Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to ferroelectric materials and semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor memory devices incorporating doped polar materials. In one aspect, a semiconductor device comprises a transistor formed on a silicon substrate and a capacitor electrically connected to the transistor by a conductive via. The capacitor comprises upper and lower conductive oxide electrodes on opposing sides of a polar layer, wherein the lower conductive oxide electrode is electrically connected to a drain of the transistor.

Abstract: The present disclosure herein provides methods and systems for optimizing personalized hospitality offerings to suit based on the customer requirement. The present disclosure employs a bucket of prediction models, namely (i) pre-trained hotel prediction model for predicting one or more hotels present in a destination city, (ii) the pre-trained room prediction model for predicting the one or more vacant rooms from the one or more hotels, and (iii) the pre-trained ancillary services prediction model for the predicting the one or more ancillary services available for the one or more vacant rooms. Each prediction model is separately trained on the features obtained from the unstructured historical training data, using a feature extraction technique. The fluidic pricing mechanism is used to provide personalized hospitality offerings by determining the fluidic pricing and offers to multiple relevant ancillary service bundles which may suit mostly to the diverse customers.

Abstract: A method for encoding a first stream of video data comprising a plurality of frames of video, the method, for one or more of the plurality of frames of video, comprising the steps of: encoding in a hierarchical arrangement a frame of the video data, the hierarchical arrangement comprising a base layer of video data and a first enhancement layer of video data, said first enhancement layer of video data comprising a plurality of sub-layers of enhancement data, such that when encoded: the base layer of video data comprises data which when decoded renders the frame at a first, base, level of quality; and each sub-layer of enhancement data comprises data which, when decoded with the base layer, render the frame at a higher level of quality than the base level of quality; and wherein the steps of encoding the sub-layers of enhancement data comprises: quantizing the enhancement data at a determined initial level of quantization thereby creating a set of quantized enhancement data; associating to each of the pluralit

Abstract: A touchless light system may comprise a light assembly, a light controller operably coupled to the light, and a touchless control panel configured to detect and interpret a user input and send an object detection signals to the light controller based on the user input. The light controller may be configured to send to a light command to the light assembly based on the object detection signal.

Abstract: Systems and methods involving provision of machine-learning-based prediction of future failure, anomaly, etc. in execution of batch processes are disclosed. In one illustrative implementation, an exemplary method may comprise obtaining historical data from prior execution of one or more batch processes, training a machine learning model to predict one or more future failure(s) and/or future flag(s) in execution of a future batch process, generating and/or collecting descriptive analytics pertinent to execution of the batch processes, and predicting a future failure and/or future flag in execution of the batch processes using the trained machine learning model and/or the descriptive analytics.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods related to temperature sensors for electronic devices are provided. An example temperature sensor device includes analog temperature sensor circuitry to generate a plurality of voltages indicative of a temperature; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) disposed downstream of the analog temperature sensing circuitry; switched-capacitor amplifier circuitry disposed before the ADC, the switched-capacitor amplifier circuitry comprising a single-ended amplifier to amplify the plurality of voltages with respect to a common voltage; a first switch coupled between the analog temperature sensor circuitry and the switched-capacitor amplifier circuitry to provide a sampling phase and an integration phase; and digital calculation circuitry to calculate a temperature value based on the plurality of amplified voltages.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for polymerizing fluoromonomers in an aqueous medium to form a fluoropolymer, said process comprising the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous solution comprising a first surfactant combination of at least one fluorinated surfactant and at least one non-10 fluorinated surfactant in a polymerization reactor; (b) pressurizing the polymerization reactor with said fluoromonomers; (c) initiating a polymerization reaction of said fluoromonomers to form said fluoropolymer; (d) propagation of said polymerization reaction, wherein a second surfactant combination of at least one fluorinated surfactant and at least one non-fluorinated surfactant is 15 metered or one shot dosed into the polymerization reactor; and (e) termination of said polymerization reaction after consumption of a desired quantity of said fluoromonomers.

Abstract: A thermoresponsive suspension composition for use in additive manufacturing includes an aqueous suspension of a thermosetting resin, a crosslinking agent configured to react with the thermosetting resin, and a mineral particulate, wherein the thermosetting resin and crosslinking agent react at or above a trigger temperature.

Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to ferroelectric materials and semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor memory devices incorporating doped polar materials. In one aspect, a capacitor comprises a crystalline polar layer comprising a base polar material substitutionally doped with a dopant. The base polar material comprises one or more metal elements and one or both of oxygen or nitrogen. The dopant comprises a metal element of one of 4d series, 5d series, 4f series or 5f series that is different from the one or more metal elements, such that a ferroelectric switching voltage of the capacitor is different from that of the capacitor having the base polar material without being doped with the dopant by more than about 100 mV.

Abstract: A method performed by an electronic device for generating a slow motion video includes obtaining plural image frames captured at a frame rate from a camera of the electronic device, detecting motion information in a first image frame from among the plural image frames, and performing an interpolation operation using one or more image frames from among the plural image frames. The one or more image frames are image frames obtained during a predetermined time after the first image frame in which the motion information is detected. A second image frame obtained before the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device. A third image frame obtained after the predetermined time from the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device.

