Abstract: A security element is applied to a document or an object in the form of a directly printed marking or in the form of a tag made of paper or another material, with or without an identifier. A user can take a picture of the marking or tag with a smartphone and then send the picture to a device including software provided with a recognition algorithm including neural networks. The device visualizes the fingerprint of the tag or marking, thus making it possible to ascertain the authenticity of the document or object. In order to establish the authenticity of the product protected by the device, the image, stored in a cloud or blockchain database, of the tag obtained after printing same or of the marking is compared with a new description.

Abstract: A method analyzes an element associated with an object and representative of the latter. The method includes receiving first data defining a digital image of at least a part of the element resulting from a photographic capture, providing the first data to an analyzer including at least one learning artificial intelligence module, previously configured with second training data of at least one reference element, in order to make a decision relating to the first data received from a selection of at least a portion of these first data defining a chosen zone of interest and characterized by at least one chosen image feature, this decision being related to a potential modification of the analyzed element with respect to a corresponding reference element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a battery operating mode. The method includes connecting an electronic processor to a first electrical contact of a battery interface via a switch; generating, with the electronic processor, an initialization pulse for a signal demultiplexer of a battery; transmitting the initialization pulse to the signal demultiplexer; generating, with the electronic processor, a data word indicating a desired operating mode; transmitting the data word to the signal demultiplexer; generating, with the signal demultiplexer, a signal to electrically connect a first battery switch to the first electrical contact, the first battery switch selected based on the data word; receiving, with an analog to digital converter of the electrical device, a signal indicating the operating mode voltage; and verifying, with the electronic processor, a correct operating mode based on the operating mode voltage.

Abstract: A system and method (500) for managing radio frequency (RF) connections for a plurality of devices (1055) associated with a plurality of vehicles. The method (500) includes monitoring, at management communication device (1050), WiFi broadcast signals from wireless communication devices (1055). The method (500) also includes managing the strength and reception sensitivity of each of the WiFi broadcast signals on each of the wireless communication devices (1055). Each of the wireless communication devices (1055) is assigned to a set of wireless communication devices. The method (500) also includes prioritizing, at management communication device (1050), each of the wireless communication device (1055).

Abstract: A security element is applied to a document or an object in the form of a directly printed marking or in the form of a tag made of paper or another material, with or without an identifier. A user can take a picture of the marking or tag with a smartphone and then send the picture to a device including software provided with a recognition algorithm including neural networks. The device visualizes the fingerprint of the tag or marking, thus making it possible to ascertain the authenticity of the document or object. In order to establish the authenticity of the product protected by the device, the image, stored in a cloud or blockchain database, of the tag obtained after printing same or of the marking is compared with a new description.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a battery operating mode. The method includes connecting an electronic processor to a first electrical contact of a battery interface via a switch; generating, with the electronic processor, an initialization pulse for a signal demultiplexer of a battery; transmitting the initialization pulse to the signal demultiplexer; generating, with the electronic processor, a data word indicating a desired operating mode; transmitting the data word to the signal demultiplexer; generating, with the signal demultiplexer, a signal to electrically connect a first battery switch to the first electrical contact, the first battery switch selected based on the data word; receiving, with an analog to digital converter of the electrical device, a signal indicating the operating mode voltage; and verifying, with the electronic processor, a correct operating mode based on the operating mode voltage.

Abstract: Methods of treating a ciliopathy-associated disease are disclosed, including administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound that targets at least one G-protein coupled receptor. Methods for identifying therapeutic agents for treating a disease having a ciliopathy are provided, including providing an animal model system of the ciliopathy for testing a putative therapeutic agent; administering a disruptive agent to the animal, treating the administered animal with the putative therapeutic agent, comparing the measurable phenotype of the treated animal with that of the animal without treatment, and identifying the therapeutic target for treating a ciliopathy, when the measurable phenotype of the treated animal is reduced as compared with that of the animal without treatment.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining available current for a battery in a portable electronic device. One method includes, in response to determining that a received current level of an auxiliary supply rail is equal to or below a predetermined threshold, acquiring a plurality of unloaded voltages for the battery and calculating an unloaded voltage based on the unloaded voltages. The method includes activating a switchable load coupled between the battery and ground, acquiring a plurality of loaded voltages for the battery, and calculating a loaded voltage based on the loaded voltages. The method includes calculating an impedance for the battery based on the unloaded and loaded voltages and an impedance for the switchable load. The method includes determining a current budget based on the impedance, a minimum operating voltage, and a maximum allowable current draw, and adjusting an operating parameter of the portable electronic device based on the current budget.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining available current for a battery in a portable electronic device. One method includes, in response to determining that a received current level of an auxiliary supply rail is equal to or below a predetermined threshold, acquiring a plurality of unloaded voltages for the battery and calculating an unloaded voltage based on the unloaded voltages. The method includes activating a switchable load coupled between the battery and ground, acquiring a plurality of loaded voltages for the battery, and calculating a loaded voltage based on the loaded voltages. The method includes calculating an impedance for the battery based on the unloaded and loaded voltages and an impedance for the switchable load. The method includes determining a current budget based on the impedance, a minimum operating voltage, and a maximum allowable current draw, and adjusting an operating parameter of the portable electronic device based on the current budget.

