Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a light source configured to emit a light beam, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse train, a buffer configured to store pixels of an image, a controller configured to modulate the pulse train according to the pixels and to drive the light source according to the modulated pulse train, a mirror assembly configured to oscillate and scan the light beam over an image area according to a scan pattern, and a mirror driver configured to drive the mirror assembly, the pulse generator being configured to receive a brightness signal and to generate the pulse train with a low/high pulse rate when the brightness signal indicates a low/high brightness. A method displays pixels of an image with a low/high pulse rate at a low/high brightness.

Abstract: A detector for use in liquid chromatography is provided. The detector includes a light delivery system comprising a light source that emits one or more spectral lines of light of a light spectrum. The detector has an entrance slit configured to receive the one or more spectral lines of light and a wavelength selection module comprising a digital micro-mirror device. The digital micro-mirror device is configured to redirect the one or more spectral lines of light to a flow cell. The flow cell is optically connected to the wavelength selection module.

Abstract: A system and method (10) are disclosed for providing an alternate communication path (30) between a central monitoring station (12) and a connected security/control system (14) for a home, office, apartment, business, or other resident or work-related area (16), the system (14) having a control panel (18) and a plurality of connected electronic devices (22 and 24), each device (22, 24) having a signal connection (26) with the control panel (18) to enable the control panel (18) to monitor and/or control each of the electronic devices (22 and 24). The system (10) is configured to automatically detect a failure in a primary communication path (20) between the control panel (18) and the central monitoring station (12) and, in response to such a detected failure, to automatically establish an alternative communication path (30) via one or more of the connected electronic devices (24).

Abstract: Systems and methods for a cognitive virtual central monitoring station (CMS) and methods therefor are provided. Some methods can include the cognitive virtual CMS receiving historical data representing interactions between CMS human operators and first security systems, the cognitive virtual CMS analyzing the historical data to generate algorithms and rules for the cognitive virtual CMS, the cognitive virtual CMS interacting with a second security system, and the cognitive virtual CMS using the algorithms and the rules to respond to the second security system.

Abstract: A detector for use in liquid chromatography is provided. The detector includes a light delivery system comprising a light source that emits one or more spectral lines of light of a light spectrum. The detector has an entrance slit configured to receive the one or more spectral lines of light and a wavelength selection module comprising a digital micro-mirror device. The digital micro-mirror device is configured to redirect the one or more spectral lines of light to a flow cell. The flow cell is optically connected to the wavelength selection module.

Abstract: A detector for use in liquid chromatography is provided. The detector includes a light delivery system comprising a light source that emits one or more spectral lines of light of a light spectrum. The detector has an entrance slit configured to receive the one or more spectral lines of light and a wavelength selection module comprising a digital micro-mirror device. The digital micro-mirror device is configured to redirect the one or more spectral lines of light to a flow cell. The flow cell is optically connected to the wavelength selection module.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting an unknown drone device are provided. Systems and methods may include identifying a presence of an unidentified drone device within or proximate to a protected area based on sensor data received from at least one sensor device, comparing the sensor data to stored data for known drone devices to determine whether the unidentified drone device is known or unknown, and initiating specific security responses when the unidentified drone is unknown.

Abstract: A system and method (10) are disclosed for providing an alternate communication path (30) between a central monitoring station (12) and a connected security/control system (14) for a home, office, apartment, business, or other resident or work-related area (16), the system (14) having a control panel (18) and a plurality of connected electronic devices (22 and 24), each device (22, 24) having a signal connection (26) with the control panel (18) to enable the control panel (18) to monitor and/or control each of the electronic devices (22 and 24). The system (10) is configured to automatically detect a failure in a primary communication path (20) between the control panel (18) and the central monitoring station (12) and, in response to such a detected failure, to automatically establish an alternative communication path (30) via one or more of the connected electronic devices (24).

Abstract: A system including a video sequence embodied in memory, a processor that detects a moving object or person within a field of view of the video sequence, a processor that tracks the moving object or person and that identifies a plurality of frames that summarizes movement of the moving object or person within a time interval of the video sequence and a processor that combines the identified plurality of frames into a thumbnail image.

Abstract: An apparatus including a security system protecting a secured area, a processor of the security system providing a voice connection between a control panel of the security system located within the secured area and a remotely located central monitoring station, the processor automatically providing notification of activation of the provided voice connection, an audio device providing audio entertainment within the secured area, a wireless interface providing a communication channel between the security system and audio entertainment system and a processor of the audio device receiving the automatic notification of activation of the voice connection from the processor of the security system through the wireless interface and automatically reducing a volume of the audio entertainment provided by the audio device within the secured area.

