Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an electric or hybrid vehicle. Aspects of the vehicle may be used to provide a variety of functionality, including power exporting and aggregation, power take off functionality, thermal signature reduction, and improved vehicle longevity, vehicle turning, and vehicle control techniques.

Abstract: A pet water fountain is described comprising a bowl for holding an aqueous drinking fluid. The pet water fountain includes a housing configured to cover a portion of the bowl and have a fluid reservoir. The pet water fountain includes a rotatable cone positioned within the housing, the cone tapering outwardly from a bottom end to a top end, the bone bottom end having a fluid inlet to allow the passage of fluid from the bowl through the inlet and into the interior of the conde, the cone top end being in fluid communication with the housing fluid reservoir. The pet water fountain includes a filter ring coupled to the cone top end, the filter ring having an exterior housing and a filter media positioned within the exterior housing, and an electric motor coupled to the rotatable cone for rotatably driving the rotatable cone.

Abstract: A system for connecting an ultraviolet (UV) lamp with an electrical coupling includes a braid attachment coupled to the UV lamp, and one or both of a compressive wrap secured around at least a portion of the braid attachment, or a clamp secured around at least a portion of the braid attachment.

Abstract: A method for 3D object perception is described. The method includes extracting features from each image of a synthetic stereo pair of images. The method also includes generating a low-resolution disparity image based on the features extracted from each image of the synthetic stereo pair images. The method further includes predicting, by a trained neural network, a feature map based on the low-resolution disparity image and one of the synthetic stereo pair of images. The method also includes generating, by a perception prediction head, a perception prediction of a detected 3D object based on the feature map predicted by the trained neural network.

Abstract: Pick quality determination is disclosed, including: using a pressure meter to sense a pressure associated with an airflow through a gripper mechanism of a diverting mechanism over time during a pick operation on a target object; storing the sensed pressure associated with the airflow through the gripper mechanism over time as a pressure sequence associated with the pick operation on the target object; and correlating the pressure sequence with representative pressure sequences associated with corresponding pick quality types to determine whether the pick operation on the target object was successful or not.

Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet, an interior cavity defined by the cabinet, a storage compartment positioned within the interior cavity that supports a temporarily stored item, a temperature control system, a gas detector, and a scanning apparatus that has at least one camera and is configured to record and store image data associated with a user's preference. The scanning apparatus conducts first and second data capturing phases. A difference between first and second data sets is analyzed to produce a current inventory manifest. The appliance also includes a weight scale and a controller. The controller evaluates a location of the temporarily stored item based on the image data and determines remaining contents of the temporarily stored item based on data from the weight scale. The controller determines a preferred air velocity for the storage compartment based upon data collected from the gas detector and the weight scale.

Abstract: A method at an electronic device with a display includes: displaying a user interface having a first region and a second region; receiving, and displaying in the first region of the user interface, a live video stream of a physical environment captured by a remote video camera; displaying, in the second region, a timeline corresponding to a timespan for a first portion of a duration during which the live video stream may have been recorded; in response to receiving a user interaction to move the timespan to a second portion of the duration, transitioning the displayed timeline to a new timeline that corresponds to the timespan for the second portion, and while transitioning, displaying, in the first region, a subset of video frames representing the first and/or second portion of the duration.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for migrating a computer application from an entity's premises to a web services platform. Data from multiple sources on the entity's premises is gathered and normalized into a common format. The normalized data is used to create a topology of the network on the entity's premises. This topology is analyzed to determine whether a computer application executing on the entity's premises may be migrated to the web service platform.

Abstract: Provided are processes to increase security of database systems, in some cases with transparent retrofits. Examples may include the calling of external functions responsive to a data access event, such as detected by a database driver, upon connection attempt to, request attempt to, or retrieval of data from a database arrangement of a storage environment. The database driver, in response to detecting an event, may perform a call to an API, like a RESTful API, of a component or system that effectuates logic for determining instructions provided back to the database driver for responding to the event.

Abstract: A system and method for multimedia scene break detection, including: a computer processor, a scene break detection service executing on the computer processor and comprising functionality to: (i) receive a request for scene break detection on a media item, (ii) identify a set of candidate scene break timestamps selected based on analysis of an audio component of the media item and a video component of the media item, (iii) execute a computer vision scoring model for each candidate scene break timestamp to generate a score representing a visual distance between a first set of proximal frames and a second set of proximal frames of the candidate scene break timestamp, and (iv) select, based at least on the score of each of the set of candidate scene break timestamps, a final set of scene break timestamps for the media item.

