Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device comprising one or more LED light sources and one or more diffusely transmissive covers. The one or more diffusely transmissive covers extend over the one or more LED light sources to form one or more combinations of an LED light source and a diffusely transmissive cover. For each combination of an LED light source and a diffusely transmissive cover (i) the diffusely transmissive cover is dome-shaped with a vertical cross-section having a closed convex shape and a horizontal cross-section having a polygonal shape, (ii) the diffusely transmissive cover has a width (w) projected in a horizontal plane parallel to a bottom of the diffusely transmissive cover, (iii) the LED light source has a distance (d) to any neighboring LED light source. The width (w) and the distance (d) are perpendicular to each other, and the ratio of the width (w) and the distance (d) is constant.

Abstract: A system includes a housing that has a front panel; a substrate that is positioned at a distance from the front panel, in which a data processor is mounted on the substrate; and a pluggable module. The pluggable module includes a co-packaged optical module, at least one first optical connector, a first fiber optic cable that is optically coupled between the co-packaged optical module and the first optical connector, and a fiber guide that is positioned between the co-packaged optical module and the first optical connector and provides mechanical support for the co-packaged optical module and the first optical connector. The co-packaged optical module is configured to receive optical signals from the first optical connector, generate electrical signals based on the received optical signals, and transmit the electrical signals to the data processor.

Abstract: Provided is an optical communication system comprising a polarization-diversity optical power supply capable of supplying light over a non-polarization-maintaining optical fiber to a polarization-sensitive modulation device. In an example embodiment, the polarization-diversity optical power supply operates to accommodate random polarization fluctuations within the non-polarization-maintaining optical fiber and enables an equal-power split at a passive polarization splitter preceding the polarization-sensitive modulation device.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a structure having at least one area to be conditioned includes a blower configured to force an airflow through the HVAC system and a duct assembly in airflow communication with the blower. The duct assembly includes a first duct defining a flow path for a first fluid having a first temperature and a second duct having a hollow interior defining a flow path for a second fluid having a second temperature different from the first temperature. The first duct is arranged within the hollow interior of the second duct such that heat is transferred between the first fluid and the second fluid. At least one of the first duct and the second duct is formed from a collapsible material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a luminaire comprising a stack of parallel light transmissive transparent plates comprising a light guide plate and an optical plate. The light guide plate comprises a first and a second major light guide surface and a circumferential edge-wall and is edge-lit by LEDs. At least one of the major light guide surfaces is provided with a light outcoupling structure comprising outcoupling elements arranged at a first pitch P1. The optical plate comprises a first and a second major optical surface, the first major optical surface facing towards the second major light guide surface and only one of the first and second major optical surfaces being provided with an optical structure comprising optical elements arranged at a second pitch P2. The second major light guide surface and the first major optical surface are spaced apart in a direction perpendicular to the major light guide surface by a spacing S, with S being in the range of 0-12 mm.

Abstract: A shaking device for shaking a plant to harvest fruit carried by the plant. The shaking device includes a connecting frame for connecting the shaking device to a harvesting apparatus, a carrier for a shaker unit, displaceable in an oscillating manner, and a shaker unit connected to the carrier to engage with branches of the plant in order to shake the plant. The shaking device also includes a first mass driven by a first motor and a second mass driven by a second motor, and a transmission between the first and the second motor to couple the rotation of the first and the second motor. The first and the second motor are connected to the carrier, and the first and the second mass are eccentrically mounted on a respective axis of rotation to cause and transmit an oscillating movement upon rotation thereof. A harvesting apparatus including such a shaking device.

Abstract: A self-cleaning assembly for cleaning at least one electrode of an electronic air cleaner includes a mounting bracket removably connectable to the electronic air cleaner and a connecting member having at least one arm. The connecting member is rotatable about an axis. At least one cleaning body is arranged at a portion of the at least one arm.

Abstract: A system includes a housing and a first circuit board positioned inside the housing. The housing has a top panel, a bottom panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a front panel, and a rear panel. The front panel is at an angle relative to the bottom panel in which the angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. The first circuit board has a length, a width, and a thickness, in which the length is at least twice the thickness, the width is at least twice the thickness, and the first circuit board has a first surface defined by the length and the width. The first surface of the first circuit board is at a first angle relative to the bottom panel in which the first angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. The first surface of the first circuit board is substantially parallel to the front panel or at a second angle relative to the front panel in which the second angle is less than 60°.

Abstract: Mechanisms for generating compressed images are provided. More particularly, methods, systems, and media for capturing, reconstructing, compressing, and rendering view-dependent immersive light field video with a layered mesh representation are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a connector assembly for optically connecting one or more optical fibers and an array of vertical coupling elements of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). In various embodiments, the connector assembly is constructed to independently optically scale some feature sizes, such as, for example, the transverse mode size, the array size, the array geometry, and/or various incidence angles, the optical scaling being performed, e.g., from a fiber end face plane to a connector-mating plane and further to a PIC coupling plane. In some embodiments, the connector assembly may support a polarization (de)multiplexing functionality.