Abstract: A detector for use in liquid chromatography is provided. The detector includes a light delivery system comprising a light source that emits one or more spectral lines of light of a light spectrum. The detector has an entrance slit configured to receive the one or more spectral lines of light and a wavelength selection module comprising a digital micro-mirror device. The digital micro-mirror device is configured to redirect the one or more spectral lines of light to a flow cell. The flow cell is optically connected to the wavelength selection module.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting an optimal device in a home security or automation system for presenting a notification or an alert are provided. Some methods can include identifying notification capabilities of a plurality of system devices installed in a region, detecting an occurrence of an event, identifying a location of a user within the region, and identifying at least one of the plurality of system devices that includes one of the notification capabilities for presenting the notification of the occurrence of the event and that is within a predetermined distance of the location of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking unauthorized intruders using a drone integrated with a security system are provided. The drone can carry a transceiver device and an image capturing device, the transceiver device can receive an alarm signal from a security system monitoring a region such that the alarm signal indicates an unauthorized intruder is located in the region, the drone can move to an initial location of the unauthorized intruder, the image capturing device can capture an initial image of the unauthorized intruder at the initial location, and the drone can track the unauthorized intruder.

Abstract: A method for transmitting alert messages relating to a crowd gathering to one or more user devices in a communication network comprising the steps of receiving data from one or more data sources at a central alert system, wherein said data comprises the geo-location of the crowd gathering; classifying the crowd gathering based on processing the received data on one or more pre-determined criteria stored in the central alert system; identifying the geo-location of one or more user devices in proximity to the identified geo-location of the crowd gathering; generating an alert message based on the classification of the crowd gathering; and transmitting the generated alert messages to the one or more user devices.

Abstract: A memory cell includes a bistable element and two p-channel transistors (i.e., first and second p-channel transistors). The bistable element includes a plurality of inverting circuits and at least one data storage node. The bistable element may be formed in a first region on the substrate that is partially formed by a p-type diffusion region and an n-type diffusion region. The first and second p-channel transistors are coupled serially. The first p-channel transistor may also have its gate terminal coupled to the at least one data storage node of the bistable element. A method of manufacturing the memory cell includes forming a bistable element having at least first and second data storage nodes, forming a write-only port of the memory cell over an n-type diffusion region and forming a read-only port of the memory cell over a p-type diffusion region.

Abstract: A method for transmitting alert messages relating to a crowd gathering to one or more user devices in a communication network comprising the steps of receiving data from one or more data sources at a central alert system, wherein said data comprises the geo-location of the crowd gathering; classifying the crowd gathering based on processing the received data on one or more pre-determined criteria stored in the central alert system; identifying the geo-location of one or more user devices in proximity to the identified geo-location of the crowd gathering; generating an alert message based on the classification of the crowd gathering; and transmitting the generated alert messages to the one or more user devices.

Abstract: A system including a video sequence embodied in memory, a processor that detects a moving object or person within a field of view of the video sequence, a processor that tracks the moving object or person and that identifies a plurality of frames that summarizes movement of the moving object or person within a time interval of the video sequence and a processor that combines the identified plurality of frames into a thumbnail image.

Abstract: An apparatus including a security system protecting a secured area, a processor of the security system providing a voice connection between a control panel of the security system located within the secured area and a remotely located central monitoring station, the processor automatically providing notification of activation of the provided voice connection, an audio device providing audio entertainment within the secured area, a wireless interface providing a communication channel between the security system and audio entertainment system and a processor of the audio device receiving the automatic notification of activation of the voice connection from the processor of the security system through the wireless interface and automatically reducing a volume of the audio entertainment provided by the audio device within the secured area.

Abstract: In one aspect, a memory circuit is provided. The memory circuit includes a first memory device; a second memory device coupled to the first memory device; a freeze circuit coupled to a first output terminal and a second output terminal, where the first output terminal is an output terminal of the first memory device and the second output terminal is an output terminal of the second memory device; and a test switch coupled to the first output terminal and the second output terminal.

Abstract: In one aspect, a memory circuit is provided. The memory circuit includes a first three-terminal (3T) resistive memory device and a second 3T resistive memory device coupled to the first 3T resistive memory device. In another aspect a memory array with memory circuits having 3T devices is provided. In yet another aspect, a method of programming a memory array is provided.