Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a CI replication service that can replicate domain data from IDCS control plane to data plane and to all subscribed regions of a domain. For instance, the CI replication service can provide replication of required resources of a domain for AuthN and AuthZ from an IDCS local region to other regions for high availability (e.g., to improve latency). The CI replication service can replicate the resources from a domain's home region to all subscribed regions for local availability of data for workloads running in those regions. Further, when a new region is subscribed for a domain, then the service can bootstrap that domain's data from home region before enabling that region for the domain.

Abstract: Hierarchical Power Management (HPM) architecture considers the limits of scaling on a power management controller, the autonomy at each die, and provides a unified view of the package to a platform. At a simplest level, HPM architecture has a supervisor and one or more supervisee power management units (PMUs) that communicate via at least two different communication fabrics. Each PMU can behave as a supervisor for a number of supervisee PMUs in a particular domain. HPM addresses these needs for products that comprise a collection of dice with varying levels of power and thermal management capabilities and needs. HPM serves as a unified mechanism than can span collection of dice of varying capability and function, which together form a traditional system-on-chip (SoC). HPM provides a basis for managing power and thermals across a diverse set of dice.

Abstract: An optical device includes a first waveguide that includes a plurality of first portions coupled with regions doped with first dopants, and a plurality of second portions coupled with regions doped with second dopants, distinct from the first dopants, the plurality of first portions being interleaved with the plurality of second portions. And the optical device includes a second waveguide located adjacent to the first waveguide for coupling light from the first waveguide to the second waveguide. The second waveguide includes a third portion coupled with a third region doped with the first dopants and a fourth portion coupled with a fourth region doped with the second dopants, wherein the first portion is located adjacent to the third portion and the second portion is located adjacent to the fourth portion.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for a recovery process with selective ordering and concurrent operations in order to recover from a failure. Representations of active log structures are rebuilt within memory according to ordering values assigned to I/O operations logged within the active log structures. Representation of certain active log structures may be concurrently rebuilt based upon the active log structures comprising I/O operations that are non-overlapping within a distributed file system, have no dependencies, relate to different services, and/or target independent files. Representation of stale log structures are concurrently rebuilt within memory. While rebuilding the log structures and executing the I/O operations, a key value map is concurrently rebuilt within the memory for locating data of the I/O operations. Concurrent operations during the recovery process reduces the time to complete the recovery process, and thus reduces client downtime during the recovery process.

Abstract: A method for foodstuff identification can include: detecting a trigger event; sampling a measurement set; optionally determining candidate measurements for subsequent analysis based on the measurement set; optionally determining a set of food parameter values from the measurements; optionally selecting a food parameter value for use; determining a cooking instruction based on the food parameter value; automatically operating the appliance based on the cooking instructions; optionally determining a foodstuff trajectory relative to the cook cavity; optionally training one or more modules; and/or any other suitable elements.

Abstract: A bypassing technique bypasses an indexing service and provides a bypass data path for transferring/retrieving snapshots from a production cluster to an object store. In an embodiment, the production cluster may determine how extents of the snapshots are packed into objects of the object store and transfers the snapshots directly to the object store over the bypass data path. Once the snapshot transfer is completed, the production cluster provides location metadata as to how the snapshot extents are packed into objects to the indexing service. The indexing service is invoked to create an index of the location metadata and is not involved in the data transfer of the snapshots. In another embodiment, the production cluster identifies a snapshot to restore and queries the indexing service to compute the deltas between the snapshot to be restored and a reference snapshot. The indexing service returns a set of segments that indicates the changed delta regions between the two snapshots.

Abstract: System connections map interface connections between the memory device and the memory controller. The memory controller is configured with information about these ‘mapped’ connections. The memory controller uses the mapping information to: correctly present commands and addresses to the memory device, perform CA training on mapped connections, generate read training data that accounts for mapped connections, correctly address mapped memory device pins for write training per pin adjustments, correctly calculate error detection coding, and correctly read vendor identification information.

Abstract: The method for dirty camera detection including: detecting a first predetermined state change event; sampling a set of cavity measurements; optionally determining a set of features of the set of cavity measurements; determining a class label based on the cavity measurements; optionally verifying the classification; and facilitating use of the appliance based on the classification.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media that support automated optimization of product management systems. In embodiments, automated optimization of component tools of the product management system is provided by automated evaluation and optimization of associated rules and metadata. In embodiments, metadata and rules may be associated to each other by an assessment engine. A recommendation engine may then identify non-compliant metadata, may determine a condition of the rule, and/or may generate recommendations for the rules based on the non-compliant metadata. Automated optimization of the product management system may include automated creation and mapping of decomposition relationships between commercial products and technical products. In embodiments, input data may be parsed into a set of object with unique attribute fields, which may then be validated.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a charging port for connection to a charging cable capable of delivering electricity to the vehicle, and an ultra-wide band (UWB) transceiver module. The UWB transceiver module includes a master node and at least three antenna nodes. The at least three antenna nodes are deployed at correspondingly diverse locations in the vehicle at fixed distances from the charging port. The master node is configured to determine a position of an UWB antenna or tag external to the vehicle relative to the locations of the at least three antenna nodes and the charging port.

