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The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, devices, apparatuses, and processes that maintain data confidentiality in communications involving voice-enabled devices operating within a distributed computing environment. By way of example, an apparatus may receive, from a communications system across a public communications network, a request for an element of data generated by the computing system based on first audio content obtained at a device. The apparatus may obtain the requested data element and further, may generate acoustic data representative of at least a portion of the requested data element. The apparatus may also generate an encrypted response to the received request that includes the acoustic data, and transmit the encrypted response to the device across the public communications network. The device may execute an application program that causes the device to decrypt the encrypted response and to perform operations that present the acoustic data through an acoustic interface.

An endpoint for trusted fabrication, the endpoint including at least one secure controller configured for connection to a wide area network; and at least one untrusted controller configured for local communication, wherein the endpoint is configured for connection to a fabricator and further configured to receive digitally-signed data specifying at least one item for manufacture; verify the digitally-signed data; and direct the fabricator to manufacture the at least one item after verifying the digitally signed data. A method for trusted on-demand manufacturing, the method including receiving, at an endpoint connected to a fabricator, digitally signed data describing at least one item for manufacture; verifying, at the endpoint, the digitally signed data; and manufacturing the at least one item using the digitally signed data after verifying the digitally signed data, wherein the endpoint comprises at least one secure controller and at least one untrusted controller.

System and techniques are provided for three-dimension (3D) semantic segmentation. A device for 3D semantic segmentation includes: an interface, to obtain a point cloud data set for a time-ordered sequence of 3D frames, the 3D frames including a current 3D frame and one or more historical 3D frames previous to the current 3D frame; and processing circuitry, to: invoke a first artificial neural network (ANN) to estimate a 3D scene flow field for each of the one or more historical 3D frames by taking the current 3D frame as a reference frame; and invoke a second ANN to: produce an aggregated feature map, based on the reference frame and the estimated 3D scene flow field for each of the one or more historical 3D frames; and perform the 3D semantic segmentation based on the aggregated feature map.

A communication circuit communicates with a right earphone worn on a right ear of a user and a left earphone worn on a left ear of the user to receive a first output signal generated by a first motion sensor provided in the right earphone and a second output signal generated by a second motion sensor provided in the left earphone. A detector detects whether a third party has approached the user based on a difference value between the first output signal and the second output signal received by the communication circuit. A notification unit notifies the user that the third party has approached the user when the detector detects that the third party has approached the user.

A method for decoding image frames at a client is described. The method includes generating an estimated image frame after receiving an encoded image frame of a stream of encoded image frames. The method further includes decoding the encoded image frame when the encoded image frame is received at a decode interval set for a frame rate of presentation. The method includes using the estimated image frame when a corresponding encoded image frame fails to arrive within the stream for presentation at the frame rate.

A detection chamber assembly of a smoke detector is provided. The detection chamber assembly includes upper and lower covers, louvers and a corrugated bug screen. The louvers are arranged with the upper and lower covers to define a chamber bound between the upper and lower covers and the louvers. The louvers include a first pair of louvers defining a first space therebetween to permit fluidic ingress to the chamber and a second pair of louvers defining a second space therebetween to permit fluidic ingress to the chamber. The second space is wider than the first space. The corrugated bug screen includes a body disposed about the louvers and a mesh corrugation feature coupled to the body at the second space to permit fluidic ingress to the chamber at the second space and to inhibit bug ingress to the chamber at the second space.

A process for treating a hydrocarbon stream to remove polynuclear aromatic (PNA) and heavy polynuclear aromatic (HPNA) compounds includes contacting the hydrocarbon stream with an adsorbent in an adsorption unit to adsorb the PNA and HPNA compounds onto the adsorbent to produce a treated hydrocarbon stream and regenerating the adsorbent. Regenerating the adsorbent may include contacting the adsorbent with a solvent comprising a disulfide oil, such as a disulfide oil effluent from a mercaptan oxidation unit. The solvent comprising the disulfide oil desorbs the PNA and HPNA compounds from the adsorbent into the solvent to produce a desorption effluent. The treated hydrocarbon stream can be passed to a hydrocracking unit that hydrocracks the treated hydrocarbon stream to produce a hydrocracker effluent that includes greater value petrochemical products or intermediates.

According to one or more embodiments, an information processing system includes a plurality of communication terminals, each installed with a web browser; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes first circuitry configured to: determine occurrence of a trigger to capture an image of a shared screen to be shared by the plurality of communication terminals; generate data of a web page including the image of the shared screen captured based on the occurrence of the trigger; and transmit the data of the web page to the plurality of communication terminals. Each of the plurality of communication terminals includes second circuitry configured to display the web page including the image of the shared screen based on the data received from the information processing apparatus.

