Abstract: A microgrid includes a power system configured to output system power and an automatic transfer switch (ATS). The ATS includes a normal terminal that is electrically connected to a grid power line configured to receive grid power from a power utility, an emergency terminal that is electrically connected to a system power line configured to receive system power from the power system, and a load terminal that is electrically connected to a critical load line configured to provide power to a critical load. The microgrid also includes a bypass line electrically connected to the system power line and the critical load line, so as to bypass the ATS, and a circuit breaker configured to control power flow through the bypass line.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for deploying a logically-related group of one or more containers (“pod”) that supports the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) to support fast path packet communication on a data channel between a virtual router and the pod. In an example, a computing device comprises a virtual router comprising processing circuitry and configured to implement, in a computing infrastructure that includes the computing device, a virtual network to enable communications among virtual network endpoints connected via the virtual network. The computing devices comprises a pod comprising a containerized application, wherein the virtual router and the pod are configured to create a Unix domain socket using a file system resource that is accessible by the pod and by the virtual router and is not accessible by any other pods deployed to the computing device.

Abstract: An HVAC system that includes an air handling unit (AHU), indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors installed in one or more zones within an indoor environment, and a control device. The control device controls the IAQ sensors to measure a first set of IAQ values when air circulation to the one or more zones is turned off and controls the IAQ sensors to measure a second set of IAQ values when the air circulation to the one or more zones is turned on. The control device further compares the first set of measured IAQ values with the second set of measured IAQ values and detects at least one contaminated duct based on a result of the comparison. The control device further notifies, on a display screen or on a GUI of an application using a communication interface, a message indicating the at least one contaminated duct to a user.

Abstract: There is provided a system for modulating user commands via command input images displayed on a graphical user interface based on a user viewing direction relative to the displayed command input images and the graphical user interface. The system uses an image capturing device for capturing real time images of a user's face, eyes and irises and determines the eye orientation. The system separates the graphical user interface into interface portions and determines a correlation between the eye orientation and one or more portions to determine if any of the foregoing are viewed portions. The system determines whether a viewed portion contains a command input image and only allows user input commands via the command input image to be processed if the image is within a viewed portion.

Abstract: Clock generation circuit generating multiple divided signals satisfying respective desired offsets. A phase locked loop (PLL) is used to generate a PLL output having a frequency which is a desired multiple of that of a reference clock. The circuit divides the PLL output by a corresponding divisor to generate a corresponding divided signal, wherein each divided signal is offset from a common reference by at least an associated desired time offset. The common reference is timed with respect to the reference clock when the reference clock is available and with respect to a time reference signal otherwise. This arrangement is extended to use the internal time reference signal even for the cases where the reference clock is present by blocking the reference clock while the output systems across PLLs are aligned using the internal time reference signal to ensure desired offsets across different PLLs with a small uncertainty.

Abstract: A device comprising a semiconductor substrate. The device also comprising a digital block defined on the substrate and having multiple electronic elements. The device also comprises first and second poly layers coupling to the multiple electronic elements, the first and second poly layers extending in parallel through the digital block in a first direction. The device further comprising a third poly layer coupled to the first poly layer and extending through a gap in the second poly layer in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction poly.

Abstract: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone comprises a frame, a film of piezoelectric material including slits defining a plurality of independently displaceable piezoelectric elements within an area defined by a perimeter of the frame, bases of the plurality of piezoelectric elements mechanically secured to the frame, tips of the plurality of piezoelectric elements being free to be displaced in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the frame responsive to impingement of sound waves on the plurality of piezoelectric elements, and edge extensions extending from edges of the plurality of piezoelectric elements in the direction perpendicular to the plane defined by the frame to reduce a 3 dB roll-off frequency of the piezoelectric microelectromechanical system microphone.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing ticket support using a machine learning model trained using clusters of support tickets that are clustered based on similarity of resolution commands are provided. The system extracts commands used to resolve prior tickets and creates clusters of resolved tickets based on similarity of the commands. For each cluster, problem statements are extracted from the resolved tickets. The system trains a machine learning model with the extracted problem statements to identify a cluster number for each cluster. With a new support ticket, the system extracts a problem statement from the new ticket and identifies a predicted cluster number by applying the trained machine learning mode! to the problem statement from the new ticket. Based on the predicted cluster number, one or more commands used to resolve the prior tickets in the cluster corresponding to the predicted cluster number are accessed and provided to a requesting user.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed towards systems and methods for changing the premises in a building such as hotel or the like. A user sends to a request from a user device to a server for switching a first premises with the second premises. An access card is able to access the first premises. Based on the request, the server determines the second premises and generates access credentials for the second premises. The access credentials are transmitted to a first access terminal associated with the first premises and the access card is encoded with the access credentials to access the second premises and permitting entry inside the second premises.

