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The Predictive Model For Competitive Sports Outcomes Based On Multivariate Statistics And Neural Network Algorithms

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This paper uses NBA 2014 - 2015 regular season as one of the examples of competitive sports and tries to find a general model for the prediction of other competitive sports. Firstly, considering the influence of the game results and scores in the home court and on the road, we fixed the weight of the wining of the game and defined the weight of the scores in the home court and on the road. Then we could get the prior probability of the wining probability between each team. Secondly, we used the principal component analytical method to reduce the dimension …

Toner Pellets For Process Unit Refill System, Hp Inc

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Most customers run out of toner before other cartridge components wear out. A customer can extend printing by adding additional toner to the cartridge without replacing the other hardware components in the toner cartridge. Toner Refill Kits and Toner-Only cartridges are also solutions to this issue, but this toner pellet idea provides a more cost-effective, low packaging, easy-to use variation on that system to supply toner to a refillable cartridge.

Automatic Highlight Of Presentation Area Based On User Pointing At Screen, Hp Inc

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When someone is presenting on Zoom or to a live audience, it sometimes can be difficult to know which point the presenter is discussing when they point at the screen. In the past within person only meetings the presenter would walk up to the screen and point or use a laser pointer. In today’s age of hybrid work, attendees are mixed both in person and remote. This solution automatically highlights the part of the presentation that the presenter is pointing at, so it is easier to follow the presentation. Using a camera, this solution identifies the area of the screen …

Model-Based Feedback Collection, Hp Inc

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This disclosure describes a method to integrate machine learning model inference results and user feedback. The method enables the identification of patterns and discrepancies, reducing the impact of confirmation bias. By leveraging the insights derived from integrated data analysis and machine learning model inferences, feedback questions can be crafted in a data-driven manner. These questions will be designed to elicit genuine, unbiased responses from users, focusing on their real interactions and issues.

Automatic Camera Lens Cover And Microphone Activation Based On Vibration, Hp Inc

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This article describes a novel concept that integrates a camera with a vibration sensor and a specialized telesitting software application. The innovative camera design conceals the lens behind an automatic lens cover and keeps the microphone turned off by default. The vibration sensor activates the lens cover and microphone, enabling the camera to capture images and environmental audio only during potentially hazardous situations. This feature contrasts with traditional web cameras used in telesitting applications, which often remain active and raise privacy concerns. The proposed solution enhances privacy in remote healthcare services, particularly for monitoring patients outside of healthcare facilities.

Universal Address Label, Kavita Gaitonde, Stephen Norum

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The address information of a user as shared with and stored by friends, family, etc. can become outdated and inaccurate when the user changes their address. This disclosure describes techniques that utilizes immutable locators to share mutable address information with a set of users, with a built-in access control mechanism. Instead of sharing physical addresses, a user shares a semantic address that links to their address. Semantics of the address remain unaltered as the user changes their physical address. Other users that are part of an access control list specified by the user can use the semantic address to obtain …

The Compact Light Capturing Configuration Which Utilizes A Partial Convex Lens Stack, Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a compact light capturing configuration which utilizes a partial convex lens stack. The compact light capturing configuration will consists of a partial convex lens stack, an angled flat mirror, a light blocking enclosure and a sensor. The configuration will have the capability to capture the scene in front of it utilizing the partial convex lens stack, the angled flat mirror and the sensor.

Techniques For Recovery From Image Retention, Sangmoo Choi, George Wright

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Active-matrix flat-panel displays, such as AMOLED displays, can suffer from image retention, wherein faint traces (ghost images) of previously displayed images persist on the screen. Ghost images can persist for substantial periods of time after the display is turned off. This disclosure describes techniques to rapidly recover from image retention by controlling the device charging and/or display driving circuits. The techniques include one or more of displaying specific image patterns that cause a rapid fading of the retained image; adjusting the on-duty ratio of display pixels to achieve a black screen; turning on the screen with a black image thereby …

Ebola Distribution Prediction

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Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, fatal illness for human whose average fatality rate is around 50%. The current outbreak in West Africa is the largest and most complex one since the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976.

In this outbreak, the most severely affected countries are Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (as figure 1 shows). On the other hand, these three countries lack the necessary health and treatment systems to fight against Ebola. Thus, in this paper we only consider these three countries as our research objects.

