Abstract: This disclosure includes technologies for automated verification via digital image transformation or analysis in several progressive stages, which may include a stage of retrieval-model-based mismatch detection, a stage of cross-class mismatch detection, or a stage of inner-class mismatch detection. Further, the disclosed system is designed to progressively execute the verification process from a generality-attentive manner to a specificity-attentive manner. Finally, the disclosed system is designed to launch appropriate responses based on the verification outcome.

Abstract: Implementations described herein include an assembly for applying a beauty product to an integument. The assembly may include a handle portion and an applicator portion. The handle portion may be suitably dimensioned to permit the applicator to be held between the thumb and at least one finger on opposing faces thereof. The opposing faces may be of sufficient width relative to the thickness separating the faces to allow rotation of the handle when held between the thumb and fingers. The applicator portion includes at its distal end at least one transfer element comprising a textured surface for holding and transferring a charge of beauty product to an integument in contact therewith. The at least one transfer element may extend substantially across the width of the applicator portion and in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the handle.

Abstract: A hose connection system for connecting a hose to a gas turbine engine. The hose connection system may include a connection fitting and a connection tool. The connection fitting may include a first member to be attached to the gas turbine engine, a mating component to be attached to the hose, and a splined second member to be torqued onto the first member. The connection tool may include a drive wheel with a number of drive wheel splines such that the drive wheel splines torque the splined second member onto the first member.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for modeling a non-relational database as a normalized relational database. In one embodiment, the system identifies a column having a first type in a column-oriented, non-relational database; determines whether the column-oriented, non-relational database includes at least one column having a second type and identifies the one or more columns having the second type; virtually divides the column-oriented, non-relational database based on column type; and generates a normalized, relational model based on the virtual division of the column-oriented, non-relational database, the normalized, relational model including catalog information representing a parent table including the column having the first type and, when the column-oriented, non-relational database includes at least one column having the second type, catalogue information representing a child table, the parent table and child table both represented as relational tables.

Abstract: A non-destructive testing (NDT) system can provide a tree model of an inspection on a display of an NDT device and on a web page configured in a web browser on a computing device coupled to the NDT device. Inspection data acquired using the NDT device can be provided in real-time as the inspection data is associated with a node configured in the tree model. The NDT system can generate an inspection tree model based on an inspection template including a template tree model. Defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms can be applied to nodes of the template tree model such that the generated inspection tree model includes the applied defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms, which can then be applied to the inspection data acquired at the inspection point location corresponding to each node.

Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.

Abstract: This disclosure includes computer vision technologies for image categorization, such as used for product recognition. In one embodiment, the disclosed system uses a channel interaction network to learn stronger fine-grained features and to distinguish the subtle differences between two similar images. Additionally, the disclosed channel interaction network may be integrated into an existing feature extractor network to boost its performance for image categorization.

Abstract: This disclosure includes technologies for video recognition in general. The disclosed system can automatically detect various types of actions in a video, including reportable actions that cause shrinkage in a practical application for loss prevention in the retail industry. The temporal evolution of spatio-temporal features in the video are used for action recognition. Such features may be learned via a 4D convolutional operation, which is adapted to model low-level features based on a residual 4D block. Further, appropriate responses may be invoked if a reportable action is recognized.

Abstract: This disclosure includes technologies for action recognition in general. The disclosed system may automatically detect various types of actions in a video, including reportable actions that cause shrinkage in a practical application for loss prevention in the retail industry. Further, appropriate responses may be invoked if a reportable action is recognized. In some embodiments, a three-branch architecture may be used in a machine learning model for action and/or activity recognition. The three-branch architecture may include a main branch for action recognition, an auxiliary branch for learning/identifying an actor (e.g., human parsing) related to an action, and an auxiliary branch for learning/identifying a scene related to an action. In this three-branch architecture, the knowledge of the actor and the scene may be integrated in two different levels for action and/or activity recognition.

