Abstract: A method includes receiving, with a computing device, a first client request from a first client that identifies a machine learning model and a sensor. The method includes sending, with the computing device, a call to a server to apply the identified machine learning model to a set of data from the identified sensor, in response to the first client request. The method includes receiving, with the computing device, a second client request from a second client that identifies a same machine learning model and sensor as the first client request. The method includes sending, with the computing device, response data from the identified machine learning model to both the first client and the second client without sending an additional call to the server in response to the second client request.

Abstract: Systems and processes for preparing beverages, in particular espresso coffee and similar aromatic beverages, having at least one type of drinking recipient, for example of glass type, cup or similar, and an apparatus having a beverage discharge disposition operatively associated with a beverage preparation device adapted so that can be driven by a motorized actuation device and collect an individual portion of beverage ingredients. The apparatus has a control mechanism configured so that can process data of several operative parameters of the apparatus, including data relating to the entry of the individual portion in the beverage preparation device and data relating to the position of the actuation device, and being further configured so that can automatically determine the start and end of fluid injection and beverage discharge in a more ergonomic manner.

Abstract: A compression system is configured to obtain a plurality (231) of two-dimensional arrays (234-239) of element values, e.g. a plurality of video frames. Same positions in different arrays comprise a value of the same element at a different moment. The compression system is further configured to convert the plurality of two-dimensional arrays of element values to a three-dimensional point cloud (232), which comprises a plurality of data points, by mapping the positions of the element values in the plurality of two-dimensional arrays to coordinates of the data points and associating each of the element values with a corresponding data point in the point cloud. The compression system is further configured to apply geometry-based point cloud compression to the three-dimensional point cloud.

Abstract: A method of decoding coded pictures of a video is described wherein the method includes the steps of receiving, by a decoder apparatus, a bitstream comprising an encoded representation of first pictures of a first resolution version of the video and decoding the coded first pictures into first pictures, the first pictures being associated with corresponding second pictures of a second resolution version of the video, the first pictures being formed by sampling the corresponding second pictures using a sampling lattice of a plurality of sampling lattices of a spatial subsampling scheme; receiving, by the decoder apparatus, signalling information in the bitstream, the signalling information informing the decoder apparatus about a resolution change and identifying at least one of the first pictures as a first base picture and identifying one or more auxiliary pictures, the first base picture being associated with a corresponding second picture, and, each of the one or more auxiliary pictures being formed based o

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for Fifth Generation (5G) system (5GS) failure detection monitoring of an application or control function in a network for efficient restoration of service are described. The network may be an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, and the voice or data service may be an IMS service that utilizes Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling. The application or control function may be a Proxy-Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) of the IMS network. In some implementations, the procedure may involve a session management function (SMF) programming of a user plane function (UPF) for UPF monitoring of the P-CSCF, using a ping procedure or health check procedure (e.g. for 3GPP Pre-Release 16). In other implementations, the procedure may involve the SMF monitoring of a P-CSCF via a Network Function (NF) Repository Function (NRF) (e.g. for 3GPP Release 16).

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for Fifth Generation (5G) system (5GS) failure detection monitoring of an application or control function in a network for efficient restoration of service are described. The network may be an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, and the voice or data service may be an IMS service that utilizes Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling. The application or control function may be a Proxy-Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) of the IMS network. In some implementations, the procedure may involve a session management function (SMF) programming of a user plane function (UPF) for UPF monitoring of the P-CSCF, using a ping procedure or health check procedure (e.g. for 3GPP Pre-Release 16). In other implementations, the procedure may involve the SMF monitoring of a P-CSCF via a Network Function (NF) Repository Function (NRF) (e.g. for 3GPP Release 16).

Abstract: A method of rendering a virtual object by a rendering device includes establishing a communication channel with a mobile device; determining or receiving initial pose information of the mobile device, the pose information defining an initial position and an initial orientation; receiving device information via the communication channel, the device information including orientation, motion, and/or position information for updating the initial pose of the mobile device; using the initial pose information and the device information to determine a current pose of the mobile device, the current pose defining a current position and orientation; receiving first content data from a server system, the first content data representing a virtual object; and, rendering the first content data in the viewport of the rendering device based on the current pose information, the current pose information being used to render the virtual object in spatial alignment with the mobile device.

