Abstract: A laundry dryer control method including: setting the dryer to a default drying operation; performing the default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does not select a dry boost setting; and performing a non-default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does select a dry boost setting. In default operation, the dryer operates the drum and fan, and operates supplemental drying mechanism according to a predetermined schedule of “on” cycles and “off” cycles. If dry boost is selected, or if another non-default cycle is selected, the dryer operates the drum, fan and supplemental drying mechanism using a temperature feedback control loop, and operates until the laundry reaches a first dryness threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a modular five-degree-of-freedom magnetic levitation compressor rotor system and a control method, comprising a magnetically levitated rotor spindle and a drive motor arranged at a middle part of the magnetically levitated rotor spindle, a centrifugal impeller and a cooling impeller are respectively mounted at both ends of the magnetically levitated rotor spindle, an axial magnetic bearing assembly and a radial magnetic bearing assembly are sequentially arranged on the magnetically levitated rotor spindle between the drive motor and the centrifugal impeller, as well as on the magnetically levitated rotor spindle between the drive motor and the cooling impeller, the axial magnetic bearing assembly is a thrustless plate structure with a direct magnetic field coupling; the radial magnetic bearing assembly adopts a modular structure with segmented magnetic poles.

Abstract: A laundry dryer control method comprising: setting the dryer to a default drying operation; performing the default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does not select a dry boost setting; and performing a non-default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does select a dry boost setting. In default operation, the dryer operates the drum and fan, and operates supplemental drying mechanism according to a predetermined schedule of “on” cycles and “off” cycles. If dry boost is selected, or if another non-default cycle is selected, the dryer operates the drum, fan and supplemental drying mechanism using a temperature feedback control loop, and operates until the laundry reaches a first dryness threshold.

Abstract: A robust nonnegative matrix factorization (RNMF) method, in which an image sample set is split into a training set and a test set. The training set and the test set are normalized to map the image data from [0, 255] to [0, 1]. The training set matrix is pretrained by RNMF for decomposition. l2,1-deep incremental nonnegative matrix factorization (l2,1-DINMF) model is construed. The l2,1-DINMF model is configured to decompose the training set matrix into l+1 factors. After the basis matrix has been updated, and the samples of the training set and samples to be recognized are projected into a feature space. Feature representations of the test set are classified by a trained SVM classifier to obtain a predicted label, and the predicted label is compared with an actual label of the test set to calculate a recognition accuracy.

Abstract: A stethoscope sanitizing device for a stethoscope may have a housing that at least partially surrounds a sanitation cavity. The stethoscope sanitizing device also may include a radiation emitter located within the housing, where the radiation emitter is configured to selectively emit a radiation into the sanitation cavity. The device also may include a support pane fixed to the housing and configured to receive and support a patient-facing side of a stethoscope.

Abstract: A portable ultraviolet sanitization device is disclosed that includes a gripping portion, an ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion, and a power source. The ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion is disposed at a distal end of the gripping portion. The ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion includes one or more ultraviolet light sources, such as light emitting diodes or excimer lamps. The power source is in electrical connection with the one or more ultraviolet light sources. The sanitization device is used to sanitize surfaces by eliminating viruses and other microorganisms. The sanitization device is particularly well-equipped to sanitize surfaces that are used intermittently, such as airplane cabins, restaurant seating areas, or similarly occupied spaces.

Abstract: A treatment light emission system is provided. The system comprises a body member, one or more emission members, a control unit, and a power unit. The one or more emission members may be carried by the body member. The one or more emission members may selectively emit a treatment light. The control unit may be coupled in communication with the one or more emission members. The control unit may control the one or more emission members to emit the treatment light. The power unit may be coupled in communication with the control unit so that the control unit may be configured to provide and regulate power to the one or more emission members. The treatment light may comprise a wavelength of infrared (IR) light. The control unit may be separated and spaced apart from the body member.

Abstract: Examples described herein provide for determining a recipe for identifying from which buckets integrated circuit chips are taken to form units of a multi-chip apparatus. In an example, a method uses a processor-based system and uses a Markov Decision Process. Buckets are defined based on respective characteristics of manufactured chips. Each of the manufactured chips is binned into a respective one of the buckets based on the characteristic of the respective manufactured chip. A recipe for identifying from which of the buckets to take one or more of the manufactured chips to incorporate into respective ones of the units of the multi-chip apparatus is generated.

