Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) resonator includes: a first CNT having a first end and a second end both fixed to a substrate; and a second CNT having a first end fixed to the substrate. The second CNT creates a Van der Waals (VdW) bond with the first CNT where the second CNT overlaps the first CNT. A length of the VdW bond along a distance between the first and the second CNTs oscillates based on a DC voltage applied between the first end of the first CNT and the first end of the second CNT. An electrical current passing through the first and the second CNTs using the VdW bond oscillates based on the oscillation of the length of the VdW bond.

Abstract: A method for processing images in an information sharing and collaboration environment includes: receiving a plurality of graphical contents including a first graphical content from a first source and a second graphical content from a second source different from the first source within the information sharing and collaboration environment and overlapping the first and second graphical contents; determining a probability that the first graphical content was created before the second graphical content; rendering, using a transparency blending formula and based on the probability that the first graphical content was created before the second graphical content, an opacity of an overlapped portion of the first and second graphical contents; and displaying, on a display, the overlapped first and second graphical contents.

Abstract: A method to extract content written on a marker board is disclosed. The method includes generating, by a computer processor, a sequence of samples from a video stream, wherein the video stream comprises a series of images of the marker board, generating, by the computer processor, a center of mass (COM) of foreground content of each sample in the sequence of samples, detecting, by the computer processor and based on a predetermined criterion, a stabilized change of the COM in the sequence of samples, and extracting, based at least on detecting the stabilized change, a portion of static written content from the video stream.

Abstract: A thermochromic device includes a film and a number of vanadium dioxide nanowires disposed within the film. The film is manufactured by hot extruding a material that includes a polymer and a plurality of vanadium dioxide nanowires on a drum to form a rough film.

Abstract: The method includes: obtaining a first file of a computer-aided design (CAD) application; identifying, within the first file, a first 3D shape associated with a 3D infill pattern; generating a second file including: a first section specifying the 3D infill pattern; and a second section including instructions describing the first 3D shape filled with multiple instances of the 3D infill pattern by referencing the first section. The first section and the second section are separate in the second file.

Abstract: An image processing method, for collaborating between a first augmented reality (AR) workspace and a second AR workspace, includes: calibrating the first AR workspace by creating a camera-to-shared space transformation between a camera coordinate space and a shared coordinate space, and a shared space-to-projector transformation between the shared coordinate space and a projector coordinate space; obtaining a remote composite image of a foreground content in the second AR workspace; generating a projector image by applying the shared space-to-projector transformation to the remote composite image; projecting the projector image into the first AR workspace; obtaining an input image of the first AR workspace that includes the projector image and a foreground content of the first AR workspace; generating an output image by applying the camera-to-shared space transformation to the input image; and obtaining a remote mask based on the remote composite image.

Abstract: A method and system to generate training data for a deep learning model in memory instead of loading pre-generated data from disk storage. A corpus may be stored as lines of text. The lines of text can be manipulated in the memory of a central processing unit (CPU) of a computing system, using asynchronous multi-processing, in parallel with a training process being conducted on the system's graphics processing unit (GPU). With such an approach, for a given line of text, it is possible to take advantage of different fonts and different types of image augmentation without having to put the images in disk storage for subsequent retrieval. Consequently, the same line of text can be used to generate different training images for use in different epochs, providing more variability in training data (no training sample is trained on more than once). A single training corpus may yield many different training data sets.

Abstract: A care plan risk rating (CPR2) system and method enables physicians and other clinicians to manage patient health care plans remotely in response to patient input to generate CPR2 values. In one aspect, patients under care for a particular condition respond to a series of questions related to that condition. The questions may be weighted according to predetermined criteria which a physician or clinician may set. Based on the CPR2 values, the physician or clinician may alter a care plan for a patient or a group of patients. In one aspect, patients with CPR2 values in a predetermined range may be grouped into a cohort, and their care plans managed as a group.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for comparing usage of plural printers. The method includes collecting print information on each of a plurality of printers, the print information including print volume, printer run time, printer print time, printer stop time, and raster image processing time; and displaying, on a graphical user interface, a printer usage dashboard, the printer usage dashboard including a line chart of print volume for the plurality of printers, a bar chart of printer stop time for each of the plurality of printers, and a scatter chart of printer usage for the plurality of printers.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for a single sign-on for services. The method includes: receiving, on a computer processor, user identification captured by a biometric device of a user; forwarding, by the computer processor, the user identification to an authentication server; receiving, on the computer processor, a user JSON Web Token (user-JWT), user principle name, active directory domain name, and user domain name password, upon authentication of the user by the authentication server; performing, by the computer processor, an active directory join operation with an active directory using the user principle name, the active directory domain name, and the user domain name password; launching, on the computer processor, a browser that communicates with the authentication server; and receiving, on the computer processor, an HTML page constructed with JavaScript code with clickable icons for provisioned services from the authentication server.

