Abstract: A rotating successive firing emitting translucent ultraviolet C self-sterilizing germicidal light tube for a door handle or door lever access device for hand sanitation, includes a tube handle attached to a door latch assembly, a rotating UVC LED light source contained within the tube handle; electrical energy for energizing the UVC LED light source, electrical energy for rotating the UVC LED light source contained within the tube handle, and a device for rotating the UVC LED light source contained within the tube handle.

Abstract: An electrically energized door latch box for transferring electric power through a door lock-set to a door containing an electric device includes a door for entering and exiting a location, a device for transmitting electrical power to the door, and at least one door-powered electrical device associated with the door. A switch for switching on and off the electrically energized door and a movable lock barrel for activating the switch are also included.

Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently transferring electric power to doors from a door jamb in order to energize door-associated electrical devices, which includes a door for entering and exiting a room, a stationary door electric power transfer bar affixed to the door and a door jamb associated with the door. A striker plate is provided for the door jamb and there is a retractable energized electric power transfer member in the striker plate, along with a power supply for electrical devices associated with the door which would require electrical power.

Abstract: An apparatus for sanitizing electric rocker switches includes an electric rocker switch with sanitizing ultraviolet C sterilizing germicidal light which provides a germ-free surface. Sanitizing ultraviolet C sterilizing germicidal light electric emitters are incorporated within the electrical rocker switch and/or around the perimeter of the electrical rocker switch and/or electrical switch plate that surrounds the electrical rocker switch.

Abstract: A snap-together electric power track apparatus for efficiently transferring electric power to doors in order to energize door-associated electrical devices includes a door access device associated with a door wherein a user comes into contact with the door access device utilizing electrical energy, a power hinge for transmitting electrical power the door, and a device for transmitting electrical energy to electrically energize one or more door-associated electrical devices.

Abstract: A self-contained ultraviolet C light emitting system for door access includes a door for entering and exiting a premise, a door access device associated with the door, in which a user is able to come into physical contact with the door access device, a source of sanitizing ultraviolet C emitting light associated with the door access device positioned so that the door access device is sanitized and germ free; and, and a switch to electrically energize the source of the sanitizing ultraviolet light.

Abstract: Methods and systems involving navigation of a graphical interface are disclosed herein. An example system may be configured to: (a) cause a head-mounted display (HMD) to provide a graphical interface, the graphical interface comprising (i) a view port having a view-port orientation and (ii) at least one navigable area having at least one border, the at least one border having a first border orientation; (b) receive input data that indicates movement of the view port towards the at least one border; (c) determine that the view-port orientation is within a predetermined threshold distance from the first border orientation; and (d) based on at least the determination that the view-port orientation is within a predetermined threshold distance from the first border orientation, adjust the first border orientation from the first border orientation to a second border orientation.

Abstract: Methods and systems involving navigation of a graphical interface are disclosed herein. An example system may be configured to: (a) cause a head-mounted display (HMD) to provide a graphical interface, the graphical interface comprising (i) a view port having a view-port orientation and (ii) at least one navigable area having at least one border, the at least one border having a first border orientation; (b) receive input data that indicates movement of the view port towards the at least one border; (c) determine that the view-port orientation is within a predetermined threshold distance from the first border orientation; and (d) based on at least the determination that the view-port orientation is within a predetermined threshold distance from the first border orientation, adjust the first border orientation from the first border orientation to a second border orientation.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to processing speech input at a wearable computing device are disclosed. Speech input can be received at the wearable computing device. Speech-related text corresponding to the speech input can be generated. A context can be determined based on database(s) and/or a history of accessed documents. An action can be determined based on an evaluation of at least a portion of the speech-related text and the context. The action can be a command or a search request. If the action is a command, then the wearable computing device can generate output for the command. If the action is a search request, then the wearable computing device can: communicate the search request to a search engine, receive search results from the search engine, and generate output based on the search results. The output can be provided using output component(s) of the wearable computing device.

Abstract: Exemplary wearable computing systems may include a head-mounted display that is configured to provide indirect bone-conduction audio. For example, an exemplary head-mounted display may include at least one vibration transducer that is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the head-mounted display based on the audio signal. The vibration transducer is configured such that when the head-mounted display is worn, the vibration transducer vibrates the head-mounted display without directly vibrating a wearer. However, the head-mounted display structure vibrationally couples to a bone structure of the wearer, such that vibrations from the vibration transducer may be indirectly transferred to the wearer's bone structure.

