Abstract: An infrastructure for a platform immersive experience is described. An example of an apparatus includes a microcontroller to receive control parameters for platform lighting options for a computing system and information regarding current system conditions for the computing system, and generate control instructions for a lighting pattern for a set of lights based at least in part on the control parameters and the information regarding current system conditions; and host control circuitry to receive the control instructions for the lighting pattern from the microcontroller, and provide control signals to control the set of lights.

Abstract: Dynamic routing of texture-load in graphics processing is described. An example of an apparatus includes a graphics processor including a plurality of processing engines of a class of processing engines of the graphic processor; a set of queues for the plurality of processing engines; and a unified submit port for the plurality of processing engines, wherein the unified submit port is to notify a scheduler regarding availability of slots in the set of queues for receipt of workload contexts; and wherein, upon the unified submit port receiving a workload context for processing by the plurality of processing engines, the unified submit port is to detect an available processing engine of the plurality of processing engines and direct the received context to a slot of the set of queues for processing by the available processing engine.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for supporting generic pointers in hardware of a GPU. According to one embodiment, a GPU includes multiple sub-cores each having a processing resource and a load/store pipeline. The processing resource is operable to receive a memory access message including a pointer and a memory type identifier indicative of the pointer representing a generic pointer. The processing resource is further operable to output a load or store operation to the load/store pipeline based on the memory access message, including computing an address for the load or store operation by adding a base address of a named memory type of a plurality of named memory types referenced by the generic pointer to an offset into a memory of the named memory type. The load/store pipeline is operable to, responsive to receipt of the load or store operation, access the memory at the address.

Abstract: Securely communicating traffic between control units interconnected by a network. An electronic control unit (ECU) receives a signed manifest identifying public keys for a group of ECUs authorized to communicate over the network. The ECU performs an authentication exchange with the ECUs in the group. The authentication exchange uses public keys identified in the manifest. Based on the authentication exchange, the ECU distributes a group key to authenticated ones of the ECUs that communicate messages authenticated using the group key.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, an electrodynamic contactless braking system. In an embodiment, the electrodynamic contactless braking system may include plurality of electromagnet assemblies arranged and configured to have alternating magnetic field orientations. In an embodiment, each electromagnet assembly may include an air gap formed between a first electromagnet pole and a second electromagnet pole. In an embodiment, each electromagnet assembly is configured to generate a magnetic field of a character and for a duration sufficient to induce eddy currents on an electrically-conductive element moving within the air gap of each of the plurality of electromagnets. In an embodiment, the electrodynamic contactless braking system may include a controller operatively coupled to each of the plurality of electromagnets, the controller configured operate the plurality of electromagnets in parallel.

Abstract: The present invention is a pressure injury relief system for patient recovery and transport comprising a plurality of regions of open-cell foam support material each being separately tuned for the portion of the patient body that it is supporting. At least one cut-out region occurs between opposing padded regions to correspond to a patient's bony prominence when said patient lies on said cushioning support.

Abstract: A digital payment system for facilitating seamless transactions from a user system to a buyer system. The system includes a service provider system which further includes a service interaction component. The service interaction component is configured to collect predefined information about the user system and the associated user. The service provider system also includes a payment engine for processing payments digitally based on data worth associated with the data owned by the user and authorized for sharing by the service provider to the buyer system. The payment engine calculates a payable amount payable digitally by the user to the service provider based on a digital transactional value indicative of the data worth associated with the data owned by the user and authorized for sharing, among other things. The system further includes a pre-consenting system configured to facilitate user authorization.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to time synchronization in a network. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first circuit having a first clock configured to maintain a local time value for a node coupled to a network. The first circuit is configured to send a first message to a second circuit. The first message includes a first nonce. The second circuit has a second clock that maintains a reference time value for the network. The first circuit receives a second message from the second circuit, the second message including a second nonce and is associated with a timestamp identifying the reference time value. The first circuit compares the first nonce to the second nonce to determine whether the timestamp is valid and, in response to determining that the timestamp is valid, uses the timestamp to synchronize the first clock with the second clock.

Abstract: An elevator inspection and maintenance system, the system including a mechatronic body movable via remote or automatic operation, an inspection and maintenance head installed on the mechatronic body, where the inspection and maintenance head is fitted with a sensor or a manipulation tool to perform an inspection or a maintenance operation on at least one component of an elevator system remotely or automatically.