基于多元统计和神经网络算法的竞技体育胜负预测模型

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This paper uses NBA 2014 - 2015 regular season as one of the examples of competitive sports and tries to find a general model for the prediction of other competitive sports. Firstly, considering the influence of the game results and scores in the home court and on the road, we fixed the weight of the wining of the game and defined the weight of the scores in the home court and on the road. Then we could get the prior probability of the wining probability between each team. Secondly, we used the principal component analytical method to reduce the dimension …

The Composite Projection Configuration Which Have The Capability To Project Projections Where Each Projected Projection Will Have The Capability To Simultaneously Exhibit 12 Unique Brightness Levels., Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a composite projection configuration which have the capability to project projections where each projected projection will have the capability to simultaneously exhibit 12 unique brightness levels. The composite projection configuration will contain 6 identical projection configurations, 6 beam splitters and a light blocking part. Each generally utilized projection configuration will contain 4 small beam splitters, 4 small video displays and a large video display. The generally utilized projection configuration will have the capability to concurrently project 2 unique projections with 2 unique brightness levels. The 6 identical projection configurations will have the capability to collectively project 12 …

Packaging Without Single Used Plastic

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In the packaging of garment care devices, in particular Pressurized Steam Generator (PSG) with boiler, Single Used Plastic (SUP) made of PE (polyethylene), in the form of PE bag or PE protective film, is used to prevent scratches on the product during transportation. Typically, PE bags are used to separate the iron head and the iron stand.

The present publication relates to a solution for replacing the Single Used Plastic (SUP) by using sustainable cardboards material as separator to separate the iron and the stand.

Temporary Isolation Of Devices Newly Added To A Network For Inspection, N/A

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This disclosure describes techniques for transparent inspection of a new device that connects to a network prior to providing the device with full network access. A device that is newly connected to a network is temporarily and transparently isolated from the rest of the network. Traffic to and from the isolated device is redirected through an inspection service, which analyzes the traffic and security state of the device. Devices placed in the inspection VLAN are permitted to communicate with only the inspection service, and no two such devices are permitted to communicate with each other. All traffic from a device …

Secure Zero-Touch Access Control For Iot Devices, Sudha Katgeri, Ana Montenegro, Amanda L Holst, Ishita Maheshkumar Thanki, David Hanes

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Techniques are presented herein that allow Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD)-based access controls to be applied to an Internet of things (IoT) device before the device is powered on or before the device is connected to a network in some secure manner, thus addressing a weakness in existing IoT device security. Aspects of the presented techniques employ a secure radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag to protect against the actions of a bad actor (such as a bad actor replacing a legitimate RFID tag with a malicious tag or altering the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) content that is emitted by a tag) that …

Owned Asset Models To Predict Brand Outcomes, Lavanya Kurup

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Brands struggle often to quickly identify and create brand led imagery and other associated diverse visual assets that can guarantee the best of user engagement and outcomes. These digital (creative) assets can be reused across apps, social media, websites and other immersive experiences the brands want to explore.

This disclosure describes ideas and techniques that start with creation of Gen AI led unique repositories of assets for brands. Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Deep Neural Networks, (which could further evolve through future AI architecture) is used as a technique for sourcing enhanced information from all external sources. This allows a …

The Projection Configuration Which Makes The User’S Face Visible To The Outside World From An Arbitrary Angle, At The Same Time Preventing Reflections Of The Outside World Being Visible On The Projection Configuration., Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a projection configuration which makes the user’s face visible to the outside world from an arbitrary angle, at the same time preventing reflections of the outside world being visible on the projection configuration. The projection configuration consists of two identical projection units, an angled beam splitter and a light blocking black colored enclosure. The projection configuration will have the capability to project projections that will be visible in the field of view of the user of the projection configuration. The light blocking black colored enclosure which encloses the space around the projection configuration, will prevent reflections of …

Double Purpose Jack Load Rest Reinforcement, Anonymous

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Robust Access Point Building Classification In A Campus Network, Audrey Yazdanparast, Peiman Amini, Brian Hart, Ardalan Alizadeh, Ather Kanak, Nick Schnorr

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Techniques are presented herein that support a novel method through which received signal strength indication (RSSI) values and data from either a standards-based protocol (such as the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)) or a proprietary protocol may be used for access point (AP) building classification in, for example, a campus network environment. Aspects of the presented techniques employ a modularity maximization-based community detection approach to classify the APs that reside within a building as a community. Further aspects of the techniques leverage protocol data to merge a network and create leaf nodes (representing APs), allowing the techniques to distinguish nodes …

Freshness Score For Point Of Interest Data In Digital Maps Using Large Language Models, Subhasish Roy, Debabrat Kar

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Outdated or inaccurate information about a business or other point of interest in a digital map can be problematic, as users may waste time looking for a business that has closed or that is not open at the time of a user’s visit. This disclosure describes the use of a large language model (LLM) to determine attribute values for a business based on authoritative online sources. The attribute values are compared to the information about the business stored on the digital map to determine a freshness score. In some implementations, a smaller student model may be trained from a LLM …

Real Time Automatic Action On Registered Device Or Slice On Prohibition, Ravi Saxena

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Introduction of an intelligent and real-time procedure at Equipment Identity register (EIR) network function, to forcefully withdraw active registrations of device or a specific slice as soon as the equipment status of a registered device or its supported slice is updated as prohibited or blacklisted.

