Abstract: There is provided an electrical assembly including at least one power converter and at least one dynamic reactive power source, the or each power converter and the or each dynamic reactive power source connectable to an AC network, the or each power converter and the or each dynamic reactive power source operable to exchange reactive power with the AC network, wherein the or each dynamic reactive power source is configured to selectively adjust its exchange of reactive power with the AC network in response to a characteristic of a reactive current demand of the or each power converter crossing a or a respective reactive current characteristic threshold.

Abstract: Air-core reactors for use with power transmission systems are disclosed. An example air-core reactor may include a main coil and an auxiliary coil. The main coil may include a first solenoid having a first diameter and a second solenoid having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are different. The auxiliary coil may include a third solenoid. The first solenoid and the second solenoid may be arranged concentrically. The auxiliary coil may also be magnetically coupled to the main coil, and the auxiliary coil may be arranged concentric to the main coil.

Abstract: A method includes identifying, at an electronic device a candidate name responsive to user input indicating a salutational trigger during composition of a body of a message of a messaging application. Identifying the candidate name including at least one of: parsing a recipient-specific portion of a recipient message address of the message; parsing a display name associated with the recipient message address; parsing a content of the message body; parsing an attachment name associated with an attachment field of the message; identifying the candidate name from a contact record selected from a contacts database based on a recipient-specific portion of a recipient message address of the message; and parsing user-readable content of an application from which composition of the message was triggered. The method further includes facilitating composition of a recipient name in the body of the message based on the candidate name.

Abstract: Techniques for task invocation based on control actuation, fingerprint detection, and gaze detection are described, and may be implemented via a mobile device to verify that a task associated with an actuatable control is to be executed. Generally, the described techniques assist in preventing inadvertent (e.g., unintended) user actuation of a control from invoking a task associated with the control.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a device housing having a front side and a rear side, a first image capture device positioned on the front side, and a second image capture device positioned on the rear side. One or more processors of the electronic device cause, in response to user input received at a user interface requesting the second image capture device capture an image of an object, the first image capture device to capture another image of a user delivering the user input. The one or more processors then define an image orientation of the image of the object to be the same as another image orientation of the other image of the user.

Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for verifying the compliance of a TLS session with TLs policies. Traffic between an application and a destination server can be routed through a TLS gateway. The TLS gateway can inspect TLS handshake messages for compliance with TLS policies.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first communication device operable across a first medium of communication and a second communication device operable across a second medium of communication that is different from the first medium of communication. One or more processors operable with the first communication device and the second communication device obtain a client certificate digest from a prospective client device using the first communication device. Thereafter, the one or more processors receive a client certificate from a remote electronic device using the second communication device. The one or more processors then verifying that the prospective client device and the remote electronic device are the same device prior to establishing a secure communication session.

Abstract: Resources of an electronic device are partitioned into a plurality of resource portions to be utilized by a plurality of clients. Each resource portion is assigned to a respective client, has a respective partition identifier (ID), and corresponds to a plurality of memory bandwidth usage states tracked for a plurality of memory blocks. For each resource portion, each of the memory bandwidth usage states is associated with a respective memory block and indicates at least how much of a memory access bandwidth assigned to the respective partition ID to access the respective memory block is used. A usage level is determined for each resource partition based on the memory bandwidth usage states, and applied to adjust a credit count. When the credit count is adjusted beyond a request issue threshold, a next data access request is issued from a memory access request queue for the respective partition ID.

Abstract: A conferencing system terminal device includes an image capture device capturing images of a subject during a videoconference occurring across a network. A communication device transmits the images to at least one remote electronic device engaged in the videoconference. The conferencing system terminal device includes one or more processors and one or more sensors. The one or more processors automatically apply virtual background indicia in the images behind the subject as a function of contextual information detected by the one or more sensors during the videoconference.

Abstract: A bipole power transmission scheme typically includes a first converter station that is positioned remote from a second converter station, along with first and second transmission conduits which interconnect the first and second converter stations to permit the transmission of power between the first and second converter stations. The first converter station has first and second power converters, with the first power converter including a first DC terminal that is connected with the first transmission conduit, at least one AC terminal which is connected with a first AC network, and a second DC terminal that is interconnected with a third DC terminal of the second power converter by a first interconnection which defines a first neutral area. The second power converter additionally includes a fourth DC terminal that is connected with the second transmission conduit and at least one AC terminal which is connected with a second AC network.

Abstract: A television receiver receives media data from a media content provider. The television receiver is also connected to a wireless network. When the television receiver receives a request via the wireless network to provide media content to an electronic device over the wireless network, the television receiver adjusts the size of a socket buffer associated with a TCP/IP socket and a transmission ring buffer associated with a wireless driver.

