Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for supplementing partially readable and/or inaccurate codes. An example apparatus includes a watermark analyzer to select a first watermark and a second watermark decoded from media; a comparator to compare a first decoded timestamp of the first watermark to a second decoded timestamp of the second watermark; and a timestamp adjuster to adjust the second decoded timestamp based on the first decoded timestamp of the second watermark when at least a threshold number of symbols of the second decoded timestamp match corresponding symbols of the first decoded timestamp.

Abstract: A method is provided for locking and unlocking an electronic power tool. The method includes receiving, at a locking device, information associated with the electronic power tool, and generating, at the locking device, a lock code based on the received information. The method further includes transmitting, by the locking device, the lock code to the electronic power tool. The lock code is configured to lock the electronic power tool upon being received at the electronic power tool.

Abstract: Solution casting a nanostructure. Preparing a template by ablating nanoholes in a substrate using single-femtosecond laser machining. Replicating the nanoholes by applying a solution of a polymer and a solvent into the template. After the solvent has substantially dissipated, removing the replica from the substrate.

Abstract: A medical device including an elongate member extending from a proximal end toward a distal end, the elongate member having a lumen with a longitudinal axis, a hub portion towards the proximal end of the elongate member and configured for a user to hold and manipulate a position of the elongate member, a base portion including a first groove and a second groove separated by an opening, and two wings disposed towards a distal end of the medical device, the two wings being opposite each other across the longitudinal axis and on opposite sides of the base portion, wherein, the two wings are configured to move in relation to the longitudinal axis and wherein each wing has an elongate slot having a closed first end at a location between the base portion and a peripheral end of the wing.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes at least one processor circuitry to execute or instantiate instructions to identify a media file is scheduled to be accessed by a media device within a first time period after a publishing of the media file was published by a media provider; select a first symbol to be inserted at a first symbol position and a second symbol to be inserted at a second symbol position to identify an access of the media file is to be accessed by the media device within the first time period, the first symbol position in a first bit sequence, the second symbol position in a second bit sequence; encode the first bit sequence in the media file on a first encoding layer of a multilayered watermark, and encode the second bit sequence in the media file on a second encoding layer of the multilayered watermark.

Abstract: A surface evaluation system that includes one or more vision systems that generate target surface data during evaluation of a surface, the one or more vision systems comprising two or more of: at least one light, a camera, a structured light camera, a laser scanner and a 3D scanner.

Abstract: This disclosure presents methods for vapor deposition of metal halides involving exposure of substrates to vapors of organometallic copper complexes with halosilane vapors. The methods described herein are advantageous for the production of transparent hole conducting layers, e.g., for perovskite solar cells.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using simulated local demonstration data for robotic demonstration learning. One of the methods includes receiving perceptual data of a workcell of a robot to be configured to execute a task according to a skill template, wherein the skill template specifies one or more subtasks required to perform the skill, wherein at least one of the subtasks is a demonstration subtask that relies on learning visual characteristics of the workcell. A virtual model is generated of a portion of the workcell. A training system generates simulated local demonstration data from the virtual model of the portion of the workcell and tunes a base control policy for the demonstration subtask using the simulated local demonstration data generated from the virtual model of the portion of the workcell.

