International Business Machines Corporation

Daniel Thomas Cunnington

Giacomo Giuseppe Chiarella

Eunjin Lee

John Jesse Wood

Brad Roeger

Elizabeth Jane Maple

Hamish C Hunt

Jack Dunning

Gwilym Benjamin Lee Newton

Graham White

Alexandra E Wishart

Elizabeth E Bowen

Ruth K Ayers

Eleanor G Kelly

Gwilym B L Newton

A configurable printing bed for a 3D printer includes a bed surface and linear actuators. The bed surface includes bed surface portions. Each of the bed surface portions is supported for independent movement. At least one of the bed surface portions includes a head that is twistable. When each of the bed surface portions is positioned at a reference level, the bed surface portions form different parts of a common plane. Each of the linear actuators is connected to at least one of the bed surface portions, respectively. The linear actuators are configured to generate the independent movement of the bed surface portions and to effect positioning of the bed surface portions. The linear actuators are configured to lower the bed surface portions in a staggered manner so that a release wave is generated and used to remove a 3D printed object from the printing bed.

Configurable printing bed for 3D printing

Proposed are concepts of identifying physiological stress of a user of a virtual reality environment by displaying to the user a virtual object at an object location within the virtual reality environment and instructing the user to interact with the displayed virtual object. A measure of physiological stress may then be determined based on a detected parameter of the user's movement in response to the instruction, and the measure of physiological stress may be associated with a part of the user's body based on the object location.

Physiological stress of a user of a virtual reality environment

A computer program product for navigation in an establishment site for a first user using a first mobile electronic device are provided. The embodiment may include scanning an area around a current location of the first user to identify a set of second mobile electronic devices. The embodiment may also include referencing one or more resources for: identifying a set of second users for each of the set of second mobile electronic devices; analyzing schedules of the set of second users to identify expected current locations of each of the set of second users in an establishment site; and identifying the current location of the first user relative to the expected current locations of at least some of the set of second users by referencing a map of the establishment site.

Navigation in an establishment site for a user using a mobile electronic device

A configurable printing bed for a 3D printer includes a bed surface and linear actuators. The bed surface includes bed surface portions. Each of the bed surface portions is supported for independent movement. When each of the bed surface portions is positioned at the reference level, the bed surface portions form different parts of a common plane. Each of the linear actuators is connected to at least one of the bed surface portions, respectively. The linear actuators are configured to generate the independent movement of the bed surface portions and to effect positioning of the bed surface portions. A 3D printer includes the configurable printing bed, an extruder, a feeding system, and a filament spool. A method for performing 3D printing includes providing the 3D printer and printing an object using the 3D printer.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to voice command filtering. Communication is established with a voice controlled device located at a location. Data indicating blocked directions is received from the voice controlled device. A voice command is received. A determination is made that the voice command is received from a blocked direction indicated in the data. The received voice command is then ignored.

Distinguishing voice commands

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to ignoring trigger words of a buffered media stream. A buffered media stream of media content is accessed in advance of the playing the media stream. One or more trigger words in the media content of the buffered media stream are identified. A time stamp is generated for each of the one or more identified trigger words in relation to a play time of the media content of the buffered media stream. A voice command device is instructed to ignore audio content of the buffered media stream based on the time stamp for each of the one or more identified trigger words while the buffered media stream is played.

Ignoring trigger words in streamed media content

Concepts for detecting a scene transition in video footage are presented. One example comprises, for each of a plurality of different frames of video footage, obtaining a value of a confidence measure associated with a detected object in the frame. A scene transition in the video footage is then detected based on the obtained values of the confidence measure.

