Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a call on a device associated with an occupant of a vehicle, determining a noise level proximate the occupant, and directing the call to a speaker proximate the occupant, based on the noise level.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an occupant and an object in a vehicle, determining a type of the object, determining a first timestamp associated with the occupant and a second timestamp associated with the object, and responsive to the timestamps overlapping, notifying a device associated with the occupant when the value is greater than a threshold.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of analyzing data related to content being delivered to occupant devices in a vehicle; and notifying the devices of additional functionality related to the vehicle based on the analyzing.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting a movement of an object in a vehicle when the vehicle is in motion, and determining that the object is an inanimate object, based on a vertical and horizontal distance of the detected movement.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining that a device associated with a vehicle is proximate or in the vehicle, determining that the device is approved for pairing with the vehicle, detecting that a person associated with the device is proximate or in the vehicle, and pairing the device with the vehicle.

Abstract: A rubber and metal composite electric contact and a preparation process therefor. The rubber and metal composite electric contact is a circular layered complex which is formed by tightly combining a metal sheet layer having a plurality of through holes and a rubber layer by means of thermal vulcanization molding and which has a thickness of 0.1 to 5 mm and a diameter of 1 to 15 mm. There is no isolation layer between the rubber layer and the metal layer of the electric contact, so no rubber overflows the outer surface of the metal layer. In the rubber and metal composite electric contact, the rubber and metal are combined firmly and the overall strength of the electric contact is adjustable; the electric contact also has good dust resistance; and the electric contact thus has stable and reliable electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A system for controlling operation of a vehicle includes a millimeter-wave radar sensor, a processor, and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory stores a sensor control module configured to control operation of the radar sensor to acquire data for determining and updating a number of occupants in the vehicle. Upon receiving a control command whose execution will result in movement of the vehicle, a pre-movement radar scan of the vehicle interior is performed. Using information acquired by the pre-movement scan, the sensor control module determines if an excessive occupant condition exists in the vehicle interior. Responsive to a determination that an excessive occupant condition exists, the sensor control module may control an operation of the vehicle other than executing the control command.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to sensing interactions of a passenger with components within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the vehicle. The method includes determining a current state of the passenger cabin according to the radar data. The method includes, responsive to identifying that the current state indicates that a passenger satisfies a threshold in relation to an unpermitted action, generating a response that counters the unpermitted action.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancing techniques for provisioning optical channels to allow optical networks to operate in an optimal fashion. A method, according to one implementation, includes receiving measured optical performance parameters of a plurality of optical channels transmitted over an optical spectrum between two network elements in an optical line system; determining a performance profile of the optical spectrum based on the measured optical performance parameters; translating the performance profile into configuration information for the two network elements; and causing provisioning of the two network elements based on the configuration information. The measured optical performance parameters are for one or more unassigned optical channels on the optical spectrum, with the measured optical performance parameters being made on one or more optical modems.

Abstract: A method for collaborative and optimal allocation of a route time slot and a flight level comprises: acquiring planned route information and alternative route information in a traffic limited airspace, available time slot information of a downstream airspace unit of the planned route, and flight operation information first, then formulating an algorithm for the collaborative and optimal allocation of the route time slot and the flight level, establishing an objective function and a constraint condition which meet effectiveness by taking a minimum total ground delay loss of all flights, a minimum change number of flight levels of all flights and a minimum total fuel consumption of all flights as objectives, further establishing a multi-objective optimization model for the collaborative allocation of the route time slot and the flight level, and forming a strategy for the collaborative and optimal allocation of the route time slot and the flight level.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancing techniques for provisioning optical channels to allow optical networks to operate in an optimal fashion. A method, according to one implementation, includes utilizing a plurality of modems to measure optical performance parameters of a plurality of optical channels of an optical spectrum. Each optical channel is previously unassigned in an unknown optical link system to be commissioned. The modems are arranged within a group for communicating optical signals within the optical spectrum across the unknown optical link system to an unknown far-end network element. The method also includes provisioning the plurality of optical channels based on the measured optical performance parameters to enable data communication between the near-end network element and the far-end network element. Before commissioning, the unknown optical link system does not allow data communication between the near-end network element and the far-end network element.

