Abstract: A power device includes one or more electrical components, the electrical components including one or more physical attribute. The power device includes one or more sensors configured to monitor the attribute(s). The power device includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including one or more alerting rule. The power device includes one or more processors configured for retrieving the one or more alerting rule from the storage medium. The processors are configured for monitoring one or more sensor value from the sensor(s), wherein the sensor values are associated with the attribute(s). The processors are configured for evaluating the at least one alerting rule during the monitoring, and when the one or more alerting rule results in a pending failure condition, sending a notification to a user.

Abstract: A method includes communicatively coupling a physical object with a body. One or more of the body or the physical object has connectivity to a computer having a processor. The method also includes detecting a sound determined to match an audio fingerprint. The method further includes setting a function of the physical object based on the audio fingerprint. The method additionally includes generating a virtual representation of the physical object and the body in a virtual reality viewable by way of a display associated with the computer. Generating the virtual representation of the physical object and the body includes orienting a virtual version of the physical object with respect to a virtual version of the body. The method also includes causing the virtual version of the physical object to be usable in accordance with the function of the physical object.

Abstract: A method includes communicatively coupling a physical object with a body. One or more of the body or the physical object has connectivity to a computer having a processor. The method also includes detecting a contact position between the physical object and the body. The method further includes setting a function of the physical object based on the contact position. The method additionally includes generating a virtual representation of the physical object and the body in a virtual reality viewable by way of a display associated with the computer. Generation of the virtual representation of the physical object and the body includes orienting a virtual version of the physical object with respect to a virtual version of the body based on the contact position. The method also includes causing the virtual version of the physical object to be usable in accordance with the function of the physical object.

Abstract: A card includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface has a first surface area. The card also includes an image area on the first surface. The image area has a second surface area less than the first surface area. The cars further includes a contrast region between the image area and an edge of the substrate. The contrast region is a solid border surrounding the image area. The card additionally includes a plurality of markings extending from the contrast region into the image area. Each marking of the plurality of markings arranged in a pattern such that the markings of the plurality of markings are separated from one another by a portion of the image area.

Abstract: A card includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface has a first surface area. The card also includes an image area on the first surface. The image area has a second surface area less than the first surface area. The cars further includes a contrast region between the image area and an edge of the substrate. The contrast region is a solid border surrounding the image area. The card additionally includes a plurality of markings extending from the contrast region into the image area. Each marking of the plurality of markings arranged in a pattern such that the markings of the plurality of markings are separated from one another by a portion of the image area.

Abstract: A method includes generating, by a processor, an audio fingerprint representative of an audio signal. The audio fingerprint is based on a plurality of first intensity values corresponding to one or more segments of the audio signal. The plurality of first intensity values are based on a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) performed on at least one sampled segment of the audio signal. The method also includes comparing a plurality of second intensity values based on a recorded sound to determine whether the second intensity values match the first intensity values. The method additionally includes causing a message to be communicated to a device used to record the sound based on a determination that the plurality of second intensity values match the plurality of first intensity values.

Abstract: A method includes causing a control cluster to be included in a user interface and overlapping with an interactive virtual environment. The control cluster includes a first icon area, a second icon area, and a trigger icon area. The method further includes causing a first image to be displayed in the first icon area and a second image to be displayed in the second icon area. The method additionally includes causing a copy of the first image to be displayed in the trigger icon area or a copy of the second image to be displayed in the trigger icon area. The method also includes causing a readiness level of a game play feature to change, and causing the copy of the first image displayed in the trigger icon area or the copy of the second image displayed in the trigger icon area to be replaced with a trigger image.

Abstract: A method includes generating, by a processor, an audio fingerprint representative of an audio signal. The audio fingerprint is based on a plurality of first intensity values corresponding to one or more segments of the audio signal. The plurality of first intensity values are based on a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) performed on at least one sampled segment of the audio signal. The method also includes comparing a plurality of second intensity values based on a recorded sound to determine whether the second intensity values match the first intensity values. The method additionally includes causing a message to be communicated to a device used to record the sound based on a determination that the plurality of second intensity values match the plurality of first intensity values.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing configured to be added to a body associated with a software application implemented by a computer. The apparatus also comprises a sensor, a transceiver, a power supply, a memory, and a processor inside the housing. The processor is communicatively coupled with the sensor, the transceiver, the power supply, and the memory. The processor is configured to be communicatively coupled with the computer by way of the transceiver based, at least in part, on a determination that the housing is added to the body. The processor is also configured to cause the computer to generate a virtual representation of the body in a virtual reality viewable by way of a display associated with the computer. The processor is further configured to cause the computer to orient the virtual representation of the body in the virtual reality based on data collected by the sensor.

Abstract: A method includes causing a control cluster to be included in a user interface and overlapping with an interactive virtual environment. The control cluster includes a first icon area, a second icon area, and a trigger icon area. The method further includes causing a first image to be displayed in the first icon area and a second image to be displayed in the second icon area. The method additionally includes causing a copy of the first image to be displayed in the trigger icon area or a copy of the second image to be displayed in the trigger icon area. The method also includes causing a readiness level of a game play feature to change, and causing the copy of the first image displayed in the trigger icon area or the copy of the second image displayed in the trigger icon area to be replaced with a trigger image.

Abstract: A method includes communicatively coupling a physical object with a body. One or more of the body or the physical object has connectivity to a computer having a processor. The method also includes detecting a sound determined to match an audio fingerprint. The method further includes setting a function of the physical object based on the audio fingerprint. The method additionally includes generating a virtual representation of the physical object and the body in a virtual reality viewable by way of a display associated with the computer. Generating the virtual representation of the physical object and the body includes orienting a virtual version of the physical object with respect to a virtual version of the body. The method also includes causing the virtual version of the physical object to be usable in accordance with the function of the physical object.

Abstract: A playing card includes a substrate having a first face, a second face opposite the first face, and at least three sides. The first face has at least one icon configured to instruct a user to move the substrate to one of at least three orientations. Each orientation of the at least three orientations has an effect in the context of a game with which the playing card is associated.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing configured to be added to a body associated with a software application implemented by a computer. The apparatus also comprises a sensor, a transceiver, a power supply, a memory, and a processor inside the housing. The processor is communicatively coupled with the sensor, the transceiver, the power supply, and the memory. The processor is configured to be communicatively coupled with the computer by way of the transceiver based, at least in part, on a determination that the housing is added to the body. The processor is also configured to cause the computer to generate a virtual representation of the body in a virtual reality viewable by way of a display associated with the computer. The processor is further configured to cause the computer to orient the virtual representation of the body in the virtual reality based on data collected by the sensor.

Abstract: A method includes communicatively coupling a physical object with a body. One or more of the body or the physical object has connectivity to a computer having a processor. The method also includes detecting a contact position between the physical object and the body. The method further includes setting a function of the physical object based on the contact position. The method additionally includes generating a virtual representation of the physical object and the body in a virtual reality viewable by way of a display associated with the computer. Generation of the virtual representation of the physical object and the body includes orienting a virtual version of the physical object with respect to a virtual version of the body based on the contact position. The method also includes causing the virtual version of the physical object to be usable in accordance with the function of the physical object.