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Devices and methods are adapted to characterize a multi-channel loudspeaker configuration, to correct loudspeaker / room delay, gain and frequency response or to configure sub-band domain correction filters.

A wireless communication network distributes resources for a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) over multiple carriers in accordance with a constraint that limits a number of blind decoding actions required by user equipment (UE). Distribution can entail segregating UE-specific and common search spaces to different monitored carriers. Distribution can entail segregating aggregation levels to different monitored carriers. Distribution can entail segregating a number of decoding candidates for a given aggregation level to different monitored carriers. The distribution can be orthogonal or non-orthogonal, and can be UE-based or per cell-based. The distribution can be static, semi-static or hop with time.

Systems and methods for scheduling events for one or more users using a decision engine examining data in user models to select a date, time, and / or place to schedule a meeting between the users and store the meeting data in an event cloud using a dynamic software object.

Disclosed is a heavy metal removal media containing ferric hydroxide having unique levels of microporosity and mesoporosity / macroporosity, and / or a specific average particle size and / or granule size. The ferric hydroxide is made by simultaneously combining in a vessel at least one iron salt and at least one hydroxide compound, and then recovering the ferric hydroxide. The ferric hydroxide made by simultaneous mixing is effective in removing heavy metals, such as arsenic, from aqueous systems.

Disclosed are methods and systems for automatically displaying media items (130) preselected by a user (110) on a collage display (700) located at a social gathering spot when the user is present. A user of the system sets up a personal online profile (110) through a website (100,200) and the profile identifies a portable device (500) associated with the user. User online profiles (110) are stored in a database (400) on a system web server (300), and may include selected media items (132) selected by the user. At a venue, the user's presence is automatically detected by various electronic means, and a personalized welcome message (702) may be displayed on the collage display screen (700) to notify other patrons of the venue. Users present may comment or vote (182,184) on the media items seen on the collage display, as well as send text messages to the display (164,750).

Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the management of data centers. According to various embodiments, a first query dispatcher at a first data center may be disabled. The first data center may include a first data cluster and a first database. The first query dispatcher may be configured to dispatch queries to access data in the first data cluster and in a second data cluster at a second data center. The second data cluster may replicate data stored in the first data cluster. Metadata stored in the first database may be replicated to a second database in the second data center. The metadata may describe a state of the first data cluster. A second query dispatcher may be enabled at the second data center. The second query dispatcher may be configured to dispatch queries to access data in the second data cluster.

This disclosure relates to an apparatus for mounting a camera onto a firearm and an associated device for capturing images and recordings of a firearm target. The apparatus allows for easy attachment of cameras of varying sizes onto the scope of a firearm and along the same longitudinal axis of the scope. The apparatus comprises a sleeve connected to a scope of a firearm, the sleeve being hallow and having a longitudinal axis longitudinal axis forming an unobstructed axial bore and generally coaxial with a longitudinal axis of the scope; a base member with a hole and adapted to receive a camera with the hole of the base member positioned adjacent to the lens of the camera and the longitudinal axis of the camera lens is generally coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the scope.

According to an embodiment is a system that selectively permits or denies access to a restricted environment. Access can be based at least in part on the status of wireless transmitters of a mobile device, the status is one of active or inactive wireless communication. The system can automatically inactivate or disable a transmitter through a wireless command and thereafter permit access to the restricted environment. The mobile device can communicate wirelessly through one of a wireless local-area networks (WLAN), wireless wide-area network (WWAN), wireless personal-area network (WPAN).

A breathing apparatus provides circulated air within a hood surrounding a user's head and utilizes active scrubbing to remove carbon dioxide from the air in the hood. The breathing apparatus includes a heat sink that provides cooling to the circulated air. A method for cooling air circulated within a breathing apparatus includes operating an air pump to circulate the air so that the air comes into contact with a heat sink to which the air releases heat. In an embodiment, a compressed oxygen gas cylinder releasing the compressed oxygen acts both as a driver for a Venturi device that operates as an air pump and as a heat sink.

A secure data provider controls access to one or more data sources on behalf of a requesting party. A negotiated query is transmitted to one or more of the data sources associated with the request based, at least in part, on the information being requested. The response to the query is modified based, at least in part, on an authorization level of the requesting party, and the modified response is transmitted to the requesting party.

