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Reallocation Of Driving Jobs In Congestion Situations, Verena Blunder

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No abstract provided.

Wc - Windshield Cleaning, Verena Blunder

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No abstract provided.

Combining Detected Motion With Multiple Facial Images For Biometric Authentication On An Electronic Device, N/A

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This publication describes techniques for combining detected motion with multiple facial images for biometric authentication on an electronic device. The motion is detected by one or more motion sensors on the electronic device. The motion may be indicative of a gesture made by the user of the electronic device, for example, a twist of the device in the user’s hand. Motion information is analyzed to determine a user’s intent to access the device. Responsive to determining a user’s intent to access the device, multiple images of the user’s face are captured by a front-facing RGB camera to build a composite …

Non-Standard Ac Inlets, Hp Inc

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An electronic product uses a non-standard AC inlet connector to ensure that a

particular power cord or adapter associated with that electronic product is used to power

it.

Type-C Port That Includes Alternate Modes Including Virtuallink And Coexists With Thunderbolt, Hp Inc

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A single Type-C port allows the coexistence of both Thunderbolt and

VirtualLink modes.

Method To Regulate System Performance Based On Thermal And Power Constraint, Hp Inc

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Operation of an electronic system is adjusted based on voltage and current

inputs of components to maintain the system within defined power and thermal

constraints.

Thermal Performance Enhancement Control By Sensors, Hp Inc

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The operating performance of an electronic device is automatically adjusted

based on detection of the device's various use cases such that the skin temperature is

comfortable when a user is holding the device, and performance is maximized when it is

not being handheld.

Intelligent Selection And Utilization Of One Or More Provider Plans, Matt Ruhstaller, Phil Ames

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This paper describes techniques for intelligently selecting and utilizing components of one or more provider plans, such as one or more mobile service provider (e.g., mobile carrier) plans, which are configured for use on a mobile computing device. Various modern mobile computing devices are equipped with two or more subscriber identity modules, or SIMs. The techniques of the present paper enable a mobile computing device (e.g., smartphone) that is equipped with multiple SIMs to intelligently select and utilize a particular mobile service provider plan, or components (e.g., voice, text, data components) of multiple different service provider plans that are associated …

Uefi Embedded Device Firmware Recovery, Hp Inc

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The firmware for embedded devices in a PC system is recoverable from a

combined embedded device firmware image stored on the primary mass storage device of

the PC.

Contextual User Experience Based On Altitude Or Air Pressure, Hp Inc

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An air pressure or altitude sensor in a computer is used to automatically adjust

operating settings of the computer based on an altitude, or change in altitude, of the

computer.

Type C Function Explorer For Usb-C Device, Hp Inc

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An App assists a user with identifying and resolving connection problems

between a host and a USB Type C device by conducting a VDM session with the device.

Safeguarding Biometric Authentication Systems From Fingerprint Spoof Attacks, Firas Sammoura, Jean-Marie Bussat

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This publication describes processes, methods, and techniques of safeguarding biometric authentication systems from fingerprint spoof attacks. A fingerprint spoof attack occurs when a malicious party attempts to access a user’s computing device by mimicking/replicating biometric identifiers inherent to the user’s fingerprint. To prevent fingerprint spoof attacks, an improved biometric authentication protocol includes, in a first step, verifying a user’s identity and, in a second step, determining if the finger presented is alive. As a result, fingerprint spoof attacks can be rejected when it is determined that the spoof finger does not exhibit characteristics of life.

Tactile Textures For Back Of Screen Gesture Detection Using Motion Sensor Data And Machine Learning, Michael Xuelin Huang, Scott Jensen, Shumin Zhai

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A computing device is described that uses motion data from motion sensors to detect gestures or user inputs, such as out-of-screen user inputs for mobile devices. In other words, the computing device detects gestures or user touch inputs at locations of the device that do not include a touch screen, such as anywhere on the surface of the housing or the case of the device. A tactile texture is applied to a housing of the computing device or a case that is coupled to the housing. The tactile texture causes the computing device to move in response to a user …

Topology Zoom To Physical Ports From A Device Level, Iain Hamilton, Swati Ardeshna, Srinivasan Packirisamy

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Common mapping tools typically provide for gradually zooming in and out for further in-depth location information without ever switching views. Techniques are described herein that allow zoom functionality to exist in the realm of Networking Topology mapping. Using natural user interactions, a user may simply zoom-in for more in-depth information and configuration abilities without losing a device mapping.

