A foldable device may be configured to upfold and expand. The foldable device may include a first housing. The foldable device may include a first set of keys and a processing circuitry disposed within the first housing. The foldable device may include a second housing. The foldable device may include a second set of keys disposed within the second housing. The foldable device may include a hinge coupled to the first housing and the second housing. The foldable device may include a linkage coupled to the hinge, where the linkage is to expand the first housing and the second housing during a rotation of the first housing relative to the second housing via the hinge.
A method to process a video stream, comprising: decoding a video stream into a plurality of frames, each frame comprising video information and a timestamp; storing the frames in a buffer, determining a display frame rate associated with a video display, determining a future display time value from the display frame rate and a current time, processing a first frame of the plurality of frames based upon the future display time value, a timestamp associated with the first frame, and timestamps of additional frames stored in the buffer, wherein processing comprises one of: (a) sending the first frame to the video display and removing the first frame from the buffer, (b) refraining from sending the first frame to the video display and refraining from removing the first frame from the buffer, or (c) refraining from sending the first frame to the video display and removing the first frame from the buffer.
H04N 21/439 - Processing of audio elementary streams
H04N 21/462 - Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
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DYNAMIC FUNCTION DISCOVERY AND EXECUTION AT SEPARATE COMPUTING DEVICES
Systems and methods are provided for implementing dynamic function discovery and execution using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) models. One system may include a processor of a first computing device. The processor may detect a second computing device separate from the first computing device, where the second computing device is configured to perform a function. The processor may register, at the first computing device, the function as available to the first computing device. The processor may receive, at the first computing device, a user query to perform an action. The processor may determine to execute the function for performance of the action. The processor may transmit, to the second computing device, a function call to invoke execution of the function at the second computing device.
Systems and methods are provided for an audio dock to seamlessly transition between audio signals. The audio dock can receive a first audio signal (505) being indicative of captured audio and having a first latency and a second audio signal (510) being indicative of the captured audio and having a second latency that is lower than the first latency. The audio dock can determine a time delay (525) between the first audio signal and a second audio signal and introduce the time delay (540) to the second audio signal to provide a delayed audio signal (545). The audio dock can select, (550) based on a control signal (252), the first audio signal or the delayed audio signal as an output audio signal (280). The audio dock can output the output audio signal to a host device.
Systems and methods are provided for implementing fewer or no nonparticipant framing. One method can include obtaining, by an electronic processor, an image of a video stream of images. The method can also include detecting, by the electronic processor, a plurality of potential participants in the image for framing. The method can also include identifying, by the electronic processor, a first potential participant of the plurality of potential participants in the image as a nonparticipant. The method can also include discarding, by the electronic processor, the first potential participant from the plurality of potential participants in the image for framing in response to identifying the first potential participant as the nonparticipant. The method can also include providing, by the electronic processor, a frame for the image where the frame frames a second potential participant from the plurality of potential participants and being smaller than the image.
G06V 10/26 - Segmentation of patterns in the image fieldCutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based techniquesDetection of occlusion
G06V 20/40 - ScenesScene-specific elements in video content
G06V 40/10 - Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestriansBody parts, e.g. hands
G06V 40/40 - Spoof detection, e.g. liveness detection
In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a video camera to capture an image of a participant on a video call, an ambient light sensor to detect light, and a processor communicatively coupled to the video camera, the memory, and the ambient light sensor. The processor is to identify a portion of a video image of the video call that includes the image of the participant, detect a type of light on the participant based on the light detected by the ambient light sensor, and perform a light compensation to match a color range of the image of the participant and a color range of a background image selected for the video call based on the type of light that is detected.
In some examples, a printed circuit board (PCB) card retention system can include a bracket, a fixed protrusion at a first location on the bracket, where the fixed protrusion includes a face, and a movable mechanism coupled to the bracket at a second location a distance away from the first location, where the movable mechanism includes a face, a positioning mechanism to position the face of the movable mechanism at a position of a plurality of positions that are each a different distance away from the face of the fixed protrusion, and a translation mechanism to permit the face of the movable mechanism, when at the position, to translate.
The disclosed technology is directed to an illuminator for enabling near-light photometric imaging. In some examples, a near-light photometric imaging apparatus can include an illuminator comprising a lamp that comprises a plurality of light sources, an edge-blending film, and a first light-shaping diffuser. The plurality of light sources can have a color temperature having an approximately constant value as a brightness of the plurality of light sources is changed. The edge-blending film may condition light emitted at an outer perimeter of the lamp to soften a light edge, and the first light-shaping diffuser may comprise a first diffusing angle to diffuse light emitted from an interior region of the lamp to reduce a presence of hotspots in a target area.
