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Distributed Parameter Monitoring For Wireless Deployments, Mirko Raca, Domenico Ficara

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Using machine learning (ML) to make observations of network operations is faced with many constraints, including collection constraints, storage constraints, and processing constraints. Additionally, in many instances, data collected from a network may be unusable and will incur collection, storage, and processing costs with potentially limited return. Presented herein are techniques through which pre-filtering tasks can be distributed to wireless access points (APs) to highlight valuable metrics and learn from network deployments.

Nozzle Wiping Solution For Fff Machines, Jiri Konvicny

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A wiping solution for FFF printing machines is described using an assembly including a flexible flap with a cut-out to receive part of the nozzle when passing by.

Warm Start Compensation_Id-04773, Christian Mohr

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The invention relates to a control method using a program based on an algorithm for compensating different starting temperatures of an oven based on a selected cooking profile and the real-time start temperatures in the oven. To be more specific, the program determines whether to modify, i.e., reduce or prolong, the presetting cooking time of the selected cooking profile based on the analysis of the measured temperature and the relevant parameters of the selected cooking profile.

Accordingly, the invention provides a control method of an oven improving cooking processes for generating right taste and texture of foods.

Ssh Connections In Chat Applications, Daniel Clarke

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Many operating systems and web browsers provide a terminal application to execute SSH commands and interact with servers. SSH interaction has notable overhead, especially when the user needs to run a quick command or two. This disclosure describes techniques that add SSH connections as an additional class of communication to the unified communication mechanisms included within operating systems, web browsers, and applications such as chat and email.

Chatbot For Creating And Consuming Podcasts Via Short Messaging Service (Sms), Baq Haidri, Kenneth V. Kennedy, Kaikai Sheng, Huy Nguyen

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Podcast creation can be a complicated undertaking that involves the use of audio equipment to record and process content. Furthermore, a podcast creator needs to work with a provider to host and distribute podcast content. Moreover, podcast creators must rely on listeners having a podcatcher application to discover and listen to the podcast. This disclosure describes a chatbot that enables users to create and consume podcasts easily from any device, including low capability mobile devices. Users can create or consume podcasts by interacting with the chatbot via Short Messaging Service (SMS) or other text-based chat interface. The techniques enable podcast …

Line Of Sight Communication Using Pixel Encoding, Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This disclosure describes a method to transmit and receive information between two line of sight endpoints at the same time eliminating the signal jamming possibility. The communication takes place at night time or adequately low light conditions. Two endpoints that need to communicate with each other are positioned at a known pre-configured distance from each other. They can see each other in a line-of-sight manner. They are stationary relative to each other. the information to be transmitted will be displayed as a video stream on a video display at one endpoint. The other endpoint to which this information needs to …

Fusing Radar And Video Camera Information For Seven Dimensional Scene Perception, David Frakes, Nicholas Gillian, Ivan Poupyrev, Ricardo Motta, Keith Klumb

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Radar sensor data can be fused with video camera data. Following fusion, the fused data may be further processed then output for use by some other software or hardware component of a system. Such an arrangement can be understood as seven dimensional (7D): three dimensional data present in the data from the camera sensor; three dimensional data present in the data from the radar sensor; and the additional dimension of time (from data from both sensors being gathered over time).

Single Piece 3-D Printed Burner_Id-05029, Christian Mohr

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The invention relates to a burner produced by 3-D printing. Either the burner or some components of the burner can be thereby manufactured in a piece. Preferably, the entire burner is printed as a monolithic piece. This monolithic burner is more potent than a burner of comparable size, uses much less material than traditional burners, and is much easier to maintain and clean because of its simplicity. In addition, one component or some components of the burner is produced in a monolithic structure to eliminate the unstacking/restacking of burner components during cleaning. For example, one monolithic structure is pot support …

Device For Shearing Sheep, John Doe

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The idea relates to a device for shearing a sheep based on rotatably engaging blades with a pin connector wherein the cutting sides of the blades are configured to point in opposite directions.

Low Latency 5g/Lte Mobile Fronthaul Traffic In Tdmpon/Xgs-Pon Networks, Prashant Anand, Sudhir Kayamkulangara, Manoj Kumar, Raghupathi S, Ajay Sandhir

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Ensuring low latency in a passive optical network (PON) environment for a mobile fronthaul use case is critical and raises a number of challenges. To address those types of challenges, techniques are presented herein that support, among other things, the coordination between a PON scheduler and a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) or Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) scheduler where the expected traffic in an uplink direction is intimated in advance to the PON scheduler. Such advance knowledge of a bandwidth scheduling requirement in an upstream direction eliminates, for example, the serialization of scheduler latency. Aspects of the techniques …

