Abstract: In some examples, an augmented reality (AR) server receives instructional data to be rendered in AR. The AR rendering server extracts multiple instruction steps from the instructional data and determines multiple spatial identifiers associated with the multiple instruction steps respectively. The multiple spatial identifiers correspond to multiple spatial objects in a real-world environment. The AR rendering server then generates AR rendering data for displaying the multiple instruction steps on an AR device at selected locations associated with the multiple spatial objects in the real-world environment. The AR rendering data is then transmitted to the AR device.

Abstract: An electronic device and a controlling method thereof are provided.

Abstract: Radar signal detection and parameter estimation is central in passive surveillance systems, providing inputs for many information processing modules in order to detect, localize, indentify and intercept hostile targets. The proposed method for detecting radar signals and estimating their intra-pulse parameters in time-varying noisy environments consists of several stages: magnitude-squared envelopes calculation, adaptive noise floor estimation, detection statistics calculation, rising edge detection, time of arrival estimation, falling edge detection, time of departure estimation, pulse width estimation, amplitude estimation and center frequency and bandwidth estimation. Estimated intra-pulse parameters are wrapped into pulse descriptor words (PDWs) for information processing tasks, where each PDW consists of time of arrival, time of departure, pulse width, pulse amplitude, center frequency, signal bandwidth, noise floor level and additional useful information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and prediction are disclosed. The methods and systems include: obtaining a white noise contaminated sensor signal for a patient; extracting a feature based on the white noise contaminated sensor signal; determining a matrix based on the feature; determining an intermittent forcing signal based on the matrix; determining an overcomplete representation of the intermittent forcing signal; and generating an obstructive sleep apnea indication based on the overcomplete representation and a threshold. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A motor-operated drive system for a window covering system including a headrail, a mechanism associated with the headrail to spread and retract the window covering, and a continuous cord loop extending below the headrail for actuating the mechanism to spread and retract the window covering. The drive system includes a motor, a driven wheel that engages and advances the continuous cord loop, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the driven wheel to a rotating output shaft of the motor for rotation of the driven wheel. The drive system includes a channel system for redirecting the continuous cord loop engaged by the driven wheel, or other mechanism for configuring the drive system so that continuous cord loop extends in a substantially vertical orientation. The coupling mechanism includes an engaged configuration in which rotation of the output shaft of the motor causes rotation of the driven wheel, and a disengaged configuration.

Abstract: Provided herein are formulations for liquidless cleansing products having high biobased content. The cleansing formulations may be substantially free of polyvinyl alcohol. The cleansing composition may contain no more than a negligible amount of polyvinyl alcohol. The cleansing composition may contain no detectable amount of polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for training an image caption evaluation system to perform evaluations of image captions. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise receiving a training image, a ground truth image caption for the training image, and a perturbed image caption for the training image, where the perturbed image caption includes modifications to the ground truth image caption. The disclosed systems and methods further comprise generating, by a visual encoder, a visual embedding representation of the training image and generating, by a perturbation-aware text encoder, a first text embedding for the ground truth image caption and a second text embedding for the perturbed image caption. The disclosed systems and methods further comprise computing losses between the visual embedding, the first text embedding, and the second text embedding and training the perturbation-aware text encoder based on the computed losses.

Abstract: A portable cooling device (100) for administering a coolant (133) to a bodily cavity (210) of a user (200) is presented. The portable cooling device (100) comprises a flow transducer (110) configured to provide an airflow (113) to the bodily cavity (210) of the user (200), and a pressure transducer (120) configured to inject the coolant (133) into the airflow (113). The flow transducer (110) and the pressure transducer (120) are separate components. A method of controlling the portable cooling device is also presented.

Abstract: The invention proposed damper protection for direct drive motor angle limits. This mechanism includes main components: Assembly guideway-spring, and Assembly angle limit bar, and Assembly direct-drive motor. The content mentioned in the invention describes the damping spring integrated inside the direct motor to protect the device when operating within the desired stroke limit. It can be applied to high-precision devices and motors. The invention's products can be applied in Direct-drive motor mechanisms that limit rotation angle with high-accuracy such as robotic arms, multi-sensor automatic observation devices, or unmanned equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae I and II, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, which are inhibitors of the complement system. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a compound, and methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition characterized by aberrant complement system activity.