Systems, apparatuses, and methods described in some implementations herein provide for technology to determine a height variation of a floor. Roll, pitch, and yaw data is determined by a self-propelled ground printer. X, Y, and Z position data is received from a guidance system tracking the self-propelled ground printer. A height variation of the floor associated with a specific location is determined based on the roll, pitch, and yaw data as well as based on the X, Y, and Z position data.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
A63C 19/06 - Apparatus for setting-out or dividing courts
G01C 7/04 - Tracing profiles of land surfaces involving a vehicle which moves along the profile to be traced
B41J 3/28 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes
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DEFORMABILITY OF A CELL RESPONSIVE TO A PRESSURE WAVE
An example method for measuring deformability of a cell, consistent with the present disclosure, includes detecting a single cell of a biologic sample in a cell probing chamber of a microfluidic device. The method includes isolating the cell in the cell probing chamber of the microfluidic device by terminating the flow of the biologic sample through the microfluidic device. The method further includes causing deformation of the cell by introducing ultrasonic waves into the cell probing chamber, and measuring deformability of the cell responsive to the introduction of the ultrasonic waves.
An example method for external device control includes identifying whether a network to which an electronic device is connected is a first network, in response to identifying that the network to which the electronic device is connected is the first network, converting a user account that is used in an application to a converted user account that corresponds to the first network, the application being installed in the electronic device, and, in response to the conversion, updating an operational configuration of an external device to an operational configuration that corresponds to the converted user account, the external device being under control through the application.
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a knowledge-based virtual entity. One method may include receiving a data stream captured in a meeting that may involve an entity and a virtual entity. The method may include providing the data stream to a large language model (LLM) of the virtual entity. The LLM may provide a response based on the data stream using a knowledge domain linked to the virtual entity and associated with expected content of the meeting. The method may include receiving, from the LLM, the response based on the data stream. The method may include executing an action related to the meeting based on the response.
A method of alignment and fusion of cells with an electrical field includes firing a first fluid dispenser of an electrofusion device until a first impedance sensor in a first microfluidic channel of the electrofusion device detects a presence of a first cell. The method includes firing a second fluid dispenser of the electrofusion device until a second impedance sensor in a second microfluidic channel of the electrofusion device detects a presence of a second cell. The method includes moving the first cell and the second cell into a merging chamber of the electrofusion device by firing a third fluid dispenser of the electrofusion device, in response to alignment of the first cell in the first microfluidic channel with the second cell in the second microfluidic channel. The method further includes fusing the first cell and the second cell in the merging chamber by creating an electrical field in the merging chamber.
An example method for measuring deformability of a cell responsive to a pressure wave, consistent with the present disclosure, includes moving a cell of a sample into a cell probing chamber of a microfluidic device. While the cell is in the cell probing chamber, the method includes generating a pressure wave within the cell probing chamber by actuating a fluidic pump. The method further includes determining a deformability of the cell responsive to the pressure wave, using an imaging array synchronized with the actuation of the fluidic pump.
An example method for connection between devices, includes obtaining first information and second information, the first information including information regarding installation of a cloud application on a first device and information regarding a user account thereof, the second information including information regarding installation of a cloud application on a second device and information regarding a user accounts thereof, and indicating, based on the first information and the second information, whether each of the first device and the second device is logged in to an identical cloud application with an identical user account.
A method is described in which a first video stream of a scene is received (602) from a first camera (102) and a second video stream of the scene is received (604) from a second camera (104a, 104b). A participant of interest is identified (606) in the first video stream and mapped (608) from the first video stream to the second video stream. A first pose of the participant of interest relative to the first camera is determined (610), and a second pose of the participant of interest relative to the second camera is determined (612). The first video stream and the second video stream are ranked (614) based on comparing the first pose and the second pose. The processor automatically switches (616) between sending one of the first video stream or the second video stream to a display system based on the respective one of the first video stream or the second video stream having a higher ranking.
Systems and methods are provided for implementing hybrid sensor fusion for avatar generation. One method can include receiving, via a first camera (225) of a wearable device (205), a first image data stream that can include a facial feature of a participant. The method can also include receiving, via a second camera (255) separate from the wearable device, a second image data stream that can include a non-facial feature of the participant. The method can also include generating an avatar of the participant, where a first portion of the avatar including the facial feature can be generated based on the first image data stream and a second portion of the avatar including the non-facial feature can be generated based on the second image data stream.
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A device, system, and method are provided for managing compute tasks in a distributed computing system. In examples, this includes receiving a workload request from a first device of the distributed computing system, the workload request including a plurality of compute tasks; monitoring, in real-time, a compute resource availability of at least one second device of the distributed computing system; distributing the plurality of compute tasks to the at least one second device based on at least one of a resource demand corresponding to a respective compute task, a compute resource type corresponding to the respective compute task, and the compute resource availability of the at least one second device; and returning the plurality of compute tasks to the first device after processing by the at least one second device.
A badge device and operation method are provided. The badge device includes a first biometric sensor, a second biometric sensor, a communication interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to acquire first biometric data via the first biometric sensor, compare the first biometric data to first stored data in the memory, and based on the comparison, place the badge device in a partially unlocked state. Once in the partially unlocked state, the processor is to acquire second biometric data via the second biometric sensor, transmit the second biometric data to a remote device to be compared to remotely stored data, and based on input from the remote device, place the badge device in a fully unlocked state. Once in the fully unlocked state, the processor is to enable a secondary function.