A light-emitting device, includes: a substrate, comprising a top surface; a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge; a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in N rows on the substrate, wherein the N rows comprises a first row at the first edge and a N.sup.th row at the second edge; and a plurality of connection electrodes, formed on and electrically connecting the plurality of light-emitting units; wherein the plurality of light-emitting units comprises a first light-emitting unit in the first row, and the first light-emitting unit comprises a first notch on the first edge wherein the first notch comprises a bottom composed by the top surface.

A display device includes a driving substrate, a front panel laminate, a circuit board, a front protective layer, and a glue. The front panel laminate is disposed on the driving substrate and includes a display medium layer. The circuit board is disposed on an end of the driving substrate. The front protective layer is disposed on the front panel laminate. The front protective layer has a notch. An end of the circuit board is in the notch. The end of the circuit board and the front protective layer have a first gap therebetween. The glue is filled in the first gap. A normal projection of the glue on the driving substrate overlaps a normal projection of the circuit board on the driving substrate and overlaps a normal projection of the front protective layer on the driving substrate.

A storage device is provided. In relation to the storage device operating in an active mode and a low power mode, the storage devices includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, and a storage controller configured to process commands inputted from a host device in the active mode, wherein the storage controller includes a power mode manager that adjusts the plurality of power modes, wherein, when a first command is inputted, the power mode manager predicts an input prediction time for a second command to be inputted from the host device after the first command, changes from the active mode to the low power mode when a processing operation of the first command is completed, and returns to the active mode from the low power mode when a set return time elapses according to the input prediction time.

A wearable audio device is provided. The wearable audio device may include a first array of microphones linearly arranged on the wearable audio device at a positive angle relative to a horizontal axis of the wearable audio device. The microphones of the first array may be configured to capture far-field audio. The wearable audio device may include a second array of microphones linearly arranged on the wearable audio device at a negative angle relative to the horizontal axis. The microphones of the second array may be configured to capture near-field audio. The wearable audio device may include circuitry arranged to (1) generate a user voice audio signal based on the captured near-field audio, (2) generate a desired audio signal based on the captured far-field audio, and (3) generate a differentiated signal based on the desired audio signal and the user voice audio signal.

A synthetic source rock including roasted tea powder and inorganic material. A technique for preparing the synthetic source rock, including grinding tea leaves to give tea powder, roasting the tea powder at a roasting temperature to give a roasted tea powder, and determining composition and porosity of the roasted tea powder.

This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for multicolor unmixing through iterative mutual information minimization in a simultaneous channel update structure. In this disclosure, a plurality of images may be obtained with respect to a plurality of fluorophores labeled on different biomolecules, respectively. Images of the fluorophores may be unmixed from the obtained images, respectively, while simultaneously minimizing mutual information shared between the obtained images based on all permutation combinations of the obtained images. According to the present disclosure, signals having three or more fluorophores whose emission spectra are overlapped in one spectral range can be more accurately unmixed.

An analyte meter having a test strip ejector. The analyte meter includes a housing body including a front side, a back side, a first side, a second side, an end, and a test strip port at the end configured to receive a test strip; and a strip ejector configured to eject the test strip from the test strip port. The test strip ejector includes a slide member slidable relative to the housing body, an engagement member coupled to the slide member and configured to be contacted by a user, the engagement member located on the back side of the housing body opposite then display screen, and a push member coupled to the slide member and positioned to be engageable with the end of the test strip. Test strip ejectors and methods of ejecting test strips are provided, as are numerous other aspects.

A device for moving a stack of products using a robot. The robot has an articulated arm and a first gripper for the stack of products. The first gripper is disposed on the articulated arm. A gripping device is disposed on the articulated arm, the gripping device contains the first gripper and a second gripper, the first and second grippers are positionable relative to one another. Robot advantageously provides a method of moving stacks of products in an automated way and in particular of depositing them in a turned or unturned arrangement.

The present disclosure generally relate to dynamically changing predictive latency related attributes to increase the deterministic window (DTWIN) of operation. The host device workload characteristics as well as the memory device's current condition provide valuable information for the duration of the DTWIN. If the memory device is near the end of life, then the DTWIN duration will be smaller. Additionally, if the workload from the host device is heavy, then the DTWIN duration will also be smaller. Rather than utilizing a fixed DTWIN duration based upon worst case scenarios for host device workload and memory device condition, dynamically adjusting the DTWIN duration based upon the workload and condition will provide a DTWIN duration that can gradually decrease over time from a much longer DTWIN duration than is currently available.

