Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.

Abstract: A fluidic device holder configured to orient a fluidic device. The device holder includes a support structure configured to receive a fluidic device. The support structure includes a base surface that faces in a direction along the Z-axis and is configured to have the fluidic device positioned thereon. The device holder also includes a plurality of reference surfaces facing in respective directions along an XY-plane. The device holder also includes an alignment assembly having an actuator and a movable locator arm that is operatively coupled to the actuator. The locator arm has an engagement end. The actuator moves the locator arm between retracted and biased positions to move the engagement end away from and toward the reference surfaces. The locator arm is configured to hold the fluidic device against the reference surfaces when the locator arm is in the biased position.

Abstract: A real-world viewer can include viewing optics positioned along a viewing optical axis for viewing a field of view of the real-world. An active display overlay unit can be optically coupled to the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics, for generating images and directing the images along the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics for simultaneous overlaid viewing of the images in the real-world scene as viewed in the field of view through the viewing optics. The active display overlay unit can be capable of providing full-color luminance of at least t 1200 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 6:1 or greater or providing monochrome luminance from the active display overlay unit of at least 5000 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 15:1 or greater.

Abstract: A real-world viewer can include viewing optics positioned along a viewing optical axis for viewing a field of view of the real-world. An active display overlay unit can be optically coupled to the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics, for generating images and directing the images along the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics for simultaneous overlaid viewing of the images in the real-world scene as viewed in the field of view through the viewing optics. The active display overlay unit can be capable of providing full-color luminance of at least 1200 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 6:1 or greater or providing monochrome luminance from the active display overlay unit of at least 5000 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 15:1 or greater.

Abstract: In a method of generating documentation for a computing interface, an interface description file that includes a machine-readable description of a computing interface is parsed. Elements of the interface description file are identified according to a template file responsive to the parsing thereof, and an output file that includes human-readable documentation for the computing interface is automatically generated from the elements identified in the interface description file. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed.

Abstract: A packet is communicated between a first node and a second node by assigning a plurality of packet fragments to a plurality of communication links connecting the first node and the second node, respectively, such that respective sizes of the plurality of packet fragments are based on respective bandwidths of the plurality of communication links. The plurality of packet fragments is transmitted on the plurality of communication links from the first node to the second node. The plurality of packet fragments is then reassembled at the second node upon receipt.

Abstract: A real-world viewer can include viewing optics positioned along a viewing optical axis for viewing a field of view of the real-world. An active display overlay unit can be optically coupled to the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics, for generating images and directing the images along the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics for simultaneous overlaid viewing of the images in the real-world scene as viewed in the field of view through the viewing optics. The active display overlay unit can be capable of providing full-color luminance of at least 1200 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 6:1 or greater or providing monochrome luminance from the active display overlay unit of at least 5000 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 15:1 or greater.

Abstract: A real-world viewer can include viewing optics positioned along a viewing optical axis for viewing a field of view of the real-world. An active display overlay unit can be optically coupled to the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics, for generating images and directing the images along the viewing optical axis of the viewing optics for simultaneous overlaid viewing of the images in the real-world scene as viewed in the field of view through the viewing optics. The active display overlay unit can be capable of providing full-color luminance of at least t 1200 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 6:1 or greater or providing monochrome luminance from the active display overlay unit of at least 5000 fL to the ocular of the host system with a luminance to power fL:mW ratio of at least 15:1 or greater.

Abstract: A control node of a communication network is operated at a packet bandwidth determined according to observations of performance metrics of the network at the control point. These performance metrics may be one or more of throughput, average fetch time and packet loss. The control node is operated so as to set a control bandwidth to corresponding resonance points of the performance metrics. The resonance points are determined by scanning across a range of control bandwidths, until one or more of the performance metrics is/are optimized. The packet bandwidth is set by varying an inter-packet delay time over selected communication links at the control node.

Abstract: Predictions of congestion conditions for a traffic stream in a communication network are applied to modify an initial congestion window size for the traffic stream; and dynamic bandwidth control is thereafter applied to the traffic stream. This dynamic bandwidth control may include modulating inter-packet bandwidths of the traffic stream according to a capacity of a bottleneck in a communication path through which the traffic stream passes in the communication network. The predictions of congestion conditions may be based on monitoring packet losses and/or round trip times within the communication network for a selected period of time. The monitoring may be performed on at least one of a traffic stream-by traffic stream basis, a connection-by-connection basis, a link-by-link basis, or a destination-by-destination basis.

