International Business Machines Corporation

Siddique M Adoni

Dhandapani Shanmugam

Shubhadip Ray

Aveek N Chatterjee

Gregory J Boss

Norbert Herman

Yethish G Venkataramanachari

Manjunatha D

Suman Mitra

Sarbajit Kumar Rakshit

Pamela Ann Nesbitt

David Nahamoo

Robyn Ruth Schwartz

Rahul Chenny

Scott Duby

An apparatus, worn over the eyes of a user, that restores visual clarity to the user in response to a change associated with a film of fluid over the apparatus. In an embodiment the apparatus includes a smart contact portion having at least a first convex surface, a second convex surface, and a concave surface. The apparatus further includes set of liquid thickness sensors embedded upon the first convex surface. The apparatus further includes an electrochemical storage device and a computing module. The apparatus further includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers embedded upon the first convex surface. The apparatus further includes an electroactive lens structure embedded within central portion of the first convex surface. The apparatus further includes lens controllers that apply electrical signals to the electroactive lens structure to change at least one physical characteristic of the electroactive lens structure based on control signals from the computing module.

Smart contacts that respond to fluid changes on the surface of the eyes

The method includes receiving a location of a client device and one or more items of interest to a user of the client device. The method further includes determining that the location of the client device is within a threshold distance of an item of the one or more items of interest. The method further includes generating a communication with the user of the client device. The method further includes receiving a response from the user of the client device. The method further includes determining if the received response indicates an intent to purchase the item. In one embodiment, the method further includes identifying a sales representative to assist the user of the client device, responsive to determining that the received response indicates an intent to purchase the item.

Sales assistance based on purchasing prediction

According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for operating a flexible device to maintain a threshold level of audio quality through various changes in the flexible device's bend profile is provided. The present invention may include identifying the bending profile of a flexible device comprising one or more audio devices; and responsive to identifying one or more of the audio devices as occluded audio devices based on the bending profile, operating the flexible device to change the position of one of the one or more occluded audio devices to raise an audio quality associated with the occluded audio device above the threshold level of desired audio quality.

Sound management in edgeless flexible display device

A computer program in a computer system with one or more processors receives digital image data from a smart camera and sends the digital image data from the smart camera to smart contact lenses worn by a first user in the digital image data. The approach includes one or more processors receiving from a user interface in the smart camera, an instruction, from a second user, for at least one change to the first user and sending the instruction for the at least one change to the smart contact lenses worn by the first user.

Photography assist using smart contact lenses

A method, computer program product, and visual display apparatus include a processor(s) obtaining data indicating that a user wearing the apparatus (which included an image capture device, and a projection device, communicatively coupled to the processor(s)), perceives displayed text with consistent character differences. The processor(s) obtains, from the image capture device, an image of a visual display within a visual range of the image capture device; the image includes textual elements. Based on the data, the processor(s) transforms the image into the new image that includes the textual elements with pre-defined character substitutions, based on the consistent character differences. The processor(s) displays, via the projection device, the new image, to the user, wherein based on viewing the new image, the user views the textual elements without the consistent character differences.

Altering text of an image in augmented or virtual reality

Cognitive display device for virtual correction of consistent character differences in augmented or virtual reality

A method and system for automatically implementing vehicular implemented projection improvement process is provided. The method includes directing flying vehicles to a location comprising a projection apparatus. The vehicles are directed such that each vehicle is periodically positioned within a perimeter surrounding the location with respect to multiple lines of sight of the projection device. The location is monitored and obstructions and associated positions with respect to each line of sight are determined. Resulting parameters associated with the projection device, weather conditions, projection content, and the obstructions and associated positions are determined and a virtual visibility fence associated with an area for viewing the projection content on the projection device is generated. Specified projection content for projecting on a specified portion of the projection device is determined and projected.

Vehicular implemented projection

Character input error correction is provided by receiving from a keyboard character input by a user. The character input includes character input errors by the user, the character input errors being input of incorrect characters by the user via the keyboard. The character input errors of the character input are automatically identified and classified into character error classification(s). Each character error classification corresponds to a respective visual transformation of input characters. It is determined that a frequency of the identified and classified character input errors exceeds a predefined threshold confidence level for triggering application of keyboard corrections for user input. Based on the determining, keyboard corrections are applied for user input. The applying keyboard corrections includes applying a correction to character(s) displayed for or input by the user. The applied correction is based on at least one of the classification(s) into which the character input errors are classified.

Character input error correction

Embodiments determine historical geographic travel data of a vehicle over a contaminant exposure time period that is inclusive of a present time; identify a contaminant that is likely located on an external surface of the vehicle as a function of historic meteorological and terrain data of the historical geographic travel data of a vehicle over a contaminant exposure time period; select a cleaning solution that is appropriate for use in cleaning the identified contaminant from the external surface of the vehicle; and drive a vehicle wash system nozzle to use the selected cleaning solution to wash the identified contaminant from the external surface of the vehicle.

Wash related to contaminant exposure time

Systems and methods for determining advertisement content based on cluster density analysis of advertisement targets within a dynamic visibility fence are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes determining, by an advertisement determination device, a dynamic visibility fence for a time, the dynamic visibility fence defining a first set of advertisement targets, determining, by the advertisement determination device, an advertisement to display based on cluster analysis of the first set of advertisement targets, and displaying, by the advertisement determination device, the determined advertisement.

Determining advertisement content based on cluster density within dynamic visibility fence

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for configuring an image capture device. A target activity context for a target object in an image is received by a computer system from the image capture device. A set of photographers for the target object is identified using target activity context. The set of photographers identified is sent to the image capture device. Responsive to receiving a selection of a photographer from the set of photographers from the image capture device, an inbound activity context for the photographer for the target object is sent to the image capture device, wherein the image capture device is configured to capture the image of the target object using the inbound activity context.

Automated image capture system with expert guidance

Generating recommendations for an individual based on a mood of the individual. Receiving information corresponding to one or more activities associated with an individual over a period of time. The received information corresponding to the one or more activities associated with the individual is processed to detect a mood of the individual. A recommendation is generated for the individual based on the detected mood of the individual and a future event associated with the individual. The future event has an occurrence at a later time instance.

Recommendation for an individual based on a mood of the individual

A computer-implemented method comprising: presenting, by a computing device, an advertisement on a first device; monitoring, by the computing device, viewing activity by a user of the advertisement, wherein the monitoring comprises tracking an amount of time that the user actively views the advertisement on the first device; and continuing, by the computing device, playback of the advertisement on one or more second devices until the user has actively viewed the advertisement for a target impression time based on the monitoring.

Continuing playback of advertisements across multiple devices based on monitoring user active viewing duration

Systems and methods for providing a food product recommendation are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes: determining, by a computing device, that a user with a mobile device enters a store; obtaining, by the computing device, user data that is based on wearable health data, taste data, and preference data of the user; obtaining, by the computing device, store data for plural food products; determining, by the computing device, a recommended food product from the plural food products based on comparing the user data to the store data; and providing, by the computing device, an indication of the recommended one of the plural food products for display on the mobile device of the user. The user data may be that of a single user or plural users, such as a family.

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Siddique M Adoni