Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs can be referenced by both automation models of an industrial asset and non-automation models of the asset, allowing data points of both types of models to be easily linked using a common data source nomenclature.

Abstract: Provided herein are exemplary systems and methods including the generation of a superior strategy for deployment to real time actual conditions with dynamic feedback to the secure intelligent networked architecture in order for adjustments to be made to the strategy being deployed to the real time actual conditions and the learned generation of subsequent strategies.

Abstract: A first image may be received by a processor. The processor may identify an image quality measure of which to evaluate the first image. The processor may compare the first image to one or more images. The processor may generate a first image quality score for the first image based on the comparing. The processor may convert the first image quality score into a first micro air-quality index. The processor may transmit the first micro air-quality index to a recording device. Additionally, a recording device may capture a first image. The recording device may send the first image to a database that may include a model associated with an image quality measure. The recording device may receive a first micro air-quality index associated with the image quality measure. The recording device may rearrange a display of the first image to display the first micro air-quality index.

Abstract: A device may analyze, by one or more processors, a model to identify a first set of model elements that are associated with a model element. The device may apply, by the one or more processors, one or more results from an analysis of the model to a first network unit to determine a complexity of the first network unit or a coupling of the first network unit to other model elements of the model. The device may generate, by the one or more processors, a second network unit, representing a second hierarchy of computation, from the first network unit based on the complexity or the coupling. The device may provide, by the one or more processors, the second network unit as a testing unit for testing the model, the second network unit comprising two or more model elements and one or more numeric expressions.

Abstract: A method for estimating life of a component includes obtaining fracture data corresponding to a component. The fracture data includes a first dataset corresponding to a threshold region where the crack in the component is dormant below a fatigue threshold. The method further includes determining initial estimates of parameters of a crack growth rate model and parameters of temperature models corresponding to the crack growth rate model based on the fracture data. The method also includes computing optimized parameters of temperature models corresponding to the crack growth rate model, and a scatter parameter via simulation of a joint optimization method using the initial estimates. The method includes determining a cumulative distribution function based on the optimized parameters and the scatter parameter and estimating life of the component based on the cumulative distribution function.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for an optimal scheduling decision of an air compressor group based on a simulation technology, which belongs to the technical field of information.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for restoring a 3D tomographic model of the Earth's subsurface geology from the present-day to a past restoration time. Whereas at the present time all faults represent active discontinuities, at a past restoration time some faults have not yet formed. Accordingly, the restored model divides the fault network into ?-active faults (discontinuous surfaces for faults that intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time) and ?-inactive faults (continuous surfaces for faults that do not intersect the layer deposited at the past restoration time). A new 3D restoration transformation is also provided that uses linear geological constraints to process the restoration model in less time and generate more accurate geological images.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to detect and determine the location and relative significance of joint damage in structures including bridges, and particularly including accelerated bridge construction (ABC) bridges, based on measured changes in bridge dynamic or static response parameters and model updating methods. These systems and methods may use a detailed finite element model to calculate the sensitivity of joint damages in the structure response parameters for a particular loading configuration and the change of state in the structure obtained through instrumentation and response monitoring of the structure compared to a prior condition of the structure in order to identify potential damages.

Abstract: An injury to a computer game character is simulated by changing the length or weight of an injured body part, or by adding additional links to the skeleton of the character to make the character harder to control. The facial expression of the character also can change. A generative adversarial network (GAN) may be used to learn motion under circumstances of injury to better mimic motion of an injured human as may be derived from, e.g., motion capture (MOCAP) video.

Abstract: Various embodiments that may generally relate to one or more competitions. Such competitions may include a plurality of rounds. A round may include a player attempting to choose a winner of an event on which a round is based. A surviving player after a number of rounds may be a winner of a competition. Various apparatus and methods are described.

Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device including a display device and one or more input devices. The method includes displaying, on the display device, a first graphing area section presenting a plot of a first set of data points for a first variable. The method includes detecting, via the one or more input devices, a first user input indicative of a selection of a portion of the first graphing area section. The method includes determining, based on the first user input indicative of a selection of a portion of the first graphing area section, a portion of the first set of data points for the first variable. The method includes detecting, via the one or more input devices, a second user input indicative of a weighting of the portion of the first set of data points for the first variable. The method includes determining, based on the weighting, a second set of data points.

Abstract: A computer system provides navigation services. Route data is processed to extract a plurality of routes, wherein each route comprises a plurality of links and nodes. A partition layer is generated for a map including the plurality of links and nodes of the routes, wherein the partition layer comprises a plurality of meshes each containing links and nodes of the map. A context is processed to remove invalid links and nodes from the map based on the context. The partition layer is updated by merging a subset of the plurality of meshes in response to the removal of the invalid links and nodes. A navigation service is provided for the plurality of routes based on the updated partition layer of the map. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing navigation services in substantially the same manner described above.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method of determining information for building information modeling (BIM) by a BIM device.

Abstract: A method, including: performing, with a computer, within-seismic-attribute clustering for each of a plurality of seismic attribute datasets for N different attributes, N being greater than or equal to two; identifying an anchor attribute and N?1 subordinate attributes from the N different attributes; linking, with a computer, objects within the seismic attribute data sets corresponding to the N?1 subordinate attributes to related objects within the seismic attribute data set corresponding to the anchor attribute; and identifying, with a computer, cross-attribute clusters, wherein the objects of any subordinate attribute that are linked to a same object of the anchor attribute are part of a single cross-attribute cluster.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for quantitative hemodynamic flow analysis, which involves retrieving patient specific image data. A 3D reconstruction of a vessel of interest can be created from the patient specific image data. Geometric information can be extracted from the 3D reconstruction. A lesion position can be determined. Patient specific data can be obtained. Hemodynamic results can be calculated based on the geometric information, the lesion position and the patient specific data.

Abstract: A drive device for an in-core neutron instrumentation system includes a safety circuit between a power supply and a drive motor. The safety circuit is provided inside the cover member, and switches between a conductive state in which power can be supplied to the drive motor and a cut-off state in which power cannot be supplied thereto depending on a mounted state of the cover member. The safety circuit is controlled to be in the conductive state in response to a state in which the cover member is mounted on the base member, and is controlled to be in the cut-off state in response to a state in which the cover member is not mounted on the base member.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for interactive visualization of a first set of objects in relation to a second set of objects in a data collection, wherein each of the second set of objects is hierarchically structured includes parsing the first set of objects in relation to the second set of objects in order to generate a mapping between the first set of objects and the second set of objects. The method further includes causing display of a representation of the first set as a central node and a representation of the second set as a set of topic nodes surrounding the central node or surrounded by the central node, the displayed representations constituting a sieve diagram. The method also includes causing display in the sieve diagram of a set of relationships between the first set of objects and the second set of objects by providing a graphical linkage directly or indirectly between the central node and each node that corresponds to a member of the second set.

Abstract: A two-stage method for iteratively inverting geophysical data for the purpose of subsurface imaging, including: obtaining at least one geophysical dataset and an initial subsurface model; representing subsurface such that a geometry of a geobody is defined using a set of basis functions, and a number of such basis functions is significantly smaller than the number of cells used in cell-based geobody representations, wherein an order of magnitude reduction is two or more for 2-D domains and 3 or more for 3-D domains; in a first stage, successively updating the initial subsurface model, only for the geobody, by performing iterative low-dimensional geophysical inversion based on minimizing a misfit between simulated geophysical data and the geophysical dataset, wherein the simulated geophysical data is generated from a current subsurface model at each iteration; generating a subsurface image from a final updated subsurface model obtained via the low-dimensional geophysical inversion, wherein the subsurface image

