Abstract: A consumer product device has a consumer product, a communication module capable of communicating in a mesh network, and a power connector electrically coupled to the communication module.

Abstract: A method of associating a function to a room within a home, includes forming a mesh network in the structure with a plurality of nodes, each node having a communication module, segmenting the nodes into rooms based upon the time of flight, obtaining an identity for at least one node in a room; and using the identity to assign a function to the room.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enrolling nodes into an ad hoc network associated with a multi-roomed structure. Nodes within the ad hoc network comprise a communication module configured to communicate with the ad hoc network using at least one of room-limited communications and room-transparent communications.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enrolling nodes into an ad hoc network associated with a multi-roomed structure. Nodes within the ad hoc network comprise a communication module configured to communicate with the ad hoc network using at least one of room-limited communications and room-transparent communications.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enrolling nodes into an ad hoc network associated with a multi-roomed structure. Nodes within the ad hoc network comprise a communication module configured to communicate with the ad hoc network using at least one of room-limited communications and room-transparent communications.

Abstract: A method of building a room list in a structure having at least two rooms includes forming a mesh network in the structure with at least two nodes, each node having a room-limited communication module, analyzing signals from the room-limited communication modules between nodes, segmenting the nodes into rooms based upon the signals, and associating each node of the plurality of nodes with one of the rooms. A method of making a room list includes providing at least two nodes, measuring signals between nodes, analyzing the signals, and associating a grouping of nodes to a room based on the analyzing.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enrolling nodes into an ad hoc network associated with a multi-roomed structure. Nodes within the ad hoc network comprise a communication module configured to communicate with the ad hoc network using at least one of room-limited communications and room-transparent communications.

Abstract: Methods of leveling ink on substrates and apparatuses useful in printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the methods includes irradiating ink disposed on a surface of a porous substrate with radiation emitted by at least one radiant energy source. The radiation heats the ink to at least a viscosity threshold temperature of the ink to allow the ink to flow laterally on the surface to produce leveling of the ink. The ink is heated sufficiently rapidly that heat transfer from the ink to the substrate is sufficiently small during the leveling that ink at the substrate interface is cooled to a temperature below the viscosity threshold temperature thereby preventing any significant ink permeation into the substrate.

Abstract: A lighting device has a light emitter receptacle, a power connector configured to connect to a power source, the power connector connected to the receptacle, and a communication module. A network of lighting devices has a plurality of lighting devices, each light device including a communications module, and a light emitter receptacle. The network is a wireless, ad hoc network having nodes corresponding to the lighting devices, wherein one of the lighting devices acts as a master node, the master node having a port connected to an external network and a nonvolatile memory.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a virtual representation of a structure that is associated with an ad hoc network comprising a plurality of nodes. Nodes within the ad hoc network may have a communication module configured to communicate with the ad hoc network using at least one of room-limited communications and room-transparent communications.

Abstract: Methods of leveling ink on substrates and apparatuses useful in printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the methods includes irradiating ink disposed on a surface of a porous substrate with radiation emitted by at least one radiant energy source. The radiation heats the ink to at least a viscosity threshold temperature of the ink to allow the ink to flow laterally on the surface to produce leveling of the ink. The ink is heated sufficiently rapidly that heat transfer from the ink to the substrate is sufficiently small during the leveling that ink at the substrate interface is cooled to a temperature below the viscosity threshold temperature thereby preventing any significant ink permeation into the substrate.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes a light source, an optical filter, and an optical detector. The monitoring device may monitor curing processes, such as ultraviolet (UV) curing processes to determine the progression of the level of cure of a light-activated material to a substrate. The light source emits light toward a light-activated material, such as a film, and/or a substrate. The optical filter is positioned so that a wavelength of the light is transmitted through the optical filter after the light is reflected off of the substrate and/or the film. The optical detector is positioned to detect the light that is transmitted through the optical filter.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system has a POS terminal comprising a display output interface and an identification input interface, the POS terminal being programmed: to receive identification data via the identification input interface, the identification data identifying a selected product for processing by the POS terminal, to process the identification data to generate alphanumeric text data encoding a description of the selected product, and to output the alphanumeric text data via the display output interface; a display unit; and a controller, programmed: to receive the alphanumeric text data from the POS terminal display output interface, to process the alphanumeric text data to generate further identification data identifying the selected product, to process the further identification data to select graphical data appropriate for the selected product, and to output the graphical data to the display unit. A controller, method, computer readable medium and computer are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for discarding perpetually-rejected packets in a fabric-based interconnect having a reliable physical layer is disclosed. A transmitting component keeps a count of the number of negative acknowledgements (NAKs) it receives from the receiving component for packets the transmitting component sends. If the transmitting component receives a number of consecutive NAKs for the same packet that exceeds some pre-determined threshold, the packet is not resent, but is, instead, treated as having been acknowledged, and subsequent packets are allowed to be transmitted. Higher-level processes are then notified of the problem so as to allow the error to be dealt with at a higher level, but without obstructing the flow of packets on the physical layer.

