Abstract: A method for scheduling guest systems and/or threads in a virtualization system that assigns processor time and memory space to guest systems and including a virtualization system scheduler, the method including running a first guest system that includes at least one first thread and at least one second thread running in the first guest system, and a guest system scheduler that assigns processing time to the at least one second thread, assigning a plurality of time reservations to the first guest system, wherein the plurality of time reservations include a first time reservation associated to one first thread and a second time reservation associated to the guest system scheduler of the first guest system, assigning processor time to the first guest system according to the second time reservation, and assigning processor time to the at least one first thread of the first guest system according to the first time reservation.

Abstract: A source wireless device sends an indication of support for one or more broadcast services that broadcasts information over a wireless local area network (WLAN).

Abstract: A camera system for providing images with simultaneous high resolution and large depth of field is provided. The system includes: a camera device having a field of view, the camera device configured to automatically acquire: a first image of the field of view at a first numerical aperture; and a second image of the field of view at a second numerical aperture smaller than the first numerical aperture; an image processing unit configured to combine the first image with the second image into a single image by: extracting a higher-resolution in-focus portion of the first image; and replacing a corresponding lower-resolution portion of the second image with the higher-resolution in-focus portion of the first image; and, a display device in communication with the image processing unit, the display device configured to render the single image.

Abstract: A method for transmitting message frames, comprising: generating, by an end device comprising a processor, a first message frame portion comprising a first plain header; obtaining a device identifier (DevEUI) and a header blinding key (HdrBKey); generating a first header mask using the DevEUI and the HdrBKey; obtaining a first blinded header by applying the first header mask to the first plain header; obtaining a first updated message frame portion by updating the first message portion using the first blinded header; generating a first blinded message frame comprising the first updated message frame portion; and transmitting the first blinded message frame to a network gateway.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to selecting, by a computing device comprising a processor, the size of at least one prime mover associated with an aircraft to satisfy a baseline power requirement for operation of the aircraft during a steady state load condition, selecting at least one power source configuration to supplement power provided by the at least one prime mover during a transient load condition associated with the operation of the aircraft, and selecting, by the computing device, a parameter of the at least one power source configuration to provide a total power in an amount that is greater than a threshold during the transient condition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a first node to establish a wireless connection with a second node includes determining a reception time period of the second node during which a radio of the second node is turned on to receive signals, and an interval time period between commencement of reception periods of the second node, determining an event, in response to determining the event, transmitting a message to the second node a predetermined number of times, wherein a first time between transmission of the message is substantially equal to the reception time period, and the predetermined number of times that the message is transmitted is a positive integer that is equal to a quotient of the interval time period divided by the first time, rounded up to the next larger positive integer if the quotient includes a remainder.

Abstract: A support structure for vibrating screening machine with either a flat screen deck or a crowned screen deck which use a coped and then capped variation of the same prefabricated rectangular tubular cross-member but in rotated orientations. The machine further providing support for a crowned screen media without using a crowned cross-member by providing stringers with differing vertical heights with the centermost stringer having the most height above a flat top cross-member. A plurality of crown straps coupled to a top surface of a cross-member, where the crown straps have a C-shaped portion at one end which has a portion thereof coupled to a top surface of a cross-member.

Abstract: An identification system includes an identification device and a communication device. The identification device is attached to an article and including a sensor. The identification device is configured to operate in a plurality of modes and configured to switch between modes of the plurality of modes based on one or more conditions of a surrounding environment sensed by the sensor. The identification device is configured to send data to a server. The communication device of a user of the identification system is configured to receive data including location data of the identification device from the server using short message service protocols or messages through a signaling channel.

Abstract: A nested mixed-radix DDSM can guarantee zero systematic frequency error when used as a divider controller in a fractional-N frequency synthesizer is described. This disclosure presents a nested cascaded mixed-radix DDSM architecture which can also guarantee zero systematic frequency error. In addition, the disclosure allows one to use higher order auxiliary modulators and shaped dither signal to eliminate feedthrough spurs completely. By increasing the number of levels in the cascade, the moduli of the individual modulator stages can be reduced, thereby increasing the speed of the synthesizer.

Abstract: A method for monitoring performance of at least one component on a moving platform, the method including receiving sensor data for the at least one component, along with supplemental data, at a processing node; and processing the sensor data, the processing using the supplemental data to filter the sensor data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating agronomic yield maps from field health imagery maps are described herein. In an embodiment, an agricultural intelligence computer system receives a field health imagery map for a particular agronomic field. The system additional receives data describing a total harvested mass of a crop on the particular agronomic field. The system computes an average yield for the plurality of locations on the particular agronomic field. Using the field health imagery map, the system generates a spatial distribution of agronomic yield based, at least in part, on the average yield. The system then generates a yield map using the spatial distribution of agronomic yield.

Abstract: The disclosure recites a system and method of identifying location data for a server device managing communications for a wireless network. The method comprises: obtaining location data for the server device; identifying a location for the server device by analyzing at least the location data; updating data in the server device with the location; identifying a communication transmission range for the location for the server device; and configuring communications generated by the server device to conform to the communication transmission range.

Abstract: A computer vision system is provided that includes an image generation device configured to generate consecutive two dimensional (2D) images of a scene, and a dense optical flow engine (DOFE) configured to determine a dense optical flow map for pairs of the consecutive 2D images, wherein, for a pair of consecutive 2D images, the DOFE is configured to perform a predictor based correspondence search for each paxel in a current image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, wherein, for an anchor pixel in each paxel, the predictor based correspondence search evaluates a plurality of predictors to select a best matching pixel in a reference image of the pair of consecutive 2D images, and determine optical flow vectors for each pixel in a paxel based on the best matching pixel selected for the anchor pixel of the paxel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fractional-N frequency synthesizer comprising a divider controller comprising a multistage noise Shaping (MASH) digital delta-sigma modulator comprising L stages, wherein the Lth stage is configured to receive as an input a high amplitude dither signal.

Abstract: Implementations of a sensing device may include: a circuit board including a microprocessor, an ultrasonic sensor coupled with the circuit board, an infrared sensor coupled with the circuit board, and a wireless communication module coupled with the circuit board. Each of the ultrasonic sensor and the infrared sensor may be configured to receive input from the surroundings of the user to indicate a presence of an individual behind the user.

Abstract: A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure assembly defining an interior and a variable volume device integrated into a wall of the enclosure assembly and configured to modify a volume of the interior.

Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a communication interface and at least one processor configured to exchange information with another device via the communication interface to allow transfer of control of operable aspects of a vehicle from a source entity to a target entity. In further examples, a method includes exchanging, by an electronic device, information with another device over a communication medium to allow transfer of control of operable aspects of a vehicle from a source entity to a target entity.

Abstract: In some examples, a wireless device includes a communication interface to communicate with a wireless network, and at least one processor configured to, while the wireless device is in a pre-associated state, receive, from the wireless network, information including a network address policy of the wireless network. The at least one processor is configured to further, in response to the information including the network address policy, use an address of the wireless device according to the network address policy.

Abstract: A method at a first computing device providing a local traffic service, the method including detecting a vehicle is transitioning to a region of control of a second local traffic service; and providing, to a second traffic management service, priority information for the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for sensor provisioning in a wireless sensor network includes determining, at a gateway, that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to no neighboring gateway present, measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to enable a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor.