Abstract: Example haptic gloves for virtual reality systems and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a glove to be worn on a hand of a user, an ultrasonic array disposed on an inner surface of the glove, and a control unit to activate the ultrasonic array device to generate haptic feedback on the hand of the user.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that sends first operation instructions to a first platoon of autonomous vehicles positioned behind a first lead vehicle, wherein the first operation instructions correspond to a manual operation of the first lead vehicle. The technology may also establish a direct communications link between the first lead vehicle and a second lead vehicle positioned ahead of the first lead vehicle, wherein the second lead vehicle is to be associated with a second platoon of autonomous vehicles. Additionally, the technology broadcasts second operation instructions from the direct communications link to the first platoon of autonomous vehicles while the first lead vehicle is in an autonomous mode, wherein the second operation instructions correspond to a manual operation of the second lead vehicle. The technology may also discontinue the direct communications link between the first lead vehicle and the second lead vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of aryl compounds and polymers thereof that are made using methods that do not require harsh conditions or expensive reagents. The methods disclosed herein utilize precursor compounds that can be polymerized to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polymers, such as carbon-based polymers like nanostructures (e.g., graphene or graphene-like nanoribbons).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and system for training artificial intelligence models configured to execute image segmentation techniques. The methods and system describe a server that receives a first image including a set of pixels depicting multiple objects. The server also receives a second image having a second set of pixels depicting the same set of objects. The server then analyzes the pixels from the first and second images. When a difference between at least one visual attribute of a pixel within the second image and a corresponding pixel within the first image satisfies a predetermined threshold, it will be encoded as spikes to send to the model, the model will be trained using supervised STDP rule by revising weights associated with the nodes within the AI model where the node corresponds to the pixels within the first and/or the second image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and system for training artificial intelligence models configured to execute image segmentation techniques. The methods and system describe a server that receives a first image including a set of pixels depicting multiple objects. The server also receives a second image having a second set of pixels depicting the same set of objects. The server then analyzes the pixels from the first and second images. When a difference between at least one visual attribute of a pixel within the second image and a corresponding pixel within the first image satisfies a predetermined threshold, it will be encoded as spikes to send to the model, the model will be trained using supervised STDP rule by revising weights associated with the nodes within the AI model where the node corresponds to the pixels within the first and/or the second image.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based consensus management, are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for creating a consensus template, wherein the request comprises information about a plurality of participating entities associated with the consensus template; generating, based on the request, a dataset representing a hierarchical structure of the participating entities associated with the consensus template; creating a blockchain transaction for registering the consensus template to a blockchain, wherein the blockchain transaction comprises the dataset representing the hierarchical structure of the participating entities; and sending, to one or more blockchain nodes associated with the blockchain for adding to the blockchain, the blockchain transaction for registering the consensus template to the blockchain.

Abstract: Example haptic gloves for virtual reality systems and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a glove to be worn on a hand of a user, an ultrasonic array disposed on an inner surface of the glove, and a control unit to activate the ultrasonic array device to generate haptic feedback on the hand of the user.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of aryl compounds and polymers thereof that are made using methods that do not require harsh conditions or expensive reagents. The methods disclosed herein utilize precursor compounds that can be polymerized to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polymers, such as carbon-based polymers like nanostructures (e.g., graphene or graphene-like nanoribbons).

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at pairing a host electronic device with a peripheral electronic device using visual recognition and deep learning techniques. In particular, the host device may receive an indication of a peripheral device via a camera or as a result of searching for the peripheral device (e.g., due startup of a related application or periodic scanning). The host device may also receive an image of the peripheral device (e.g., captured via the camera, and determine a visual distance to the peripheral device based on the image. The host device may also determine a signal strength of the peripheral device, and determine a signal distance to the peripheral device based on the signal strength. The host device may pair with the peripheral device if the visual distance and the signal distance are approximately equal.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for analyzing a graph image in a disconnected mode, e.g., when a graph is rendered as .jpeg, .gif, .png, and so on, and identifying a portion of the graph image associated with a plot/curve of interest. The identified portion of the graph image may then be utilized to generate an adjusted image. The adjusted image may therefore dynamically increase visibility of the plot/curve of interest relative to other plots/curves, and thus the present disclosures provides additional graph functionalities without access to the data originally used to generate the graph. The disconnected graph functionalities disclosed herein may be implemented within an Internet browser or other “app” that may present images depicting graphs to a user.

Abstract: A vehicle(100) may include one or more image sensors(110) configured to provide sensor image data (112d) representing a sensor image of a vicinity of the vehicle(100), and one or more processors(120) configured to determine one or more obstacles (132) from the sensor image data(112d), to determine a distance from ground for each of the one or more obstacles (132) based its corresponding image object(114), and to trigger a safety operation when the distance from ground is equal to or less than a safety height associated with the vehicle(100). A method for avoiding a collision of a vehicle with one or more obstacles.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for digital asset management. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for creating a digital asset corresponding to a tangible asset, wherein the request comprises one or more characteristics of the digital asset; generating a blockchain contract corresponding to the tangible asset based on the one or more characteristics of the digital asset; and deploying the generated blockchain contract on a blockchain, wherein the deployed blockchain contract is executable to issue the digital asset corresponding to the tangible asset.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lifting device comprising: a telescopic boom, comprising a basic section, at least one primary telescopic section and at least one secondary telescopic section; a telescopic control mechanism, comprising a primary telescopic drive mechanism that controls synchronous telescoping of the at least one primary telescopic section and a secondary telescopic drive mechanism that controls synchronous telescoping of the at least one secondary telescopic section; a torque limiter, comprising a first length sensor and a second length sensor, wherein a first sensor body and a telescopic end of a first length measuring cable of the first length sensor are respectively connected to tails of adjacent two section in the basic section and the at least one primary telescopic section; and a second sensor body and a telescopic end of a second length measuring cable of the second length sensor are respectively connected to tails of adjacent two section in the primary telescopic section adjacent to

Abstract: An embodiment of a semiconductor package apparatus may include technology to analyze an electronic image to determine indirect information including one or more of shadow information and reflection information, and provide the indirect information to a vehicle guidance system. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for digital asset management. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for creating a digital asset corresponding to a tangible asset, wherein the request comprises one or more characteristics of the digital asset; generating a blockchain contract corresponding to the tangible asset based on the one or more characteristics of the digital asset; and deploying the generated blockchain contract on a blockchain, wherein the deployed blockchain contract is executable to issue the digital asset corresponding to the tangible asset.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain transaction processing. One of the methods includes: obtaining, by a blockchain node, a current blockchain transaction generated based on performing a service; obtaining, by the blockchain node based on executing a smart contract, a transaction identifier of a previous blockchain transaction; recording, by the blockchain node, the transaction identifier into a transaction log so that a previous blockchain transaction is identifiable from the transaction log based on the transaction identifier, wherein the transaction log stores blockchain transactions of the current block; and recording the blockchain transaction of the current block and the transaction log into the blockchain.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based consensus management, are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for creating a consensus template, wherein the request comprises information about a plurality of participating entities associated with the consensus template; generating, based on the request, a dataset representing a hierarchical structure of the participating entities associated with the consensus template; creating a blockchain transaction for registering the consensus template to a blockchain, wherein the blockchain transaction comprises the dataset representing the hierarchical structure of the participating entities; and sending, to one or more blockchain nodes associated with the blockchain for adding to the blockchain, the blockchain transaction for registering the consensus template to the blockchain.