In a fuel cell separator member of a fuel cell stack, a first metal bead and first ribs are formed integrally with and protruded from a surface of the first metal separator. Each of the first ribs includes a first rib body and two first retracted portions. The protruding height of each of the two first retracted portions is smaller than the protruding height of the first rib body.

Systems and methods for processing requests for shared records are described. A server computing system receives a data access request associated with a user. The server determines shared records granted by a first sharing rule associated with the user in response to receiving a data access request. The server processes the data access request based on the shared records granted by the first sharing rule and shared records granted by a second sharing rule associated with the user. The shared records granted by the second sharing rule having been determined prior to receiving the data access request, the first sharing rule and the second sharing rule generated prior to receiving the data access request.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to training one or more of machine learning algorithms in a virtual reality environment for error detection and correction and/or for employing one or more trained machine learning models in an augmented reality environment to detect and/or correct user errors associated the performance of one or more tasks.

A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is equipped with a removable vessel to reduce the time required for start-up procedures after the printer is serviced. The removable vessel is filled with solid metal that is heated to its melting temperature before the bulk wire is inserted into the vessel to commence printing operations. The melting of the solid metal in the removable vessel requires less time that the melting of an length of bulk wire adequate to produce a volume of melted metal suitable for printer operation. The solid metal in the removable vessel can be metal pellets, metal powder, or a solid metal insert.

A display device includes a first pixel including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, and including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, and an initialization voltage line disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second transistor of the first pixel and the second transistor of the second pixel are connected to the initialization voltage line. The first, second, and third transistors of the first pixel and the first, second, and third transistors of the second pixel are symmetrical with respect to the initialization voltage line.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a display panel, a pattern portion, and a circuit portion. The display panel includes an active area and a peripheral area. The pattern portion includes an antenna pattern disposed on the display panel and a first pad connected to the antenna pattern. The circuit portion includes a second pad facing the first pad, wherein the second pad is spaced apart from the first pad by a predetermined distance. The second pad is capacitively-coupled to the first pad and a radio frequency device electrically connected to the second pad.

A conductive wire structure including a first conductive wire and a second conductive wire is provided. The second conductive wire is located on one side of the first conductive wire. The first conductive wire includes a first conductive wire portion and a first pad portion. The first conductive wire portion extends in a first direction and has a first end and a second end. The first pad portion is connected to the first end of the first conductive wire portion. The second conductive wire includes a second conductive wire portion and a second pad portion. The second conductive wire portion extends in a second direction and has a third end and a fourth end. The third end is adjacent to the first end, and the fourth end is adjacent to the second end. The second pad portion is connected to the fourth end of the second conductive wire portion.

An injection-molded article of polymer piezoelectric material includes: a helical chiral polymer constituted by a polymer chain and having a unit cell with an a-axis, a b-axis, and a c-axis as crystal axes, wherein b-axis<a-axis<c-axis in terms of lengths of the crystal axes, the c-axis is parallel to a long chain direction of the polymer chain, the helical chiral polymer is a crystal in which the b-axis is uniaxially oriented, and the injection-molded article has piezoelectricity.

A dual function tool head including a first selectively deployable cutting tool configured to automatically deploy when the tool head rotates in a first direction and automatically move to a stowed position when the tool head rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction; and a second selectively deployable cutting tool configured to automatically deploy when the tool head rotates in the second direction and automatically moved to a stowed position when the tool head rotates in the first direction.

A control apparatus includes one or more processors which functions as a detection unit configured to acquire image data captured by an image pickup unit and detect an object from the image data, a capturing control unit configured to output an instruction to start capturing to the image pickup unit to cause the image pickup unit to automatically capture moving images, a camerawork decision unit configured to decide camerawork to be given to the moving images based on information indicating a detection result from the detection unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to change at least one of a composition of the image pickup unit and a focus of the photographic optical system with a predetermined pattern during the capturing of the moving images based on a decision result from the camerawork decision unit.

In a linear actuator, a slide table is attached to a cylinder body via a guide mechanism so as to be movable along the longitudinal direction of the cylinder body. The slide table includes a table body arranged above the cylinder body and extending in the longitudinal direction, and an end plate joined to an end of the table body in the longitudinal direction so as to be substantially orthogonal to the table body. The end plate includes a storage chamber provided on one surface thereof in the longitudinal direction facing a guide mechanism and depressed from the one surface in a direction away from the guide mechanism. For example, when the linear actuator is used in an environment where powder dust and the like is scattered, the storage chamber stores therein a solidified matter made up of the powder dust and the like.