Abstract: A smart process control switch can implement a lockdown routine to lockdown its communication ports exclusively for use by devices having known physical addresses, enabling the smart process control switch to prevent new, potentially hostile, devices from communicating with other devices to which the smart process control switch is connected. Further, the smart process control switch can implement an address mapping routine to identify “known pairs” of physical and network addresses for each device communicating via a port of the smart process control switch. Thus, even if a new hostile device is able to spoof a known physical address in an attempt to bypass locked ports, the smart process control switch can detect the hostile device by checking the network address of the hostile device against the expected network address for the “known pair.

Abstract: A method of processing video data of a picture is described, the method including: allocating memory for a decoded picture in a decoded picture buffer, DPB, the decoded picture comprising pixels representing video data; receiving a bitstream comprising decoding units, DUs, and storing the DUs in a coded picture buffer, CRB, the DUs representing a coded picture that needs to be decoded into the decoded picture, each of the DUs representing a coded block of pixels; determining if, during decoding of the coded picture, at least one partial output can be performed, the at least one partial output including copying the one or more decoded DUs from the DPB to a data sink, while one or more DUs of the coded picture are not yet decoded and removed the CPB, the one or more decoded DUs representing a part of the decoded picture; and, or performing the at least one partial output if the processor determines that the at least one partial output can be performed, the performing including marking the one or more decoded DU

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a bitstream comprising video data encoded by an encoder apparatus are described, wherein the method may include: a processor of the encoder apparatus determining a current motion vector of a current block of a current video frame of a sequence of video frames comprising video data, the current motion vector defining a spatial offset of the current block relative to a prediction block of a previously encoded reference video frame stored in a memory of the encoder apparatus; the processor determining or receiving motion information associated with the current video frame, the motion information signaling the processor whether at least part of the offset defined by the current motion vector is associated with non-uniform motion in the video data of the current video frame; the processor determining a motion vector predictor candidate based on the motion information, at least a first motion vector predicator algorithm and a second motion vector predictor algorithm; and, the proce

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a session manager, a cloud service system, and a mobile device. The session manager may be configured for managing an edge computing resource in a mobile network, wherein the mobile network comprises edge nodes which are configurable to provide edge computing resources to mobile devices. The session manager may generate a session identifier for the mobile device and associate the session identifier with the mobile device. Later, the session manager may receive a request from the cloud service system for deployment of an edge computing resource for the mobile device on an edge node.

Abstract: A system and method for rendering a video stream for display on a display device, which may comprise receiving the video stream by streaming and generating display data defining a visible display area to be displayed by the display device, wherein generating of display data comprises rendering the video stream in a sub-area of the visible display area. A selection mechanism may be provided by which a version of the video stream may be selected for streaming having a spatial resolution and/or a bitrate which is selected based on a size of the sub-area.

Abstract: A processor system and computer-implemented method may be provided for generating a composite video stream which may combine a background video and a foreground video stream into one stream. For that purpose, a spatially segmented encoding of the background video may be obtained, for example in the form of a tiled stream. The foreground video stream may be received, for example, from a(nother) client device. The foreground video stream may be a real-time stream, e.g., when being used in real-time communication. The image data of the foreground video stream may be inserted into the background video by decoding select segments of the background video, inserting the foreground image data into the decoded background image data of these segments, and by encoding the resulting composite image data to obtain composite segments which, together with the non-processed segments of the background video, form a spatially segmented encoding of a composite video.

