Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for WiGig computing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may include a wearable computing device having a computer processor, a first WiGig interface, and a sensor that senses whether the wearable computing device is being worn by a user. The sensor either enables the WiGig interface when it senses that the wearable computing device is being worn, or disables the WiGig interface when it senses that the wearable computing device is not being worn. The system may also include a display device having a display, a second WiGig interface, and a human interface device that receives a human input. The wearable computing device transmits display data to the display device using a WiGig communication network, and receives human input data from the display device using the WiGig communication network so that the wearable computing device functions as a central processing unit for the display device.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first machine body and a second machine body adapted to be detachably assembled to the first machine body. The first machine body includes a first casing, a first hinge fixed to a side of the first casing, a second hinge pivoted to the first hinge along an axis, and a first connecting member disposed at the side and linked to the second hinge. The first and the second hinges are covered by the first casing. The second machine body includes a second casing and a second connecting member. When the first machine body is assembled to the second machine body, the first connecting member is fixed to the second connecting member, the second hinge is fixed jointly so that the first hinge is rotatable related to the second hinge. Accordingly, the first casing is rotatable related to the second casing.

Abstract: A docking station is provided for a portable electronic device having a keyboard portion and a display portion that is removably coupled to the keyboard portion. The docking station includes a base for supporting the keyboard portion, and a display support coupled to the base and configured to support the display portion when the display portion is coupled to the keyboard portion. The display support includes a lock configured to selectively engage the display portion of the portable electronic device and prevent removal of the display portion from the keyboard portion when the lock is in a locked state.

Abstract: An assembly for preventing accidental shutdowns includes a trigger, a first button, a resisting portion, a first driving portion, a second driving portion, a sliding block, and a processing unit. The sliding block includes at least one block and at least one groove. When the electronic device is in a shutdown state, the at least one resisting wall is in the at least one groove. When the electronic device is powered on, the processing unit controls the first driving portion to drive the resisting portion to rise up, and controls the second driving portion to drive the sliding block to move horizontally related to the first button until one end of the resisting wall resists against the first button. The other end of the resisting wall resists against the at least one block. An electronic device with the assembly is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.

Abstract: A portable information device is capable of stably supporting a foldable display. The portable information device has a first engagement piece which is provided in a first support plate, projects from the inner end surface side of the first support plate, and contacts/separates from a second support plate when a first chassis member and a second chassis member are opened/closed, and a second engagement piece which is provided in the second support plate, projects from the inner end surface side of the second support plate, and contacts/separates from the first support plate when the first chassis member and the second chassis member are opened/closed.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing of a single piece of material that has first and second spaced apart major walls that extend in lateral directions and at least three side walls extending perpendicular to the lateral directions between the major walls. The major walls and the side walls define an internal cavity, and the first housing defines an opening to the internal cavity opposite one of the side walls. At least one support member is within the internal cavity of the first housing adjacent a major walls a side wall thereof. At least one electronic component is contained within the internal cavity, and a first cover is removably affixed over the opening. At least one of the support member and the first cover contributes to a retention force applied on the at least one electronic component within the internal cavity of the first housing.

Abstract: Particular examples described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer or laptop, which includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of hardware, elements, circuitry, etc.). The electronic device may also include a connector assembly that is positioned within at least a portion of a recess of the electronic device, where the connector assembly includes: a first assembly that is to receive a connector; and a second assembly that is to receive an identification module that is to provide an association between a user and the electronic device.

Abstract: A stackable layer is provided for 3-Dimensional multi-layered modular computers. The stackable layer comprises at least one encapsulated chip die. Sets of electrical contacts are provided on each one of the large surfaces of the layer. The encapsulated chip die and the two large opposite surfaces of the layer are substantially parallel.

