A System And Method For Providing Multiple Transactions For A Single Payment, Samuel Oliver Mr

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Present disclosure provides a system and method for providing multiple transactions by tapping multiple cards consecutively on a Point of Sale (PoS) device (104) for a single payment. The system may include a PoS device (104) and a network server (109). The PoS device (104) receives merchant input for a payment. The merchant (102) input includes total transaction amount and payment split input into the PoS device (104). The payment split input indicates the total number of customers who desire to divide the total transaction amount within themselves. The PoS device (104) splits the total amount by the number input …

Dynamically Altering Clock Signal Frequencies In Ltpo Amoled Displays, Sangmoo Choi, Frank Kang

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This publication describes systems and techniques for dynamically altering clock signal frequencies in low-temperature polysilicon metal oxide (LTPO) active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays. In an aspect, a display manager may identify a refresh rate implemented by an operating system of an electronic device, as well as a use case enacted by a user. As a result of the identification, the display manager can implement a suitable clock signal frequency for self-refresh operations. By dynamically altering clock signal frequencies, the display manager can reduce the number of transactions (e.g., passing high signals, passing low signals) in display panel circuitry associated …

Off-Process Gui Rendering, Roberto Perez, Babak Bostan, Jorge Pereira, Madan Ankapura, Rasekh Rifaat, Jay Yoo, Eric Bahna, Ozge Kirimlioglu, Dean Harding, Rafael Lima

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An application may offload rendering of a graphical user interface (GUI) to an underlying operating system executing at a head unit (e.g., an infotainment system) of a vehicle (e.g., automobile, motorcycle, a bus, a recreational vehicle (RV), a semi-trailer truck, a tractor or other type of farm equipment, a train, a plane, a helicopter, etc.) or a computing device (e.g., a cellular phone, a smartphone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a portable gaming device, a watch, etc.). The application may invoke functions of an application library that allow the application to generate GUI metadata including a …

Network Sandbox For Closed-Source Components With Access To Sensitive Data, Eugenio Marchiori, Sergey Volnov, Thomas Hume Weedon, Wei Huang, Asela Jeevaka Ranaweera Gunawardana

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A computing device (e.g., a smartphone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smartwatch, etc.) may include a system application for managing both the ability of software (e.g., an application, a program, a widget, etc.) to access a network and the type of information that can be transmitted to a computing system via the network. Rather than use a permission-based model (e.g., a model in which a user manually permits an application to access the network), which may grant the application unconstrained network access, the system application may use a dataflow model (e.g., a model in which a framework defines …

Cutting Control System For Horizontal Casting System, Jonathan Quisenberry, Adwait Thakur

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Spring Rod Tensioner For Airbag

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A spring rod helps apply tension to a curtain airbag when deployed along a vehicle side structure and across window openings thereof. The spring rod aids in deployment by tensioning or pulling the curtain airbag into the desired position, so the airbag does not get stuck during deployment. Thereafter, the spring rod tensions the inflated and deployed curtain airbag along the side structure and across the window opening(s) and helps to maintain its position throughout the crash event. This can be especially advantageous for vehicles with large headroom and tall windows.

Touch Anti Tremble - A Solution To Let User Enjoy Touch Device In An Unstable Movement Environment, Hp Inc

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The convenience of touch screens/pad has led to a rapid increase in the popularity of laptop devices.

Nowadays, touch devices can not only draw but do hands writing. Thought that, while people use it in

transportation. No matter in public or private car, all devices have a common problem which should to

be solved: In an unstable movement environment, the handwriting or touch drawing is difficult to use

due to the laptop is in a turmoil environment and user do not have a fix stand to sustain his elbow or

wrist. Here we provide a solution to solve that and …

Using Ec Adc Controller For Auto-Detection On System Cable/Module Assemble Condition Check, Hp Inc

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 Since day one of laptop develop, cable design become must for all kinds of ID / ME / EE design

requirement.

 The approach is to auto detect if the cable in system design is well assembled in factory and

service repair process.

 The idea is to make system work safe and with warning / advise user to take proper action.

 The user may experience function fail or risk of safety concern, and user may notice the system

cable assemble issue after function fail.

Multi-Layer Aluminum Alloy Products And Methods Of Manufacture, Samuel Wagstaff

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Described herein are multilayer aluminum alloy products containing four or more different layers and methods for making multilayer aluminum alloy products. The disclosed methods include additive manufacturing processes in which different aluminum alloys are deposited on underlying layers to make a multilayer aluminum alloy product.

Providing Suggestions Of Expanded Text From Abbreviated Text Input, Ajit Narayanan, Meredith Morris, Subhashini Venugopalan, Michael Terry, Sherry Tongshuang Wu, Shanqing Cai, Carrie Cai

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This disclosure describes techniques to provide suggestions of expanded text from abbreviated or compressed text that has been input by a user. A language model is used to determine and present the most likely full words and phrases that match user intent based on the user’s abbreviated text input, such as the first letter of each word of a phrase and/or omission of one or more words of the phrase. The described techniques can greatly improve speed of text entry to devices via a keyboard or other input modality.

