Abstract: A method for temperature control includes acquiring image data, and analyzing the image data to identify one or more individuals within the image data. A level of thermal comfort is estimated for each of the identified individuals based on the image data. The determined level of thermal comfort indicates whether each individual appears to be feeling too hot, appears to be feeling too cold or appears to be feeling satisfied with an ambient temperature. An air-conditioning unit or a heating unit is controlled based on the estimation of the level of thermal comfort for each of the identified individuals.

Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure includes a method, a system and a computer program product for planning and presenting a topic to a plurality of students. The method includes defining a topic for a plurality of students and a time period for presenting the topic to the plurality of students. Each of the students has an associated learning style, the learning style including a learning style, pace, speed or mastery information. At least one electronic media is determined from a plurality of electronic media on the topic for each of the students based on a consumption time of the electronic media, the time period and the associated learning style parameter of each student. The at least one electronic media determined for each student is presented to each student.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining anomalous behavior in a digital education setting is provided. The method including the steps of: receiving, by a processor of a computer system, data corresponding to a position of a device with respect to at least one axis of the device; determining, by the processor of the computer system, whether the position of the device is an appropriate location for an intended use of the device; and notifying, by the processor of the computer system, wherein the device is not in an appropriate location for an intended use of the device.

Abstract: To identify spaces on shelves which are not full of product and need restocking, markers having a pattern are placed on or near shelves containing product. A camera obtains an image of the shelf, products, and markers. A processor executing software is used to analyze the image to identify the markers and the shelf. Next, storage areas on the shelf are analyzed to identify vacant areas represented by a lower light intensity relative to adjacent areas. The processor determines a location of the vacant areas, and determines the size of the vacant areas using the known marker size and the size of the marker in the image, to generate a scale which is applied to the vacant area. This information and stored product information is used to determine which products should be restocked. The marker pattern can be selected to be readily recognizable by an image processing algorithm.

Abstract: An information processing system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for identifying review material can include collecting assessment data at a server from a plurality of client devices for subject matter in a course, analyzing collectively the assessment data from the plurality of client devices, and based on the analyzing, identifying a deficient subset of topics. The method can further include selecting review material based on the deficient subset of topics identified and sending the review material or a signal representative of the review material to the plurality of client devices which can include presenting the review material to the plurality of client devices. The method can include presenting the review material to each of the plurality of client devices in a format based on a student profile corresponding to each client device in the plurality of client devices.