Abstract: A front module for a desktop computer system includes an interface unit, and a circuit board having a plug, wherein the plug is configured to connect the front module to a mainboard such that there is an electric contact between the mainboard and the interface unit, and the circuit board is dimensioned such that the interface unit terminates with a front chassis side of a casing surrounding the circuit board if the plug is plugged into a socket of a mainboard.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a supporting member, a case, at least two positioning structures, a guiding structure, and a protrusion. The two positioning structures are respectively disposed on the supporting member and the case, and are configured to facilitate assembly of the case and the supporting member. The guiding structure is disposed on the supporting member. The protrusion is disposed on the case. The protrusion is guided by the guiding structure so as to simplify the assembly process and improve the efficiency of assembly.

Abstract: A storage canister is provided. The storage canister in one example includes an enclosure, multiple Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) located within the enclosure, a plurality of mounting elements configured to receive the multiple HDDs, wherein each mounting element of the plurality of mounting elements is configured to receive a HDD, a plurality of suspension elements supporting the plurality of mounting elements, with each suspension element of the plurality of suspension elements supporting and providing vibration isolation to a corresponding HDD of the multiple HDDs, and an external connector configured to be externally accessible, with the external connector being electrically coupled to the plurality of mounting elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection system for connecting computer data backup units to a computer motherboard comprising: a support for different sizes of computer data backup units, wherein the backup units carry a connector, or carry a superposition of a plurality of connectors, a multi-stage connector configured to be connected to the motherboard and the backup unit connectors, wherein the multi-stage connector comprises at least two connection stages superposed and fixed to one another. According to the invention, the at least two superposed connection stages of the multi-stage connector are offset relative to one another according to the sense of the connection to the connectors of the computer data backup units carried by the support.

Abstract: A heat dissipating module includes a bottom cover, a top cover, a fan body, and a heat dissipating structure. The top cover is disposed opposite the bottom cover, in which an air outlet is formed by the top cover and the bottom cover. The fan body is disposed between the top cover and the bottom cover, and the fan body provides an airflow toward the air outlet. The heat dissipating structure is disposed in front of the air outlet, in which the heat dissipating structure and the bottom cover are formed with a one-piece metal sheet. The heat dissipating structure is bent from the bottom cover toward the air outlet. The heat dissipating structure includes openings, such that the airflow passes through the openings from the air outlet and performs heat exchange with the heat dissipating structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for controlling power in an active cable via a circuit mechanism located internally within the cable assembly. The system may include a first device communicatively coupled to a second device via the cable assembly and a device power line. The circuit mechanism may control power to the cable assembly and a voltage comparator may be connected to the circuit mechanism to regulate the flow of power associated with the cable of the cable assembly.

Abstract: A wireless power delivery system includes a wireless power source and a control module. The wireless power source provides power to an information handling system. The control module is in communication with the wireless power source, and is configured to detect a presence signal from the information handling system, to set an output power level for the information handling system based on the presence signal, to receive a signal from the information handling system, and to adjust the output power level based on the signal.

Abstract: Servers, storage medium and methods associated with control of power management services of remote servers of a remote computing service are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus to control power consumption of computer hardware may comprise a datacenter management control module to receive a request to increase capacity of a server pool from a computing device; determine an available server with available capacity that includes a power management controller to collect power consumption data for one or more of a power supply, a memory, or a processor of the available server, wherein the available server may be a remote cloud server in a different subnet than the server pool and the computing device; add or facilitate addition of the available server to the server pool; and transmit power management commands to the server added to the server pool to at least partially control power consumption of the server provided with the power management commands. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

Abstract: A method for managing an information handling system includes detecting an insertion signal indicating an insertion of a server blade or other another type of modular information handling system or information handling resource into a slot of a blade server chassis. A power-on request that identifies the server blade and the slot in which the server blade was inserted may be received. A blade history table may be searched for an entry matching or otherwise corresponding to the server blade. If the blade history table includes a matching entry, comprising an entry corresponding to the modular information handling system, the chassis management controller may control the power-on sequence for the server blade in accordance with one or more attributes or fields of the matching entry.

Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed herein for creating a computed device. The computed device can be based on a predetermined relationship between a plurality of computed points. The computed points can be based on values of power attributes received from networked power consuming devices. An alarm can be associated with the computed device.

Abstract: Dynamic power control embodiments concern a data processing pipeline. First and second pipeline stages respectively receive first and second clock signals. The first and second pipeline stages are configured to perform first and second operations respectively triggered by first timing edges of the first clock signal and second timing edges of the second clock signal. A clock controller is configured to generate the first and second clock signals. The clock controller is capable of operating in a first mode in which, during a first data processing cycle of the data processing pipeline, a first of the first timing edges is in-phase with a first of the second timing edges. The clock controller is also capable of operating in a second mode in which, during a second data processing cycle of the data processing pipeline, a second of the first timing edges is out of phase with a second of the second timing edges.

Abstract: Technologies for analyzing power state transitions of a processor of computing device including determining, by the computing device, a power state entered by the processor of the computing device and a duration of the power state entered based on power state records, wherein the power state records comprise transition data indicative of transitions of a processor of the computing device between power states. The computing device further determines an accuracy of a power state selection of the processor of the computing device based on the determined power state entered and target residency data for the processor. The target residency data identifies, for each power state of a plurality of power states of the processor, an amount of time required in the corresponding power state to result in a conservation of power.

Abstract: A touch controller apparatus configured to sense a gesture performed on an electronic device is provided. The touch controller apparatus includes a touch controller, a system controller, an accelerator sensor, and a proximity sensor. The touch controller is configured to operate in a smart idle mode. The system controller, the accelerator sensor and the proximity sensor are configured to operate in a deep sleep mode. The gesture wakes up the touch controller, and the touch controller wakes up the system controller. The system controller wakes up the accelerator sensor and the proximity sensor to generate a sensing data. The system controller controls the electronic device to change from the smart idle mode to a normal mode according to the sensing data. Furthermore, a method for waking up an electronic device is also provided.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a processor having a plurality of cores and a cache memory coupled to the cores and including a plurality of partitions. The processor can further include a logic to dynamically vary a size of the cache memory based on a memory boundedness of a workload executed on at least one of the cores. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: VCONN pull-down circuits and related methods are disclosed for USB Type-C connections. A device is connected through a USB Type-C connection to a separate device using connections including a CC (configuration channel) pin and a VCONN (connection power) pin. The device pulls down the VCONN pin to ground through a resistance (Ra) by applying the voltage on the CC pin to close a switch coupled between the VCONN pin and ground. The device can also be operated in a dead-battery mode where no supply voltage is present for the device. The device can also stop the pull-down on the VCONN pin after a connection is established, for example, using additional switches coupled to a pull-down control signal to remove the CC voltage and open the switch. The voltage on the CC pin can also be clamped to a desired voltage or voltage range using a voltage clamp.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling power consumption associated with a computing device having first and second processors configured to perform different types of operations includes providing a user interface that allows, during normal operation of the computing device, at least one of: (i) a user selection of desired performance levels of the first and second processors relative to one another, such that higher desired performance levels of one processor correspond to lower desired performance levels of the other processor, and (ii) a user selection of a desired performance level of the first processor and a user selection of a desired performance level of the second processor, the two user selections being made independently of one another. The apparatus and method control, during normal operation of the computing device, performance levels of the processors in response to the one or more user selections of the desired performance levels.

Abstract: A method maintains power usage prediction information for one or more functional units in branch prediction logic for a processing unit such that the power consumption of a functional unit may be selectively reduced in association with the execution of branch instructions when it is predicted that the functional unit will be idle subsequent to the execution of such branch instructions.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a system that includes a first interactive device and control logic configured to perform an operation. The operation includes receiving historical data describing historical interactions between a user and one or more interactive devices. Additionally, the operation includes configuring the first interactive device with one or more interactive events. Each interactive event includes a respective (i) stimulus event and (ii) an action to perform responsive to an occurrence of the stimulus event, and at least one of the one or more interactive events is based on the received historical data. Responsive to detecting an occurrence of a first one of the one or more stimulus events, the operation includes causing the first interactive device to perform the corresponding action. The operation also includes updating the first interactive device with a second one or more interactive events.