The Motion Pattern Detecting Camera System, Punarjeewa Abeysekera

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This disclosure describes a method to analyze motion patterns of a moving vehicle and of the surrounding objects in the vehicles’ environment. A camera system is utilized for this purpose. The camera system consists of two cameras configured to produce the same pixel patterns at two pre-configured amounts of times and at two preconfigured distances. Through the observation of the variations of the pixel patterns, the following four motion-related information can be determined. Information one is the stationary objects in the environment. Information two is the displaced objects in the environment. The third information is the objects that had the …

Video Editing In Small Segments, Ariel Braunstein, Nicholas Matarese

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Video editing is a complex task requiring many small details spread over a timeline (temporal activity). Most video editing applications represent this information as a long timeline that the user can scroll through and zoom in and out of. When editing video on a phone or a small tablet, the available visual space on the display is limited, such that editing operations become highly cumbersome. This disclosure describes techniques to break down the timeline of a video editor into smaller segments, each focused on a single shot. The resulting segments are shorter, more contextually clear, and keep the creator focused …

Remington 597 Magazine Switcher, "Quickclip", Ben Peters

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This design is a magazine switcher/holder for the Remington 597 .22 long rifle. The design makes it easy for one to switch out their magazine quickly, hence, bearing the name, "QuickClip".

This design is meant to be 3D printed, however, other forms of manufacturing are viable.

Authenticated Isolation In Deduplicated Storage, Sandip Agarwala, Shravan Gaonkar, Sandeep Kumar

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Multi-tenancy, security, and deduplication are important features for distributed storage systems for either on premise or on cloud deployments. However, implementing these features can be difficult, as the features often do not play well together when building a performant system. Presented herein is a technique to provide a seamless, transparent deduplication system that incorporates all of these features without inter-dependence and without impacting performance.

Voice User Interface Based Permission Grant System For Vehicles, Xin Li, Zheng Kou, Sriram Natarajan, Sukhyun Song

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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.) may include a so-called “head unit” that provides a voice user interface (VUI) by which to enable spoken human interaction with the head unit to respond to requests for permission (e.g., to access user personal data, to enable the usage of third-party services, etc.). For example, responsive to detecting that an action to be performed has not been granted permission, the head unit may produce (e.g., via one or more …

Radio Aware Transport For Critical Fronthaul Traffic On Tdmpon/Xgs-Pon Network For 5g/Lte-A Tdd Xhaul Network, Prashant Anand, Sudhir Kayamkulangara, Ashok Gowda

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The challenges that are associated with the use of a passive optical network (PON) in mobile fronthaul, midhaul, or backhaul environments are significant. To address those types of challenges, techniques are presented herein that support radio aware transport, where radio Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode awareness is fed into a PON dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithm. Additionally, a radio baseband processor (as a virtual network function (VNF) or a physical network function (PNF)) at a service layer may use a hardware slice of a PON’s optical line terminal (OLT) equipment for transport. Aspects of the techniques presented herein introduce more …

System And Method For Deliverying Multi-Currency Features Onto An Existing Card, Ranjiva Prasad, Mathieu Andre Guy Altwegg, Thomas Mccoy, Julia Kuchman, William Minton, Samuel Pickard, Iain Royle, Dean Kramer, Ronald Van Wensveen

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The present disclosure provides a system and a method to delivery multi-currency features on an existing card without re-issuing another card for multi-currency. The proposed system uses virtual multi-currency ledgers to implement multi-currency payments on the existing card. The system provides multi-currency features to clients of issuer and cardholders. The multi-currency features may be accessed with issuer mobile banking app through a travel mode layer. The system is transparent to merchants/acquirer. Also, the system minimises issuer and issuer processor development.

Clustering Of Curve Types Using Similarity Scores, Aviv Reznik, Bart Van Delft

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Curves of trends of content interaction events (e.g., views, shares, likes, etc.) versus time are of interest to social media and content-sharing services. Clustering trends can be used to classify, profile, and understand content creators or influencers. Clustering can also be used to recognize abusers, e.g., users that attempt to generate fraudulent views or likes in an effort to boost advertising revenue. This disclosure describes techniques to define similarity functions, or equivalently, distance measures, to enable the clustering of trends into trend types.

Sensing Air Particulate Matter Using An Optical Mouse Sensor, Jose Madrid

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Widely available sensors, such as those used for optical computer mice, can be repurposed to perform particulate matter (PM) sensing. Such sensing arrangements may be incorporated as part of a smart home device or, more generally, a computerized device without needing a fan to provide air circulation and yet can still provide reasonably accurate PM sensing.

Sensing Air Particulate Matter Using An Optical Mouse Sensor, Jose Madrid

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Widely available sensors, such as those used for optical computer mice, can be repurposed to perform particulate matter (PM) sensing. Such sensing arrangements may be incorporated as part of a smart home device or, more generally, a computerized device without needing a fan to provide air circulation and yet can still provide reasonably accurate PM sensing.