A lighting structure including a light-transmitting cap, a wire, a light emitting diode (LED) and a transparent adhesive. Two guide pieces project in parallel and protrude from the bottom of a body of the light-transmitting cap, and an opening of the body is located between the two guide pieces. Two lugs extend from the body, and correspond to two ends of a guide trench between the two guide pieces. A soldering surface of the LED is soldered on a soldering section of the wire. The transparent adhesive wraps around the soldering section, the guide trench and the two lugs, and wraps around a light emitting surface of the LED. The light-transmitting cap covers the LED with the LED at the opening. The soldering section is located between the two guide pieces, and the transparent adhesive attaches the LED to the light-transmitting cap.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured with a mapping between downlink control information (DCI) codepoint values, multicast configurations, and unicast configurations. A DCI may then signal to the UE to apply one of a multicast configuration or a unicast configuration to receive a shared data channel transmission. For example, for a given DCI field of a group-common downlink control channel for multicast data, one or some DCI codepoint values may be associated with values configured for a multicast configuration, while remaining codepoints are associated with values configured for a unicast configuration. In some implementations, the UE may identify which multicast configuration or unicast configuration to apply based on the mapping, a type of data transmission scheduled by the DCI, specified values for the DCI codepoint values, whether the shared data channel transmission is a retransmission, or a combination thereof.

A method for operating a data interface circuit whereby calibration adjustments for data bit capture are made without disturbing normal system operation includes initially establishing, using a first calibration method where a data bit pattern received by the data interface circuit is predictable, an optimal sampling point for sampling data bits received by the data interface circuit, and during a normal system operation and without disturbing the normal system operation, performing a second calibration method where the data bit pattern received by the data interface circuit is unpredictable. The second calibration method determines an amount of a timing drift for received data bit edge transitions and adjusts the optimal timing point determined by the first calibration method to create a revised optimal timing point. The second calibration method samples fringe timing points associated with the transition edges of a data bit.

A nanopore device includes a pore and an electrode pair. A current measurement unit applies a bias voltage that corresponds to a voltage setting command across an electrode pair and generates digital current data that corresponds to a current signal that flows through the nanopore device. A data processing apparatus generates the voltage setting command, acquires the current data and voltage data including information with respect to the waveform of the bias voltage Vb in a form in which they are associated on the time axis, and judges the kind of particles stored in the nanopore device based on the current data and the voltage data.

A prosthetic elbow includes a fixed member structure and a powered gearbox mechanism housed in a housing structure for rotating the forearm portion to varying angular positions. The powered gearbox mechanism includes a motor attached to the housing structure, a planetary frictional drive connected to a motor shaft of the motor and the housing structure, and a strain wave gear set having an input driven by the planetary fictional drive and an output attached to the fixed member structure, where the powered gearbox mechanism is configured to convert an output of the motor into a rotation of the housing structure relative to the fixed member structure, thereby causing the rotation of the forearm portion to varying angular positions relative to the upper arm. The fixed member structure and the housing structure each are connected to one of a forearm portion and an upper arm portion and rotatable relative to one another about an axis of rotation of the forearm portion.

A wind driven electric generator including a rotor which intercepts air movement to turn a drive line including a first right angle drive swivelly coupled on the top of a support tower and a second right angle drive located proximate ground level to deliver rotational energy of a drive line to an electric generator located proximate ground level.

A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives an uplink (UL) grant. The UL grant is indicative of a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission on a first Transmission/Reception Point (TRP) of a first cell. The UL grant is indicative of a second PUSCH transmission on a second TRP of the first cell. The UE transmits a Power Headroom Reporting (PHR) Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). Based on the UL grant, the PHR MAC CE is indicative of a first power headroom (PH), associated with the first TRP, based on a real PUSCH transmission, and is indicative of a second PH, associated with the second TRP, based on a reference PUSCH transmission. The second PUSCH transmission is performed after transmitting the PHR MAC CE.

Optimal determination of wireless network pathway configurations may be provided. A computing device may receive an error profile and a response instruction associated with the error profile, as generated by a network controller. The computing device may then monitor, for an error, on a communication Track, in a network, between an ingress node and an egress node. Then, the computing device, upon detecting the error, can determine that the error is similar to the error profile, and based on the determination that the error is similar to the error profile, enact the response instruction. The response instruction can direct the computing device to switch from the communication Track to a communication subTrack between the ingress node and the egress node.

