Abstract: A perception system may be used to generate bounding boxes for objects in a vehicle scene. The perception system may receive images and feature maps corresponding to the received images. The perception system may generate multiple pluralities of windows and use the multiple pluralities of windows to enrich semantic data of the feature maps. The perception system may use the enriched semantic to generate one or more bounding boxes for objects in the vehicle scene.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an initial input in a first modality from a first user at a virtual-reality (VR) headset, determining intents corresponding to the initial input by an intent-understanding module, generating candidate continuation-inputs in respective candidate modalities based on the intents, wherein the candidate modalities are different from the first modality, and presenting suggested inputs corresponding to one or more of the candidate continuation-inputs at the VR headset.

Abstract: A storage device is described. A first storage may store a data. An interface may be used to access a command from a host, the command applicable to the data. A controller may execute the command. A second storage may store an entry. The entry may include a first data field for a timestamp and a second data field for a reference to the command.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a parenteral lyophilized formulation of duloxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Further, this invention relates to duloxetine dissolved in a suitable solvent system comprising one or more buffers, stabilizers, and other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and subsequently lyophilized. The invention also describes combination formulation of Duloxetine with other active ingredients.

Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling concurrent cross-region replications and garbage collection while maintaining consistency and data integrity among file systems. In some embodiments, techniques for garbage collection fencing utilize a system-level garbage fencing key (GC fencing key) and one or more job-level GC fencing keys in a source file system that perform one or more cross-region replications with one or more target file systems, one replication and one job-level GC fencing key per target file system. In some embodiments, one job-level GC fencing key in a source file system and one job-level GC fencing key in a source file system together provide garbage fencing for a cross-region replication. In certain embodiments, the metadata information in a GC fencing key can inform, instruct, or be used to configure garbage collectors to skip garbage collection for a range of snapshots in a file system.

Abstract: Methods and systems for rock recognition are provided.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) device is described. The RF device includes a switch field effect transistor (FET), having a source region, a drain region, a body region, and a gate region. The RF device also includes a dynamic bias control circuit. The dynamic bias control circuit includes a first transistor coupled to the gate region of the switch FET by a gate resistor. The dynamic bias control circuit also includes a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and coupled to the body region of the switch FET by a body resistor. The dynamic bias control circuit further includes a capacitor coupled to the body region of the switch FET by the body resistor, and the gate region of the switch FET, by the gate resistor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plunger piston for use in a syringe and especially in a micro-dosing syringe pump application. The plunger piston comprises a front face opposite a rear face and at least one annular groove positioned between the front face and the rear face. The plunger piston includes a plurality of channels extending from the front face into the groove, the channels providing communication between the front face and the groove. An O-ring is received in the groove and the channels serve to equalize pressures around a first side of the O-ring to improve sealing performance and micro-dosing accuracy of a syringe or a micro-dosing syringe pump utilizing the plunger piston.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing agricultural operation(s) for a crop, in manner consistent with a predicted quality of the crop are described. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing, by a computing device, data associated with a crop in a target field, where the data includes planting data for the crop and weather data for the target field, and correlating the weather data to each of a plurality of growth stages for the crop in the target field. The method then includes, prior to a harvest of the crop from the target field, determining, by the computing device, a quality of the crop in the target field, based on the correlated weather data and a quality model specific to a type of the crop, and directing at least one agricultural operation consistent with the determined quality of the crop in the target field.

Abstract: Described herein are complete lifecycle management processes for IoT/M2M devices. In an example, devices are commissioned and de-commissioned in a given system without requiring a user/human administrator. A delegated life-cycle management process is described, wherein devices rely upon a delegatee, which may have more computing and battery resources than the devices, to perform complete or partial lifecycle management operations on behalf of the devices. The delegatee may be a trusted entity that may belong to the same domain as the devices. Further, a Trust Enabling Infrastructure (TEI) is described herein, which may belong to a different trusted domain than the given device and its delegatee.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide techniques for analyzing gait and posture of a subject with respect to control data. The systems and methods, in some embodiments, processes video data, identifies keypoints representing body parts, determines metrics data at a stride level, and compares the metrics data to control data.