G07C 9/00 - Individual registration on entry or exit
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G07C 9/25 - Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
G07C 9/26 - Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check of the pass holder using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
G07C 9/29 - Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards
According to an example, a photoconductive sleeve support includes a core member rotatable about a rotation axis and an energy exchange member to receive a photoconductive sleeve and coupled to the core member. The energy exchange member is arranged such that an outer surface of the energy exchange member is to contact with an inner surface of the photoconductive sleeve and the energy exchange member includes an input port to receive heat transfer fluid from a fluid supply station.
A high-voltage power supply apparatus supplies power in an image forming apparatus. The high-voltage power supply apparatus includes a charging circuit to output a charging high voltage to a charging device of the image forming apparatus, a developing circuit to output a developing high voltage to a developing device of the image forming apparatus, and a protecting circuit to control output of the developing circuit to be stopped when an error occurs in the charging circuit, and to control output of the charging circuit to be stopped when an error occurs in the developing circuit.
G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
G03G 15/02 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for laying down a uniform charge, e.g. for sensitisingCorona discharge devices
G03G 15/06 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing
Embodiments are disclosed for an adaptive deployment model for hybrid cloud/on-device systems. In some embodiments, a method comprises: on a device communicatively coupled to a network: monitoring decision parameters related to allocation of artificial intelligence (AI) processing tasks between a network and a device; analyzing, with machine learning, the monitored decision parameters to predict an allocation of AI processing tasks to the network and the device; allocating the AI processing tasks to the network and the device based on the predicted allocation.
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing battery runtime of an electronic device. The electronic device includes a battery, a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute a plurality of open software applications and obtain application usage data of the plurality of open software applications. The processor is further caused to use the application usage data with a model to determine an expected idle-time battery power consumption of each of the plurality of open software applications over a future time span, and output a list of the plurality of open software applications with their expected idle-time battery power consumption over the future time span.
An intermediate circuit to connect to a print component and a host controller including a host-side contact array, a component-side contact array, and control logic to intercept, copy, transmit, and/or modify commands and responses between the print component and the host controller.
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LEP PRINTING DEVICE BID ASSEMBLY CONSTANT CURRENT MODE
A liquid electrophotography (LEP) printing device includes a binary ink developer (BID) assembly to receive ink from an ink supply. The BID assembly including a developer electrode, a developer roller, and a squeegee roller. The LEP printing device includes a photoconductive imaging cylinder to which the BID assembly is to transfer the ink in accordance with an electrostatic image on the imaging cylinder. The LEP printing device includes one or multiple power supplies to provide power to either or both of the developer electrode and the squeegee roller in a constant current mode.
A logic circuitry package includes an interface to communicate with a host and a logic circuit. The logic circuit includes a memory arrangement storing digital signature metadata to facilitate verification of associated signed data. The digital signature metadata includes a schema identifier field storing a schema version number; a key identifier field storing an identifier of a signing key; a plurality of data block address fields, each storing an address corresponding to a data block of a plurality of data blocks over which a digital signature is originally computed; and a plurality of data block length fields corresponding to the plurality of data blocks, each data block length field storing data indicating a length of the corresponding data block. The logic circuit is configured to receive a read request from the host and transmit the digital signature metadata to the host in response to the read request.
A method including detecting, in a digital image, a set of sub-images matching a selected object type. The method also includes generating a first confidence score that a first sub-image in set of sub-images matches a selected object type. The method also includes generating a second confidence score that a second sub-image in set of sub-images matches the selected object type. The method also includes generating a similarity measure by comparing the first sub-image to the second sub-image. The method also includes removing, responsive to the similarity measure exceeding a similarity threshold value and the first confidence score exceeding the second confidence score, the second sub-image from the set of sub-images. The method also includes processing, after removing, the digital image using the set of sub-images.
Example implementations relate to a method and computer program for identifying a printing substance load for printing a job and a printer for implementing the method. The printing substance load for printing a job is identified by receiving calibration data indicating an achievable range of colors that are physically reproducible on a given printing surface for each of a plurality of different printing substance loads. A target range of colors to be printed is received by the printer for at least the print job. For each of the plurality of different printing substance loads, the achievable range of colors is compared with the target range of colors and an appropriate printing substance load for the print job is selected based on the comparison.
In example implementations, a method and system of color calibration adjustment are provided. The system includes a printing system having an output; an ink drop weight (IDW) sensor connected to the printing system; a spectrophotometer connected to the printing system; and a processor connected to the printing system, the ink drop weight sensor, and the spectrophotometer to determine an effective ink drop weight (elDW) and modify the output of the printing system based on differences in the elDW (AelDWs) between a previous reference state of the printing system and a current state of the printing system.
A diagnostic cartridge includes a fluid mixing device including a first chamber, a second chamber, a protrusion separating the first chamber from the second chamber, and a U-shaped channel extending around a first end of the protrusion and fluidly coupling the first chamber to the second chamber. The diagnostic cartridge further includes a pulse-controlled amplification chamber and a fluidic channel fluidly coupling the pulse-controlled amplification chamber to an opening in the U-shaped channel to supply fluid to the fluid mixing device for mixing and to drain the fluid from the fluid mixing device after mixing.
