Abstract: A speaker can have a main body with a generally spheroidal shape, which can be supported standing on its end. The speaker can include a subwoofer that faces forward. A plurality of mid-range drivers can be distributed around the sub-woofer, facing generally forward and radially outward. A plurality of tweeters can be distributed around the sub-woofer, facing generally forward and generally outward. The outer housing portion of the speaker can be covered with a fabric material. A user interface ring 162 can be touch sensitive to receive input, and can have a plurality of lights that can be illuminated separately to convey information to the user.

Abstract: Described herein is a process and system for constructing three-dimensional (3D) representations of roof structures. The system can create representations of roof structures of arbitrary complexity and can create representations of dependent roof structures such as dormers. The system can create representations of roof structures that conventional methods cannot create, such as roofs with edges that are not coplanar, roofs with faces that do not connect to exterior edges, roofs composed of sub-structures, or roofs with dependent structures such as dormers.

Abstract: Automated jackstand systems and methods deploy a jackstand to support a front end of a trailer parked at an automated loading dock. The jackstand prevents collapse of the trailer's landing gear and prevents upending of the trailer during loading and unloading. Advantageously, by deploying the jackstand automatically, presence of personnel in the yard where tractors and trailers are moving is not required.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided that includes obtaining a first secret and a first public key, and obtaining a second secret a second public key. The method may also include authenticating the first public key of the first vehicle based on a first private key associated with the first vehicle, and authenticating the second public key of the second vehicle based on a second private key associated with the second vehicle. The method may also include preventing a man-in-the-middle attack, by securing at least one of a first vehicle-to-central office communication, a central office-to-first vehicle communication, or a first vehicle-to-second vehicle, wherein the first vehicle-to-central office communication and the central office-to-first vehicle communication are authenticated based on a determined private key associated with a respective first vehicle on-board computer, and sending a message, with the central office server, to a vehicle associated with a conditional movement authority.

Abstract: A flexible joint includes a plurality of links, a plurality of flexures, and at least one cable which can be tensioned or relaxed to cause a bending about a plurality of axes. The links may include a base link; a last link; and a plurality of intermediate links, coupled together by the flexures such that the plurality of intermediate links, the first link, and the last link form a chain of links having the base link at a first end of the chain and the last link at a second end of the chain and each of the plurality of intermediate links is coupled to two other ones of the plurality of links by two flexures. The cable(s) extend through cable pass-through-holes in the links. The links may comprise disks with sloped faces, and may be rotational offset from another around a longitudinal axis. The flexures may comprise living hinges.

Abstract: A consumable is provided. The consumable includes (a) at least one sweetener, and (b) a sweetness modifier comprising an extract or fraction from Viscum articulatum or at least one flavan or flavanone compound. The at least one sweetener is present is a sweetening amount.

Abstract: A consumable is provided. The consumable includes (a) at least one sweetener, and (b) a sweetness modifier comprising an extract or fraction from Stelmatocrypton khasianum or at least one caffeoylquinic acid or tormentic acid compound. The at least one sweetener is present is a sweetening amount.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing goods from a two-part carton having a base and a lid, the base being formed with side walls having external gussets secured against external side faces of the carton, the apparatus including: a lid removal module for engaging the lid and removing it from the carton; expansion members configured to be advanced between the gussets and the external side faces of the carton to remove the gussets from the side faces; engagement members for engaging side walls of the base and drawing them away from the goods and holding them in a position away from the goods; and a goods transfer module for engaging the goods and removing them from the carton.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, activities of users within an IT service end user are recorded. A given record of a user activity may include an output of a command executed by the user, and execution information, input parameter(s) to the command, output of the command, and/or any other type of execution information. In implementations, intelligence may be built into a proxy module corresponding to the command to track an execution of the command started by the user. The execution of the command is captured and stored in a buffer such that another user within the IT service end user can review the execution of the command. In another aspect, user interfaces are provided to facilitate a user within an IT service end user to review activities in administering IT services by another user within the IT service end user.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved approach to represent RDF data in a database system, where one or more auxiliary tables are maintained for the RDF data. The auxiliary tables advantageously permit a database processing system to process a query using fewer numbers of joins or self-joins.

Abstract: Described herein is a process and system for constructing three-dimensional (3D) representations of roof structures. The system can create representations of roof structures of arbitrary complexity and can create representations of dependent roof structures such as dormers. The system can create representations of roof structures that conventional methods cannot create, such as roofs with edges that are not coplanar, roofs with faces that do not connect to exterior edges, roofs composed of sub-structures, or roofs with dependent structures such as dormers.