Abstract: Systems and methods include obtaining statistics based on monitoring in a cloud-based system for a given time period; and, responsive to determining an arrangement of counters for N counters, storing each of M counters for the given time period as a plurality of records with each record including a record type, a possible offset to a next record in terms of a counter identifier (ID), and a counter value, wherein N and M are integers and M<<N, and wherein the arrangement is determined such that most frequently used counters occupy lower counter IDs. The systems and methods can further include updating the arrangement of the counters for the N counters, to perform an optimization such that the most frequently used counters occupy lower counter IDs.

Abstract: In one embodiment, Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is implemented using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) underlay network and SRv6-enhanced Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signaling. A particular route associated with a particular Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) Segment Identifier (SID) is advertised in a particular route advertisement message of a routing protocol (e.g., BGP). The SID includes encoding representing a particular Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Layer 2 (L2) flooding Segment Routing end function of the particular router and a particular Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI), with the particular SID including a routable prefix to the particular router. The particular router receives a particular packet including the particular SID; and in response, the particular router performs the particular EVPN end function on the particular packet.

Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems and methods for identity authentication across multiple institutions using a trusted mobile device as a proxy for a user login. In one example, the operations include identifying a request to trust a particular user associated with a first entity in a digital ID network. A set of personally identifiable information (PII) associated with the user is obtained via the first entity and an identity verification (IDV)/fraud risk analysis is performed. In response to satisfying the analysis, instructions are transmitted to the user to verify the identity via a mobile trust application on an associated mobile device. Upon verification, the mobile device is bound to the user within the digital ID network along with a digital ID associated with the particular user. The digital ID can be used by other entities registered within the digital ID network to authenticate the user.

Abstract: A method of operating a video camera system comprises recording video frames of a scene that includes a zone defined as an area within a field-of-view of the video capture element; performing a first analysis of recorded video frames showing the zone, determining, based on the first analysis, a first difference of composition thereof; performing a second analysis of an area outside of the zone; determining, based on the second analysis, a second difference of composition thereof; characterizing one or more properties corresponding to the second difference in composition; determining whether the one or more properties are associated with the first difference in composition within the zone and if so, characterizing the first difference in composition within the zone based on the one more properties and performing an action based on the characterization of the first difference in composition within the zone based on the one or more properties.

Abstract: A circuit includes, in part, a first transistor receiving a first clock signal at its gate, a second transistor receiving a second clock signal at its gate, a first impedance coupled to the drain terminal of the first transistor, a second impedance coupled to the drain terminal of the second transistor, a current source coupled to the source terminals of the first and second transistors, a third transistor receiving a third clock signal at its gate, a fourth transistor receiving a fourth clock signal at its gate, a fifth transistor coupling the drain terminal of the third transistor to the second impedance in response to a first control signal, a sixth transistor coupling the drain terminal of the fourth transistor to the second impedance in response to a second control signal, and a first variable current source coupled to the source terminals of the third and fourth transistors.

Abstract: In some implementations, an application server may receive, from a calling party user equipment, a call for a called party associated with multiple user equipment. The application server may provide to the multiple user equipment, and based on the call, a request for transcoding information associated with the multiple user equipment. The application server may assign a transcoding resource for handling the call, wherein the transcoding resource is provided in a network. The application server may receive, based on the request, the transcoding information from a particular user equipment of the multiple user equipment. The application server may provide the transcoding information to the transcoding resource, wherein the transcoding information causes the transcoding resource to establish and transcode the call between the calling party user equipment and the particular user equipment.

Abstract: Methods and systems predict parameters in a dataset of an identified piece of (“information technology”) IT equipment. An automated method identifies datasets IT equipment in a same category of IT equipment as a piece of IT equipment identified as having incomplete dataset information. Each dataset of IT equipment parameters is used to construct generalized linear models of different classes of IT equipment within the category of IT equipment. The class of the identified IT equipment is determined. A predicted equipment parameter of incomplete information of the identified piece of IT equipment is computed using the generalized linear model associated with the class. The predicted equipment parameter can be used to complete the dataset of the identified piece of IT equipment.

Abstract: A conditioning integrated circuit (CDIC) chip can be used to aggregate signals to/from a number of beam forming integrated circuit (BFIC) chips, and signals to/from a number of CDIC chips can be aggregated by an interface integrated circuit (IFIC) chip. The CDIC chip includes temperature compensation circuitry to adjust the gain of the transmit and receive signals as a function of temperature based on inputs from a temperature sensor. The CDIC may include a plurality of beam forming channels each having a transmit circuit and a receive circuit, a common port coupled to the beam forming channels for selectively providing a common transmit signal to the beam forming channels and receiving a common receive signal from the beam forming channels, and a temperature compensation circuit configured to provide variable attenuation to the common transmit signal and the common receive signal based on a temperature sense signal.

Abstract: A platform-as-a-service infrastructure and application lifecycle manager is configured to implement a common services model to deploy selected services from a common set of services to service domains hosted on multiple different cloud platforms by abstracting dependence on availability of various additional supporting services, such as services that are platform-specific. The platform-as-a-service infrastructure and application lifecycle manager may also manage a lifecycle of available services, such as managing upgrades and/or patches to services.

Abstract: In some examples, a cluster protection system comprises at least one processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising identifying a target cluster or an object in a container management framework, identifying application data and metadata associated with the target cluster or the object, generating a first snapshot of the target cluster or the object, the first snapshot including at least the metadata, storing the first snapshot in offsite cloud storage, generating a second snapshot of the target cluster, the second snapshot including at least the application data, and storing the second snapshot in a persistent volume in onsite storage.