Abstract: A system for improving content visibility on a display under low-contrast viewing conditions using an image process technique.

Abstract: Method and system for mitigating the impact on peak load management of a malfunction in determining actual load at a site by substituting a predicted load for actual load while the malfunction persists. Using a predicted load as a substitute for actual load during the malfunction period avoids use of a grossly overestimated or underestimated actual load that if used could cause suboptimal use of battery power and decimate cost savings from peak load management.

Abstract: An energy management system includes a controller receiving electrical pricing information from an electrical utility company, measuring electrical power usage of a customer, and providing the electrical power usage to the electrical utility company. The controller is suitable to receive information regarding energy storage of a customer's electrical power storage and receive power information regarding a power generation source of the customer. The controller modifies the power usage of the energy management system based upon the pricing information, the electrical power usage, the energy storage, the power information, wherein the pricing information includes a plurality of temporal pricing levels and a temporal peak pricing level.

Abstract: A method for reporting uplink control information (UCI) is described. A first part of the UCI is encoded in a single physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) symbol. A channel of the PUCCH symbol is selected to implicitly encode a second part of the UCI in the PUCCH symbol. The PUCCH symbol is transmitted via a single PUCCH signal.

Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a cyanometallate cathode battery. The method provides a cathode of AXM1YM2Z(CN)N.MH2O, where “A” is selected from a first group of metals, and where M1 and M2 are transition metals. The method provides an anode and a metal ion-permeable membrane separating the anode from the cathode. A third electrode is also provided including “B” metal ions selected from the first group of metals. Typically, the first group of metals includes alkali and alkaline metals. The method intercalates “B” metal ions from the third electrode to the anode, the cathode, or both the anode and cathode to form a completely fabricated battery. In one aspect, a solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer including the “B” metal ions overlies a surface of the anode, the cathode, or both the anode and cathode. A cyanometallate cathode battery is also provided.

Abstract: A system for producing a motion vector field for a current frame, where the system includes an estimator that selects an initial motion vector from a set of candidate motion vectors and a refiner that refines the initial motion vector.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for capturing, encoding and decoding wide color-gamut video. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of processed image frames are associated with a legacy bit-stream, and a plurality of unprocessed image frames are associated with an enhancement bit-stream.

Abstract: A multi-dimensional energy control system is provided with an energy management software application that organizes the consumption of energy by a device as an n-dimensional energy space, where n is an integer greater than 2, and each axis in the energy space represents an energy consumption characteristic. The energy management application generates instructions for a device in response to calculating a compromise operating point in the energy space. A user interface (UI) connected to the energy management application has a display to receive a graphical representation of the energy space and compromise operating point, and an input to receive user commands for moving the represented compromise operating point in the represented energy space. The energy management application calculates the compromise operating point in the energy space to match the displayed compromise operating point.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) for handling a type-2 carrier is described. The UE includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. The instructions stored in the memory are executable to apply a configuration with one or more serving cells including at least one type-2 secondary cell (SCell). The instructions stored in the memory are also executable to obtain a measurement for each of the one or more serving cells except for the at least one type-2 SCell. The instructions stored in the memory are further executable to set a measurement list to include the measurement for each of the one or more serving cells except for the at least one type-2 SCell. The instructions stored in the memory are additionally executable to send the measurement list.

Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) for performing carrier aggregation is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE determines an uplink control information (UCI) transmission cell in a wireless communication network with at least one frequency-division duplexing (FDD) cell and at least one time-division duplexing (TDD) cell. The UE also selects a first cell for FDD and TDD carrier aggregation. The UE further determines a set of downlink subframe associations for the first cell that indicate at least one UCI transmission uplink subframe of the UCI transmission cell. The UE additionally sends Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in the UCI transmission uplink subframe of the UCI transmission cell.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to low complexity systems and methods for nonlinear diffusion filtering of a motion-vector field. Local weights in the nonlinear diffusion filter may be data-adaptive, and, according to one aspect of the present invention, may be determined such that spatial coherency may not be enforced at object boundaries although the object boundaries have not been explicitly detected. Thus, the methods and systems of the present invention may smooth a motion-vector field without smoothing the motion-vector field across an object boundary. According to a second aspect of the present invention, motion vectors with a low confidence value may be suppressed, while motion vectors with a high confidence value may be propagated. According to another aspect of the present invention, motion estimation methods and systems may incorporate the methods and systems of the nonlinear diffusion filtering according to the present invention.

