Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using gestures to deliver content to predefined destinations. After a user designates a content item, a flick gesture is detected, where the flick gesture has a point of origin and crosses a trip line surrounding the point of origin. A destination associated with the flick gesture is identified from a plurality of predefined destinations. Each predefined destination is associated with a region in a predefined plurality of display regions. The content item is delivered to the determined destination.

Abstract: A microprocessor includes a plurality of cores, a shared cache memory, and a control unit that individually puts each core to sleep by stopping its clock signal. Each core executes a sleep instruction and responsively makes a respective request of the control unit to put the core to sleep, which the control unit responsively does, and detects when all the cores have made the respective request and responsively wakes up only the last requesting cores. The last core writes back and invalidates the shared cache memory and indicates it has been invalidated and makes a request to the control unit to put the last core back to sleep. The control unit puts the last core back to sleep and continuously keeps the other cores asleep while the last core writes back and invalidates the shared cache memory, indicates the shared cache memory was invalidated, and is put back to sleep.

Abstract: A host and a communicatively linked paired tag can be identified. The tag can be associated with a tracked entity. The tag can be a low power computing device which can provide a location of a tracked entity to the host. An out of range condition can be detected. The condition can result in communication between the host and the tag being temporarily interrupted. A last location of the tag can be established. A set of hosts proximate to the last location can be determined. The set of hosts can be queried to determine if the hosts have received an advertisement message from the tag. Each of the set of hosts can be linked to a different paired tag. A notification can be conveyed to the host when the set of hosts receives the message from the paired tag. The notification can include a new location of the paired tag.

Abstract: A server includes a spooler which puts one or more jobs connected to one or more users in a spool queue; a user information receiver which receives from a printing apparatus, user information of a user who is logged on to the printing apparatus; a job search portion which finds one or more jobs connected to the logon user among the one or more jobs waiting in the spool queue, by using the user information received by the user information receiver; and a controller which controls such that the most recent job among the one or more jobs found by the job search portion is transferred to the printing apparatus and further controls, on the basis of one or both of: the job title of the most recent job; and the spool time the most recent job is put into the spool queue.

Abstract: The present application provides an interference estimation circuit which includes a signal generator, a first symbol extractor and a first mixer. The signal generator generates an orthogonal signal orthogonal to partial symbols of a plurality of pilot signals. The first symbol extractor extracts partial symbols of a first decoded signal decoded from a received signal wherein the first decoded signal contains one of the plurality of pilot signals, and includes an input node for receiving the first decoded signal and an output node for outputting a first extracted signal. The first extracted signal is substantially orthogonal to the orthogonal signal. The first mixer is coupled to the signal generator for receiving the orthogonal signal and to the first symbol extractor for receiving the first extracted signal, and outputs a first mixed signal of the orthogonal signal and the first extracted signal for interference estimation.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for performing photothermal measurements on a object. The apparatus, which may be provided as a handpiece, houses optical components including a laser, an infrared detector, a dichroic beamsplitter, and focusing and beam directing optics for the delivery of a laser beam to, and the collection of photothermal radiation from, a measured object. Some of the optical components may be provided on an optical bench that is directly attached to a thermally conductive tip portion for the passive heat sinking of internal optical components. The apparatus may further include a sampling optical element and a photodetector for the detection of luminescence, and a camera for obtaining an image of the object during a diagnostic procedure. The apparatus may be employed for the scanning of a tooth to determine an oral health status of the tooth.

Abstract: A chair back according to embodiments of the present invention includes a rigid support member for reclinable attachment to a base, a flexible frame member having a flexible frame and a mesh, the mesh at least partially spanning the frame, and a seat attachment member moving in synchronization with the rigid support member at a different rate than the rigid support member during reclining of the rigid support member, wherein a first portion of the flexible frame member is affixed to the rigid support member, wherein a second portion of the flexible frame member flexes freely, wherein the seat attachment member contacts at least part of the second portion of the flexible frame member, wherein the first portion moves with the rigid support member and the second portion moves with the seat attachment member such that a curvature of the second portion increases as the rigid support member reclines.

Abstract: An apparatus including a ROM and a microprocessor. The ROM includes BIOS contents that are stored as plaintext and an encrypted digest. The encrypted digest includes an encrypted version of a first digest corresponding to the BIOS contents. The microprocessor is coupled to the BIOS ROM, and includes a tamper timer and a tamper detector. The tamper timer periodically generates an interrupt at a prescribed interval. The tamper detector accesses the BIOS contents and the encrypted digest upon assertion of the interrupt, and directs the microprocessor to generate a second digest corresponding to the BIOS contents and a decrypted digest corresponding to the encrypted digest using the same algorithms and key that were employed to generate the first digest and the encrypted digest, and compares the second digest with the decrypted digest, and precludes operation of the microprocessor if the second digest and the decrypted digest are not equal.

Abstract: A system and method for adapting code rate are provided. A method for a first communication device to transmit a resource assignment to at least one communication device includes assigning at least one transmission resource to transmit the resource assignment, adapting a code rate of an encoded payload based on the at least one transmission resource and a threshold, thereby producing an adapted payload, and transmitting the adapted payload.

