Abstract: A system for aligning optical signals includes data sources, data receivers, alignment signal sources and receivers, and a steering array. The steering array includes of alignment steering elements and each element is configured to adjustably direct light in a specified direction until the reflected light on a receiver is maximized. The system includes data steering elements configured to direct a signal from a set of sources in a respective specified direction. The system includes a controller that is configured to determine a change in a nominal position command vector. The controller is configured to determine a command vector for a path between a selected set of data sources and a selected set of data receivers based on the change in the nominal position command vector and a first command. The command controller is configured to establish the optical path between the selected data sources and the selected data receivers.

Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to migrate a meeting from a first physical conference room to a second physical conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conferencing system in the first physical conference room may be paused and the current state of the video conferencing system may be saved. The meeting may then be migrated to a second physical conference room. The contents of the shared display and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second physical conference room.

Abstract: An optical driving assembly includes an optical element having an optical axis, an optical sensor, and a driving module driving optical sensor to translate along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The driving module includes a fixation member provided with a moving cavity, a moving member provided in the first moving cavity and movably connected to the fixation member along a first direction and provided with a second moving cavity, a supporting member provided in the second moving cavity and movably connected to the moving member along a second direction and supporting the optical sensor, and first and second driving assemblies. The first and second driving assemblies include first and second shape memory alloy wires. The optical sensor can linearly move in two directions perpendicular to the optical axis, achieving optical image stabilization and independent movements in two directions that are not affected by each other.

Abstract: A device, method and system for pruning video analytics parameters is provided. A device analyzes images from a camera installed at an installation location using a full initial machine learning model trained to detect objects in the images using video analytics parameters, the full initial machine learning model being independent of the installation location. The device gathers, for a period of time, statistics for: frequency of use of the video analytics parameters and/or error generation frequency in detecting the objects in the images. After the period of time, based on the statistics, the device determines that given video analytics parameters meets one or more pruning conditions; and, in response, prunes the given video analytics parameters such that the full initial machine learning model, initially provided for the camera, changes to an updated machine learning model for the camera.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a method for applying a thermal interface material (TIM) to a heat sink involves treating a plurality of sections of a base layer around at least a portion of a perimeter of the heat sink to form a continuous roughness edge and positioning the TIM relative to the heat sink such that the TIM extends for contact with the roughness edge. The roughness edge is based on reducing the adhesion force between the TIM and the base layer, wherein the TIM is easier to remove from the roughness edge, resulting in easier and cleaner removal of the TIM from the heat sink.

Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.

Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.

Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to migrate a meeting from a first physical conference room to a second physical conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conferencing system in the first physical conference room may be paused and the current state of the video conferencing system may be saved. The meeting may then be migrated to a second physical conference room. The contents of the shared display and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second physical conference room.

Abstract: A pillow with a removable rod-shaped insert is described herein. The rod-shaped insert is removably insertable into a cavity and/or trough within the pillow. Both the rod-shaped insert and the cavity and/or trough are substantially semi-circular at each vertically oriented cross-section thereof. The cavity includes an opening in a side of the pillow opposite a side thereof which is in contact with a user's head and/or body. The rod-shaped insert has a plurality of parallel ridges on at least one outer surface thereof and extends between both lateral sides of the pillow. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert is a single substantially planar structure which is folded into a substantially semi-circular shape. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert has an internal removably-insertable structure.

Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to host a video conference meeting while connected to a video conferencing system in a first conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conference may be paused and the current state of the video conference in a first conference room may be saved. The video conference meeting may then be migrated to a second conference room without having to restart the video conference. Client devices that have connected to the video conferencing system as well as client devices that have joined the video conference, the contents of the shared display, and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second conference room.

Abstract: A device, method and system for installing video analytics parameters at a video analytics engine is provided. An example device determines that a classification of a first camera is one or more of similar to, and same as, a respective classification of at least one second camera. The example device retrieves, from a memory, video analytics parameters associated with the at least one second camera, the video analytics parameters stored at the memory in association with the respective classification. The example device causes installing of the video analytics parameters at a video analytics engine associated with the first camera.

Abstract: A pillow with a removable rod-shaped insert is described herein. The rod-shaped insert is removably insertable into a cavity and/or trough within the pillow. Both the rod-shaped insert and the cavity and/or trough are substantially semi-circular at each vertically oriented cross-section thereof. The cavity includes an opening in a side of the pillow opposite a side thereof which is in contact with a user's head and/or body. The rod-shaped insert has a plurality of parallel ridges on at least one outer surface thereof and extends between both lateral sides of the pillow. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert is a single substantially planar structure which is folded into a substantially semi-circular shape. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert has an internal removably-insertable structure.