Abstract: A method including displaying content elements on one or more websites to users. This method can also include tracking impression response data comprising (a) a response of the user to the content element of the content elements displayed on the one or more websites and (b) a time of the response of the user. Additionally, the method can include receiving a request from a first user. The method can further include determining weightings of the content elements based on posterior distributions using the impression response data, as adjusted by a temporal decay factor based on the times of the impression response data for the content elements. The method additionally can include generating the webpage to comprise the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A piping and instrumentation planning and maintenance system includes an input/output (I/O) interface for receiving a target piping and instrumentation diagram (PID) from a document source system; a processor in communication with the I/O interface; and non-transitory computer readable media in communication with the processor. The non-transitory computer readable media store instruction code, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to classify entities and properties thereof within the target PID. The entities include one or more assets and interconnections therebetween specified in the PID. The processor compares the classified entities to a knowledge base that represents relationships between a plurality of assets and interconnections between the assets. The processor then determines, based on the comparison, whether the assets in the target PID are interconnected correctly.

Abstract: The audio signal processing apparatus includes at least one bus a network interface, a user interface, a display, and a processor. The network interface outputs an audio signal through a second plurality of audio channels through a network. The user interface receives an operation from a user. The processor receives, from a destination device to which the audio signal is output, information about the number of available output channels of the destination device, controls the display to display a virtual bus representing the output channels of the destination device, received information regarding the number of output channels, receives input setting of a correspondence relationship between the second plurality of audio channels of the audio signal and the virtual bus, generates setting information according to the received input setting, and sends the audio signal outputted from the network interface the audio signal and the setting information to the destination device.

Abstract: A robot control system for controlling a robot including an actuator is provided. The robot control system includes: a collision detector configured to detect a collision occurring between the robot and an external object during movement of the robot, a driving controller configured to control the actuator, a position calculator configured to calculate at least one of collision position coordinate information indicating a collision position where the collision occurs and pushed position coordinate information indicating a pushed position to which the robot is pushed by a collision force generated from the collision, and a restart coordinate setter configured to set the collision position or a position included in a preset moving path of the robot and spaced apart from the collision position as a restart position for restarting a moving operation of the robot, based on a result of the calculation by the position calculator.

Abstract: A physics engine executed on a processor to simulate real-time rigid body dynamics of a simulated physical system with permissive penetration functionality is provided. The physics engine may be configured to iteratively loop through a collision detection phase, solving phase, updating phase, and display phase. When a penetration between a pair of bodies is due to an initial penetration from a prior collision detection phase, the physics engine may permit the initial penetration between the pair of objects during the current solving phase by not applying a bias or position change to correct for the initial penetration. Also the physics engine may be configured to detect geometry changes and modify the initial penetration distance accordingly.

Abstract: A method including displaying content elements on one or more websites to users. The classification of the users into segments can be based on each impression of content elements being displayed on the one or more websites to a user of the users, tracking impression response data comprising (a) a response of the user to the content element of the content elements displayed on the one or more websites, and (b) one or more segments of the segments in which the user is classified. The method can also include receiving a request from a first user. The method can also include generating a mixture distribution for the first segment for the first content element based on the impression response data for the first segment and generating the webpage to comprise the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of estimating driver readiness in a vehicle for performing automated driving includes analyzing a bio-signal and a behavior of a driver through collected driver information, determining a bodily sensory usage state of the driver from the behavior of the driver, deriving chances of task candidates that are probable to occur from the driver during driving from the bodily sensory usage state of the driver to infer a task, determining an intention of the driver on the basis of the inferred chances of the task candidates, and calculating driver readiness using the intention of the driver.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and apparatus for automating design, analysis, and product management synchronization in a model-based systems engineering environment. An analysis template is linked to a system architecture representing a product to be manufactured. A set of properties for an architectural element of the system architecture is extracted based on an analysis instance created from the analysis template. The set of properties is converted into a variable input-output structure. An analysis is run using the variable input-output structure to generate results. The results are linked to the analysis instance such that the analysis instance provides a time-based record of the analysis; to the system architecture to update a set of architectural elements impacted by the results; and to a product management tool, thereby synchronizing the design, the analysis, and the product management of the product to improve an efficiency in the design and manufacturing of the product.

