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Decoders That Model Unknown Entities, Leonid Velikovich, Petar Aleksic

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A persistent challenge in noisy-channel decoding is the recognition of unusual or context-specific inputs such as named entities, e.g., names of personal contacts, songs, apps; specialized phrases, e.g., voice commands, technical/medical/legal jargon, etc. Noisy-channel decoding is a problem that occurs in automatic speech recognizers (ASR). This disclosure describes techniques to improve lattice diversity in noisy-channel decoding, resulting in richer decoding lattices. Decoding errors are reduced by using the decoder to model uncertain/unknown entities, e.g., by embedding uncertainty into the training data. Primary errors such as misrecognition of named entities become easier to fix because secondary errors are reduced or avoided. …

Use Of Language Models To Improve Automatic Speech Recognition, Pawel Janus, Agoston Weisz, Aurelien Boffy, Miroslaw Michalski

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Speech recognition enables users to interact with devices via their voice. However, errors in speech recognition during a user’s interaction with such devices can be problematic and lead to a less than satisfactory user experience. This disclosure describes the use of language modeling to recover from automatic speech recognition (ASR) errors by identifying broken queries. The full natural language understanding (NLU) stack is executed to obtain a coherent, alternative, speech recognition. The alternative recognition (or query) runs in parallel to the original, misrecognized query. The potential actions triggered by the misrecognized and the NLU-augmented queries are compared to pick the …

Smart Active Pen - An Active Pen With Human Interaction Detection Anf Self-Recharge To Enhance The Writing Experience, Hp Inc

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Although writing with a pen in our hand is a regular action in our daily lives, the writing method

is a very complex fine movement of visual and tactile integration, visually affecting the lines,

and the tactile execution of the pen and fingers of the fine muscle exertion. Holding a pen for a

long time, causing pain in the muscles at the front of the index finger, the outside of the joint at

the front of the middle finger, and the joint at the front of the thumb.

Pen holding posture will not only impact the writing experience but also …

Automatic Color Uniformity Check With Intergrated Scanner Device, Hp Inc

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Current PageWide XL Pro products feature a color uniformity calibration that is performed

by means of the integrated scanner. This procedure usually behaves good enough for

the image quality requirements of this product family, but such behavior might be slightly

worse depending on the media type that is being calibrated. The color uniformity acceptance

criteria is difficult to communicate to the customers and may incur escalations. In

this disclosure it is described an automatic procedure that allows checking and evaluating

whether the calibration results are inside specs or not.

Auditing Construction Quality Using Satellite Image Telemetry, Ganesh Kondaveeti, Raghu Rajendra Arur, Priyanka Bansal, Jayashree Panda, Poornima Angaragatti

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Currently, the construction audit process is manual and as a result may yield inferior quality assurance data collection and report generation. Such an approach may lead to a construction project having poor quality. To address such challenges, techniques are presented herein that leverage satellites and their telemetry data. Aspects of the presented techniques support the remote auditing of construction quality and aid in completing the ‘detective work’ behind fraudulent construction claims (based on different construction parameters, the composition of the materials that are employed during construction, etc.). Further aspects of the presented techniques support estimating the ceiling life of a …

Need-Based Dynamic Reconfiguration Of Network Slice Using A Floating Slice And A Cross-Domain Orchestrator, Soundarya Pendyala, Rajaneesh Shetty, Krushang Shah, John Mullooly

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A need exists for the ability to dynamically reconfigure a network slice from one type to another type based on a business case. To address such a need, techniques are presented herein that support the dynamic and the automatic reconfiguration of a network slice from one type to another type. Aspects of the presented techniques encompass an End-to-End floating network slice with a generic slice template, trigger-based algorithms to change a network slice from one type to another, segment routing (SR) tagging-based dynamic network slice management at the transport network level, the implementation of an SR-aware core network, adaptations to …

Energy Optimization And Transfer In Electric Vehicles Via Mechanical Coupling, Brian Shucker, Yan Mayster

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Electric vehicles have a limited range due to limited battery capacity. Also, such vehicles, while having a lower carbon footprint than gasoline vehicles, do not address capacity issues on the road network. The relative sparsity of charging stations and the length of time needed to achieve a full charge can be a hindrance to some EV drivers. This disclosure describes an automatic coupling mechanism between electric vehicles that enables energy transfer between coupled vehicles. Based on commonality of routes, determined with user permission, vehicles automatically form mechanically coupled trains. Vehicles within a train with high energy drive the train and …

