Abstract: Face profiles for multiple people associated with a user are obtained at a computing device. The face profile for a person identifies the face of the person (e.g., an image of the face of the person) and a confidence level indicating how important that person is to the owner. An image is captured at the computing device and a determination is made, based on a confidence level associated with at least one face in the image, whether the image is relevant to the user. One or more actions to keep the image are taken in response to determining that the image is relevant to the user, such as saving the image at the computing device or transmitting the image to a computing device of the user.

Abstract: In a pipeline, data events generated by a producer application are temporally grouped by using a group identification tag. For each data event, data points are generated and uploaded to a storage and cache at each point of production and consumption. The storage allows a matching of data events between the production point and the consumption point, thereby ensuring that streaming parity is maintained. In cases of mismatch, the cache allows for detecting missing data events, i.e., identifying data events that were generated by an upstream producer application, but not consumed by a downstream consumer. While being agnostic to the transformations applied by the various applications in the pipeline, the embodiments disclosed herein keep track of the output data events and input data events and precisely identify the missing data events.

Abstract: If the two traces of a differential signal trace pair are not of identical length, intra-pair skew occurs as a result of the different flight time for the signal on each trace. Introducing serpentine routing into the shorter trace compensates for the intra-pair skew by increasing the effective length of the trace. However, the serpentine routing may also introduce impedance discontinuities. An impedance discontinuity leads to reflections and resonances, which hamper the transmitted signal in reaching the receiver. Adding extrusions to the serpentine routing may improve the impedance profile of the differential trace and thus lower reflections.

Abstract: In aspects of personal content managed during extended display screen recording, a screen recording system includes a wireless device that provides digital image content for display on an extended display device, and a screen recording session on the wireless device captures the digital image content and audio data. The wireless device implements a content control module that can determine the screen recording session would capture personal content associated with a user of the wireless device. The content control module can initiate a private screen review mode in which the personal content is displayable on a display screen of the wireless device and is prevented from visual display on the extended display device. The content control module can also generate a shareable screen recording that includes the audio data and the digital image content displayed on the extended display device, without including the personal content.

Abstract: Systems and methods for uniquely identifying and regularly authenticating users at login are disclosed. A method may include an authentication computer program receiving a user identifier for a user as part of a login attempt from a workstation computer program; communicating a multifactor authentication request to an authenticator application executed on a user mobile electronic device; receiving a response to the multifactor authentication request from the authenticator application; verifying that the response to the multifactor authentication request matches an expected value; and saving user activity data associated with the login attempt, and a user trust computer program calculating a user trust score based on the user activity data; determining that the user trust score is above a threshold; and authorizing the login attempt to the workstation and a user session on the workstation.

Abstract: A dynamic braking system for a bipole power transmission network including a first dynamic braking unit and a second dynamic braking unit connectable, respectively, between a first transmission pole and a neutral arrangement, and a second transmission pole and a neutral arrangement, of a bipole power transmission network. The dynamic braking system includes a controller configured to determine, based on an operating state of the bipole power transmission network, whether a third current equal to the difference between first and second currents flowing through the first and second dynamic braking units, can flow through the neutral arrangement. The controller is configured to operate the dynamic braking units independently if the third current is permitted to flow, and in coordination with each-other, to balance the first and second currents such that the third current is substantially zero, if the third current is not permitted to flow through the neutral arrangement.

Abstract: Techniques for a sophisticated closed-loop control system designed for the automatic regulation of SOx emissions in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion (CFBC) boiler by leveraging the power of Adaptive Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) based control system, this innovative system ensures both real-time model training and implementation for dynamic and efficient SOx emission control. The present disclosure describes processing a current SOx emission, a current lime consumption value and a predefined SOx setpoint value to determine an optimal setpoint of lime consumption required to keep the SOx emission within a desired limit in real-time. Said processing includes determination of lime-SOx peak-trough curve, a response time of the boiler and the change in SOx to the change in lime. The lime consumption setpoint so determined is directly transmitted to a distributed control system to control the injection of lime in the CFBC boiler for automatic regulation of SOx emission control.

Abstract: A method provides techniques for reducing object interference in a multi-camera system. The method includes selecting, by at least one processor of an electronic device, a first image capturing device having a first field of view (FOV) and that produces first image content. In response to detecting a partial occlusion of the first image capturing device by an object while the first image capturing device is receiving first image content, the at least one processor determines a zoom factor sufficient to remove the object from the received first image content. The processor then performs a zoom operation, based on the zoom factor, such that the object causing the partial occlusion of the first image capturing device is removed from subsequently received image content.

Abstract: Methods and systems for resolving one or more faults in a security camera include installing an Auto-Executable Function (AEF) on the security camera. The AEF causes the controller to backup the set of user defined configuration settings to a memory of the security camera, reset the security camera back to the set of default configuration settings, reboot the security camera, and restore the set of user defined configuration settings. In many cases, this will resolve many unresolved faults within video camera and place the video camera back online. When this does not resolve a fault, the AEF creates a diagnostic report, wirelessly transmits the diagnostic report to a mobile device of a user, the mobile device identifies a software patch for resolving the fault, and the software patch is uploaded and installed on the security camera.

