Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for comparing two or more insurance documents. The system comprises a server that is configured for obtaining two or more insurance documents and a consumer data, determining a plurality of entities from each insurance document by analyzing each insurance documents, augmenting the plurality of entities using data from third part data sources, contextualizing and summarizing contents of the two or more insurance documents using clause and domain specific prompt libraries, and comparing a plurality of augmented entities and a plurality of clauses across the plurality of insurance documents to find similarities and differences and summarizing compared data, and providing comparison result and recommending an optimum insurance product. The present disclosure also provides placement insights generated from a plurality of processed historical policy and quote data.

Abstract: A retrofit interface apparatus interfaces with a target device to provide the target device with touchless user input. The apparatus comprises: a touchless sensing system comprising one or more sensors responsive to touchless input made by a human user and for generating one or more corresponding sensor input signals; a controller connected to receive the one or more sensor input signals from the touchless sensing system and configured to generate, based on the one or more sensor input signals, a corresponding control signal; and the controller connectable to the target device to bypass a touch-based input of the target device and to provide the control signal as an input to an existing control system of the target device to thereby cause the control system of the target device to operate the target device based on the control signal.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to coding and decoding of 3-dimensional (3D) mesh and specifically to merging of boundary vertexes in a symmetric mesh.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to method and system for autocorrecting Quantum Random Numbers (QRNs) generation. The method includes receiving, by an auto-correcting Quantum circuit, a plurality of QRNs from a cloud-based quantum computer. Each of the plurality of QRNs includes one or more digits. The method further includes calculating, by a postprocessing unit, a uniformity value and a randomness value corresponding to the one or more digits of the plurality of QRNs based on a predefined threshold uniformity value and a predefined threshold randomness value. The method further includes modifying, by the postprocessing unit, one or more of the plurality of QRNs based on the uniformity value and the randomness value using an autocorrection algorithm to obtain a target uniformity value and a target randomness value.

Abstract: A method for operating a fuel cell system comprising one or more fuel cells and a cooling system with a cooling fluid for cooling the one or more fuel cells during use, the method comprising obtaining a shutdown request for the fuel cell system; predicting a future shutdown time period; in response to detecting that the future shutdown time period is shorter than a predetermined degradation time window for the one or more fuel cells, operating the cooling system so as to reduce the temperature of the one or more fuel cells.

Abstract: A method for determining transient stability of a power grid using qubits of a quantum computing system comprises: receiving input parameters associated with a portion of the power grid; preparing an initial quantum state based on the input parameters; determining a plurality of time evolution steps, where each time evolution step is associated with a different respective iteration of a plurality of iterations; applying, for each iteration, a first set of quantum gate operations (QGOs) to the qubits, wherein the first set of QGOs produces a quantum state based on a first evolution of the initial quantum state or a quantum state produced by a previous iteration, and a second set of QGOs to the qubits, wherein the second set of QGOs produces a quantum state based on a second evolution of the quantum state produced by the first set of QGOs of a respective iteration.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving ultrasound images that include a blood vessel, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the blood vessel in the ultrasound images. The diameters include a respective diameter of the blood vessel for each ultrasound image of the ultrasound images. The method includes determining a blood vessel diameter based on the diameters of the blood vessel, selecting a color based on the blood vessel diameter, and indicating, in one of the ultrasound images, the blood vessel with an indicator having the color.

Abstract: A method for providing a management framework for distributed event processing is disclosed. The method includes retrieving data from a distributed event streaming platform based on a data fetch size configuration, the data including event messages; submitting a batch of the data to a consumer thread based on a data polling configuration; loading the batch of the data onto a data structure that enables coordination of processing threads, the data structure including a blocking queue; processing each of the event messages in the batch of the data from the data structure based on predefined logics; publishing each of the processed event messages in the batch of the data to a producer buffer based on a selection logic, the producer buffer including a load balancer; and recording an agreement for each of the published event messages in the batch of the data to a shared collection.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: generating, by a reinforcement learning engine, a plurality of user states within a simulated 3-dimensional environment; generating, by the reinforcement learning engine and for each of the plurality of user states, a plurality of movement actions, wherein each of the plurality of movement actions place a virtual content object in a corresponding position within the simulated 3-dimensional environment; generating, by the reinforcement learning engine and for each corresponding position of the virtual content object, a reward value, wherein the reward value reflects a relative utility of the corresponding position of the virtual content object; and updating, by the reinforcement learning engine, a placement policy based on the reward value for each corresponding position of the virtual content object.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detecting text of interest. In some embodiments, there is provided a system to detect vertically oriented text of interest including at least one camera and a control circuit configured to execute a trained machine learning model to automatically detect vertically oriented text of interest on an object of interest. The trained machine learning model is at least trained on a first data set including a plurality of captured digital images each depicting the object of interest, and a second data set including a plurality of augmented digital images each depicting a captured digital image augmented with a synthetic text image including randomly generated text on a randomly selected background image.

