Abstract: The present disclosure relates to one or more intermediate layers located on a surface of a cover material of an acoustic touch screen. In some examples, the one or more layers can include one or more intermediate layers. The one or more intermediate layers can include a first layer including a plurality of features and a second layer located between the first layer and the cover material. In a touch condition, the touch object can apply a force to the top surface of the acoustic touch sensor. The applied force can create one or more local bends causing the plurality of features to move closer to the cover material and causing one or more surface discontinuities in the cover material. The acoustic waves can undergo reflections (e.g., causing the signal to be attenuated) due to the discontinuities located in the path of the wave propagation.

Abstract: Acoustic touch and/or force sensing system architectures and methods for acoustic touch and/or force sensing can be used to detect a position of an object touching a surface and an amount of force applied to the surface by the object. The position and/or an applied force can be determined using time-of-flight (TOF) techniques, for example. Acoustic touch sensing can utilize transducers (e.g., piezoelectric) to simultaneously transmit ultrasonic waves along a surface and through a thickness of a deformable material. The location of the object and the applied force can be determined based on the amount of time elapsing between the transmission of the waves and receipt of the reflected waves. In some examples, an acoustic touch sensing system can be insensitive to water contact on the device surface, and thus acoustic touch sensing can be used for touch sensing in devices that may become wet or fully submerged in water.

Abstract: A male stimulation apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a hand tunnel extending in a lateral direction and defining at least one hand hole to facilitate an entry of a hand of a user inside the hand tunnel; a phallus tunnel extending inside the housing from a first longitudinal end towards a second longitudinal end, the phallus tunnel extends through the hand tunnel and is adapted to receive a phallus of the user; and a vibrator shaft extending inside the housing from the second longitudinal end towards the first longitudinal end, the vibrator shaft extends through the hand tunnel and is adapted to receive a vibrator, wherein the hand tunnel facilitates the user to grasp the phallus tunnel and the vibrator shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and systems for collecting transactional and dimensional data. One implementation includes a configuration management database, a first data collection agent operating on a first monitored server to collect metadata associated with the first monitored server from the configuration management database using the first data collection agent, collect metric data from the first monitored server regarding operation of the first monitored server, wherein the metric data includes at least one metric collected from at least one application executing on the first monitored server; and assemble the collected metric data and at least part of the collected metadata into a packet for transmission from the first monitored server to a message bus; and a distributed database configured to receive the packet from the message bus and to store the collected metric data and metadata included in the packet.

Abstract: Systems and methods for mapping configuration items to business functions within a corporate infrastructure are disclosed. Discovery processes to automatically create and update service maps may introduce an artificial dependency between configuration items that is not necessary to the business function represented in the service map. These unnecessary dependencies may be considered “noise” and unnecessarily complicate the service map. Using machine learning techniques and procedures to identify short lived connections embodiments in accordance with this disclosure, dependency connections that may be considered noise may be detected and flagged. Once detected, these connections may be automatically removed from the service map to improve its accuracy and usefulness. Additionally, a user interface is provided that explains the “reason codes” for identification of noise connections.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for network event grouping. For example, methods may include generating a graph including vertices and edges, wherein at least one of the vertices is associated with an event type from a set of event types and wherein at least one of the edges is associated with a weight; removing, based on an associated weight and a first threshold, one or more edges from the graph; determining, after removing the one or more edges from the graph, whether the graph is chordal; responsive to determining that the graph is chordal, identifying a connected subgraph within the graph; determining a group of event types to include event types that are associated with vertices in the identified connected subgraph; and transmitting, storing, or displaying data specifying the group of event types.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and systems for collecting transactional and dimensional data. One implementation includes a configuration management database, a first data collection agent operating on a first monitored server to collect metadata associated with the first monitored server from the configuration management database using the first data collection agent, collect metric data from the first monitored server regarding operation of the first monitored server, wherein the metric data includes at least one metric collected from at least one application executing on the first monitored server; and assemble the collected metric data and at least part of the collected metadata into a packet for transmission from the first monitored server to a message bus; and a distributed database configured to receive the packet from the message bus and to store the collected metric data and metadata included in the packet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prosthetic wrist implant comprising: a radial implant component having an elongated radial stem extending proximally adapted for attachment to radius, a carpal implant component having a distal surface adapted for attachment to one or more carpal bones, and a interposed component between the radial implant component and the carpal implant component that is flexible and allows for changes in orientation between the radial component and the carpal components relative to each other component.

Abstract: Acoustic transducers can be formed form piezoelectric materials including one or more curved (non-linear) segments. The piezoelectric material can be shear poled such that a poling direction of the piezoelectric material can follow the curvature of the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material can also have a unidirectional poling direction. In some examples, the piezoelectric material can be a closed ring with a circular or partially circular shape. A shear poling process for a piezoelectric material with curves can include shear poling segments of the piezoelectric material with one or more sets of poling electrodes. The poling electrodes of a respective one of the one or more sets of poling electrodes can be coupled to the same side of the piezoelectric material.