Abstract: An electronic system provides various features and functionality for managing resources. A trigger event may be associated with a mobile device. The trigger event may be detected (e.g., based on the mobile device being within a geo-fence) and, responsive to detecting the trigger event, a resource of a plurality of resources may be determined. A stash of the resource of a plurality of stashes of the resource may be determined and the stash of the resource may be replenished based on the trigger event associated with the mobile device.

Abstract: A method for determining a contour of the representation, on a photo of an object made up of one or several elements, referred to as an “actual contour.” The method includes the following steps: 1) application of a first treatment to the photo so as to obtain a first image representing a first contour of the object; 2) application of a second treatment to the photo so as to obtain a second image representing a second contour of the object; 3) association, according to a predetermined association algorithm, of each point of the second contour with a point of the first respective contour, then removal of the points of the first contour that have not been associated with a point of the second contour, the first image then representing a corrected contour of the object.

Abstract: Techniques for using more-specific routing to perform scalable Layer-2 (L2) stretching of subnets across hybrid-cloud environments. Routing tables in a public cloud may allow for routes that are more specific than the default local route, and the more-specific routes may be used to send all traffic to a dedicated, cloud router. The more-specific routes are set up for a VPC where a subnet resides such that the more specific-routes cover at least a portion of subnet range. The next hop for the more-specific routes point to the cloud router which is capable of doing host routing and segmentation extension. Thus, traffic originating from endpoints in a VPC is routed to the cloud router, and the cloud router determines whether the traffic is to be re-routed back to a destination endpoint in the VPC (or another cloud location), or sent to a destination endpoint residing in the on-premises site.

Abstract: A system identifies a target value of one or more first operational parameters associated with an asset. The system provides the target value of the one or more first operational parameters to a machine learning model. The system receives a second target value of one or more second operational parameters associated with the asset. The system simulates one or more operations of the asset using the second target value of the one or more second operational parameters. The system provides, via a user interface, one or more recommended actions in response to a result associated with simulating the one or more operations.

Abstract: In various examples, one or more object detectors may regress bounding polygons for detected objects in systems (e.g., autonomous or semi-autonomous driving systems and applications) that provide object awareness, object identification, object avoidance, and/or object localization. The object detector may determine regression data representing a regressed polygon associated with a given shape of a detected object represented by classification data determined from a scene. The object detector may determine regression data for different regressed angles between different pairs of successive vertices of the regressed polygon and regressed lengths of vectors from a regressed geometric center of the regressed polygon to vertices of the regressed polygon. The object detector may generate, based at least in part on the regression data, a bounding shape for a detected object in the scene. In some embodiments, the object detector may be trained by deforming a regressed polygon to match a ground truth polygon.

Abstract: A cache memory includes cache lines to store information. The stored information is associated with physical addresses that include first, second, and third distinct portions. The cache lines are indexed by the second portions of respective physical addresses associated with the stored information. The cache memory also includes one or more tables, each of which includes respective table entries that are indexed by the first portions of the respective physical addresses. The respective table entries in each of the one or more tables are to store indications of the second portions of respective physical addresses associated with the stored information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are luggage assemblies that may include: a first shell having a first sidewall; a second shell having a second sidewall; a first zipper tape that may have: a first outer section having a planar surface parallel to a planar surface of the first sidewall; a first middle section having a planar surface parallel to the planar surface of the first outer section; and a first inner section having a planar surface parallel to the planar surface of the first middle section; a second zipper tape having: a second outer section having a planar surface parallel to a planar surface of the second sidewall; a second middle section having a planar surface parallel to the planar surface of the second outer section; and a second inner section having a planar surface parallel to the planar surface of the second middle section; and a zipper slider coupled to the second zipper tape and capable of being coupled to the first zipper tape.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving an input content, and receiving ambient contextual data indicative of one or more ambient lighting conditions of an environment including a display device. The input content has corresponding metadata that at least partially represents a creative intent indicative of how the input content is intended to be viewed. The method further comprises adaptively correcting the input content based on the ambient contextual data to preserve the creative intent, and providing the corrected input content to the display device for presentation. The adaptively correcting comprises applying automatic white balancing to the input content to correct color tone of the input content.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.