SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE MITIGATIONS
Granted: March 21, 2024
Application Number:
20240098652
In an example, a computing device may include a first radio device including a first antenna, a second radio device including a second antenna, and a basic input/output system (BIOS). The BIOS may establish a communication with the first and second radio devices. Further, the BIOS may receive first transmission status information associated with the first antenna from the first radio device and second transmission status information associated with the second antenna from the second…
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS
Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240090053
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a wireless controller. The wireless controller is to establish a first wireless connection between the electronic device and a peripheral device to receive a unique identifier for a second electronic device. The wireless controller is also to establish, based on the unique identifier for the second electronic device, a second wireless connection between the…
ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRANSIT MODE
Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240088936
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic device is described. An example electronic device includes a processor to place the electronic device in a transit mode. When in the transit mode, the processor is placed in an inactive state. The example electronic device also includes a wireless module. An example wireless module includes a wireless controller to, when in the transit mode, periodically activate a wireless transceiver of the electronic device. The…
ACOUSTIC PATTERN DETERMINATION
Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240087586
According to an example, a method comprises receiving a first audio stream from an input device, detecting presence within the first audio stream of at least an acoustic pattern, executing at least one corrective action over a portion of data of the first audio stream including the acoustic pattern such that a second audio stream is obtained, and transmitting the second audio stream to an output device.
ELECTRONIC DEVICE LOCK ADJUSTMENTS
Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240086528
Examples of electronic devices are described herein. In some examples, an electronic device includes a camera. In some examples, the electronic device also includes a processor to start a lock timer to lock the electronic device in response to detecting that a first person leaves a field of view of the camera. The processor is also to adjust the lock timer in response to detecting a second person within the field of view of the camera.
MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE CHAMBER PILLARS
Granted: March 14, 2024
Application Number:
20240082839
A microfluidic device includes a chamber having sidewalls, a floor, a ceiling, and an inlet. The microfluidic device includes pillars extending from the floor to the ceiling of the chamber. Each pillar has an orientation relative to the inlet defined by a leading surface and a trailing corner opposite the leading corner. The trailing corner has an angle less than a threshold angle that is based on a fluidic contact angle. The orientations of the pillars relative to the inlet promote…
PROCESSOR BACK-PLATE DEVICES
Granted: March 7, 2024
Application Number:
20240081014
In some examples, a device can include a locking mechanism to couple the device to a computing device enclosure, a first portion at a first level to interact with a processor back-plate, and a second portion at a second level to interact with an area proximate to the processor back-plate, wherein the second portion protrudes to the second level toward the processor back-plate when the device is coupled to the computing device enclosure.
EXECUTION OF BIOS COMPONENTS WITH VIRTUAL MACHINES
Granted: March 7, 2024
Application Number:
20240078129
An example non-transitory machine-readable medium includes instructions that cause a processor of a computing device to create a first virtual machine using a hypervisor, execute a trusted basic input/output system (BIOS) in the first virtual machine, create a second virtual machine using the hypervisor, and execute an untrusted BIOS component in the second virtual machine. The first virtual machine is executed with a greater privilege to access a resource of the computing device than…
MALWARE SCANS
Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number:
20240070276
An example non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises instructions that when executed cause a processor of an electronic device to: in response to detecting a malware scan trigger associated with a file, determine a combined risk score associated with the file based on metadata of the file and a source of the malware scan trigger, where the source includes a file access interceptor, a file write observer, and a file indexer; determine a scan priority based on the combined…
LOCATION IDENTIFICATION WITH MULTIPLE IMAGES
Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number:
20240070898
Examples of electronic devices are described herein. In some examples, an electronic device includes a camera to capture a composite image comprising multiple images of a location. In some examples, the electronic device includes a processor to crop a portion of the composite image based on a field-of-view of the camera. In some examples, the processor is to determine whether a neural network identifies the cropped portion. In some examples, the processor is to generate a unique…
