A heat sink structure is described. The heat sink structure comprises: a base plate, which has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being thermally coupled to a heat-generating component; a sliding assembly, which is attached to the second surface of the base plate; and at least one heat dissipation element, which is adjustably retained by the sliding assembly. The at least one heat dissipation element has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is retained such that the at least one heat dissipation element is thermally coupled to the second surface of the base plate, and the second end can dissipate thermal energy. A device further comprising a housing may comprise the heat sink structure, and the housing also accommodates the heat-generating component.
A media device provides seamless transitioning between a plurality of media applications. A selection of a second media application can cause the media device to switch from a first media application to the second media application so as to cause the display of second content associated with the second media application without significant interruption in the viewing experience of a user. A silent audio buffer associated with the first content associated with the first media application can be generated while a first video output surface associated with the first content is muted and processed in the background. By writing a silent audio buffer and processing the muted first video output surface in the background, the video output stream and audio output stream are provided to an output device without causing a black screen and/or mixed audio to be presented.
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H04N 21/443 - OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
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ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH DIRECTIVE ANTENNA FOR USE IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE
An apparatus and accompanying antenna assembly is described. The apparatus includes a circuit that processes a communication signal received and/or transmitted wirelessly over a network and an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes a printed circuit board having a set of conductive elements forming an antenna structure on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board further including one or more additional conductive elements at least partially surrounding the antenna structure. The antenna assembly further includes a conductive plate positioned parallel to the bottom surface of the printed circuit board, the conductive plate supporting the printed circuit board at a fixed distance from the conductive plate using one or more conductive mechanical support elements. The one or more additional conductive elements are coupled to the conductive plate through the one or more conductive mechanical support elements.
H01Q 19/18 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces having two or more spaced reflecting surfaces
H01Q 1/22 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
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The content of the present disclosure relates to a method for providing UPNP service, a gateway device, a storage medium and a program product. In the method, the gateway device acquires a device list comprising preset device type information related to a preset device type; acquires terminal device information of the terminal device based on the terminal device connecting to the gateway device, and compares the terminal device information with the preset device type information; determines that the terminal device information matches the preset device type information; and provides UPNP service to the terminal device based on the determination. Through the intelligent control of the UPNP function on the gateway device, a balance may be struck between the communication needs of devices that require UPNP service and network security.
H04L 12/66 - Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
H04L 67/125 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks involving control of end-device applications over a network
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING TARGETED ADVERTISING CONTENT
A method and apparatus are described. The method and apparatus include providing (810) a first advertisement as part of media content delivered to a user device, the first advertisement being selected for viewing by a user of the user device based on an advertisement profile for the user and determining (820) if a request to change the first advertisement is made by the user during the viewing of the first advertisement. The method and apparatus further include determining (830) a time remaining to complete the viewing of the first advertisement if a request to change the first advertisement is made, identifying (840) a second advertisement based on the advertisement profile for the user, the second advertisement having a time span that is not greater than the time remaining, and providing (850) the second advertisement in place of the first advertisement for viewing by the user during the time remaining.
A method is described that includes receiving an operating system update for installation on a customer premises device, the operating system update including a first version of the operating system, determining if the first version of the operating system matches requirements for at least one of current media content consumption characteristics of a customer using the customer premises device and current operational performance of the customer premises device, identifying a second version of the operating system if it is determined that the first version of the operating system does not match the requirements for the at least one of the current media content consumption characteristics and the current operational performance, and installing the second version of the operating system as part of the operating system update. Further, a communication apparatus is described that is configured to carry out the steps of the method as described above.
The disclosure relates to a method for substituting a multimedia sequence in a multimedia stream, the method comprising: receiving by a multimedia receiver, a first multimedia stream; transmitting the first multimedia stream to a decoder of the multimedia receiver; at a first instant, interrupting the transmission of said first multimedia stream to the decoder, and transmitting a second multimedia steam to the decoder; and at a second instant, stopping the transmission of said second multimedia stream to the decoder, and resuming the transmission of the first multimedia stream to the decoder, from a part of said first multimedia stream having a timestamp corresponding to said second instant.
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
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H04N 21/4385 - Multiplex stream processing, e.g. multiplex stream decrypting
H04N 21/4405 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving video stream decryption
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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPOSING GRAPHICS FOR 3D VIDEO ON 2D CAPABLE MEDIA DEVICES
A method, system, and computer program product for generating graphics for three-dimensional media content includes a processor to receive and decode a piece of three-dimensional media content. The processor generates a graphics buffer for three-dimensional media content and a graphic. The processor inserts the graphic into the graphics buffer for three-dimensional media content and transmits a video buffer of the three-dimensional media content and the graphics buffer for three-dimensional media content with the inserted graphic to a display device.
A structure and apparatus that includes the structure are described. The structure includes a first element formed out of a nonmetallic material having a first value for a thermal conductivity characteristic, the first element including at least one heat dissipating element capable of transferring thermal energy into the air by convection in the apparatus. The structure further includes a second element formed out of a metallic material having a second value for the thermal conductivity characteristic, the second element being partially encapsulated within the first element, the second element making thermal contact to a heat generating component in the apparatus, the second element further configured to be a portion of an RF shield for the heat generating component in the apparatus.
An antenna structure and electronic device that includes the antenna structure are described. The antenna structure includes a ground plane including a first slot having a first length and a second slot having a second length, one end of the first slot being aligned with a corresponding end of the second slot, at least a portion of the first slot and second slot being oriented parallel and adjacent to each other, and an exciter coupled to the first slot and the second slot, the exciter having a linear portion that is oriented perpendicular to and spanning the first and second slot. The first slot is configured to operate in a first frequency range and the second slot configured to operate in a second frequency range. The electronic device further includes a circuit for processing a signal received wirelessly from a network and transmitting a signal wirelessly to the network.
Capturing an installation of a network device provides a user with critical information that otherwise would be lost after an installation is completed. An installation audit trail system provides an accurate, reliable, secure, and immutable audit trail associated with a network device. The installation audit trail system can capture one or more input interfaces, one or more inputs associated with the one or more input interfaces, or both as one or more configuration parameters provided during the installation of a network device. The audit trail can be associated with a network device, an authenticated user, or both so as to provide historical information as well as provide security and immutability of the audit trail. The audit trail can be stored, for example, encrypted, at a repository. Associating the audit trail with a user can maintain a chain-of-custody for the audit trail.
H04L 41/046 - Network management architectures or arrangements comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
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CONTEXT EXTRACTION FROM VIDEO FOR ENHANCED TELEVISION SHOPPING EXPERIENCE USING VOICE INTERFACE
A method, system, and computer program product for context extraction from media based on user voice input includes a processor to receive a user voice input including a reference to an object in a piece of media content and an object request. The process captures a segment of the piece of media content upon receipt of the user voice input and analyzes the captured segment for the object referenced in the user voice input. The processor identifies the object in the segment of the media content, and transmits an instruction based on the object request to an external computing device.
Gathering customer information from the field is crucial for operators to be proactive and enhance customer experience. More particularly, it is of interest for an operator or for a multimedia content provider to collect information regarding the use of streaming applications executed on an electronic device. Some operating systems provide means for obtaining some information regarding applications usage. However, information obtained is usually fragmented and limited. However, it is not possible based on this monitoring to determine wheter or not the multimedia content being played is provided by an authorized content provider, making it difficult to disrupt unauthorized content providers. The proposed technique is directed towards determining whether or not a multimedia content is provided by an unauthorized content provider, and implementing counter-measures against such an unauthorized content provider based on information collected during the monitoring the applications.
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a shield enclosing a component attached to a circuit board and having an inner surface and outer surface, the component having an outer surface aligned in parallel with the shield inner surface of the shield, the shield including at least one opening extending through the shield from the outer surface to the inner surface and aligned with the component. The apparatus includes a heatsink positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the shield and aligned with the component, the heatsink thermally coupled to the outer surface of the component using flowable thermally conductive material that extends through the opening(s) and occupies a space between the outer surface of the component and the shield inner surface and a space between the shield outer surface and a surface of the heatsink. The apparatus may be assembled and used as part of an electronic device.
