Abstract: Disclosed herein is autonomous vehicle charging station featuring self-cleaning contact points, power flow safety features, and electrical connection testing (meeting minimum performance thresholds) for safe and efficient power transfer from the charging station to the autonomous vehicle. After docking, power line modem (PLM) communications are established between the autonomous vehicle and the charging station via an electrical power connection resulting from the docking act as an initial test of connectivity, and then the electrical power connection is determined to be safe with non-lethal power flow before charging the autonomous vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to articles (and the manufacture thereof) that use electrical energy to heat a material to form an inhalable substance, the articles being sufficiently compact to be considered “hand-held” devices. In certain embodiments, the articles can particularly be characterized as smoking articles. The smoking article can be adapted to detect the status of a cartridge portion of the smoking article. The smoking article includes a control body portion having a control body engagement end, wherein the control body portion houses a control component and a power source therein. The article further includes a cartridge body portion that has a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion houses a consumable arrangement and a heating connection operably engaged therewith comprising at least one heating element and a fusible link.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for decomposing videos into multiple layers (212, 213) that can be re-combined with modified relative timings includes obtaining video data including a plurality of image frames (201) depicting one or more objects. For each of the plurality of frames, the computer-implemented method includes generating one or more object maps descriptive of a respective location of at least one object of the one or more objects within the image frame. For each of the plurality of frames, the computer-implemented method includes inputting the image frame and the one or more object maps into a machine-learned layer Tenderer model. (220) For each of the plurality of frames, the computer-implemented method includes receiving, as output from the machine-learned layer Tenderer model, a background layer illustrative of a background of the video data and one or more object layers respectively associated with one of the one or more object maps.

Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.

Abstract: Described herein are battery packs and electric vehicles using these packs. In some examples, a battery pack comprises two portions/covers and a set of battery modules positioned within the enclosed cavity formed by these portions. A battery pack may comprise a set of pressure-relief valves positioned in and protruding through a wall of at least one portion. Each valve can be coaxial with a corresponding gap provided between two adjacent modules. The valve is configured to provide a fluid path (to the exterior of the battery pack) when the pressure inside the pack exceeds a set threshold. In some examples, the battery pack comprises an inlet tube fluidically coupled to the inlet port of each module and an outlet tube fluidically coupled to the outlet port of each module. A set of specially configured orifices or controllable valves is positioned on the fluid path through each module.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamic acid having Formula I In Formula I: Ra represents one or more different tetracarboxylic acid component residues; Rb represents one or more different aromatic diamine residues or aromatic diisocyanate residues; and 5-100 mol % of Rb has Formula II In Formula II: R1 through R6 are the same or different and are haloalkyl or haloalkoxy; R7 is the same or different at each occurrence and is deuterium, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, alkyl, deuterated alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkoxy, heteroalkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, silyl, siloxy, hydrocarbon aryl, substituted hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, vinyl, or allyl; n is an integer from 0-10; x1 and x4 are the same or different and are an integer from 0-3; x2 and x3 are the same or different and are an integer from 0-2; and * indicates a point of attachment.

Abstract: A node of a satellite constellation system includes a global positioning receiver configured to receive first signaling from a first plurality of non-LEO navigation satellites of a constellation of non-LEO navigation satellites in non-LEO around the earth. A transceiver is configured to send and receive inter-node communications with other nodes of the satellite constellation system. At least one processor is configured to execute operational instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include: determining a state of the node of the satellite constellation system based on applying precise point positioning (PPP) correction data to the first signaling, wherein the PPP correction data is received separately from the first signaling; and generating a navigation message based on the state of the node.

Abstract: Provided herein are a fused polycyclic compound, and an electronic device having at least one organic layer comprising the fused polycyclic compound as an electroactive compound.

Abstract: Sound or video systems are used to deliver predetermined content to a customer audience. It is important to validate that the intended material is being received and understood by the targeted audience. Sound or video system service providers prove their value by providing feedback metrics that the system is working as expected. The present invention automates and enhances this process and makes the validation continuous for constant validation at a much lower cost. Enhancements creates metrics beyond a human's ability to discern the quality of the service. The also includes features that can automatically determine the cause and recommended solution if the system's performance is not as expected. The metrics are then aggregated for full system wide operation in a graphical and tabular analytic interface.