B01F 31/65 - Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms the materials to be mixed being directly submitted to a pulsating movement, e.g. by means of an oscillating piston or air column
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A fluid ejection device incudes a reservoir to contain a cell solution and a fluid ejection die having an ejector to dispense a cell of the cell solution from the reservoir into a well of a well plate, a channel connecting the reservoir and the ejector, a sense area within the channel, and a clog clearing device proximate the sense area to clear a clog sensed in the sense area.
A method for moving a sample through a diagnostic system includes agitating the sample a first time in a lysis chamber using a sonicator, pressurizing a first fluidic channel upstream of the lysis chamber to move at least a portion of the sample out of the lysis chamber in a first direction, detecting, using a pressure sensor, an increase in pressure upstream of the lysis chamber, and responsive to detecting the increase in pressure, performing at least one of using the sonicator to agitate the sample a second time or pressurizing a second fluidic channel downstream of the lysis chamber to move the at least the portion of the sample in a second direction opposite the first direction.
A microfluidic system includes a cell sensor for high throughput, label-free cell isolation via a parallel electrode impedance sensing structure. A microfluidic device may include a channel fed by a cell-containing reservoir, and an ejection nozzle. The channel is flanked on two sides by electrodes. Electrodes are parallel to the channel axis. Positive and negative electrodes may be on one side of the channel and a ground electrode on the opposite side a differential sensing arrangement. A potential may be applied to the electrodes and the resulting current sensed, such as a difference current between the two electrodes. The sensor may detect presence of a cell based on peak-to-peak signal structure. The dispense head may move relative to a multiwell plate such that a new well is exposed under the nozzle. The cell may move via evaporation driven flow to the nozzle orifice, ready to be ejected.
A wearable electronic device may include a front section including a first magnet array having a first plurality of magnets with polarities that alternate laterally in a first arrangement. A wearable electronic device may include a back section including a second magnet array magnetically couplable with the first magnet array. The second magnet array including a second plurality of magnets with polarities that alternate laterally in a second arrangement. The arrangement of polarities of the second arrangement are opposite of the arrangement of polarities of the first arrangement. A wearable electronic device may include a flexible connector mechanically connecting the front section and the back section.
An electronic computing device may include a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge coupled to the first housing and the second housing. The hinge may enable the first housing to rotate and lift relative to the second housing. The hinge may include a shaft, a collar coupled to the shaft, a bracket coupled to the collar via a lift slot, and a brace coupled to the bracket and the shaft. During rotation of the first housing, the protrusion may slide in the helical channel. The collar may translate along the shaft in a first direction via the helical channel and translate along the bracket in a second direction via the lift slot. The brace may block translation of the shaft relative to the first housing.
Provided is an erase assurance method for an electronic device, comprising executing an erase process to erase data stored in the electronic device; and in response to completing the erase process, loading an operating system image into a non-volatile memory of the electronic device, and bringing the electronic device into a locked state, the locked state blocking access to the operating system image on the electronic device until the electronic device is unlocked.
G06F 21/74 - Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure computing or processing of information operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
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A device, system, and method are provided for managing context among multiple backend services. In examples, context management includes maintaining a plurality of context storages, each corresponding to a different backend service such as a different artificial intelligence (AI) service; receiving a user input from a client device via a conversation interface, the user input associated with a target backend service; determining a target context data store, the target context data store corresponding to the target backend service; transmitting the user input and a first context data from the target context data store to the target backend service, without transmitting a second context data corresponding to a context data store other than the target context data store to the target backend service; receiving a response to the user input from the target backend service; and outputting the response to the client device via the conversation interface.
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a modular and contextual personal assistant architecture. One method may include receiving a user input from a user device. The method may include determining an intent of the user input based on a context associated with the user input. The method may include selecting an artificial intelligence (AI) agent from a plurality of AI agents based on the intent. A configuration of the AI agent may be specific to the intent. The method may include generating a response to the user input using the AI agent. The method may include outputting the response to the user device.
In some examples, a fluid-ejection device can include a fluidic tube to fluidically connect to a fluid supply, a carriage having a fluidic interconnector fluidically connectable to the fluidic tube and movable between a first position and a second position, a receiver to receive an air purger, wherein the air purger, when present, is coupled to the receiver and fluidically connectable to the fluidic interconnector, and a controller to cause the carriage to actuate from the first position to the second position, determine a location of the carriage at the second position, and based on the location of the carriage at the second position, detect a status of the air purger, a status of an engageable lock in the air purger, or both.
A method includes inserting a fluid including a sample into a cartridge, lysing the sample in an extraction chamber to release nucleic acids of interest from the sample, collecting a first set of hybridized magnetic particles hybridized to a first type of nucleic acids of interest by: hybridizing the first type of nucleic acids of interest with an oligonucleotide attached to magnetic particles, holding the first set of hybridized magnetic particles on a side of the extraction chamber, suspending the first set of hybridized magnetic particles with a wash buffer, transporting the first set of hybridized magnetic particles to a detection chamber, collecting a second set of hybridized magnetic particles hybridized to a second type of nucleic acids of interest, amplifying the sets of hybridized magnetic particles, and detecting a plurality of amplification products indicative of the presence, absence, or amount of the types of nucleic acids of interest.
