Abstract: Techniques are described herein for audio processing. For instance, a technique can include receiving, from one or more microphones, an audio signal; receiving a periodic timing signal based on the periodic timing signal; combining the audio signal and the periodic timing signal into an audio stream; generating a time stamp based on the received periodic timing signal; and adding the generated time stamp to the audio stream based on the periodic timing signal in the audio stream.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to interaction among an entity, an entity's mobile device, one or more Automated Teller Machines (ATM's), an associated beacon generator, and a support computing system. With some embodiments, the beacon generator generates a beacon signal to the mobile device. The mobile device extracts beacon information such as an identification of the beacon generator and/or associated ATM and conveys this information to the support computing system via a second wireless channel. The support computing system subsequently instructs the ATM to transition to an appropriate display container as the entity approaches the ATM. The ATM may further transition to different display containers based on interactions with the entity and/or support computing system.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for controlling the roll of a motor vehicle. The system comprises a selective lock connected between an unsprung portion of the vehicle and a sprung portion of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a proportional microvalve having a first, second and third layer, and having high aspect ratio geometries. The first layer defines a cavity with inlet and outlet ports. The second layer, doped to have a low resistivity and bonded between the first and third layers, defines a cavity having a flow area to permit fluid flow between the inlet and outlet ports. The second layer further defines an actuatable displaceable member, and one or more thermal actuators for actuating the displaceable member to a position between and including an open and a closed position to permit or occlude fluid flow. The third layer provides one wall of the cavity and provides electrical contacts for electrically heating the thermally expandable actuators. The thermal actuators and the displaceable member have high aspect ratios and are formed by deep reactive ion etching such that they are displaceable in the plane of the second layer while being very stiff out of the plane.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for subband signal coding, using algorithms of comparable complexity to conventional coders, that exploits a noisy analog signal at the decoder. It is assumed that the analog signal is the output of a channel through which the source is sent uncoded. By using the analog signal at the receiver, the required digital bit rate is able to be reduced while offering comparable fidelity to conventional coding systems that ignore the analog signal. Concepts from conventional subband coding, e.g., subband decomposition, quantization, bit allocation, and lossless bitstream coding, are tailored to exploit the analog signal at the receiver such that frequency-weighted mean-squared error (MSE) is minimized. Because subband coefficients are coded, all results pertaining to perceptual masking are easily applied to this method of coding.

Abstract: A armature needle valve assembly for a gasoline fuel injector comprises a needle for contacting and separating from a valve seat. An armature, movable in a first direction and a second direction, causes the needle to contact and separate from the valve seat. A molded plastic connecting means secures the armature to the needle.

Abstract: A method for retaining and recalling technical data associated with a solenoid-operated fuel injector improves engine emissions. Each fuel injector is tested to generate technical data specifications relating to the fuel injector. The technical data specifications are then transferred to a memory means, such as an EEPROM memory chip, which is attached to the fuel injector. The injector then carries its unique technical data specifications. The technical data specifications can then be read from the fuel injector and the recalled technical data specifications are provided to a vehicle computer. The vehicle computer adjusts for variations between fuel injectors to collapse variability of injectors to a single, centered injector flow.