Abstract: Various systems, methods and devices are presented for performing media encryption. A media stream comprising audio packets and video packets can be received. A chunk of the media stream can be sorted to create a first group of a plurality of audio packets with an I-frame header and a second group of a plurality of P-frames and an I-frame payload. The first group can be encrypted while the second group is not encrypted. A fully-protected output media stream that includes the encrypted first group and the second group can then be streamed to a remote device via a network for output.

Abstract: A compressive strength improving, water uptake reducing additive composition comprising: an alkyl silane or its hydrolysate or mixture thereof comprising a silicon resin comprising units of the formula (Ia) thereof along with an additive composition and an antifoam composition; wherein the composition is used before, or during the grinding process in the cement plant not only reduces the energy consumption during grinding but also eliminates any further addition of the hydrophobic additive material to render hydrophobicity along with the improved compressive strength of the constructed structure. Such hydrophobicity along with the improved compressive strength of the constructed structure is achieved even when the composition is used after the grinding process.

Abstract: One or more guest electronic devices establish electronic communication with a host electronic device. The guest electronic devices transmit requests requesting presentation of media content from an application operating locally on each guest electronic device. The host electronic device arranges the requests in a queue. One or more processors of the host electronic device select a principal request from the queue and initiate the application operating locally on a guest electronic device identified by the principal request, thereby causing delivery of the media content from the guest electronic device identified by the principal request to the host electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device, a method and a computer program product enable capturing of an image by a first camera in response to detecting a gesture by a second camera. The method includes, in response to activating a first camera having a first field of view (FOV) to an image capturing mode, activating the second camera to capture an image stream within a second FOV that is wider than the first FOV. The method further includes monitoring the image stream to detect movements and identifying a gesture among movements detected within the image stream. The method further includes determining that the gesture is associated with triggering the first camera to capture images within the first FOV and in response to determining that the gesture is associated with triggering the first camera to capture images within the first FOV, capturing, via the first camera, a first image within the first FOV.

Abstract: One or more guest electronic devices establish electronic communication with a host electronic device. The guest electronic devices transmit requests requesting presentation of media content from an application operating locally on each guest electronic device. The host electronic device arranges the requests in a queue. One or more processors of the host electronic device select a principal request from the queue and initiate the application operating locally on a guest electronic device identified by the principal request, thereby causing delivery of the media content from the guest electronic device identified by the principal request to the host electronic device.

Abstract: A method provides techniques for selecting a camera based on light blockage of the camera lens. The method includes monitoring, by at least one processor of an electronic device an amount of light impinging on each of a first lens of a first image capturing device and a second lens of a second image capturing device. The method includes, in response to detecting the blockage of light entering a lens of one of the at least two image capturing devices, and the blockage occurring for a duration exceeding a preset time, setting, as an active image capturing device among the at least two image capturing devices, a selected one of the at least two image capturing devices having a corresponding lens at which the blockage is detected.

Abstract: An electronic device, method, and computer program product support automatic sharing of a cross-view by a network device hosting a communication session for first and second communication devices. The first communication device presents first visual content that is selected by a first participant. The second communication device presents second visual content that is selected by a second participant. First semantic inputs by the first participant are communicated to the second communication device for presenting to the second participant. Second semantic inputs by the second participant are communicated to the first communication device for presenting to the first participant. In response to determining that the semantic input(s) are associated with the visual content, the network device communicates a duplicate copy of the first visual content to the second communication device and a duplicate copy of the second visual content to the first communication device, as a cross view to enhance discussion.

Abstract: 7-Imino-5-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1,3-substituted-7,8-dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione derivatives, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The present compounds, identified as COX-2 inhibitors, are useful as anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication device and a user interface. The communication device detects establishment of wireless electrical communication channel to a content presentation companion device. One or more processors of the electronic device, optionally in response to a gaming application operating on the one or more processors, causes the communication device to query the content presentation companion device to determine whether the content presentation companion device supports a gaming mode of operation.

Abstract: In aspects of user interface adjustments for ergonomic device grip, a mobile device displays a user interface that includes one or more selectable user interface elements. Based on sensor data collected by sensors of the mobile device, a user is determined to be holding the mobile device with an ergonomically incorrect grip pattern. In response to the ergonomically incorrect grip pattern of the user being determined, the one or more selectable user interface elements are moved to a region of the user interface that facilitates the user holding the mobile device with an ergonomically correct grip pattern.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a wireless communication device, a user interface, and one or more processors operable with the wireless communication device and the user interface. The one or more processors identify operating modes of a content presentation companion device with which the wireless communication device is electrically communicating, determine whether the operating modes include a gaming mode of operation, and enable the gaming mode of operation or cause the user interface to present indicia indicating the content presentation companion device supports the gaming mode of operation when an operating context of the electronic device matches a predefined criterion.