Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a first housing, one or more sensors located in the first housing, a second housing, and a slope located in the second housing to reflect light radiation to the one or more sensors when the first housing is over the second housing. The electronic device can be a laptop computer where the first housing is a lid that includes a display and the second housing is a base that includes a keyboard and the one or more sensors face the keyboard when the first housing is over the second housing when the laptop computer is in a closed configuration.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automatic user adaptive triggering, such as triggering of always-on vision. A camera may be activated based on a result of applying a set of sensor features to a logic model. A label for the set of sensor features may be determined based on whether a face is detected or a face is not detected in a first set of images captured by the camera. The labeled sensor data may be stored along with historical data. A user behavior model may be generated using a learning algorithm based on the labeled sensor data. The user model may be incrementally updated based on new training data. The user behavior model may be used for determining whether to the activate the camera based on a particular set of sensor features.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a database backup method and apparatus, and a computing device cluster. In embodiments, a first corrupted-page inspection operation is performed on a first page in a data table of a database, to determine a first inspection result, where the first is used to record metadata of the data table; the first page is backed up when the first inspection result indicates that the first page is a normal page; a second corrupted-page inspection operation is performed on a second page in the data table based on the first page, to determine a second inspection result, where the second is used to record data in the data table; and the second page is backed up when the second inspection result indicates that the second page is a corrupted page.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for display panel human presence detection. An example display device includes a sensor to generate a detection signal based on whether a human is detected, and logic circuitry to generate a control signal to cause an adjustment of a power state of the display device based on the detection signal.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to implement always-on context sensor hubs for processing multiple different types of data inputs are disclosed. An examples apparatus includes a first processor core to implement a host controller, and a second processor core to implement an offload engine. The host controller includes first logic to process sensor data associated with an electronic device when the electronic device is in a low power mode. The host controller is to offload a computational task associated with the sensor data to the offload engine. The offload engine includes second logic to execute the computational task.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to implement always-on context sensor hubs for processing multiple different types of data inputs are disclosed. An examples apparatus includes a first processor core to implement a host controller, and a second processor core to implement an offload engine. The host controller includes first logic to process sensor data associated with an electronic device when the electronic device is in a low power mode. The host controller is to offload a computational task associated with the sensor data to the offload engine. The offload engine includes second logic to execute the computational task.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically schedule a wake pattern in a computing system. An example apparatus includes a device state controller to determine contexts of a device based on sensor measurements collected at a first time, an associator to associate a state of an operating system with the contexts of the device, the state obtained at a second time after the first time, a training controller to generate a prediction model based on the association, the prediction model to predict a third time when the state of the operating system will be active based on the contexts, and a schedule controller to reduce power consumption of the device by triggering a wake event before the third time, the wake event to prepare the device for exiting an inactive state.

Abstract: Peripheral input devices including user presence detection sensors and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute instructions to cause a user device to transition from a first device state to a second device state in response to an indication of a first user presence state at a first time, the first user presence state relative to a peripheral input device communicatively coupled to the user device; cause the user device to transition from the second device state to a third device state in response to an indication of a second user presence state relative to the peripheral input device at a second time; and cause the user device to transition from the third device state to the first device state in response to an indication of the second user presence state relative to the peripheral input device at a third time.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that is configured to receive audio data related to a conference call from a network conference engine, sample the audio data at a frame rate, determine an amount of missing samples of audio data for a predetermined amount of time, and communicate, to the network conference engine, a notification when the amount of missing samples of audio data for the predetermined amount of time is greater than a lost sample threshold. The electronic device can also be configured to receive visual content and visual content verification data from the network conference engine and use the visual content verification data to determine if visual content to be rendered on a display of the electronic device is the same or similar to the received visual content from the network conference engine.

Abstract: Techniques for low power indoor/outdoor detection are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, an integrated sensor hub receives data from an accelerometer. The sensor hub processes the accelerometer data to determine an activity of the user. Depending on the activity of the user, the sensor hub may determine whether the compute device is indoors or outdoors or may receive data from additional sensors, such as a magnetometer, a gyroscope, or an ambient light sensor. The additional sensor data may be used to determine whether the compute device is inside or outside.

Abstract: The present application provides a system including a plurality of components to be mounted to a first device in a preset layout and generate a magnetic field; a magnetometer integrated with a second device to detect the magnetic field to generate reading data associated with the magnetic field at the second device; and a processor configured to determine a position of the second device relative to the first device based on the reading data and the preset layout of the plurality of components.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a first housing, one or more sensors located in the first housing, a second housing, and a slope located in the second housing to reflect light radiation to the one or more sensors when the first housing is over the second housing. The electronic device can be a laptop computer where the first housing is a lid that includes a display and the second housing is a base that includes a keyboard and the one or more sensors face the keyboard when the first housing is over the second housing when the laptop computer is in a closed configuration.