Abstract: The present application discloses systems and methods for a virtual input device. In one example, the virtual input device includes a projector and a camera. The projector projects a pattern onto a surface. The camera captures images that can be interpreted by a processor to determine actions. The projector may be mounted on an arm of a pair of eyeglasses and the camera may be mounted on an opposite arm of the eyeglasses. A pattern for a virtual input device can be projected onto a “display hand” of a user, and the camera may be able to detect when the user uses an opposite hand to select items of the virtual input device. In another example, the camera may detect when the display hand is moving and interpret display hand movements as inputs to the virtual input device, and/or realign the projection onto the moving display hand.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to processing speech input at a wearable computing device are disclosed. Speech input can be received at the wearable computing device. Speech-related text corresponding to the speech input can be generated. A context can be determined based on database(s) and/or a history of accessed documents. An action can be determined based on an evaluation of at least a portion of the speech-related text and the context. The action can be a command or a search request. If the action is a command, then the wearable computing device can generate output for the command. If the action is a search request, then the wearable computing device can: communicate the search request to a search engine, receive search results from the search engine, and generate output based on the search results. The output can be provided using output component(s) of the wearable computing device.

Abstract: An example method involves: (i) maintaining an attribute-association database comprising data for a set of data items, wherein the data for a given one of the data items specifies for each of one or more attributes from a set of attributes, (a) an associative value, and (b) a temporal-decay value; (ii) detecting an event, wherein the event is associated with one or more event attributes; (iii) determining a relevance of a given one of the data items to the detected event based on a selected one or more of (a) the associative values and (b) the temporal-decay values; (iv) selecting at least one data item, wherein the at least one data item is selected from a set of the data items based on the respective relevancies of the data items in the set; and (v) providing an indication of the at least one selected data item.

Abstract: Exemplary wearable computing systems may include a head-mounted display that is configured to provide indirect bone-conduction audio. For example, an exemplary head-mounted display may include at least one vibration transducer that is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the head-mounted display based on the audio signal. The vibration transducer is configured such that when the head-mounted display is worn, the vibration transducer vibrates the head-mounted display without directly vibrating a wearer. However, the head-mounted display structure vibrationally couples to a bone structure of the wearer, such that vibrations from the vibration transducer may be indirectly transferred to the wearer's bone structure.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments involve real-time commenting in experience-sharing sessions. An exemplary method involves: (a) a server system facilitating an experience sharing session between a sharing device and one or more viewing devices, wherein the server system receives media in real-time from the sharing device and transmits the media to the one or more viewing devices in real-time, wherein the media comprises video; (b) during the experience sharing session, the server system receiving one or more comments from one or more of the viewing devices; (d) the server system filtering the received comments in real-time based on filter criteria; and (e) the server system initiating real-time delivery, to the sharing device, of one or more of the received comments that satisfy the filter criteria.

Abstract: An example method involves: (i) maintaining an attribute-association database comprising data for a set of data items, wherein the data for a given one of the data items specifies for each of one or more attributes from a set of attributes, (a) an associative value, and (b) a temporal-decay value; (ii) detecting an event, wherein the event is associated with one or more event attributes; (iii) determining a relevance of a given one of the data items to the detected event based on a selected one or more of (a) the associative values and (b) the temporal-decay values; (iv) selecting at least one data item, wherein the at least one data item is selected from a set of the data items based on the respective relevancies of the data items in the set; and (v) providing an indication of the at least one selected data item.

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Abstract: Methods and devices for providing a user-interface are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving data corresponding to a first position of a wearable computing device and responsively causing the wearable computing device to provide a user-interface. The user-interfaces comprises a view region and a menu, where the view region substantially fills a field of view of the wearable computing device and the menu is not fully visible in the view region. The method further comprises receiving data indicating a selection of an item present in the view region and causing an indicator to be displayed in the view region, wherein the indicator changes incrementally over a length of time. When the length of time has passed, the method comprises responsively causing the wearable computing device to select the item.