Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for power saving according to radio access network (RAN) awareness may include an application server establishing, with a wireless communication node, a reference time between one or more first clocks of the application server and one or more second clocks of the wireless communication node. The application server may transmit one or more packets to the wireless communication node for providing to a user equipment (UE), the one or more packets including information usable by the wireless communication node for applying a delivery policy for delivering the one or more packets to the UE, according to the reference time.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may monitor one or more regions of a first 3D model of an environment to determine a frequency the respective region changes. The computing system may determine a first region of the one or more regions is static based on the frequency the respective region changes. The computing system may delay a first time period to a second time period to update the first 3D model based on comparisons between a second 3D model and first depth measurements of the first region. The computing system may detect whether the first region changed after the second time period based on comparisons between the second 3D model and the first depth measurements of the first region. The computing system may in response to detecting a change in the first region, update the first 3D model of the first region.

Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.

Abstract: According to examples, a head-mounted display (HMD) headset may include at least two exterior-facing color cameras mounted on the front face of the HMD and in the same visual plane as the user's eyes. The at least two exterior-facing color cameras may collect images for stereo view synthesis. The HMD may include a processor, and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform stereo view synthesis with a machine-learning (ML) based technique including at least one of depth estimation, imaging sharpening, forward splatting, disocclusion filtering, or fusion.

Abstract: The disclosed device may include a lens stack. The lens stack may include a first gradient-index liquid crystal lens and a second gradient-index liquid crystal lens in tandem with the first gradient-index liquid crystal lens. The lens stack may be configured to reach a target optical power based on a first optical power of the first gradient-index liquid crystal lens and a second optical power of the second gradient-index liquid crystal lens. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Imaging systems, cameras, and image sensors of this disclosure include imaging pixels that include subpixels. Diffractive optical elements such as a metasurface lens layers or a liquid crystal polarization hologram (LCPH) are configured to focus image light to the subpixels of the imaging pixels.

Abstract: A method includes separately exposing selected portions of a first rigid substrate and a second rigid substrate to laser radiation, selectively etching the exposed portions of the first rigid substrate and the second rigid substrate using a chemical etchant and bonding the first rigid substrate to the second rigid substrate along a common interface to form a fluidic valve. The fluidic valve may be coupled to a fluidic haptics device, for example, which may be integrated into an artificial reality system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to using a large language model (LLM), provided with user context information and user high-level goal information to generate contextualized action recommendations that can help the user achieve the high-level goal(s). In one exemplary embodiment, a user system, and an AI action recommendation system that is associated with an LLM, are communicatively coupled and cooperatively implement a contextualized action recommendation virtual assistant. Input data comprising personal information data of the user that includes at least one high-level goal of the user, and user context data obtained from the user system can be collected and used to generate a prompt that is input to the LLM. The LLM can then generate a contextualized action recommendation for the user based on the prompt, and the contextualized action recommendation can be presented to the user via a virtual assistant user interface on a display of the user system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for protocol data unit (PDU) discard may include user equipment (UE) which receives, at a buffer of the UE, a protocol data unit (PDU) for transmission to a base station. The UE may initiate a discard timer responsive to the PDU being received in the buffer. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a delay status report corresponding to the PDU, responsive to a remaining time for the discard timer satisfying a threshold criterion.

Abstract: Systems and methods for protocol data unit (PDU) set discard may include a transmitter device which determines, for each of a plurality of PDU sets, a discard level, from an ordered set of a plurality of discard levels, assigned to the PDU set, the discard level assigned to the PDU set based on one or more characteristics of traffic corresponding to the PDU set. The transmitter device may determine a congestion status of a network which is to be used to transmit the PDU sets to a receiver device. The transmitter device may discard a first subset of the plurality of PDU sets, according to a first discard level assigned to the first subset. The transmitter device may transmit, via the network to the receiver device, a second subset of the plurality of PDU sets having a second discard level.

Abstract: Systems and methods for traffic flow shaping may include user equipment (UE) which determines, for a plurality of traffic flows, a respective set of statistical parameters for communication with a base station. The traffic flows may correspond to an application supported by the UE. The UE may transmit, to the base station, one or more messages indicating the statistical parameters for the plurality of traffic flows in a UE assistance information (UAI) signaling.

Abstract: In some examples, an article comprises a semiconductor including at least one integrated circuit, a ?LED array on a first surface of the semiconductor, and a fill material disposed on a first edge of the semiconductor. The first edge of the ?LED array or the semiconductor is oriented substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the semiconductor.

Abstract: A wearable device comprises, a first unit cell that includes a haptic-feedback generator and the haptic-feedback generator is located at a first position on the wearable device. The device includes a second unit cell that includes another haptic-feedback generator, the other haptic-feedback generator is located at a second position that is adjacent to the first position. The device includes a connection between the first unit cell and the second unit cell, the connection being adjustable to move the first unit cell away from the first position or the second unit cell away from the second position. The device also includes a processor that is configured to: cause a size adjustment to either the haptic-feedback generator or the other haptic-feedback generator to provide, a first haptic feedback, and cause a positional adjustment, via the connection, to move the haptic-feedback generator away from the first position to provide a second haptic feedback.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for compensating nonlinear distortions. The system receives a signal corresponding to an input sound pressure which is detected by a capacitive MEMS microphone. The capacitive MEMS microphone includes an active capacitance and a parasitic capacitance. The system determines a nonlinear relationship between the signal and the input sound pressure; and determines, based on the signal, an input parameter associated with the active capacitance and the parasitic capacitance. The system further determines an output signal based on the input parameter and the output signal and the input sound pressure have a linear relationship. The system compensates the signal based on the determined output signal and outputs the compensated signal as an output so that the output has the linear relationship with the input sound pressure.

Abstract: An optical device may include (i) a heat source that produces heat while operating, (ii) a thermally conductive optical element that is optically transparent and that dissipates the heat produced by the heat source, and (iii) a thermally conductive connector that transfers the heat between the heat source and the thermally conductive optical element. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing partial passthrough video to a user of a virtual reality device are disclosed herein. Providing the partial passthrough video can include detecting a hand passthrough trigger event and identifying a hand passthrough video feed. Providing partial passthrough video can further include aligning the hand passthrough video feed with a virtual environment presented to a user by the virtual environment and, based on the aligning of the hand passthrough video feed with the virtual environment, overlaying the hand passthrough video feed on the virtual environment.

Abstract: The disclosed swappable antenna component may include a carrier dimensioned to fit to an interior of an overmold window, wherein the overmold window may be overmolded to a gap of a frame of a computing device. Additionally, the swappable antenna component may include an antenna trace disposed in a conductive layer of the carrier to electronically couple to the computing device, wherein the antenna trace may be surrounded by a non-conductive material of the carrier. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for peak power control include control circuitry which identifies a condition for a device. The control circuitry can apply the condition for the device to one or more models maintained for a plurality of device processing units of the device to determine one or more performance characteristics for the plurality of processing units. The control circuitry can distribute power credits to the plurality of device processing units of the device according to the determined performance characteristics for the plurality of device processing units, to manage a respective peak power for each respective device processing unit according to a number of the power credits distributed to the respective device processing unit.