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine to perform a print job by using a toner filled in a toner cartridge, a communication apparatus to communicate with a memory chip attached to a toner refill apparatus refilling the toner in the toner cartridge, and a processor to, based on an error being found in a toner injection process for the toner cartridge by using the toner refill apparatus, store information related to the error in the toner cartridge.
A system includes a plurality of docking stations in communication with each other. Each docking station includes computing resources for execution of an artificial intelligence (AI) workload of a user computing device connected to the docking station, and at least one docking station of the plurality of docking stations further includes a controller to collect a context data related to the AI workload, identify an expected utilization rate of the computing resources based on the context data, identify a target docking station, having the expected utilization rate among the plurality of docking stations by requesting to the distributed AI accelerator and obtaining the identification of the target docking station from the distributed AI accelerator. The controller also transfer the AI workload of the user computing device to the target docking station.
A diagnostic system includes a cartridge and an instrument. The cartridge includes a plurality of zones in fluid communication with each other, including an extraction zone including extraction chambers including magnetic particles, wherein each of the extraction chambers is configured to hold the magnetic particles, and a detection zone including detection chambers, each detection chamber including a heating element, and a waste storage chamber to receive a lysate. The instrument interfaces with the cartridge and includes: a lyse system to interface with at least one of the extraction chambers, and a plurality of magnetic field generators, wherein the plurality of magnetic field generators include: a magnetic field generator to generate a magnetic field to dock the magnetic particles to at least one of the extraction chambers, and a magnetic field generator to capture the magnetic particles to the heating element.
A method includes inserting, into a cartridge, a fluid comprising a biological sample, lysing the biological sample into an extraction chamber to release nucleic acids, delivering amplification reagents to a first detection chamber, amplifying the nucleic acids in the first detection chamber for a first number of cycles, dividing the nucleic acids obtained via the amplification reaction into a plurality of aliquots, delivering each of the aliquots to a different second detection chamber, performing a plurality of second amplifications, each second amplification performed for one of the aliquots each second amplification performed for a second number of cycles, and detecting a plurality of amplification products indicative of the presence, absence, or amount of the plurality of amplified nucleic acids, wherein a different amplification product is detected in each aliquot of the plurality of aliquots.
Systems and methods may include technology that provides for printing fluid delivery and/or dispersion. In an example, such technology includes a diffuser, an infuser, and a mixer. The diffuser disperses dry particles in a pressurized air flow to generate a dry particle-air flow mixture having particles in a first size distribution. The dry particles include a plurality of chargeable pigment particles. The infuser disperses the dry particle-air flow mixture in a carrier liquid contained within a tank to form a printing fluid. The infuser disperses the dry particle-air flow mixture in the carrier liquid at a rate sufficient to generate turbulence that reduces the particles to a second size distribution. The mixer mixes the printing fluid at a second rate sufficient to reduce the particles in the printing fluid to a third size distribution that satisfies a predefined specification of the printing system.
A microfluidic reaction chamber with a reaction chamber circuit includes a microfluidic reaction chamber to contain a reaction fluid for amplification of nucleic acids, and a reaction chamber circuit disposed within the microfluidic reaction chamber. The microfluidic reaction chamber includes a base wall, a top wall parallel to the base wall and defined in part by a transparent lid, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The reaction chamber circuit is disposed within the microfluidic reaction chamber, and includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The reaction chamber circuit is in fluidic contact with the reaction fluid and includes a photodetector to detect a fluorescence signal from a labeled fluorescent tag in the reaction fluid.
In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a computing device is described. The computing device includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing executable instructions. The instructions, when executed cause the processor to run a connection broker module to assign a host device to a remote device for a remote desktop connection. The host device is assigned from a pool of host devices available to host the remote desktop connection. The instructions, when executed cause the processor to run a remote desktop module to establish the remote desktop connection between the host device and the remote device. The instructions, when executed cause the processor to establish a communication channel between the connection broker module and the remote desktop module to exchange messages associated with the remote desktop connection.
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an image capturing device and monitor is described. The image capturing device includes a microcontroller, an imaging sensor, and a network controller communicatively coupled to the microcontroller to: (1) capture an image from a monitor; (2) extract a sub-image from the image; (3) determine whether a nonfungible token (NFT) corresponds with the sub-image; and (4) omit, responsive to the determining, the sub-image from a stored image.
A microfluidic device includes a microfluidic channel, a first impedance sensor positioned along the microfluidic channel, a second impedance sensor positioned along the microfluidic channel, and a pair of electrodes for electroporating a cell, the pair of electrodes positioned in the microfluidic channel between the first impedance sensor and the second impedance sensor.
Examples relate to a computing device comprising a controller to generate traffic; a trusted platform module (TPM) or embedded controller (EC); and an operating system independent firmware to capture the generated traffic, encrypt the captured traffic and transfer the encrypted traffic to the TPM or the EC.
An example non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive an indication of an applicable set of transformations for a video stream captured by a video-generating device, and compare the applicable set of transformations to a target set of transformations to be applied to the video stream to determine if a target transformation absent from the applicable set of transformations exists in the target set of transformations. When determining that the target transformation exists, the instructions transmit a request to the video-generating device to apply the target transformation. The instructions further receive the video stream from the video-generating device with the applicable set of transformations applied.
