Abstract: Consistent with some disclosed embodiments, an optical switch includes: a scheduler; and a buffer for buffering an optical packet including, arranged in a circuit, a clock generator for generating a clock signal, an optical unbalanced Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) and a fiber delay line (FDL) having an FDL length, wherein the optical packet has an optical packet signal, wherein the scheduler is configured to insert the optical packet into the buffer and to determine a number of circulations of the optical packet through the circuit, wherein the MZI modulates the clock signal based on the optical packet signal to create a reshaped optical packet after each circulation of the optical packet through the circuit, and wherein the FDL introduces a delay in the optical packet proportional to the FDL length.

Abstract: A device and methods, the device comprising: a photo detector comprising a waveguide; two metal layers connected to the photo detector; a measurement device connected between the two metal layers, for measuring an electric parameter between the two metal layers, said electric parameter indicative of an amount of light propagating through the waveguide; and a voltage source connected between the two metal layers, wherein applying voltage between the two metal layers changes a refraction index of the waveguide, thereby affecting a phase of light propagating through the waveguide, and wherein the voltage to be applied is determined in accordance with the resistance measured by the resistance measurement device.

Abstract: A device and methods, the device comprising: a photo detector comprising a waveguide; two metal layers connected to the photo detector; a measurement device connected between the two metal layers, for measuring an electric parameter between the two metal layers, said electric parameter indicative of an amount of light propagating through the waveguide; and a voltage source connected between the two metal layers, wherein applying voltage between the two metal layers changes a refraction index of the waveguide, thereby affecting a phase of light propagating through the waveguide, and wherein the voltage to be applied is determined in accordance with the resistance measured by the resistance measurement device.

Abstract: A system, comprising an optical transmitter configured to modulate a pulsed laser signal based on a plurality of data signals to form a plurality of modulated optical data signals, optical time division multiplex the plurality of modulated optical data signals to obtain a multiplexed optical data signal, and transmit the multiplexed optical data signal together with an optical clock signal derived from the pulsed laser signal; and an optical receiver that includes a clock recovery branch configured to recover the optical clock signal into a plurality of phase-shifted recovered optical clock signals and a data branch with a plurality of saturable absorbers (SA), each SA being in optical communication with one of the phase-shifted recovered optical clock signals and configured to receive the multiplexed optical data signal and to transmit of one of the plurality of modulated optical data signals according to the recovered optical clock signal.

Abstract: Consistent with some disclosed embodiments, an optical switch includes: a scheduler; and a buffer for buffering an optical packet including, arranged in a circuit, a clock generator for generating a clock signal, an optical unbalanced Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) and a fiber delay line (FDL) having an FDL length, wherein the optical packet has an optical packet signal, wherein the scheduler is configured to insert the optical packet into the buffer and to determine a number of circulations of the optical packet through the circuit, wherein the MZI modulates the clock signal based on the optical packet signal to create a reshaped optical packet after each circulation of the optical packet through the circuit, and wherein the FDL introduces a delay in the optical packet proportional to the FDL length.

Abstract: A system, comprising an optical transmitter configured to modulate a pulsed laser signal based on a plurality of data signals to form a plurality of modulated optical data signals, optical time division multiplex the plurality of modulated optical data signals to obtain a multiplexed optical data signal, and transmit the multiplexed optical data signal together with an optical clock signal derived from the pulsed laser signal; and an optical receiver that includes a clock recovery branch configured to recover the optical clock signal into a plurality of phase-shifted recovered optical clock signals and a data branch with a plurality of saturable absorbers (SA), each SA being in optical communication with one of the phase-shifted recovered optical clock signals and configured to receive the multiplexed optical data signal and to transmit of one of the plurality of modulated optical data signals according to the recovered optical clock signal.

Abstract: A car computer, a vehicle, a system and a method, the method comprising: receiving a request and response from a provider, a consumer or a trader to trade information; match the request and response to obtain an information trading deal; and providing details of the information trading deal to a computing platform adapted to be installed within a vehicle, the at least one computing platform configured to manage a blockchain comprising a block associated with the information trading deal.

Abstract: Consistent with some disclosed embodiments, an optical switch includes: a scheduler; and a buffer for buffering an optical packet including, arranged in a circuit, a clock generator for generating a clock signal, an optical unbalanced Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) and a fiber delay line (FDL) having an FDL length, wherein the optical packet has an optical packet signal, wherein the scheduler is configured to insert the optical packet into the buffer and to determine a number of circulations of the optical packet through the circuit, wherein the MZI modulates the clock signal based on the optical packet signal to create a reshaped optical packet after each circulation of the optical packet through the circuit, and wherein the FDL introduces a delay in the optical packet proportional to the FDL length.

Abstract: Described is a communication system having a transmitter comprising a first optical module, the first optical module comprising a plurality of Micro-Ring Modulators (MRMs); and a receiver comprising a second optical module, the second optical module comprising a plurality of Micro Ring Resonators (MRRs), wherein the first optical module and the second optical module are connected by an optical waveguide; and at least one comb laser external to an optical co-package comprising the transmitter or the receiver, the at least one comb laser irradiating the optical waveguide, the at least one comb laser emitting light in a plurality of wavelengths, where at least one first MRM and at least one first MRR are adjusted to operate in at least one first wavelengths from the plurality of wavelengths, and at least one second MRM and at least one second MRR are adjusted to operate in at least one second wavelength from the plurality of wavelengths.