Provided is a process that includes: obtaining a first version of a map of a workspace; selecting a first undiscovered area of the workspace; in response to selecting the first undiscovered area, causing the robot to move to a position and orientation to sense data in at least part of the first undiscovered area; and obtaining an updated version of the map mapping a larger area of the workspace than the first version.

Disclosed are anti-viral compositions containing at least one zinc compound and at least one phenolic antioxidant (and optionally other ingredients), and a pharmaceutical carrier. Also disclosed are methods of treating lesionous symptoms of a viral infection involving applying an effective amount of the anti-viral composition to the lesions.

A fixed-source array test station provides a cost-effective high-throughput test bed for testing optical sensors that require stimulus at fixed angular positions. A SAL seeker requires stimulus at fixed angular position across its FOV to calibrate its spatial transfer function (STF). An array of fixed collimated sources at different angular positions is aligned so that their beams overlap the entrance pupil of the sensor under test. Each source may comprise an inexpensive light emitting diode (LED) or vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and collimator. To simplify alignment the sources may be positioned on and perpendicular to the surface of a sphere with the seeker's entrance pupil located at the center of the sphere. The sources are activated in accordance with an activation profile in order to calibrate or otherwise test the sensor.

Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the transmission of a data stream to a networked storage system. According to various embodiments, a data stream may be parsed to identify one or more uncompressed data chunks for transmission to a networked storage system. Each uncompressed data chunk may be compressed to produce a respective compressed data chunk. Each compressed data chunk may be transmitted to the networked storage system via a network for storage at the networked storage system.

Systems and methods for implementing a situation- and industry-agnostic situational awareness platform, which provide a suite of data services to client applications. The platform uses geographical and / or geo-temporal data associated with various endpoint devices in combination with real-time inputs from sensors and other connected devices, such as legacy systems or data sources, to identify urgent and emergent events and determine the appropriate endpoint devices to notify, and the content of notification, based on user-defined roles of users associated with each device as compared to the nature of the event, according to user-defined rules. The platform thus provides a common operational picture of a session of devices and integrates multiple point solutions into a single platform for decision support.

Roughly described, an integrated circuit device has a conductor extending entirely through the substrate, connected on one end to the substrate topside surface and on the other end to the substrate backside surface. In various embodiments the conductor is insulated from all RDL conductors on the backside of the substrate, and / or is insulated from all conductors and device features on any below-adjacent chip in a 3D integrated circuit structure. Methods of fabrication are also described.

Roughly described, a memory device has a multilevel stack of conductive layers which are divided laterally into word lines. Vertically oriented pillars each include series-connected memory cells at cross-points between the pillars and the layers. String select lines run above the conductive layers and define select gates of the pillars. Bit lines run above the SSLs. The pillars are arranged on a regular grid having a unit cell area α, and adjacent ones of the string select lines have respective widths in the bit line direction which are at least as large as (α / pBL). Ground select lines run below the conductive layers and define ground select gates of the pillars. The ground select lines, too, may have respective widths in the bit line direction which are at least as large as (α / pBL).

Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a catalyst. The catalyst includes a mesoporous support and a plurality of metal nanoparticles dispersed and positioned in the mesopores of the mesoporous support. The method comprises the steps of: (a1)) allowing an organometallic precursor to be in contact with a mesoporous support, in which the organometallic precursor includes at least one material selected from the group consisting of ruthenium-containing compound, rhodium-containing compound and palladium-containing compound; and (a2) reducing the organometallic precursor in the presence of a supercritical fluid with a reductant, so that the organometallic precursor is reduced to the metal nanoparticles.

A method for the purification of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid wherein via the application of an acetic acid wash while said crude cake of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid is filtered.

System(s) and method(s) of improving and controlling memory cell data retention are disclosed. A particular pulse width and magnitude is generated and applied to a memory cell made of at least two electrodes with a controllably conductive media between the at least two electrodes. The current across the memory cell is detected and a lower input pulse is sent to the memory cell. Application of the lower pulse controls the data retention of the memory cell without disturbing the final programming state of the memory cell.

