Abstract: Implementations of the subject matter described herein provide a silent voice input solution without being noticed by surroundings. Compared with conventional voice input solutions which are based on normal speech or whispering, the proposed “silent” voice input method is performed by using ingressive voice during the user's breathing-in process. By placing the apparatus (10) very close to the user's mouth with a ultra-small gap (110) formed between the microphone (100) and the apparatus (10), the proposed silent voice input solution can realize a very small voice leakage, and thereby allowing the user (1000) to use ultra-low voice speech input in public and mobile situations, without disturbing surrounding people.

Abstract: Systems and methods may be used for providing an emergency text service on a mobile device. These systems and methods may generate selectable indications with unique addresses and rank the selectable indications based on, for example, proximity of the mobile device to a probable location. Some systems and methods may display the ranked selectable indications on a user interface (e.g., on a display of the mobile device). An address may be inserted into the emergency text message when a selectable indication corresponding to the address is selected.

Abstract: Computing devices may require disassembly to repair or replace a defective or damaged component, or to facilitate recycling at the end of the computing device's service life. While pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) is good at creating secure connections between components within the expected operating conditions of the computing device, PSA resists intentional disassembly of such components. The presently disclosed PSA with thermally conductive release tabs provides a mechanism for effective spot-cooling of the PSA between adhered components. Once the PSA reaches a low temperature threshold, one component may be mechanically separated from another component. This yields potentially faster and easier disassembly of adhered components than prior art techniques.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing extensibility with regard to a context-aware digital personal assistant. For instance, a description of a capability of a target (e.g., a software target) may be received. Examples of a target include but are not limited to an application (e.g., a software application), a service, a bot, and a website. In a first example, a digital personal assistant may be caused to perform operation(s) based at least in part on a context of a user. In a second example, whether the digital personal assistant performs operation(s) that are configured to be triggered by first aspect(s) of the context of the user is controlled based at least in part on second aspect(s) of the context of the user. The operation(s) include notifying the user of the capability and/or implementing the capability on behalf of the user.

Abstract: A device cooling system disclosed herein includes a ventilated shield can coupled to a printed circuit board assembly. The ventilated shield can includes a first side surface with input holes and a second side surface with output holes. The ventilated shield can is positioned related to a predefined airflow path such that the input holes and the output holes facilitate airflow along the predefined airflow path through the ventilated shield can in a direction substantially parallel to the PCBA while the shield can encases and shields at least one electrical component from RF radiation at a target shield frequency.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to locking mechanisms, display assemblies, and methods for modifying a mounting assembly of a display assembly to enable rotation of a display. In one example, a locking mechanism comprises a lock block mounted for rotation with the display. The locking mechanism also comprises a lever rotatably coupled to a plate of the mounting assembly. The lever comprises a lock tab that blocks movement of the lock block when the lever is in a locked position and allows movement of the lock block when the lever is in an unlocked position.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for restricting access to a web resource. Website access information is obtained by monitoring accesses to a plurality of websites for each access, which may include a network identifier of an access requestor, a website identifier, and an access time for each request. Based on at least the website access information, it may be determined that a particular access requestor has accessed a number of different websites in a given time period. As a result, the particular access requestor may be classified as a web robot. A request to permit access to a web resource is received by the particular access requestor. In response to receiving the request to permit access to the web resource, the particular access requestor is prevented from accessing the web resource and/or a notification is generated that the particular access requestor is attempting to access the web resource.

Abstract: Techniques for generating electronics components that operate free of unwanted distortions such as edge diffraction and unwanted phase jumps are described. A modified production master or a modified working stamp can be implemented to generate an electronic or optical component having structures that are positioned within a desired distance from a planar surface. A production master or a working stamp is modified in dependence upon a comparison of an identified distance for each respective structure to the planar surface and a desired distance. The modified production master or the modified working stamp generates the electronic or optical component by positioning the structures in accordance with the desired distance. By positioning the structures in accordance with the desired distance, electronic components generated using the modified production master or the modified working stamp minimize distortions, such as a phase jump between the structures.