Detecting scene transitions in video footage

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to distinguishing voice commands. One or more stored blocked directions of background voice noise from one or more audio output devices for a location of a voice command device are accessed. A voice input is received at the voice command device at the location and a determination is made that the voice input is received from a blocked direction. A status of an audio output device is queried to determine whether it is emitting audio. In response to a determination that the audio output device is currently emitting audio, an audio file is obtained from the audio output device, the audio file corresponding to a time when the voice input was received. The obtained audio file is compared with the received voice input. The received voice input is ignored if there is a substantial match with the obtained audio file.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to voice command filtering. One or more directions of background noise for a location of a voice command device are determined. The one or more directions of background noise are stored as one or more blocked directions. A voice input is received at the location of the voice command device. A direction the voice input is being received from is determined and compared to the one or more blocked directions. The voice input is ignored in response to the direction of the voice input being received from corresponding to a direction of the one or more blocked directions, unless the received voice input is in a recognized voice.

Voice command filtering

Provided are techniques for dynamically bundling web page resources. A request for web page resources is received in response to a web page being downloaded at a connection speed. In response to determining that the web page performance data is stored and determining that a resource loading issue indicator in the web page performance data indicates one of that the web page has a resource loading issue and that the resource loading issue indicator is not set, the web page resources are retrieved to form a bundle of web page resources. The web page is displayed using the bundle of web page resources. In response to determining that the web page performance data is not stored, the web page performance data is stored for use in determining whether to bundle web page resources for a subsequent request of the web page at the connection speed.

Dynamically bundling web page resources

Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for automating actions of a mobile device during a call with an automated phone system. Aspects include determining that a phone call is being made to the automated phone system from the mobile device. Aspects also include obtaining automation information for the phone call. Based at least in part on the automation information, aspects include automatically performing at least one of providing data to the automated phone system and executing an action on the mobile device.

Automating actions of a mobile device during calls with an automated phone system

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for html editing operation. The embodiment may include monitoring on a display of a device to detect an input box to receive input data of an expected data type and format. The embodiment may also include, in response to detecting an input box displayed in a first view, determining the expected data type and format of input data for the input box. The embodiment may further include analysing data displayed in a second view to identify data matching the expected data type and format of input data for the input box, wherein the second view is displayed subsequent to the first view. The embodiment may also include automatically selecting the identified data for copying from the second view to the input box in the first view as part of a copy and paste operation of the device.

HTML editing operations

A method, system and computer program product for navigation in an establishment site for a first user using a first mobile electronic device are provided. The embodiment may include scanning an area around a current location of the first user to identify a set of second mobile electronic devices. The embodiment may also include referencing one or more resources for: identifying a set of second users for each of the set of second mobile electronic devices; analyzing schedules of the set of second users to identify expected current locations of each of the set of second users in an establishment site; and identifying the current location of the first user relative to the expected current locations of at least some of the set of second users by referencing a map of the establishment site. The embodiment may further include receiving notification of a position of the current location.

Embodiments of the present invention describe virtual object placement in augmented reality environments. Embodiments describe, determining a physical meeting room structure based on the meeting data and user data and identifying, by an augmented reality device, a physical room layout in which a first user is located. Embodiments describe determining an augmented room layout for the first user based on the identified physical room layout, in which determining the augmented room layout comprises: executing an optimization algorithm, and computing an optimization score for each iteration of potential room layouts produced by the optimization algorithm. Additionally, embodiments describe generating an augmented reality representation of a meeting environment tailored to the physical room layout based on the physical meeting room structure and the augmented room layout, and displaying to the first user the augmented reality representation of the meeting environment.

Virtual object placement in augmented reality environments

An approach to securing restricted materials from recording with a video recording device. The recording device synchronizes with a pulsed pattern image capture interference signal from a restricted materials protection system (RMPS) at an event venue. The recording device receives a broadcast signal from the RMPS to enable image capture for a non-restricted portion of the event venue. The recording device determines whether a recorded image contains a restricted portion of the event venue and responsive to determining that the recorded image contains the restricted portion of the event venue, disabling the recording of the restricted portion of the event venue.

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Winchester, United Kingdom

Daniel Thomas Cunnington