Abstract: Provided is a clutch assembly, a SSSV, and a method for operating an SSSV. The clutch assembly, in one aspect, includes an output coupler housing, an input shaft, and an electromagnet coupled to the input shaft. In at least one aspect, the electromagnet is configured to magnetize the output coupler housing when the electromagnet is energized. The clutch assembly, in one aspect, further includes one or more grooves located in an inner surface of a central opening in the output coupler housing and one or more engagement members located in the outer surface of the input shaft.

Abstract: Provided is a retrievable safety valve insert. The retrievable safety valve insert, in one aspect, includes an outer housing having a central bore, and a valve closure mechanism coupled to the outer housing proximate a downhole end of the central bore. The retrievable safety valve insert, in accordance with this aspect, further includes a bore flow management actuator disposed in the central bore, the bore flow management actuator configured to slide to move the valve closure mechanism between a closed state and an open state, and one or more safety valve insert magnets coupled to the bore flow management actuator, the one or more safety valve insert magnets configured to magnetically couple with one or more landing nipple magnets of a safety valve landing nipple to slide the bore flow management actuator and move the valve closure mechanism between the closed state and the open state.

Abstract: Display devices include waveguides with in-coupling optical elements that mitigate re-bounce of in-coupled light to improve in-coupling efficiency and/or uniformity. A waveguide receives light from a light source and includes an in-coupling optical element that in-couples the received light to propagate by total internal reflection within the waveguide. The in-coupled light may undergo re-bounce, in which the light reflects off a waveguide surface and, after the reflection, strikes the in-coupling optical element. Upon striking the in-coupling optical element, the light may be partially absorbed and/or out-coupled by the optical element, thereby reducing the amount of in-coupled light propagating through the waveguide.

Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes a vehicle processor storing battery data and a user device communicatively coupled with the vehicle processor. The user device includes data processing hardware that stores a weather application, a navigation application, and a battery monitoring application. The battery monitoring application is configured to receive the battery data from the vehicle processor and weather data from the weather application. The battery monitoring application is also configured to present a user with battery efficiency options based on the battery data and the weather data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

Abstract: A portable sanitizing method includes moving a cover of a case assembly between an open position that exposes a storage chamber and a closed position; storing a wand assembly including a sanitizing head having an ultraviolet (UV) lamp in the storage chamber when not in use; and removing the wand assembly from the storage chamber to disinfect one or more components with UV light emitted by the UV lamp.

Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a bearing-housing structure provided to the housing and adapted to rotatably support a rotor, a motor provided to the bearing-housing structure and adapted to drive the rotor, and an impeller provided to the rotor. The bearing-housing structure includes a bearing shaft having a bearing surface that rotatably supports the rotor. The bearing shaft provides only a single bearing of the non-ball bearing type for the rotor.

Abstract: A bottle cooling or heating device (1) for suspension from a support surface. The device (1) comprises a receptacle including a vessel (50), a thermoelectric cooling and/or heating (60) in contact with the vessel (50), and a support structure (20) connected to the vessel (50). The support structure (20) comprises a hanging lip (25) which projects away from the support structure (20) and supports the device (1) in use. Magnets (33) are supported by the support structure and a crown (6) is removably connectable to the support structure (20), held in place by the magnets (33). The crown (6) comprises a plurality of keys configured to engage with a support fixture (20) mounted on the underside of the support surface. One or more wedge devices which are moveable with respect to the support structure (20) may be connected to the support structure (20).

Abstract: A magnetic shielding system is provided for a Differential Current Transformer to provide shielding at multiple locations for a circuit braker. It comprises an outer shield being cylindrically-shaped and closely fitting and an inner shield being closely fitting over four conductor cables that pass through the Differential Current Transformer. An inside diameter of the inner shield is less than 1.5 times the diameter of the smallest circle that can enclose the four conductor cables that pass through the Differential Current Transformer. In an axial direction, the magnetic shielding system comprises multiple layers of flat, washer-shaped parts in which at least one layer on top and one layer on bottom is of magnetic shielding material. Magnetic shielding is provided at the multiple locations using two or more different classes of materials.

Abstract: An incident evaluation system for vehicle incidents includes a first imager configured to capture image data corresponding to a first vehicle and a first vehicle processor that is communicatively coupled to the first imager and configured to receive the captured image data. The first vehicle processor is configured to generate a first vehicle report in response to an incident captured in the image data and includes a first vehicle profile including at least one of first vehicle insurance details, driver details, and pre-incident image data. The incident evaluation system also includes a server communicatively coupled to the first vehicle processor and configured to receive the first vehicle report. The server is configured to evaluate the captured image data to generate an incident report.