Furniture configurable between a display configuration and a storage configuration that eases transport and storage and reduces the furniture footprint. The furniture includes an upper region that has seating and a backrest, and a lower region that is below the upper region and adapted to engage a support surface beneath the furniture when in the display configuration. In combination, the upper and lower regions define at least first and second sections of the furniture that are coupled by at least one hinge so that the first section comprises a first portion of the upper region and a first portion of the lower region and the second section comprises a second portion of the upper region and a second portion of the lower region, and the at least one hinge is configured so that the first and second sections pivot toward each other when the furniture is in the storage configuration.

Methods and systems for detecting and responding to an engine disturbance are described. The method comprises monitoring a rate of change of a combustor pressure of an engine, detecting an engine disturbance when the rate of change of the combustor pressure falls below an event detection threshold, initiating an engine recovery sequence in response to detecting the engine disturbance, confirming a surge event when the rate of change of the combustor pressure increases above a surge confirmation threshold within a flameout confirmation time period after having crossed the event detection threshold, applying a surge recovery sequence in response to confirming the surge event, confirming a flameout event when the flameout confirmation time period expires and the rate of change of the combustor pressure remains below the surge confirmation threshold after having crossed the event detection threshold, and applying a flameout recovery sequence in response to confirming the flameout event.

A stackable growth media filled porous fabric block-shaped container includes an internal seed carrier to facilitate the growth of various plants from within the block. A plurality of the containers may be stacked or laid side by side to create a vegetated retaining wall or a vegetated slope facing. The porous fabric block-shaped containers are filled with growth medium that encourages plant growth, while allowing proper drainage and moisture retention. The seed carrier is a degradable or porous material coated with or supporting seeds and other amendments which facilitate plant growth.

A wireless device receives, from a first base station, at least one radio resource control configuration message that includes, at least configuration parameters of: first bearer(s) of a first session and second bearer(s) of a second session; and non-access stratum information indicating that the second session is for: applying session duplication of downlink packets of the first session; and not applying session duplication of uplink packets of the first session. The uplink packets and the downlink packets are communicated via the first bearer(s) of the first session. Based on the non-access stratum information: the session duplication for transmission of packets via the at least one second bearer of the second session is not applied; and duplication of the downlink packets of the first session with the session duplication are received via the at least one second bearer of the second session.

A motor is provided including a motor housing having a substantially cylindrical body and at least one open end, a stator disposed within the motor housing, and a rotor rotatably received within the stator. The motor further includes a bearing bridge mounted on the open end of the motor housing and including a main body forming a center pocket arranged to support a rotor shaft, an outer ring configured to be fittingly received through the open end of the motor housing, and at least one fastening receptacle formed radially through the outer ring. The motor housing includes a side opening through which a fastener is radially fastened into the fastening receptable to secure the bearing bridge to the motor housing.

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute first acquisition processing for acquiring a first recognition result and a first recognition probability on target data from a first recognizer, execute second acquisition processing for acquiring a second recognition probability for the first recognition result on the target data from a second recognizer, and execute control for determining which of first processing and second processing with a necessary human workload greater than in the first processing is to be executed for the first recognition result based on the first recognition probability and the second recognition probability.

Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for automatically assessing and allocating virtualized resources (such as central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) resources). In some embodiments, this method involves a computing infrastructure receiving a request to perform a workload, determining one or more workflows for performing the workload, selecting a virtualized resource, from a plurality of virtualized resources, wherein the virtualized resource is associated with a hardware configuration, and wherein selecting the virtualized resources is based on a suitability score determined based on benchmark scores of the one or more workflows on the hardware configuration, scheduling performance of at least part of the workload on the selected virtualized resource, and outputting results of the at least part of the workload.

A thermally controlled cabinet such as a grow cabinet having an internal chamber for containing objects such as plants, with a temperature control system that accurately and precisely maintains the temperature inside of the chamber.

A variable voltage charging system for a vehicle includes an alternator operatively connected to an engine and configured to alternately output at least a low charge voltage to charge a low voltage storage device and a high charge voltage to charge a high voltage storage device. A switch is configured to switch between connecting the alternator to the low voltage storage device and connecting the alternator to the high voltage storage device. A controller is configured to control operation of the alternator and the switch between at least a low voltage mode and a high voltage mode. In the low voltage mode, the alternator outputs the low charge voltage and the switch is connecting the alternator to the low voltage storage device. In the high voltage mode, the alternator outputs the high charge voltage and the switch is connecting the alternator to the high voltage storage device.