A network device can receive user data from a source that senses one or more trigger events, such as a source that comprises a sensing device, an output device, or both. The network device can determine that a particular sound receiver device should be activated, for example, to provide better quality sound detection, based on the user data. The user data can indicate a trigger event such that a sound receiver device should be activated for receiving additional user data. The network device can activate a sound receiver device based on a trigger action determined based on the user data. Activation of a deactivated sound receiver device can provide an improved experience for a user as a higher quality sound receiver device can be activated for receiving a user data associated with sound.
G08B 21/02 - Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
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G08B 25/01 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
G10L 25/78 - Detection of presence or absence of voice signals
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CONFIGURABLE AND ADAPTABLE OBSERVATION INTERVALS AND REPORTING INTERVALS FOR A MULTI-SENSOR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
A network device provides for configuring and adapting an observation interval and a reporting interval for a sensing device so as to conserve resources of the sensing device. The network device can store information associated with an observation interval and a reporting interval and modify the associated timing interval based on user input, an indication of life of a power source of the sensing device, data associated with a client user, for example, data received from a sensing device associated with a client user, or both. The network device can adapt the observation interval, the reporting interval, or both for any one or more sensing devices so as to conserve resources of the sensing device, for example, to conserve life of a power source of the sensing device.
A printed circuit board and apparatus including the board are described. The board includes a first pair of conductive traces connected at one end to a first electronic device included in a first and second assembly configuration, a second pair of conductive traces connected at one end to a second device included in the first assembly configuration, and a third pair of conductive traces connected at one end to a third device included in the second assembly configuration. In the first assembly configuration, a pair of connecting components are mounted on the board to connect the other end of the first pair of traces to the other end of the second pair of traces. In the second assembly configuration, another pair of connecting components are mounted on the board to connect the other end of the first pair of traces to the other end of the third pair of traces.
A notification trigger system provides one or more notifications to one or more trusted users associated with a user based on a trigger event while at the same time also prevent false positive scenarios. The notification trigger system receives user data from one or more network devices, for example, one or more sensing devices and/or a user device. The user data indicates that a notification should be sent to at least one of the one or more trusted users. The one or more trusted users can be ordered based on a notification access parameter associated with a profile configuration associated with the user. The notification trigger system can attempt to contact each of the one or more trusted users until at least one of the one or more trusted users sends an acknowledgement. The trigger event can be associated with a manual, automatic, or verbal event.
G08B 19/00 - Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
G08B 23/00 - Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
G08B 25/00 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
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CONFIGURABLE AND ADAPTABLE OBSERVATION INTERVALS AND REPORTING INTERVALS FOR A MULTI-SENSOR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
A network device provides for configuring and adapting an observation interval and a reporting interval for a sensing device so as to conserve resources of the sensing device. The network device can store information associated with an observation interval and a reporting interval and modify the associated timing interval based on user input, an indication of life of a power source of the sensing device, data associated with a client user, for example, data received from a sensing device associated with a client user, or both. The network device can adapt the observation interval, the reporting interval, or both for any one or more sensing devices so as to conserve resources of the sensing device, for example, to conserve life of a power source of the sensing device.
A network device provides an automated dynamic privacy indicator so as to indicate that information associated with one or more users can be captured by a capture device. The capture device can be in a state of capture, for example, capturing an image. The network device can determine this state of the capture device and a privacy indicator parameter based on the state of the capture device. The automated dynamic privacy indicator that is based on the privacy indicator parameter can be provided so as to indicator the state of the capture. For example, providing the automated dynamic privacy indicator can comprise sending an instruction to cause a display device associated with the network device to indicate a privacy indicator, such as to display a message, illuminate a visual indicator, etc.
G06F 3/04817 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance using icons
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AVAILABILITY INDEX FOR CONNECTING WITH A USER VIA A NETWORK DEVICE
A monitoring device generates an availability index associated with the user for use by a client device associated with a remote user. The availability index is indicative of a probability of a successful connection between the remote user and the user. The availability index is based on user data associated with the user that is received from one or more sensing devices. The user data can be weighted such that user data that provides for a more accurate availability index is weight more than other user data. In this way, user data can be utilized to generate an availability index for a user that can be used by a remote user to predict a successful connection. The remote user can conserve resources as the availability index provides an accurate and reliable indicator as to the successful connection with the user.
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MULTI-MODAL APPROACH TO A SECURE AND CLOSED SOLUTION FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT NOTIFICATIONS
An intelligent notification system provides an intelligent notification to a client device associated with a user so as to improve the quality of service to a user. Rather than send a user monotonous or routine reminders that do not reflect current or timely information, the intelligent notification is based on user data associated with the user. By aggregating user data associated with a schedule of the user, the intelligent notification system can generate an intelligent notification that provides information to the user that is useful and pertinent. For example, a user may have already completed a regularly schedule and as such no reminder is necessary. The intelligent notification can, in lieu of a reminder, send the user an encouraging or informative intelligent reminder. In this way, a user is not inundated with stale reminders but rather receives accurate, relevant and informative intelligent notifications.
The present disclosure relates to a method for configuring an IPv6 address, a medium, a program product, and a gateway device. The method includes: determining, by a gateway device, whether a source address of a router advertisement (RA) message is the same as a link local address on a local area network (LAN) side of a gateway device, wherein both a network address translation (NAT) client and a non-NAT client are connected to the gateway device, wherein the gateway device enables the NAT client to communicate with an external network through network address translation, and wherein the gateway device does not provide network address translation for the non-NAT client to communicate with an external network; and in response to determining that the source address of the RA message is different from the link local address on the LAN side of the gateway device, sending, by the gateway device, the RA message to the non-NAT client to cause the non-NAT client to configure its IPv6 address according to the RA message. Through the above technical solution, the non-NAT client connected to the gateway device together with the NAT client can operate under IPv6, thereby enhancing network connectivity and improving communication performance.
An intelligent notification system/ virtual companion system provides an intelligent notification to a client device associated with a user so as to improve the quality of service to a user. Rather than send a user monotonous or routine reminders that do not reflect current or timely information, the intelligent notification/interaction is based on user data associated with the user. By aggregating user data associated with a schedule of the user, the intelligent notification/interaction system can generate an intelligent notification that provides information to the user that is useful and pertinent. For example, a user may have already completed a regularly schedule and as such no reminder is necessary. The intelligent notification/interaction can, in lieu of a reminder, send the user a encouraging or informative intelligent reminder. In this way, a user is not inundated with stale reminders but rather receives accurate, relevant and information intelligent notifications and interactions.
An intelligent notification system provides an intelligent notification to a client device associated with a user so as to improve the quality of service to a user. Rather than send a user monotonous or routine reminders that do not reflect current or timely information, the intelligent notification is based on user data associated with the user. By aggregating user data associated with a schedule of the user, the intelligent notification system can generate an intelligent notification that provides information to the user that is useful and pertinent. For example, a user may have already completed a regularly schedule and as such no reminder is necessary. The intelligent notification can, in lieu of a reminder, send the user an encouraging or informative intelligent reminder. In this way, a user is not inundated with stale reminders but rather receives accurate, relevant and informative intelligent notifications.
G16H 10/60 - ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
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Multi-modal approach to providing a virtual companion system
An intelligent notification system/virtual companion system provides an intelligent notification to a client device associated with a user so as to improve the quality of service to a user. Rather than send a user monotonous or routine reminders that do not reflect current or timely information, the intelligent notification/interaction is based on user data associated with the user. By aggregating user data associated with a schedule of the user, the intelligent notification/interaction system can generate an intelligent notification that provides information to the user that is useful and pertinent. For example, a user may have already completed a regularly schedule and as such no reminder is necessary. The intelligent notification/interaction can, in lieu of a reminder, send the user a encouraging or informative intelligent reminder. In this way, a user is not inundated with stale reminders but rather receives accurate, relevant and information intelligent notifications and interactions.
