Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a head-mounted display device is provided, including a display, one or more input devices, and a processor. The processor may be configured to display a first 360-degree video on the display in a three-dimensional playback environment. The processor may be further configured to display a post-roll on the display when the first 360-degree video ends, wherein the post-roll is displayed in the three-dimensional playback environment and includes one or more interactable icons. The processor may be further configured to detect a selection of an interactable icon of the one or more interactable icons via the one or more input devices. The processor may be further configured to, in response to detecting the selection, perform a video environment navigation action.

Abstract: Described herein is a system for recommending music using a music taste profile. The music taste profile includes information about musical taste of a particular user that can be used to provide music recommendation(s) targeted to that particular user. The system includes a recommendation component that makes a music recommendation(s) based on the music taste profile. The recommendation component can utilize an algorithm to make the music recommendation. With consent of the user, a music taste profile modification component can modify the music taste profile based on an inference from information regarding a music-related interest of the user received from a source (e.g., information obtained about a web browsing search history of the user, signal(s) provided by a digital assistant regarding information requested by the user and/or from a home automation device).

Abstract: Methods and devices for reducing intermodulation distortion are described herein. In response to receiving an audio input signal, N filtered audio signals may be generated by a filter bank, corresponding to N different frequency bands. The N filtered audio signals may be delayed by a delay time D, and a determination of whether an audio frame of the filtered audio signals includes an audio event or a non-audio event. A signal level estimation may then be determined, the signal level estimation indicating an expander, a compressor, or no compression effects being present. An amount of gain is determined and applied to the delayed audio signals, which are summed across the N frequency bands to generate a full-band audio signal. In some embodiments, the full-band audio signal may be applied to a limiter to reduce any audio clipping, and a final audio signal may be generated.

Abstract: A reconfigurable filter bank system that has an asymmetrical tree structure with multiple stages to generate multiband outputs. Each stage may include cascaded low-pass filters (LPFs), cascaded high-pass filters (HPFs) and/or all-pass filter(s) (APF(s)) having identical phase responses. As the cascaded LPFs, cascaded HPFs and APF(s) have identical phase responses, each frequency band of the multiband output may have an identical phase shift such that the frequency bands are in-phase and can be added together. The multiband outputs of the reconfigurable filter bank may have near-perfect reconstruction (e.g., small number of cross-band ripples) and therefore only minor distortion. In addition, the number of frequency bands and corresponding non-uniform bandwidths (e.g., frequency ranges) may be user-adjustable and/or reconfigurable during device operation. Further, the reconfigurable filter bank may have reduced computational complexity and/or latency.

Abstract: A bore hole tool 10 for removing minerals from the earth. The tool has a case 11 having a nose 12. The case contains a drilling sub-system A, a mining sub-system B, and a pumping sub-system C. The drilling sub-system ablates material in front of the nose providing a space into which the tool can be advanced. The mining sub-system breaks down mineral resources and creates a slurry around the tool. The pumping sub-system pumps the slurry created by the mining sub-system away from the case. A method of removing minerals involves providing a bore hole tool 10, ablating material in front of the nose 12 of the case to provide a space into which the tool can be advanced, breaking down mineral resources and creating a slurry around the tool, and pumping the slurry created by the mining sub-system away from the case.