Abstract: An electronic evaluation device and method thereof for optimizing an operation of computer-controlled metric appliances in a network. The method includes determining whether a fault associated with computer-controlled metric appliance is valid based on a feedback received in real time from a validation entity and updating pre-defined programmable instructions assigned to the computer-controlled metric appliance in response to determining that the fault is invalid. The predefined programmable instructions are used to determine whether the computer-executable metric is achieved or not. The method includes applying a machine learning model on the plurality of parameters and the computer-executable goal to determine a computer-executable task list to be assigned to the computer-controlled metric appliance in order to achieve the computer-executable goal.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate control flow in a graphics processing system is disclosed. The apparatus includes logic a plurality of execution units to execute single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) and flow control logic to detect a diverging control flow in a plurality of SIMD channels and reduce the execution of the control flow to a subset of the SIMD channels.

Abstract: A method and a system for efficiently managing space inside an elevator cab is described. The system comprises a camera system, an image processing unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The system processes the image captured by the camera system comprising images of the occupants including passengers and objects inside the elevator. The captured image is transferred to the image processing unit. The image processing unit processes the image for further evaluation by the processing unit. The processing unit provides possible rearrangement of the passengers and the objects (occupants) to be rendered by the display unit.

Abstract: A system for sanitizing an enclosed space includes one or more sensors within the enclosed space. The one or more sensors are configured to detect one or more actions within the enclosed space and output one or more action detection signals indicative of the one or more actions. One or more ultraviolet (UV) lamps are within the enclosed space. The one or more UV lamps are configured to emit UV light in relation to one or more portions of the enclosed space. A sanitizing control unit is in communication with the one or more sensors and the one or more UV lamps. The sanitizing control unit is configured to receive the one or more action detection signals from the one or more sensors. The sanitizing control unit is configured to modify operation of the one or more UV lamps in response to the one or more actions being a triggering event.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a collaboration engine communicatively coupled to the processor to identify a shared graphics component between two or more users in an environment, and share the shared graphics components with the two or more users in the environment. Embodiments of the collaboration engine may include one or more of a centralized sharer, a depth sharer, a shared preprocessor, a multi-port graphics subsystem, and a decode sharer. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A system and method performs wakeword detection using a feedforward neural network model. A first output of the model indicates when the wakeword appears on a right side of a first window of input audio data. A second output of the model indicates when the wakeword appears in the center of a second window of input audio data. A third output of the model indicates when the wakeword appears on a left side of a third window of input audio data. Using these outputs, the system and method determine a beginpoint and endpoint of the wakeword.

Abstract: 3D printable ink compositions for forming objects, films and coatings are provided. Also provided are methods of printing the ink compositions and methods for making the ink compositions. The ink compositions include an elastic polymer binder and may have high loadings of solid particles.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a context engine to determine contextual information, a recommendation engine communicatively coupled to the context engine to determine a recommendation based on the contextual information, and a configuration engine communicatively coupled to the recommendation engine to adjust a configuration of a graphics operation based on the recommendation. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to enhancing communication of network traffic. In various embodiments, a computer system receives topology information and traffic information. The topology information describes resources of a network that are usable to communicate a plurality of streams among nodes in the network and includes information about a first path and a second path connecting two nodes. Traffic information describes demands for communicating the plurality of streams and indicates demands for communicating a first stream and a second stream between the two nodes. In such an embodiment, the computer system determines, using the topology information and the traffic information, a network schedule that indicates that the first stream is to be communicated over the first path and that the second stream is to be communicated over the second path.

Abstract: A system for streaming of contextual micro-content blocks for a workflow task to facilitate task performance by a user. The system includes a context sensing engine that processes one or more context inputs and generates an output based on the context inputs received from a front-end context monitoring appliance. The system includes a processing circuit having a navigation engine to navigate through digital information sources and search for information that matches one or more parameters of relevance for the workflow task. The processing circuit extracts computer-executable information files from the digital information sources that matches the one or more parameters of relevance for the workflow task and digitally processes the collected computer-executable information files into processed information blocks. The processing circuit includes a micro-content blocks creator for generating the contextual micro-content blocks from the processed information blocks.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for implementing memory management in a graphics processing system. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a first plurality of graphics processing resources to execute graphics commands and process graphics data; a first memory management unit (MMU) to communicatively couple the first plurality of graphics processing resources to a system-level MMU to access a system memory; a second plurality of graphics processing resources to execute graphics commands and process graphics data; a second MMU to communicatively couple the second plurality of graphics processing resources to the first MMU; wherein the first MMU is configured as a master MMU having a direct connection to the system-level MMU and the second MMU comprises a slave MMU configured to send memory transactions to the first MMU, the first MMU either servicing a memory transaction or sending the memory transaction to the system-level MMU on behalf of the second MMU.