G06F 9/451 - Execution arrangements for user interfaces
H04L 51/02 - User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
H04M 1/72436 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
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AVAILABILITY INDEX FOR CONNECTING WITH A USER VIA A NETWORK DEVICE
A monitoring device generates an availability index associated with the user for use by a client device associated with a remote user. The availability index is indicative of a probability of a successful connection between the remote user and the user. The availability index is based on user data associated with the user that is received from one or more sensing devices. The user data can be weighted such that user data that provides for a more accurate availability index is weight more than other user data. In this way, user data can be utilized to generate an availability index for a user that can be used by a remote user to predict a successful connection. The remote user can conserve resources as the availability index provides an accurate and reliable indicator as to the successful connection with the user.
G16H 80/00 - ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
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Apparatus and method for controlling temperature in an electronic device
A method and apparatus are described that include receiving data values from a plurality of sensors located in the apparatus operating in a normal mode. The method and apparatus further include determining if at least one sensor has entered a first elevated thermal operating state from a normal thermal operating state and providing a notification to enter a first elevated thermal mode of operation in the device if it is determined that the at least one sensor has entered the first elevated thermal operating state. The method and apparatus additionally include determining, while operating in a first elevated thermal mode of operation, if the operating state of all sensors have entered a normal thermal operating state and providing a notification to enter a normal mode of operation for the device if it is determined that all of the sensors have entered a normal thermal operating state.
To allow a second screen device to discover virtualized over-the top (OTT) application, a first screen device can act as a proxy DIAL server device. The proxy DIAL server device can utilize the DIAL protocol to communicate with the second screen device and transmit requests for one or more OTT applications from the second screen device to a network resource that hosts the one or more OTT applications. The proxy DIAL server device can act as a bridge between the second screen device and the network resource so as to facilitate the establishment of a communication connection between the second screen device and the network resource, for example, a virtual OTT application hosted by the network resource. Once the communication connection is established, the second screen device can request that content accessible via a selected virtual OTT application hosted by the network resource be displayed at the first screen device.
A power saving event can be triggered to cause a gateway device to alter one or more operations of the gateway device based on one or more power saving parameters associated with the power saving event. The gateway device can determine that a power saving feature is enabled. When the gateway device determines that a power saving event has been triggered, the gateway device can determine one or more power saving parameters associated with the power saving event. Based on the power saving event and the associated one or more power saving parameters, the gateway device can alter one or more operations of the gateway device to place the gateway device in a low power mode so as conserve resources. In response to a power saving event, gateway device can also reset one or more settings to a previous setting, a default configuration, or both.
A 6 GHz Wi-Fi device must obtain operability information to operate at a location. Providing a user with an operability indicator for a 6 GHz Wi-Fi device at a location can conserve resources and enhance the quality of experience for a user. A user interface can receive a location input from a user interface, for example, a user input or pre-filled information. The location can be determined based on the location input, for example, one or more location parameters. The one or more location parameters can be previously stored or retrieved from, for example, a network resource, such as a geocoding service. The user interface can provide an operability indicator to the user interface that indicates whether the 6 GHz Wi-Fi device is operable at one or more 6 GHz frequencies and a transmit power associated with allowed or permitted one or more 6 GHz frequencies.
A smart action system can provide a user with an improved experience by monitoring for one or more environmental parameters. The one or more environmental parameters can be associated with a smart action. The smart action can cause one or more actions such as a selection of one or more notifications and/or any other action associated with a network device. The smart action can, for example, change an aspect of a network device, such as to adjust a volume control, provide a reminder to a user regarding a schedule, such as related to a medicine or other health condition, and/or any other action.
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for trickplay in HTTP live streaming (HLS), includes: establishing a connection to a content source; receiving a piece of content from a content source as a multimedia stream, wherein the multimedia stream comprises a digital living network alliance stream; converting the multimedia stream into a client stream that comprises a HLS stream, the HLS stream including a manifest file containing a plurality of transport stream packets; storing a pre-determined number of the plurality of transport stream packets in a temporary storage; outputting the client stream to a media player; receiving a first trickplay request from the media player, the first trickplay request being a pause request; in response to the first trickplay request: pausing the client stream; transmitting a signal keeping the connection to the content source alive and the multimedia stream active; and storing the multimedia stream in the temporary storage.
As part of telemetry monitoring and collecting, a network resource averages one or more telemetry metrics associated with a network device for each network issue, such as received signal strength indicators (RSSI), channel utilizations, both associated with an installation issue, a usage issue, or both, respectively. The average is compared to a corresponding threshold and based on that comparison one or more configuration notifications are determined. The one or more configuration notifications are sent to a client device associated with a user so as to notify, inform or otherwise instruct the user as to remediating the network issue. The network resource can continuously, periodically, at timed intervals, on-demand, or otherwise monitor and collect the one or more telemetry metrics after an indication that an attempt has been made to remediate the network issue.
Configuration of a main access point device (APD) requires an amount of time that can cause a user to incorrectly assume that that issues have arisen during configuration. The amount of time can be due in part to the APD determining a backhaul connection for use with an EAPD, for example, a satellite APD. The APD can determine an initial backhaul connection for use during the configuration. This initial backhaul connection can be based, for example, on one or more default configuration parameters. The APD can proceed with configuration using the initial backhaul connection. The APD can send a configuration notification to a client device associated with the user that informs the user, for example, that the configuration is completed and that a backhaul optimization is being performed. In this way, the user is informed of the status of the configuration such that costs and resources can be conserved.
An antenna and electronic device including the antenna are described. The antenna includes a balun including a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side each having a first end for electrical connection to a surface of a printed circuit board and a second end coupling to one or more radiating elements for communicating signals over a wireless network. The antenna further includes a first and second radiating element, each having a first portion coupled at one end to the end of the first and second side of the balun respectively and extending in opposite directions away from the balun perpendicular to the surface of the printed circuit board. Further, each radiating element having a second portion coupled to the first portion and extending in a direction perpendicular to the plane of each of the first portions.
A method and apparatus for controlling tuners in a content distribution system is described. The method and apparatus receive a request from a user device for a program stream over a local network at a receiver device that includes a join request at a network address. The method and apparatus further identify a channel associated with the network address, the channel being one of the channels received by the receiver device from a content service provider. The method and apparatus also determine if the identified channel is already tuned by a tuner in the receiver device. The method and apparatus additionally tune the channel using a tuner not currently being used if it is determined that the identified channel is not already tuned and provide the program stream from the tuned channel at the network address to the user device.
An apparatus and accompanying antenna assembly is described. The apparatus includes a circuit that processes a communication signal received and/or transmitted wirelessly over a network and an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes a printed circuit board having a set of conductive elements forming an antenna structure on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board further including one or more additional conductive elements at least partially surrounding the antenna structure. The antenna assembly further includes a conductive plate positioned parallel to the bottom surface of the printed circuit board, the conductive plate supporting the printed circuit board at a fixed distance from the conductive plate using one or more conductive mechanical support elements. The one or more additional conductive elements are coupled to the conductive plate through the one or more conductive mechanical support elements.
H01Q 9/16 - Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole
H01Q 19/10 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces
H01Q 21/26 - Turnstile or like antennas comprising arrangements of three or more elongated elements disposed radially and symmetrically in a horizontal plane about a common centre
H01Q 21/28 - Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems
H01Q 9/28 - Conical, cylindrical, cage, strip, gauze or like elements having an extended radiating surface Elements comprising two conical surfaces having collinear axes and adjacent apices and fed by two-conductor transmission lines
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ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE
An apparatus and accompanying antenna assembly is described. The apparatus includes a circuit that processes a communication signal received and/or transmitted wirelessly over a network and an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna structure operating in a first frequency range and a second frequency range that is different from the first frequency range. The antenna assembly includes a first and second conductive element each coupled at one end to a first end and second end of a conductive ground element on the antenna structure. The first and second elements each extend outward in a direction perpendicular to the ground element and away from the antenna structure, the second element extending parallel to the first element. The first and second element form a ground plane extension for the antenna structure improving the performance of the antenna assembly in the first frequency range and/or the second frequency range.