Abstract: Systems and methods include determination of a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records including an event, an item, a supplier, and a timestamp, generation, for each of the plurality of records, of a negative sample record including the event of the record, the item of the record, the timestamp of the record, and a sample supplier different from the supplier of the record, association of each of the plurality of records and the generated negative sample records with either a first time period or a second time period based on the timestamp of the record, training of a machine-learning model based on the records and the negative sample records associated with the first time period, and evaluation of the trained model based on the records and the negative sample records associated with the second time period.

Abstract: A laundry dryer control method comprising: setting the dryer to a default drying operation; performing the default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does not select a dry boost setting; and performing a non-default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does select a dry boost setting. In default operation, the dryer operates the drum and fan, and operates supplemental drying mechanism according to a predetermined schedule of “on” cycles and “off” cycles. If dry boost is selected, or if another non-default cycle is selected, the dryer operates the drum, fan and supplemental drying mechanism using a temperature feedback control loop, and operates until the laundry reaches a first dryness threshold.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.

Abstract: A portable ultraviolet sanitization device is disclosed that includes a gripping portion, an ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion, and a power source. The ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion is disposed at a distal end of the gripping portion. The ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion includes one or more ultraviolet light sources, such as light emitting diodes or excimer lamps. The power source is in electrical connection with the one or more ultraviolet light sources. The sanitization device is used to sanitize surfaces by eliminating viruses and other microorganisms. The sanitization device is particularly well-equipped to sanitize surfaces that are used intermittently, such as airplane cabins, restaurant seating areas, or similarly occupied spaces.

Abstract: A concealed air sanitization device is disclosed. The concealed air sanitization device comprises a housing having an interior chamber, and an air inlet and outlet communicating between the interior chamber and an exterior environment. The concealed air sanitization device further comprises an air circulation unit configured to draw air into the interior chamber through the air inlet, one or more ultraviolet light sources disposed within the interior chamber, and one or more sensors configured to detect human presence proximate the air sanitization device. The concealed air sanitization device further comprises a processor configured to receive signals from the sensors in response to detection of human presence, and activate the air circulation unit and ultraviolet light sources in response to the detection to draw air from the exterior environment into the interior chamber and emit ultraviolet light to the air.

Abstract: An apparatus for performing ultraviolet-deactivation of pathogens is disclosed. The disclosed apparatus includes a housing, a base member, one or more visible light assemblies, and one or more ultraviolet radiation assemblies. The housing is configured to define a downlight aperture region irradiated by the apparatus. The apparatus may additionally include sensors to detect whether a living organism occupies the downlight aperture region. The input from the sensors may be used to control the one or more ultraviolet radiation assemblies.

Abstract: A portal device for sanitizing an object is disclosed. The portal device comprises a frame enclosing a portal space sized to permit passage of a human therethrough and one or more irradiating units arranged about the frame. Each irradiating unit comprises one or more ultraviolet (UV) light sources configured to emit UV light to the portal space and one or more sensors configured to detect an object within the portal space. The portal device also comprises a processor configured to receive detection signals from the sensors, activate the UV light sources to emit UV light to the portal space at a wavelength of about 222 nm for a predetermined period of time in response to the detection signals, and deactivate the UV light sources after the predetermined period of time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of identifying a physical object, comprising the steps of providing image data comprising an image object representing a physical object, analyzing the image data to extract identification data for the image object, providing supplementary data associated with a particular physical object, and determining whether the image object corresponds to the particular physical object based on the identification data and supplementary data.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.

Abstract: At least some of the disclosed systems and methods employ one or more seismic receivers that gather seismic data from a plurality of positions in a borehole that penetrates a formation. Further, at least some of the disclosed systems and methods employ a memory to store the gathered seismic data. Further, at least some of the disclosed systems and methods employ logic that inverts the seismic data for simultaneous determination of asymmetric axis velocity (V0) and Thomsen parameters, epsilon (?) and delta (?), in a tilted transversely isotropic (TTI) model.