Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for deploying feet and/or including hinge gaskets to improve thermal solutions and/or acoustic experience with electronic devices. An example electronic device includes a first panel; a second panel; a hinge coupling the first panel and the second panel; a foot coupled to the second panel, the foot movable between a deployed position and a retracted position; a sensor to detect a position of the first panel; and programmable circuitry to execute instructions to cause the foot to be moved between the deployed position and the retracted position based on the position of the first panel.

Abstract: Heat exchange apparatuses and methods for hyperbaric cooling fan applications such as computing devices. The apparatus comprises a material with high thermal conductivity and is configured to be overlaid on an internal surface of the housing, such that an internal surface of the apparatus is exposed to the hot air flowing inside the housing, and an external surface of the apparatus occludes at least some of the existing through-holes of the housing. In operation, the apparatus converts the through-holes into passive heat exchanging regions that passively transfer heat from inside the housing to outside the housing, which brings the internal air temperature and junction temperature (Tj) of the heat generating components down. Provided embodiments do not require reworking of the original industrial design (ID) of the housing.

Abstract: Hinges for electronic devices are disclosed herein. An example hinge includes a bracket capable of being coupled to a first portion of the electrical device. The bracket has a barrel defining a first opening. The hinge also includes a shaft in the first opening. The shaft is rotatable in the first opening. The hinge further includes a sleeve capable of being inserted into a bore in a second portion of the electronic device. The sleeve defines a second opening to receive a portion of the shaft.

Abstract: Heat exchange apparatuses and methods for hyperbaric cooling fan applications such as computing devices. The apparatus comprises a material with high thermal conductivity and is configured to be overlaid on an internal surface of the housing, such that an internal surface of the apparatus is exposed to the hot air flowing inside the housing, and an external surface of the apparatus occludes at least some of the existing through-holes of the housing. In operation, the apparatus converts the through-holes into passive heat exchanging regions that passively transfer heat from inside the housing to outside the housing, which brings the internal air temperature and junction temperature (Tj) of the heat generating components down. Provided embodiments do not require reworking of the original industrial design (ID) of the housing.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for deploying feet and/or including hinge gaskets to improve thermal solutions and/or acoustic experience with electronic devices. An example electronic device includes a first panel; a second panel; a hinge coupling the first panel and the second panel; a foot coupled to the second panel, the foot movable between a deployed position and a retracted position; a sensor to detect a position of the first panel; and programmable circuitry to execute instructions to cause the foot to be moved between the deployed position and the retracted position based on the position of the first panel.

Abstract: Hinges for electronic devices are disclosed herein. An example hinge includes a bracket capable of being coupled to a first portion of the electrical device. The bracket has a barrel defining a first opening. The hinge also includes a shaft in the first opening. The shaft is rotatable in the first opening. The hinge further includes a sleeve capable of being inserted into a bore in a second portion of the electronic device. The sleeve defines a second opening to receive a portion of the shaft.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for delivering a dosage of a drug to a target use an electrode that may deliver the drug and/or a current through the target to impede locomotion of the target. Delivery of a dosage may be accomplished by selecting one or more electrodes from a plurality of electrodes to deliver the drug or by metering deliver of the drug from one or more electrodes. Delivery of the current may be accomplished by one or more, preferably two electrodes. The electrodes that deliver the current through the target may also cooperate to deliver the dosage of the drug to the target.

Abstract: A visual tracker tracks an object in a sequence of input images. A tracking module detects a location of the object based on a set of weighted blocks representing the object's shape. The tracking module then refines a segmentation of the object from the background image at the detected location. Based on the refined segmentation, the set of weighted blocks are updated. By adaptively encoding appearance and shape into the block configuration, the present invention is able to efficiently and accurately track an object even in the presence of rapid motion that causes large variations in appearance and shape of the object.

Abstract: A visual tracker tracks an object in a sequence of input images. A tracking module detects a location of the object based on a set of weighted blocks representing the object's shape. The tracking module then refines a segmentation of the object from the background image at the detected location. Based on the refined segmentation, the set of weighted blocks are updated. By adaptively encoding appearance and shape into the block configuration, the present invention is able to efficiently and accurately track an object even in the presence of rapid motion that causes large variations in appearance and shape of the object.