Abstract: Server-side chart layout for web applications is provided. Output of a server-side layout engine is exposed on the web via a server-side web service and a client-side web player that communicates with the web service. The web player is operative to send chart definitions to the web service, and receive a scene graph of a resultant chart layout. The scene graph includes normalized and annotated information to draw the chart, animate transitions, implement interactivities, and provide standardized accessibility locally within a web client. Aspects enable chart fidelity across native and browser endpoints, and provide faster chart load and render performance that is unaffected by growth of data size or expansions in provided chart features.

Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as user-serviceable dimensionally-constrained devices. One example can include a first portion and a corresponding second portion. The example can also include a gap reduction assembly positioned along edges of the first portion and the second portion that biases the first and second portions toward one another. The example can also include an alignment assembly that laterally aligns corners of the first portion and the second portion and a locking assembly that locks the aligned corners of the first portion and the second portion against one another.

Abstract: In accordance with implementations of the subject matter described herein, a new approach for generating indoor navigation is proposed. Generally speaking, a reference signal that includes time series data collected by at least one environment sensor along a reference path from a start point to a destination is obtained. For example, the reference signal may be obtained by environment sensors equipped in a user's mobile device or another movable entity. Then, a movement event by identifying a pattern from the reference signal, the pattern describing measurements of the at least one environment sensor associated with a specific movement is extracted. Next, a navigation instruction is generated to indicate that the movement event occurs during a movement of the at least one environment sensor along the reference path. Further, the navigation instruction may be provided to a person for indoor navigation.

Abstract: A computer-implemented technique is described herein that receives captured stroke information when a user enters a handwritten note using an input capture device. The technique then analyzes the captured stroke information to produce output analysis information. Based on the output analysis information, the technique modifies the captured stroke information into an actionable form that contains one or more actionable content items, while otherwise preserving the original form of the captured stroke information. The technique then presents the modified stroke information on a canvas display device. The user may subsequently activate one or more actionable content items in the modified stroke information to perform various supplemental tasks that pertain to the handwritten note. In one case, for example, the technique can recognize the presence of entity items and/or list items in the note and then reproduce them in an actionable form.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to haptic rendering. One disclosed example provides a haptic rendering device including a patterned layer that exhibits auxetic behavior, and a plurality of actuators configured to move the patterned layer, each actuator being individually controllable to cooperatively change a curvature of the patterned layer in two dimensions.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method which enables a workflow to be tested while keeping the workflow active by cloning a copy of an underlying job and executing the cloned job in parallel with the underlying job. In one example, the method may include executing an original job on data in a production environment, where the original job comprises machine-readable code of a predefined flow, in response to receiving a simulation request, creating a clone of the original job which comprises an independent execution state from the original job, executing the cloned job for a limited number of runs on one or more events, and storing the processing results of the cloned job.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer system detects a notification for a service worker. The service worker being configured to process the notification for a website. The computer system monitors a behavior of the service worker in response to receiving the notification and compares the behavior to one or more policies for the notification to determine that the behavior violated at least one of the one or more policies. The one or more policies describe restrictions on behavior for producing a visible result for the notification or responding to the notification within a time period. The computer system then performs a mitigation action based on the service worker violating the at least one of the one or more policies, the mitigation action restricting an aspect of use of the notification for the website.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing an inline conversation area within a document are provided. In example embodiments, a collaboration system causes presentation of a user interface displaying a document that is being collaboratively edited by a plurality of users. The collaboration system receives an indication to present an inline conversation area within the document. In response, the inline conversation area is displayed within the document on the user interface, whereby the inline conversation area is visually distinguished from content of the document. The collaboration system receives, via the inline conversation area, input from the plurality of users. The input comprises comments being exchanged between the plurality of users and draft content. The inputs are displayed in the inline conversation area within the document on the user interface.