Enabling And Integrating Dynamic Teleprompting Capabilities For Online Meetings, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Derek Engi, Julie Allen, Pascale Delaunay, Paul Giralt

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A natural and conversational style is difficult on video calls, particularly for the presenter. When the use of a teleprompter is included during such calls, the challenges are highlighted as the camera magnifies even the smallest movements, particularly in the eyes. To address such challenges, techniques are presented herein that support a “dynamic teleprompter” that may be seamlessly embedded within, and integrated into, a collaboration meeting platform. Such a dynamic teleprompter may move strategically (according to one or more of several different movement algorithms) around the speaker's viewing area thus eliminating the problems of static teleprompters and allowing a presenter …

Using The Exponential Mechanism To Compute Differentially Private Reach Curves, Matthew Clegg

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A reach curve estimates the number of unique people that see an advertisement as a function of the number of advertising impressions that are purchased on an advertising network. An exponential mechanism approach can be used to compute an estimate of a reach function for a given set of publisher data in a differentially private manner.

Pairwise Union Overlap Model For Estimating Reach Surfaces, Matthew Clegg

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A reach curve estimates the number of unique people that see an advertisement as a function of the number of advertising impressions that are purchased on an advertising network. A pairwise union overlap model can be used to compute a reach surface based on the reach curves of individual publishers. Such a reach surface can then be used to estimate the total number of unique people that can be reached for any arbitrary allocation of spend across multiple publishers.

Generalized Mixture Overlap Model For Estimating Reach Surfaces, Matthew Clegg, Jiayu Peng

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A reach curve estimates the number of unique people that see an advertisement as a function of the number of advertising impressions that are purchased on an advertising network. A generalized mixture overlap model can be used to compute a reach surface based on the reach curves of individual publishers. Such a reach surface can then be used to estimate the total number of unique people that can be reached for any arbitrary allocation of spend across multiple publishers.

Distinguishing Different Media Types On Scanned Images Using Machine Learning To Automate Media Selection, Hp Inc

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When using a printer, one of the most frequent operations is to load media onto which the printing will

occur.

This operation not only consist in physically loading and placing the media in the paper path for the

printer to feed the media, but also consists in providing some media identification to the printer which

then will be used to select the proper parameters for optimal printing.

Making a mistake in the identification of the media, something with can occur for new operators or

these who do not often use the printer, will lead to a non‐optimal printing image quality. …

Mitigating The Effects Of Eventual Consistency Of Dns Records On The Dns Provider Discovery Mechanism In The Domain Connect Specification, Aditya Gopalakrishnan, Navneet Goel

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Domain Connect is a publicly available standard that enables domain name service (DNS) providers to provide a mechanism for other entities to place or update DNS records on the domain. In the terminology of the CAP theorem, DNS retains availability and partition-tolerance (AP) while dropping consistency. In particular, DNS drops strong consistency for eventual consistency. This disclosure describes techniques to enable the Domain Connect specification to mitigate the effects of eventual consistency of DNS records. The techniques function under various scenarios, e.g., if the _domainconnect TXT record for a new or transferred domain hasn’t been propagated or is malformed.

Top Cover Precise Manufacturing: Design, Trimming And Positioning, Hp Inc

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Insoles have traditionally been built in a manual way. 3d printing technology opens a new way to manufacture

insoles following new procedures that enable automatized customization during the whole process: from the

design to the manufacturing. That personalization at each of the steps require to update processes and

workflows, when possible, or to create new ones if needed.

With the incorporation of 3d printing in the insoles business, most of the manufacturers have kept the old

processes and keep using many manual operations. The positioning and trimming of the Top cover on the

main shell is one of them that …

Load Balancing In Arbitrarily Clustered Microservice Architectures, Anonymous

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The present disclosure relates to load balancing in arbitrarily clustered microservice architectures. In cases where the affinity and load-balancing of the servers cannot be controlled or known in advance due to the hierarchical nature of the clustering architecture, measuring typical response times and sorting so the more expensive work is done first (as described in the section above) is a good way for the client or the cluster service to be able to ensure queues and load balancing is as efficient as possible. the present invention allows for arbitrarily deep hierarchies of clustering running with any combination of processors, cores, …

Enhanced Hashing Method To Reduce Re-Hashing/Re-Caching Hit In Load Balanced Server Pool, Anonymous

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The present disclosure relates to enhanced hashing methods to reduce re-hashing/re-caching hit in load balanced server pool. The present disclosure proposes to confront the re-hashing problem by deploying a within-server domain communication channel to exchange the client cache information to avoid re-hashing impact on processing and server resources every time a server is added or removed from the server’s pool.

