by the invention are methods and materials for the recombinant production of cGB-PDE polypeptide products and methods for identifying compounds which modulate the enzymatic activity of cGB-PDE polypeptides.