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Joining Video Meetings Through Video Endpoint With Usb Connection, Adam Schaeffer

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A challenge with current video conferencing platforms and services is that not all such entities provide a standard method for connectivity. To address such challenges, techniques are presented herein that enhance a video conference experience. In particular, aspects of the presented techniques leverage proven technology to substantially simplify the process of using a Universal Serial Bus (USB)-enabled video room system with any meeting software with which a user might attempt to connect. Further, aspects of the presented techniques support the addition of calendaring and automation to a video room system to greatly simplify the process and ensure that the user …

Visual Treatment Of Handwritten Gestures, Thomas Buckley, Robert Mickle, Abraham Murray, Tayeb Al Karim, Hiu Ying Chan, Maria Cirimele

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Many apps support handwritten gestures for common actions by providing a mode to distinguish strokes from gestures. However, mode switching can create friction. Moreover, attempting to reduce friction by eliminating the mode switch can lead to gestures being triggered unintentionally, unreliably, or unpredictably. This disclosure describes the use of special visual treatment of touchscreen traces that are detected as potential gestures to distinguish the trace from both strokes and gestures, and to convey to the user the potential behavior of the trace. Per the techniques, a trace made on a touchscreen can be either a gesture or a stroke. For …

Number Translation And Unit Conversion Using Machine Learning, Haijie Hong, Lu Sun

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Machine translation is widely utilized to translate text between different language pairs. Applications of automatic translation include content localization. Different regions of the world utilize different measurement units (e.g., acre vs. hectare). Correctly converting and translating measurement units is thus an important part of content localization. Current machine translation models have low accuracy when translating numbers and are unable to handle unit conversions. This disclosure describes techniques to train a machine learning model such that it can generate accurate translations of numbers, including unit conversions. A base model is trained using input text that is tokenized, including splitting numbers into …

Algorithmically Generated Visual Knowledge Panels, Atreyee Dey, Tanvi Shah, Aditi Singla, Zoltan Ray, Rich King, Payal Patel

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Information about a particular topic, e.g., in response to a search query, is sometimes presented in a concise user interface (UI) such as a knowledge card or panel. Such panels are typically text intensive and can be unsuitable for certain users, e.g., users that have limited reading capability, or those who prefer visual content. This disclosure describes techniques to render a visual knowledge panel, e.g., one that primarily includes images, videos, and other visual content. Per the techniques, the visual knowledge panel is algorithmically created by mapping a text knowledge panel to existing video or image content such as video …

Instrument Panel Bag For Small Offset And Reduced Instrument Panel Depth

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An airbag is provided for helping to protect a vehicle occupant. Upon the occurrence of an event for which occupant protection is desired, such as a vehicle collision, an airbag controller actuates an inflator to provide inflation fluid to the airbag to inflate and deploy the airbag from a stored condition to a deployed condition. The deploying airbag deploys cross-car (i.e., “side-to-side”) from a centrally positioned structure in the vehicle, instead of in a fore-aft direction from an instrument panel of the vehicle. The instrument panel may be reduced in order to accommodate a workstation for the occupant. The airbag …

Variable Heating Extraction To Speed Up Warm Up Time And Optimize Heater Power Consumption, Hp Inc

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The following document describes a novel invention to optimize the warm ‐up time and optimizing

the heating power consumption by adjusting the extraction of the heating system and controlling

its flows direction.

A Portable Combo Solution For Thermal Air Venting, Hp Inc

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Thermal conditions are always one of the limitations for the computing

capability of the portable device. Most high-performance electric

devices have the thermal concern while long period heavy loading

especially for the requirement of the graphic or computing energy. High

temperature will impact the product stability and the product reliability.

This document will provide a hybrid thermal solution for the portable

devices

Contextual Suggestions Of Suitable Meeting Times, D Shin

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This disclosure describes the use of text parsing and suggestion techniques to simplify and automate the process of setting up meetings, e.g., via email. Per techniques of this disclosure, with user permission, text being composed in an outgoing email is analyzed using a contextual parser. The parser detects when the outgoing message is related to a meeting to be set up and also identifies meeting parameters such as participants, date/time, duration, etc. Based on the identified parameters, a list of suggested times for the proposed meeting is provided to the user. Upon user acceptance of the suggestion, the meeting is …

Image Data Compensation To Prevent Display Artifacts On An Oled Display, Sang Young Youn, Sun-Il Chang, Sangmoo Choi

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This publication describes techniques for image data compensation that prevent display artifacts on an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display when the refresh rate and the clock speed of the display are changed. The OLED display may be implemented in a mobile device that supports multiple refresh rates. To conserve power, the mobile device may alter the refresh rate and clock speed of the OLED display from a first refresh rate and clock speed to a second refresh rate and clock speed. Image data intended to be displayed on a particular pixel row of the OLED display may be compensated based …

Runtime User Option To Achieve Color Control On The Printed Outputs, Hp Inc

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User personalization/customization always has higher significance in any product segments. Every

enhancement in this area helps in bringing out better user centric product experience. This abstract

details on one such feature in the printers.