Abstract: An interactive system and method of the present invention provides a customized experience to individual spectators of a live performance. An input device receives a performance parameter selected by a spectator, and physical features of the spectator are scanned into a processor. Real time data collectors are associated with performers in the live performance, wherein the processor receives the performance parameter from the input device and real time performance data from the real time data collectors, and generates an individually customized real time performance based on the performance parameter and the physical features of the spectator as superimposed with the real time performance data, and further provides the customized real time performance to a virtual reality device for real time presentation to the spectator.

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: A head-tracking system for dismounted users comprises an inertial georeferenced head tracker (IGHT) having a time-cumulative drift error, an azimuth-referenced head-tracker (ARHT), and a controller. The ARHT comprises a data link with an angle of arrival antenna, differential global position satellite receivers, and a processor configured to determine the head position of the user and initialize the IGHT. The controller may compare a current drift error of the IGHT with a predetermined drift error threshold. If the current drift error is below the predetermined drift error threshold, the IGHT data may accurately represent the head position of the user. If the current drift error is above the predetermined drift error threshold, the IGHT may be updated with the ARHT data to accurately represent the head position of the user.

Abstract: Gaze information of a user can be determined by a computing device that analyzes images of the user. Gaze information of a user includes information such as the user's line of sight, point of regard information, the direction of the user's gaze, the depth of convergence of the user's gaze, and the like. The computing device is able to estimate the distance from the user at which the user is focusing (for example, at a screen near the user or at an object farther away). The visibility and display characteristics of objects displayed on the HUD may be based on the gaze information. For example, content on a heads-up display (HUD) on a windshield may be more transparent while the user is looking through the windshield and more opaque (or otherwise enhanced) while the user is focusing on the HUD.

Abstract: A display apparatus for a video call is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a first image received from an external apparatus; a communication unit configured to receive a second image generated by capturing a user while the first image is displayed; an image processor configured to detect a point of gaze of the user from the second image; and a controller configured to determine whether the point of gaze is located in a preset region of the first image and control the communication unit to transmit the second image or a third image that is obtained by editing the point of gaze in the second image to the external apparatus based on a determination result.

Abstract: User gaze information, which may include a user line of sight, user point of focus, or an area that a user is not looking at, is determined from user body, head, eye and iris positioning. The user gaze information is used to select a context and interaction set for the user. The interaction sets may include grammars for a speech recognition system, movements for a gesture recognition system, physiological states for a user health parameter detection system, or other possible inputs. When a user focuses on a selected object or area, an interaction set associated with that object or area is activated and used to interpret user inputs. Interaction sets may also be selected based upon areas that a user is not viewing. Multiple devices can share gaze information so that a device does not require its own gaze detector.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an arm band that captures sensor data used to identify hand gestures. When worn on the arm, the arm band permits a computing device to identify different gestures made by the hand. In one embodiment, the band measures a change in position of the tendons that control the positions of the fingers on the hand which can then be correlated to a particular hand gesture. For example, the thickness of the user's arm increases in a direction perpendicular to the palm of the hand when the fingers are extended relative to the thickness of the arm when the fingers are curled into the palm of the hand. By detecting this change in thickness, the computing device can distinguish between different gestures.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for identifying potentially seizure-inducing virtual reality content are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a virtual reality presentation device to display virtual reality content for exposure to a user and a neurological data collector to access first neurological response data collected from the user during exposure to the virtual reality content. The example apparatus includes a predictor to generate a prediction on a likelihood that a portion of the virtual reality content will trigger a seizure based on a first vector characterizing the portion and the first neurological response data. The example apparatus includes a content modifier to modify the portion of the virtual reality content into modified virtual reality content in response to the prediction. The content modifier is to transmit the modified virtual reality content to the virtual reality presentation device.