H01Q 9/42 - Resonant antennas with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength
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METHOD FOR DETECTING AN AUDIO ADVERSARIAL ATTACK WITH RESPECT TO A VOICE INPUT PROCESSED BY AN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
A method and device is described and includes: obtaining an input audio signal associated with the voice input, obtaining a transcript resulting from the processing of the input audio signal, converting the transcript into a synthesized audio signal; extracting an acoustic feature of a same type from the input audio signal and synthesized audio signal, delivering a first sequence of features vectors associated with the input audio signal and a second sequence of features vectors associated with the synthesized audio signal converting the acoustic features to corresponding acoustic features associated with a target reference voice, delivering a first sequence and a second sequence of converted features vectors computing a dynamic time warping distance between the first sequence and second sequence of converted features vectors, and delivering data representative of a detection of an audio adversarial attack, as a result of a comparison between the dynamic time warping distance and a predetermined threshold.
METHOD FOR DETECTING AN AUDIO ADVERSARIAL ATTACK WITH RESPECT TO A VOICE COMMAND PROCESSED BYAN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
A method and device for detecting an audio adversarial attack with respect to a voice command processed by an automatic speech recognition system is described. The method is implemented by a detection device connected to the automatic speech recognition system and includes obtaining an audio signal associated with the voice command, performing a phonetic transcription of the audio signal, according to a phonetic transcription scheme, delivering a first character string; obtaining a transcript resulting from the processing, by the automatic speech recognition system, of the audio signal, performing a phonetic transcription of the transcript, according to the phonetic transcription scheme, delivering a second character string, computing a similarity score between the first character string and the second character string, and delivering a piece of data representative of a detection of an audio adversarial attack, as a function of a result of a comparison between the similarity score and a predetermined threshold.
Customer premise equipment for receiving tunneled commands from a device management platform to execute. A remote management client is configured to establish a tunneled connection with a device management platform, to receive an encrypted command from the device management platform via the tunneled connection, and to decrypt the encrypted command to generate an unencrypted command. A command interface is configured to receive the unencrypted command from the remote management client, and to execute the command.
METHOD OF EVAULATING THE QUALITY OF A CHANNEL OPERABLE BY A WIFI ACCESS POINT FOR ESTABLISHING A WIFI CONNECTION WITH A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
The disclosure relates to a method and device for evaluating the quality of a channel operable by a WiFi access point for establishing a WiFi connection with a communication device. The method is implemented by the communication device, which is already connected to the access point on a given channel, called a current channel, within a predetermined WiFi frequency band. The method includes a first phase for computing a score representative of a channel quality for at least one WiFi channel, called a scanned channel, within the predetermined WiFi frequency band, the first phase including at least one iteration of: obtaining the scanned channel bandwidth and a maximum effective isotropic radiated power associated with the scanned channel; determining a number of neighboring access points operating in the scanned channel; estimating a neighbor airtime occupancy for the scanned channel; and computing a score for the scanned channel, as a function of the obtained bandwidth, the obtained maximum effective isotropic radiated power, the determined number of neighboring access points, and the estimated neighbor airtime occupancy.
A network device initiating WPS with a client device based on receiving a signal from a phone. The network device receives a feature number code from a phone connected to the network device. The feature number code is entered on the phone using a keypad and causes the network device to initiate WPS with a client device. The network device sends the phone a first signal indicating that WPS has been triggered. The network device determines a success of the WPS to connect the client device to the Wi-Fi network. The network device sends the phone a second signal indicating that the client device successfully connected to the Wi-Fi network. The first and second signals may be audio signals that are emitted by the speaker of the phone. The network device stores client device connection information in memory.
A home network controller includes a memory, a processor, an internal communication component and an external communication component. The home network controller is configured to: associate the home network controller with a wireless client device to establish a wireless network, communicate with the wireless client device over the wireless network, enable the wireless client device to communicate with an external network via the wireless network, operate the home network controller in a first mode, operate the home network controller in a second mode, switch operation of the home network controller from the first mode to the second mode based on a disassociation of the wireless client device, and switch operation of the home network controller from the second mode to the first mode based on receipt of an initiate signal from the external network via the external communication component.
A client device is provided for use with a user, a network extender device and a gateway device. The client device includes: a memory; a graphic user interface configured to provide an instruction to the user to place the client device within a predetermined distance from the network extender device; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: obtain the backhaul credentials from the wireless network; obtain the extender identification data from the network extender device; instruct the graphic user interface to provide the instruction to the user to place the client device within a predetermined distance from the network extender device; communicate with the network extender device based on the extender identification data; and provide the backhaul credentials to the network extender device to enable the network extender device to join the wireless network.
A method is provided that determines whether to allow an application (app) for use or restrict the app on a set top box (STB). The method includes the steps of measuring at the STB, one or more resources used by the app; comparing at the STB, one or more thresholds set by an operator; and determining if the one or more resources used by the app exceed one or more thresholds set by the operator. Another method is provided that monitors applications (apps) that are installed a set top box (STB) for illegal or harmful activity by a policy manager. This method includes downloading and copying an app from an external source; installing or uninstalling the app into an application folder; providing a notification informing the policy manager of the installing or uninstalling of the app; and evaluating the app be installed or uninstalled.
Method of monitoring usage of at least one application executed within an operating system, corresponding apparatus, computer program product and computer-readable carrier medium
The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring usage of at least one application executed within an operating system of an electronic device. The method includes at least one iteration of, while a processing condition is not satisfied, determining a video event associated with a current application and storing the video event in a data structure, delivering a set of video events. The method further includes, once the processing condition is satisfied, determining a past time slot, calling an usage statistics API provided on the operating system, delivering a set of application events representative of whether an application has been put in system foreground or system background, retrieving application events that have occurred during the past time slot, retrieving video events that have occurred during the past time slot, chronologically ordering the retrieved application and video events, and delivering a consolidated set of ordered events.
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/443 - OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
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AUTOMATIC ACCESS CONFIGURATION FOR AUTOMATIC AUTHORIZATION OF A CLIENT DEVICE TO RECEIVE AN ACCESS PARAMETER
Providing an automatic access configuration (AAC) that is customizable allows for automatic authorization of a client device to receive one or more access parameters via a requestor access point connection so as to access a network associated with an access point device each time the client device transitions within proximity of the network or each time an update is made to the network. The (AAC) can include one or more access parameters that identify client devices, users, or both that are permitted to access a network without requiring any manual input by a user. The (AAC) can be customizable so as to be updated according to the changing requirements of the network. Rather than requiring a user to provide input, the (AAC) can be accessed by the access point device to determine whether a specific client device should be authorized and provided access to a network automatically.
The present disclosure is directed towards an apparatus and method for monitoring usage of applications executed within an operating system of an electronic device. The apparatus and method are implemented using a monitoring application different from the monitored applications and aims at providing not only information regarding applications usage time, but also information regarding how some of the monitored applications are used. The monitoring application utilizes a trained model to acquired information regarding the monitored applications.
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a shield enclosing a component attached to a circuit board and having an inner surface and outer surface, the component having an outer surface aligned in parallel with the shield inner surface of the shield, the shield including at least one opening extending through the shield from the outer surface to the inner surface and aligned with the component. The apparatus includes a heatsink positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the shield and aligned with the component, the heatsink thermally coupled to the outer surface of the component using flowable thermally conductive material that extends through the opening (s) and occupies a space between the outer surface of the component and the shield inner surface and a space between the shield outer surface and a surface of the heatsink. The apparatus may be assembled and used as part of an electronic device.
