Abstract: Systems and methods for updating subscriber data are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a serving node in a communication network for updating subscriber data includes receiving a modification of subscriber data for one or more subscribers and determining if updates to the subscriber data for the one or more subscribers are needed now. In response to determining that updates are needed now, the method includes communicating the modification for subscribers to one or more additional nodes and/or initiating other types of signaling towards other network nodes as a result. In response to determining that updates are not needed now, the method includes postponing the communication of the modification of the subscriber data for the one or more subscribers. In this way, signaling floods towards external network elements may be avoided when a modification is performed to subscription data that affects multiple subscribers (potentially even millions).

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for performing a handover of a user equipment, UE (10), from one or a plurality of source beams of a source access node, AN (14) to one or a plurality of target beams of a target access node, AN (16), wherein the target AN performs the steps of receiving from the source AN (14) a positioning information indicative of a first position estimate of an actual position of the UE (10), determining or initiating determining a resulting position estimate, wherein the resulting position estimate is derived from the first position estimate, and activating the one or the plurality of target beams in dependency of the resulting position estimate.

Abstract: An apparatus acquires a first converted image by converting resolution of a first image of a subject into first resolution, acquires a second converted image by converting resolution of a second image into the first resolution, acquires first deformation information for executing image registration between the first converted image and the second converted image with the first resolution, and generates a subtraction image with the first resolution based on the first deformation information, the subtraction image showing a difference between the first converted image and the second converted image, or generates a second subtraction image based on second deformation information obtained in such a manner that resolution of the first deformation information is converted into the resolution of the first image, the second subtraction image showing a difference between the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A system and method for resolving an ambiguity between similar objects in an image is disclosed. A three dimensional representation of a room is generated, and objects in the room are identified from an image of the room are identified. A determination is made that at least two objects are visually similar, and a position of the two objects is ambiguous. At least one question based on the determined ambiguity is programmatically generated based on information known about the room, and is phrased such that the ambiguity can be resolved by an answer to the question. Based on the answer received one of the objects is selected. At least one property of the selected object is modified based upon the selection of one of the at least two objects.

Abstract: A text messaging system that allows messaging apps to send one or more layer identifiers that can specify content for a layer and Z depth of that layer relative to other layers in a text message transcript such as a sent message layer and a received message layer.

Abstract: A communication device for redirecting the communication device comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise performing a first random access (RA) procedure with a first node; transmitting information of a service to the first node, when performing the first RA procedure; receiving a RRC redirection command message for redirecting the communication device to at least one second node from the first node, after transmitting the information of the service; selecting a first one of the at least one second node according to the RRC redirection command message; and performing a second RA procedure with the first one of the at least one second node.

Abstract: Techniques are described for millimeter wave wireless communication. One method includes configuring a synchronization slot associated with a plurality of synchronization blocks, configuring a transmission of each synchronization block of the plurality of synchronization blocks based on the configured synchronization slot, assigning a synchronization region to a first frequency portion associated with a transmission beam of each synchronization block, assigning at least one of a data region or a control region to a second frequency portion associated with the transmission beam of each synchronization block, and transmitting a synchronization signal during the synchronization region and transmitting at least one of data signal during the data region or control information during the control region to a wireless node.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a method, a system and an apparatus for monitoring attendance of a teacher in class, so as to simplify the process of monitoring the attendance of the teacher and to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of acquiring the attendance of the teacher.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication interface configured to receive a call from another electronic device, a sensor to sense a motion speed of the electronic device, and a processor configured to provide, to a server, a status of the electronic device based on the motion speed for notifying the another electronic device of the status, determine a type of the call according to an input received from the another electronic device after providing the status, and control to provide a notification related to the call in the electronic device based on the type of the call.

Abstract: A communication system with a master device configured to determine location information in real-time with respect to a portable device. The master device may direct one or more monitor devices to monitor communications that occur over a primary communication link. The monitor devices may sense characteristic information about the signal from the portable device, and communicate this characteristic information to the master device via an auxiliary communication link. The communication system may determine location of the portable device, authenticate the portable device, determine whether the portable device is authorized to allow or initiate an action, and command or enable an action with respect to equipment.