Abstract: A controller hardware in the loop (CHIL) interface is disclosed. The CHIL interface comprises software and hardware that redirects a signal flow, including modulation signals and measurements exchanged between controller logic and a power electronics converter (PEC), to a CHIL port. Accordingly, the CHIL port provides access to the controller logic, at a digital level, throughout phases of the controller's lifetime (i.e., design, installation, maintenance, upgrade). Thus, the CHIL interface facilitates the use of PEC simulators for testing. The CHIL interface can detach the actual PEC from the control logic so testing can be performed with or without an operating PEC and can avoid the need for dedicated and error prone signal conditioning circuitry that is external to the controller.

Abstract: When electrodes are used to impose an electric field in target tissue within an anatomic volume (e.g., to apply TTFields to treat a tumor), the position of the electrodes can be optimized by obtaining electrical conductivity measurements in an anatomic volume and generating a 3D map of the conductivity directly from the obtained electrical conductivity or resistivity measurements, without segmenting the anatomic volume into tissue types. A location of the target tissue is identified within the anatomic volume, and the positions for the electrodes are determined based on the 3D map of electrical conductivity and the position of the target tissue.

Abstract: A process control system includes: one or a plurality of field devices configured to be placed in a plant; and a control apparatus configured to perform at least one of input and output on the field device to control the plant; and a change trend calculation device configured to calculate a change trend in time-series data including an observed value at each point in time of the field device.

Abstract: A method of designing bifacial solar panels installations that does not rely on the use of all available space to maximize electrical output and return on investment. Instead, the design method relies the market meter rate of the business sector in the area to determine of the KW size of the array. This production is then converted to cost per square Area for use in evaluating the costs, predicting profits, and generating lease agreements. The tenant pays a contract cost per square Area regardless of actually energy consumption.

Abstract: An example method of analyzing a structure includes generating initial simulation results for at least one finite element model, each of the at least one finite element models includes a plurality of nodes representing a structure. The initial simulation results simulate a response of the plurality of nodes to boundary conditions for a plurality of sets of input variable values. Each set of input variable values represents a different geometry of the structure or a different set of boundary conditions. The initial simulation results are decomposed into a plurality of patterns that indicate correlations between values in the initial simulation results. The plurality of patterns has a quantity that is less than the plurality of nodes. A respective emulator is created for each pattern. The initial simulation results are expanded by determining additional simulation results for the plurality of nodes using the emulators and additional sets of input variable values.

Abstract: Structural health monitoring (SHM) is essential but can be expensive to perform. In an embodiment, a method includes sensing vibrations at a plurality of locations of a structure by a plurality of time-synchronized sensors. The method further includes determining a first set of dependencies of all sensors of the time-synchronized sensors at a first sample time to any sensors of a second sample time, and determining a second set of dependencies of all sensors of the time-synchronized sensors at the second sample time to any sensors of a third sample time. The second sample time is later than the first sample time, and the third sample time is later than the second sample time. The method then determines whether the structure has changed if the first set of dependencies is different from the second set of dependencies. Therefore, automated SHM can ensure safety at a lower cost to building owners.

Abstract: A system and method for designing and manufacturing of composite parts wherein the planner can design the part on a computer and analyze the entire work flow process from design to manufacture so as to determine the most efficient design and method of manufacture including resource costs including time, machines, material, labor and expenses.

Abstract: An optimization design method for a spatial flow passage of a low-pressure even spray nozzle, relating to a design method for an essential apparatus in a water-saving irrigation system, such as a spray irrigation system. Specifically, if the model and the inlet diameter of a nozzle are determined, the shape and the size of the cross section of an outlet, a flow passage deflection angle, the radius and the arc length of a flow passage contour, and the size of an elevation angle of the outlet are determined to implement structural optimization of a spatial flow passage of the nozzle; moreover, parameterization design of the spatial flow passage in different inlet diameter conditions is implemented, so that a method for determining structural parameters of a spatial flow passage of a nozzle is obtained. A design method of a spatial flow passage under a low-pressure operation condition is developed, such that the hydraulic performance of the nozzle is optimized, and the nozzle is efficient and saves energy.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for optimizing operations for a fracturing injection waste disposal well especially where the formation is damaged or tight such that pressure fall-off tests are impractical due to extended leak-off rate times. Formation closure pressure and formation stress are calculated using Instantaneous Shut-in Pressure rather than traditional methods requiring actual fracture closure.