Automatically Deriving Spreadsheet Cell Values Using Natural Language, Andy Lavery, Earl J. Wagner, Matthew Albright

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This disclosure describes techniques to populate spreadsheet cells that depend on, but aren’t numerically calculable from, other cells. Based on a natural language query, the empty cells of a partially populated sheet that are contextually dependent on the thus-far-filled cells are automatically filled. The techniques provide greater speed, accuracy, and scalability for datasets small and large, enabling users to efficiently explore data. The techniques obviate the need to manually populate each cell in the sheet, a time-consuming and error prone procedure that does not scale well. Automatically filling in values in a spreadsheet, as described herein, opens up possibilities for …

Semi-Automated Hook Placement Workflow For Chemical Polishing Racks, Hp Inc

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This disclosure relates to the field of software for 3D manufacturing.

A workflow for guiding users into attaching hooks designed for hanging 3D printed parts into chemical

polishing racks is presented, that guides the user into selecting the best place for support structures

based on the geometry of the part.

Sawtooth Generator Circuit To Apply Slope-Compensation On Control Signal For Dc-Dc Converter Under Digital Pcmc Scheme, Hp Inc

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DC‐DC converters are needed to efficiently convert between different voltage levels within the electrical

architecture of LFP (Large Format Printing) products. Traditionally, analog solutions have been presented to

implement the controller of the converter, but this solution presents several limitations in terms of flexibility,

modularity, etc.

To overcome these limitations, digital solutions, for instance based in a MCU (microcontroller) are being

proposed, since new applications in the field of power electronics can be targeted with MCUs at a very

competitive cost, due to the advances of these devices not only in terms of computational and memory

features, but also in …

Automatic Zoom Based On Image Saliency, Lin Chen, Wei Hong, David Massoud

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This publication describes techniques for image-capture devices (e.g., smartphones, laptops, tablets) to automatically zoom in on object(s) of interest in a photographic scene. In aspects, through utilization of a machine-learned technique (e.g., a Visual Saliency Model), an Automatic Zoom Manager can detect a visual saliency region within an image, generate a bounding box enclosing the visual saliency region, and calculate an appropriate zoom ratio. The Automatic Zoom Manager can then implement the calculated zoom ratio to automatically achieve a suitable zoom for the photographic scene.

Powder Collector For Elastomeric Materials, Hp Inc

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Cake is when a material “sticks” together with itself, leading to large spongy regions of powder.

It is an important factor in the printing of elastomers in Multi-Jet Fusion. Cake is caused by time

at temperature of the powder that causes the surface of the powder to flow, leading to change in

rheological properties of the powder. The more time at temperature the powder is exposed to, the

harder the cake will be.

Keeping the integrity of cake to test powder properties is incredibly difficult. It is sometimes

needed to check the behavior of the white powder on online tests …

Ink Delivery System With Intermediate Tank Ink Mixing Feature, Hp Inc

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More and more, Large Format and 3D printers include more difficult inks/agents to maintain

them healthy (due to pigment settling, ink aging, etc.) and Ink Delivery Systems have tried to

overcome this challenge with complex recirculation systems that recirculate ink through the

tubes, cartridges, tanks and even through the printhead.

However, such systems are very complex, with a lot of hardware components, complicated

algorithms and overall, too expensive for some printer segments.

Some printers with a high printing usage do not need to recirculate through all the system, and

only ink mixing in the Intermediate Tank would be required, …

Automatic Ink Redispersion In The Intermediate Tank By Using Magnetic Fields, Hp Inc

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When a supply is stored, the heavier pigments settle on the bottom part of the supply. Due to that,

prior to installing a new ink supply, it is necessary to do a certain number of shakes to ensure that the

ink is properly mixed.

In some printers, a printhead receives a stream of printing fluid from an Intermediate Tank, which is

supplied with ink from a supply tank by an ink pump. Depending on the Intermediate Tank orientation,

the heavier pigments settle on the deposit.

If the ink is not properly mixed, there would be depleted and enriched ink inside …

Process To Detect Air Leakages In A 3d Printer, Hp Inc

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In 3D printers, the Powder fusion process occurs in a sealed environment called print chamber,

that is kept at negative pressure (relative to client room); the print chamber is sealed not only to

prevent undesired contamination of the client room, but also to avoid unwanted air leaks from

the client room (or by other zone of the 3D printer itself) to the print chamber. In fact, these air

leaks may cause unwanted airflows in the printing area: they cool down only a specific zone of

the printable area, changing the energy balance in this region and therefore affecting Part

Quality. …

Controlling The Distribution Of Multiple Streams In A Video Collaboration Environment, Nahid Alam, Chen Li, Jochen Schirdewahn, Cheryl Wright, Christina Cielusniak

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In most video collaboration systems, only one user may share their screen at a time. If another user wishes to also share their screen, commonly the previous user's shared screen disappears. Techniques are presented herein that allow any meeting participant to control the distribution of video streams. In particular, aspects of the presented techniques enable multiple participants to share their screens, allow individual users to choose which shared screens they wish to view on their local "stage," and allow a user to synchronize their stage with other participants.