Abstract: Provided is a method for suggesting a caption for an image, comprising: receiving the image; determining a plurality of impacting categories associated with a plurality of contextual keywords for the image, each of the plurality of impacting categories representing a sentiment associated with the plurality of contextual keywords; grouping the plurality of contextual keywords into a plurality of groups based on the plurality of impacting categories; determining an order associated with the plurality of contextual keywords, based on a pre-determined impacting function; generating at least one caption by processing each contextual keyword, based on the order associated with the plurality of contextual keywords; determining a priority value associated with each of the at least one caption based on information associated with the corresponding caption, a user profile, and the image; and suggesting the caption from the at least one caption based on the priority value.

Abstract: An electronic device and method for chronic pulmonary disease prediction from audio input based on short-winded breath determination using artificial intelligence is disclosed. The electronic device receives an audio input associated with a user. The electronic device applies an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model to detect a short-winded breath duration that corresponds to a time duration between an end of a first spoken word and a start of a second spoken word succeeding the first spoken word. The electronic device detects a speaking pattern. The electronic device applies a Recurrent neural network (RNN) model to reconstruct a set of short-winded breath audio samples. The electronic device generates an audio sample dataset and a set of audio features. The electronic device applies a modular neural network model on the generated audio sample dataset and on the generated set of audio features to determine a set of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) metrics.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product route meeting sessions through a venue based on device availability. The method includes identifying a plurality of sessions in a venue network, where each session in the plurality of sessions comprises session data that is associated with a network slice. The network slice includes connection requirements. The method also includes receiving a connection request from a user, where the connection request includes a session in the plurality of sessions. The method further includes determining an available device to receive the session data, where the available device satisfies the connection requirements of the network slice. Lastly, the method includes associating the available device with the network slice, where the session data is transmitted to the available device.

Abstract: Wireless infrastructure upgrading may be provided. An Access Point (AP) may be caused to decline new association requests received from client devices not associated with the AP. Next, the AP may be caused to instruct client devices associated with the AP that detect a signal level from the AP to be below their roaming margin to roam away from the AP. Then the power of the signal level from the AP may be decreased by a predetermined amount. Causing the AP to instruct client devices associated with the AP that detect the signal level from the AP to be below their roaming margin to roam away from the AP and decreasing the power of the signal level from the AP may be repeated until the power of the signal level from the AP is at a predetermined level.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may start a timer for obtaining quality of experience (QoE) measurements. The UE may obtain the QoE measurements until the timer expires. The UE may transmit information indicating the QoE measurements. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: The method includes homogenizing a monochromatic coherent light source, irradiating the sample at plurality of points along all planes with the homogenized monochromatic light, collecting the molecular scattered light from all angles and planes to obtain a plurality of profile, resolving the plurality of profiles to obtain a molecular intensity maps, and reconstituting the intensity maps to obtain a three dimensional image of the sample. The system described is capable of obtaining molecular specific 3D morphology and profile of samples. The system described is capable of differentiating different chemicals or sample distribution throughout the 3D volume.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a receiving entity receives information that characterizes a set of positioning signals to be transmitted by a transmission/reception point (TRP) using a set of transmission beams, the information comprising at least one antenna element radiation pattern, at least one antenna element array configuration, and, for each beam in the set of transmission beams, information identifying at least one precoding matrix. The receiving entity performs measurements of the positioning signals transmitted by the TRP, and calculates at least one positioning measurement estimate based on at least some of the at least one antenna element radiation pattern, the at least one antenna element array configuration, the information identifying at least one precoding matrix, and the positioning measurements. The receiving entity sends positioning information to the TRP. The positioning information may include the at least one positioning measurement estimate.

Abstract: A valve capsule assembly for a well includes a body including a first end, a second end, a cavity, and an exterior surface. The body is sized for positioning inside a bore of a casing. A sealing element is coupled to the exterior surface of the body and is configured for sealing with an interior surface of the casing. A cone is movably disposed in the cavity of the body between the sealing element and the second end of the body. A slip coupled to the exterior surface of the body and is movable between a deactivated configuration and an activated configuration, in which the slip is configured to expand and engage with the interior surface of the casing. When the cone is in a first position, the slip is in the deactivated configuration and when the cone is in a second position, the slip is in the activated configuration.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling driver communication includes monitoring, via a plurality of on-vehicle subsystems, a vehicle state, an external environment state, and an in-cabin state via the plurality of on-vehicle subsystems; determining a driver workload score based upon the external environment state, the in-cabin state, and the vehicle state; receiving an incoming message; ranking the incoming message; determining a notification action for the incoming message based upon the driver workload score and the rank of the incoming message; and executing the notification action for the incoming message.