Abstract: One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a processor configured to: receive a first haptic effect signal, the first haptic effect signal based at least in part on a haptic event and adapted to cause a first haptic effect to be output by a first haptic output device to a first user, determine a second haptic effect based at least in part on the first haptic effect and a characteristic independent of the haptic event, generate a second haptic effect signal based at least in part on the second haptic effect, and transmit the second haptic signal to a second haptic output device. In the illustrative system, the second haptic output device is in communication with the processor, and the second haptic output device is configured to receive the second haptic effect signal and output the second haptic effect to a second user.

Abstract: A multi-dimensional track pad is described that acts as human-machine interface (HMI). Inputs to the HMI can be made not only using the tradition two-dimensional (X-Y) inputs of a track pad, but also a third dimension, force, and even a fourth dimension, time. Tactile or audible feedback to the inputs can be provided. Methods of using the HMI to control a system are described as well as a track pad system that utilizes the HMI in communication with a processor.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an augmented reality writing system and method thereof. According to one example embodiment, the system includes a handheld writing tool having an end portion and a display device for displaying digital content for viewing by an operating user. An optical sensor is coupled to the display device and includes a field of view facing away from the operating user. Furthermore, coupled to the optical sensor is a processing unit configured to detect and track the position of the end portion of the handwriting tool. In accordance therewith, handwritten content is digitally rendered on the display device to correspond with the handwriting motion of the writing tool within the field of view of the optical sensor.

Abstract: A dialysis machine comprising: one or more processing units configured to transmit control data; a pump configured to pump medical fluid to and from a patient based at least in part on control data received from the processing unit; an electronic panel comprising: a display surface, and at least one panel control unit configured to cause the electronic panel to display at least one user interface element that can be invoked by a user; at least one projector; and at least one camera; wherein the one or more processing units are configured to: process input received by the camera, determine a location of a physical object in a field of view of the camera based on the processed input, determine, based on processed input received on at least one occasion, that the location of the physical object represents an invocation of the at least one user interface element displayed on the electronic panel, and determine the control data based on the processed input.

Abstract: To improve the user's convenience related to non-contact operation. An on-vehicle device 1 includes a control section that is configured to detect non-contact operation, and is configured, in a first mode, to analyze the detected non-contact operation and determine, on the basis of a first rule, whether or not the non-contact operation is an effective operation, and in a second mode, to analyze the detected non-contact operation and determine, on the basis of a second rule, whether or not the non-contact operation is an effective operation.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein includes a system comprising a processor coupled to display devices, sensors, remote client devices, and computer applications. The computer applications orchestrate content of the remote client devices simultaneously across the display devices and the remote client devices, and allow simultaneous control of the display devices. The simultaneous control includes automatically detecting a gesture of at least one object from gesture data received via the sensors. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using only the gesture data. The computer applications translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control the display devices in response to the gesture signal.

Abstract: A hand-held electronic device with a keyboard, thumbwheel, display and associated software is optimized for use of the device with the thumbs. The associated software has a plurality of features to optimize efficient use of the limited keyboard space and encourage the use of the device by thumb-based data entry through the thumbwheel and/or through a combination of minimal number of keystrokes. Software features include international character scrolling, and auto-capitalization. The keys on the device keyboard are optimally shaped and configured for thumb-based input. In addition, the thumbwheel is inclined between the front and a side edge of the device so as to be reachable by either the thumb or index finger of the user's hand at the side edge of the device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for control/command of a plurality of man-machine dialog facilities which are linked in series in such a way as to form a network. This device comprises a wire interconnection block linked by a point-to-point link to each dialog facility via a network of twisted cables.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for typing phonetic characters using two keystrokes. An aspect of the invention relates to the rendering of characters is based on the timing between a first and second keystroke if a second modifying keystroke is used, or based on a first keystroke. The method may be used on computer devices, cellular devices, other devices (including, but not limited to tablets), and other abbreviated and non-abbreviated keyboards, whether actual or virtual.

