Abstract: A multi-function device (MFD) is disclosed. For example, the MFD includes, a communications interface to establish a communication session with other MFDs within a community of MFDs, a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect an undesirable image quality level of a print job, determine an optimal setting MFD in the community of MFDs, request optimal settings from the optimal setting MFD, receive the optimal settings from the optimal setting MFD, configure settings on the MFD in accordance with the optimal settings, and execute the print job with the optimal settings.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for adding one or more annotations from a printed version of a document to a digital version of the document. The methods and systems include receiving the printed document with one or more annotations, which represent review comments of a reviewer. The printed document including one or more annotations is scanned to obtain a scanned document. Thereafter, the scanned document is compared with the original digital version of the document to identify the one or more annotations. The identified one or more annotations are then extracted and added to the digital version of the document to obtain a new digital version, which can be used for changes by the user or any other user.

Abstract: A system and method of three-dimensional printing that includes heating a portion of a build surface by impinging multiple laser pulses onto the build surface in a time controlled pattern to provide a desired heated build surface prior to depositing a molten material onto the build surface. The time controlled pattern of laser pulses includes at least one heating period and at least one cooling period, and the time for the cooling period is determined by the cooling time of the build surface material, and the temperature differences between the original temperature of the build surface and the desired temperature of the build surface material.

Abstract: An electrochemical device is disclosed, which includes an anode and a cathode. The electrochemical device also includes an extruded electrolyte composition disposed between the anode and the cathode. The cathode and/or the anode of the electrochemical device may be disposed in a stacked geometry or in a lateral x-y plane geometry. The electrolyte composition may include a gel polymer electrolyte. The electrolyte composition is disposed between the anode and the cathode in a laterally non-continuous pattern. A method of producing an electrolyte layer of an electrochemical device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A microspring includes a film stack having a base disposed on a build plane and a spring member extending from the base. The film stack includes a compressive layer, a substantially stress-free layer, and a tensile layer. The film stack is formed of one or more materials that become superconducting below 140 K. A stress gradient in the film stack causes the spring member to curl away from the build plane of the base.

Abstract: An implantable magnetic neurostimulation probe includes at least one electrical conductor disposed on a substrate and arranged in at least one planar loop. At least one planar magnetic core comprising a magnetic material is disposed on the substrate and within the planar loop. A biocompatible coating is disposed over the substrate, electrically conductive trace, and magnetic core.

Abstract: A system and method utilize one or more fans each having fan blades. The fan blades have a desiccant material on an outer surface. The desiccant material is operable to adsorb airborne moisture in an ambient airflow and desorb moisture in a heated airflow. The fan blades are operable to drive one or both of the ambient airflow and heated airflow via rotation of the fan.

Abstract: A system for treatment of thread includes a weft thread printer having an intake positioned to receive a weft thread from a source, as well as an encoder that is configured to detect a length of the weft thread as the weft thread moves through the weft thread printer along a travel path. The system also includes a printhead positioned to apply coatings of a plurality of colors to the weft thread and yield a treated weft thread, as well as an outlet positioned to pass the treated weft thread to a loom.

Abstract: A system is provided which mixes static scene and live annotations for labeled dataset collection. A first recording device obtains a 3D mesh of a scene with physical objects. The first recording device marks, while in a first mode, first annotations for a physical object displayed in the 3D mesh. The system switches to a second mode. The system displays, on the first recording device while in the second mode, the 3D mesh including a first projection indicating a 2D bounding area corresponding to the marked first annotations. The first recording device marks, while in the second mode, second annotations for the physical object or another physical object displayed in the 3D mesh. The system switches to the first mode. The first recording device displays, while in the first mode, the 3D mesh including a second projection indicating a 2D bounding area corresponding to the marked second annotations.

Abstract: A system and method are provided to facilitate securing windows discretionary access control. During operation, the system determines a Windows domain model including capability assignments of principals on resources, wherein a respective capability assignment comprises a permission of a respective principal to a respective resource and wherein a respective principal comprises a user or a group of users. The system specifies desired effective permissions of each principal to each resource. The system generates, based on the specified desired effective permissions, access control entries for the respective principal to the respective resource. The system generates, based on the specified desired effective permissions, group memberships indicating which users belong to which groups.

Abstract: A structured organic film (SOF) composite is disclosed, including a structured organic film (SOF), which may include a plurality of segments; a plurality of linkers, where at least one of the plurality of linkers connects at least one of the plurality of segments. The composite also includes a polymer additive incorporated into the SOF. The polymer additive is present in the SOF in a plurality of nanodomains, ranging in size from about 50 nm to about 1 micron. The polymer additive may include a polysulfone. The polysulfone can be poly(oxy-1,4-phenylenesulfonyl-1,4-phenylene). The polymer additive is present in an amount of from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % based on a total weight of the SOF composite. The structured organic film (SOF) composite may include an ionic segment or ionic capping segment.

