Abstract: A computer mouse includes a housing. The housing includes a non-metallic base and a shell attached to the non-metallic base. The shell is formed of an electrically conductive material. The computer mouse includes a user input device in the housing. The user input device is manually operable by a user to generate a control signal. The computer mouse includes an antenna within the housing. The antenna is configured to receive the control signal from the user input device. The antenna is configured to emit a wireless signal, based on the control signal, to control operations of a computing device.

Abstract: User equipments (UEs) can be efficiently clustered into groups of UEs where a UE of a group can be selected as a host UE to communicate with a radio access network (RAN) on behalf of other UEs in the group. A resource manager component can receive information, including predictive information of predicted future UE performance or characteristics, relating to respective power availability, signal strength, data performance, and transit vectors of respective UEs from UEs in an area, and determine which UEs are to be clustered in a group and which UE(s) of the group is to be a host UE(s) for the group based on such information. The host UE can facilitate communications between the other UEs in the group and the RAN. The resource manager component also can employ a round-robin technique for substantially equal sharing of duties as host UE among multiple UEs of the group.

Abstract: A computing device may be configured to receive a content asset and to determine whether the content asset comprises one or more triggers. The trigger may be a word, phrase, or passcode that alerts a voice activated device to the presence of a voice command and may serve as an instruction to the voice activated device to cause execution of the voice command. In response to determining that the content asset comprises one or more triggers, the computing device may be configured to insert one or more signal markers into the content asset at a location corresponding to the one or more triggers, and to cause transmission and/or presentation of the content asset with the one or more signal markers. The signal markers may cause a voice activated device to ignore a voice command in the content asset, despite the presence of one or more triggers.

Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01095519. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01095519. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01095519 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01095519 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may include a housing defining at least one internal compartment. The housing may be waterproof. The aerosol-generating device may further include a power supply, an electric heater, and/or a haptic feedback device. Each of the power supply, electric heater, and/or haptic feedback device may be positioned within one or more of the at least one internal compartment.

Abstract: A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) device is configured to write regions of neutral polarity on a magnetic media during a same pass of the recording head in which other regions are written of positive polarity and negative polarity. The various disclosed write techniques may facilitate creation of “zero state” (substantially net zero polarity) transition zones between each pair of data bits of opposite polarity and/or may facilitate the encoding of three different logical states (e.g., 1, 0, and ?1) on the media.

Abstract: An intelligent tracking system generally includes one or more tracking devices, some of which may be passive tracking devices. Each passive tracking device includes one or more transceivers and is energized by an energizing signal. Some of these passive tracking devices may operate in a first communication mode or a second communication mode based on the energizing signal. Some tracking devices may include encryption modules or authentication modules. Some of these devices may incorporate a bulk acoustic wave oscillator.

Abstract: Provided are systems and processes for generating virtual sporting events. An example method comprises obtaining reference content data comprising reference video, audio, and statistics of a plurality of original sporting events. The reference content is segmented into a plurality of event segments which are identified based on predefined milestones and comprises corresponding video data segments, audio data segments, and statistical play data. The event segments are classified with one or more categories based on the corresponding data and the event segment information is stored. An event segment is selected as a virtual event segment for each time segment of the virtual sporting event based on various predetermined criteria. The virtual event segments are desensitized by at least partially removing color and sound. Virtual event data is mapped to each of the virtual event segments and virtual event information is generated based on the progress of the virtual sporting event.

Abstract: A pressure-isolation device has a plug for isolating pressure within a wellbore. The plug can include one or more modular mandrel assemblies partially disposed within each other. Each mandrel assembly can include a sealing element and a shear pin for setting the mandrel section. Each mandrel assembly can also have a collar element, a shear sleeve, a mandrel stop element, and a back-up ring in contact with the sealing element. The plug can further include a bottom receiving element including a knockout plug. The plug assembly can include a top catch element for setting and pulling the plug.

Abstract: A vehicle sensor training system includes a first computing device configured to receive dynamics data from a host vehicle. A receiving device is configured to receive real time object identification data from a reference target. A second computing device is configured to compile the dynamics data from the first computing device and the real-time object identification data from the receiving device. The second computing device is configured to train a vehicle sensor with the real-time object identification data.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines an area with sample values available in a reference sample memory for use in a reconstruction of a current block. Further, the processing circuitry updates a history based list for storing locations of previously reconstructed samples of a single value string mode. The locations are limited within the area. Then, the processing circuitry reconstructs, based on the history based list, a string of the single value string mode within the current block.

Abstract: A method for streaming gameplay of a cloud video game is provided, including: executing the cloud video game to generate gameplay video; streaming the gameplay video over a network to a client device, the gameplay video being presented by the client device on a display; during the streaming of the gameplay video, transmitting one or more assets over the network to the client device, the assets being cached by the client device; wherein the cached assets are processed by the client device and utilized in the gameplay video before being presented on the display, wherein streaming the gameplay video includes identifying a given one of the cached assets that was transmitted over the network to the client device and identifying where in the gameplay video the given cached asset is to be utilized.

Abstract: A system and method for determining alignment of a first part relative to a second part includes an alignment gauge body including a first portion for resting against the first part and a second portion for positioning juxtaposed to the second part and a measuring device fixedly coupled to the alignment gauge body. The measuring device generates a distance signal corresponding to a distance between a first face of the first part and the second face of the second part. A controller coupled to the gauge device and a memory. The controller is programmed to store a vehicle identification number (VIN) in the memory and compare the distance. The controller associates the VIN and the distance in the memory. The controller compares the distance to a threshold and setting a flag in response to comparing. A display coupled to the controller displays an indicator corresponding to the flag.

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory opening fill structures including a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective vertical stack of memory elements extending through the alternating stack in a memory array region, via contact structures contacting the stepped surfaces of the electrically conductive layers at each step in a staircase region, and a vertical stack of access transistors located between the staircase region and the memory array region.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an intra block copy mode. The processing circuitry selects, from a set of multiple candidate resolutions, a resolution of a block vector difference for the current block, and determines a block vector of the current block according to the selected resolution of the block vector difference and a block vector predictor of the current block. Then, the processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the current block according to the block vector.