Abstract: Clock generation circuit generating multiple divided signals satisfying respective desired offsets. A phase locked loop (PLL) is used to generate a PLL output having a frequency which is a desired multiple of that of a reference clock. The circuit divides the PLL output by a corresponding divisor to generate a corresponding divided signal, wherein each divided signal is offset from a common reference by at least an associated desired time offset. The common reference is timed with respect to the reference clock when the reference clock is available and with respect to a time reference signal otherwise. This arrangement is extended to use the internal time reference signal even for the cases where the reference clock is present by blocking the reference clock while the output systems across PLLs are aligned using the internal time reference signal to ensure desired offsets across different PLLs with a small uncertainty.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system (100) and a method (200) for real-time debugging of a processor (102). The system includes a debugging unit (104) configured to receive a first set of instructions from the processor. The first set of instructions includes a set of function calls and/or a set of jump instructions. The debugging unit further includes a skip list unit (106) including a skip set of instructions. The skip list unit is configured to remove, from the first set of instructions, the skip set of instructions to generate a second set of instructions. The debugging unit includes a loop exclusion unit (108) configured to determine loops of instructions based on loop unrolling of the second set of instructions to generate a third set of instructions by removing loops of instructions from the second set of instructions. The debugging unit is configured to store the third set of instructions.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for artificial intelligence-based HDRL planning and control for coordinating a team of platforms includes implementing a global planning layer for determining a collective goal and determining, by applying at least one machine learning process, at least one respective platform goal to be achieved by at least one platform, implementing a platform planning layer for determining, by applying at least one machine learning process, at least one respective action to be performed by the at least one of the platforms to achieve the respective platform goal, and implementing a platform control layer for determining at least one respective function to be performed by the at least one of the platforms. In the method, apparatus and system despite the fact that information is shared between at least two of the layers, the global planning layer, the platform planning layer, and the platform control layer are trained separately.

Abstract: A method of forming a piezoelectric microphone with an interlock/stopper and a micro-bump and a resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a membrane over a Si substrate having a first and second sacrificial layer disposed on opposite surfaces thereof, the membrane being formed on the first sacrificial layer, forming a first HM over the membrane, forming first and second vias through the first HM, forming a first pad layer in the first and second vias and over an exposed top thin film, forming a trench to the first sacrificial layer between the first and second vias and a gap between the trench and second via, patterning a second HM over the membrane, in the first and second vias, the trench and the gap, and forming a second pad layer over the second HM and in exposed areas around the first and second vias to form pad structures.

Abstract: An artificial tissue construct for nerve repair and regeneration includes a biocompatible and biodegradable nerve guidance matrix comprising a plurality of biopolymers that include chitosan, gelatin, collagen and hyaluronic acid. A cross-linker includes glutaraldehyde. The nerve guidance matrix is formed as a three-dimensional scaffold polyelectrolyte complex (PEC). A subconfluent and grown monolayer of at least one of human mesenchymal stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, differentiated Schwann cells and neuronal cells is on the biocompatible and biodegradable nerve guidance matrix for direct implantation or delivery. A method of making the artificial tissue construct is disclosed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting one or more three-dimensional structures in a proximity of a vehicle at runtime includes generating, by a processor, a birds-eye-view (BEV) camera image of the proximity of the vehicle, the BEV camera image comprising two-dimensional coordinates of one or more structures in the proximity. The method further includes generating, by the processor, a BEV height image of the proximity of the vehicle, the BEV height image providing height of the one or more structures in the proximity. The method further includes detecting one or more edges of the three-dimensional structures based on the BEV camera image and the BEV height image. The method further includes generating models of the three-dimensional structures by plane-fitting based on the edges of the one or more three-dimensional structures. The method further includes reconfiguring a navigation system receiver based on the models of the three-dimensional structures.

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing an adhesively bonded structure including first and second components including first and second outer surfaces, respectively, at least the first component being a first metal component, the first and second outer surfaces facing one another and partially overlapping, and the adhesively bonded structure including an adhesive layer received between overlapping portions of the first and second outer surfaces. The method includes deforming the first outer surface of the first metal component along a first isolated path extending beside the first edge of the adhesive layer along at least a majority of a length of the first edge of the adhesive layer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and system of selectively deploying an application for facilitating quality-of-experience (QoE) in terms of streaming multimedia content in a networking environment comprising a user-equipment (UE) and a networking node provided with a predictive analysis module. The method comprises: capturing parameters pertaining to UE from at least one of a version of the predictive analysis module with respect to the UE, a current processor occupancy within the UE, a power-level within the UE, network conditions pertaining to the access network etc. One or more of the captured parameters and the observed network conditions is analyzed. Based on analysis, inference is drawn for selecting between the predictive analysis model of the UE and of the networking node for thereby enabling a customized streaming of multimedia content at the UE.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed towards an apparatus and method for switching premises in a convenient way. One or more embodiments of the invention describe the method comprising steps of transmitting a request to a server for switching a first premises with a second premises. Further, the first premises being accessed using an access card on a first access terminal associated with the first premises. The method further describes steps of receiving access credentials for the second premises from the server in response to the request. The method also describes steps of encoding the access card with the access credentials to access a second access terminal associated with the second premises for permitting entry inside the second premises.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a service chain data packet is instrumented as it is communicated among network nodes in a network providing service-level and/or networking operations visibility. The service chain data packet includes a particular header identifying a service group defining one or more service functions, and is a data packet and not a probe packet. A network node adds networking and/or service-layer operations data to the particular service chain data packet, such as, but not limited to, in the particular header. Such networking operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the transport of the particular service chain packet in the network. Such service-layer operations data includes a performance metric or attribute related to the service-level processing of the particular service chain data packet in the network.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a process of RT-PCR based diagnosis of SARS-CoV2 and other related respiratory viruses without storing and transporting the naso-pharyngeal and oro-pharyngeal swabs in Viral Testing Media directly after extracting the viral particles from the swabs in a suitable buffer, and using these extracts directly, without involving any steps of RNA isolation/extraction, for RT-PCR based diagnosis of SARS-CoV2. The present invention is also directed towards kits for time and cost-efficient diagnosis of SARS-CoV2 and other related respiratory viruses at efficacies matching or better than the efficacies of the gold-standard RT-PCR method starting from VTM transported swabs for diagnosing the same. The present invention also directs to variant process wherein the viral particles eluted in suitable buffers are further subjected to the conventional steps of RNA extraction before qRT-PCR.