Abstract: A system includes a processor in a lid portion of a computing device. The processor is communicatively coupled to a plurality of input/output (I/O) devices according to a plurality of I/O communication protocols via a first number of wires. The system includes a first memory coupled to the processor to store instructions that can be executed by the processor and cause the processor to receive, from a first I/O device of the plurality of I/O devices, a first message according to a first I/O communication protocol of the plurality of I/O communication protocols, convert the first message to a second message according to a host communication protocol, and send the second message over a bus containing a second number of wires traversing a hinge movably coupling the lid portion to a base portion of the computing device. The second number of wires is less than the first number of wires.

Abstract: Various examples relate to methods, apparatuses, devices and computer programs for a client device and a firmware management device, to the client device and the firmware management device, and to a system. The method for the client device comprises determining, on a blockchain, a non-fungible token (NFT) specifying a firmware for the client device, with the client device being set as owner of the NFT and managing a firmware of the client device based on the firmware specified by the NFT.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automatic user adaptive triggering, such as triggering of always-on vision. A camera may be activated based on a result of applying a set of sensor features to a logic model. A label for the set of sensor features may be determined based on whether a face is detected or a face is not detected in a first set of images captured by the camera. The labeled sensor data may be stored along with historical data. A user behavior model may be generated using a learning algorithm based on the labeled sensor data. The user model may be incrementally updated based on new training data. The user behavior model may be used for determining whether to the activate the camera based on a particular set of sensor features.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system are for evaluating code design quality. The method for evaluating code design quality includes: determining, based upon a result from static scanning of code, a probability of the presence of an error-prone pattern in the code; inputting the probability into an artificial neural network, and determining, based upon the artificial neural network, a prediction result for whether the code violates a preset design rule and for a quantized degree to which the design rule is violated; and based upon the prediction result, evaluating the design quality of the code. The present method is able to improve the accuracy of code design quality evaluation. By detecting a presence of an error-prone pattern in the code, whether or not a key design rule has been violated in a design process and a quantized degree to which the key design rule is violated are predicted.

Abstract: Provided is an accurate, fast and long-term stable fused CRAP. The electrode includes a positioning anchor, a silicone catheter, a sensor compartment and a connecting wire. The method monitors physiological information such as blood PPG, blood oxygen saturation, temperature and impedance of blood in the right ventricular cavity, and monitors blood temperature information, which is also a slowly changing metabolic rate, to provide cross-comparison with blood oxygen saturation information, improving monitoring accuracy of blood oxygen saturation. The rapidly changing right ventricular apical impedance information is monitored to improve rapid response ability of CRAP. The LEDs driving current is dynamically adjusted by monitoring the internal temperature of the PPG sensor and the impedance change of the attached biological tissue, which indirectly reflects thickness change of the attached biological tissue, thereby delaying the failure time of the PPG sensor.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that includes a first housing, where the first housing includes at least one first housing accelerometer and at least one first housing gyroscope, a second housing, where the second housing includes at least one second housing accelerometer and at least one second housing gyroscope, and a hinge. The hinge rotatably couples the first housing to the second housing, where a hinge angle is determined using data from the first housing accelerometer, the second housing accelerometer, the first housing gyroscope, and the second housing gyroscope if the electronic device is not in a portrait orientation where the hinge is vertical to a ground or not in motion and is determined using data from the first housing gyroscope and the second housing gyroscope if the electronic device is in portrait orientation or is in motion.

Abstract: Provided herein are techniques for making low-carbon steels with high surface hardness. A technique includes heating a low-carbon steel precursor material in a furnace to form molten steel material, increasing the free oxygen content of the molten steel material to a predetermined level, and then solidifying the molten steel material having the predetermined oxygen level to produce a steel structure by cooling the molten steel material at a predetermined cooling rate. The predetermined oxygen level and the predetermined cooling rate are effective to produce the low-carbon steel with a high surface hardness. The low-carbon steel may have inclusions smaller than about 1 ?m.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically schedule a wake pattern in a computing system. An example apparatus includes a device state controller to determine contexts of a device based on sensor measurements collected at a first time, an associator to associate a state of an operating system with the contexts of the device, the state obtained at a second time after the first time, a training controller to generate a prediction model based on the association, the prediction model to predict a third time when the state of the operating system will be active based on the contexts, and a schedule controller to reduce power consumption of the device by triggering a wake event before the third time, the wake event to prepare the device for exiting an inactive state.