Abstract: This application relates to systems and methods for identifying anomalous interactions. Interaction data representative of an interaction is received and the interaction is classified as one of an anomalous interaction or a benign interaction using an anomaly detection model. The anomaly detection model is configured to identify a similarity between the interaction data and known benign interactions. An indication of authorization is generated based on the classification of the interaction. The indication of authorization authorizes the interaction when the anomaly detection model classifies the interaction as benign and the indication of authorization denies the interaction when the anomaly detection model classifies the interaction as anomalous.

Abstract: An electronic device and method for multiscale inter-prediction for dynamic point cloud compression is provided. The electronic device receives a set of reference point cloud frames and a current point cloud frame. The electronic device generates reference frame data comprising a feature set for each reference point cloud frame and a first set of features for the current point cloud frame. The electronic device predicts a second set of features for the current point cloud frame, using a first neural network predictor, based on the reference frame data. The electronic device computes a set of residual features based on the first set of features and the second set of features. The electronic device generates a set of quantized residual features based on the set of residual features and a bitstream of encoded point cloud data for the current 3D point cloud frame based on the set of quantized residual features.

Abstract: A method of operating a fleet of vehicles comprising a plurality of vehicles, such as fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), is provided. The method comprises determining a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles that is most appropriate for performing a mission, using a state of health (SoH) of a fuel cell assembly and a SoH of an electrical storage system (ESS) of the vehicle. A first filter is applied to each vehicle to determine whether a vehicle power requirement for the mission matches a required power output from the fuel cell assembly and the ESS of the vehicle determined for that vehicle. A second filter is further applied when more than one vehicle passes the first filter, to compare, for each vehicle passing the first filter, a thermal load of the fuel cell assembly of the vehicle with cooling capabilities allocated for cooling the fuel cell assembly of the vehicle.

Abstract: Examples of devices for providing cooling solutions are described. One example device includes a boilerplate, a printed circuit board (PCB), one or more integrated circuit (IC) chips placed on the PCB, a thermal interface material (TIM), and one or more gaskets. The TIM is placed between the boilerplate and at least one IC chip of the one or more IC chips. The TIM is coupled to a surface of at least the IC chip that faces the boilerplate. The one or more gaskets are placed between the boilerplate and the PCB and encompassing the TIM. The one or more gaskets are configured to seal the at least one IC chip to provide a protective barrier for the TIM.

Abstract: The present invention provides a membrane rupture solution comprising: one or more purified non-ionic detergents, wherein at least one of the detergents has a surface activity property that is suitable for viral vector/protein stabilization against shear stress, and, optionally, a scavenger.

Abstract: Techniques for joint optimization of user segments and delivery channels are described. In one aspect, a method, includes obtaining activity data from a user device associated with a user, selecting, using a selector of a machine learning model, a user segment for the user based on the activity data, mapping, using a mapping function of the machine learning model, activity data for the user segment to features defined by multiple media channels, each media channel assigned a resource component, generating, using an objective predictor of the machine learning model, an objective prediction for the user segment based on the features and resource components of the media channels, the objective prediction identifying a media channel from the multiple media channels with a composite scalar metric above a defined threshold, and providing content to the user device via the media channel. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that boosts strings of a plurality of NAND sub-blocks to a pass voltage, deboosts a first subset of the boosted strings based on data associated with the plurality of NAND sub-blocks, and simultaneously programs the first subset while a second subset of the boosted strings remain at the pass voltage. In one example, to boost the strings of the NAND sub-blocks, the technology applies the pass voltage to selected and unselected wordlines that are connected to the NAND sub-blocks while selected and unselected strings are disconnected from a bitline that receives the data associated with the NAND sub-blocks.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that includes a charge pump and applies a program voltage from the charge pump to selected wordlines in the NAND memory. The technology may also conduct a discharge of the program voltage from the charge pump and maintain a connection between the selected wordlines and a pass voltage of the charge pump while the program voltage is being discharged. In one example, the connection between the selected wordlines and the pass voltage prevents the selected wordlines from floating.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein support or provide for predicting a rating for a media asset for one geographic region based on a reference rating of the media asset for another geographic region.

Abstract: Examples relate to systems, devices, and methods for removing fluid from a fluid collection device using a vacuum source operably coupled thereto. The fluid collection devices include urine collection devices having shape memory material that may be selectively shaped to complement the female or male anatomy near the respective urethras.