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Universal License Plate Holder Including Tilt Adjustment And Resizing For All License Plates Worldwide, Verena Blunder

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Touch-Display Cleaning Through Touch And Camera Function, Verena Blunder

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Captain Controller - The Personal Haptic Control Element, Verena Blunder

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Ico - Intelligent Communication On Demand, Verena Blunder

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Icc - Intelligent Clean Car - Procedure And Tax Device At An External Mirror For Impacting On A Clean Street Or Painted Side Wall Frames Of A Motor Vehicle I, Verena Blunder

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Ihm - Intelligent Human Machine - Method And Control Device For Providing Data Relating To An Overall Hazard Potential From The Use Or Intended Use Of A Moto, Verena Blunder

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Flat Track Test Stand With Simplified Air Bearing And Correction Geometry For Correct Measurement Of Rolling Resistance, Verena Blunder

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Restaurant Recommendations Based On Dynamically Updated Live Seating Availability, Alexandru Damian, Victor Carbune

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People often go to restaurants without a prior reservation or an advance phone call to check if there is a table available for their party. If the restaurant happens to be full and cannot accommodate the group, people typically search for nearby restaurants and select another restaurant to try. This disclosure describes enhancements to map applications that integrate dynamically updated information on seating availability at restaurants. With permission from the users, the seating availability information is used to provide dynamically updated seating availability information for restaurants and recommendations for other suitable options.

Pre-Operative Visualization Of Remaining Bone After Robotic Cutting, Think Surgical, Inc

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A method to pre-operatively display bone that may remain after robotic cutting in total joint arthroplasty. The method includes the use of a 3-D bone model, a 3-D implant model, and a cut volume. A user plans a position of the 3-D implant model relative to the 3-D bone model to designated the best fit, fill, or alignment for a final implant on a bone. The 3-D bone model is then split at the ideal plane definitions where the implant planar surfaces intersect with the bone model. Next, the cut volume is subtracted from the planar removal elements to create …

The Advanced Notebook Application For Night Lighting Through System Led Control Method, Hp Inc

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This invention provides the mechanism for night lighting through system LED control method

to advance Notebook application.

It will make the different user experience and simplify OS environment (ex. OMEN command center).

In further applications, it can be applied as the emergency lighting, when it been power outage

environment.

Dynamic Link Bios Debug Message, Hp Inc

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In current design, the formal released BIOS can’t output the debug message and if

we want to get the debug message, we need to re-build another debug version

BIOS.

 When issue is happened on customer or factory side, it will cost a lot of time to fix an

issue. The issue needs to be recorded, reproduced and ship machine to RD to

provide the solution.

 Some issues may not be reproduced in debug-version BIOS.

 In order to shorten the turnaround time from issue happened to get the, BIOS

support to link debug message database dynamically in formal …

Project Light Design, Hp Inc

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When people join a meeting in a room, the presenter shares his screen to the projector. Sometimes the

presenter is not just one‐person, other people also need to share their screen to the projector.

In this case, the people in the meeting have a chance to not know whose laptop connects to the

projector. It will cause someone to ask who is connecting to the projector now?

Our design is to build a “roject light”on the laptop. If the users start to “lide show”or “roject”on

their laptop, the project light will ON to tell everyone that I’ projecting my screen …

The Atom Of Knowledge: Using Info Triples To Build Info Graphs - Short Version, U. Nicolaisen

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Abstract—As Artificial Intelligence is developed to be more useful and used, expressing knowledge in a generalised, machine friendly way becomes important. In this article we start with an empty universe and from there set out to find the simplest possible structure to represent knowledge. We claim to find the atom of knowledge and give it the formal name Info Triple. Furthermore we use this structure to build a special kind of graph which we call Info Graph. The Info Graph can be used to model information context. We discuss the maths behind Info Graphs and compare it to existing standards. …

Knowledge Assistant For Learning, Anonymous

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This disclosure describes a virtual assistant that is tailored for use by children and is powered by a knowledge graph. Topics, which are structured collections of facts, are presented to users based on the knowledge graph, itself curated using folksonomy. As new facts are added to the knowledge graph, the topics presented to the users mature, and the knowledge graph grows day-by-day. Based on the knowledge graph, a natural language generator generates questions or quizzes that engage the users. Users can learn about a topic of interest using quizzes, narratives, etc. and can form groups with their peers, teachers, or …

A Way To Disinfect The Surface, Hp Inc

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Due to the virus and the bacteria that are around in the world, the users cannot ensure the notebook is always clean

completely. Especially the C cover with keyboard, touchpad and palm rest, it might have lots of unclean stuff on it.

