Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, media and/or methods may involve providing work assistance. One or more user actions may be recognized, which may be observed by an image capture device, wherein the user actions may be directed to a work surface incapable of electronically processing one or more of the user actions. One or more regions of interest may be identified from the work surface and/or content may be extracted from the regions of interest, wherein the regions of interest may be determined based at least on one or more of the user actions. Additionally, one or more support operations associated with the content may be implemented.

Abstract: A system and method for selecting a program to present to a consumer includes detecting facial regions in an image, detecting hand gestures in an image, identifying one or more consumer characteristics (mood, gender, age, hand gesture, etc.) of said consumer in the image, identifying one or more programs to present to the consumer based on a comparison of the consumer characteristics with a program database including a plurality of program profiles, and presenting a selected one of the identified program to the consumer on a media device.

Abstract: Embodiments of techniques and apparatus for open angle detection and processing are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a first panel having a display, a second panel movably coupled with the first panel. The first and second panels variably define an angle between these two panels. One or more sensors may be disposed in the apparatus and configured to detect an angle change event of the variable angle between two panels. The angle changing information may be used by an application to vary output of the application onto the display. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are provided to allow a low power and fast application service transmission (LP-FAST) engine to enhance the quality of service (QoS) and optimize the power consumption of the mobile applications operating in a mobile terminal in a service-aware, bandwidth-aware and power-consumption-aware manner.

Abstract: A system of extending functionalities of a host device using a smart flash storage device comprises the host device having a host interface and configured to perform a specific function to generate a first set of data. The host device is coupled with a flash storage device. The flash storage device is configured to conform to a flash memory interface. A set of data generated by the host device is to be stored in flash memory storage of the flash storage device. A processor of the flash storage device is configured to run one or more user applications to process the set of data. The processor is to operate using power supplied by the host device.

Abstract: Apparatuses, storage medium and methods associated with emulating a storage medium with media files to a display device are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an adapter device may include a peripheral interface to couple the adapter device to the display device emulating the storage medium. The adapter device may further include one or more logic units coupled to the peripheral interface to provide the display device with a playlist of one or more media files (established on instructions of a mobile device), and in response to a selection of one of the one or more media files by the display device, provide the display device with media content associated with the selected media file, emulating the storage medium. In embodiments, the one or more logic units may capture one or more images for the mobile device to conduct online transactions. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are provided to allow a low power and fast application service transmission (LP-FAST) engine to enhance the quality of service (QoS) and optimize the power consumption of the mobile applications operating in a mobile terminal in a service-aware, bandwidth-aware and power-consumption-aware manner.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and articles associated with face recognition login, social network and video chat are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, an apparatus may include a networking interface, and a face recognition based controller configured to determine whether a user is watching a television, based on image frames of a video signal generated by a camera. The controller may be further configured to transmit a login request, via the network interface, to a server associated with a social network, on determination that the user is watching the television, to log the user into the social network, and enabling video chat. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are provided to allow a low power and fast application service transmission (LP-FAST) engine to enhance the quality of service (QoS) and optimize the power consumption of the mobile applications operating in a mobile terminal in a service-aware, bandwidth-aware and power-consumption-aware manner.

Abstract: A method (100) is disclosed of estimating a motion vector between a first pixel block in a current frame and a second pixel block in a reference frame. The method starts by predicting (110) a first motion vector based upon at least the motion vector of a third pixel block. The best motion vector is then selected (150) from a group of motion vectors in a first pattern (140) around the first motion vector. The first pattern is based upon the direction of the first motion vector and distortion resulting from applying the first motion vector. A second pattern (170) is then scaled based upon a distortion level resulting from applying the best motion vector, and a replacement best motion vector is selected (180) from a group of motion vectors in the second pattern around the best motion vector.