Abstract: A cover system for preventing water ingress having a geomembrane layer and a wind-disturbing open-pore layer thereon and defining an asperity extent, said open-pore layer for forming in situ an air-flow turbulence zone between the geomembrane layer and a boundary space proximate the open-pore layer as a transition from turbulent flow of wind in the turbulence zone to laminar flow of the wind remote from the geomembrane layer, said open-pore layer inducing disturbance of a wind flow into and through the layer, whereby a suction force on the geomembrane is disturbingly broken by turbulent wind shear events therein and exerted downward pressure deflections, wherein the wind speed and pressure differential lessen and the geomembrane resists uplift. A method of covering a large area surface with a cover system that resists wind uplift is disclosed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine media exposure of a panelist are disclosed. An example apparatus include memory; computer readable instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the computer readable instructions to: determine an anonymized identifier from media monitoring data corresponding to a personal people meter of a panelist; filter anonymized census data from a plurality of media devices based on the anonymized identifier; when second media data different than first media data is included in the media monitoring data during a same time duration, tag the time duration as corresponding to multiple media exposure; and credit exposure to media for the panelist based on the tag.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for distributing skill templates for robotic demonstration learning. One of the methods includes receiving from the user device by a skill template distribution system, a selection of an available skill template. The skill template distribution system provides a skill template, wherein the skill template comprises information representing a state machine of one or more tasks, and wherein the skill template specifies which of the one or more tasks are demonstration subtasks requiring local demonstration data. The skill template distribution system trains a machine learning model for the demonstration subtask using a local demonstration data to generate learned parameter values.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to polypeptide constructs, and particularly relate to T-cell receptor (TCR) constructs having binding affinity for a specific cognate antigen. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods useful for producing such constructs as well as methods for the diagnosis, prevention, and/or treatment of conditions associated with cells expressing the cognate antigen recognized by the polypeptide constructs.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for delivering extended payloads with composite watermarks. Examples disclosed herein embed a first watermark into a media stream in accordance with a first watermark technology, where the first watermark includes a first indicator bit and a first payload. Disclosed examples also embed a second watermark into the media stream in accordance with a second watermark technology, where the second watermark includes a second indicator bit and a second payload. In some disclosed examples, the first indicator bit and the second indicator bit are to indicate whether the first payload and the second payload are to be combined when the first watermark and the second watermark are decoded.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to fingerprint an audio signal. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes an audio segmenter to divide an audio signal into a plurality of audio segments, a bin normalizer to normalize the second audio segment to thereby create a first normalized audio segment, a subfingerprint generator to generate a first subfingerprint from the first normalized audio segment, the first subfingerprint including a first portion corresponding to a location of an energy extremum in the normalized second audio segment, a portion strength evaluator to determine a likelihood of the first portion to change, and a portion replacer to, in response to determining the likelihood does not satisfy a threshold, replace the first portion with a second portion to thereby generate a second subfingerprint.

Abstract: A vented transfer lid includes an inner collar projecting from a top panel of the transfer lid and having an outer circumferential surface having a texturized electrical discharge machining (EDM) surface finish. In some example forms, an interior surface of the top panel includes a texturized EDM surface finish. In example forms, the transfer lid includes a transfer port wherein at least a portion of an interior surface of the transfer port includes a texturized EDM surface finish. In other embodiments, at least a portion of the vented transfer lid comprises a nonpolar boundary such that fluids exposed to the nonpolar boundary bead and form droplets having a dimension rendering them incapable of passing through one or more vent paths.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for identifying streaming sessions are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an audience measurer to determine an identifier for a commercial presented at a media presentation device, and to determine a time at which the commercial was presented. The example apparatus also includes a log analyzer to compare the identifier and the time to a streaming session log from a streaming service provider (SSP) to identify a streaming session in which the commercial associated with the identifier was presented at the time. The example apparatus also includes a panelist matcher to associate, based on the comparison, a panelist identifier with a streaming session identifier corresponding to the streaming session.

Abstract: A contextual navigation and action user experience framework that facilitates workflows across multiple contexts and levels of object hierarchy is disclosed. Exemplary features include a swapper interface, an action toolbar with contextual buttons and contextual tabs, and a toolkit that provides an overview portal to view alerts, cross reference information, and perform actions on objects and insights that are important to the user across an entire product suite.

Abstract: A satellite communication system may include a constellation of cross-linked orbiting satellites, and an earth station gateway that includes an Internet port. Mobile wireless devices each include a satellite transceiver and a WiFi transceiver configured to communicate with another WiFi transceiver, in turn, configured to communicate with the Internet port. The mobile wireless device may also include a controller configured to communicate with other members of a respective push-to-talk (PTT) group via the satellite transceiver when a satellite link is available, communicate with the other members of the respective push-to-talk (PTT) group via the WiFi transceiver when a WiFi link is available and the satellite link is not available, maintain a first existing PTT call when switching from the satellite link to the WiFi link, and maintain a second existing PTT call when switching from the WiFi link to the satellite link.

Abstract: A satellite communication system may include a constellation of cross-linked orbiting satellites and a network manager that maintains a database of push-to-talk (PTT) groups. A plurality of mobile wireless devices may each include a satellite transceiver and a WiFi transceiver. The mobile wireless device may each also include a controller configured to communicate with other members of a respective PTT group via the satellite transceiver when a satellite link is available, determine at least one ad hoc network link with an adjacent mobile wireless device using the WiFi transceiver, and communicate with the other members of the respective PTT group via the at least one ad hoc network link when the satellite link is not available.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to use station identification to enable confirmation of exposure to live media. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a watermark data segmenter to determine a media identifier conveyed by a watermark, a detection time determiner to determine a time at which a media meter detected the watermark from a media presentation by a media device, a reference identifier to query a library of reference signatures for a reference signature associated with the media identifier of the watermark and associated with a reference timestamp corresponding to the time at which the media meter detected the watermark, and a viewing type determiner to determine whether the media presentation is live or time-shifted based on whether a result of the query indicates the reference signature does not exist in the library of reference signatures.