Abstract: Systems and methods of driving plate loudspeakers with different parameters based on frequency region in a way similar to typical cone driver crossover networks are described. These systems and methods may be implemented using arrays of independently controlled drivers which allow a designer to emphasize or de-emphasize certain modes in certain frequency bands. Tuning the characteristics of the plate's motion can also affect the acoustical properties in a larger space rather than just at a single location. The systems and methods described herein can grant a designer a degree of control over the characteristics and performance of the plate.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for targeted authentication queries based on detected user actions. A user may perform various actions during a day, including online, electronic, or digital actions, such as social networking, messaging, and media consumption, as well as real-life actions, such as exercise, travel, and purchases. The actions may be used to determine a user history for the user by a service provider. When the user wishes to login to an account or otherwise authenticate the identity of the user, the user may provide login or authentication credentials. The credentials may be used to look up the user history and cause the service provider to generate an authentication—query for the user based on events associated with the user in the user history. The query may be utilized to further authenticate the user by requiring the user to respond with the event associated with the user.

Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for purifying and/or removing oily particles, and/or contaminants suspended or dissolved in water. In particular the process relates to an additive composition that has the appropriate surfactant characteristics for effectively removing an oil phase from an oil/aqueous mixed phase via foam fractionation. According to the invention, a hydrophobically modified polymer that acts as an associative thickener is combined with surfactant in appropriate ratios to facilitate oil removal for water purification in any of a number of commercial, environmental and industrial applications.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for a carbon neutral blockchain protocol for resolving carbon offsetter payments for cryptocurrency transactions. A service provider, such as an online transaction processor, may provide a green wallet and network protocol that provides carbon offsetting fees and payments to carbon offsetters in order to account for carbon emissions and usage when processing cryptocurrency transactions on a blockchain network protocol. A green wallet may be provided, which allows registration of carbon offsetters and use of green addresses to cause cryptocurrency to be processed in a green transaction. A user's digital wallet may sign an initial cryptocurrency transaction and provide the fee to the green wallet. The green wallet may then resolve the cryptocurrency transaction by further signing the transaction and transmitting the fee to a digital wallet of the carbon offsetter over another cryptocurrency processing network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for visualizing user spending data in an altered reality are provided. Spending data includes items purchased, budgets for specific rooms or categories, prices paid, dates of purchase, and amounts spent. The user may interact within the altered reality to manage spending and move budgets between rooms or categories.

Abstract: The embodiments generally relate to systems and methods for an online marketplace for goods and services. The systems and methods involve a hardware processor that receives attributes for a good or service from the seller terminal, generates pricing data for the good or service using a price estimator and market analyser, and processes the attributes for the good or service using a condition analyzer. The systems and methods facilitate a product or service listing using an interface between a seller terminal and at least one of a dealer terminal, and a buyer terminal to generate and provide a listing for the product or service. The systems and methods can facilitate a product or service listing using an interface between a seller terminal and at least one of a dealer terminal, and a buyer terminal with an auction/transaction conductor to list the product or service, including in an auction in some embodiments.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted heteroaryloxypyridines of the general formula (I) and (I) to their use as herbicides, in particular for controlling weeds and/or weed grasses in crops of cultivated plants and/or as plant growth regulators for influencing the growth of crops of cultivated plants. The present invention also relates to herbicidal and/or plant growth-controlling agents comprising one or more compounds of the general formula (I).

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods to streamline the mechanism by which data users access differently regulated data through the use of one or more integrated identifiers. The integrated identifiers lessen or eliminate the need to separately maintain one set of identifiers for regulated data and another set for non-regulated data. The methods and systems may be applicable in various credit and healthcare contexts where regulations over data use are prevalent. In one or more embodiments, a data user receives a unique integrated identifier for each of the data user's current or prospective customers, and the integrated identifiers can be used to persistently identify and track the customers over time and across applications that access regulated and/or non-regulated data. In the healthcare context, a healthcare provider may utilize a patient ID as the integrated identifier. To protect privacy, the integrated identifier may not include social security numbers or birthdates.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for detection of fraudulent displayable code data during device capture. A user may utilize a computing device to capture data at a certain location, such as imaging a QR code or reading an RFID reader. However, without knowing that those codes or devices are safe, the user make risk a computing attack on their device. Thus, processes herein provide a manner to detect when codes or devices are unsafe based on the additional data detected when encoded data is captured. In such instances, those codes and devices may be detected as fraudulent and the user may receive a warning of malicious computing attacks. Additionally, the user may be guided to valid codes and devices to utilize and may further receive information on removing such computing attacks.