An original image and a scanned image of a printed hardcopy of the original image are received. Each of the original image and the scanned image has a number of horizontal lines. The original image is printed by print hardware at a varying print velocity to generate the printed hardcopy. The printed hardcopy is scanned by scan hardware in-line with the print hardware at a constant scan rate to generate the scanned image. The scanned image is corrected, based on a print velocity at which the original image was printed that is estimated for each horizontal line of the scanned image.
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for authenticated-encryption and authenticated-decryption operations for conducting authenticated-encryption communications between a host device and a peripheral device. A sending device performs authenticated-encryption operations that apply a symmetric encryption algorithm on plaintext to encrypt the data and generate an authentication tag or message authentication code (“MAC”). The sending device sends the ciphertext and a shared subset of the tag to the receiving device, and stores a non-shared subset of the tag in cache. The receiving device performs authenticated-decryption operations that verify the tag and decrypt the ciphertext to recover the data by applying the effective inverse of the symmetric encryption algorithm (or decryption algorithm) and using the known parameters.
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Example implementations provide a controller comprising circuitry to align a substrate; the controller comprising: circuitry to control varying the tension of an unspooled portion of the substrate between a spool bearing the substrate and a pinch roller; said circuitry comprising circuitry to control varying the pinch load exerted by the pinch roller on the unspooled portion of the substrate.
B41J 15/16 - Means for tensioning or winding the web
B65H 23/18 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web
B65H 23/188 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in connection with running-web
B65H 23/192 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in connection with running-web motor-controlled
An electronic device includes a display to display a graphical user interface (GUI), a processor, a memory, wherein the processor is to cause the GUI to display a screen including an expanded version of a GUI element associated with a function of the electronic device, receive, via the GUI, an input to control the function of the electronic device, cause the GUI to display a screen including a first GUI element, the first GUI element corresponding to the function and being a contracted version of the GUI element to accommodate a second GUI element within the screen, wherein the contracted version of the GUI element is selectable to provide a first control of the function, and cause the GUI to display the second GUI element and the first GUI element, wherein the second GUI element is selectable to provide a second control of the function.
A logic circuitry package includes a logic circuit and an interface to communicate with a host logic circuit. The logic circuit includes a memory arrangement storing an asymmetric key, and/or a certificate corresponding to the asymmetric key. The logic circuit is configured to transmit, to the host logic circuit, the certificate; receive, from the host logic circuit, a static signature request comprising challenge data; and/or, transmit, to the host logic circuit, a signature computed based on the challenge data and the asymmetric key in response to the static signature request.
According to an example, a card connector comprises a damp member including a connector, and a holder member including a base portion defining an aperture and a protruding portion extending from the base portion. The clamp member and the protruding portion of the holder member are to receive an expansion module in a gap therebetween, and upon insertion of the expansion module into the gap, the connector of the clamp member is to engage with a complementary connector of the expansion module.
Session data for a session of an application related to an application host system configuration may be used to predict a potential performance value for the application host system. A potential adjustable configuration value may be generated based on the potential performance value.
A logic circuit includes an interface to communicate with a host, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to, in response to a first start session command without having previously derived a shared key with the host, communicate with the host through a pairing channel where communications are authenticated using a session key derived from a pairing base key, to derive the shared key. The memory stores further instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to, in response to the first start session command and after having derived the shared key, communicate with the host through a nominal channel where communications are authenticated using a session key derived from the shared key.
An image forming apparatus includes a housing to accommodate toner, a conveying nozzle having an inlet to receive the toner from the housing and an outlet to discharge the toner, and a bracket to couple the inlet of the conveying nozzle with an opening of the housing. The bracket forms a pivot joint disposed adjacent to the inlet to impart a rotational movement of the conveying nozzle around the pivot joint.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
G03G 21/10 - Collecting or recycling waste developer
In an example, a method may include by processing circuitry identifying, in a first digital image, a first line section and determining a perimeter region around the first line section. It may be determined if a second line section has an end point within the perimeter region, and it may further be determined if the angle of the second line section is within a threshold of the angle of the first line section. When the second line section has an end point within the perimeter region and the angle of the second line section is within a threshold of the angle of the first line section, a second digital image may be generated having a line based on the first line section and the second line section.
An example apparatus comprises a thermal cell lysis chamber, including a substrate and a lid coupled to the substrate to form a microfluidic channel therethrough. The apparatus includes cell detection element to detect presence of a cell within the microfluidic channel and to detect lysis of the cell. The apparatus also includes a thermal lysing element disposed in the lid to apply heat to a cell detected by the cell detection element, and lysis control circuitry. The lysis control circuitry is to regulate a temperature applied by the thermal lysing element, based on detection by the cell detection element of a cell within the microfluidic channel and based on detection by the cell detection element of a lysis event, and record the temperature applied by the thermal lysing element at which the lysis event occurred.
A method can include receiving an image and acquiring coverage information regarding the image by calculating, for the image, a mono coverage value, a color coverage value, or both. The method can include generating, based on the coverage information, a coverage class and determining, based on the generated coverage class, a coverage class of a printout.