The disclosure relates to a method for substituting a multimedia sequence in a multimedia stream, the method comprising: receiving by a multimedia receiver, a first multimedia stream; transmitting the first multimedia stream to a decoder of the multimedia receiver; at a first instant, interrupting the transmission of said first multimedia stream to the decoder, and transmitting a second multimedia steam to the decoder; and at a second instant, stopping the transmission of said second multimedia stream to the decoder, and resuming the transmission of the first multimedia stream to the decoder, from a part of said first multimedia stream having a timestamp corresponding to said second instant.
H04N 21/43 - Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video streamElementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronizing decoder's clockClient middleware
H04N 21/434 - Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams or extraction of additional data from a video streamRemultiplexing of multiplex streamsExtraction or processing of SIDisassembling of packetised elementary stream
H04N 21/4405 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving video stream decryption
H04N 21/4385 - Multiplex stream processing, e.g. multiplex stream decrypting
H04N 21/4623 - Processing of entitlement messages, e.g. ECM [Entitlement Control Message] or EMM [Entitlement Management Message]
H04N 21/458 - Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming streamUpdating operations, e.g. for OS modules
H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles
H04N 21/435 - Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data or reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
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METHOD FOR MONITORING QUALITY OF TRANSMISSION CONDITIONS IN A NETWORK, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM.
The disclosure relates to a method, device and system for monitoring quality of transmission conditions in a communications network. The method is implemented by a monitoring device connected to a transmitting device in the communications network. The method includes a first phase for determining instant composite QoS indicators which includes at least one iteration of: capturing a piece of data representing the value of each characteristic among at least three specific characteristics of a signal, called a caught value, delivering at least three caught values, normalizing the caught values, according to a normalizing scheme associated to the three specific characteristics of the received signal, delivering at least three normalized values, and calculating an instant composite QoS indicator as a function of the at least three normalized values.
A method and apparatus for diversity antenna selection and include receiving a first portion of a signal using a first antenna during a first time period and using a second antenna during a second time period, determining a first difference value for the first portion received by the first antenna, the first value being a difference between a signal level for the first portion received by the first antenna and a threshold signal level associated with the first antenna, and determining a second difference value for the first portion received by the second antenna, the second value being a difference between a signal level for the first portion received by the second antenna and a threshold signal level associated with the second antenna. The method and apparatus include receiving a second portion of the signal using the first antenna if the first difference value is greater than the second difference value.
H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
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Method for recognizing at least one naturally emitted sound produced by a real-life sound source in an environment comprising at least one artificial sound source, corresponding apparatus, computer program product and computer-readable carrier medium
The disclosure relates to a method for recognizing at least one naturally emitted sound produced by a real-life sound source in an environment comprising at least one artificial sound source. The method is implemented by an audio recognition device, and it includes simultaneously obtaining a first audio signal from a first microphone located in the environment and a second audio signal from an audio acquisition device associated with the at least one artificial sound source; analyzing the first audio signal, delivering a first list of sound classes corresponding to sounds recognized in the first audio signal; analyzing the second audio signal, delivering a second list of sound classes corresponding to sounds recognized in the second audio signal; and delivering a third list of sound classes, comprising only sound classes included in the first list of sound classes which are not included in the second list of sound classes.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
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System and method to operate a radio on several frequency bands
A network device comprises a memory, a radio system, a control line, and a processor. The radio system can be controllably configured to operate in a first channel state or a second channel state. The first channel state enables transmission of first client device reception data on a first channel and reception of first client device transmission data on the first channel. The second channel state enables transmission of second client device reception data on a second channel and reception of second client device transmission data on the second channel. The control line is arranged to provide a control signal to the radio system so as to place the radio system in either the first channel state or the second channel state.
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus including setting a memory swap size limit, the limit being lower than a memory swap size defining a maximum size of a part of said memory resources used for swap, obtaining a score for at least one running program, a high score corresponding to a low priority level, obtaining monitoring information representative of a monitored activity of the program during a time period and of a learnt user's habit of use of the program, including a number of times the program gained the focus within the time period. The disclosure also includes deriving a score delta from information with a decrement value to the score delta at each focus gained by the program, adjusting the score by adding the delta, and terminating execution when memory swap size limit is reached and the adjusted score reaches a memory swap size limit threshold.
An antenna structure is described that includes a flexible substrate and at least two antenna elements being formed from conductive traces on a layer of the flexible substrate. The antenna structure also includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on the layer of the flexible substrate with a first subset being electrically coupled as a lead in to a first one of the antenna elements and a second subset of the plurality of conductive traces being electrically coupled as a lead in to a second one of the antenna elements, wherein the first subset and the second subset are separately coupled electrically to one connector after insertion of an edge of the flexible substrate into the connector. An apparatus is described that includes a case, an electronic assembly, including a printed circuit board and a support bracket, contained within the case. The apparatus further includes the antenna assembly as described herein.
H01Q 1/22 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
H01Q 1/38 - Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support
H01Q 1/52 - Means for reducing coupling between antennas Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure
H01Q 9/26 - Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength
A method for detecting anomalies, the method being performed by a machine learning system configured for learning at least one model from a set of training data, the method including receiving sensor data from a plurality of N sensors, computing an anomaly prediction based on the sensor data and the at least one model, and if the anomaly prediction is an anomaly detection, sending an anomaly event containing said anomaly prediction. The method further includes receiving a user feedback relating to said anomaly event or to an absence of anomaly event, and adapting the at least one model based on the user feedback.
An apparatus and heat management mechanism are described. The apparatus includes an outer casing enclosing at least one heat generating electronic structure, such as a plurality of electronic components included on at least printed circuit board, the outer casing having an inner surface and an outer surface. The apparatus and the heat management mechanism further include a heat dissipation structure thermally coupled to the heat generating structure or printed circuit board, the heat dissipation structure forming an open-ended columnar channel, the open-ended columnar channel allowing air to flow within the heat dissipation structure in a direction parallel to a surface of the heat generating structure or printed circuit board.
H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
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Method of monitoring usage of at least one application executed within an operating system, corresponding apparatus, computer program product and computer-readable carrier medium
The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring usage of at least one application executed within an operating system of an electronic device. The method includes at least one iteration of, while a processing condition is not satisfied, determining a video event associated with a current application and storing the video event in a data structure, delivering a set of video events. The method further includes, once the processing condition is satisfied, determining a past time slot, calling an usage statistics API provided on the operating system, delivering a set of application events representative of whether an application has been put in system foreground or system background, retrieving application events that have occurred during the past time slot, retrieving video events that have occurred during the past time slot, and chronologically ordering the retrieved application and video events, delivering a consolidated set of ordered events.
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/443 - OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TUNERS IN A CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
A method and apparatus for controlling tuners in a content distribution system is described. The method and apparatus receive a request from a user device for a program stream over a local network at a receiver device that includes a join request at a network address. The method and apparatus further identify a channel associated with the network address, the channel being one of the channels received by the receiver device from a content service provider. The method and apparatus also determine if the identified channel is already tuned by a tuner in the receiver device. The method and apparatus additionally tune the channel using a tuner not currently being used if it is determined that the identified channel is not already tuned and provide the program stream from the tuned channel at the network address to the user device.
H04N 21/214 - Specialised server platform, e.g. server located in an airplane, hotel or hospital
H04N 21/647 - Control signaling between network components and server or clientsNetwork processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load or bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless
METHOD FOR DETECTING AN AUDIO ADVERSARIAL ATTACK WITH RESPECT TO A VOICE INPUT PROCESSED BY AN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
The disclosure relates to a method and device for detecting an audio adversarial attack with respect to a voice input (VI) processed by an automatic speech recognition system (ASR). The method includes: obtaining (12) a transcript (T) resulting from the processing, by the automatic speech recognition system, of an input audio signal of a voice input; converting (13) the transcript (T) into a synthesized audio signal (SAS); extracting (15, 15'), from the input audio signal and from the synthesized audio signal, acoustic features and converting them into sequences of feature vectors (sFV1, sFV2); computing (17) a dynamic time warping distance (D) between the sequences of converted features vectors; and delivering (18) a piece of data representative of a detection of an audio adversarial attack, as a function of a result of a comparison between the dynamic time warping distance and a predetermined threshold.