There are existing user options for a print that enables the user to print in draft, normal or best

quality mode. Along with these, user can also choose to print the output in black only or color. These

options are either applied for the entire job or the entire page.

However, there exists no option to control individual colors in the print output. Sometimes, users

might …

Stable Ground Truth Artefacts For Measurement Validation For 3d Scanners, Hp Inc

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3D printed polymer parts (e.g. PA12, PA11 etc) have a high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and

can be hygroscopic. In addition, they may change shape/size subtly over time due to internal stress

relaxation. The net result of this is that if a part is to be used to validate a measurement apparatus (3D

scanners etc) on real world parts with representative optical surfaces, as opposed to test artefacts which

are in the majority made of different (stable) materials, there is a challenge to ensure that ambient

conditions do not affect the outcome. We propose an approach that uses a …

Regenerative Power Generation In A Hot-Cold Aisle Configuration For Data Centers, Asifiqbal Pathan, Arvind Chari

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The pattern in which hot air is generated in data center aisles may be leveraged to create a windmill effect. Such an effect may be harnessed whereby the wind energy is converted into mechanical energy thus supporting a regenerative source of power. Such power may then be used to contribute to the energy efficiency of the data center. However, the majority of the hot air that is generated by equipment in a data center is not captured and is allowed to escape. To address such a situation, presented herein are techniques through which a waste resource (i.e., the hot air …

Augmented Reality Hmd With A Transparent Video Display And A Beam Splitter Reflected Projection, Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a method to combine an angled transparent video display with a projection that will reflect off an angled beam splitter to produce an effectively larger field of view. The transparent display is angled at forty-five degrees. The beam splitter glass is also angled at forty-five degrees and is attached to the transparent video display via a transparent material plate. An overhead video display will project its projection onto the beam splitter glass after being focused on by a convex lens. This focused projection will reflect off the beam splitter glass and will be projected towards the user. …

System And Method For Alerting And Decisioning Carbon Footprint In Real Time Based On Transaction Data, Navendu Misra, Praveen Guggarigoudar, Darshak Shah

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The present disclosure relates to real time carbon footprint alerting and decisioning method and system based on transaction data. The present invention uses transaction data to determine cardholder's carbon footprint. Thereafter the method enables cardholders to define carbon thresholds. Each threshold value is set by the user based on volume and purchase. Further, cardholders may decide whether to be alerted, or the method may decide for users. The proposed invention provides a solution by determining carbon foot print for each Permanent Account Number (PAN) using transaction data and providing dynamic alerting and automated carbon offset purchasing. The present disclosure provides …

System For Generating Accessibility For Augmented Reality Interfaces, Jaleh Afshar

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The disclosed technology addresses technical challenges associated with augmented reality (AR) techniques. The disclosed technology can provide for determining an augmented reality (AR) effect applied to a content item. An audio description associated with the AR effect can be generated based on signals associated with the AR effect and the content item. The audio description associated with the AR effect can be provided. By providing audio descriptions associated with AR effects, the disclosed technology allows a broad range of users, including users with vision impairments, to enjoy content items created with AR effects.

Double Shot Speaker Tab To Mitigate Speaker Rattling, Hp Inc

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This design is to double‐shot the soft material (EL250 or EM400) onto the speaker chassis, and

the soft material could be used as an elastic tab mounted to system to absorb the damping

energy when vibration.

Endlessly Browsable Topic Recommendations, Atreyee Dey, Aroonalok Pyne, Shaili Shah, Tanvi Shah, Rich King

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Some users of search engines may not want to (or may be unable to) type in or speak out a search query. As another example, users may have limited or no knowledge of popular search platforms or engines. There is currently no mechanism for a search engine to recommend related topics to a user to enable a semi-autonomous browsing experience that can be endless. This disclosure describes techniques that utilize a topic graph to enable users to browse topics or explore interesting and contextual information without requiring the entry of a search query.

Investigating The Evolution Of Tree Boosting Models With Visual Analytics, Junpeng Wang, Wei Zhang, Liang Wang, Hao Yang

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The present disclosure relates a method and a visual interactive system for tree boosting (VISTB). Tree boosting uses a group of sequentially generated weak learners (i.e., decision trees), each learns from the mistakes of its predecessor, to push the model’s decision boundary towards the true boundary. As the number of trees keeps increasing over training, it is important to reveal how the newly added trees change the predictions of individual data instances, and how the impact of different data features evolve. To accomplish these goals, in this present disclosure, proposes a new design of temporal confusion matrix, an effective interface …

Marketing Mix Modelling Using Multi-Objective Hyperparameter Optimization, Anonymous

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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.

Type-C Based Backup Power Solution For Desktop Pc, Hp Inc

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Power Failure is one of serious fault event which would cause system unexpected shutdown and

customer important data loss.

The possibility of Power Failure may cause by:

o PC system abnormal operation (Triggering PSU/Adapter over current protection)

o AC Line fault (Power quality, noise or voltage regulation fail…etc.)

The invention is to provide a simple and no cost‐adder solution which use Type‐C power delivery

as a backup power to support Desktop PC while Power Failure event.