In an example method, a wearable computing device obtains obtain sensor data from one or more sensors, and detects a trigger event based on the sensor data. The trigger event includes a user of the wearable computing device moving an open palm of the user’s hand towards the user’s face. In response to detecting the trigger event, the wearable computing device obtains a spoken input from the user using or more microphones, and performs one or more operations in accordance with the spoken input.
G06F 3/0487 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
In some examples, the disclosure describes a device that includes a device that includes a processor to: determine when the device has moved from a first location to a second location based on data received from the motion sensor device, activate the receiver device to identify a first signal type in response to the device moving from the first location to the second location, receive a beacon of the first signal type at the receiver device, activate the communication device to identify a second signal type in response to receiving the beacon at the receiver device, receive a signal of the second signal type, and establish a communication session with a transmitting device of the signal based on information from the signal.
H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
H04L 65/1069 - Session establishment or de-establishment
H04L 67/52 - Network services specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
A computing device may include a casing having an aperture. The computing device may include a motherboard affixed to the casing. The motherboard may include an input/output (I/O) port. The computing device may also include a locking cable. The locking cable may include a first end to connect to the I/O port. The first end may be disposed in the casing. The locking cable may also include a body connected to the first end. The body may extend from inside the casing to outside the casing through the aperture. The locking cable may also include a second end connected to the body. The second end may include an I/O connector to interface with an electronic device.
A printing apparatus can include a photoconductor on which a toner image is formed, an intermediate transfer belt to which the toner image is transferred, and a. belt frame to support the intermediate transfer belt. The printing apparatus can include a. belt cleaner including an accommodation portion and a discharge duct, the accommodation portion to accommodate waste toner removed from the intermediate transfer belt, and the discharge duct extending from the accommodation portion in a width direction of the intermediate transfer belt and including a first outlet through which the waste toner is discharged. The discharge duct can be located inside the belt frame in the width direction.
G03G 15/16 - Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern
G03G 21/10 - Collecting or recycling waste developer
In some examples, a developer device for an image forming device includes a developing roller and a regulator. A nip is between the regulator and the developing roller, where a developing agent is to pass through the nip. The developer device includes an elongated cord to traverse a length of the nip in response to an applied tension.
An example heater includes a heat generating pattern provided on a substrate, a first electrode located at a first end of the heat generating pattern, a plurality of second electrodes located at an opposite end of the heat generating pattern, the plurality of second electrodes being respectively spaced apart from the first electrode at a plurality of distances, and a connector located between the heat generating pattern and the first or a second electrode.
The present disclosure describes a device that includes a processor resource, and a non-transitory memory resource storing machine-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor resource to: designate a first portion of a user interface to share content with a remote device through a conferencing application and designate a second portion of the user interface to display the content from the conferencing application to represent the content as it is received by the remote device.
An example apparatus may comprise an opening to allow air to pass in and out of the apparatus, a barrier film covering the opening to prevent print substance from exiting the apparatus, an isolation region to house a print substance, and a plurality of vent paths to allow air to vent from the opening when the apparatus is in different orientations.
There is provided a system for providing feedback to a user of a hand-held inkjet printer, the system comprising a controller configured to determine an acceptable range of speed of the hand-held printer during printing as a function of a print job and a feedback device to provide feedback depending on the acceptable range of speed and a current speed of the hand-held printer during printing. There are also provided a hand-held inkjet printer, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and a method for reacting to a usage of a hand-held inkjet printer.
An example apparatus comprises a chamber with a reaction region, the reaction region including a heater disposed within the chamber, and a set of capture agents immobilized on a surface associated with the chamber and disposed proximal to the heater. The apparatus further includes a microfluidic channel coupled to the chamber to flow fluid to the chamber, the fluid including a reagent mix including a set of sense agents bound to fluorophores and a set of reaction agents and a sample fluid including a target.
An integrated circuit associated with a print component can include an authentication circuit including passcode authentication logic and a read and write circuit to receive a memory access protocol, the memory access protocol including an indication of an authentication mode, receive a passcode, and in response to the indication of the authentication mode, provide the received passcode to the passcode authentication logic, the passcode authentication logic to determine whether or not the received passcode is correct.
G11C 7/24 - Memory cell safety or protection circuits, e.g. arrangements for preventing inadvertent reading or writingStatus cellsTest cells
G06F 21/79 - Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure storage of data in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
A heater structure includes a pair of first heat generation elements including one or more first recess portions and a pair of second heat generation elements including one or more second recess portions. Each of the pair of first heat generation elements has a first main heating area in a middle portion along a longitudinal direction. Each of the pair of second heat generation elements has second main heating areas on a first side and a second side. The one or more first recess portions are located on the middle portion of the pair of first heat generation elements. The one or more second recess portions are located on the first side and the second side of the pair of second heat generation elements. The one or more of the first recess portions and corresponding of the one or more second recess portions are oriented in opposite directions.