Abstract: A false alarm reduction system and method are provided for reducing false alarms in an automatic defect detection system. The false alarm reduction system includes a defect detection system, generating a list of image boxes marking detected potential defects in an input image. The false alarm reduction system further includes a feature extractor, transforming each of the image boxes in the list into a respective set of numerical features. The false alarm reduction system also includes a classifier, computing as a classification outcome for the each of the image boxes whether the detected potential defect is a true defect or a false alarm responsive to the respective set of numerical features for each of the image boxes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an emergency communication method and device. The emergency communication method includes: receiving an emergency communication request issued from a calling device to a called device; searching for communication devices within a set range of the called device; selecting, from the communication devices found in the searching, communication devices having an emergency communication auxiliary function which is in an on state as auxiliary devices; and establishing a communication connection between the calling device and the auxiliary devices, so that a user of the calling device communicates with a user of the called device through the auxiliary devices. The present disclosure can realize emergency communication in real time, which is convenient and fast, and ensures the timely establishment of emergency communication.

Abstract: A method includes determining a location of a device based on wireless communication of the device with one or more line-of-sight dependent communication devices that allow data transmission between the device and a base station, determining content to be provided to the device based in part on the location of the device, performing computing operations that correspond to the content at the base station using inputs transmitted to the base station from the device, and transmitting outputs of the computing operations from the base station to the device for display at the device.

Abstract: A method and an electronic apparatus for comparing tracking object are provided. The method applies an edge detection to a template image and a candidate image to generate a template edge image and a candidate edge image respectively. A vertical template edge image and a horizontal edge template image caused by summing (or averaging) the pixel values of the template image horizontally and vertically are used to compare with the summing (or averaging) pixel values of the horizontal/vertical candidate edge images. A measurement in the comparison is based on the positions of partial horizontal candidate edge image and the partial vertical candidate edge image. The method determines that a region of the candidate image has the tracking object according to the vertical coordinate information and the horizontal coordinate information.

Abstract: An approach is provided for detecting degraded ground paint in an image. The approach, for example, involves performing semantic segmentation on the image to determine one or more pixels of the image that are classified in a ground paint category. The approach also involves generating a binary image that contains the one or more pixels of the image that are classified in the ground paint category. The approach further involves generating a hole-filled binary image by filling in the binary image to generate one or more curvilinear structures from the one or more pixels. The approach further involves determining a difference between the image and the hole-filled binary image to identify one or more degraded ground paint pixels of the image and providing the one or more degraded ground paint pixels as an output.

Abstract: An example network information aggregator is disclosed. The network information aggregator includes a network interface, a memory, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is to receive a machine learning model trained using initialization data from a model creation device. The processing circuitry is also to generate a device steering rule to steer a client device from a first radio to a second radio using the machine learning model. The processing circuitry is also to send a steer command to the first radio.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for modifying the transmission rate of media data in order to improve craft-based media playback system performance during handover events in a communication system.

Abstract: In order to produce a discriminator that has higher discrimination ability, this image-processing device is provided with a synthesis unit for synthesizing a background image and an object image the hue and/or brightness of which at least partially resembles at least a portion of the background image, a generation unit for generating a difference image between the synthesized image and the background image, and a machine learning unit for performing machine learning using the generated difference image as learning data.

Abstract: A method is described for adapting 3D image datasets so that they can be registered and combined with 2D images of the same subject, wherein deformation or movement of parts of the subject has occurred between obtaining the 3D image and the 2D image. 2D-3D registrations of the images with respect to multiple features visible in both images are used to provide point correspondences between the images in order to provide an interpolation function that can be used to determine the position of a feature visible in the first image but not the second image and thus mark the location of the feature on the second image. Also described is apparatus for carrying out this method.

Abstract: An occupant monitoring device is mountable in a vehicle, and configured to monitor one or more occupants riding in the vehicle. The occupant monitoring device includes: a recognizer that recognizes one or more occupants riding in the vehicle; a recognized occupant storage that stores occupant information recognized by the recognizer; a setting storage that stores setting for the one or more occupants, stored in the recognized occupant storage; and a monitor that monitors the one or more occupants riding in the vehicle based on the setting of the setting storage. When the recognizer is unable to identify an occupant by recognition processing, the recognized occupant storage stores guest information which does not identify the occupant, and the monitor monitors a guest who has ridden in the vehicle, based on the setting of the setting storage.