Abstract: The present invention meets these needs by providing temporal coherency to recognition systems. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a manifold recognition module to use a sequence of images for recognition. A manifold training module receives a plurality of training image sequences (e.g. from a video camera), each training image sequence including an individual in a plurality of poses, and establishes relationships between the images of a training image sequence. A probabilistic identity module receives a sequence of recognition images including a target individual for recognition, and identifies the target individual based on the relationship of training images corresponding to the recognition images. An occlusion module masks occluded portions of an individual's face to prevent distorted identifications.

Abstract: The present invention meets these needs by providing temporal coherency to recognition systems. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a manifold recognition module to use a sequence of images for recognition. A manifold training module receives a plurality of training image sequences (e.g. from a video camera), each training image sequence including an individual in a plurality of poses, and establishes relationships between the images of a training image sequence. A probabilistic identity module receives a sequence of recognition images including a target individual for recognition, and identifies the target individual based on the relationship of training images corresponding to the recognition images. An occlusion module masks occluded portions of an individual's face to prevent distorted identifications.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for clustering images of objects seen from different viewpoints. That is, given an unlabelled set of images of n objects, an unsupervised algorithm groups the images into N disjoint subsets such that each subset only contains images of a single object. The clustering method makes use of a broad geometric framework that exploits the interplay between the geometry of appearance manifolds and the symmetry of the 2D affine group.

Abstract: Method for optimizing plant production in a cost effective manner, System (100) includes a processor (102) in communication with resource controllers (110, 112) for controlling resources (106, 108) such as, for example, lighting and carbon dioxide. Each resource has a cost that varies temporally or with other factors. The processor implements an algorithm that receives a desired plant production rate and other input, such as operating conditions of the system and environment, and determines amounts of each resource to expend consistent with plant production goals and resource costs.

Abstract: Taking a set of unlabeled images of a collection of objects acquired under different imaging conditions, and decomposing the set into disjoint subsets corresponding to individual objects requires clustering. Appearance-based methods for clustering a set of images of 3-D objects acquired under varying illumination conditions can be based on the concept of illumination cones. A clustering problem is equivalent to finding convex polyhedral cones in the high-dimensional image space. To efficiently determine the conic structures hidden in the image data, the concept of conic affinity can be used which measures the likelihood of a pair of images belonging to the same underlying polyhedral cone. Other algorithms can be based on affinity measure based on image gradient comparisons operating directly on the image gradients by comparing the magnitudes and orientations of the image gradient.

Abstract: Method and system for optimizing plant production in a cost effective manner. System (100) includes a processor (102) in communication with resource controllers (110, 112) for controlling resources (106, 108) such as, for example, lighting and carbon dioxide. Each resource has a cost that varies temporally or with other factors. The processor implements an algorithm that receives a desired plant production rate and other input, such as operating conditions of the system and environment, and determines amounts of each resource to expend consistent with plant production goals and resource costs.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for clustering images of objects seen from different viewpoints. That is, given an unlabelled set of images of n objects, an unsupervised algorithm groups the images into N disjoint subsets such that each subset only contains images of a single object. The clustering method makes use of a broad geometric framework that exploits the interplay between the geometry of appearance manifolds and the symmetry of the 2D affine group.

Abstract: Taking a set of unlabeled images of a collection of objects acquired under different imaging conditions, and decomposing the set into disjoint subsets corresponding to individual objects requires clustering. Appearance-based methods for clustering a set of images of 3-D objects acquired under varying illumination conditions can be based on the concept of illumination cones. A clustering problem is equivalent to finding convex polyhedral cones in the high-dimensional image space. To efficiently determine the conic structures hidden in the image data, the concept of conic affinity can be used which measures the likelihood of a pair of images belonging to the same underlying polyhedral cone. Other algorithms can be based on affinity measure based on image gradient comparisons operating directly on the image gradients by comparing the magnitudes and orientations of the image gradient.

Abstract: An apparatus is used to capture and record images of the surrounding environment of a vehicle, and includes a proximity sensing device, a camera unit and a recording medium. The proximity sensing device is adapted to be mounted on the vehicle, and is adapted to detect the presence of an object that is in close proximity to the vehicle. The camera unit is coupled to and is activated by the proximity sensing device for capturing images of the object upon detection by the proximity sensing device of the presence of the object that is in close proximity to the vehicle. The recording medium is coupled to the proximity sensing device for recording the images captured by the camera unit.