An example of a white inkjet ink includes: a non-self-dispersed white pigment: from about 0.01 wt % active to about 5 wt % active, based on a total weight of the white inkjet ink, of a first anionic dispersant that is a copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from about 125.000 g/mol to about 30,000,000 g/mol: from about 0.01 wt % active to about 5 wt % active, based on the total weight of the white inkjet ink, of a second anionic dispersant that is a copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from about 700 g/mol to about 30.000 g/mol: a rheology modifier: a polymeric binder; and an aqueous vehicle.
An image forming apparatus (100) includes an opening (104), a main body (102) coupled to the opening including a tray receiving space (108), a tray (202) detachably coupled to the tray receiving space, a process cartridge (310) detachably coupled to the tray, and a toner cartridge (320) detachably coupled to the process cartridge and the tray.
An apparatus can include a set of electrical contacts to interface with a print component, a processor, a non-transitory, computer-readable medium including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to transmit, using the set of electrical contacts, a renewal passcode to the print component, write, using the set of electrical contacts, a renewal status bit of the print component after transmitting the renewal passcode to the print component, and write, using the set of electrical contacts, renewal configuration data to the print component.
G06F 21/79 - Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure storage of data in semiconductor storage media, e.g. directly-addressable memories
G11C 7/24 - Memory cell safety or protection circuits, e.g. arrangements for preventing inadvertent reading or writingStatus cellsTest cells
G06F 21/62 - Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
G06F 21/64 - Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures
89.
CARTRIDGE ALIENATION RESPONSIVE TO POSITION OF CONTROL MEMBER
A cartridge to be received by a printer includes a cartridge alienation assembly to be alternated between a first configuration that inhibits the cartridge from providing toner to the printer and a second configuration that allows for the cartridge to provide the toner to the printer, a sensor to generate sensor data indicating a position of a separation control member of the printer, and a processing circuit including memory and at least one processor. The processing circuit to receive, from the sensor, the sensor data indicating the position of the separation control member of the printer, identify whether the position of the separation control member corresponds to the second configuration, and responsive to the position of the separation control member corresponding to the second configuration, adjust the cartridge alienation assembly from the first configuration to the second configuration.
A method of performing printing by a surface printer. The method includes: receiving printing destination coordinates; setting a maximum printing speed for printing of an element based on a printing direction corresponding to the printing destination coordinates; and causing the surface printer to print an element according to the maximum printing speed.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
A63C 19/06 - Apparatus for setting-out or dividing courts
G05D 105/00 - Specific applications of the controlled vehicles
A process includes defining top and bottom interleaving zones of a print swath, generating a top interleaving mask corresponding to the top interleaving zone based on an objective drop density for the top interleaving mask, and drop locations provided by a print mask, generating a bottom interleaving mask corresponding to the bottom interleaving zone based on the top interleaving mask, selecting a subset of drop locations provided by the print mask by applying the top and bottom interleaving masks to the print mask, and causing colorant to be deposited to a substrate according to the selected subset of drop locations.
Examples are described herein for monitoring power source usage of a computing device, including a battery and another power source, over time. In various examples, time periods of this monitored time may be added to a time count based on their immediately previous or immediately subsequent time periods satisfying a condition. The time count may be used to track periods of time during which certain power source usage factors are present that may lead to or may indicate the presence of battery swelling. After a time period is added to the time count, the updated time count can be compared to a time count threshold, and a user of the computing device may be warned based on the comparison. The threshold and warning may be selected to warn a user of potential present or future swelling of the battery.
G01R 31/371 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC] with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers
G01R 31/382 - Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
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MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH PAIRING REGIONS AND DROPLET GENERATORS
Example microfluidic devices include a pairing region and a droplet generator. The pairing region comprises a first microfluidic channel including a first sensor, the first microfluidic channel fluidically coupled to a first fluid actuator and to receive a first aqueous fluid, and a second microfluidic channel including a second sensor, the second microfluidic channel fluidically coupled to a second fluid actuator and to receive a second aqueous fluid. The droplet generator comprises a merging chamber fluidically coupled to the first microfluidic channel, the second microfluidic channel, and a third microfluidic channel, the third microfluidic channel fluidically coupled to the merging chamber and to receive a carrier fluid, and a fluid ejector fluidically coupled to the merging chamber.
In some examples, the disclosure describes a device that includes instructions that cause a processor to: activate the device, that includes a stored default password, at an unsecured access mode, receive a selection for an authentication mode of the device, and initiate one of a plurality of authentication modes for the device in response to the selection and an identified condition of the device. In these examples, the plurality of authentication modes include a first authentication mode that activates the stored default password and a second authentication mode that deactivates the stored default password.
(1) Printing dyes; colorants for use in the manufacture of printing ink; pigments for ink for printers and photocopiers; printing inks; ink contained in cartridges; filled ink cartridges for printers and photocopiers; ink for printers; ink for photocopiers; toner contained in cartridges; filled toner cartridges; printing toner; toner for printers; toner for photocopiers
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2026 Toner Cartridge Road Trade Dress - Label Only w HP Logo - Yellow
(1) Printing dyes; colorants for use in the manufacture of printing ink; pigments for ink for printers and photocopiers; printing inks; ink contained in cartridges; filled ink cartridges for printers and photocopiers; ink for printers; ink for photocopiers; toner contained in cartridges; filled toner cartridges; printing toner; toner for printers; toner for photocopiers