Abstract: A pillow with a removable rod-shaped insert is described herein. The rod-shaped insert is removably insertable into a cavity and/or trough within the pillow. Both the rod-shaped insert and the cavity and/or trough are substantially semi-circular at each vertically oriented cross-section thereof. The cavity includes an opening in a side of the pillow opposite a side thereof which is in contact with a user's head and/or body. The rod-shaped insert has a plurality of parallel ridges on at least one outer surface thereof and extends between both lateral sides of the pillow. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert is a single substantially planar structure which is folded into a substantially semi-circular shape. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert has an internal removably-insertable structure.

Abstract: A pillow with a removable rod-shaped insert is described herein. The rod-shaped insert is removably insertable into a cavity and/or trough within the pillow. Both the rod-shaped insert and the cavity and/or trough are substantially semi-circular at each vertically oriented cross-section thereof. The cavity includes an opening in a side of the pillow opposite a side thereof which is in contact with a user's head and/or body. The rod-shaped insert has a plurality of parallel ridges on at least one outer surface thereof and extends between both lateral sides of the pillow. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert is a single substantially planar structure which is folded into a substantially semi-circular shape. In some configurations, the rod-shaped insert has an internal removably-insertable structure.

Abstract: An optical driving assembly includes an optical element having an optical axis, an optical sensor, and a driving module driving optical sensor to translate along a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. The driving module includes a fixation member provided with a moving cavity, a moving member provided in the first moving cavity and movably connected to the fixation member along a first direction and provided with a second moving cavity, a supporting member provided in the second moving cavity and movably connected to the moving member along a second direction and supporting the optical sensor, and first and second driving assemblies. The first and second driving assemblies include first and second shape memory alloy wires. The optical sensor can linearly move in two directions perpendicular to the optical axis, achieving optical image stabilization and independent movements in two directions that are not affected by each other.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for evaluating diagnostic effectiveness of one or more diagnostic tests or additional findings from a set of known findings as to a patient. The system includes a computing device containing a software application which is used by a healthcare provider to review the patient's medical history and enter findings as to the patient's condition or symptoms, a system storing a validated probabilistic health model including a database of medical knowledge informed from aggregated electronic medical records or other sources of medical knowledge; and a medical knowledge-based inference engine operating on the patient's medical history and findings and the validated probabilistic health model. The engine determines a set of the most probable diseases of the patient, suggests a set of one or more tests or additional findings that differentiate the set of most probable diseases, and generates indicia indicating diagnostic effectiveness or relevancy of the one or more tests or additional findings.

Abstract: An actuation device and a camera device are provided. The actuation device includes a fixation base including a first bottom plate, a rotation base including a second bottom plate, a spindle assembly between the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate, a driving mechanism including two SMA wires connected to two suspension portions in a one-to-one correspondence, and a PCB connected to the driving mechanism. A first avoiding opening is provided on the first bottom plate. The two suspension portions extending toward the first avoiding opening is provided on the second bottom plate. Each SMA wire is connected to one suspension portion and a side of the first bottom plate. Two shape memory alloy wires drive the rotation base to rotate counterclockwise and clockwise around the central axis, respectively. The SMA wires can control the rotation base to rotate around the optical axis of the camera lens.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for evaluating diagnostic effectiveness of one or more diagnostic tests or additional findings from a set of known findings as to a patient. The system includes a computing device containing a software application which is used by a healthcare provider to review the patient's medical history and enter findings as to the patient's condition or symptoms, a system storing a validated probabilistic health model including a database of medical knowledge informed from aggregated electronic medical records or other sources of medical knowledge; and a medical knowledge-based inference engine operating on the patient's medical history and findings and the validated probabilistic health model. The engine determines a set of the most probable diseases of the patient, suggests a set of one or more tests or additional findings that differentiate the set of most probable diseases, and generates indicia indicating diagnostic effectiveness or relevancy of the one or more tests or additional findings.

Abstract: A device, method and system for pruning video analytics parameters is provided. A device analyzes images from a camera installed at an installation location using a full initial machine learning model trained to detect objects in the images using video analytics parameters, the full initial machine learning model being independent of the installation location. The device gathers, for a period of time, statistics for: frequency of use of the video analytics parameters and/or error generation frequency in detecting the objects in the images. After the period of time, based on the statistics, the device determines that given video analytics parameters meets one or more pruning conditions; and, in response, prunes the given video analytics parameters such that the full initial machine learning model, initially provided for the camera, changes to an updated machine learning model for the camera.