Abstract: A touch sensitive device can be capable of detecting signals generated by a stylus and correcting the detected stylus signals for effects due to noise present on the device. In one example, signals are taken from one or more electrodes that are a pre-determined distance away from an electrode in which a stylus signal is detected. The pre-determined distance can be empirically determined such that a noise estimate can be generated such that the electrodes have a higher probability of containing only noise that is highly correlated to the noise present on a detected stylus signal. The generated noise estimate is then subtracted from a detected stylus signal to reduce the effect of noise on the stylus signal.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a handheld pointer device and a tilt angle adjustment method thereof. The tilt angle adjustment method includes the following steps. Images corresponding to the position of a reference point are captured as the handheld pointer device pointing toward the reference point to generate a plurality of frames. Whether the reference point has substantially moved is subsequently determined based on the plurality of frames. When determines that the reference point has not substantially moved, causes an accelerometer unit of the handheld pointer device to detect the accelerations thereof over various axes so as to update a first tilt angle being used currently to a second tilt angle, accordingly. The handheld pointer device may thus accurately and efficiently calculate the relative position of the reference point with the appropriate tilt angle of the handheld pointer device used.

Abstract: A device for analyzing the surface structure of an object, the device comprising a touchable Lambertian light diffusing surface that covers a cavity containing a light source and an image sensor. The image detector senses the contact of the outer Lambertian surface of the device by a contacting object, for example a finger-tip, by means of light from the light source reflecting back to the image detector. At the same time, ambient light from objects external to the device is diffusely scattered by the Lambertian surface as it enters the cavity and does not affect the ability of the image detector to clearly determine the surface structure of the contacting object. Thus, for example, the surface contours of a fingerprint may be determined with a high signal-to-noise ratio.

Abstract: Most computer operating systems are able to automatically configure the coupled computer peripheral device for use with the computer operating system without the need for installation of a specific driver. However, when these peripheral devices are detected by the computing system, a generic UI control configuration is often assigned to them and whatever customized settings previously configured by the user will be lost and replaced with a new set of unfamiliar setting. This poses much inconvenience and hassle to gamers when they use a different computing system or machine. Described according to an embodiment of the invention is a profile management method, operating on a computing cloud, comprising steps for receiving client data provided by a computing system detecting coupling of a user-interface (UI) thereto and for retrieving configuration data corresponding to the client data for use in configuring the UI by the computing system.

Abstract: An amending circuit includes a comparing unit, a predetermined voltage generating unit, a roller switch, alight emitting unit switch and a controlling unit. A pin of the mouse and the predetermined voltage generating unit are respectively connected to two input terminals of the comparing unit. The controlling unit is coupled to the light emitting unit switch and the roller switch. The controlling unit switches to a motion detecting mode to drive a current of the current source to flow toward a second pin via the first pin and a light emitting unit of the mouse. The controlling unit further switches to a roller detecting mode to set a pressure of the first pin lower than a predetermined voltage of the predetermined voltage generating unit while the roller is grounded or to set the first pin higher than the predetermined voltage while the roller is not grounded.

Abstract: A touch controller that can configure touch circuitry according to a scan plan, which can define a sequence of scan events to be performed on a touch panel is disclosed. The touch controller can include a configurable transmit section to generate stimulation signals to drive the panel, a configurable receive section to receive and process touch signals from the panel, and a configurable memory to store the touch signals. The touch controller can also include a programmable scan engine to configure the transmit section, the receive section, and the memory according to the scan plan. The touch controller advantageously provides more robust and flexible touch circuitry to handle various types of touch events at the panel. An active stylus that can generate stimulation signals that can be detected by the touch controller during various touch events at the panel is also disclosed.