Abstract: A method for adaptive streaming of video is described, wherein the method comprises: transmitting first metadata to a client apparatus, the first metadata defining a first adaptation set, an adaptation set defining one or more sets of segment identifiers, each set of segment identifiers defining a plurality of linearly playable media segments of a predetermined resolution, each media segment in a set of media segments having an identical playback duration, the first metadata enabling a client apparatus to request media segments and sequentially playout the media segments; receiving navigation information from the client apparatus, the navigation information defining at least a first region, in the video frames of the first adaptation set; selecting second metadata defining a second adaptation set on the basis of spatial playback information and a spatial distance or a spatial overlap between the first region and a second region in video frames of the first adaptation set, wherein the spatial playback informat

Abstract: A method of encoding video data into a bitstream comprising: determining from the plurality of video blocks of a video frame of a first resolution a current block and one or more reference blocks including reference samples for predicting original samples of the current block; determining predicted samples of the current block based on a downsampling scheme, the determining comprising computing samples of a first low-resolution block of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution, and predicting samples of one or more second low-resolution blocks of the second resolution based on the samples of the first low resolution block, the samples of the first low-resolution block and the one or more second low-resolution blocks defining predicted samples of the current Block; and, determining residual samples of a residual block based on original samples of the current block and the predicted samples of the current block; transforming the samples of the residual block into a bitstream; and, embedding m

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for Fifth Generation (5G) system (5GS) failure detection monitoring of an application or control function in a network for efficient restoration of service are described. The network may be an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, and the voice or data service may be an IMS service that utilizes Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling. The application or control function may be a Proxy-Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) of the IMS network. In some implementations, the procedure may involve a session management function (SMF) programming of a user plane function (UPF) for UPF monitoring of the P-CSCF, using a ping procedure or health check procedure (e.g. for 3GPP Pre-Release 16). In other implementations, the procedure may involve the SMF monitoring of a P-CSCF via a Network Function (NF) Repository Function (NRF) (e.g. for 3GPP Release 16).

Abstract: A system may comprise a database to collect telemetry data corresponding to a particular component of a device. The system may further comprise a controller coupled to the database. The controller may receive telemetry data for the particular component from the database. The controller may further determine a plurality of metrics for the particular component based on the telemetry data, wherein the plurality of metrics is determined for a plurality of suppliers and select a particular supplier of the plurality of suppliers based on the determined plurality of metrics.

Abstract: A method of determining a bitstream is described, the method including: determining a motion vector (MV) of a current block of a current video frame of a sequence of video frames comprising video data captured by a camera, the MV defining an offset of the current block relative to a prediction block, wherein part of the offset is caused by global motion in the video data if the camera is moving relative to a scene; determining motion vector predictor MW candidates for predicting the MV, the MW candidates being determined based on MVs of already encoded blocks; determining a motion compensation vector MCV for MW candidates, determining global motion compensated MW candidates based on a difference between a MW candidate and an associated MCV; selecting a compensated MW; and, determining a motion vector difference MVD based on the compensated MW and the MW; and, using entropy coding to code, the MVD, an indication of the selected compensated MW; and, conversion information for converting a MVP into a compensated

Abstract: The disclosure pertains to methods and compositions for the rapid and efficient transformation of plants. The disclosure further provides methods for producing a transgenic plant, comprising (a) transforming a cell of an explant with an expression construct comprising (i) a nucleotide sequence encoding a WUS/WOX homeobox polypeptide; (ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising two AP2-DNA binding domains; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (b) allowing expression of the polypeptide of (a) in each transformed cell to form a regenerable plant structure in the absence of exogenous cytokinin, wherein no callus is formed; and (c) germinating the regenerable plant structure to form the transgenic plant. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A method of encoding a video frame into a bitstream is described including: applying a downsampling scheme to an original video frame of a first resolution for determining a first low-resolution, LR, original frame and one or more second original LR frames, the first LR original frame and the one or more second LR original frames being of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; partitioning the first LR original frame into first original blocks and partitioning the one or more second LR frames into second original blocks; using a prediction method for determining first predicted blocks, the first predicted blocks defining predictions for the first original blocks of the first LR original frame; determining first residual blocks based on the first predicted blocks and the first original blocks and, subsequently, determining first reconstructed blocks based on the first residual blocks and the first predicted blocks; determining second predicted blocks based on the first reconstructed block