Abstract: A vision system for a harvester includes a first camera positioned on a first side of a crop transfer arm of the harvester and a second camera positioned on a second side of the crop transfer arm of the harvester, the second side being opposite the first side. A center of the first field of view and a center of the second field of view are angled away from one another by an angle of at least ten degrees. A first portion of the first field of view overlaps at least a portion of the second field of view and a second portion of the first field of view does not overlap the second field of view, and a first portion of the second field of view overlaps at least a portion of the first field of view and a second portion of the second field of view does not overlap the first field of view.

Abstract: A harvester includes a crop processor for reducing crop material to processed crop, a crop transfer arm for transferring processed crop material to a receiving vehicle, and a vision system including a first camera having a first field of view and a second camera having a second field of view, wherein the first camera is separated from the second camera along two axes. A control system is configured to use image data from the first camera and image data from the second camera to detect the presence of a receiving vehicle and to determine a distance between the harvester and the receiving vehicle, and generate control signals for automatically aligning the crop transfer arm with the receiving vehicle.

Abstract: A system includes an agricultural harvester with an electromagnetic detecting and ranging module and a camera for capturing images of an area within a field of view of the electromagnetic detecting and ranging module. One or more computing devices detect the presence of an object using data from the electromagnetic detecting and ranging module, use image data from the camera to determine whether the object is a receiving vehicle and, if the object is a receiving vehicle, generate automated navigation data to automatically control operation of at least one of the agricultural harvester and the receiving vehicle to align an unload conveyor of the agricultural harvester with a grain bin of the receiving vehicle.

Abstract: A neutron reflector design which lowers stress in inner reflector members by supporting the inner reflector members on radially adjacent outer reflector members at the interface between the inner and outer reflector members, such that an individual inner reflector member is not supported by an inner reflector member in a layer of the reflector assembly immediately below, and the inner reflector member does not have to bear a load from an inner reflector member in a layer of the reflector assembly immediately above. The lowering of the load carried by the individual inner reflector members with this individual-member-support arrangement reduces stress-induced reflector damage with is enhanced in the high radiation flux environment adjacent to a nuclear reactor core. The inner reflector members are removable for replacement without the need to remove the outer reflector members.

Abstract: A device include a first camera, a second camera, and a shutter assembly. The shutter assembly includes a switch, a link coupled to the switch and having a first cover, and an arm coupled to the link and having a second cover. Actuating the switch to a first position disposes the first cover within a first field of view of the first camera and the second cover within a second field of view of the second camera. Actuating the switch to a second position disposes the first cover outside of the first field of view and the second cover outside of the second field of view.

Abstract: A rotary joint includes a shaft having a first end, a second end, and a cavity. The rotary joint includes a first waveguide section having a first proximal end and a first distal end. The first proximal end of the first waveguide section is positioned within the cavity and secured to the inner surface of the shaft. The rotary joint includes a second waveguide section that includes a second proximal end and a second distal end. The second proximal end of the second waveguide section is positioned within the cavity of the shaft and unsecured to the inner surface of the shaft to form a radial gap between an outer surface of the second proximal end and a laterally adjacent portion of the inner surface of the shaft. The shaft and the first waveguide section are configured to rotate about the rotational axis and relative to the second waveguide section.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes an unload conveyor for transferring a stream of processed crop out of the agricultural harvester and a camera for capturing images of an area proximate the agricultural harvester and generating image data. A computing device is configured to receive the image data from the camera during a harvest operation; apply a machine learning model to identify, using only image data from the camera, a receiving vehicle from among a plurality of possible different receiving vehicles; determine dimensions associated with the identified receiving vehicle; determine, using the dimensions and the image data, a location of the receiving vehicle relative to the agricultural harvester; and generate automated navigation data based on the location of the receiving vehicle, the automated navigation data to automatically control operation of at least one of the agricultural harvester and the receiving vehicle to align an unloading conveyor with the receiving vehicle.

Abstract: One or more computing devices are configured to receiving image data from a camera on a harvester during a harvest operation, apply a machine learning model to identify, using only image data from the camera, a receiving vehicle from among a plurality of possible different receiving vehicles, determine dimensions associated with the identified receiving vehicle, and determine, using the dimensions and the image data, a location of the receiving vehicle relative to the harvester. An electronic device including a graphical user interface is configured to receive the location data from the one or more computing devices, use the location data to generate a graphical representation illustrating the relative positions of an unload conveyor of the harvester and a grain bin of the receiving vehicle, and present the graphical representation on the graphical user interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for guiding an agricultural machine utilising image data received from one or more imaging sensors associated with the agricultural machine. The image data is analysed utilising a detection model to classify at least one object within the environment of the agricultural machine and the classification is used to identify a cooperative machine for performing a cooperative operational task with the agricultural machine. The systems extend to controlling operation of the guidance system in dependence on the identified cooperative machine.

Abstract: A system includes an agricultural crop receiving vehicle with a bin for receiving and holding agricultural crop material and a camera positioned to capture images of an area proximate the receiving vehicle. One or more computing devices receive the image data from the camera, identify one or more features of a harvester in the image data, determine a location of the agricultural harvester relative to the crop receiving vehicle, and use the location of the agricultural harvester to generate control signals for controlling movement of the agricultural crop receiving vehicle to coordinate receiving crop material in the bin from the harvester or for controlling a graphical user interface to present a visual indicator of the relative locations of the agricultural crop receiving vehicle and the agricultural harvester.

