HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE HAVING DYNAMIC USER INTERACTION MODALITIES
Granted: May 16, 2024
Application Number:
20240160583
One example provides a human-machine interface (HMI) to receive interaction inputs including user interaction content representing different user interaction modalities (UIMs). The HMI includes a plurality of machine learning (ML) models corresponding to different UIMs to process user interaction content representing the corresponding UIM to provide model outputs. An interface manager dynamically adjusts a selected set of UIMs and a selected set of ML models to enable the selected set of…
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CARD RETENTION
Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number:
20240155797
In some examples, a printed circuit board (PCB) card retention system can include a bracket, a fixed protrusion at a first location on the bracket, where the fixed protrusion includes a face, and a movable mechanism coupled to the bracket at a second location a distance away from the first location, where the movable mechanism includes a face, a positioning mechanism to position the face of the movable mechanism at a position of a plurality of positions that are each a different distance…
COMPUTING DEVICE LOCATION
Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number:
20240155291
Example implementations relate to computing device locations and computing devices having audio components thereon that change operational states. In some examples, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can include instructions that when executed cause a processor of an electronic device to determine a default host computing device of a plurality of computing devices, request a location of a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices using a sensor of the…
HEAT EXCHANGE AND FLAME ARREST
Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number:
20240151473
In an example of the disclosure, a heat exchange and flame arrest device for use with a subject gas includes tubing arranged to traverse a core, with the tubing defining a cooling fluid pathway. The core includes a gas flow inlet, a set of cooling fins, and a gas flow outlet. The gas flow inlet, the set of cooling fins, and the gas flow outlet collectively form a gas flow pathway for a subject gas. Each cooling fin of the set is positioned to form a gap between that cooling fin and an…
GAS EVAPORATION AND FLAME EXTINGUISHMENT
Granted: May 9, 2024
Application Number:
20240149084
In an example, a heated air knife and a negative pressure component are controlled to heat a subject gas and direct the subject gas through an evaporation channel at a target gas velocity that is above a flame propagation velocity for the subject gas. The evaporation channel is defined in part by a first surface, a nozzle of the air knife, a mixing zone, and a second surface substantially opposite the first surface.
DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE OF POINT DEFECTS IN PRINT APPARATUSES
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240142909
A print apparatus is disclosed. The print apparatus includes a photoconductive surface to receive a latent image representative of an image to be printed onto a printable substrate; a charging component to apply a voltage is to be applied to the photoconductive surface as the charging component moves relative to the photoconductive surface; and processing circuitry to receive data indicative of a measurement of a first current resulting from the voltage applied by the charging component;…
FLEXABLE LINKAGES FOR ACCESS PANEL ASSEMBLIES
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240147643
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a flexible linkage for a panel release mechanism is described. The example flexible linkage includes a body formed with a fold structure that unfolds from a first position to a second position under tension and becomes taut upon unfolding. The example flexible linkage also includes a first end of the body to couple to a handle of the panel release mechanism. The example flexible linkage also includes a second end of the body to…
LOGIC CIRCUITRY
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240146540
A logic circuit, or method using the same, may include a memory storing (i) a plurality of partition groups, each partition group including a plurality of partitions, and (ii) a partition map defining an address and access mode for each of said partitions, defining different access modes for at least some of the partitions. The plurality of partition groups may comprise (i) a general use partition group including a first consumable level counter; (ii) a second use partition group…
AUGMENTED REALITY LENS SELECTIVE TINT ADJUSTMENTS
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240144605
In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, an augmented reality (AR) display device is described. The AR display device includes a frame to be worn on a head of a user and a lens disposed within the frame. A user is to view a physical scene through the lens. The lens includes multiple regions. Each region is individually addressable and has a tint value that is individually adjustable. The AR display device also includes an input to receive virtual content to be presented…
KEYFRAME DETERMINATIONS FOR LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240144531
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a mobile device is described. The example mobile device includes an image sensor to capture an image frame. The example mobile device also includes a processor for performing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The example mobile device further includes a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing executable instructions that when executed cause the processor to: (1) determine a current location of the…