Abstract: An object-based data storage service receives a request to store a data object in association with a smart data storage tier. Based at least in part on characteristics of the data object, the object-based data storage service identifies and stores the data object in a first location corresponding to a first data storage tier. The object-based data storage service monitors access to the data object to identify a second set of characteristics of the data object. This second set of characteristics is used to determine that the data object is to be transitioned to a second data storage tier. The object-based data storage service, based at least in part on this determination, stores the data object in a second location corresponding to the second data storage tier.

Abstract: A system for charging a battery includes three sub-modules, each receiving a respective phase of a three-phase alternating current (AC) signal. The three sub-modules cooperate to transform the respective phases of the three-phase AC signal to a direct current (DC) signal by passing the respective phases of the three-phase AC signal through a respective semiconductor device configured to discontinuously modulate the respective phase of the three-phase AC signal to convert it to a DC signal provided to the battery to charge the battery.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable mediums may be used in portable computing devices (PCDs) for dynamically allocating system resources in a way that prevents or lessens degradation of power and performance KPIs while also avoiding temperature increases in the PCD that can create unpleasant user experiences. A smart resource allocation framework (SRAF) is triggered when a call is received or placed. Once triggered, the SRAF framework monitors a preselected set of state conditions to determine whether or not to place the wireless modem in a modem power-performance (Mod. Pow.-Perf) mode. If it determines that modem is to be placed in the Mod. Pow.-Perf. mode, a Mod. Pow.-Perf. process is performed dynamically allocates system resources and preferably also triggers a thermal framework that performs power reduction in one or more non-modem processing cores.

Abstract: Various embodiments include methods for receiving user inputs to a computing device via a virtual mouse function. Methods may include tracking movements of a user's hand, moving a cursor of a virtual mouse in a graphical user interface (GUI) responsive to hand movements, predicting a target user interface element for the cursor in the GUI, and adjusting a speed of the cursor in the GUI based on a distance to the predicted target user interface element so that fingers of the user's hand will be on or over particular keys on the physical keyboard when the cursor is on the predicted target user interface element. Methods may further include switching from a normal operating mode to the virtual mouse operating mode in response to recognizing a user gesture. In the virtual mouse operating mode, key presses on the physical keyboard are translated into mouse click inputs.

Abstract: A first embodiment of a torque tube coupler may include an outer body that includes a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface adjacent to the first abutting surface. Set screws may be inserted into one or more channels of the first abutting surface. Tightening the set screws may force the abutting surfaces away from each other and the outer body to press against an inner surface of a torque tube. Another embodiment of the torque tube coupler may include a central ring sized based on a size of a torque tube. The torque tube coupler may also include a set of fingers that extend away from a first side of the central ring and are shaped to flex radially outward. The torque tube coupler may include a core disposed within the set of fingers that, when drawn towards the central ring, causes the fingers to flex radially outwards.

Abstract: Torque limiters prevent the transmission of excessive torque between moving components of one or more gears in a tracker drive assembly. When an amount of torque between these moving components exceeds a threshold, the torque limiter may slip, thus allowing the components to move relative to each other. Embodiments disclosed herein may include a drive motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, at least one gear configured to translate rotation of the drive shaft into rotation of a PV module mounting structure, and a torque limiter interposed between an interior surface of a first component of the at least one gear and an exterior surface of a second component of the at least one gear to allow the first component to slip relative to the second component when an amount of torque between the first and second components exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a novel method of deploying a secondary cluster of one or more service machines to a public secondary cloud to provide a service to supplement a primary cluster of service machines that provide the service in a primary cloud. The method receives a set of one or more user-defined criteria to use to deploy the secondary cluster in the public secondary cloud. After receiving the set of user-defined criteria, the method detects that the secondary cluster is needed to supplement the primary cluster. The method retrieves previously collected data about different public clouds that are candidates for the deployment of the secondary cluster. Based on the set of user-defined criteria, the method analyzes the previously collected data to select for the deployment a particular candidate public cloud as the public secondary cloud. Then, the method deploys the secondary cluster in the selected particular public cloud.

Abstract: Photonic devices are disclosed including a first cladding layer, a first electrical contact comprising a first lead coupled to a first dielectric portion, a second electrical contact comprising a second lead coupled to a second dielectric portion, a waveguide structure comprising a slab layer comprising a first material, and a second cladding layer. The slab layer may be coupled to the first dielectric portion of the first electrical contact and the second dielectric portion of the second electrical contact. The first dielectric portion and the second dielectric portion may have a dielectric constant greater than a dielectric constant of the first material.

Abstract: A torque tube coupler may include an outer body that includes a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface adjacent to the first abutting surface. Set screws may be inserted into one or more channels of the first abutting surface. Tightening the set screws may force the abutting surfaces away from each other and the outer body to press against an inner surface of a torque tube. Another embodiment of the torque tube coupler may include a central ring sized based on a size of a torque tube. The torque tube coupler may also include a set of fingers that extend away from a first side of the central ring and are shaped to flex radially outward. The torque tube coupler may include a core disposed within the set of fingers that, when drawn towards the central ring, causes the fingers to flex radially outwards.