ELECTRONIC DEVICE BIOS UPDATES
Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number:
20240069891
An example electronic device includes a storage circuit, a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the storage circuit, and a controller coupled to the storage circuit. The CPU is to receive a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) update image for the electronic device, verify a signature of the BIOS update image, and responsive to verification of the BIOS update image, store a portion of the BIOS update image in the storage circuit. The controller is to obtain the portion of the BIOS update…
MONITORING OF FLUID SUPPLY
Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number:
20240066884
A method of monitoring a fluid supply is provided, the fluid supply including a supply tank, an intermediate tank and a fluid pump operatively coupled to the supply tank and the intermediate tank; the method comprising with the intermediate tank having a defined first fluid level, starting to feed fluid from the intermediate tank; when a defined amount of fluid has been fed from the intermediate tank, with the feeding of fluid from the intermediate tank proceeding, activating the fluid…
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING PRINTHEAD
Granted: February 29, 2024
Application Number:
20240066873
A method is described in which wiping of a printhead of a printer is caused in accordance with a first wiping routine, the first wiping routine comprising periodic wiping events performed on the printhead; at least one printing parameter of a rate of an aggregation of printing liquid deposits is obtained; a second wiping routine is determined, the second wiping routine comprising periodic wiping events performed on the printhead, the wiping period of the second wiping routine being…
HALFTONE SCREEN TILES
Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number:
20240064260
In an example, a method includes obtaining, by at least one processor, a first halftone screen tile having a first halftone pattern. In some examples, the method further comprises obtaining a second halftone screen tile having a second halftone pattern. The method may include determining a halftone screen having a predetermined spatial arrangement of the first and second halftone screen tiles wherein the relative placement of the first and second halftone screen tiles in the…
ERGONOMIC CLASSIFICATIONS
Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number:
20240062516
An example electronic device includes a display device, and a sensor to detect position data of a user of the electronic device. The position data indicates a position and orientation of the user relative to the display device. In addition, the electronic device includes a controller coupled to the sensor and the display device. The controller is to: receive the position data from the sensor; use a machine learning model and the position data to classify an interaction of the user with…
SELF-ADAPTIVE FILTERING OF DATA HAVING TREE STRUCTURES
Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number:
20240061884
A self-adaptive data filter is developed to process data having tree-structured formats, such as, JSON, XML, and YML. Unlike conventional data filtering methods, which require different filters for different data structures, in one aspect, the disclosed self-adaptive data filter is data structure agnostic and can be used to process a wide variety of data structures. In another aspect, the self-adaptive data filter of this disclosure allows for fuzzy search.
PRINT MEDIA TENSION
Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number:
20240059083
In one example, the tension in a print media may be determined in a region between a roller for unwinding the print media and a print zone. In this example, the rotational speed of the roller may be controlled based on the determined tension of the print media.
PRINTING FLUID PRESSURE DETERMINATION
Granted: February 22, 2024
Application Number:
20240059069
According to an example, a method to determine a printing fluid pressure in a printing fluid delivery system comprises: determining that a pressure difference measured by a fluid pressure sensor of the printing fluid delivery system is outside a dynamic range of the pressure sensor, controlling a fluid supply system of the printing fluid delivery system to increase a fluid pressure to an augmented fluid pressure in which the pressure difference is within the dynamic range of the pressure…
FLUID DISPENSING DEVICES
Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number:
20240050974
In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes a fluid chamber, a heating element adjacent the fluid chamber, and an orifice adjacent the fluid chamber. A ratio of an area of a surface of the heating element to an orifice area of the orifice is greater than or equal to 3, where the surface of the heating element faces the fluid chamber.
MATCHING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LINE RESISTANCES TO SWITCHES IN FLUIDIC DIES
Granted: February 15, 2024
Application Number:
20240051292
In some examples, a fluidic die includes fluidic actuators, switches, and electrically conductive lines in an electrically conductive layer of the fluidic die. The electrically conductive lines electrically connect the switches to respective actuators. A first dimension of a first electrically conductive line is different from a second dimension of a second electrically conductive line to match a first resistance of the first electrically conductive line having a first length to a second…