Abstract: Techniques for automatically updated a remote data source are provided. Multiple data type-field name pairs are received. The field names correspond to names of fields in a database system. In response to receiving first input, a text string is displayed on a screen of a client device that is remote relative to the database system. A portion of the text string is identified. A data type of the portion is determined. Based on the determined data type, a subset of the data type-field name pairs that share the data type is determined. One or more options, each corresponding to a field name in the subset, are displayed. In response to receiving second input that selects a particular option of the one or more options, the portion is stored in a particular field of a particular record of the database system, where the particular field corresponds to the particular option.

Abstract: Techniques for obfuscating user selections during user-input of sensitive information, involving displaying several targets, such as keys of a virtual keyboard, on a display device, where each target corresponds to one of multiple options. When a first visual indication of a current user target moves to a first target in response to a first movement of a user pointer to a first position within the first target, the obfuscation system can be configured to concurrently move a second visual indication of a first distractor target to another target. The current user target is thus obfuscated as two different visual indicators and/or pointers move through the targets.

Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to a computer device including a memory, and at least one processor configured to determine whether to allow execution of an application file on the computer device. The processor receives a command to execute a file. The processor determines whether the file is associated with a package reputation of an installation package. The processor determines a file reputation of the file. The processor determines whether to allow execution of the file based on a combination of the file reputation of the file and whether the file is associated with the good package reputation.

Abstract: Techniques and tools for performing fading compensation in video processing applications are described. For example, during encoding, a video encoder performs fading compensation using fading parameters comprising a scaling parameter and a shifting parameter on one or more reference images. During decoding, a video decoder performs corresponding fading compensation on the one or more reference images.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a telemetry system may track a cloud synchronization system to improve performance. A service proxy 114 may receive a matching file metadata set 304 for a matching file 134 stored in a cloud user account 132 of a cloud synchronization system. The service proxy 114 may execute a synchronization verification of the matching file metadata set 304 to a local file 112 stored in a client device 110. The service proxy 114 may create a telemetry report 400 describing a synchronization error 412 as determined by the synchronization verification.

Abstract: Users belonging to a particular category at a networking site are monitored by a system and according to a method for their selection of articles from a networking update stream. The characteristics of the users, including the categories they belong to, are received as metadata corresponding to the each respective article. Periodically an article database is queried according to the category and a selected time period to determine the number of users that have chosen to follow the industry and that have initiated selection actions towards articles in the database. Articles from the query are ranked according to their popularity among users having interest in the same industry category and are presented to a viewing user at the networking site.

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, storage devices, and machine readable mediums that utilize the ability of ECC to correct errors to actively prevent errors. The memory device determines whether a request to place data of a requested value at a requested location in the storage media is likely to interfere with other data stored at other locations on the storage media, and if so, changes the requested value to a second value that will not interfere (or has a lower probability of interfering) with neighboring data. The second value may be corrected to the requested value when a read request is made for that data using ECC.

Abstract: Techniques are provided to dynamically generate and render an object bounding fence in a mixed-reality scene. Initially, a sparse spatial mapping is accessed. The sparse spatial mapping beneficially includes perimeter edge data describing an object's edge perimeters. A gravity vector is also generated. Based on the perimeter edge data and the gravity vector, two-dimensional (2D) boundaries of the object are determined and a bounding fence mesh of the environment is generated. A virtual object is then rendered, where the virtual object is representative of at least a portion of the bounding fence mesh and visually illustrates a bounding fence around the object.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for authoring and presenting 3D presentations. Generally, an augmented or virtual reality device for each author, presenter and audience member includes 3D presentation software. During authoring mode, one or more authors can use 3D and/or 2D interfaces to generate a 3D presentation that choreographs behaviors of 3D assets into scenes and beats. During presentation mode, the 3D presentation is loaded in each user device, and 3D images of the 3D assets and corresponding asset behaviors are rendered among the user devices in a coordinated manner. As such, one or more presenters can navigate the scenes and beats of the 3D presentation to deliver the 3D presentation to one or more audience members wearing augmented reality headsets.