Abstract: A detachable mechanical eye cartridge includes a plurality of links, a plurality of couplers, a plurality of electronic connection points, and at least one mechanical eye that can be rotatably actuated in at least two rotational degrees of freedom. The detachable mechanical eye cartridge may include actuators for actuating the eye, eyelid structures, an actuator for actuating the eyelid structures, and imaging sensors within the mechanical eye. The detachable mechanical eye cartridge may include one or two mechanical eyes and related structures and may include a set of magnetic couplers that couple to magnets on a robotic head frame to which the detachable mechanical eye cartridge may couple. The detachable mechanical eye cartridge may also have a set of mechanically coupled linkages for controlling the pitch of each mechanical eye with minimal backlash.

Abstract: A connector system, ride system and method for connecting and supporting a suspended load. The system includes a suspended carrier having a first connector part and a suspended load support, arranged and disposed to support a suspended load, the suspended load support having a second connector part. A first magnetic coupler is affixed to the suspended carrier and a second magnetic coupler is affixed to the suspended load support. The first magnetic coupler includes a first arrangement of magnets and the second magnetic coupler includes a second arrangement of magnets. The first arrangement of magnets is selectively arranged and disposed to provide alignment and detachable engagement to the magnets of the second arrangement of magnets. The first connector part and the second connector part releasably engage to connect the suspended carrier to the suspended load support and permit transmission of motion, power, signal and at least one utility from the suspended carrier to the suspended load support.

Abstract: A system for mounting an electrical terminal applicator to a cassette containing a plurality of terminals is provided. The system includes a support plate for fixedly attaching to the applicator, and a yoke releasably attached to the support plate. The yoke and support plate define an attachment therebetween providing at least one degree of freedom of motion of the support plate relative to the yoke in an attached state. The yoke is further configured to be movably mounted to the cassette with at least one additional degree of freedom of motion.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a vessel including the steps of: a) providing a cleaning reservoir having a plurality of chambers each for holding a cleaning fluid; b) filling a first chamber of the cleaning reservoir with a cleaning fluid; c) ultrasonically cleaning one or more vessels in the first chamber using the cleaning fluid; d) transferring the cleaning fluid from the first chamber to a second chamber of the cleaning reservoir; and e) ultrasonically cleaning one or more vessels in the second chamber by reusing the cleaning fluid transferred from the first chamber and used to clean the one or more vessels in the first chamber.

Abstract: A method and system for automatically retrieving and integrating one or more supplemental software programs into at least one of an existing software program may include receiving a request to open a document via the existing software program, retrieving a list of supplemental software programs for the document, the list of supplemental software programs including an identification for each of the supplemental software programs and an application source from which the supplemental software programs can be retrieved, embedding the list of supplemental software programs into a data structure for the document, embedding a program for processing the list of supplemental software programs into a data structure for the document, and transmitting the data structure to a component for processing. The program is configured to retrieve the supplemental software programs from the application source and automatically integrate the supplemental software programs into the data structure.

Abstract: A system for removing a foil shield from a cable comprises an induction coil for inductively heating the foil shield of the cable, a cable feeding device for selectively passing the cable through the induction coil, a cutting blade for selectively removing at least a portion of the cable, and a sensor for detecting at least one characteristic of the cable.

Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus with a cleaning reservoir having a plurality of chambers, which are selectably fillable with cleaning fluid. The chambers of the multi-chamber reservoir are fluidly interconnectable, the apparatus further comprising a fluid distribution pump and a controller for sequentially controlling a fluid flow between the chambers during an ultrasonic cleaning cycle. Such a multi-chamber reservoir has the advantage of reducing the total volume of fluid required to clean vessels in the reservoir, since the cleaning process can be performed in a staged or sequential procedure, and the cleaning and/or rinsing fluid reused in each chamber, allowing the apparatus to be more compact.

Abstract: An outdoor power equipment device, such as a lawn mower, includes a main chassis having first and second pivot joints, a first rocker arm having a caster wheel on a first end portion and a drive wheel on a second end portion, and a second rocker arm having a caster wheel on a first end portion and a drive wheel on a second end portion, wherein the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are independently pivotally coupled to the respective first and second pivot joints of the main chassis at a location between the caster wheels and the drive wheels.