Abstract: A system includes an agricultural crop receiving vehicle with a bin for receiving and holding agricultural crop material and an electromagnetic detecting and ranging module for generating data indicating the presence and location of a harvester proximate the agricultural crop receiving vehicle. One or more one or more computing devices are configured to receive the data from the electromagnetic detecting and ranging module, determine a location of the harvester relative to the agricultural crop receiving vehicle, and use the location information to generate control signals for controlling movement of the agricultural crop receiving vehicle to coordinate receiving crop material in the bin from the harvester or for controlling a graphical user interface to present a visual indicator of the relative locations of the agricultural crop receiving vehicle and the harvester.

Abstract: The present invention relates to c-di-GMP lowering chemical compounds having anti- biofilm properties. In particular, the present invention relates to anti-biofilm compounds or salts or tautomers thereof for use in treatment and/or prevention of bacterial biofilm infection in human subjects caused by biofilm-forming bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, in particular Pseudomonas spp. including P. aeruginosa. Methods of treating such infections in human subjects are contemplated as well. The present inventions further relates to the use of an anti-biofilm compound or a salt or tautomer thereof for dispersing biofilms in industrial water systems.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for monitoring operation of an agricultural machine. Image data indicative of an input image of a working environment of the agricultural machine is receive and encoded utilizing an encoder network to map the image data to a lower-dimensional feature space. The encoded data is then decoded form a reconstructed image of the working environment which is compared with the input image to identify anomalies within the working environment. One or more operable components associated with the machine may be controlled based on the identification of one or more anomalies.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a crop processor for reducing crop material to processed crop and an unload conveyor for transferring processed crop out of the agricultural harvester. One or more sensors generate data indicating a fill level of processed crop within a receiving vehicle. A camera generates image data including at least a portion of the receiving vehicle. A controller receives the data from the one or more sensors, determines the fill level of the processed crop in the grain bin of the receiving vehicle, receives the image data from the camera and generates a graphical indicator of the fill level. The graphical indicator includes a graphical depiction of the receiving vehicle from the image data and a graphical marker superimposed over at least a portion of the graphical depiction of the receiving vehicle. A graphical user interface presents the graphical indicator of the fill level to a user.

Abstract: A spray module for a device for fighting a vegetation fire, the spray module includes: an inlet for a fluid, an outlet for the fluid, a fastening unit for fastening the spray module in a raised position with respect to an underlying surface, a first spray mist nozzle having a first opening area, which is configured to dispense a first spray mist, and a second spray mist nozzle having a second opening area, which is configured to dispense a second spray mist, the first opening area and the second opening area are arranged parallel to one another on the spray module in such a way that the first spray mist and the second spray mist can be dispensed in two opposite directions.

Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for identifying user-specific content items and/or time-based content items, as well as techniques for providing the content items to the user. For instance, a remote system may receive first audio data from an electronic device, where the first audio data represents a request to identify content related to a topic. The remote system can then store the topic in a database and use the topic to identify the content. Later, the remote system can then receive second audio data from the electronic device, where the second audio data represents a request for the content. The remote system can then send third audio data to the electronic device that represents at least a portion of the content.

Abstract: Described herein are technologies that use LIDAR and computer vision to detect locations of receiving vehicles grouped together relative to a forage harvester and detect fill levels of crop material within each receiving vehicle and path and landing position of material expelled from the harvester into a bin of a receiving vehicle of the group. Such information is used as feedback for operating the harvester or one or more self-propelled vehicles moving the receiving vehicles. Some embodiments detect ground level in front of the harvester or the receiving vehicles and use such information as feedback. Some embodiments include a link to communicate the feedback to a GUI for user visualization of the feedback and semi-automated operations. For example, readings from LIDAR and a camera of the harvester detect a position and a crop material fill level for each receiving vehicle in the group, and the GUI outputs the information.

Abstract: Described herein are technologies that use LIDAR and computer vision to detect a location of a receiving vehicle relative to a forage harvester, fill levels of crop material within the receiving vehicle, and path and landing position of material expelled from the forage harvester and received by a bin of the receiving vehicle. The technologies use such information as feedback for operating the harvester or the receiving vehicle. Some embodiments detect ground level in front of the harvester or the receiving vehicle, and such information is used as feedback too. Some embodiments include a link to communicate the feedback to a GUI for user visualization of the feedback and semi-automated operations of the harvester or the receiving vehicle. For example, readings from LIDAR and a camera of the harvester detect a topography of the material deposited in the bin of the receiving vehicle, and a GUI outputs the topography.

Abstract: A computer system that includes one or more processors configured to execute a secure sovereign manager that controls remote execution of commands on a sovereign cloud computing platform. The secure sovereign manager is configured to create an escorted session for an unqualified user for invoking commands on the sovereign cloud computing platform. The unqualified user does not have sovereign-trusted credentials that define qualifications required for accessing the sovereign cloud computing platform. The escorted session is asynchronously supervised by a qualified user that has sovereign-trusted credentials. The secure sovereign manager is configured to receive an indication of approval or denial of invocation of a received command. Based on at least receiving an indication of approval, the secure sovereign manager invokes the received command on the sovereign cloud computing platform.

Abstract: A smart block can include a plurality of displays and configurable magnet components to selectively attract or repel other smart blocks. The smart block can include proximity sensors to identify a surface of another smart block close to the smart block to determine if the smart blocks are correctly oriented based on an application or game associated with the operation of the smart blocks. A plurality of smart blocks can be configured to display a portion of a picture (as a puzzle), such that when the smart blocks are oriented correctly they collectively display the complete picture. The smart blocks can be used in conjunction with a smart mat that is configured to move the smart blocks in response to commands received from a remote computing device. The smart blocks and the smart mat can facilitate interactivity with other, remote users, such as between a caregiver and a child.