Classification Of User Input Using System Contextual Information For Grip Suppression, Katherine Kuan, Mark Chang, Steve Pfetsch

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This publication describes techniques for classification of user input using system contextual information for grip suppression on a mobile device (e.g., smartphone). In an example technique, a classification threshold is determined based on contextual information related to a current state of the mobile device and a heatmap is used to determine spatial features (e.g., amplitude, shape, size) relating to a user input on a touch panel of the mobile device. Based on a combination of the classification threshold and the spatial features, the user input is classified as intentional or unintentional. Using the techniques, unintentional user input, for example, those …

A Kubernetes Native Approach To Distribute Webhook Events To Multiple Non-Exported Clusters, Prashanth Kumar, Luis Pabón

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The proposed model is a Kubernetes native approach to distribute webhook events to multiple non-exported clusters. A single Kubernetes service is exposed to listen to external webhooks from a GipOps service. Non-exposed clusters connect to the exposed Kubernetes service to watch for updates from webhook events.

Inter-Public Land Mobile Network Mobility In 5g Networks, Jis Abraham

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Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards have defined call flows for user equipment (UE) handover scenarios within a Radio Access Technology (RAT) and across RATs for roaming and non-roaming use cases. The standards-based call flows define how to handle intra-RAT and inter-RAT handovers once a UE is attached in a home network or when a UE is attached in a partner network. However, 3GPP standards do not define call flows for instances in which a UE is attached in a home network and moves to a partner network or when a UE is attached in a partner network and moves …

One Piece Woven Airbag With Coextruded Film

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A co-extruded co-polyester (Co-PET) film is laminated to a non-scoured, loom-state, one piece woven (OPW) curtain airbag woven with polyester (PET) yarn. The OPW curtain airbag laminate can be a multilayered film that consists of a barrier layer of DSM Arnitel EM550, an optional middle layer of DSM Arnitel PM381, and an adhesive layer of DuPont Hytrel 4056. The film can also contain anti-oxidants recommended by DSM and DuPont at a level of 2% by weight.

Driver Distraction Framework, Billy Lam, Jorge Pereira

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An application library may define an infrastructure (e.g., a framework for managing, monitoring, and provisioning resources) that provides mechanisms for validating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of an application to ensure the application complies with various standards, such as distraction and safety guidelines as specified by various traffic agencies across the globe (e.g., the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), etc.). For example, the application library may limit a complexity of the application by constraining the number of pages in an application flow (e.g., a series of steps required to complete a task), the number …

Method To Avoid Unnecessary Resource Usage On User Plane Functions For User Equipment Utilizing New Radio Dual Connectivity, Jis Abraham

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With Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) dual connectivity (DC), a multiple receive/transmit (Rx/Tx) capable user equipment (UE) may be configured to utilize resources provided by two different nodes connected via a non-ideal backhaul, with one node providing New Radio (NR) access and the other node providing either Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) or NR access. One node may act as a master node (MN) and the node other as the secondary node (SN). The MN and SN are connected via a network interface and at least the MN is connected to the core network. The …

Super Forward Error Correction (Fec) For Long-Term Reference Frame (Ltrf) Recovery Frames, Thomas Davies

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A Forward Erasure Correction (FEC) scheme improves resilience but can be overwhelmed by losses. Using long-term reference frames (LTRFs), the prediction structures in a video coding may be reset at a special recovery frame. Consequently, there is a need to adequately protect LTRFs. To address such a need, techniques are presented herein that support a FEC scheme for protecting LTRFs without increasing latency. Aspects of the techniques presented herein treat the LTRFs as a base layer for the purposes of layered FEC coding. Thus, it is possible to think of a normal scalable coding scheme with, for example, two temporal …

Marketing Mix Modelling Using Multi-Objective Hyperparameter Optimization, Gufeng Zhou, Leonel Sentana, Igor Skokan, Antonio Prada

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Marketing mix modelling (MMM) is an important technique in marketing measurement to define effectiveness and efficiency of marketing investment. MMM is a complex combination of various statistical models and data transformation functions. Traditional MMM is subject to analyst bias and is slow and expensive. This disclosure describes automated techniques that reduce the analyst bias in MMM and make the model building process fast, flexible, and inexpensive. The techniques described in this disclosure overcome analyst bias through a multi-objective hyperparameter optimization that is achieved by using an evolutionary algorithm.

Table Module-Flexible Table For Autonomous Driving, Axel Unger

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Electric Machine As External Rotor With Direct Cooling, Axel Unger

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System And Method For Revoking Compromised Cryptographic Key From Database, Daniel Masny, Gaven Watson

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The present disclosure provides a system and a method for revoking compromised cryptographic key from a database. The proposed system provides a database which is a graph that stores information on dependencies between a working key and cryptographic algorithms and keys used in establishing the working keys. The proposed system upon identifying the compromised keys revokes the compromised cryptographic keys and corresponding keys from the database. The proposed system provides data security and an efficient revocation process of the compromised cryptographic keys.