Abstract: Reductions in latencies and improvements in computational efficiency when analyzing data stored in a relational graph by integrating analytical capabilities into graph queries. Instead of a user having to run a graph query and then perform analytics on the resulting subgraph via separate requests, the user is enabled to run analytics at the time the graph query is run via a single request to the database maintaining the relationship graph, which improves the computationally efficiency of analyzing relational graphs and thereby improves the functionality of the computing devices hosting the relational graphs and running the queries and analytics.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein that enhance data storage operations. In various implementations, a preserve write process identifies one or more regions of the solid-state memory components that qualify to be relocated prior to a data storage device entering a data retention state. Prior to the data retention state, the process changes one or more values, of one or more write settings, to one or more new values. With the write settings changed to the one or more new values, the process relocates data from the one or more regions to one or more new regions. After having relocated the data, the process returns the one or more new values, of the one or more write settings, to one or more earlier values.

Abstract: A synthetic world interface may be used to model digital environments, sensors, and motions for the evaluation, development, and improvement of localization algorithms. A synthetic data cloud service with a library of sensor primitives, motion generators, and environments with procedural and game-like capabilities, facilitates engineering design for a manufactural solution that has localization capabilities. In some embodiments, a sensor platform simulator operates with a motion orchestrator, an environment orchestrator, an experiment generator, and an experiment runner to test various candidate hardware configurations and localization algorithms in a virtual environment, advantageously speeding development and reducing cost. Thus, examples disclosed herein may relate to virtual reality (VR) or mixed reality (MR) implementations.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for deploying software applications in a cloud computing environment. An administrator is provided an interface for allowing a software application that is designed for a single tenant to be used by a plurality of users. An aspect of the invention is to provide a mechanism for quickly and easily giving multi-user qualities to a single tenant application like autoCAD. As such, multiple users can access the application without the need to download and install a version locally on their system. The system is able to determine the period of time for which an application is in use for a given user, because every application is run on a resource that is part of the cloud environment. Therefore, it is possible for the application provider to charge for the application in a usage-based model—e.g., by the hour, or day—without any re-engineering of the existing application.

Abstract: Techniques for providing improved online communication are provided herein. In one example, a model may be used to predict network parameters of a network connection of a computing device. One or more attributes specifying characteristics of the network connection for the computing device may be received and used by the model to predict the network parameters. The predicted network parameters may be provided to a computing device for initiation of a media session.

Abstract: A spammer profile detector uses multi-stage machine learning approach, where a content-based machine learning model, a connection graph machine learning model, and a behavior-based machine learning model are used sequentially, each model generating a score indicating the likelihood that a profile is a spammer profile. The content-based machine learning model examines and evaluates information stored in a member profile. The connection graph machine learning model examines and evaluates a member's connections. The behavior-based machine learning model examines and evaluates activities of a member represented by a member profile. The score produced by the spammer profile detector can be used to determine whether the profile should be flagged as a spammer profile, whether the profile should be omitted when determining a count of the total number of active member profiles within the system, whether the profile should be restricted or removed from the system, etc.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide for a second-person avatar. The second-person avatar can rely upon a second-person-based perspective such that the avatar is displayed to appear to encompass all or portions of a target user. Accordingly, actions or a configuration of the avatar can serve as a model or demonstration for the user in order to aid the user in accomplishing a particular task. Updates to avatar activity or configuration can be provided by a dynamic virtual handbook. The virtual handbook can be constructed based upon a set of instruction associated with accomplishing the desired task and further based upon features or aspects of the user as well as those of the local environment.

Abstract: Methods and systems for normalizing a 3D object with a 2D graphical user interface of an authoring application includes retrieving the 3D object, which has an existing offset center, removing the existing the offset center, defining a bounding box about the 3D object, calculating and assigning a new center of the 3D object, and adding the 3D object to the 3D environment including displaying the 3D object within the 3D environment within the 2D GUI according to the new bounding box and new center.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for securely verifying an identity of a user of a client device based on a signal transmitted by the client device. For example, systems disclosed herein include registering a client device and facility device via a cloud computing system to enable the client device and facility device to securely communicate a signal via a wireless connection. The systems disclosed herein additionally include determining whether a trigger condition applies based on a position of the client device relative to the facility device. The systems disclosed herein further include maintaining and updating a subset of user verification information to include personal verification of a registered user of the client device. Using the subset of user verification information, a biometric scanning device may efficiently and accurately verify an identity of an individual associated with the client device.