Abstract: A system includes a substrate on which a data processor and a connector block are mounted. The connector block has a first array of electrical connectors on a first surface, and a second array of electrical conducts on a second surface that is oriented at an angle between 45° to 135° relative to a main surface of the substrate. At least a portion of the first array of electrical connectors are electrically coupled to the data processor, and the second array of electrical contacts are electrically connected to the electrical contacts of a pluggable module. The pluggable module includes an optical module, at least one first optical connector, a first fiber optic cable optically coupled between the optical module and the first optical connector, and a fiber guide positioned between the optical module and the first optical connector and provides mechanical support for the optical module and the first optical connector.

Abstract: A system includes a housing that has a front panel; a substrate that is positioned at a distance from the front panel, in which a data processor is mounted on the substrate; and a pluggable module. The pluggable module includes a co-packaged optical module, at least one first optical connector, a first fiber optic cable that is optically coupled between the co-packaged optical module and the first optical connector, and a fiber guide that is positioned between the co-packaged optical module and the first optical connector and provides mechanical support for the co-packaged optical module and the first optical connector. The co-packaged optical module is configured to receive optical signals from the first optical connector, generate electrical signals based on the received optical signals, and transmit the electrical signals to the data processor.

Abstract: Provided are (i) a fiber-optic cable having a cable sheath that enables significant changes in the cable's cross-sectional shape when the cable is bent and (ii) a raceway that can be used to deploy such a fiber-optic cable.

Abstract: Provided is an optical communication system comprising a polarization-diversity optical power supply capable of supplying light over a non-polarization-maintaining optical fiber to a polarization-sensitive modulation device. In an example embodiment, the polarization-diversity optical power supply operates to accommodate random polarization fluctuations within the non-polarization-maintaining optical fiber and enables an equal-power split at a passive polarization splitter preceding the polarization-sensitive modulation device.

Abstract: A system includes a housing and a first circuit board positioned inside the housing. The housing has a top panel, a bottom panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a front panel, and a rear panel. The front panel is at an angle relative to the bottom panel in which the angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. The first circuit board has a length, a width, and a thickness, in which the length is at least twice the thickness, the width is at least twice the thickness, and the first circuit board has a first surface defined by the length and the width. The first surface of the first circuit board is at a first angle relative to the bottom panel in which the first angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. The first surface of the first circuit board is substantially parallel to the front panel or at a second angle relative to the front panel in which the second angle is less than 60°.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical power supply including: a power supply light source configured to generate power supply light; at least one optical input/output port; at least one photodetector; and a coupling module. The coupling module is configured to receive the power supply light from the power supply light source and output the power supply light through the optical input/output port, receive reflected light through the optical input/output port, and transmit the reflected light to the photodetector. The photodetector is configured to detect the reflected light and generate a signal representing a level of the reflected light. The optical power supply includes a controller that is configured to compare the level of the detected reflected light with a threshold value, and upon determining that the level of the detected reflected light is less than the threshold value, reduce or turn off the power supply light that is provided to the optical input/output port.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device comprising one or more LED light sources and one or more diffusely transmissive covers. The one or more diffusely transmissive covers extend over the one or more LED light sources to form one or more combinations of an LED light source and a diffusely transmissive cover. For each combination of an LED light source and a diffusely transmissive cover (i) the diffusely transmissive cover is dome-shaped with a vertical cross-section having a closed convex shape and a horizontal cross-section having a polygonal shape, (ii) the diffusely transmissive cover has a width (w) projected in a horizontal plane parallel to a bottom of the diffusely transmissive cover, (iii) the LED light source has a distance (d) to any neighboring LED light source. The width (w) and the distance (d) are perpendicular to each other, and the ratio of the width (w) and the distance (d) is constant.

Abstract: Mechanisms for generating compressed images are provided. More particularly, methods, systems, and media for capturing, reconstructing, compressing, and rendering view-dependent immersive light field video with a layered mesh representation are provided.

Abstract: It was found that plants with loss of functional Msi2 protein due to a nucleotide polymorphism resulting in the introduction of a premature stop codon in the Msi2 protein, are able to induce haploid offspring after a cross to or with a wild type plant comprising a functional Msi2 protein. The invention relates to generation of haploid and doubled haploid plants.

Abstract: A system includes a housing including a front panel, a rear panel, an upper panel, and a lower panel. The system includes a first circuit board or substrate, at least one data processor coupled to the first circuit board or substrate and configured to process data, and at least one optical module coupled to the first circuit board or substrate. Each optical module is configured to perform at least one of (i) convert input optical signals to electrical signals that are provided to the at least one data processor, or (ii) convert electrical signals received from the at least one data processor to output optical signals. The system includes at least one inlet fan mounted near the front panel and configured to increase an air flow across a surface of at least one of (i) the at least one data processor, (ii) a heat dissipating device thermally coupled to the at least one data processor, (iii) the at least one optical module, or (iv) a heat dissipating device thermally coupled to the at least one optical module.