G10L 15/20 - Speech recognition techniques specially adapted for robustness in adverse environments, e.g. in noise or of stress induced speech
G10L 13/00 - Speech synthesisText to speech systems
G10L 25/24 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the type of extracted parameters the extracted parameters being the cepstrum
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
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METHOD FOR DETECTING AN AUDIO ADVERSARIAL ATTACK WITH RESPECT TO A VOICE COMMAND PROCESSED BY AN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
The disclosure relates to a method and device for detecting an audio adversarial attack with respect to a voice command (VC) processed by an automatic speech recognition system (ASR). The method is implemented by a detection device connected to the automatic speech recognition system. The method includes: obtaining (11) an audio signal associated with the voice command; performing (12) a phonetic transcription of the audio signal, according to a phonetic transcription scheme, delivering a first character string (CS1); obtaining (13) a transcript resulting from the processing, by the automatic speech recognition system, of the audio signal; performing (14) a phonetic transcription of the transcript, according to the phonetic transcription scheme, delivering a second character string (CS2); computing (15) a similarity score (SS) between the first character string (CS1) and the second character string (CS2); and delivering (16) a piece of data representative of a detection of an audio adversarial attack, as a function of a result of a comparison between the similarity score (SS) and a predetermined threshold.
Optimizing traffic routing operations in a two-box WLAN setup including a gateway device and a WAN adaptor device. The WAN adaptor device receives initial packets of a traffic flow from a client device, and sends the initial packets to the gateway device for slowpath (SP) processing. The gateway device creates fastpath (FP) processing rules for the traffic flow, including traffic modifications resulting from the SP processing, and sends the FP processing rules to the WAN adaptor device. The WAN adaptor device applies the FP processing rules to perform the traffic modifications on subsequent packets of the second traffic flow. The FP processing rules enable the WAN adaptor device to forward the subsequent packets of the traffic flow to the client device directly, without bridging to the gateway device for FP processing.
METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF A CHANNEL OPERABLE BY A WIFI ACCESS POINT FOR ESTABLISHING A WIFI CONNECTION WITH A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
The disclosure relates to a method and device for evaluating the quality of a channel operable by a WiFi access point for establishing a WiFi connection with a communication device. The method is implemented by the communication device, which is already connected to the access point on a given channel, called a current channel (CC), within a predetermined WiFi frequency band. The method includes a first phase for computing a score representative of a channel quality for at least one WiFi channel, called a scanned channel (SC), within the predetermined WiFi frequency band, the first phase including at least one iteration of: obtaining (11) the scanned channel bandwidth and a maximum effective isotropic radiated power associated with the scanned channel; determining (12) a number of neighboring access points operating in the scanned channel; estimating (13) a neighbor airtime occupancy for the scanned channel; and computing (14) a score for the scanned channel (SC), as a function of the obtained bandwidth, the obtained maximum effective isotropic radiated power, the determined number of neighboring access points, and the estimated neighbor airtime occupancy.
The present disclosure relates to a method for providing assistance to a colorist in color grading of a virtual reality video content, called VR content. The method includes receiving the VR content being graded by a color grading station and receiving position information representative of the position of at least one hand of a colorist versus the color grading station. The method further includes generating, based on the position information, visual control information showing the position of the at least one hand of the colorist versus at least one grading control element of the color grading station and displaying the visual control information together with the graded VR content on a head mounted display carried by the colorist in order to help the colorist manipulating the at least one grading control element.
G09G 5/00 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
G06T 19/20 - Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
G06T 7/73 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras using feature-based methods
G06T 7/90 - Determination of colour characteristics
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/04815 - Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
G06F 3/04845 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
G06T 19/00 - Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING USAGE OF AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION EXECUTED WITHIN AN OPERATING SYSTEM
The present disclosure is directed towards an apparatus and method for monitoring usage of applications executed within an operating system of an electronic device (40). The apparatus and method are implemented using a monitoring application different from the monitored applications and aims at providing not only information regarding applications usage time, but also information regarding how some of the monitored applications are used. The monitoring application utilizes a trained model to acquired information regarding the monitored applications.
G06F 11/34 - Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation
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METHOD FOR MONITORING QUALITY OF TRANSMISSION CONDITIONS IN A NETWORK, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
The disclosure relates to a method, device and system for monitoring quality of transmission conditions in a communications network. The method is implemented by a monitoring device connected to a transmitting device in the communications network. The method includes a first phase for determining instant composite QoS indicators which includes at least one iteration of: capturing a piece of data representing the value of each characteristic among at least three specific characteristics of a signal, called a caught value, delivering at least three caught values, normalizing the caught values, according to a normalizing scheme associated to the three specific characteristics of the received signal, delivering at least three normalized values, and calculating an instant composite QoS indicator as a function of the at least three normalized values.
METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AT LEAST ONE NATURALLY EMITTED SOUND PRODUCED BY A REAL-LIFE SOUND SOURCE IN AN ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ARTIFICIAL SOUND SOURCE, CORRESPONDING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
The disclosure relates to a method for recognizing at least one naturally emitted sound produced by a real-life sound source in an environment comprising at least one artificial sound source (ASSr). The method is implemented by an audio recognition device, and it includes simultaneously obtaining (11) a first audio signal from a first microphone (MIC) located in the environment and a second audio signal from an audio acquisition device (AAD) associated with the at least one artificial sound source; analyzing (12) the first audio signal, delivering a first list of sound classes (LI) corresponding to sounds recognized in the first audio signal; analyzing (13) the second audio signal, delivering a second list of sound classes (L2) corresponding to sounds recognized in the second audio signal; and delivering (14) a third list of sound classes (L3), comprising only sound classes included in the first list of sound classes (LI) which are not included in the second list of sound classes (L2).
G10L 25/57 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for processing of video signals
G10L 25/51 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination
G10L 17/26 - Recognition of special voice characteristics, e.g. for use in lie detectorsRecognition of animal voices
G08B 13/16 - Actuation by interference with mechanical vibrations in air or other fluid
G08B 1/08 - Systems for signalling characterised solely by the form of transmission of the signal using electric transmission
G08B 29/18 - Prevention or correction of operating errors
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APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DIVERSITY ANTENNA SELECTION
A method and apparatus for diversity antenna selection and include receiving a first portion of a signal using a first antenna during a first time period and using a second antenna during a second time period, determining a first difference value for the first portion received by the first antenna, the first value being a difference between a signal level for the first portion received by the first antenna and a threshold signal level associated with the first antenna, and determining a second difference value for the first portion received by the second antenna, the second value being a difference between a signal level for the first portion received by the second antenna and a threshold signal level associated with the second antenna. The method and apparatus include receiving a second portion of the signal using the first antenna if the first difference value is greater than the second difference value.
H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
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METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY RESOURCES IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY RESOURCES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
The invention concerns a computer-implemented method for controlling memory resources of an electronic device, said method comprising: - setting (35) at least one memory swap size limit (SL), said memory swap limit being lower than a memory swap size defining a maximum size of a part of said memory resources used by said electronic device for swap, called swap memory space; and - obtaining (37) a score for each program of a plurality of programs running on said electronic device a high score corresponding to a low priority level; - obtaining monitoring information (IMonit), said information belonging to a group comprising: an information representative of a monitored activity of the program during a predetermined time period, an information representative of a learnt user's habit of use of the program, said information comprising a number of times the program gained the focus within the predetermined time period; - deriving a dynamic score delta from said monitoring information, said dynamic score delta being positive or negative, a score decrement value being applied to said dynamic score delta at each focus gained by the program; - adjusting the obtained score (AM-SC) of said at least one program by adding said dynamic score delta to the obtained score; and - terminating (38) an execution of at least one program of said plurality, when said memory swap size limit (SL) is reached and said adjusted score associated with said at least one program is equal to or higher than a priority threshold (PT) associated with said reached memory swap size limit.
