Abstract: An online system guarantees achievement of an impression goal and a reach goal associated with a set of content items received from a content-providing user of the online system within a period of time associated with the goals. To ensure that the goals are achieved within the period of time, the online system may adjust values of filters associated with the set of content items that control a number of impression opportunities for which the set of content items will be eligible for presentation to users of the online system. The online system may compute a normalized ratio throughout the period of time associated with the goals based on the goals and the progress made by the online system towards achieving the goals. Based on the normalized ratio, the online system may track the performance of the content items and adjust the values of the filters.

Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically controlling mirroring of a preview image may include receiving physical location information of a selected camera resource on the computer device, wherein the physical location information corresponds to a static orientation of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a dynamic orientation of the selected camera resource based on sensor information for the selected camera resource and determining a camera role of the selected camera resource based on the dynamic orientation and the static orientation of the selected camera, wherein the camera role comprises a front facing camera role or a rear facing camera role. The methods and devices may include displaying a mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the front facing camera role and displaying a non-mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the rear facing camera role.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of initializing hardware components by loading drivers in parallel and granting the drivers access to the hardware components serially. For instance, a controller may serve as an intermediary between the drivers and the hardware components to synchronize access of the drivers to the respective hardware components. The controller may include software and hardware. The software may program the hardware to grant the drivers access to the respective hardware components serially based at least in part on an event that is capable of being associated with one driver at a time. Accordingly, access of the drivers to the respective hardware components may be granted serially, even though the drivers have been loaded in parallel.

Abstract: Methods and devices for providing notifications for camera resource availability may include receiving requests from a plurality of applications for control of a camera resource. The methods and devices may include providing control of the camera resource to a selected application from the plurality of applications when another application does not have control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending a control notification to one or more applications, including at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending an availability notification to the one or more applications, including the at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has released the control of the camera resource.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for augmenting a training data set. In a method, a first type of road sign is identified within an image, the orientation and scale of the first type of road sign within the image are estimated and stylistic content associated with the first type of road sign within the image is identified. The method transforms an image of a second, less common type of road sign based upon the orientation, scale and stylistic content of the first type of road sign. The method also creates a synthetic image in which the first type of road sign is replaced by a transformed representation of the second type of road sign and pixels are filled in the synthetic image about the second type of road sign that were previously occluded by the first type of road sign.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for performing hierarchical routing are disclosed. The method includes identifying routes in a computer network and arranging those routes in two separate routing tables. The first routing table is stored on a first module and the second routing table is stored on a second module.

Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically controlling mirroring of a preview image may include receiving physical location information of a selected camera resource on the computer device, wherein the physical location information corresponds to a static orientation of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include determining a dynamic orientation of the selected camera resource based on sensor information for the selected camera resource and determining a camera role of the selected camera resource based on the dynamic orientation and the static orientation of the selected camera, wherein the camera role comprises a front facing camera role or a rear facing camera role. The methods and devices may include displaying a mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the front facing camera role and displaying a non-mirrored preview image when the camera role of the selected camera resource is the rear facing camera role.

Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically selecting an audio resource may include receiving a request to use at least one microphone on the computer device. The methods and devices may include determining, by the operating system, a dynamic orientation of a first device portion and a second device portion of the computer device based on sensor information. The methods and devices may include selecting at least one microphone for use based on the physical location information of the at least one microphone and the dynamic orientation of the first device portion and the second device portion, wherein the physical location information corresponds to a static orientation of the at least one microphone on the computer device.

Abstract: A disclosed system of an emulation environment performs a simulation to construct a waveform of a target signal based on signals traced by an emulator for a time frame including multiple clock cycles. In one embodiment, a simulation is performed in a manner that an input of the logic gate, in a first duration of the time frame at which an output of the logic gate depends on the input, is analyzed to obtain the output, and the input of the logic gate, in a second duration of the time frame at which the output of the logic gate is independent, is omitted. In one aspect, the input of the logic gate is simulated for the first duration based on a periodicity in a waveform of the input in the first duration.

Abstract: The current document is directed to automated application-release-management facilities that, in a described implementation, coordinate continuous development and release of cloud-computing applications. The application-release-management process is specified, in the described implementation, by application-release-management pipelines, each pipeline comprising one or more stages, with each stage comprising one or more tasks.