Abstract: Some embodiments comprise integrating information from a social network into a multi-tenant database system. A plurality of information from the social network is retrieved, using a processor and a network interface of a server computer in the multi-tenant database system, wherein the plurality of information is associated with a message transmitted using the social network. Metadata related to the transmitted message is generated, using the processor. A conversation object is generated, using the processor, based on the plurality of information associated with the transmitted message and the metadata related to the transmitted message. The conversation object is then stored in an entity in the multi-tenant database system, using the processor of the server computer.

Abstract: A discrete state event-driven (DSED) simulation method for simulation of a power electronic system is disclosed. With respect to continuous states and discrete events in the power electronic system, the method includes: numerical integration of the continuous states with a flexible adaptive (FA) algorithm having both variable step-size and variable order; and location of the discrete events with an event-driven (ED) mechanism, in which active events are picked out and pre-scheduled before their occurrence while passive events are located by iterative search. The proposed to DSED simulation method can achieve significant improvement in simulation efficiency, with remarkably reduced computational costs at the same level of numerical accuracy. The proposed DSED simulation method is particularly applicable for complex power electronic systems with modular combined topology and high switching frequency.

Abstract: An image encoding method includes preprocessing source images according to preset preprocessing requirements to generate preprocessed images, merging the preprocessed images according to preset merging requirements to generate a target image, and encoding the target image.

Abstract: Method and system for dynamically modifying visual rendering of a visual element in a computer generated environment from an interactive computer simulation. Pre-identified distinctive visual characteristics are associated with the visual element. A tangible instrument module is sued to provide one or more commands for controlling a simulated vehicle of the interactive computer simulation. At the interactive computer simulation station, dynamically modifying the one or more pre-identified distinctive visual characteristics of the visual element is performed considering at least a relative directional vector between the simulated vehicle and the visual element in the computer generated environment, the relative directional vector being determined in real-time during execution of the interactive computer simulation prior to rendering the visual element for display.

Abstract: An image creation device includes: a storage unit in which target scene three-dimensional information related to a position, a shape and optical characteristics of a structural object present in a virtual target scene, eyeglass lens three-dimensional information related to a position, a shape and optical characteristics of an eyeglass lens and eyeball three-dimensional information related to a position, a shape and optical characteristics of an eye of a wearer viewing the target scene through the eyeglass lens used as a virtual lens; and a retina image creation unit that creates a retina image based upon the target scene three-dimensional information, the eyeglass lens three-dimensional information and the eyeball three-dimensional information, wherein: the retina image is a virtual image projected onto a retina of the eye of the wearer viewing the target scene through the eyeglass lens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for simulating karstification phenomena in karst zones, especially in insular regions. This method defines a geological model of the karst zone and simulates the movement of a particle in the geological model, this movement being probabilistic. This method furthermore modifies the geological parameter depending on the movement of the particle and on the aggressiveness of the particle. The aggressiveness of the particle depends on the coordinates of the particle.

Abstract: Techniques are described for optimizing scalability of analytics that use time-series models. In one or more embodiments, a stored time-series model includes a plurality of data points representing seasonal behavior in a training set of time-series data for at least one season. A target time for evaluating the time-series model is then determined, and the target time or one or more times relative to the target time are mapped to a subset of the plurality of data points. Based on the mapping, a trimmed version of the time-series model is generated by loading the subset of the plurality of data points into a cache, the subset of data points representing seasonal behavior in the training set of time-series data for a portion of the at least one season. A target set of time-series data may be evaluated suing the trimmed version of the time-series in the cache.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of health monitoring for civil structures, and an anomaly identification method considering spatial-temporal correlation is proposed for structural monitoring data. First, define current and past observation vectors for the monitoring data and pre-whiten them; second, establish a statistical correlation model for the pre-whitened current and past observation vectors to simultaneously consider the spatial-temporal correlation in the monitoring data; then, divide the model into two parts, i.e., the system-related and system-unrelated parts, and define two corresponding statistics; finally, determine the corresponding control limits of the statistics, and it can be decided that there is anomaly in the monitoring data when each of the statistics exceeds its corresponding control limit.