Abstract: A head mounting viewing system includes a viewer having a microdisplay for displaying images. Viewing optics can be included for viewing the display. The display and the optics can be housed in a housing. Integrated operational controls can be located on the housing for controlling the operation of the viewer.

Abstract: A distributed network monitoring system includes a central monitoring device configured to store global configuration information for all monitoring devices which make up the distributed system, and one or more remote monitoring devices configured to receive, in response to a request therefor, at least a portion of the configuration information from the central monitoring device. The remote monitoring devices and the central monitoring device may be communicatively coupled through respective secure communications paths (e.g., SSH communication tunnels) established on an as-needed basis by secure communication tunnel processes executing at the central monitoring device and remote monitoring devices. The central network monitoring device may further include a configuration servlet configured to provide requested portions of the configuration information to the one or more remote monitoring devices.

Abstract: Congestion within a communication is controlled by rate limiting packet transmissions over selected communication links within the network and modulating the rate limiting according to buffer occupancies at control nodes within the network. Preferably, though not necessarily, the rate limiting of the packet transmissions is performed at an aggregate level for all traffic streams utilizing the selected communication links. The rate limiting may also be performed dynamically in response to measured network performance metrics; such as the throughput of the selected communication links input to the control points and/or the buffer occupancy level at the control points. The network performance metrics may be measured according to at least one of: a moving average of the measured quantity, a standard average of the measured quantity, or another filtered average of the measured quantity.

Abstract: End-to-end packet losses of one or more traffic streams transmitted across a congested network may be reduced by setting the bandwidths of the corresponding traffic streams at critical values thereof at one or more control points along the network topology. The critical value of the bandwidths may be determined by monitoring buffer occupancy at the control point(s). Buffer occupancy may be determined by periodically sweeping down from a maximum bandwidth value according to a monotonically decaying exponential function.

Abstract: Predictions of congestion conditions for a traffic stream in a communication network are applied to modify an initial congestion window size for the traffic stream; and dynamic bandwidth control is thereafter applied to the traffic stream. This dynamic bandwidth control may include modulating inter-packet bandwidths of the traffic stream according to a capacity of a bottleneck in a communication path through which the traffic stream passes in the communication network. The predictions of congestion conditions may be based on monitoring packet losses and/or round trip times within the communication network for a selected period of time. The monitoring may be performed on at least one of a traffic stream-by traffic stream basis, a connection-by-connection basis, a link-by-link basis, or a destination-by-destination basis.

Abstract: End-to-end packet losses of one or more traffic streams transmitted across a congested network may be reduced by setting the bandwidths of the corresponding traffic streams at critical values thereof at one or more control points along the network topology. The critical value of the bandwidths may be determined by monitoring buffer occupancy at the control point(s). Buffer occupancy may be determined by periodically sweeping down from a maximum bandwidth value according to a monotonically decaying exponential function.

Abstract: Congestion within a communication is controlled by rate limiting packet transmissions over selected communication links within the network and modulating the rate limiting according to buffer occupancies at control nodes within the network. Preferably, though not necessarily, the rate limiting of the packet transmissions is performed at an aggregate level for all traffic streams utilizing the selected communication links. The rate limiting may also be performed dynamically in response to measured network performance metrics; such as the throughput of the selected communication links input to the control points and/or the buffer occupancy level at the control points. The network performance metrics may be measured according to at least one of: a moving average of the measured quantity, a standard average of the measured quantity, or another filtered average of the measured quantity.

Abstract: A sail banding device for preventing a furled sail, in particular a spinnaker, from filling until the sail is fully hoisted. The sail banding device includes a pair of flexible elongate anchor straps coupled together. The anchor straps each have a plurality of flexible binding straps coupled thereto. Each of the binding straps is looped around the associated anchor strap in a generally U-shaped configuration such that the ends of each binding strap outwardly extends in a generally common direction from the associated anchor strap. The ends of each binding strap is detachably attached together.

Abstract: An ATM information system processes information at the frame level using a processor including a device driver; a system memory and an adapter for sorting data cells into partially completed frames stored in the system memory using control information provided by the device driver. A controller in the adapter determines when an end of frame indication is received in a cell and updates a pointer in system memory for a completed frame list to a recently completed frame. The device driver processes frames in a completed frame list according a priority of the list. The device driver processing is independent of the sorting and storing of completed frames received in the system memory which improves the performance of the driver and the ability to handle delay sensitive traffic.