Abstract: A battery operated portable communication device provides converged functionality while avoiding resets to the device. Composite logic circuitry formed of at least one comparator and a logic interface controls current limiting to a primary load formed of high power land mobile radio (LMR) devices and programming to secondary loads formed of non-LMR peripherals. At least one current limit control signal is used to control current to the primary load under high current mode operations. Another control signal provides an interruption alert to a slave processor for controlled programming of the secondary loads during the high current operations of the primary load. Current to the primary load is restored while the secondary load is interrupted. Operation of secondary load processes is resumed when the primary load ceases high power operation.

Abstract: A battery operated portable communication device provides converged functionality while avoiding resets to the device. Composite logic circuitry formed of at least one comparator and a logic interface controls current limiting to a primary load formed of high power land mobile radio (LMR) devices and programming to secondary loads formed of non-LMR peripherals. At least one current limit control signal is used to control current to the primary load under high current mode operations. Another control signal provides an interruption alert to a slave processor for controlled programming of the secondary loads during the high current operations of the primary load. Current to the primary load is restored while the secondary load is interrupted. Operation of secondary load processes is resumed when the primary load ceases high power operation.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing image correction to compensate for visual impairments. In one aspect, a special accessibility mode associated with an application comprising content is identified. One or more colors of the content may be inverted to decrease a luminance of the content. The one or more colors of the content may be shifted along a color wheel. A linear function may be applied to the one or more colors of the content to control a color intensity of the one or more colors of the content. The content may be displayed within the application in a user interface (e.g., of a client computing device).

Abstract: Technologies for dynamic recoloring of graphical elements on a user interface are described. In some examples, upon detecting a theme change that causes darker backgrounds on an application user interface, icons and/or other graphical elements on the user interface may be dynamically recolored based on a darkness (or lightness) of the new background, a location on the user interface, and a type of the icon or graphical element. Pixels of the icon or graphical element may be adjusted for hue, saturation, and/or luminance to increase the icon's contrast. In other examples, certain icons or graphical elements may be exempted from recoloring, for example, those with brand colors. In further examples, white or black glyphs may be created to represent the icons or graphical elements if contrast change by recoloring is determined to be insufficient for a satisfying user experience.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer dispersion which contains water, at least one polymer that has been produced by emulsion polymerisation, at least one protective colloid, at least one water-soluble acidic metallic salt and at least one cross-linking resin that is based on phenol-formaldehyde condensation products, hydroxymethyl-substituted imidazolidinones, such as 1,3-dimethylol-4,5-dihydroxy-imidazolidinone (4,5-dihydroxy-N,N?-dimethylolethylene urea), hydroxymethyl-substituted pyrimidinones, or hydroxymethyl-substituted triazinones or their auto-condensation products, or mixed condensates from two or more of the aforementioned compounds, or a mixture of two or more of the aforementioned compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer dispersion which contains water, at least one polymer that has been produced by emulsion polymerisation, at least one protective colloid, at least one water-soluble acidic metallic salt and at least one cross-linking resin that is based on phenol-formaldehyde condensation products, hydroxymethyl-substituted imidazolidinones, such as 1,3-dimethylol-4,5-dihydroxy-imidazolidinone (4,5-dihydroxy-N,N′-dimethylolethylene urea), hydroxymethyl-substituted pyrimidinones, or hydroxymethyl-substituted triazinones or their auto-condensation products, or mixed condensates from two or more of the aforementioned compounds, or a mixture of two or more of the aforementioned compounds.