Abstract: A patient interface system for delivery of a supply of air at positive pressure to the entrance of a patient's airways for treatment of sleep disordered breathing includes an air delivery tube connected to a flexible portion of a plenum; a vent structure having sufficient rigidity to support its own weight under gravity and/or not to block or fold under tube movement or tube drag; and a patient interface structure. The patient interface structure includes a seal forming structure arranged on a top portion of the plenum; and a seal positioning and stabilizing structure connected to a flexible portion of the plenum. The seal-forming structure is substantially decoupled from a tube drag force.

Abstract: A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.

Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein enhance the efficiency and functionality of directory systems. This is accomplished by augmenting a primary table with an extended table for storing properties of an associated entity (e.g., a user, a company). A table serves to organize directory data and comprises rows and columns. Each row of the primary table stores an entity with each column storing an associated property. In contrast, the primary table is configured with an extended table in which each row of the extended table stores a property for an associated entity while each column stores additional information for the property such as timestamps and metadata. Storing specific properties in the extended table eliminates empty spaces in the primary table thereby reducing the volume of stored data. Moreover, by including additional data for properties, the extended table enables property-specific features such as search, synchronization, extensibility, and lifecycle management.

Abstract: A system and method for designing a physical system using a genetic algorithm includes building a plurality of data structures necessary to build, heal, and verify a plurality of dependency chains; ensuring that multiple dependencies in a respective one of the plurality of dependency chains are represented correctly; removing any dependencies that will be trivially satisfied at random; in response to determining that one or more dependencies is consistent with another dependency, considering one or more combinations of dependencies; and building configurations that satisfy the dependencies and combinations of dependencies by associating the dependencies and combinations of dependencies with selected technology options and recursively specifying and/or revising additional technology options that are consistent with the dependencies or combinations of dependencies, until a configuration is fully specified.

Abstract: A forecast for compatible advertisement opportunities, compatible with a class of advertisements, that will be available over a future time period is generated. For a content item associated with one or more advertisement opportunities, one or more compatible advertisement opportunities of the one or more advertisement opportunities are determined based on characteristics of the class of advertisements. Expected output of the content item over the future time period may be determined from historical data of output of other content items similar to the content item, and may be adjusted based on additional information, such as actual output of the content item. The forecast may be generated from the compatible advertisement opportunities associated with the content item and the expected output of the content item.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating mycobacterial infections or mycobacterial diseases by administering a tetracycline compound, e.g., omadacycline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a process including: obtaining, for a plurality of entities, entity logs, wherein: the entity logs comprise events involving the entities, a first subset of the events are actions by the entities, at least some of the actions by the entities are targeted actions, and the events are labeled according to an ontology of events having a plurality of event types; training, with one or more processors, based on the entity logs, a predictive machine learning model to predict whether an entity characterized by a set of inputs to the model will engage in a targeted action in a given duration of time in the future; and storing the trained predictive machine learning model in memory.

Abstract: Distributions of on-chip inductors for monolithic voltage regulation are described. On-chip voltage regulation may be provided by integrated voltage regulators (IVRs), such as a buck converter with integrated inductors. On-chip inductors may be placed to ensure optimal voltage regulation for high power density applications. With this technology, integrated circuits may have many independent voltage domains for fine-grained dynamic voltage and frequency scaling that allows for higher overall power efficiency for the system.

Abstract: Increasing the pressure of a slurry by a filter press in which mineral oxide reacts with carbon dioxide enhances the formation of the carbonate by increasing the solubility and availability of carbon dioxide, accelerating reaction rates, shifting equilibria favorably, and promoting the formation of reaction intermediates like bicarbonate ions. A more efficient and faster synthesis of metal carbonates results.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a seamless automatic repeat request (ARQ) stream are provided. The system can include a plurality of streaming servers, a load balancer, and an ARQ streaming service. The ARQ streaming service obtains encoded content segments and transmits the segments to a plurality of streaming servers. The plurality of streaming servers is configured to transmit the encoded content segments to a client computing device, and a load balancer is implemented between the client computing device and the plurality of streaming servers. When the client computing device sends a response message to the ARQ streaming service while receiving the encoded content segments from one of the plurality of streaming servers, the ARQ streaming service may identify a failure in the streaming server. The ARQ streaming service retransmits lost encoded content segments by switching the streaming path to another streaming server from the plurality of streaming servers.

Abstract: Distributions of on-chip inductors for monolithic voltage regulation are described. On-chip voltage regulation may be provided by integrated voltage regulators (IVRs), such as a buck converter with integrated inductors. On-chip inductors may be placed to ensure optimal voltage regulation for high power density applications. With this technology, integrated circuits may have many independent voltage domains for fine-grained dynamic voltage and frequency scaling that allows for higher overall power efficiency for the system.