METHOD FOR ERROR HANDLING IN THE TONER REFILL PROCESS
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240142892
A toner cartridge includes a customer replaceable unit monitoring (CRUM) apparatus to store error information of a toner injection process of the toner cartridge using a toner refill apparatus. Based on the error information not being stored in the CRUM apparatus, an availability of a refill operation of the toner cartridge is identified based on a predetermined first reference value and an amount of toner detected in the toner cartridge, and, based on the error information being stored…
THETA-Z STEP ALIGNMENT OF ODD AND EVEN COLUMNS OF A PRINTHEAD
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240140106
Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology that calibrates a printer alignment. Such calibration includes determining a tilt value for individual columns. A difference is determined between a first set of alignment values of nozzles of a first column of the trench and a second set of alignment values of nozzles of a second column of the trench. A dot offset value is determined based on the difference between the first and second set of alignment values of nozzles of the…
A MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL INCLUDING A FLUIDIC PUMP TO DIRECT A CELL THROUGH A CONSTRICTION REGION
Granted: May 2, 2024
Application Number:
20240139739
An example apparatus comprises includes a first reservoir to store a biologic sample containing a cell, a microfluidic channel fluidically coupled to the first reservoir, and circuitry. The microfluidic channel includes a constriction region including a first circumference that is attenuated from remaining portions of the microfluidic channel, and a fluidic pump disposed within the microfluidic channel. The circuitry is to activate the fluidic pump to direct flow of the cell from the…
MACHINE VISION HAND AND TOOL TRACKING
Granted: April 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240135653
In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, an extended reality system is described. The extended reality system includes an imaging system to present virtual objects to a user. The extended reality system also includes a machine vision tracking system. The machine vision tracking system includes a camera to capture images of a user's hand a tool grasped in the user's hand. The machine vision tracking system also includes a processor. The processor 1) tracks a position and…
POSITION-BASED SWITCH OF DISPLAY DEVICES
Granted: April 25, 2024
Application Number:
20240134193
The present specification describes examples of position-based switching of display devices. An example augmented reality (AR) device includes an AR display device to render display data. The example AR device also includes a wireless communication device to transmit and receive wireless signals. The example AR device further includes a processor to: 1) determine a position of the AR device relative to a computing device based on wireless signals communicated with the computing device;…
SINGLE CELL SENSING AND SELECTION
Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240123446
A microfluidic system may comprise a dispense head with multiple dispensers, each dispensing a different cell type, such as single pairs of individual target cells and individual sensor cells. Interaction between the cells may be observed based on, for example, fluorescence. Individual target cells may then be selected, based on observations, for use or for further investigation. As an example, target cells may be B-cells, and enhanced selection of B-cells aids more direct antibody…
INSTRUCTIONS TO PROCESS FILES IN VIRTUAL MACHINES
Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240126882
An example storage medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of a computing device to encrypt a source file that has been identified as potentially malicious, place the encrypted file in a location accessible to a virtual machine, provide, to the virtual machine, information for decrypting the encrypted file, and cause the virtual machine to use the information to process the encrypted file.
USB PORT REBOOT CONTROLS
Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240126650
The example computing device includes a universal serial bus (USB) port to provide a data connection and power to a connected device. The example computing device also includes a controller to control a power state of the USB port during a reboot process of the computing device. The example computing device further includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) to send a port reboot setting to the controller. The port reboot setting defines a power-off time period that the USB port is to be…
PRINTABLE MEDIA
Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240124740
A printable medium that comprises a base substrate with an image-side and a back-side. An ink-receiving layer comprising water and, at least, two polymeric networks with the first polymeric network being a polyurethane-based polymer and the second polymeric network being a reactive polyaziridine polymer is applied to the image-side of the fabric base substrate. Also described herein are a method for forming the printable medium and a printing method that includes ejecting an ink…
HEATING DEVICES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTERS
Granted: April 18, 2024
Application Number:
20240123685
According to an example, a heating device comprises a plurality of light emitting arrays to emit a respective irradiance associated with a calibration profile and a power source electrically connected to the plurality of light emitting arrays, wherein the irradiances emitted by the plurality of light emitting arrays result in a substantially spatially uniform irradiance towards a target surface.
