Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and systems for managing a virtual session. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying a current activity performed by a user in the virtual session, determining at least one first parameter of the virtual session associated with the current activity, detecting an occurrence of at least one event in a real-world environment, determining a correlation between the at least one event and the at least one first parameter, determining at least one second parameter to be associated with the current activity, based on the correlation, and transforming the virtual session by modifying the at least one first parameter based on the at least one second parameter.

Abstract: The provides solutions for determining an elected search head captain is unqualified for the position, identifying a more qualified search head, and transferring the captain position to the more qualified search head. A method is provided that includes referencing qualification parameters in an elected search head captain, determining whether the newly elected search head captain is qualified for the position based on the parameters, identifying a more qualified search head to be the search head captain if the newly elected search head captain is determined to be unqualified for the position, and transferring the position of captain to the more qualified search head. The qualification parameters may include, for example, a pre-determined static flag set by an administrator of the search environment, and configuration replication status that corresponds to the most recent configuration state of the search head as recorded by the previous search head captain.

Abstract: A system and a method for continuous monitoring of an entity in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment are provided. The method includes monitoring, using a first sensor among a plurality of sensors at a first location within the IoT environment, a plurality of behaviors associated with the entity at the first location; identifying a second location within the IoT environment and outside a detection range of the first sensor, wherein the second location is associated with a presence of the entity; identifying, based on pre-stored information associated with the IoT environment, a second sensor from the plurality of sensors for monitoring a subset of the plurality of behaviors associated with the entity at the second location; and monitoring, using the second sensor at the second location, the subset of the plurality of behaviors associated with the entity based on one or more trained models.

Abstract: A computing device can receive a query in a first query language that identifies a set of data to be processed and determine that at least a portion of the set of data resides in an external data system that uses a different query language. The query system can translate the query in the first query language in to a second query language for the external data system. To retrieve results of the translated query, the computing device may determine a quantity of results of generated by the translated query and generate one or more results readers to read the results in parallel. The computing device may further process the results and provide them to a user.

Abstract: A data processing system implements causing a user interface of a client device to render pre-produced audio content; receiving via a an audio receiver of the client device a user query raised during a portion of the pre-produced audio content being rendered on the user interface; causing the user interface to pause the pre-produced audio content in response to receiving the user query; automatically generating a text transcript of the user query using speech recognition; calling a generative model to generate a contextual text answer to the user query based on the text transcript, the portion of the pre-produced audio content, and at least rendered portions of the pre-produced audio content; converting the contextual text answer into an audio answer using voice synthesis; causing the user interface to render the audio answer on the client device; and causing the user interface to resume the pre-produced audio content.

Abstract: A data intake and query system can manage the search of data stored at an external location relative to the data intake and query system using one or more indexers. The data intake and query system can receive data stored at the external location. The data intake and query system can process the data and generate an index using the one or more indexers. The data intake and query system can discard the data and store the index and a location identifier of the external location in one or more buckets. In response to a query, the data intake and query system can identify that at least a subset of the data is responsive to the query using the index and can obtain the at least the subset of the data from the external location using the location identifier.

Abstract: A method for forming an aqueous graphene-peptide dispersion. Graphene, a peptide, water and a tyrosinase enzyme are mixed. The resulting suspension is sonicated or vortexed until an aqueous graphene-peptide dispersion forms.

Abstract: Systems and methods for hybrid depth regularization in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a depth sensing system comprises a plurality of cameras; a processor; and a memory containing an image processing application. The image processing application may direct the processor to obtain image data for a plurality of images from multiple viewpoints, the image data comprising a reference image and at least one alternate view image; generate a raw depth map using a first depth estimation process, and a confidence map; and generate a regularized depth map. The regularized depth map may be generated by computing a secondary depth map using a second different depth estimation process; and computing a composite depth map by selecting depth estimates from the raw depth map and the secondary depth map based on the confidence map.

Abstract: Techniques are provided herein to form semiconductor devices with gate structures that do not extend below a top surface of dielectric subregions. A semiconductor device includes a gate structure around or otherwise on a semiconductor region. A lower end of the fin of semiconductor material includes a subfin adjacent to a dielectric fill. A sacrificial material layer is deposited before the formation of the gate structure to prevent the gate structure from forming along the sides of the subfin. This sacrificial layer may then be removed from the backside of the structure along with the semiconductor material of the subfin. The subfin area may be replaced with one or more dielectric materials formed on the backside. As a result, the device performance is improved by lowering the parasitic capacitance caused by having the gate structure on either side of the dielectric structure replacing the subfin region.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to storing location information about storage nodes in cookies. A cloud-based service may send location requests to an orchestration service that instantiated storage nodes included in a storage cluster of the cloud-based service. The cloud-based service may receive location information that identifies in which computer zone that a given storage node is located. The cloud-based service may store the location information in cookies at a metadata store that is shared among the storage nodes. The cloud-based service may receive, from a client node, a search request to identify ones of the storage nodes that store particular data. The cloud-based service may return a set of cookies corresponding to identified storage nodes. The set of cookies may enable the client node to determine whether there is a storage node that stores the particular data and is within the same computer zone as the client node.