Provided are a secondary battery separator having excellent heat dissipation characteristics and thermal stability compared to the conventional polyolefin-based separator, and an electrochemical element for both securing safety and improving performance, including the separator.

A manufacturing method for a memory structure including the following steps is provided. A bit line structure is formed on the substrate. A contact structure is formed on the substrate on one side of the bit line structure. A capacitor structure is formed on the contact structure. The capacitor structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an insulating layer. The first electrode is disposed on the contact structure in a misaligned manner. The first electrode includes a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface. The first bottom surface is lower than the second bottom surface. The first bottom surface is disposed on the contact structure. The second electrode is located on the first electrode. The insulating layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.

An apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable recording media perform smart control in a wireless network, which includes a plurality of wireless devices. Configuration parameters are obtained to set one wireless device as an active master device in the wireless network. The active master device receives updates in the configuration parameters and learned station (STA) information, and periodically transmits the updates to the configuration parameters and the learned STA information to the other wireless devices in the wireless network. Any one of the other wireless devices in the wireless network can use the updates to the configuration parameters and the learned STA information to be set as a new active master device in the wireless network when the active master device becomes out of network.

In a management node that controls the amount of hardware resources of storage nodes to be allocated to the software of distributed data stores executed by storage nodes, the management node includes a disk device that stores a performance model indicating the correspondence relationship between the amount of hardware resources and the performance that can be implemented by the hardware of the resource amount, and a central processing unit (CPU) connected to the disk device, in which the CPU receives the target performance by distributed data stores, determines the hardware resource amount required to achieve the target performance based on the performance model, and sets to allocate hardware of the determined resource amount to the programs of the distributed data stores.

A window clamp system and method are to secure a window pane to a window frame of a vehicle. The window clamp system includes a mounting bracket configured to be secured to the window frame, one or more ratchets coupled to the mounting bracket, and a spring clip configured to move in relation to the mounting bracket and the one or more ratchets. The spring clip is configured to engage a seal positioned around the window pane.

Surgical instruments for performing osteotomies and particularly, wedge-shaped osteotomies, are disclosed herein. A surgical instrument includes a body with a distal end, a proximal end, a bottom surface, and a top surface including a slope extending upward and along a single plane from the distal end to the proximal end. The surgical instrument further includes multiple cutting burrs positioned on the top surface extending along the slope from the distal end to the proximal end and teeth positioned on the distal end. Further, the body tapers from the distal end to the proximal end. Other surgical instruments include a non-patterned set of cutting burrs along the slope from the distal end to the proximal end or the cutting burrs positioned in multiple rows or columns on the top surface along the slope from the distal end to the proximal end.

A semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a memory that stores data in a non-volatile and volatile manner and a memory controller configured to control the memory. The memory includes a word line pair including a first and second word line, a first bit line pair orthogonal to the first and the second word line and including a first bit line and a first complementary bit line, and a memory cell pair including first and second memory cells adjacent to the first memory cell in a word line direction. A left node of the first memory cell, and a right node of the first memory cell and a left node of the second memory cell, are all connected to the first word line, and a value of the data stored in the memory cell pair in the non-volatile manner is determined according to the selected first word line.

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media provide a cooling component including an underbody wheel well fan that is installed in proximity to the wheel well at each side of the front wheels. Specifically, an apparatus for vehicle radiator cooling control is provided, including a first suction component disposed in proximity to a first wheel well at a first side of a vehicle, a first tube component having a first end connected to the first suction component and a second end extended to a direction towards a back of the vehicle, and a first fan component connected to the second end of the first tube component.

The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber article and a method for the production of the optical fiber article. The present disclosure in particular relates to the use of the optical fiber article in a fiber bundle as light guide and/or image guide, for example in an endoscope.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select a resource to utilize for transmitting a sidelink communication based at least in part on a probability. The UE may transmit, to another UE in a sidelink network, the sidelink communication utilizing the resource based at least in part on selecting the resource. Numerous other aspects are provided.

A cannula assembly is utilized during a minimally invasive surgery to provide sealed access of a surgical instrument to an insufflated body cavity. The cannula assembly includes a cannula sleeve and a suction cup that is adjustably positionable on the cannula sleeve. The suction cup is formed of a compressible material such that when the suction cup is compressed or pressed against tissue by a clinician, the suction cup creates suction and engages tissue in a sealing relation.