With Type‐C as backup power, system can store running data and entering S3 Sleep mode safely

without data loss.

Notebook Lot Device With Data Caching, Hp Inc

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For battery powered IoT devices when the battery is exhausted the remote systems are not able

to communicate with the device. Store and forward can be used by the server to store the

pending commands for an IoT device and once it is attached to the network and connected to the

server, then deliver the pending commands. However, for time sensitive or security related

commands the time between when the IoT device is powered, connected to the server, and

commands delivered creates additional risks for the IoT device. This caching solution allows for

commands to be cached coming into the …

Lockable Usb Cable, Hp Inc

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Notebooks are products that are very mobile, and in so doing have a high threat for theft. In the

past there have been very specialized locking devices designed to lock a notebook via a unique

cable to a specific location. However, these locking solutions typically consume critical space on

the edge of the notebook, which might otherwise be used for additional I/O connectors such as

USB. A solution which combines a USB cable with a lockable feature, allows for the notebook to

be locked but at the same time does not consume valuable space on the edge of a notebook.

Virtual Reality Hmd With A Video Display And A Wave Guided Video Display, Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This paper describes a method to combine a waveguided video display with a video display into providing an effectively larger field of view. The waveguided display which has a smaller field of view is positioned in the centre of the viewing device. This wave guided display will occupy the central region of the field of view. The video display which is positioned after the waveguided display will provide the surrounding peripheral regions of the field of view. In addition to these two types of fields of view regions, two video displays that are positioned from the two sides will provide …

Loops And Threads In Fff Manufactured Products, Tim Kuipers

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This publication relates to toolpath generation and a method for material deposition. We suggest the creation of loops in FFF produced products together with cross-connections through those loops, in order to increase the adhesion strength in between layers either of the same material or of different and potentially incompatible materials. By chaining of such loops and their cross-connections an interlocking microstructure arises which increases the Z-strength of the FFF manufactured (multi-material) product.

Automatic Filter Clogging Detection To Trigger Maintenance Routine, Hp Inc

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All printheads include a filter to filter out particles present in the ink or generated upstream of the

filter from reaching the nozzles and causing IQ defects.

In some printers, an additional filter located in the Ink Delivery System is used to capture the particles

before reaches the printhead, increasing the printhead life. Typically, these filters are replaced based

on time or number of liters of ink that has gone through the filter, based on experimental data.

However, depending on the ink type and conditions, the filter may be replaced prematurely when it

has not reached its end of life. …

Fluids Bag Support For Rollable Device, Hp Inc

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Currently, the industry tends to add a thin SUS sheet in the backside of the rollable display. The thin

SUS can provide some level of supporting and can still be roller. However, SUS is heavy. And trace

mark still exists.

The proposal is to replace the SUS sheet with an air bag and provide good support for display. When

user open display, screw plat device will extrusion the fluids bag and fluid will flow to end direction.

When all fluid bag full of fluid then can provide panel support strength. When user close display,

screw plat device will release the …

Signaling Message Prioritization On The 3gpp N2 Interface, Sangram Lakkaraju, Anal Srivastava, Abhishek Dhammawat, Renhua Wen

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Within the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) architecture, the N2 interface provides for the interconnection between a gNodeB (gNB) and an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF). The N2 interface facilitates exchanges of signaling messages between the gNB and the AMF related to user equipment (UE) registration, Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment, PDU session resource setup, handover, etc. Signaling messages received by an endpoint (e.g., gNB or AMF) on the N2 interface are processed in the order that they are received, however, this can lead to latency for processing critical messages/procedures. Techniques herein provide techniques through …

Proactive Contextual Information, Vidhya Bhat, Maryam Karimzadehgan, Alex Mang, Shashwat Razdan

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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.) may select and display one or more information objects based on contextual information (e.g., user behavior information, device behavior information, interaction information, user information, preference information, time information, news information, etc.) associated with user interactions (e.g., applications initialized by the user, instructions provided by the user, information requested by the user, etc.) with the computing device over time. For example, the computing device may utilize this contextual information to select, based on the current context …

Correlation Tracing In A Distribute Storage System, Grant Griffiths, Luis Pabón

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A package of context information, called a Correlation Context (e.g., a “context” object), can be generated and used to trace where and when a request originated through logging. Each and every log emitted by a storage system may log this correlation context, making debugging a single request through a multi-faceted storage system far easier to debug. The Correlation Context may be implemented in a container system, such as in a container orchestator (e.g., Kubernetes) and/or in a storage platform used by the container orchestrator.

Space Personal Notes, Patrick Eustace, Edel Joyce, Adil Shaikh, Keith Griffin

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Existing online collaboration platforms do not support the option of a user adding private or personal notes that are specific to a person or a space. Accordingly, techniques are presented herein (which, for convenience, are referred to herein as "Space Personal Notes") that support a feature through which online collaboration platform users may add personal notes in a one-to-one or multi-person space in which such notes are private to the user who added a note, unless specifically selected to be shared. Such notes may be used to track topics which need to be discussed the next time that a user …