Abstract: A modular power distribution travel system includes a portable outer case and a chassis disposed inside the portable outer case. The chassis includes a plurality of slots for receiving and storing a plurality of removable computing modules. The modular power distribution travel system further includes a power system for providing power distribution to the plurality of modules.

Abstract: A method for determining eye openness with an eye tracking device is disclosed. The method may include determining, for pixels of an image sensor of an eye tracking device, during a first time period when an eye of a user is open, a first sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may also include determining, during a second time period when the eye of the user is closed, a second sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may further include determining, during a third time period, a third sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may additionally include determining that upon the third sum exceeding a fourth sum of the first sum plus a threshold amount, that the eye of the user is closed, the threshold amount is equal to a product of a threshold fraction and a difference between the first sum and the second sum.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a power bracket system for mechanically coupling and facilitating communication between a first and second module to form a single portable system. The power bracket system includes a panel for electrically coupling to a first module and a second module; a linking arm, extending from the panel, for mechanically coupling the first module disposed on top of the second module; a power connector disposed on the panel for receiving DC power from an external power source; top and bottom power contacts configured to align with power input regions of the top and bottom modules and to deliver power from the power connector to the top and bottom modules; first and second Ethernet ports; and top and bottom Ethernet connectors for connecting the first and second Ethernet port to the top and bottom modules.

Abstract: A portable computing system includes a transit case for providing structure for the mobile computing system, and has a power supply for providing power to the portable computing system. The portable computing system further includes a slidably removable sled disposed inside the transit case, configured to hold a plurality of computing components and to enable access to the plurality of computing components. The slidable removable sled includes a top chamber configured to hold a first type of computing device; a bottom chamber configured to hold a second type of computing device; and a floor disposed between the top chamber and a bottom chamber. The portable computing system further includes a switch, disposed in the bottom chamber, to provide computer networking and communications functions.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for utilizing different modulation coding schemes (MCSs) for different components of a video stream are disclosed. A system includes a transmitter sending a video stream over a wireless link to a receiver. The transmitter splits the video stream into low, medium, and high quality components, and then the transmitter modulates the different components using different MCS's. For example, the transmitter modulates the low quality component using a lower, robust MCS level to increase the likelihood that this component is received. Also, the medium quality component is modulated using a medium MCS level and the high frequency component is modulated using a higher MCS level. If only the low quality component is received by the receiver, then the receiver reconstructs and displays a low quality video frame from this component, which avoids a glitch in the display of the video stream.

Abstract: An eye tracking system having circuitry configured to perform a method is disclosed. An estimated radius (r) from an eyeball center to a pupil center in an eye is obtained, and an estimated eyeball center position (e) in the eye in relation to an image sensor for capturing images of the eye is determined, and an image of the eye captured by means of the image sensor, and a position of a representation of the pupil center in the eye in the obtained image is identified. An estimated pupil center position (p?) is then determined based on the estimated eyeball center position (e), the estimated radius (r), and the identified position of the representation of the pupil center in the obtained image.

Abstract: A method is disclosed, comprising obtaining a first angular offset between a first eye direction and a first gaze direction of an eye having a first pupil size, obtaining a second angular offset between a second eye direction and a second gaze direction of the eye having a second pupil size, and forming, based on the first angular offset and the second angular offset, a compensation model describing an estimated angular offset as a function of pupil size. A system and a device comprising a circuitry configured to perform such a method are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for sending hybrid frames as part of an encoded video stream are disclosed. A system includes a transmitter and a receiver communicating wirelessly. The transmitter partitions a first frame of a video stream into a plurality of portions and sends the plurality of portions to the receiver. The transmitter records which portions of the first frame which were not acknowledged by the receiver. Next, the transmitter generates one or more first portions of a hybrid frame based only on data from a second frame of the video stream and the transmitter generates one or more second portions of the hybrid frame based on a comparison of data from the second frame to data of the first frame. The one or more first portions of the hybrid frame correspond to portions of the first frame which were not acknowledged by the receiver.

Abstract: A method includes injecting a treatment fluid through a tubular in a wellbore created in a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid is to return through an annulus defined between the tubular and a wall of the wellbore. The method includes logging, during the injecting, measurements comprising at least one of an actual wellhead pressure; treatment fluid inlet density, inlet flow rate, outlet flow rate, and treatment fluid inlet viscosity. The method includes determining a loss zone location in the wellbore based on the measurements.

Abstract: A method for delivering an active agent is provided.

Abstract: Methods of locating a loss zone in a wellbore in a subterranean formation including determining a calculated wellhead pressure, calculating a wellhead pressure differential, calculating a flow rate loss, estimating a loss zone depth, determining a modified calculated wellhead pressure, and calculating a modified wellhead pressure differential until the modified wellhead pressure differential corresponds to a loss zone location in the wellbore.

Abstract: A remotely controlled air vent register which allows the direction of airflow to be changed with a rotating assembly driven by a first motor mounted to a duct-side face of the mounting plate and which allows the amount of airflow to be changed with louvers operated by a second motor mounted to a duct-side face of the mounting plate, both of said motors being controlled by a processor with a receiver to receive an activation signal transmitted from a location apart from the vent register.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a power bracket system for mechanically coupling and facilitating communication between a first and second module to form a single portable system. The power bracket system includes a panel for electrically coupling to a first module and a second module; a linking arm, extending from the panel, for mechanically coupling the first module disposed on top of the second module; a power connector disposed on the panel for receiving DC power from an external power source; top and bottom power contacts configured to align with power input regions of the top and bottom modules and to deliver power from the power connector to the top and bottom modules; first and second Ethernet ports; and top and bottom Ethernet connectors for connecting the first and second Ethernet port to the top and bottom modules.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a power bracket system for mechanically coupling and facilitating communication between a first and second module to form a single portable system. The power bracket system includes a panel for electrically coupling to a first module and a second module; a linking arm, extending from the panel, for mechanically coupling the first module disposed on top of the second module; a power connector disposed on the panel for receiving DC power from an external power source; top and bottom power contacts configured to align with power input regions of the top and bottom modules and to deliver power from the power connector to the top and bottom modules; first and second Ethernet ports; and top and bottom Ethernet connectors for connecting the first and second Ethernet port to the top and bottom modules.

Abstract: A modular power distribution travel system includes a portable outer case and a chassis disposed inside the portable outer case. The chassis includes a plurality of slots for receiving and storing a plurality of removable computing modules. The modular power distribution travel system further includes a power system for providing power distribution to the plurality of modules.

Abstract: A method for determining eye openness with an eye tracking device is disclosed. The method may include determining, for pixels of an image sensor of an eye tracking device, during a first time period when an eye of a user is open, a first sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may also include determining, during a second time period when the eye of the user is closed, a second sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may further include determining, during a third time period, a third sum of intensity of the pixels. The method may additionally include determining that upon the third sum exceeding a fourth sum of the first sum plus a threshold amount, that the eye of the user is closed, the threshold amount is equal to a product of a threshold fraction and a difference between the first sum and the second sum.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for delivering one or more active agents to mammalian hair using a nonwoven web of filaments containing one or more hair care active agents that are releasable from the filaments is provided.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.