Joint estimation of the framer index and the frequency offset in an optical communication system are described among various other features. A transmitter can transmit data frames using pilot and framer symbols. A receiver can estimate the framer index and frequency offset using the pilot and framer symbols, and identify the beginning of a header portion of a data frame. By identifying the beginning of the header portion of a data frame, the receiver can then process data received from the transmitter in a manner synchronous to the manner in which the data was transmitted by the transmitter.

Embodiments may be generally directed to techniques, systems, and devices to control settings stored on contactless cards.

A wearable device includes a device housing configured to be worn on a first surface of a user, a set of one or more SMI sensors, and a processor. The set of one or more SMI sensors is mounted within the device housing and configured to emit a set of one or more beams of electromagnetic radiation, with each beam emitted in a different direction extending away from the first surface. The set of one or more SMI sensors is also configured to generate a set of one or more SMI signals containing information about a relationship between the device housing and a second surface. The processor is configured to extract the relationship between the device housing and the second surface from digitized samples of the set of one or more SMI signals.

A wake-up command is received from a user. A smart device for receiving is awakened for processing a user prompt in response to receiving the wake-up command. A user-defined event is received within the user prompt. During the user-defined event, the smart device is to remain awake and monitor a predetermined set of user activities without additional wake-up commands. The predetermined set of user activities is monitored during the user-defined event using the smart device.

Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a first portion of a lower electrode structure on a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first support pattern being in contact with a first portion of a sidewall of the first portion of the lower electrode structure. The semiconductor device includes a second portion of the lower electrode structure on a second portion of the sidewall of the first portion of the lower electrode structure. The semiconductor device includes an upper electrode on the second portion of the lower electrode structure and on the first support pattern. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer between the upper electrode and the second portion of the lower electrode structure.

An aircraft seat system is disclosed, in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, the aircraft seat system includes a seat casement; a headrest portion; a seat back portion; a seat pan; and one or more armrests pivotably coupled to one or more portions of the seat casement. In another embodiment, the one or more armrests include an armrest body; a rotator link system; and a pivot link system. In another embodiment, the pivot link system may be configured to pivotably extend the armrest cap and pivotably retract the armrest cap.

An operating method of an image processor includes dividing image data into a plurality of data blocks and compressing each of the plurality of data blocks. The operating method also includes determining a packing direction as a determined packing direction, in which a corresponding compressed data block of a plurality of compressed data blocks is to be stored, based on a data size of the corresponding compressed data block and a start address of a storage area where the corresponding compressed data block is to be stored among a plurality of storage areas of a memory. Each of the plurality of compressed data blocks is packed in a corresponding storage area among the plurality of storage areas of the memory based on the determined packing direction.

A landscape control box includes a base portion and a facepack. The facepack supports a rotary shaft extending along an axis in a first direction. A cover has a hole aligned with the rotary shaft. A knob has a receptacle and a first portion of an interacting structure. The receptacle engages with the rotary shaft so as to transfer rotational motion of the knob to the rotary shaft. The first portion of the interacting structure engages with a second portion of the interacting structure on the cover so as to inhibit movement of the knob. The control box can receive one or more modules for enhancing functionality of the control box and/or superseding station programming stored by the control box or input by the user. The control box includes openings that are sized and shaped to allow attachment of different sized pipes and conduits to the control box.

A trampoline roller device which includes attachment assemblies with outer and inner connection elements, which attach to a frame of a trampoline, at least one wheel that can be a roller bar, which is placed between the attachment assemblies on one side of the trampoline, such that lifting from an opposite side enables moving of the trampoline.

This application provides methods and systems for rapid load support for grid frequency transient events. Example electric power systems may include a turbine, a generator coupled to the turbine, where the generator is configured to provide power to an electrical grid, and a controller configured to detect a grid event, determine a rate of change of frequency (rate of change of frequency) value, determine a predicted post-grid event governor set point based on the rate of change of frequency value, and initiate a change to at least one turbine operating parameter based on the predicted post-grid event governor set point.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for brake pad wear level monitoring are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, an apparatus for brake pad wear level monitoring includes a sensor module attached to a fixed portion of a braking system. In this embodiment, the sensor module is configured to generate data indicative of a relative distance between the sensor module and a sensor target attached to a brake pad. According to this embodiment, the sensor module is also configured to use the generated data generate transmission data and transmit the generated transmission data to an external device.

A waste liquid treating apparatus for purifying a waste liquid discharged from a processing apparatus includes a waste liquid accommodating tank for the waste liquid discharged by the processing apparatus, a spray water seal type pump that sucks a spray together with air in a processing region where a processing unit is disposed, a sealing water reservoir tank that recovers the spray and reserves the spray as a waste liquid, and a waste liquid filter unit that filters that waste liquid and the waste liquid in the waste liquid accommodating tank, to purify the waste liquid into fresh water. A fresh water reservoir tank reserves the fresh water obtained by filtering the waste liquid, and a pure water producing unit purifies the fresh water reserved in the fresh water reservoir tank into pure water. A temperature control unit controls the temperature of the pure water.

