Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to simulating patterns of reflected radar energy off of reference objects using motion data associated with these reference objects. This motion data may identify start times, start locations, end times, and end locations of a limited number reference objects in a set of discrete scenes. Each of these discrete scenes may also have a same time duration. Motion of these specific objects between a start time and an end time of each discrete scene may be interpolated. Once the locations of the objects are interpolated for a given scene, simulations may be performed to estimate the appearance of reflected radar signals that would be received by a radar apparatus. These simulations may identify patterns of reflected radar energy after radar signals have been emitted from the radar apparatus and these patterns may then be provided to train a machine learning apparatus.

Abstract: Systems and methods for docking vehicles for towing are disclosed herein. An example docking assembly for a vehicle includes a mounting interface to be coupled to the vehicle, an interface component rotatably coupled to the mounting interface at a joint defining an axis, the interface component to be coupled to a corresponding interface component on another vehicle, and a compliance mechanism. The compliance mechanism is operable between: a first mode in which the interface component is locked from rotating about the axis; a second mode in which the interface component is rotatable about the axis and biased to a central position; and a third mode in which the interface component is freely rotatable about the axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for docking vehicles for towing are disclosed herein. An example docking system to mechanically couple a first vehicle and a second vehicle includes a first docking assembly and a second docking assembly. The first docking assembly includes a first mounting interface to be coupled to the first vehicle and a receiver rotatably coupled to the first mounting interface to enable the receiver to rotate about a pitch axis relative to the first vehicle. The receiver defines an opening. The second docking assembly includes a second mounting interface to be coupled to the second vehicle and a plug to be inserted into the opening of the receiver. The plug is rotatably coupled the second mounting interface to enable the plug to rotate about a yaw axis relative to the second vehicle and rotate about a roll axis relative to the second vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving an end-to-end (E2E) vehicle simulation in replicating a real-world driving scene based on a continuous feedback loop are provided. For example, a method includes receiving first data collected from a real-world driving scene, the first data associated with the real-world driving scene and a performance of a real-world vehicle in the real-world driving scene; and adjusting, for a current iteration, a parameter associated with an E2E vehicle simulation that simulates operations of a simulated vehicle driving in a simulated driving scene, wherein the adjustment is based on a fidelity value of the E2E vehicle simulation in a previous iteration, and the fidelity value is based on a comparison between second data collected from the E2E simulation in the previous iteration and the first data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating a fidelity of a simulation in replicating a real-world driving scene are provided. A computer-implemented system including one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions, when executed by one or more processing units, cause the one or more processing units to perform operations including receiving first data collected from a reference driving scene, the first data associated with the reference driving scene and a driving behavior of a first vehicle in the reference driving scene; receiving second data collected from a driving simulation that generates a simulated driving scene and operations of a second vehicle in the simulated driving scene, wherein the simulated driving scene is a simulation of the reference driving scene; and determining a fidelity of the driving simulation based on a comparison between the first data and the second data.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to simulating patterns of reflected radar energy off of reference objects using motion data associated with these reference objects. This motion data may identify start times, start locations, end times, and end locations of a limited number reference objects in a set of discrete scenes. Each of these discrete scenes may also have a same time duration. Motion of these specific objects between a start time and an end time of each discrete scene may be interpolated. Once the locations of the objects are interpolated for a given scene, simulations may be performed to estimate the appearance of reflected radar signals that would be received by a radar apparatus. These simulations may identify patterns of reflected radar energy after radar signals have been emitted from the radar apparatus and these patterns may then be provided to train a machine learning apparatus.

Abstract: A sheet music search and discovery system is disclosed that uses specific mathematical rules to analyze and characterize sheet music and provides functionality for users to identify sheet music based on those characterizations. The system stores sheet music data and metadata characterizing each composition, provides a graphical user interface that provides functionality for users to search the sheet music data for compositions, and generates search results based at least in part on the metadata characterizing each composition. In one embodiment, metadata describing structured sheet music data is generated using a global vector space that includes semantic representations of elements extracted from a large corpus. In another embodiment, metadata describing unstructured sheet music data is generated using machine learning-based pattern recognition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising at least one block copolymer and a specific amount of at least one oil component. The block copolymer, which is the polymeric matrix of the inventive composition, is built up from at least one vinyl aromatic monomer MA and at least one conjugated diene monomer MB, in particular the block copolymer is a styrene butadiene block copolymer (SBC).

Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising at least one block copolymer and a specific amount of at least one oil component. The block copolymer, which is the polymeric matrix of the inventive composition, is built up from at least one vinyl aromatic monomer MA and at least one conjugated diene monomer MB, in particular the block copolymer is a styrene butadiene block copolymer (SBC).

Abstract: A location estimation system includes a plurality of Kalman filters, a UWB position system, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor and a MEMs chip that provides gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer information. The data is Kalman filtered to determine precise location information that is more precise any sensor that is processed to determine the probable location of a device. The system further includes at least one camera based location determination systems is configured to provide either two dimensional or three-dimensional data wherein the system utilizes the absolute location information as well as the camera data to determine a precise location notwithstanding anomalies in the absolute location information. In one embodiment, the data from the location estimation system is fused with data from the camera based location determination system to generate data that, overall, is more accurate than data from either source.

Abstract: A sheet music search and discovery system is disclosed that uses specific mathematical rules to analyze and characterize sheet music and provides functionality for users to identify sheet music based on those characterizations. The system stores sheet music data and metadata characterizing each composition, provides a graphical user interface that provides functionality for users to search the sheet music data for compositions, and generates search results based at least in part on the metadata characterizing each composition. In one embodiment, metadata describing structured sheet music data is generated using a global vector space that includes semantic representations of elements extracted from a large corpus. In another embodiment, metadata describing unstructured sheet music data is generated using machine learning-based pattern recognition.

Abstract: Polymer blend comprising 95 to 100% of a component A) and 0 to 5% of additives, where A) is consisting of polymers A1) to A4): A1) 50 to 75% of a star shaped block copolymer A1 which comprises at least 2 terminal vinylaromatic hard blocks S and diene soft blocks B, where the proportion of the hard blocks S is from 65 to 90%, and Mn of block S is 35000 to 200000; A2) 5 to 15% of block copolymer A2 which comprises 2 terminal vinylaromatic hard blocks S1 and S2 and random copolymer blocks (B/S) consisting of 20 to 60% vinylaromatic monomers, and 80 to 40% dienes where the proportion of blocks S1 and S2 is 40 to 60%; and Mn of blocks S1 is 35000 to 200000, and Mn of blocks S2 is 5000 to 30000 and the molar S1/S2 ratio is 1:0.

Abstract: A location estimation system includes a plurality of Kalman filters, a UWB position system, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor and a MEMs chip that provides gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer information. The data is Kalman filtered to determine precise location information that is more precise any sensor that is processed to determine the probably location of a device.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.

Abstract: A location estimation system includes a plurality of Kalman filters, a UWB position system, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor and a MEMs chip that provides gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer information. The data is Kalman filtered to determine precise location information that is more precise any sensor that is processed to determine the probably location of a device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer blend comprising 75-99.5% (w/w) of at least one polylactic acid) (PLA) and 0.5-25% (w/w) of at least one styrene butadiene copolymer containing at least 50% (w/w) styrene. The present invention further relates to the use of such polymer blend for producing products and to the resulting products. Moreover, an object of the present invention is the use of a styrene butadiene block copolymer having a dendrimer structure comprising 50-85% (w/w) styrene as an additive of polymer blends comprising at least 50% (w/w) of PLA and a method of producing the polymer blend according to the invention.