Increasingly, multiple users and multiple network devices are connecting to or requesting access to and/or from network resources. Users are increasingly expanding the number of network devices connected to a network. For example, a Home Network Environment (HNE) can have multiple networked devices connected to a single network. Each network device has its own interface and each network device is controlled via this interface which is generally located at the network device. A smart media device (SMD) can provide a centralized control for the multiple network devices and access to and/or from the multiple network resources. The SMD can provide control of one or more Internet of Things devices communicatively coupled to the SMD.
In today's network management world, there are various solutions that collect data and presume to identify events impacting the QoE of the end-users. However, such solutions usually do not try to address the question of whether the end-users are actually impacted. These solutions usually look at certain types of known problems and try to detect if that problem exists in the end-user's network, and from that they conclude that the end-user might be impacted. The method according to an embodiment of the invention enables to proactively identify that an end-user is actually experiencing an event impacting the QoE in his home network. The proposed solution enables the detection of event affecting an end-user's network, regardless of the type of the network and without looking for specific issues. This knowledge may be a valuable asset of an Internet Service Provider which may fix issues quicker or mitigate end-users' dissatisfaction.
A method for detecting anomalies, the method being performed by a machine learning system (130) configured for learning at least one model (132) from a set of training data, the method including receiving sensor data from a plurality of N sensors (100), computing an anomaly prediction based on the sensor data and the at least one model, and if the anomaly prediction is an anomaly detection, sending an anomaly event (11) containing said anomaly prediction. The method further includes receiving a user feedback (12) relating to said anomaly event or to an absence of anomaly event, and adapting the at least one model based on the user feedback.
An antenna structure is described that includes a flexible substrate and at least two antenna elements being formed from conductive traces on a layer of the flexible substrate. The antenna structure also includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on the layer of the flexible substrate with a first subset being electrically coupled as a lead in to a first one of the antenna elements and a second subset of the plurality of conductive traces being electrically coupled as a lead in to a second one of the antenna elements, wherein the first subset and the second subset are separately coupled electrically to one connector after insertion of an edge of the flexible substrate into the connector. An apparatus is described that includes a case, an electronic assembly, including a printed circuit board and a support bracket, contained within the case. The apparatus further includes the antenna assembly as described herein.
H01Q 1/22 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
H01Q 1/38 - Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support
H01Q 1/52 - Means for reducing coupling between antennas Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure
H01Q 9/26 - Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength
An apparatus and heat management mechanism are described. The apparatus includes an outer casing enclosing at least one heat generating electronic structure, such as a plurality of electronic components included on at least printed circuit board, the outer casing having an inner surface and an outer surface. The apparatus and the heat management mechanism further include a heat dissipation structure thermally coupled to the heat generating structure or printed circuit board, the heat dissipation structure forming an open-ended columnar channel, the open-ended columnar channel allowing air to flow within the heat dissipation structure in a direction parallel to a surface of the heat generating structure or printed circuit board.
H05K 7/20 - Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
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Method for rendering a current image on a head-mounted display, corresponding apparatus, computer program product, and computer readable carrier medium
A method for rendering a current image on a head-mounted display is provided. The current image has been acquired by a camera mounted on a moving object. First, the capturing roll angle is obtained. It is compared to the viewing roll angle that is the current roll angle of the head of a user of the head-mounted display. If the difference between the capturing roll angle and the current viewing roll angle is lower than a determined threshold, a detection flag is activated. The current image is then rotated by an angle determined according to the capturing roll angle, the current viewing roll angle and of the detection flag. The current rotated image is rendered.
G09G 5/37 - Details of the operation on graphic patterns
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06T 3/60 - Rotation of whole images or parts thereof
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METHOD FOR MONITORING USAGE OF AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION EXECUTED WITHIN AN OPERATING SYSTEM, CORRESPONDING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM
The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring usage of at least one application executed within an operating system of an electronic device. The method comprises at least one iteration of: while a processing condition is not satisfied: determining (11) a video event associated with a current application; storing (12) said video event in a data structure, delivering a set of video events (21); once said processing condition is satisfied: determining (13) a past time slot; calling (14) an usage statistics API provided on said operating system, delivering a set of application events (22) representative of whether an application has been put in system foreground or system background; retrieving (15), from said set of application events (22), application events that have occurred during said past time slot; retrieving (16), from said set of video events (21), video events that have occurred during said past time slot; chronologically ordering (17) said retrieved application and video events, delivering a consolidated set of ordered events (23).
H04N 21/443 - OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
G06F 11/34 - Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
A folded metal dipole antenna includes a balun having two sides, the sides having metal contact end portions for electrical connection to a printed circuit board, two radiating elements, each radiating element in coplanar relationship to a corresponding side of the balun, and an antenna support member having a spacer portion placed between the two sides of the balun. The spacer portion is used to separate one radiating element of the dipole antenna from another radiating element of the dipole antenna.
H01Q 5/48 - Combinations of two or more dipole type antennas
H01Q 9/28 - Conical, cylindrical, cage, strip, gauze or like elements having an extended radiating surface Elements comprising two conical surfaces having collinear axes and adjacent apices and fed by two-conductor transmission lines
H01Q 9/26 - Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength
H01Q 21/28 - Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems
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Adhesive-free bonding of dielectric materials, using nanojet microstructures
122) positioned opposite to and facing the bottom wall, said bottom wall comprising a transparent substrate; - at least one nanojet focusing element (NJFE) (13) designed in a form of a surface feature of at least a part of the bottom wall facing the ceiling wall; - a light source arranged in such a manner that it illuminates the at least one nanojet focusing element (NJFE) through the transparent substrate of the bottom wall and thereby focuses the light as a photonic nanojet (14) inside the fluid medium between the bottom wall and the ceiling wall; and - light detection means arranged to measure the light scattered or induced by a nanometric object (12) hit by a photonic nanojet (14), the light scattered or induced returning to the light detection means by first passing through the at least one nanojet focusing element (NJFE) (13).
A method and device for obtaining a video content. To reach that aim, at least a first part of said video content is obtained according to a field of view; a modified version of said at least a first part according to said field of view is obtained, the modified version being modified in at least an area of the at least a first part located at a periphery of the field of view; and a new content is obtained after the obtaining of the modified version, the new content being different from any content obtained in association with the at least a first part of the video content.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
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METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND FOR RECEIVING OF ADAPTIVE STREAMING CONTENT OVER A UNIDIRECTIONAL RADIO FREQUENCY NETWORK AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUSES
Method for transmitting and for receiving of adaptive streaming content over a unidirectional radio frequency network and corresponding apparatuses. Adaptive Streaming digital video and/or audio services ("AS services") are transmitted via a broadcast distribution network. The AS services can be added to the traditional broadcast programming to enhance the service offering. The AS services are encapsulated for transport in an MPEG-TS, including the manifest file and stream chunks. A descriptor ("E-descriptor") is added to the Service Information ("SI") and Program Specific Information ("PSI") to enable discovery and selection of the AS services by a receiver. The receiver installs the AS services based on the E- descriptor. If an AS services is selected, it is decapsulated and manifest files are served by an AS server in the receiver. An AS receiver in the receiver reads the manifest files, fetches the chunks from the AS server, converts these to a video and/or audio elementary streams and inputs these into a decoder, which outputs decoded streams for a renderer.
H04N 21/434 - Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams or extraction of additional data from a video streamRemultiplexing of multiplex streamsExtraction or processing of SIDisassembling of packetised elementary stream
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04H 20/28 - Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
A display device (100) obtains (S210) an image, obtains (S220) a current measure of inclination of a screen (110) of the display device (100), rotates (S230) the image to compensate for the inclination to render the image parallel with the horizon, scales (S240) and displays (S250) the image entire and horizontally on the screen. The image can be part of a video for which other images are processed to be displayed horizontally. The image can be scaled to maximise the size of the image when displayed on the screen (110); this can be performed after a period of unchanged inclination.