Abstract: A method for forming a QCr0.8 alloy tapered cylindrical ring, including: heating a standard QCr0.8 alloy cylindrical part followed by upsetting and stretching at least twice to obtain a primary blank; heating the primary blank followed by upsetting and chamfering to obtain a secondary blank, where a diameter of a top end is greater than that of a bottom end; subjecting the secondary blank to backward extrusion to form a preform; machining the preform to remove a flash and a bottom residue; subjecting a bottom end of the preform to local bulging to enable a shape and a size thereof to match that of a drive roller in a forming tooling, so as to form a profiled ring blank; and rolling the profiled ring blank by a radial-axial ring rolling machine with the forming tooling to form the tapered cylindrical ring.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing access to network security policies. One of the methods includes determining, for a policy access request i) received from a device and ii) that requests access to a network security policy that defines a rule for controlling network traffic, whether there is an entitlement for the network security policy, wherein the entitlement indicates one or more types of operations that a subset of user accounts can perform on the network security policy; in response to determining that there is an entitlement, determining, using a mapping for the entitlement that identifies the subset of user accounts that have access to the network security policy, whether a user account for the device is included in the subset of user accounts; and selectively allowing or denying the policy access request using the entitlement and a result of the determination.

Abstract: An accurate grid locking method for a target composite tracking system in a terminal area comprises a cooperative engagement processer in each platform which performs for arranging a radar data storage structure, storing the target plot data received by the cooperative engagement processer in the corresponding radar data storage structure one by one, processing target plot data of a previous sector to form a target track, distributing the obtained target track to another platform on a data link, and receiving track data of a remote target distributed by another platform, inputting the track data into the plot data storage structure of the platform.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing surgical procedures. Such a system includes a cannula having proximal and distal portions. At least one carriage unit is slidably mounted within the proximal portion of the cannula for translation in axial directions of the cannula, and a tool has a shaft that is coupled to the carriage unit and protrudes through a port at the distal portion of the cannula. The tool has a working element mounted on a portion of the shaft that protrudes from the cannula to perform tasks within the cavity. A translation mechanism is provided for translating the carriage unit and its tool in the axial directions of the cannula, and a rotation mechanism is provided for rotating the tool about an axis of its shaft and relative to the first carriage unit. Rotation and translation mechanisms of each carriage unit are preferably individually and independently controlled.

Abstract: A picture annotation method includes starting an annotation tool to recognize a hierarchical relationship between candidate layers in the annotation tool; acquiring an annotation event of a picture to be annotated; distributing the annotation event to at least one target master candidate layer based on the hierarchical relationship; distributing, for an arbitrary target master candidate layer, in the case where the arbitrary target master candidate layer is configured with a slave candidate layer, starting from the arbitrary target master candidate layer, the annotation event down level by level to target slave candidate layers of at least one level of the arbitrary target master candidate layer; processing the annotation event through a first target candidate layer, to which it is distributed.

Abstract: An example operation includes providing an alert related to an event based on a difference related to a speed and an angle of an element exiting in a first zone around a transport and entering a second zone within the first zone, if the difference is above a threshold.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining one or more objects in a transport that may become airborne and altering a portion of the transport to minimize the one or more objects from becoming airborne during a collision.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a first health characteristic of an occupant from a first device affixed to a transport, responsive to the first health characteristic being at or outside a threshold, receiving a second health characteristic of the occupant from a second device affixed to the occupant, and sending a notification to other devices that were proximate the second device when the second health characteristic is outside the threshold.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a level of risk of a collision of a transport, wherein the level of risk is related to an occupant of the transport and an environment of the transport, accumulating an amount of data based on the level of risk, preparing the accumulated data for sending to one or more recipients when the level of risk exceeds a risk threshold, and sending the prepared data to the one or more recipients when the collision occurs.