Abstract: A method of operating a telepresence device is disclosed, which includes capturing images of a local subject using a plurality of cameras to generate a plurality of local captured images. Remote subject point of view (POV) data is received from a remote device. A plurality of tiles is selected from the plurality of local captured images based on the remote subject POV data. Local image data is sent to the remote device. The local image data includes the plurality of selected tiles.

Abstract: Innovations described herein provide a framework for advertising encoder capabilities, initializing encoder configuration, and signaling run-time control messages for video coding and decoding. For example, an encoding controller receives a request for encoder capability data from a decoding host controller, determines the capability data, and sends the capability data in reply. The capability data can include data that indicate a number of bitstreams, each providing an alternative version of input video, as well as data that indicate scalable video coding capabilities. The decoding host controller creates stream configuration request data based on the encoder capability data, and sends the configuration request data to the encoding controller. During decoding, the decoding host controller can create and send a control message for run-time control of encoding, where the control message includes a stream identifier for a bitstream and layer identifiers for a given layer of the bitstream.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for providing interactive notification panels to a user. A bot apparatus receives a notification from an application program and transforms the notification into one or more interactive notification panels configured to receive user inputs and/or to provide an output to at least one user input. Based on at least one user input, the bot apparatus transmits data to the application program, which causes the application program to perform one or more actions.

Abstract: A method of increasing computer hardware efficiency of a matrix computation. The method comprises receiving at a computer processing device, digital signals encoding one or more operations of the matrix computation, each operation including one or more operands. The method further comprises, responsive to determining, by a sparse data check device of the computer processing machine, that an operation of the matrix computation includes all dense operands, forwarding the operation to a dense computation device of the computer processing machine configured to perform the operation of the matrix computation based on the dense operands. The method further comprises, responsive to determining, by the sparse data check device, that an operation of the matrix computation includes one or more sparse operands, forwarding the operation to a sparse computation device configured to perform the operation of the matrix computation.

Abstract: A computer device is provided is includes a display device, and a sensor system configured to be mounted adjacent to a user's head and to measure an electrical potential near one or more electrodes of the sensor system. The computer device further includes a processor configured to present a periodic motion-based visual stimulus having a changing motion that is frequency-modulated for a target frequency or code-modulated for a target code, detect changes in the electrical potential via the one or more electrodes, identify a corresponding visual evoked potential feature in the detected changes in electrical potential that corresponds to the periodic motion-based visual stimulus, and recognize a user input to the computing device based on identifying the corresponding visual evoked potential feature.

Abstract: A computing system is provided, including a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to store a firmware update patch in a runtime buffer included in the memory. The runtime buffer may be accessible by firmware and an operating system of the computing system. The processor may perform a first verification check on the firmware update patch. When the firmware update patch passes the first verification check, the processor may copy the firmware update patch to a system management random access memory (SMRAM) buffer included in the memory. The SMRAM buffer may be accessible by the firmware and inaccessible by the operating system. The processor may perform a second verification check on the copy of the firmware update patch. When the copy of the firmware update patch passes the second verification check, the processor may execute the copy of the firmware update patch.

Abstract: A method for color correcting imagery is disclosed. A plurality of images of a scene having different levels of detail is received. A first color correction is determined based on a first reference image and a first target image. The first reference image has a first level of detail and the first target image has a second level of detail greater than the first level of detail. The first color correction is applied to the first target image to generate a first color-corrected image having the second level of detail. A second color correction is determined based on the first color-corrected image and a second target image. The second target image has a third level of detail greater than the second level of detail. The second color correction is applied to the second target image to generate a second color-corrected image.

Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. In one example the head mounted display device includes a light engine including an array of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light. The example also includes an optical assembly physically aligned with the light engine and including a set of focusing elements facing toward the light engine and a different set of focusing elements facing away from the light engine.

Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. In one example the head mounted display device includes a light engine including an array of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light. The example also includes an optical assembly physically aligned with the light engine and including a set of focusing elements facing toward the light engine and a different set of focusing elements facing away from the light engine.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for a user interface uniting two primary components, a list view and a reading pane, within a message reading application. Technologies are also described for synchronizing status and parameters between the two primary user interface components. In particular, a user interface for reading messages can represent all components of a conversation with both a list view for presenting a message map, and a reading pane for presenting a content view. The list view can present a list of messages grouped by conversation. The reading pane window can contain smaller windows or frames. Each of the smaller windows or frames can contain a message within a given conversation. Synchronization provided between the list view and a reading pane can allow message selection in one of the user interface components to cause display and selection of the corresponding message in the other user interface component.

Abstract: This document relates to an optical device that uses adaptive optics as part of an optical system. The adaptive optics can be used to correct light rays that correspond to a portion of an eye box based on information received from an eye-tracking unit, and can also correct for aberrations in the optics in the optical device. The adaptive optics include corrective elements that can be modified using modifying elements to correct the angle of light rays, such that rays associated with a specific pupil position and gaze direction of a user's eye can be made parallel and ensure a high quality image is viewed by the user.

Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein improve the efficiency of a system by providing intelligent management of content that is associated with objects displayed within communication sessions. The participants can generate a content object associated with a 3D object. The content object may be in the form of 3D virtual object such as an arrow pointing to the table, a text box of an annotation, etc. The content object may also include functional features that collect and display information voting agent. The system can generate a data structure that associates the object with the content object. The data structure enables a system to maintain an association between the object and the content object when various operations are applied to either object. Thus, if a remote computer sends a request for the content object, the associated object is delivered with the content object.

Abstract: A device includes a logic machine and a data-holding machine having instructions executable by the logic machine to receive a spreadsheet including a plurality of cells, apply an abstraction to the spreadsheet that defines one or more features of a cell set including one or more cells of the plurality of cells to form an abstracted representation of the spreadsheet, form, for the cell set, an input vector for a machine-learning prediction function from the abstracted representation of the spreadsheet, the machine-learning prediction function configured to output a prediction of one or more properties of the cell set based on the input vector, wherein the machine-learning prediction function is previously trained based on a plurality of previously-created spreadsheets, provide the input vector to the machine-learning prediction function; and output the prediction from the machine-learning prediction function.

Abstract: The lens arrangement has at least two lenses, wherein a first lens may be used for autofocus and optical image stabilization. The first lens is tilted to compensate for the shaking movement of the hand-held device and to stabilize the image to be captured on the image plane. The tilt action may occur in two degrees of freedom, wherein an actuator causes the first lens to tilt around a pivot. A second lens is a field flattener lens that compensates for the error caused by the difference between the image plane and the focus plane. The field flattener lens causes the focal plane of the first lens to lie in the image plane when the first lens is in a tilted position.

Abstract: A spoken dialogue system includes a spoken language understanding apparatus. The spoken language understanding apparatus can include an intent apparatus and a selection apparatus. The intent apparatus is configured to determine if a query comprises a global command, to determine if an intent associated with a query is or is not included in a domain that is supported by the spoken dialogue system, to determine if a query comprises a confirmation type, to tag one or more entities in a query, and to determine an intent probability distribution and a domain probability distribution that is associated with a query. When the query includes an entity that is included in two or more possible entities, the selection apparatus is configured to provide a score for each of the two or more possible entities.

Abstract: A monitor-mine-manage cycle is described, for example, for managing a data center, a manufacturing process, an engineering process or other processes. In various example, the following steps are performed as a continuous automated loop: receiving raw events from an observed system; monitoring the raw events and transforming them into complex events; mining the complex events and reasoning on results; making a set of proposed actions based on the mining; and managing the observed system by applying one or more of the proposed actions to the system. In various examples, the continuous automated loop proceeds while raw events are continuously received from the observed system and monitored. In some examples an application programming interface is described comprising programming statements which allow a user to implement a monitor-mine-manage loop.