Abstract: A device connection system and method include receiving, via one or more processors of a first electronic device, a signal to initiate a wireless connection process, and accessing a user-defined priority list to determine a group of pairing electronic devices and a prioritized order of the pairing electronic devices in the group. The system and method include transmitting a connection request to one or more of the pairing electronic devices in the group, one at a time according to the prioritized order in the user-defined priority list, and establishing a wireless communication link between the first electronic device and a second electronic device. The second electronic device is one of the pairing electronic devices in the group that is first to respond to the connection request.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: monitoring, using an accelerometer integrated with an information handling device, gravitational acceleration experienced by the information handling device; identifying, based on the monitoring, a change in the gravitational acceleration from a first gravitational acceleration metric to a second gravitational acceleration metric; and adjusting, responsive to the identifying, a time-keeping standard referenced by the information handling device based on the second gravitational acceleration metric. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A device includes a first camera and a second camera respectively supported by a first and a second assemblies coupled via a hinge. The first and the second cameras are configured to respectively capture a first image and a second image that include a common reference object. A controller is coupled to the first and the second cameras, and configured to change an operating mode of the device in response to a comparison between the first and the second images. Additional cameras may be used in further embodiments and may be mounted onto the front and back surfaces of the first and the second assemblies.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, using a content access detection system, content as content being accessed by a user; tracking, using the content access detection system and while the content is being accessed by the user, an amount of time the content is being accessed by the user; and marking, using the content access detection system, the content with the amount of time, wherein the marking includes utilizing a technique that allows sorting of the content based upon the amount of time. Other aspects are claimed and described.

Abstract: A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a lithium-ion battery; a power interface; magnet control circuitry operatively coupled to at least the power interface for receipt of electrical power; and a housing for the processor, the memory, the battery, the power interface and the magnet control circuitry, where the housing includes a first shell, a second shell, and an electropermanent magnet assembly that generates a magnetic force that couples the first shell to the second shell, where the electropermanent magnetic assembly is controllable via the magnet control circuitry to decrease the magnetic force to decouple the first shell from the second shell.

Abstract: A method can include receiving vibration signals responsive to an object contacting a location on a housing of a computing device; analyzing the vibration signals to determine the location; associating the location with a predetermined value; and transmitting the predetermined value.

Abstract: A method can include receiving vibration signals responsive to an object forcibly contacting a location on a back surface of a display housing of a computing device; and, responsive to receipt of the vibration signals, performing at least one action via circuitry of the computing device, where the at least one action includes a user perceivable action.

Abstract: A system for preventing a voice activated response by a digital personal is provided. The system includes a digital personal assistant that has a memory storing program instructions. The system also includes one or more processors that, when executing the program instructions, are configured to identify an audible instruction based on a determined sound, and receive a block signal accompanying the determined sound. The one or more processors are also configured to prevent a response to the determined sound based on the block signal.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: monitoring, using an accelerometer integrated with an information handling device, gravitational acceleration experienced by the information handling device; identifying, based on the monitoring, a change in the gravitational acceleration from a first gravitational acceleration metric to a second gravitational acceleration metric; and adjusting, responsive to the identifying, a time-keeping standard referenced by the information handling device based on the second gravitational acceleration metric. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A device includes a first camera and a second camera respectively supported by a first and a second assemblies coupled via a hinge. The first and the second cameras are configured to respectively capture a first image and a second image that include a common reference object. A controller is coupled to the first and the second cameras, and configured to change an operating mode of the device in response to a comparison between the first and the second images. Additional cameras may be used in further embodiments and may be mounted onto the front and back surfaces of the first and the second assemblies.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a request to print a document; analyzing, using a processor, content of the document; determining, based on the analyzing, a printing characteristic of the content, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic; establishing, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing the document. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a request to print a document; analyzing, using a processor, content of the document; determining, based on the analyzing, a printing characteristic of the content, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic; establishing, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing the document. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using an information handling device, a proximate sound source; determining, using a processor, that noise produced by the proximate sound source is duplicated on a conference bridge that a user is connected to and is within an audible range of the user; and preventing, based on the determining, the noise on the conference bridge from reaching the user. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet machine has non-contiguous, non-magnetic radial slots between the magnets and the cylindrical periphery and the magnets have non-magnetic radial end slots.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet machine has non-contiguous, non-magnetic radial slots between the magnets and the cylindrical periphery and the magnets have non-magnetic radial end slots.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet machine having angled slots.

Abstract: An interior permanent magnet machine having angled slots.

Abstract: A permanent magnet electric machine includes a stator with salient stator poles. A rotor includes two or more axial rotor sections that are rotationally offset by an offset angle equal to the cogging angle divided by the number of axial rotor sections. The axial rotor sections include rotor poles with permanent magnets. In one embodiment, the permanent magnet electric machine has a 12/10 slot/pole combination. The permanent magnets have a magnet dimension angle between 31 and 35 degrees. An air gap ratio of the electric machine is between 1.35 and 2.5. A slot opening ratio of the electric machine is less than or equal to one. In another embodiment, the permanent magnet electric machine has an 18/12 slot/pole combination. The permanent magnets have a magnet dimension angle that is between 25 and 28 degrees. An air gap ratio of the electric machine is between 1.35 and 2.5. A slot opening ratio of the electric machine is less than or equal to one.

Abstract: An electric power steering system for a vehicle includes a steering wheel and a steering shaft that is connected to the steering wheel. A worm gear is connected to the steering shaft. A worm is threadably engaged to the worm gear. A permanent magnet motor is connected to the worm. The permanent magnet motor includes a stator with twelve slots and a rotor with ten poles. The rotor includes one or more axial rotor sections. If more than one axial rotor section is employed, the axial rotor sections are rotationally offset. The axial rotor sections are rotationally offset by an offset angle that is equal to a cogging angle divided by the number of axial rotor sections. The rotor includes breadloaf, spoke, radial or arc permanent magnets.

Abstract: A permanent magnet electric machine with reduced cogging torque includes a plurality of axial rotor sections that are defined on a radially outer surface of a rotor. The axial rotor sections include a set of permanent magnets that are in an unmagnetized state and that have opposite edges that are aligned with an axis of the rotor. The axial rotor sections are rotationally offset such that the edges of the permanent magnets create stair step interfaces. The n sets of permanent magnets are magnetized using a magnetizing fixture. The permanent magnets have a generally rectangular shape and are preferably arc magnets or breadloaf magnets. The conductors of the magnetizing fixture are aligned with the stair step interfaces. A magnetic field induced in the permanent magnets is substantially reduced along the stair step interfaces.