Abstract: An electronic device configured for defect detection is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The electronic device performs background suppression on the image data based on a transform of the image data to obtain a score map. The electronic device also applies thresholding to the score map to generate a detection mask. The thresholding comprises bi-thresholding. The electronic device additionally detects any defects based on the detection mask. The electronic device further indicates any defects.

Abstract: An electronic device for managing data associated with an audio communication is described. The electronic device includes a processor memory in electronic communication with the processor. Executable instructions are stored in the memory. The electronic device establishes an audio communication. The electronic device also receives data. The electronic device further determines whether the data is associated with the audio communication. The electronic device additionally performs an operation based on the data if the data is associated with the audio communication.

Abstract: A method is provided for preparing a printed metal surface for the deposition of an organic semiconductor material. The method provides a substrate with a top surface, and a metal layer is formed overlying the substrate top surface. Simultaneous with a thermal treatment of the metal layer, the metal layer is exposed to a gaseous atmosphere with thiol molecules. In response to exposing the metal layer to the gaseous atmosphere with thiol molecules, the work function of the metal layer is increased. Subsequent to the thermal treatment, an organic semiconductor material is deposited overlying the metal layer. In one aspect, the metal layer is exposed to the gaseous atmosphere with thiol molecules by evaporating a liquid containing thiol molecules in an ambient air atmosphere. Alternatively, a delivery gas is passed through a liquid containing thiol molecules. An organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) and OTFT fabrication process are also provided.

Abstract: A method for reducing signal overhead on an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a picture. The method also includes encoding the picture. The method further includes indicating a reference picture set (RPS) corresponding to the picture based on an initialized index value. The method additionally includes sending a bitstream.

Abstract: A method is provided for consuming oxides in a silicon (Si) nanoparticle film. The method forms a colloidal solution film of Si nanoparticles overlying a substrate. The Si nanoparticle colloidal solution film is annealed at a high temperature in the presence of titanium (Ti). In response to the annealing, Si oxide is consumed in a resultant Si nanoparticle film. In one aspect, the consuming the Si oxide in the Si nanoparticle film includes forming Ti oxide in the Si nanoparticle film. Also in response to a low temperature annealing, solvents are evaporated in the colloidal solution film of Si nanoparticles. Si and Ti oxide molecules are sintered in the Si nanoparticle film in response to the high temperature annealing.

Abstract: An electronic device for sending a message is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The electronic device determines whether a picture is a random access point (RAP) picture. If the picture is a RAP picture, the electronic device generates a message including a RAP network access layer (NAL) unit type (NUT) and a RAP information parameter. If the picture is a RAP picture, the message does not include a NAL unit header (NUH) temporal identifier parameter. The electronic device sends the message.

Abstract: A method for sending information by an electronic device is described. The method includes creating reference picture set (RPS) information based on a coding structure. The method also includes determining whether to signal RPS extension information. The method additionally includes creating the RPS extension information if it is determined to signal RPS extension information. The method further includes sending the RPS extension information if it is determined to signal RPS extension information.

Abstract: An electronic device for encoding a picture is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that are in electronic communication with the processor. The instructions are executable to encode a step-wise temporal sub-layer access (STSA) sample grouping. The instructions are further executable to send and/or store the STSA sample grouping.

Abstract: An electronic device for sending a message is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The electronic device determines whether a picture is allowed to be decoded on a sub-picture level. If the picture is allowed to be decoded on a sub-picture level, the electronic device generates at least one of a buffer size parameter and a buffer scale parameter. The electronic device sends at least one of the buffer size parameter and the buffer scale parameter.