Lots of reports claim the virus and bacteria can’t survive under high temperature condition, for example, the COVID‐19

will be killed with 56C or higher after 30 minutes. According above condition, we found notebook can achieve the

temperature easily, so we provide a new way to kill the virus and bacteria with high temperature which is provided by …

Software-Based Improvement Of Screen Uniformity, Sianyi Huang

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Displays such as LCD, AMOLED, micro-LED, etc. can suffer from screen non-uniformities, known as mura. While display manufacturers attempt to compensate for mura during manufacture, non-uniformities or irregularities in screen color or brightness are still palpable, especially in low light/ low panel brightness conditions, or when the device is in a night mode. This disclosure describes software-based techniques to improve screen uniformity. One or more RGBA mura-compensation layers are determined and stored for each of several display or lighting conditions. The current display or lighting condition is determined and the appropriate mura-compensation layer is merged with the current screen using …

Adaptive Pwm Cpu Throttling In Different System Workload, Hp Inc

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Disclosed is a method for switching CPU throttling duty cycle between different profiles, such as fixed PWM,

progressive PWM and bypass mode. The method can classify throttling events then switch to a correlative

profile in different system workload.

Ring-Like Wearable Device For Interaction With Ar/Vr Glasses, Anonymous

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This disclosure describes a wearable device with a ring-like form factor that can be used to enable user interaction with AR/VR glasses and other devices. The ring-like device is lightweight, has a small form factor, and enables the user to discreetly interact with the AR/VR glasses. The device includes components such as a microphone, a context-aware touchbar, a battery, an antenna, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)/magnetometer, etc. User inputs to the ring-like device are transmitted wirelessly via a microcontroller of the device. Multiple output modalities can be supported, e.g., haptics vibration, speaker, flexible display, etc. The ring-like wearable device can …

Automatic Symmetric Network Address Translation Discovery And Traverse Between Software-Defined Wide Area Network Edge Devices, Tony Shen, Laxmikantha Reddy Ponnuru, Ajay Kumar Mishra

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The techniques presented herein relate to automatic network address translation (NAT) discovery and traverse for edge devices in a software-defined network in a wide area network (SD-WAN). More specifically, the techniques presented herein relate to techniques for automatic, symmetric NAT discovery and traverse between SD-WAN edge devices that ensure new branches can become part of an SD-WAN overlay network without explicit user (e.g., customer/administrator) involvement. Accordingly, and advantageously, the techniques presented herein can dynamically provide NAT-T hub connectivity for symmetric devices that can be used for service insertion of NAT-T functions. These techniques may vastly simplify SD-WAN deployment in diverse …

Determining Wireless Bandwidth Capabilities For Automobile Head Units, Fredrik Hubinette

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This paper describes techniques that relate to estimating latency in buffered systems and, more particularly, for evaluating wireless bandwidth capabilities in automobile head units (e.g., infotainment systems) that are configured to process and display data wirelessly received from mobile computing devices (e.g., smartphones, smartwatches). For example, an automobile head unit may wirelessly receive display data at a given resolution level from a mobile computing device, and may display the received data at a display device of the head unit. The techniques disclosed herein provide a method to test or determine if a particular automobile head unit has sufficient wireless bandwidth …

Spoof Detection In Optical Fingerprint Sensors Using Light Scattering, Firas Sammoura, Ion Bita

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This publication describes methods, techniques, and apparatuses, implemented on a computing device, directed at detecting spoof fingerprints. In aspects, the addition of a quarter-wave polarizer above an optical fingerprint sensor, along with the utilization of a machine-learned algorithm, can enable a computing device to distinguish a spoof fingerprint from an authentic fingerprint.

Intelligent Survey And Live-Simulation Apparatus (Isalsa) For Industrial Internet Of Things (Iiot) Networking Solutions, Hazim Dahir, Willy Fotso Guifo, Purvesh Sane, Kevin Turek

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The global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market is expected to reach $949.42 billion by 2025, and will include heavy industrial customers from different areas. For example, utilities, oil & gas, and mining sectors are among those relying on secure and reliable outdoor wireless connectivity in their harsh environments to optimize costs, improve operational efficiency, increase automation, as well as improve the safety and security of high value assets and field employees. Building such networks requires accurate and future proof designs, which are heavily dependent on the quality of results from site surveys performed in these locations. In addition, access …

Authenticated Route Discovery In Wireless Mesh Networks, Niranjan M. M, Nagaraj Kenchaiah