G09G 5/00 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
G06F 3/0346 - Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the userAccessories therefor with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
H04N 5/232 - Devices for controlling television cameras, e.g. remote control
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LIGHT FIELD CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING CALIBRATION DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
A light field capturing system is proposed. Such light field capturing system comprises a camera array. A plurality of cameras of the camera array comprise each at least one rotating mirror allowing for deflecting a ray bundle captured by at least one sensor of the camera.
A method is proposed for detecting occlusions in an image captured by a light field capturing system, comprising, for at least one reference image belonging to a matrix of images captured by the light field capturing system: - calculating a depth map and a visibility map for pixels in the reference image; - determining at least one candidate area in the reference image in which the potential occlusion may occur based at least on a segmentation of the depth map; - determining an information representative of an occlusion state in the at least one candidate area based at least on visibility values of the visibility map associated with at least two neighborhoods of the at least one candidate area.
A method is proposed for estimating a depth for pixels in a matrix of M images. Such method comprises, at least for one set of N images among the M images, 2 < N ≤ M, a process comprising: -determining depth maps for the images in the set of N images delivering a set of N depth maps; -for at least one current pixel for which a depth has not yet been estimated: -deciding if a candidate depth corresponding to a depth value in the set of N depth maps is consistent or not with the other depth map(s) of the set of N depth maps; -selecting the candidate depth as being the estimated depth for the current pixel if the candidate depth is decided as consistent. The process is enforced iteratively with a new N value which is lower than the previous N value used in the previous iteration of the process.
Different implementations are described, particularly implementations for processing a medium dynamic range video signal are presented. In a method for processing such a video signal a medium dynamic range video signal and associated metadata are received, wherein the metadata include data representative of a peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal. In addition, data representative of a peak luminance value of a presentation display are received. It is determined whether the peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal is greater or lower than the peak luminance value of the presentation display. A processor is configured based on the determination, wherein the processor has a first mode to reconstruct a high dynamic range video signal based on a received standard dynamic range video signal and associated metadata, and a second mode to optimize a received high dynamic range video signal for the rendering device. The medium dynamic range video signal is processed by the processor in the first mode if the peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal is smaller than the peak luminance value of the presentation display and in the second mode if the peak luminance value of the medium dynamic range video signal is greater than the peak luminance value of the presentation display.
A device for generating an image by projecting a plurality of source images onto this image according to a center of projection and a mapping. A source image is associated with a view direction according to the center of projection and the projection itself, the device comprises a memory associated with a processor configured for obtaining a direction of interest for said image; and for a pixel of the immersive image to generate, when a plurality of source pixels from the plurality of source images are projectable onto said pixel according to the center of projection and the mapping, one of these source pixels is selected to provide the considered pixel a color value. The selecting of the source pixel is performed according to the angle formed the direction of interest and the view direction of the source image the source pixel belongs to.
H04N 13/117 - Transformation of image signals corresponding to virtual viewpoints, e.g. spatial image interpolation the virtual viewpoint locations being selected by the viewers or determined by viewer tracking
H04N 13/344 - Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD] with head-mounted left-right displays
At least a method and an apparatus are presented for efficiently encoding or decoding video. For example, a 2-D patch of the point cloud is obtained by projecting 3-D points of the point cloud onto a projection plane, the patch having a plurality of pixels. The patch is divided into a plurality of smaller blocks. The number of pixels is determined within each of the plurality of smaller blocks. An updated occupancy map is obtained based on the determined number of pixels within each of the plurality of smaller blocks. A reconstructed point cloud is obtained based on the updated occupancy map, wherein the reconstructed point cloud is a less dense representation of the point cloud.
H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
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A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING THE GEOMETRY OF A POINT CLOUD.
The present embodiments relate to a method and device. The method comprises obtaining at least one first point from at least one point of a point cloud by projecting said point of the point cloud onto a projection plane and obtaining at least one other point of the point cloud determined according to said at least one first point; determining and encoding at least one interpolation coding mode for said at least one first point based on at least one reconstructed point obtained from said at least one first point and at least one interpolation point defined by said at least one interpolation coding mode to approximate said at least one other point of the point cloud; and signaling said at least interpolation coding mode as values of image data.
1ii n]n] ji+1£ijjjjj is even; • n-waveguide elements (502, 503, 504) that are stack on each other, n being an integer greater or equal to three, each waveguide element, except the one closer to the eye of a user, comprising a diffraction grating that can deviate only one of said n monochromatic light image in the waveguide element by total internal reflection, a first output that delivers deviated light toward said eye box, and a second output that delivers non-deviated light by a waveguide element to a subsequent waveguide element, wherein said second output comprising an achromatic half-wave plate (506, 507), and wherein the waveguide element that is closer to the eye of the user comprises also a diffraction grating that can deviate only one of said n monochromatic light image in the waveguide element by total internal reflection, and an output that delivers deviated light toward said eye box, wherein each diffraction grating of said optical device is associated with a different wavelength, and, wherein the arrangement order of said n-waveguide is done according to the wavelength value, from the smallest to the highest, the smallest waveguide element being positioned closer to the light engine.
The invention concerns a head-mounted device embedding a single display. However, such a head mounted device has a reduced field of view which may have a negative impact on the quality of the images presented to the users of such head mounted devices. The proposed solution consists in positioning a micro-lens array on a display of the head-mounted device to spatially multiplex images emitted by the display for each eye of a user of the head-mounted device on the entire surface of the display by interleaving pixels which emits light for a first eye of the user with pixels which emits light for the second eye and ensuring that each eye sees light emitted by pixels intended for this eye. Such a solution enables to double the field of view for each eye of the user of the head-mounted device.
112231231321322. and said base angles, from electromagnetic waves, which are normally incident on said diffraction grating and come from a side opposite to said substrate in a vertical xz plane with a free-space wavelength λ, called an operating wavelength, said free-space wavelength λ belonging to the visible light domain, and wherein said nanojets being generated at edges between dielectric materials with different refractive indexes.
In today's network management world, there are various solutions that collect data and presume to identify events impacting the QoE of the end-users. However, such solutions usually do not try to address the question of whether the end-users are actually impacted. These solutions usually look at certain types of known problems and try to detect if that problem exists in the end- user's network, and from that they conclude that the end-user might be impacted. The method according to an embodiment of the invention enables to proactively identify that an end-user is actually experiencing an event impacting the Qo E in his home network. The proposed solution enables the detection of event affecting an end-user's network, regardless of the type of the network and without looking for specific issues. This knowledge may be a valuable asset of an Internet Service Provider which may fix issues quicker or mitigate end-users' dissatisfaction.
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor (21) comprising an array of pixels, wherein a set of pixels of the array comprises pixels with different height levels arranged according to their height level and relative position to an optical axis (22) of the image sensor, wherein each pixel of the set can take one height level i among N different height levels, N≥ 2, where i = 1 is the smallest height level and i = N is the highest height level. According to the disclosure, for a pixel of the set having a first height level equal to n, 2 ≥ n ≥ N, and an adjacent pixel of the set having a second height level equal to m, lower than the first height level, in at least one of horizontal, vertical, or diagonal scanning direction, from a point at which the optical axis (22) intersects the image sensor (21) to at least one rim of the image sensor, the second height level m is equal to n— 1.
In a wireless network (200) with a plurality of access points (230, 240), device (250) calculates (S310), for each wireless station (210, 220) in the network (200), a score based on at least an availability of the wireless network (200) for the wireless station (210, 220), combines (S320) the scores for the wireless stations (210, 220) into a current network score for a present configuration of the wireless network (200), calculates (S330) a plurality of predicted network scores corresponding to predicted network configurations with one wireless station (210, 220) moved to a different access point (230, 240) than in the present configuration, each predicted network score being a combination of the scores for wireless stations (210, 220) not moved in the predicted network configuration and a predicted score for the wireless station (210, 220) moved in the predicted network configuration, selects (S360) one of the current network score and the plurality of predicted network scores that satisfies a criterion; and, in case a predicted network score is selected, moves (S390) a wireless station (210, 220) to match the corresponding network configuration.
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