Abstract: Consistent with some disclosed embodiments, an optical switch includes: a scheduler; and a buffer for buffering an optical packet including, arranged in a circuit, a clock generator for generating a clock signal, an optical unbalanced Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) and a fiber delay line (FDL) having an FDL length, wherein the optical packet has an optical packet signal, wherein the scheduler is configured to insert the optical packet into the buffer and to determine a number of circulations of the optical packet through the circuit, wherein the MZI modulates the clock signal based on the optical packet signal to create a reshaped optical packet after each circulation of the optical packet through the circuit, and wherein the FDL introduces a delay in the optical packet proportional to the FDL length.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for generating content for training a classifier, including: receiving two or more parts of a description, for each part, retrieving from an extracted feature collection library one or more extracted feature collections derived from one or more video frames, the extracted feature collections or the video frames labeled with a label associated with the part, thus obtaining a multiplicity of extracted feature collections, and combining the multiplicity of extracted feature collections to obtain a combined feature collection associated with the description, the combined feature collection to be used for training a classifier.

Abstract: A system, comprising an optical transmitter configured to modulate a pulsed laser signal based on a plurality of data signals to form a plurality of modulated optical data signals, optical time division multiplex the plurality of modulated optical data signals to obtain a multiplexed optical data signal, and transmit the multiplexed optical data signal together with an optical clock signal derived from the pulsed laser signal; and an optical receiver that includes a clock recovery branch configured to recover the optical clock signal into a plurality of phase-shifted recovered optical clock signals and a data branch with a plurality of saturable absorbers (SA), each SA being in optical communication with one of the phase-shifted recovered optical clock signals and configured to receive the multiplexed optical data signal and to transmit of one of the plurality of modulated optical data signals according to the recovered optical clock signal.

Abstract: A device and methods, the device comprising: a photo detector comprising a waveguide; two metal layers connected to the photo detector; a measurement device connected between the two metal layers, for measuring an electric parameter between the two metal layers, said electric parameter indicative of an amount of light propagating through the waveguide; and a voltage source connected between the two metal layers, wherein applying voltage between the two metal layers changes a refraction index of the waveguide, thereby affecting a phase of light propagating through the waveguide, and wherein the voltage to be applied is determined in accordance with the resistance measured by the resistance measurement device.

Abstract: A method designing computerized systems for a vehicle by a computing device comprising a processor and a memory device, and corresponding apparatus and computer program product, the method comprising: receiving indications to computerized components to be installed in a vehicle; displaying over a display device a three dimensional manipulatable model of the vehicle; receiving indications to locations within the car where the computerized components are to be installed, the indications provided as locations over the illustration; receiving indications to applications to be executed by a car computer, wherein the applications receive input from at least one of the computerized components; automatically determining the required computing resources and required utility components for supporting the computerized components and provisioning the applications; providing specific alternatives conforming with the computerized components; and receiving selections of specific computerized components from the specific alt

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for fusing information, to be performed by a device comprising a processor and a memory device, the method comprising: receiving one or more distance readings related to the environment from a Lidar device emitting light in a predetermined wavelength; receiving an image captured by a multi spectra camera, the multi spectra camera being sensitive at least to visible light and to the predetermined wavelength; identifying within the image points or areas having the predetermined wavelength; identifying one or more objects within the image; identifying correspondence between each of the light points or areas and one of the readings; associating the object with a distance, based on the reading and points or areas within the object; and outputting indication of the object and the distance associated with the at least one object.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for generating content for training a classifier, the method comprising: receiving two or more parts of a description; for each part, retrieving from an extracted feature collection library one or more extracted feature collections derived from one or more video frames, the extracted feature collections or the video frames labeled with a label associated with the part, thus obtaining a multiplicity of extracted feature collections; and combining the multiplicity of extracted feature collections to obtain a combined feature collection associated with the description, the combined feature collection to be used for training a classifier.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product, the method comprising: receiving sensory information from at least one sensor associated with a vehicle; determining partial hostility level associated with the at least one sensor or the sensory information; based on the hostility level, determining a change in operation of the at least one sensor or analysis of the sensory information; and adapting at least one configuration parameter of the sensor in accordance with the change, thereby reducing the hostility level.

Abstract: A car computer, a vehicle, a system and a method, the method comprising: receiving a request and response from a provider, a consumer or a trader to trade information; match the request and response to obtain an information trading deal; and providing details of the information trading deal to a computing platform adapted to be installed within a vehicle, the at least one computing platform configured to manage a blockchain comprising a block associated with the information trading deal.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product of determining a state of a vehicle driver, the method comprising: receiving an image of the driver captured by a hyper spectral camera capable of imaging body features invisible to a human; receiving telemetry information from a car telemetry system; analyzing the image to receive at least one indicator to a clinical parameter of the driver; and fusing the at least one indicator with the telemetry information to obtain an assessment to a stress level of the driver.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for generating content for training a classifier, the method comprising: receiving two or more parts of a description; for each part, retrieving from an extracted feature collection library one or more extracted feature collections derived from one or more video frames, the extracted feature collections or the video frames labeled with a label associated with the part, thus obtaining a multiplicity of extracted feature collections; and combining the multiplicity of extracted feature collections to obtain a combined feature collection associated with the description, the combined feature collection to be used for training a classifier.