Abstract: Methods of leveling ink on substrates and apparatuses useful in printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the methods includes irradiating ink disposed on a surface of a porous substrate with radiation emitted by at least one radiant energy source. The radiation heats the ink to at least a viscosity threshold temperature of the ink to allow the ink to flow laterally on the surface to produce leveling of the ink. The ink is heated sufficiently rapidly that heat transfer from the ink to the substrate is sufficiently small during the leveling that ink at the substrate interface is cooled to a temperature below the viscosity threshold temperature thereby preventing any significant ink permeation into the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for minimizing the buffer size of an elasticity FIFO queue when synchronizing data between two clock domains. Data communication is typically sent by a transmitter device to a receiver device. The transmitted data signal includes an embedded clock signal and null data characters, as specified by the data communication signal protocol. A null character indicates an empty data frame and is included as part of most standard communication protocols. An embodiment skips one or more null characters from the elasticity FIFO queue during a single clock cycle when it is detected that the write pointer is catching up to the read pointer. By skipping multiple null characters during a single write cycle, the read pointer is moved ahead by one or more queue locations and the write pointer is insured to not catch up to the read pointer for a wider variation in frequencies between a transmitter and receiver than is normally possible.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing latency between two clock domains in a digital electronic device. The time between a write to a queue position and a corresponding read of the queue position is reduced by up to one clock cycle by including a delay in the time before first writing data to a First In First Out (FIFO) queue used to buffer and synchronize data between two clock domains. The two clock domains have the same frequency, but may be out of phase. Reducing the latency between the write and the corresponding read reduces the required size of the FIFO queue and also results in more efficient system operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adaptive method for training a source synchronous parallel receiver. The adaptive method for training, or aligning, parallel data channels permits a parallel communication receiver to adaptively adjust the timing of data channels to align the data channels with a frame channel and achieve a source synchronous signal for the parallel data channels. Further, portions of the frame channel training pattern may be used because possible time shift accuracy error is accounted for between the communication channels and a determination is made as to which portion of the frame pattern is currently being received. The data channels are then aligned appropriately.

Abstract: A logical gate and a comparator are used to detect page boundaries in a data stream. A current address and a predetermined page size, that is an integer power of 2, are compared using a Boolean logic gate such as AND or XOR to detect a page boundary in a data stream. The output from the Boolean logic gate is compared to a predetermined value to cause a signal to be generated, indicating the end of the page.

Abstract: A system for verifying the accuracy of stored data in a computer system where read and write requests can pass earlier-issued read and write requests. The system monitors read and write requests for a variety of data storage locations. When the system detects the first request to write data to a particular location it creates a data structure to represent that location and stores the data. For later write requests to the same location, the system modifies the data structure to store the new data being written, maintaining storage for only the data which can possibly be returned accurately for a read request. The system also monitors responses to read and write requests. For data returned in response to satisfaction of a read request, the system uses the data structure to determine if the returned data is accurate (i.e., if it is among the stored data). If the system determines that the returned data is inaccurate, it issues an error.