Abstract: A reconstruction method for a pore structure of a core with micro-CT (Computed Tomography) is provided. With utilizing a FIB-SEM (Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope) experiment, an actual porosity corresponding to a grey level in micro-CT results is obtained, so as to establish a relationship between the grey level of a micro-CT image and the porosity. Thereafter, according to the above relationship, a certain porosity is assigned to each pixel in the micro-CT image, so as to establish a soft segmentation method of the pore structure. The reconstruction method provided by the present invention discloses a soft segmentation method for digital reconstruction of the pore structure of the core combined with FIB-SEM data and micro-CT data, and establishes a fractional digital pore structure model of the core, which further improves a matching degree between the digital pore structure model of the core and an actual core.

Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to predicting an amount of electrical power that is to be generated by a power system at a future point in time, wherein the power system utilizes a renewable energy resource to generate electrical power. A camera is positioned to capture an image of sky over a geographic region of interest. The image is analyzed to predict an amount of solar radiation that is to be received by the power source at a future point in time. The predicted solar radiation is used to predict an amount of electrical power that will be output by the power system at the future point in time. A computational resource of a data center that is powered by way of the power source is managed as a function of the predicted amount of power.

Abstract: An image creation device includes: a storage unit in which target scene three-dimensional information related to a position, a shape and optical characteristics of a structural object present in a virtual target scene, eyeglass lens three-dimensional information related to a position, a shape and optical characteristics of an eyeglass lens and eyeball three-dimensional information related to a position, a shape and optical characteristics of an eye of a wearer viewing the target scene through the eyeglass lens used as a virtual lens; and a retina image creation unit that creates a retina image based upon the target scene three-dimensional information, the eyeglass lens three-dimensional information and the eyeball three-dimensional information, wherein: the retina image is a virtual image projected onto a retina of the eye of the wearer viewing the target scene through the eyeglass lens.

Abstract: Provided is a method for providing a recommended operating condition with which an oil refinery device can be operated more efficiently. A server 20: acquires past operational data for a device, a scheduled operating condition which is an operation condition for the device scheduled by a user, and plant information including at least a usage expiry time of the device; creates a user-specific catalyst deterioration function from the past operational data; calculates, on the basis of the catalyst deterioration function, the plant information, and the schedule operating condition, a recommended operating condition that achieves a catalyst lifetime which is later than the usage expiry time of the device and is earlier than the catalyst lifetime when the device is operated under a scheduled operating condition calculated on the basis of the scheduled operating condition and the catalyst deterioration function; and transmits the recommended operating condition to a user terminal.

Abstract: Systems described herein may allow for the intelligent configuration of containers onto virtualized resources. Different configurations may be generated based on the simulation of alternate placements of containers onto nodes, where the placement of a particular container onto a particular node may serve as a root for several branches which may themselves simulate the placement of additional containers on the node (in addition to the container(s) indicated in the root). Once a set of configurations are generated, a particular configuration may be selected according to determined selection parameters and/or intelligent selection techniques.

Abstract: A machine learning device acquires from a numerical controller information relating to machining when the machining is performed, and further acquires an actual delay time due to servo control and due to machine movement which are caused in the machining when the machining is performed. Then, the device performs supervised learning using the acquired machining-related information as input data, and using the acquired actual delay time due to servo control and due to machine movement as supervised data, and constructs a learning model, thereby predicting the machine delay time caused in a machine with high precision.

Abstract: A purpose-made predictive instrument for the administration of cardiac metabolic support for acute coronary syndromes (ACS, which include unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction) that particularly identifies those most likely to benefit from treatment. In some examples, such a predictive instrument is used for real-time decision support for the administration of treatments such as glucoseinsulin-potassium (GIK).