Methods To Monitor Latency And Path Of Event Packets For Ptp Flows Over Ip Networks, Anonymous

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The present disclosure relates to methods to monitor latency and path of event packets for PTP flows over IP networks. The present invention proposes a method where the network nodes (shown as N1, N2, N3 in cloud diagram below) can passively help the network operator to trace the path of PTP packets and monitor the network delays impacting clock recovery from such PTP packets.

Method To Configure And Train Server-Side Streaming Optimizations In Noisy Systems, Anonymous

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The present disclosure relates to methods to configure and train server-side streaming optimizations in noisy systems. The present invention allows a client to configure tolerances for server-side streaming in terms of tolerances and update rates, and the server will train to this relative specification to arrive at an absolute range to compare collected data against. The present invention also allows for the tolerances to be configured and reported on a management interface.

Systems And Methods To Provide Anycast Mpls Ping Utility In An Igp-Sr Network, Anonymous

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The present disclosure relates to systems and methods to provide Anycast MPLS Ping utility in an IGP-SR network. More particularly, to provide Anycast MPLS Ping utility in IGP-SR to detect the reachability/liveliness of the anycast prefixes. The present disclosure introduces the anycast ping, where network operators can validate the reachability to all anycast routers in one go by initiating the ping to anycast IP. As a part of the solution, the initiating router will walk through its own IGP database to determine the router IDs of all the routers which are advertising the destination prefix. If the destination prefix is …

Service-Ready Trunk Protection Switching, Anonymous

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The present disclosure provides service-resdy trunk protection switching. More particularly, the present disclosure focuses on 1:N trunk protection for a given fiber span or for a given optical path (plurality of spans) between two nodes. In such configuration, each protection-link between two nodes can have different hop-counts (e.g., number of spans, amplifiers etc.), EDFA only amplified vs. Raman amplification and different fiber-types from each other on different spans within the protection group. Typically, Trunk Protection Switch (TPS) can work with total-power offset (such as if total-power drops below certain threshold then switch) or with pilot-tones (i.e., if pilot-tone goes missing …

Method To Proactively Determine The Node Isolation And Alternate Path For Traffic, Anonymous

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The present disclosure relates to methods to proactively determine the node isolation and alternate path for traffic. The present invention will perform Proactive determination of per Node isolation by identifying the number of available degree(s), and will have capability to auto restore the service by freeing up the bandwidth by restoring the pass-through protected service on alternate path which is excluding the node which is reporting a “Node Isolation threat” alarm.

Automated Steel Grinding Of Weld Splinters, Axel Unger

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Optimisation Retaining Piece, Axel Unger

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Stacking Bar As Laser Part-Zsb, Axel Unger

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Interior Gateway Protocol Path Computation Based On The Maximum Transmission Unit For A Link, Geetanjalli Bhalla, Manjari Vishnoi, Navya Kamath, Gayatri Bulla, Mohsin Alam

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Fragmentation or packet drops can occur for data packets at any node in the path of packets based on the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the links that constitute the path. This path can be a tunneled path, which is formed over multiple nodes based on the constraints advertised by Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) of those nodes. There are certain flows over a tunneled path where fragmentation and dropped packets can cause multiple issues. Provided herein is a proposal to extend the IGP extended link Type-Length-Value (TLV) object to carry information identifying the MTU of a link, which can be …

V-Opt Investigator - Assistant For The Vehicle-Specific Determination Of The Range Maximum Speed, Axel Unger

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Transfer System With Dynamic Speeds, Axel Unger

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New Lower Air Bolt, Axel Unger

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Automated Aluminium Grinding Of Dents And Sink Marks, Axel Unger

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Algorithm-Based, Automatic Jig Adjustment In Manufacturing, Axel Unger

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