An agricultural motor vehicle designed to receive various agricultural implements, having a monoblock chassis assembled over 4×4 traction wheels, with a vibrating screen inside the lower portion of the chassis and a rotating cleaning set assembled lengthwise above the vibrating screen. The front section of the chassis has a concentrating guiding roller assembled crosswise upon it, with a hydraulic set for activation and transmission assembled above, the set serving as a support platform for a cockpit made accessible via a passageway and stairs. At the end of the rotating cleaning set is assembled a ventilation box with a motor power set is located on its rear side, and two pulling sets for residue outlet. A gutter for collecting clean grain is located at the end of the vibrating screen, the edges of the collecting gutter interconnected to cup elevators which lead into a dumper.

Techniques and mechanisms described herein provide for facilitating communications between one or more client machines and one or more cloud storage providers. According to various embodiments, a virtual machine may communicate with one or more client machines via a standard data storage protocol. The virtual machine may also communicate with one or more cloud storage providers via the internet. The virtual machine may then perform operations such as receiving data from a client machine and storing it to the cloud, retrieving data from the cloud and providing it to the client machine, querying data stored in the cloud, reporting on and verifying data stored in the cloud, and transferring and / or transforming data stored in the cloud.

A motionless focus evaluation test station is provided for measuring detector position error of EO sensors that do not possess dynamic focus capability. A positionally-fixed source emits EM radiation that diverges along an optical axis of the test station. Collimating optics collimate the EM radiation and direct it along the optical axis to the EO sensor. A positionally-fixed target is placed in the path of the diverging EM radiation nominally at the focal plane of the collimating optics. The target comprises a limiting aperture that exhibits an induced shift in optical focus at different positions along the aperture such that different positions on the target are imaged to different focal planes at the detector. The detector captures an image of the target that is blurred to either side of the spatial position that is optically conjugate to the actual detector position. A processor processes the image to measure the blur as function of spatial position to measure the actual detector position and output detector position error from a desired detector position.

A smart window including a motorized shade is provided, particularly where the smart window includes a frame portion having a first subframe and a second subframe for mounting the smart window and routing the motor wirings. In a described embodiment, the smart window comprises: a frame portion including a wiring chase positioned internal to the frame portion and a glass portion. The glass portion may comprise a motorized shade, the motorized shade including a motor, a motor wiring, and a shade roll; a first pane of glass attached to the frame portion on an exterior side of the smart window; and a second pane of glass attached to the frame portion on an interior side of the smart window; wherein the frame portion surrounds the glass portion, wherein the motorized shade is attached to the frame portion between the first pane of glass and the second pane of glass by a hanging system, and wherein the motor wiring is positioned internal to the frame portion and the wiring chase.

A wastewater treatment system is disclosed that includes a desanding hydrocyclone, a deoiling hydrocyclone, an electrocoagulation apparatus that is adapted to receive a flow of treated wastewater from the desanding and deoiling hydrocyclones, a floc separator that is adapted to receive a flow of a first effluent from the electrocoagulation apparatus, and an ultrafiltration membrane apparatus that is adapted to receive at least a portion of a flow of a second effluent from the floc separator.

Roughly described, a method for estimating a size measurement of a subject feature on a body, for use with a photo, snapped by a camera which may be handheld. A reference marker is placed on the body near the subject feature. The reference marker includes concentric rings to help confirm its identify, and registration markings to determine the pose at which the photo was taken. The registration markings can be dots at vertices of a square. The method can include detecting concentric ellipses in the photo corresponding to the concentric circles, detecting the registration markings in the photo within a predetermined region which is outside the detected ellipses, geometrically transforming at least the subject feature in the photo based on the detected locations of the registration markings, calculating the scale of the photo based on the detected registration markings, and providing the transformed image and scale for the size measurement.

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to metal-to-metal sealing systems and methods for use with the various pressure-retaining components, and in particular to pressure-retaining components that may be used in mudline suspension systems. In one illustrative embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes a first pressure-retaining component having an outside face, the outside face including first and second metal sealing surfaces proximate an end of the first pressure-retaining component, wherein the second metal sealing surface is positioned along the outside face between the first metal sealing surface and the end of the first pressure-retaining component. The system further includes, among other things, a second pressure-retaining component having an inside face, the inside face of the second pressure-retaining component including a third metal sealing surface that is adapted to sealingly engage at least the first metal sealing surface.

This disclosure provides a method and system for distributing digital content utilizing defined and dynamically displayed start and end dates for a sale, configurable pricing options, the dynamic display of sales data, the option to include a charity of choice and the setting of a sales goal or goals with incentives released or provided to purchasers when the sales goal or goals are achieved.