Abstract: A user interface transient communication apparatus, method, and system. A user interface selects a communication path with a gateway without experiencing repeated failure. The user interface includes a network communication device for communicating with a remote device and a processor coupled to the network communication device. The processor includes instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a system notification of a local area network on which the network communication device is communicating, communicate with a target gateway on the local area network through the network communication device if the target gateway is communicating on the local area network, and communicate with the target gateway through a wide area network through the network communication device if the target gateway is not communicating on the local area network.

Abstract: Example described herein relate to a print shoes. For instance, a print shoe can include a body including a first surface, a first arm extending from the first surface and including a first mounting mechanism to couple to a spring, and a second arm extending from the first surface in a position substantially coplanar with the first arm, where the second arm includes a second mounting mechanism to couple to the spring and dispose the first arm a distance away from the second arm when coupled to the spring.

Abstract: Disclosed are fluidic devices and methods for preparing fluidic devices. More particularly, disclosed are fluidic devices having fiber scaffolds and methods for their preparation. Also disclosed are methods for culturing cells using the fluidic devices having fiber scaffolds.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure include technologies for monitoring retail transactions, including regular and irregular transactions associated with a check-out machine. The disclosed technical solution utilizes various GUI elements, their configurations, and their interactions with a user to present retail transactions and their information thereof.

Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge measuring device includes an integrated circuit including a collector, a discharge pad and an ESD detector circuit coupled to the collector and discharge pad. The ESD detector circuit includes a device that detects occurrence and magnitude of an electrostatic discharge between the collector and the discharge pad. In one embodiment, the device is a metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor. In another embodiment, the device is a thin film storage bitcell. In one embodiment, the electrostatic discharge measuring device is contained in a test microelectronic package. A method includes running the test microelectronic package through a manufacturing process to determine location during manufacturing at which an electrostatic discharge occurs when an externally-similar production microelectronic packages is run through the same manufacturing process.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure include technologies for appearance-flow-based image generation. In applications for pose-guided person image generation or virtual try-on, the disclosed system can model the appearance flow between source and target clothing regions. Further, a cascaded appearance flow estimation network is used to progressively refine the appearance flow. The resulting appearance flow can properly encode the geometric changes between the source and the target for image generation.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, a plurality of display areas located on the display, and a plurality of external lights located at an outer area of a front surface of the electronic gaming device. The plurality of external lights forming au-shape with a left side, a right side, and a bottom where each of the left side, the right side, and the bottom includes a first light column, a second light column, and a third light column. The gaming device including a processor that initiates a base game via the plurality of display areas located on the display.

Abstract: This disclosure includes computer vision technologies, specifically for embeddings and metric learning. In various practical applications, such as product recognition, image retrieval, face recognition, etc., the disclosed technologies use a cross-batch memory mechanism to memorize prior embeddings, so that a pair-based learning model can mine more pairs across multiple mini-batches or even over the whole dataset. The disclosed technologies not only boost the performance for various applications, but considerably improve the computation itself with its memory-efficient approach.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an inhaler for oral delivery of medication that includes an actuation detector configured to provide an actuation signal in response to release of the medication from the inhaler, and an accelerometer configured to measure an orientation of the inhaler. The inhaler may include a processor, coupled to the actuation detector and the accelerometer, configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations to determine a quality of use of the inhaler based on the actuation signal provided by the actuation detector and the orientation of the inhaler measured by the accelerometer.

Abstract: An object detection system may include an imager configured to generate image data indicative of an environment in which a machine is present, and a sensor configured to generate sensor data indicative of the environment in which the machine is present. The object detection system may further include an object detection controller including one or more object detection processors configured to receive an image signal indicative of the image data, identify an object associated with the image data, and determine a first location of the object relative to the position of the imager. The one or more object detection processors may also be configured to receive a sensor signal indicative of the sensor data, and determine, based at least in part on the sensor signal, the presence or absence of the object at the first location.