Abstract: A system is described for determining an analogue geological feature. The system may include a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to perform various operations. The system may generate, by extracting parameter signatures for geological features, a database including parameters about geological features associated with parameter signatures. The system may receive data including parameters and a feature-type about a geological feature of interest. The system may generate a signature including values for a subset of the feature-of-interest parameters selected based on the geological feature of interest for the feature-of-interest using the data. The system may execute a comparison of the feature signature to the parameter signatures included in the database for identifying an analogue geological feature for the feature of interest.

Abstract: An electrical conduit body assembly is provided. The assembly includes a body portion, a cover, and a movable connection. The movable connection connects the body portion and the cover to one another so that the cover can be moved with respect to the body portion between an open state and a closed state in a manner that prevents the cover from being misplaced or disassociated from the body portion.

Abstract: Various systems, mediums, and methods herein describe aspects of an authentication system. The system may receive a request from a user device to authenticate a user. The system may determine a route travelled by the user. The route can be determined based at least on data retrieved from the user device of the user. The system may determine one or more objects viewable along the route. At least one image of the one or more objects can be selected. The system may communicate the at least one image and at least one other image to the user device to be displayed on the user device. The system may receive a selection of the at least one image by the user through a display of the user device. The authentication of the user can be based, at least in part, on the user selection of the at least one image.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for examining digital forensic data using a viewer computer. Forensic data collections are provided to the viewer computer, which can format the data artifacts according to a variety of display types and presentation formats, to facilitate review and reporting by a user. The display types and presentation formats also enable the user to easily switch between a source location view and a related artifacts view.

Abstract: A method and system for identifying combustion dynamics in a combustion chamber, includes an optical sensor that receives energy from a flame within the combustion chamber. A processor is configured to receive a first signal from the sensor indicative of energy at a first wavelength and a second signal indicative of energy at a second wavelength. The processor can generate a data set of combustion quality indicators from the first signal and the second signal. The processor can convert the data set of combustion quality indicators in a time domain to a combustion quality spectrum in a frequency domain. The processor can analyze the combustion quality spectrum to determine anomalies, wherein the anomalies indicate at least one frequency where combustion dynamics occur in the combustion chamber and output a signal indicative of the at least one frequency where combustion dynamics occur.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hydraulic valve component using additive manufacturing includes laying successive layers to form a flow aperture for a hydraulic valve component, and creating a lattice or mesh structure that at least partially defines the flow aperture of the hydraulic valve component, or a feature that forms an undercut along a direction that is parallel to a flow direction of the flow aperture, or a flow aperture having a size varying along a circumferential direction of the valve component.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for on-device data privacy operations to prevent data sharing at user locations. A service provider, such as a merchant location of a merchant and/or associated online transaction processor, may provide additional services for to users via user data that may be tracked or stored of the user. However, the user may not want to share certain data with the merchant or other backend processor for privacy concerns. Thus, on-device data privacy operations may be used to detect when a user is at a location that has a corresponding privacy setting to hide or abstract user data for the location. The privacy setting may designate data to prevent from sharing when the user uses their device with devices associated with the location. Abstracted data associated with recommendations or actions to provide the user may be generated and provided to a merchant for the location.

Abstract: A method for executing orders assigned to a plurality of robots operating in a warehouse, including receiving an order with a plurality of items, each item associated with an item location. The method includes defining a plurality of regions and identifying the regions which include at least one item location associated with the order received by the robot. The method also includes determining, from the regions identified, which regions which include at least one operator and assessing criteria relating to a current location of the robot and to the item locations associated with the regions having at least one operator. The method further includes selecting an item location to which the robot is to navigate from a current location based on an assessment of criteria relating to the current location of the robot and to the item locations associated with the regions in which are located at least one operator.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for delivery confirmation using wireless beacons. A merchant may include a wireless beacon, such as a small token or device, inside of a package for delivery. The beacon may communicate with a user device for a user when the package is delivered to the user. The beacon may include recipient information of eligible recipients for the package. The beacon may receive identification information for the user when the user device connects to the beacon. A delivery person in possession of the package may then determine if the user is an eligible recipient for the package using the recipient information and the identification information. After delivery of the package, the user may reuse the beacon by erasing the recipient information from the beacon and storing new recipient information on the beacon. The user may then place the beacon in another package for delivery.

Abstract: A method, system and devices to selectively control modal vibrations in an elastic panel with a number of force actuators distributed throughout the surface of the elastic panel to excite/depress the response of one or more vibrational resonant modes included in a prescribed subset. The force actuators are disposed such that prescribed modal excitation/depression may be realized when the actuators are driven by a common source signal.