Abstract: A method and system for temporarily gaining access to a system is disclosed, The method includes: receiving biometric data from a first biometric device of a first user on a computer processor; generating a temporary code on the computer processor in response to receipt of the biometric data from the first biometric device of the first user; sending the temporary code from the computer processor to the first biometric device of the first user; receiving biometric data from a second biometric device of a second user on the first biometric device of the first user; generating an access code on the first biometric device, the access code including one or more of the biometric data of the first user, the temporary code from the computer processor, and the biometric data of the second user; and sending the access code to the biometric device of the second user.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for authenticating a user and authorizing the user to access multifunction printer-specific and/or cloud services on a multifunction printer with a user interface.

Abstract: An authentication server is connected to a client device via a network and includes: an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that supplies power to the authentication server upon interruption of a main power supply; a storage that stores a database including: a piece of user information of a user of the client device; and a piece of authentication information for the user to log into the client device or a predetermined server on the network via the client device; and a processor that, once the UPS starts to supply the power to the authentication server, transmits to the client device the piece of authentication information corresponding to the piece of user information before the authentication server is shut down.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide a new text location technique, which can be applied to general handwriting detection at a variety of levels, including characters, words, and sentences. The inventive technique is efficient in training deep learning systems to locate text. The technique works for different languages, for text in different orientations, and for overlapping text. In one aspect, the technique's ability to separate overlapping text also makes the technique useful in application to overlapping objects. Embodiments take advantage of a so-called skyline appearance that text tends to have. Recognizing a skyline appearance for text can facilitate the proper identification of bounding boxes for the text. Even in the case of overlapping text, discernment of a skyline appearance for words can help with the proper identification of bounding boxes for each of the overlapping text words/phrases, thereby facilitating the separation of the text for purposes of recognition.

Abstract: A method and system to detect visual spoofing of a process of authenticating a person's identity employs computer vision techniques to define characteristics of different kinds of spoofing. Embodiments identify a foreground object within an image and by examining positions and/or orientations of that foreground object within the image, determine whether the presentation of the foreground object is an attempt to spoof the authentication process.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for a single sign-on for services. The method includes: receiving, on a computer processor, user identification captured by a biometric device of a user; forwarding, by the computer processor, the user identification to an authentication server; receiving, on the computer processor, a user JSON Web Token (user-JWT), user principle name, active directory domain name, and user domain name password, upon authentication of the user by the authentication server; performing, by the computer processor, an active directory join operation with an active directory using the user principle name, the active directory domain name, and the user domain name password; launching, on the computer processor, a browser that communicates with the authentication server; and receiving, on the computer processor, an HTML page constructed with JavaScript code with clickable icons for provisioned services from the authentication server.

Abstract: Method and apparatus to match bounding boxes around text to align forms. The approach is less computationally intensive, and less prone to error than text recognition. For purposes of achieving alignment, information per se is not as important as information location. Information within the bounding boxes is not as critical as is the location of the area which the bounding boxes occupy. Scanning artifacts, missing characters, or noise generally do not affect bounding boxes themselves so much as they do the contents of the bounding boxes. Thus, for purposes of form alignment, the bounding boxes themselves are sufficient. Using bounding boxes also avoids misalignment issues that can result from stray marks on a page, for example, from holes punched in a sheet, or from handwritten notations.

Abstract: A method and system for securely registering a user in a biometric system. The method includes: receiving, on a computer processor of the biometric system, an identifier of a biometric device and user information; sending, with the computer processor, a request that the biometric device be sent to the user of the biometric device upon the receipt of the identifier of the biometric device and user information; receiving, on the computer processor, the identifier of the biometric device and one or more authenticators from the user; initiating, with the computer processor, a registration of the user based on the receipt of the identifier of the biometric device and the one or more authenticators from the user; and receiving, on the computer processor, biometric data of the user from the biometric device to complete a registration of the user in the biometric system.

Abstract: An authentication server is connected to a plurality of client devices via a network and includes: a storage that stores a database including: a plurality of pieces of user information; and multiple kinds of a plurality of pieces of credential information for logging into an application or service provided by an external server via each of the client devices; and a processor that: upon receiving a first piece of user information from a first client device, determines whether the database contains a first piece of credential information corresponding to the first piece of user information, and upon determining that the database contains the first piece of credential information, sends to the first client device the first piece of credential information required to allow a user to log into the application or service provided via the first client device.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for user registration with mirrored identities to achieve federation without on-premises identities. The method including: forwarding, from a computer processor, a password-based authentication request for a user to an active directory for access to cloud services; receiving, on the computer processor, a cloud authentication from the active directory for the user; piggybacking, on the computer processor, the cloud authentication for the user from the active directory with a FIDO2 registration to an authentication server; requesting, by the computer processor, an application or service from a cloud provider with the cloud authentication for the user from the FIDO2 registration; and receiving, on the computer processor, the application or service from the cloud provider.