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Techniques are presented herein to provide an efficient and secure signature scheme to authenticate route discovery in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Specifically, the techniques presented herein provide a scheme where multi-signatures are generated with cryptographic keys provided by Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) on each Mesh Router (MR) in the WMN. The keys can protect device identities, which may secure the network devices against attacks, and, in at least some instances, the cryptographic keys can also provide authentication and encryption at the software/application level. Overall, the techniques may eliminate the need for a Key Generation Center (KGC) in the WMN and …

Latent Fingerprint Detection Using Rotationally-Invariant Vectors, Firas Sammoura, Jean-Marie Bussat

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This publication describes techniques and methods implemented on a computing device, directed at detecting latent fingerprint reactivation attacks (e.g., the exploitation of latent fingerprints deposited on fingerprint sensors to gain access to computing devices). In aspects, for each fingerprint authentication event, an on-device fingerprint-matching algorithm extracts small patches from a fingerprint image (a “Verify Image”) and transforms the patches into rotationally-invariant vectors. The fingerprint-matching algorithm then calculates the similarity between the vectors of the Verify Image and vectors of a stored, authentic fingerprint (an “Enrolled Image”). If the computing device validates the fingerprint (e.g., authorizes the …

Authenticated Route Discovery In Wireless Mesh Networks, Niranja M. M, Nagaraj Kenchaiah

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Techniques are presented herein to provide an efficient and secure signature scheme to authenticate route discovery in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Specifically, the techniques presented herein provide a scheme where multi-signatures are generated with cryptographic keys provided by Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) on each Mesh Router (MR) in the WMN. The keys can protect device identities, which may secure the network devices against attacks, and, in at least some instances, the cryptographic keys can also provide authentication and encryption at the software/application level. Overall, the techniques may eliminate the need for a Key Generation Center (KGC) in the WMN and …

Form-In-Place Adhesive Gasket To Waterproof An Electronic Device, Jordan Wakser, Daniel Meer

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This publication describes a form-in-place adhesive gasket used to create a waterproof seal between mating surfaces of an electronic device. The form-in-place adhesive gasket includes an elongated foam seal that is compressible and filled with a curable liquid adhesive. During assembly of the electronic device, compressive forces between the mating surfaces of the electronic device squeeze the elongated foam seal to discharge the curable liquid adhesive from open ends of the elongated foam seal. The discharged curable liquid adhesive fills gaps in regions between the open ends of the elongated foam seal and other barriers that may seal portions of …

Utterance Augmentation For Speaker Recognition, Jin Shi, Quan Wang, Yeming Fang, Gang Feng, Zhengying Chen, Jason Pelecanos, Ignacio Lopez Moreno, Andrea Chu, Pedro Moreno Mengibar

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The speaker recognition problem is to automatically recognize a person from their voice. The training of a speaker recognition model typically requires a very large training corpus, e.g., multiple voice samples from a very large number of individuals. In the diverse domains of application of speaker recognition, it is often impractical to obtain a training corpus of the requisite size. This disclosure describes techniques that augment utterances, e.g., by cutting, splitting, shuffling, etc., such that the need for collections of raw voice samples from individuals is substantially reduced. In effect, the original model works better on the augmented utterances on …

Techniques For Automatically Determining A Time-Lapse Frame Rate, Aman Gupta

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This publication describes techniques for automatically determining a frame rate for use in time-lapse photography. A tracking box containing pixels corresponding to an object that is moving within a field of view of an imaging device is first determined, either autonomously or based on user input. Successive frames are then taken at an initial frame rate, and the tracking box is identified in each of the frames. A pixel-change ratio is then calculated that represents a percentage of the pixels within the tracking box that moved and/or changed between the successive frames. The frame rate for the time-lapse is then …

Multimodal Hotword To Invoke A Virtual Assistant, Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune

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To invoke a virtual assistant, a user needs to utter a pre-configured hotword. In devices that provide virtual assistant software, such utterance is detected by dedicated hardware, e.g., a low power digital signal processor (DSP). However, speaking a hotword to trigger a virtual assistant is sometimes unnatural, awkward, or inconvenient. This disclosure describes a two-stage technique that enables virtual assistant invocation without the need for the user to speak a hotword for each query. With user permission, data from multiple sensors that are integrated within a user device and/or connected to the device via fast communication protocols are utilized to …

Videoconference Group Selfies With Virtual Backgrounds, Eric Liu

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Video conference user interfaces are limited to displaying each endpoint in a corresponding box. Participants can also use virtual backgrounds. However, current video conference applications do not provide a sense of shared space. This disclosure describes techniques to replace the disparate backgrounds of individual participants in a video conference with a consistent virtual background. The replacement can be performed while the video conference is in progress and provides a consistent visual appearance to all participants. The foreground portions can be segmented to arbitrary shapes and can be overlaid in a manner that provides an aesthetically pleasing arrangement. The virtual background …