Travel Itinerary Mapping And Planning Using Image Search, Diane Wang, Aiko Nakano

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Users refer to online content such as travel blogs, travel videos, etc. for inspiration regarding places to visit and things to do. However, such content often does not include place annotations. Due to this, the user needs to perform multiple web searches to identify points referred to in the content. This disclosure describes techniques to provide users with information based on analyzing an image. The user can provide an input image or video, which is analyzed to recognize depicted objects or places. Information regarding the identified objects, e.g., location, knowledge base information, additional images of the object, place suggestions based …

Ads That Differentiate Humans From Bots, John Nicholas Dukellis

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Ad fraud, which occurs when automated software, e.g., bots, are utilized to activate advertisements is a major problem in the online advertising industry. This disclosure describes ads that request users to follow a sequence of instructions to detect if the user is a human or a bot.

Emi Suppression In Heat Sinks, N/A

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Heat sinks are designed to dissipate heat; however, their shapes often lend themselves to radiating electromagnetic energy, which leads to unwanted electromagnetic interference (EMI). This disclosure describes heat sinks that minimize electromagnetic interference at particular design frequencies.

Heatsink With Reduced Airflow Bypass, N/A

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When multiple heatsinks are placed side-by-side on a motherboard, air tends to bypass the heatsinks and flows through the gaps between the heatsinks, thereby reducing heatsink efficacy. To combat the bypassing of air, foam is used to seal gaps between the heatsinks. However, the adhesive of the foam degrades with time, causing the foam to fly off and damage the fan blades. This disclosure describes heatsinks with interlocking edge fins that are perpendicular to the direction of airflow. When two such heatsinks are placed side-by-side, their edge fins interlock, forming a labyrinth seal that reliably prevents airflow bypass. Airflow occurs …

Display Screens With Variable Refresh Rate, Sang Young Youn, Won Jae Choi

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Device displays of a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet have capabilities to support different refresh rates. For optimal operation, the refresh rate of the screen of a mobile device can be refreshed based on the image or frame of video being displayed and on certain other conditions. This disclosure describes low-complexity, low-latency techniques to seamlessly transition between different screen refresh rates with minimal-to-zero changes in display settings.

Analyzing And Articulate Rule Performance To Increase Efficiency, Pradipta Das Sarkar

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Presented herein are techniques for overlaying policy modification into historical rule hits and events to enable an administrator to visualize changes that have caused traffic matches to go up and/or down. This visualization, sometimes referred to herein as the visualization of a "Rule Heartbeat,” provides a new dimension in network security that facilitates optimization of network polices, but also elevates the experience in the network security ecosystem.

Generating Dynamic Emotive Animations For Augmented Reality, Manuel Christian Clement, Anshuman Kumar

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The method may include receiving, at a user interface generated for the electronic device, an indication to access an augmented reality fitting environment associated with at least one shopping item; receiving a selected image of a location in which to display the augmented reality fitting environment; obtaining user measurement data, shopping item data, and emotions analytics data associated with the augmented reality fitting environment; and generating, based on the obtained user measurement data, a plurality of three-dimensional avatars representing a user accessing the augmented reality fitting environment on the electronic device. For each avatar, the method may include generating, using …

Virtual Assistant Based Study Guide, Justice Ogbonna

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This disclosure describes a virtual assistant based study guide that helps students preparing for examinations. The virtual assistant is fed with textual material and past exam papers. The virtual assistant answers questions derived from the corpus and indicates how it arrived at an answer, e.g., by pointing to locations in the corpus that it used to construct the answer. The virtual assistant can also compose questions for the student to answer.