Abstract: A system for magnetically coupling a stylus device to a computing device is disclosed. The computing device may include a first pair of magnets disposed in or on the computing device, wherein the first pair of magnets include two magnets proximate to each other and of opposite magnetic polarity. The stylus device may include a second pair of magnets disposed in or on the stylus device, wherein the second pair of magnets include two magnets proximate to each other and of opposite magnetic polarity. The first and second pairs of magnets are oriented to align opposite poles of the magnets to couple the stylus device to the computing device, and the magnetic interactions resist rotational and shear forces, and resist the stylus device being placed in an incorrect position on the computing device.

Abstract: A method of combining 2D images into a 3D image includes providing a coordinate measurement device and a triangulation scanner having an integral camera associated therewith, the scanner being separate from the coordinate measurement device. In a first instance, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the scanner and the integral camera captures a first 2D image. In a second instance, the scanner is moved, the coordinate measurement device determines the position and orientation of the scanner, and the integral camera captures a second 2D image. A cardinal point common to the first and second images is found and is used, together with the first and second images and the positions and orientations of the scanner in the first and second instances, to create the 3D image.

Abstract: Metering machine (1) including a frame (2) on which are mounted a feed hopper (3) and a metering sleeve (5) mounted between an outlet (6) of the feed hopper (3) and a discharge pipe (72), characterized in that the metering sleeve (5) includes a radial window (12) and is rotatable about a longitudinal axis (X) by rotation drive means (40, 41) adapted to position the metering sleeve (5) selectively in a first position in which the radial window (12) faces the outlet (6) of the feed hopper (3) and a second position in which the radial window (12) faces a feed end of the discharge pipe (72).

Abstract: A thermally-assisted magnetic recording head includes a main pole, a plasmon generator, and first and second side shields. The main pole has a front end face located in the medium facing surface. The plasmon generator has a near-field light generating surface located in the medium facing surface. The front end face of the main pole includes a first end face portion, and a second end face portion greater in width than the first end face portion. The first and second side shields have first and second side shield end faces located on opposite sides of at least part of the near-field light generating surface and at least part of the first end face portion in the track width direction.

Abstract: A compatible communication device includes an analog front end, a baseband communication unit, a wireless radio frequency module, a power line communication front end and a control unit. The analog front end is connected to each of the baseband communication unit, the wireless radio frequency module and the power line communication front end. The baseband communication unit transmits baseband signals. The analog front end performs signal conversion between digital domain and analog domain. The control unit selects, based on the channel quality for signal transmission, one or two of the power line communication front end and the wireless radio frequency module for communication. The signal receiving or transmission is performed through a power line if the power line communication front end is selected for communication. Or, the signal receiving or transmission is performed through a wireless channel if the wireless radio frequency module is selected for communication.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a command execution abort are disclosed. Power failure may abort the writing of data in a memory device prematurely, resulting in potential data corruption. A memory device controller in the memory device sends commands, such as write or erase commands, to one or more memory integrated circuit chips. Along with executing the commands, the memory integrated circuit chips track execution of the commands by storing the address at which the command is being executed along with flag(s) indicative of the progress executing the command (e.g., command has begun and/or completed execution). When a power failure occurs, the memory device controller may poll the memory integrated circuit chips for the address/flags information to determine whether (or where) the command abort occurred. Thus, relying on the address/flag(s), the memory device controller may more quickly or easily determine whether a command abort has occurred.

Abstract: A non-volatile storage system includes a three dimensional structure comprising vertical columns of memory cells and a managing circuit in communication with the vertical columns The managing circuit applies one or more patterns of stress voltages to the vertical columns, with different voltages applied to each vertical column of pairs of adjacent vertical columns being tested for shorts. The managing circuit tests for a short in the pairs of adjacent vertical columns after applying the one or more patterns of stress voltages. In one embodiment, the test may comprise programming a memory cell in each vertical column with data that matches the pattern of stress voltages, reading from the memory cells and determining whether data read matches data programmed. The applying of the stress voltages and the testing can be performed as part of a test during manufacturing or in the field during user operation.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device is provided that includes a gap in one of the layers of the inter-gate dielectric. One embodiment comprises a plurality of active areas, isolation regions between the active areas, a tunnel oxide layer above the active areas, a floating gate layer above the tunnel oxide layer, a control gate layer above the floating gate layer, and an inter-gate dielectric between the control gate layer and the floating gate layer. The inter-gate dielectric, which in one embodiment includes a SiN layer, is positioned above the isolation regions with gaps in the SiN layer over the isolation regions. Processes for manufacturing are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for developing a calibration for a near infrared reflectance spectrophotometer to predict the particle score of an ingredient, the method comprising (a) sorting a plurality of plant matter samples by size by passing such samples through a screen and subsequently calculating a particle score for the samples based on the number of samples passing through the screen, (b) measuring the absorbance or reflectance of the plurality of plant matter samples using the spectrophotometer, and (c) correlating the particle score from step (a) with the measured absorbance or reflectance from step (b),

Abstract: An application deployment service (ADS) component receives a request to establish a communication channel for clients to submit deployment artifacts associated with an application. A set of endpoints are created for the channel. In response to receiving a message via one of the endpoints, the ADS determines that additional security verification operations are to be performed before a deployment task indicated in the message can be performed. After the security verification operations are completed, the task is implemented.