Abstract: Methods and systems for securely rendering a security feature with image data to be printed, can involve providing within the image data, data relating to a group of spots, and within the image data, mixing spots of two or more spot sizes among the group of spots to embed information within a stochastic or frequency modulation halftone image. In an embodiment, operations may be implemented for rendering a part of the image with a first spot among the group of spots and a remaining portion of the image with a second spot among the group of spots, wherein the second spot is smaller in size than the first spot.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting item placement on a surface are provided. The system includes a pressure-sensitive conductive sheet and a resistive grid connected to the pressure-sensitive conductive sheet. The resistive grid includes an electrically non-conductive polymer. The resistive grid includes one or more lines arranged in a pattern. The lines may include parallel lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, concentric circles, arcs of expanding radius, and/or any other suitable types of lines and/or any combination thereof. The resistive grid may include one or more distinct lines and/or shapes positioned at various points along the pressure-sensitive sheet layer.

Abstract: A fuser fluid composition is disclosed, including a non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid, and a non-fluorinated non-functional silicone fluid, where the non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid is present in the fuser fluid composition in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % based on a total weight of the fuser fluid composition, and the non-fluorinated non-functional silicone fluid is present in the fuser fluid composition in an amount of from about 50 wt % to about 99 wt % based on a total weight of the fuser fluid composition. The non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid may include an amine-functional group. A cleaning web and a fusing subsystem for a printing system may include a material impregnated with the fuser fluid composition.

Abstract: A method of operating a printer to fill an internal volume of a three-dimensional object is includes determining a total number of layers required to fill an internal volume of a three-dimensional object, forming at least one floor layer within the internal volume, using a maximum individual stepout distance to generate machine-ready instructions that operate the printer to form one or more pre-determined sloped edges of a plurality of sections of a sparse infill structure in the layer of the internal volume to be filled, thereby forming at least one sparse infill layer. A drop ejecting apparatus includes a controller operatively connected to a reservoir, an ejector, and at least one actuator, the controller being configured to perform the method as described herein.

Abstract: An electronic memory is configured to store pre-recorded neurostimulation data comprising patterns of stimulation of a specified region of a subject's brain developed to recreate a response by one or more of a sensing organ or sensing organs, a vestibular system, and a memory of the subject. A focused ultrasound transducer arrangement is operably coupled to the electronic memory and comprises an array of ultrasound transducers. The focused ultrasound transducer arrangement is configured to deliver transcranial stimulation to the specified region of a person's brain using the pre-recorded neurostimulation data to recreate the response by one or more of the sensing organ or sensing organs, the vestibular system, and the memory of the subject. A support structure is configured for placement on or about a person's head. The support structure is configured to support at least the focused ultrasound transducer arrangement.

Abstract: A structured organic film (SOF) includes a plurality of segments, and a plurality of linkers, where at least one of the plurality of linkers connects at least one of the plurality of segments. The film also includes where at least one or more of the plurality of segments may include an ionic species or a nonionic species. The structured organic film (SOF) can include a piperidinium-based quaternary ammonium segment. The piperidinium-based quaternary ammonium compound may include N-hydroxyethylmethyl-4-piperidiniummethanol (NHM4PiP). At least one of the plurality of segments may include a pyridinium-based quaternary ammonium compound. The pyridinium-based quaternary ammonium compound may include N-hydroxyethyl-4-pyridiniummethanol (NH4MPy). Free-standing structured organic films can be folded without cracking at a fold line and are flexible and water-swellable and stable without tearing during exposure to water, and flexible and stable without tearing subsequent to water exposure and drying.

Abstract: An aerosol creation system includes a pair of counter-rotating rollers, a nip between the two rollers, the nip having an upstream side and a downstream side, and a pool of fluid on the upstream side of the nip, the fluid being drawn into the nip through the motion of the rollers, such that on the downstream side the fluid stretches between diverging surfaces of the two rollers and forms filaments that breaks up into droplets. A multi-roller aerosol creation system includes more than two rollers arranged to touch each other in a configuration, wherein areas where the rollers touch form nips, each nip having an upstream side and a downstream side, wherein the downstream side of the nips are positioned within a central space within the configuration of the rollers, and fluid surrounding the circular configuration, wherein an outer region of the circular configuration forms the upstream side of the nips.

Abstract: A system and method for determining HVAC set points are provided. A present season is determined. An allowable temperature comfort range for each occupant in a room in a space is also determined. For each room, an energy saving set point temperature is calculated for the space based on the allowable temperature comfort range for that room. A set point temperature for the space is determined based on the energy saving set point temperatures for each of the rooms in the space. The set point temperature is provided to a thermostat or HVAC system to regulate temperature in the building.

Abstract: A structured organic film (SOF) is disclosed. The structured organic film includes a plurality of segments, a plurality of linkers, and a plurality of capping segments. The structured organic film also includes a first surface of the SOF. The film also includes a parallel second surface of the SOF connected to the first surface by a thickness of the SOF, where a segment to capping segment ratio is greater at the first surface as compared to the parallel second surface. A membrane including a free-standing film comprised of a structured organic film is also disclosed.