Application User-Interface Specific Emotional Response Collection, N/A

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A computing device is described that is configured to determine an emotional response of a user to an application being used by the user. For instance, when an application developer wishes to improve an application, the computing device may collect emotional data by utilizing sensors (e.g., cameras, microphone, touch panel, motion sensors, accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.) embedded within the computing device running the application. The computing device may correlate the collected emotional data to specific portions of the application so that the computing device may locate within the application where the emotional data appears to suggest the user is confused. For …

Method Of Capturing A Video And A Set Of Selected High-Quality Images During Camera Shutter Long-Press, Wei Hong, Marius Renn, Radford Juang, Lin Chen

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This publication describes techniques to provide high-quality images automatically in response to a user long-pressing (making a press and hold gesture) a shutter button on an imaging device. The high-quality images may be selected from after the long-press of the shutter is detected by the imaging device, before the long-press is detected by the imaging device, and/or before the shutter is pressed. A machine-learning technique that ranks video images by their quality and diversity is used to select desirable high-quality images. Both high-quality images and video can be provided to a user in a digital multimedia container format (e.g., MP4) …

Outcome Of Machine Reasoning In A Network Management System Topology View, Michael Michaelides, Arabinda Samantaray, Ajay Madhavan, Samer Salam, Smruti Lele, Ashwini Manerikar

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A technique is described herein to provide a visualization overlaid on a network topology that illustrates the cascading impact of a network event before it happens. The technique may empower a network administrator to perform one or more steps to mitigate the issue and/or minimize its impact before the issue manifests itself into a critical network condition.

Interworking Between Legacy And Next-Generation Multicast Virtual Private Network (Mvpn) Transports, Arvind Venkateswaran, Rishabh Parekh, Ijsbrand Wijnands, Jayashree Subramanian

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Proposed herein is a technique that allows next generation (next-gen) Provider Edge (PE) devices with minimal investment in legacy transports to interwork with legacy multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN) PE devices.

Universal And Automatic End-To-End Testing Of Smart Tvs, Ping Zhou, Amit Agarwal, Achal Pandey, Eric Yin

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End-to-end testing of smart TVs has proven to be challenging due to various reasons, such as: the proprietary nature of hardware and software from different TV manufacturers; the difficulty of identifying performance bottlenecks due to visual rendering being performed by cloud-based renderers; etc. As a result, end-to-end testing of a smart TV still relies heavily on time-consuming and costly manual testing. This disclosure describes a framework for end-to-end testing of smart TVs that is automatic, e.g., uses minimal human intervention, and universal (agnostic to TV manufacturer).

Recognition Of Spelled Out Words In Spoken Queries, Felix Weissenberger, Victor Cărbune, Bogdan Prisacari

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This disclosure describes techniques to enhance automated speech recognition by enabling automatic recognition of words spelled out by users. Machine learning techniques are utilized to detect explicit user intent to spell out a word as well as detect spelled out words without an explicitly stated user intent. If it is determined that the user is spelling a word, a spelling mode is triggered wherein received letters are concatenated together to form a word. If the user permits, data that includes the user context, audio of the word, audio of the user spelling out the word, and the textual representation of …

Wireless Charging Dock With Low Frequency Speaker, Luigi Zevola

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High quality audio playback requires faithful reproduction of low, middle, and high frequency portions of audio. Low frequency sound playback on small devices such as mobile phones is difficult because of the relatively small size of the transducers used and other constraints. This disclosure describes a charging stand with a built-in speaker that receives and plays low frequency portion of audio from a phone coupled to the stand. The speakers in the phone are utilized for playback of other portions of the audio. Low frequency audio content is obtained using a low pass filter on the phone and is sent …

Automatic And Interruptible User Interface Animation, Tian Liu, Andrey Kulikov

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User interface layouts can change due to a number of factors, e.g., resizing of windows by users, change in active application, overlay of a window by another, addition or removal of UI elements, etc. Layout changes are typically animated, e.g., there are no jump-cuts from one layout to another. During an ongoing layout animation, there can be additional layout changes that require that the animation adapt to the new target layout. Present UI frameworks or toolkits are not interruptible, e.g., they do not gracefully incorporate the new layout target; instead, they head towards the new layout target with no change …