Abstract: A system and method for typeahead image generation are provided. The method may include receiving, via a user interface during a prompting session, a text prompt describing an image. The method also may include generating, via a trained diffusion model, the image representative of the text prompt. The method further may include determining, via the trained diffusion model, a reconciled risk score based on a determined risk score of the text prompt and a determined risk score of the generated image. The method even further may include causing, via the trained diffusion model in response to the determined reconciled risk score, to (i) approve the generated image in an instance in which the determined reconciled risk score meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold, or (ii) deny the generated image in an instance in which the determined reconciled risk score fails to meet the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods for hybrid depth regularization in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a depth sensing system comprises a plurality of cameras; a processor; and a memory containing an image processing application. The image processing application may direct the processor to obtain image data for a plurality of images from multiple viewpoints, the image data comprising a reference image and at least one alternate view image; generate a raw depth map using a first depth estimation process, and a confidence map; and generate a regularized depth map. The regularized depth map may be generated by computing a secondary depth map using a second different depth estimation process; and computing a composite depth map by selecting depth estimates from the raw depth map and the secondary depth map based on the confidence map.

Abstract: A method for a Virtual Reality (VR) device in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, the method may include: obtaining sensor data from the VR device; identifying at least one discontinuity in at least one operation associated with the VR device while a user is using the VR device, based on the sensor data; determining at least one ambient parameter around the VR device causing the at least one discontinuity in the at least one operation; identifying at least one IoT device capable of modifying the at least one ambient parameter; and controlling one or more operational characteristics of the at least one IoT device to modify the at least one ambient parameter around the VR device to reduce the at least one discontinuity in the at least one operation.

Abstract: A method and system for remote surveillance in an IoT environment is disclosed. The method includes detecting one or more trigger conditions associated with occurrence of an event at a location within the IoT environment, wherein the one or more trigger conditions are associated with an event criteria; detecting one or more entities associated with the event that are present at the location using one or more non-imaging sensors; determining operational states of one or more IoT devices at the location at a time of detecting the one or more entities; determining whether the one or more trigger conditions is a false trigger condition based on a correlation of the one or more entities and the operational states of the one or more IoT devices; and modifying the event criteria based on a determination that the one or more trigger conditions is the false trigger condition.

Abstract: A control method of an electronic device, for handling determined sensory perception changes of a user in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, includes measuring at least one first sensory parameter of at least one first IoT device in the IoT environment, wherein the at least one first sensory parameter indicates a determined sensory perception change of the user based on the user using the at least one first IoT device over a first period of time; identifying at least one second IoT device in the IoT environment used by the user after the at least one first IoT device, wherein the at least one second IoT device is operating in a first configuration; and controlling the at least one second IoT device to switch from the first configuration to a second configuration based on the at least one first sensory parameter.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than or equal to about 30 nanometers (nm) in the emission wavelength spectrum is provided: AxA?(3+??x)D(2+?)E(9+?).??Chemical Formula 1 In Chemical Formula 1, A is a first metal including Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof, A? is an organic substance derived from an ammonium salt, an organic material derived from an organic ligand, or an organic material including a combination thereof, D is a second metal including Sb, Bi, or a combination thereof E is Cl, Br, I, or a combination thereof, 1<x?3, ?1<?<1, 3+??x>0, ?1<?<1, and ?1<?<1.

Abstract: A computing device can receive a query in a first query language that identifies a set of data to be processed and determine that at least a portion of the set of data resides in an external data system that uses a different query language. The query system can translate the query in the first query language in to a second query language for the external data system. To retrieve results of the translated query, the computing device may determine a quantity of results of generated by the translated query and generate one or more results readers to read the results in parallel. The computing device may further process the results and provide them to a user.

Abstract: A method for Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) based voice assistance to a user by an electronic device is provided. The method includes monitoring over time, by the electronic device, interactions between objects in an environment using at least one UWB sensor of the electronic device, determining, by the electronic device, at least one task and an associated objective of the at least one task corresponding to the monitored interactions, generating, by the electronic device, a semantic description of the at least one task and the associated objective in a natural language (NL) for each object, and providing, by the electronic device, the voice assistance to the user based on the semantic description in the natural language.

Abstract: A computing device can receive a query in a first query language that identifies a set of data to be processed and determine that at least a portion of the set of data resides in an external data system that uses a different query language. The query system can translate the query in the first query language in to a second query language for the external data system. To retrieve results of the translated query, the computing device may determine a quantity of results of generated by the translated query and generate one or more results readers to read the results in parallel. The computing device may further process the results and provide them to a user.

Abstract: A data intake and query system can manage the search of data stored at an external location relative to the data intake and query system using one or more indexers. The data intake and query system can receive data stored at the external location. The data intake and query system can process the data and generate an index using the one or more indexers. The data intake and query system can discard the data and store the index and a location identifier of the external location in one or more buckets. In response to a query, the data intake and query system can identify that at least a subset of the data is responsive to the query using the index and can obtain the at least the subset of the data from the external location using the location identifier.