Abstract: Systems and methods of verifying pairings of price tag labels and products at a product storage facility include an image capture device that moves about and captures images of product storage structures at the product storage facility, and a database that stores inventory data associated with the products stocked at the product storage facility. A computing device processes the images to extract one or more characters from the price tag labels and products detected in the images, correlates the extracted characters to the inventory data to identify a product code and a product name that matches the characters extracted from the price tag labels and the products. If the characters extracted from the price tag and from the on-shelf product to which the price tag label is allocated match, the database is updated to reflect that the price tag label is properly allocated to the appropriate on-shelf product.

Abstract: Examples provide a system and method for identifying unpaid items in real-time using computer vision object detection and recognition models. Images of a cart are selected based on proximity of the cart to one or more anchor points. The object detection and recognition models analyze the image data and identify a set of items in the selected cart. An e-receipt including a set of paid items is selected from a plurality of active electronic receipts based on matching the set of identified items to the set of paid items. Any unmatched items are added to a set of predicted unpaid items. When a receipt corresponding to the selected e-receipt is scanned, a notification identifying the set of predicted unpaid items is provided to a user device for display, enabling a user to identify any unpaid items in a basket of items quickly and accurately in real-time at store exit.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle system that provides a playlist of potential paths for a user to select and implement so that an autonomous vehicle can follow the playlist of potential paths from one path to another path to another path is disclosed. The playlist may include one or more paths repeated any number of times. In addition, one cycle of a playlist may be repeated one or more times. The paths may be created, for example, by a user in an autonomous vehicle command and control system. The playlist of potential paths, once created, may be communicated to an autonomous vehicle for execution.

Abstract: A cloud-based system and method for securely storing data formed into cloud technology-specific data objects (hereinafter, “buckets”) by an S3 gateway, comprising obtaining a source data bucket from the S3 gateway; splitting the data bucket into at least three fragments; encrypting the fragments using an encryption key associated with the fragments and distributing the encrypted fragments among at least three cloud storage providers, and creating a pointer file containing information for retrieving the encrypted fragments. When a system user requests access to the data, the system ensures the request is legitimate, then uses the information stored in the pointer file to retrieve the stored encrypted bucket fragments from the plurality of clouds, decrypts the fragments and reconstructs the data buckets, and provides data access to the S3 gateway.

Abstract: Techniques for concept disambiguation for natural language processing are described herein. An aspect includes receiving a message from a user. Another aspect includes identifying an ambiguous concept in the message. Another aspect includes determining a plurality of concept candidates corresponding to the ambiguous concept. Another aspect includes determining, for each of the plurality of concept candidates, a respective similarity score based on user-specific concept metrics corresponding to the user. Another aspect includes ranking the plurality of concept candidates based on the respective similarity scores. Another aspect includes determining that the ambiguous concept corresponds to a top-ranked concept candidate of the ranked plurality of concept candidates.

Abstract: Systems and methods of pairing product labels with products located on a product storage structure of a product storage facility include an image capture device that captures one or more images of the product storage structure and a computing device that obtains images of the product storage structure captured by the image capture device, analyzes the obtained images to detect product labels and products located on the product storage structure, and crops the detected individual products and individual price tag labels from the images to generate cropped images. Then the computing device stitches the cropped price tag label and product images, receives one or more characters extracted from the portions of the stitched images corresponding to the cropped images, and associates, based on known positional coordinates of the products and product labels in the stitched images, the received extracted characters with corresponding cropped images of the products and product labels.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for determining lung cancer in a human subject with a high risk or likelihood of developing lung cancer comprising performing FTIR spectral analysis of a sputum sample obtained from the subject and, optionally, comparing the spectrum from the sample with that of a control; use of said method to further select a course of treatment for lung cancer and a method of treatment comprising same; and a kit of parts for use in said method.

Abstract: Systems and methods of verifying pairings of price tag labels and products at a product storage facility include an image capture device that moves about and captures images of product storage structures at the product storage facility, and a database that stores inventory data associated with the products stocked at the product storage facility. A computing device processes the images to extract one or more characters from the price tag labels and products detected in the images, correlates the extracted characters to the inventory data to identify a product code and a product name that matches the characters extracted from the price tag labels and the products. If the characters extracted from the price tag and from the on-shelf product to which the price tag label is allocated match, the database is updated to reflect that the price tag label is properly allocated to the appropriate on-shelf product.

Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring inventory of a product storage facility include an image capture device configured to move about the product storage areas of the product storage facility and capture images of the product storage areas from various angles. A computing device coupled to the image capture device obtains the images of the product storage areas captured by the image capture device and processes the obtained images of the product storage areas to detect individual products captured in the obtained images. Based on detection of the individual products captured in the images, the computing device analyzes each of the obtained images to detect one or more adjacent product storage structures (shelves, pallets, etc.) and identifies and selects a single image that fully shows a product storage structure of interest and fully shows each of the products stored on the product storage structure of interest.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of forming a wind turbine blade. The blade has a main blade module that defines a main body of the blade and includes a first mating feature, e.g. a tongue. The blade also includes a separate edge module that defines at least part of a trailing edge of the blade and includes a second mating feature, e.g. a recess. The method includes applying an adhesive to at least one of the first mating feature and the second mating feature. The method includes arranging the separate edge module relative to the main blade module such that the first and second mating features are mutually adjacent. The method includes applying a pressure force to squeeze the adhesive to bond the first and second mating features together. The pressure force is caused by removing air from, or injecting air into, an air sealed region.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using domain specific vocabularies to spellcheck input strings. A determination is made of a determining a domain specific vocabulary comprising domain specific tokens for a user. The input strings in the input text from the user are processed to determine whether the input strings match the domain specific tokens in the domain specific vocabulary. Indication is made that input strings that are determined to match the domain specific tokens in the domain specific vocabulary are not to be spellchecked by a global vocabulary available to users across domains.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using domain specific vocabularies to spellcheck input strings. A determination is made of a determining a domain specific vocabulary comprising domain specific tokens for a user. The input strings in the input text from the user are processed to determine whether the input strings match the domain specific tokens in the domain specific vocabulary. Indication is made that input strings that are determined to match the domain specific tokens in the domain specific vocabulary are not to be spellchecked by a global vocabulary available to users across domains.

Abstract: A luminaire includes a housing with a cavity, a non-planar lens, and a light emitter. The non-planar lens is coupled to the housing. The lens defines a generally circular footprint and a concavo-convex shape. The light emitter is positioned proximate an edge of the cavity and is configured to emit light into an edge of the lens and toward a center of the cavity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a modular unit for a paver unit curb installation or a black top pavement installation. The modular unit includes a main body having elongate grooves for easy lifting using the lifting tool as well as bores to connect the modular units in series with elongate connectors. The modular unit may also have elongate spikes disposed through the bottom portion of the modular unit to secure the modular units in place and to further allow the curb installation to be placed atop the bottom portion of each of the modular units.

Abstract: A CTI mobile device includes a first physical layer of electronic components adapted to fit in a first rectangular housing, the components adapted in aggregate to function as a mobile CTI communications device capable of accessing a wireless mobile network, and a second physical layer of electronic components adapted to fit in a second rectangular housing, the components adapted in aggregate to function as a mobile smart card capable of accessing a financial network to perform transactions and manage accounts, the first and second housings adapted to be coupled, and a plurality of contact pads distributed in like number and geometric pattern to interfacing sides of the first and second housings, the contact pads magnetized to attract opposing contact pads to couple the first and second housings together along the interfacing sides.

Abstract: A cloud-based system for securely storing data, the system having a processor which obtains a source data file; splits it into at least three fragments; and uses an encryption key associated with the fragments to encrypt the fragments and distributes the encrypted fragments among at least three cloud storage providers, creates a pointer file containing information for retrieving the encrypted fragments. When a system user requests access to the data, the system uses the information stored in the pointer file to retrieve the stored encrypted fragments from the plurality of clouds; decrypts the fragments and reconstructs the data, and provides data access to the system user.

Abstract: A two part dual layer transaction device comprising a computerized master unit powered by rechargeable battery, the master unit capable of connecting wirelessly to a data network and accessing at least one network server, the master unit having a length, a width, and an internal volume, and a transaction card element having a form factor acceptable for use as a debit or credit card, wherein the transaction card element may be docked or otherwise coupled to the master unit in an idle state and may be uncoupled by the user for the purpose using or cleaning the card element.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle system that provides a playlist of potential paths for a user to select and implement so that an autonomous vehicle can follow the playlist of potential paths from one path to another path to another path is disclosed. The playlist may include one or more paths repeated any number of times. In addition, one cycle of a playlist may be repeated one or more times. The paths may be created, for example, by a user in an autonomous vehicle command and control system. The playlist of potential paths, once created, may be communicated to an autonomous vehicle for execution.

Abstract: A cloud-based system for securely storing data, the system having a processor which obtains a source data file; splits it into at least three fragments; and uses an encryption key associated with the fragments to encrypt the fragments and distributes the encrypted fragments among at least three cloud storage providers, creates a pointer file containing information for retrieving the encrypted fragments. When a system user requests access to the data, the system uses the information stored in the pointer file to retrieve the stored encrypted fragments from the plurality of clouds; decrypts the fragments and reconstructs the data, and provides data access to the system user.