Smart Temporal Media, Ariel Braunstein, Nicholas Matarese, Austin Suszek

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When using media assets in video editing, there is a general challenge of adapting the duration of an element to the desired duration in the video. For example, a pre-rendered animated element might last for five seconds and is not usable for durations shorter or longer than five seconds. This disclosure describes techniques to structure pre-rendered media elements in a specific format that enables a hosting application to control how they appear and behave. Per the techniques, pre-rendered media elements are provided in a format that enables control over their properties such as duration, palette, color, etc. A video creator …

Video Fast And Slow Motion Styling, Ariel Braunstein

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Video editing is a time-consuming activity that requires significant know-how to achieve professional grade results. Video editors presently available for consumers or amateurs offer a single-dial speed-setting that can slow down or speed up a video by a certain factor. The result of this setting often falls short of what the creator had in mind and is far less engaging for the viewers, who are used to professionally produced content. This disclosure describes techniques that enable a broad range of video-speed manipulations using templates. A user interface with a few buttons, sliders, and simple, intuitive settings is made available to …

Equalizing Asymmetry Delay For Aligning Signals On Air Interface In 5g/Lte-A Xhaul/Fronthaul C-Ran Network, Prashant Anand, Guru P P, Dinuraj K, Manigandan Boopalan

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The stringent performance criteria that are required in a, for example, Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation (5G) fronthaul network raise a number of challenges. To address those types of challenges, techniques are presented herein that support, among other things, removing path asymmetry at a service layer to align the signal at an air interface in 3GPP Fourth Generation (4G) or 5G converged wireless and optical transport (often referred to as 'XHaul'), fronthaul, or centralized radio access network (C-RAN) use cases; thus, equalizing the delay between an uplink and a downlink direction. Aspects of the techniques presented herein encompass, …

Crystalline Form Of Molnupiravir And Process For Its Preparation Thereof

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Crystalline form of ((2R,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(4-(hydroxyamino)-2-oxopyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methyl isobutyrate (Molnupiravir)

Ai-Based Image Synthesis For Enriched Search And Shopping, Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Shiblee Hasan, Joseph Edwin Johnson Jr.

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Across numerous applications, notably in search and shopping for unique items, humans are constrained by what has already been built or designed. This disclosure describes techniques that leverage natural language-based, deep-learning image synthesis to deliver enhanced product search via services such as search engines or e-commerce websites. The synthetically generated products can be custom manufactured upon order. Unconstrained by real world objects, the techniques deliver to the search engine or e-commerce user synthetic objects based on text descriptions provided by the user.

Automatic Garaged Pen Release On A Computer System, Hp Inc

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For a garaged pen in a computer system, people with big hand/finger may have

difficulty to remove the pen from garaged position. The design proposed here is to

provide an easy and intuitive way for user to access the garaged pen, it also solves

the problem of wasting system space for accessing the pen (finger scoop for

example).

In this design, pen will be attracted in the garaged position by magnetic force, an

actuator will move the magnets on the system side to pop the pen out when the pen

release sensor is triggered.

Automatic White Spot Mode Regardless Of The Position Of The White Movable Printheads, Hp Inc

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This invention describes a new print modes strategy that allows White spot print modes available

at any position of the printheads. It Is based on the print modes of a White printer which includes

a Movable Slot System (MSS). These new white spot print modes do not require a MSS change

position or reconfiguration of the printer.

Internal Monitor Display Port And/Or Usb-C Hub, Hp Inc

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This document describes an internal DisplayPort and or USB‐C hub within a Monitor or Television that

replicates multiple video connectors into one display. This integration allows a user to create multiple

computer OS desktops or separate screen displays over a single monitor using a single cable.

Pcle Dash Nic With Hw Kvm Support On Type-C Docketing, Hp Inc

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The trend of notebook design is thin and light, in such way some of the chassis design

start to remove the RJ45 connector from the machine due to Wi-Fi connection is mature.

Object Detection And Tracking With Post-Merge Motion Estimation, Ruiduo Yang, Samuel William Hasinoff, Jinglun Gao, Donghui Han, Minghui Tan

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This publication describes techniques and apparatuses that enable an electronic device (e.g., a smartphone) with at least one camera to capture, render, and/or process frames. As the smartphone captures frames of a scene, the smartphone determines frames to be rendered and/or processed. Initially, the smartphone performs a global (fast) motion estimation to correctly render and/or process the captured frames of the scene. Information from the global motion estimation enables the smartphone to merge the captured frames, and the smartphone can generate one merged frame or a set of merged frame candidates. Information from the global motion estimation also enables the …