Abstract: An online system presents a video from a third party system based on a video view value generate by the online system. Based on a target audience specification from the third party system, the online system selects a plurality of online system users as the audience of the video. The online system presents the video the selected users in a duration of time equal to a video presentation period received from the third party system. A play of the video by a selected user constitutes a historical view. The online system generates a video view value for the video based on historical views of the video by the selected users. The online system further applies the generated video view value for pacing delivery of the video by the online system.

Abstract: A disclosed system of an emulation environment performs a simulation to construct a waveform of a target signal based on signals traced by an emulator for a time frame including multiple clock cycles. In one embodiment, a simulation is performed in a manner that an input of the logic gate, in a first duration of the time frame at which an output of the logic gate depends on the input, is analyzed to obtain the output, and the input of the logic gate, in a second duration of the time frame at which the output of the logic gate is independent, is omitted. In one aspect, the input of the logic gate is simulated for the first duration based on a periodicity in a waveform of the input in the first duration.

Abstract: Methods and systems that automate a DevOps deployment pipeline and optimize DevOps cost are described. Methods generate a deployment pipeline model based on policies associated with each deployment stage and task. Methods optimize cost of the deployment pipeline model based on model combinations of VMs. The deployment pipeline model may be executed on a cloud computing infrastructure in order to develop an application program.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for augmenting a training data set. In a method, a first type of road sign is identified within an image, the orientation and scale of the first type of road sign within the image are estimated and stylistic content associated with the first type of road sign within the image is identified. The method transforms an image of a second, less common type of road sign based upon the orientation, scale and stylistic content of the first type of road sign. The method also creates a synthetic image in which the first type of road sign is replaced by a transformed representation of the second type of road sign and pixels are filled in in the synthetic image about the second type of road sign that were previously occluded by the first type of road sign.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for performing hierarchical routing are disclosed. The method includes identifying routes in a computer network and arranging those routes in two separate routing tables. The first routing table is stored on a first module and the second routing table is stored on a second module.

Abstract: Described are examples for capturing one or more real world images for display with one or more computer-generated images (e.g., holograms). One or more computer-generated images for overlaying over one or more real world images can be received, and a depth for overlaying at least one of the computer-generated images over the one or more real world images can be determined. A lens of a camera can be focused based on this depth, and the one or more real world images can be captured via the camera with the lens focused based on the depth. The one or more real world images can be provided as one or more mixed reality images with the one or more computer-generated images overlaid on the one or more real world images, such that the image is focused on objects near the one or more computer-generated images.

Abstract: Described are examples of a computing device that includes a camera with a lens configured to capture a real world scene for storing as a digital image. The computing device also includes at least one processor configured to determine a temperature related to the lens of the camera, apply, based on the temperature, an offset to at least one of a lens position or range of lens positions defined for the lens, and perform a focus of the lens based on at least one of the lens position or range of lens positions.

Abstract: Methods and devices for dynamically switching control of a camera resource may include setting a mode of an application to a control mode of a camera resource. The methods and devices may also include receiving a request for control of the camera resource from a requesting application. The methods and devices may include changing the mode of the application from the control mode to a shared mode of the camera resource and providing control of the camera resource to the requesting application. The methods and devices may also include changing the mode of the application from the shared mode to the control mode of the camera resource when the requesting application releases control of the camera resource.

Abstract: Methods and devices for providing notifications for camera resource availability may include receiving requests from a plurality of applications for control of a camera resource. The methods and devices may include providing control of the camera resource to a selected application from the plurality of applications when another application does not have control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending a control notification to one or more applications, including at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending an availability notification to the one or more applications, including the at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has released the control of the camera resource.

Abstract: The current document is directed to automated application-release-management facilities that, in a described implementation, coordinate continuous development and release of cloud-computing applications. The application-release-management process is specified, in the described implementation, by application-release-management pipelines, each pipeline comprising one or more stages, with each stage comprising one or more tasks. The currently described methods and systems employ configuration files to specify configuration of the execution environment for application-release-management pipelines, application-release-management-pipeline stages, and application-release-management-pipeline-stage tasks and apply policies to configuration files to further specify the execution environments for application-release-management pipelines.