Smart Glasses With Wireless Charging

This disclosure describes an inductive wireless charging system for smart glasses that places a charging coil on smart glasses and utilizes the carrying case of the smart glasses for wireless charging. Per techniques of this disclosure, the carrying case includes ferrite sheets provided on its walls. A receiver winding is provided along the rim of the smart glasses. The winding can include Litz wires or flexible printed circuits (FPC) embedded into the rim. Ferrite sheets of the carrying case are utilized as both RX and TX ferrite sheets. A larger ferrite sheet additionally provides better magnetic performance and enables greater power transmission capacity

A Practical Searchable Symmetric Encryption Scheme for Smart Grid Data

Outsourcing data storage to the remote cloud can be an economical solution to enhance data management in the smart grid ecosystem. To protect the privacy of data, the utility company may choose to encrypt the data before uploading them to the cloud. However, while encryption provides confidentiality to data, it also sacrifices the data owners' ability to query a special segment in their data. Searchable symmetric encryption is a technology that enables users to store documents in ciphertext form while keeping the functionality to search keywords in the documents. However, most state-of-the-art SSE algorithms are only focusing on general document storage, which may become unsuitable for smart grid applications. In this paper, we propose a simple, practical SSE scheme that aims to protect the privacy of data generated in the smart grid. Our scheme achieves high space complexity with small information disclosure that was acceptable for practical smart grid application. We also implement a prototype over the statistical data of advanced meter infrastructure to show the effectiveness of our approach

AUTOPAYMENTS VIA ACCOUNT ABSTRACTION

The present disclosure focuses to simplify the user’s ability to make autopayments without making use of the private key associated with the user while using a non-custodial wallet. The present disclosure describes that without making use of user’s private key, a smart contract can make an autopayment on behalf of the user to the merchant to whom the user wishes to make the payment. In other words, the smart contract will make the automatic payment to merchants associated with the user if the merchant’s details are present in the allowed list of the user, else, the smart contract may reject the transaction

AUTOMATICALLY FINE ADJUST LIGHT LUX FOR SMART OFFICE/HOME FROM LAPTOP WITH LIGHT SENSOR THROUGH loT

This disclosure proposes a new method to build smart office and smart home with IoT ( Internet of Things ) to reduce power consumption and suitable light lux environment by preference

Wearable Device Strain Detection Using Mechano Chromophores

This disclosure describes techniques that provide visual indication of excessive strain on elastomeric materials. Per techniques of this disclosure, smart materials are integrated into elastomeric and/or polymeric components of a device. The smart materials enable detecting and quantifying the applied strain, leading to activation of a visual indicator. A smart material such as a mechano chromophore is applied as a coating or is embedded in the core material. Mechano chromophores undergo reversible structural transformation under conditions of strain and can be used as a visible sensing material through changes in color. The smart materials can be customized to achieve threshold strain/stress characteristics based on desired consumer usage conditions and design/reliability specifications. Devices are designed such that users are alerted to excessive strain (usage stress) imposed on elastomer components. The alerts enable users to modify their usage patterns in accordance with limitations of the device component. Integration of smart materials can enhance longevity of the components, as well as the device itself

Smart Pen and Related Method for Detecting Ink Applied by a Smart Pen onto a Writing Surface

The present disclosure relates to a smart pen and related method for quickly and effectively differentiating between content created by writing or marking on a writing surface with the smart pen and other content contained on the writing surface (e.g., pre-existing written or printed content). For example, the smart pen may be provided with a specialized type of ink that is configured to reflect light when illuminated with a given light source, thereby allowing the ink to be easily identified or detected within images captured via a camera of the smart pen. As a result, when images of the writing surface are captured in synchronization with the light source being activated or turned on, the ink applied to the writing surface may be clearly identifiable and detectable within the images, thereby allowing the camera to differentiate between the content generated via the smart pen and any other content included on the writing surface. Keywords associated with the present disclosure include: smart pen; writing device; fluorescent ink; camera; ink detection; writing detection

Panoramic Three-dimensional Image Capture Using Smart Glasses

This disclosure describes smart glasses that enable a user to capture a stereoscopic, panoramic image of a scene

Coordinated Smart Alarm

The present disclosure provides systems and methods that coordinate sleep monitor devices worn to monitor sleep quality and determine the most effective sleep phase to wake a user. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can allow sleeping partners to wake at a mutually optimal time for each. In particular, existing sleep monitors solely account for the wearer of the sleep monitor and although a vibration, sounds, or other waking mechanism can be intended to only wake such wearer, often a sleeping partner is woken as the wearer of the sleep monitor wakes and moves about. Thus, if both partners wear sleep monitor devices typically only one will receive the benefit of the smart alarm. Keywords associated with the present disclosure include: sleep; wearable device; monitoring device; smart alarm; sleep phase; sleep mode

Mad Money: Rethinking Private Placements

Currently, regulations try to limit unregistered sales of stock (private placements) to the “smart money,” either by informing investors through disclosure or excluding unsophisticated investors from the market. In theory, these smart-money approaches promote the dual goals of capital formation and investor protection. But in practice, regulators have struggled to craft effective disclosure or screening mechanisms. In light of these failures, this Article advocates for a new approach—investment caps that allow every investor a limited amount of “mad money” to invest in risky private placements. This mad-money approach can protect investors by encouraging basic diversification and liquidity, while advancing capital formation at least as well as alternatives

Energy Savings Using Virtual Assistants and Smart Home Appliances

This disclosure describes techniques to monitor and control smart home devices through virtual assistants. Use of the techniques can result in substantial energy savings