Abstract: Ultrasonic force detection systems and methods can be based on propagation of ultrasonic waves in a user's body (e.g., in a user's digit). An amount of force can be determined using time-of-flight (TOF) techniques of one or more ultrasonic waves propagating in the user's body. In some examples, an electronic device including a transducer can be coupled to a digit, and can transmit ultrasonic waves into the digit. As the wave propagates through the thickness of the digit, a reflection of at least a portion of the transmitted wave can occur due to the bone and/or due to reaching the opposite side of the digit (e.g., finger pad). One or more reflections can be measured to determine the amount of force.

Abstract: A computing system and method for remote monitoring and forecasting of performance of a managed network is disclosed. The computing system may be disposed within a remote network management platform and be configured for monitoring respective performance of each of a plurality of network entities of the managed network. For each network entity, an alert may be issued in response to determining that the monitored respective performance is below a respective threshold performance level. Based on analysis of a group of alerts, a likelihood may be determined that a different alert will be issued for the monitored performance of a particular network entity of the plurality for which no respective alert has yet been issued. In response to the likelihood exceeding a threshold, an alert prediction for the performance of the particular network entity may be issued together with a score corresponding to the likelihood.

Abstract: An anomaly detection module may include a time-series analyzer that classifies current time-series data into at least one of a plurality of classifications based upon historical data and may construct a statistical model representative of the current time-series data based upon the at least one of the plurality of classifications. An anomaly detector monitors a stream of the current time-series data and identifies statistical outliers of the stream of the current time-series data, based upon the statistical model and may determine an anomalous score for the statistical outliers by tracking a history of the statistical outliers; wherein the anomalous score comprises a representation of a magnitude of deviation between the current time-series data and the statistical model over multiple measurements of the current time-series data, over a particular time interval, or both.

Abstract: A computing system and method for remote monitoring and forecasting of performance of a managed network is disclosed. The computing system may be disposed within a remote network management platform and be configured for monitoring respective performance of each of a plurality of network entities of the managed network. For each network entity, an alert may be issued in response to determining that the monitored respective performance is below a respective threshold performance level. Based on analysis of a group of alerts, a likelihood may be determined that a different alert will be issued for the monitored performance of a particular network entity of the plurality for which no respective alert has yet been issued. In response to the likelihood exceeding a threshold, an alert prediction for the performance of the particular network entity may be issued together with a score corresponding to the likelihood.

Abstract: This relates to system architectures, apparatus and methods for acoustic touch detection (touch sensing) and exemplary applications of the system architectures, apparatus and methods. In some examples, the acoustic touch sensing techniques described herein can be used on a glass surface of a display or touch screen. In some examples, an acoustic touch sensing system can be configured to be insensitive to contact on the device surface by water, and thus acoustic touch sensing can be used for touch sensing in devices that are likely to become wet or fully submerged in water.

Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper and a compressible structure secured to the upper. The compressible structure can include one or more materials with physical properties that singly or in vertical aggregate, generally conform to those of a spring, following Hooke's Law, F=?kx, whereby the ratio of k/kideal approaches a value of 1.0, wherein the ideal k value is defined as kideal=Fimpulsexs-max, for a compressible structure region located adjacent to the corresponding region of the foot that generates the force impulse.

Abstract: A system, includes: a distributed cache that stores state information for a plurality of configuration items (CIs). Management, instrumentation, and discovery (MID) servers form a cluster, each of the MID servers including one or more processors that receive, from the distributed cache, a subset of the state information associated with assigned CIs and perform a statistical analysis on the subset of the state information.

Abstract: A system, includes: a distributed cache that stores state information for a plurality of configuration items (CIs). Management, instrumentation, and discovery (MID) servers form a cluster, each of the MID servers including one or more processors that receive, from the distributed cache, a subset of the state information associated with assigned CIs and perform a statistical analysis on the subset of the state information.

Abstract: An input device outfitted with one or more ultrasonic transducers can determine the location of one or more objects in contact with the input device. For example, the input device can include one or more transducers disposed in a ring around the circumference of the input device or in an array of rings along the length of the input device. The ultrasonic transducers can be used to detect the position of the one or more touching objects in at least one dimension, for example. In some examples, the one or more ultrasonic transducers can produce directional ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: An apparatus for grouping alerts generated by automated monitoring of at least an operating condition of a machine, represented as a configuration item in a configuration management database, in a computer network. A first event pattern is identified based on configuration items associated with an alert avalanche identified from received historical alert data stored in memory. A second event pattern is identified based on co-occurrences of configuration item pairs in the historical alert data and on at least one conditional probability parameter. At least one alert group is determined by comparing at least one configuration item associated with a current alert to the plurality of configuration items of the first event pattern and of the second event pattern stored in memory. A graphical display region for displaying the alert group is generated.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for network event grouping. For example, methods may include generating a graph including vertices and edges, wherein at least one of the vertices is associated with an event type from a set of event types and wherein at least one of the edges is associated with a weight; removing, based on an associated weight and a first threshold, one or more edges from the graph; determining, after removing the one or more edges from the graph, whether the graph is chordal; responsive to determining that the graph is chordal, identifying a connected subgraph within the graph; determining a group of event types to include event types that are associated with vertices in the identified connected subgraph; and transmitting, storing, or displaying data specifying the group of event types.