Abstract: A method includes detecting, via a processor of an autonomous vehicle, an upcoming downhill road segment of a route on which the autonomous vehicle is currently travelling. The detection is based on map data, camera data, and/or inertial measurement unit (IMU) data. In response to detecting the upcoming downhill road segment, a descent plan is generated for the autonomous vehicle. The descent plan includes a speed profile and a brake usage plan. The brake usage plan specifies a non-zero amount of retarder usage and an amount of foundation brake usage for a predefined time period. The method also includes autonomously controlling the autonomous vehicle, based on the descent plan, while the autonomous vehicle descends the downhill road segment.

Abstract: The system and method described herein provide an order fulfillment database system. The order fulfillment database system may provide a high throughput speed, high availability, redundancy, and scalability. The order fulfillment database system supports very fast transaction times for atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability (ACID) transactions. Order services instances at a primary cluster provide in-memory databases that service segments of the persistent database and are associated with different order fulfillment entities. A routing manager routes database messages to the appropriate order services instance. A secondary cluster of order services instances provides redundancy. A retry procedure preserves the integrity of the database transactions based on a current operational state of the primary order services instances.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, at a processor of a server, a first application programming interface (API) call from a client device and providing an indication associated with the first API call as an input to a machine learning model such that the machine learning model identifies a set of parameters associated with a set of likely subsequent API calls. The method can further include receiving a second API call from the client device, identifying the second API call as an anomalous API call based on the second API call not meeting the set of parameters associated with the set of likely subsequent API calls, and sending a signal to perform a remedial action based on the identifying.

Abstract: In one implementation, a method of including a person in a CGR experience or excluding the person from the CGR experience is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. The method includes, while presenting a CGR experience, capturing an image of scene; detecting, in the image of the scene, a person; and determining an identity of the person. The method includes determining, based on the identity of the person, whether to include the person in the CGR experience or exclude the person from the CGR experience. The method includes presenting the CGR experience based on the determination.

Abstract: Examples of systems for detecting anomaly in a print job performed by a three-dimensional printer are described herein. In an example, a data set pertaining to a set of layers printed based on a print job of the 3D printer may be processed by an anomaly detection engine. Thereafter, a data set of a layer being printed by the 3D printer may be obtained. Based on the data set of the set of layers and the data set of the layer being printed, an anomaly may be detected in real-time.

Abstract: In aspects of data routing based on application restriction designation, applications of a computing device can be designated as restricted applications to utilize secure network data or as unrestricted applications to utilize unsecure network data. A first data sharing session is connected over an unsecure wireless network for an unrestricted application executing on the computing device. In response to detecting a restricted application executing on the computing device, a second data sharing session is connected which causes a mobile device to provide cellular data to the computing device over a secure cellular network.

Abstract: A method in an electronic device includes detecting the electronic device being electronically in communication with another electronic device while an image capture device of the electronic device captures one or more images from an environment of the electronic device. One or more processors determine one or more content input parameters requested by the content presentation companion device that differ from at least one content output parameter of the image capture device. The one or more processors alter the one or more images to create one or more altered images meeting the one or more content input parameters required for the presentation on the content presentation companion device.

Abstract: An ADC includes a comparator to provide a comparator output responsive to an input voltage of the ADC and a DAC output voltage; a SAR circuit including a SAR that stores an n-bit digital code that is initialized at a beginning of a conversion phase of the ADC, where the SAR circuit is to update the digital code responsive to the comparator output, where an ADC output is responsive to the digital code at an end of the conversion phase; and a DAC to provide the DAC output voltage responsive to the digital code and a reference voltage. The DAC includes an m-bit CDAC and an (n-m)-bit RDAC to provide an intermediate voltage responsive to the n-m least-significant bits of the digital code and the reference voltage. The CDAC provides the DAC output voltage responsive to the m most-significant bits of the digital code, the intermediate voltage, and reference voltage.

Abstract: A bipole power transmission network includes a first upstream power converter which has a first DC terminal that is connected with a first transmission conduit which extends, in-use, to a first downstream power converter. The first upstream power converter has a second DC terminal that is connected with a return conduit which extends, in-use, to the first downstream power converter and a second downstream power converter. The first upstream power converter has at least one first AC terminal electrically connected with a first AC power source. The bipole power transmission network includes a second upstream power converter which has a third DC terminal that is connected with the return conduit, and a fourth DC terminal which is connected with a second transmission conduit that extends, in-use, to the second downstream power converter, and at least one second AC terminal electrically connected with a second AC power source.