The EIR function controls the devices that can connect to the network, as network elements are expected to query at the time of registration to check equipment status. 5G is no different than legacy networks in terms of EIR usage but 5G brings the concept of network slices most importantly whenever there is a change …

Mobile App To Increase Road User Safety And Build A Safety Ecosystem, Konrad Hirschbeck

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Production Process For Smd Assembly Of The Fpc (Flexible Printed Circuit) Directly From The Rollmet, Konrad Hirschbeck

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Replacement Of Sealant With An Accurately Shaped Rubber Grommet, Konrad Hirschbeck

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Wire Insert As A Debonding On Demand Solution For The Recycling Process Of Components, Konrad Hirschbeck

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Dronerobot Delivery Lock For Vehicles, Konrad Hirschbeck

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Thgnn: Temporal Heterophilic Graph Neural Network For Event-Based Graph, Yuchen Yan Visa, Yuzhong Chen Visa, Huiyuan Chen Visa, Xiaoting Li Visa, Mahashweta Das Visa

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The present disclosure proposes techniques (e.g., a method and a system) for generating temporal heterophilic graph neural network (THGNN) for event-based graphs. All existing (temporal) GNNs typically follow temporal homophily assumption, while the real-world graphs are largely heterophilic. To solve this problem, the proposed disclosure first defines the graph heterophily based on edge heterophily and then develops a novel method/technique to automatically detect the homophily/heterophily weight of graph nodes that should be regarded as the focal node’s homophilic/heterophilic neighbours. Finally, a neighbourhood sampling based GNN is adopted. In this manner, the proposed disclosure defines heterophily for temporal graphs and proposes …

Automatic Motorized Adjustment Of Lens-Holding Assembly To Align A User’S Pupil And An Optical Lens, And Systems And Methods Of Use Thereof, Michael Pope, Simon Morris Shand Weiss, Timothy Pier, Robert Coleman Skelton

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A method, apparatus, and system with an artificial-reality headset including a lens-holding assembly configured to hold a lens system for the artificial-reality headset is provided. The headset includes at least one sensor configured to determine a location of a user’s pupil relative to the lens system, an actuator coupled to the lens-holding assembly and configured to move the lens-holding assembly about an axis, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to automatically, without human intervention, detect a triggering event, and, in response to only detecting the triggering event, determine whether the lens system is not …

Employing Sensors To Detect Outdoor Usage Of Indoor-Only Access Points, Roberto Muccifora, Domenico Ficara, Amine Choukir, Sachin D Wakudkar, Niloo Bahadori, Arya Fallahi, Ardalan Alizadeh, Peiman Amini, Jerome Henry

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Techniques are presented herein that support identifying when an access point (AP) is used in such a way as to violate an environmental certification restriction. For example, if an AP is certified to only operate indoors, then that device should not be allowed to operate outdoors. In detecting an instance of a certification violation, aspects of the presented techniques may correlate temperature and atmospheric pressure sensor measurements from an AP with information from a weather service for a specific area; correlate data from an AP with data from one or more neighboring APs; periodically examine a neighboring network and wireless …

Dum (Dynamic User Menu), Alan Freedman

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A menu that is modified automatically by usage. For example, right clicking a file name displays a menu of canned options; however, items may be added to the menu by new applications at time of installation. Proposed by Alan Freedman, author of the ComputerLanguage.com encyclopedia, a dynamic user menu (DUM) adjusts over time based on which items the user routinely clicks. As of 2022, there is little evidence of a DUM menu in use, but there are countless "dumb" menus in use.

Allowing Distributed Ledger Technology Based Units To Be Listed On Existing Ecommerce And Retail Platforms, Boyko Draganov

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In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, integrating Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), commonly known as blockchain, into existing e-commerce and retail systems presents a transformative opportunity.

This article explores the novel approach of transferring units of a blockchain network into these traditional platforms to enhance transparency, security, and traceability. The first part of the article delves into the technical and operational challenges involved in this integration process. It discusses methodologies for embedding blockchain units seamlessly into the infrastructure of e-commerce sites and retail systems, thereby enabling features such as immutable transaction records, enhanced security protocols, and a decentralized framework for …