A Doppler type radar system holds processing circuitry configured to generate a data array based on received radar data to thereby provide an optimized input of radar data for further processing, such as processing by a neural network or convolutional neural network.

A water intrusion cover for a sensor probe in an exhaust system is provided. The water intrusion cover includes a main body portion having a substantially cylindrical shape, an inlet opening, and an outlet opening. The inlet opening and outlet opening are formed in a sidewall of the main body portion and are fluidly coupled to form a continuous flow path defined by a surface that, in a cross-section perpendicular to an axis of the main body portion, curves from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. The water intrusion cover further includes a shoulder portion having a substantially cylindrical shape. The main body portion and the shoulder portion collectively define a central passage for the sensor probe.

A system for wagering and viewing the event on the same device while receiving the wagering data on a separate data feed from the video feed. Separate feeds would allow the wagering markets to close in more real-time while not relying on the video latency.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to semi-supervised training of a depth model for monocular depth estimation. In one embodiment, a method includes training the depth model according to a first stage that is self-supervised and that includes using first training data that comprises pairs of training images. Respective ones of the pairs including separate frames depicting a scene of a monocular video. The method includes training the depth model according to a second stage that is weakly supervised and that includes using second training data to produce depth maps according to the depth model. The second training data comprising individual images with corresponding sparse depth data. The second training data providing for updating the depth model according to second stage loss values that are based, at least in part, on the depth maps and the depth data.

According to a non-limiting example embodiment, a remote control device includes a display configured to display a risk map; an input interface configured to input a travel route for an object to move along; a computing device, including at least one processor, the computing device configured to: receive obstacle information detected as the object moves along an actual travel route based on the travel route, and receive route information of the actual travel route of the object; and reset the travel route inputted by the input interface to a reset travel route in real time based on a mission given to the object or a risk level in each of a safe area and a dangerous area displayed on the risk map.

Structures and techniques are disclosed that can be used to reduce or remove code multipath error in GNSS receivers by implementing one or more monitoring correlators in a multipath-error estimation and correction (MEC) module. The MEC module detects and provides for correction of correlation peak distortion. In exemplary embodiments, a code tracking loop integrates all-chip-edges of a PRN, and a narrow-correlator is used to update the tracking loop rate while a multipath estimation module implements a blanked correlator to estimate and remove the multipath bias from the code tracking loop measurements.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining uplink grants for multiple modes. One method (600) includes determining (602), over a first time period, a first mode uplink grant corresponding to a first mode. Determining the first mode uplink grant comprises receiving the first mode uplink grant. The method (600) includes determining (604) autonomously, over a second time period, a second mode uplink grant corresponding to a second mode. The second mode is different from the first mode. The method (600) includes using (606) the first mode uplink grant and the second mode uplink grant to transmit data based on an uplink grant availability corresponding to the first mode uplink grant and the second mode uplink grant.

A cooling system includes an inlet port and an outlet port to be coupled to one or more electronic devices, a main loop, and a buffer loop. The main loop includes a heat exchanger coupled to the inlet port and the outlet port, and the heat exchanger is to receive fluid from the inlet port, to exchange heat generated by the electronic devices and carried by the fluid, and to return the fluid to the electronic devices via the outlet. A buffer loop is coupled to the inlet port and the main loop. The second loop includes a buffer unit and a first valve to control the fluid to flow into the buffer unit for storage and to discharge the fluid from the buffer unit to follow into the main loop for heat exchange. The buffer unit comprises an air section to store air and a buffer section to store a portion of the fluid. The air section is to adjust an air pressure based on a temperature obtained from a temperature sensor disposed on the heat exchanger and a fluid pressure obtained from a pressure sensor disposed near the inlet port.

A network server selects a gateway, from among a plurality of alternative candidate gateways, to use for downlink wireless communication to an end node (EN) based on additional factors in addition to RSSI. Exemplary additional factors include: SNR, gateway loading, message loading, backhaul network loading, device type, application type, application priority, operator preferences, device/application black-lists, white-lists, and red-lists, number of devices, number of transmitting devices in a given time interval, operator rules and priorities. In some embodiments, the network server calculates a composite weighted metric (CWM) for each of the alternative candidate gateways which may be used for downlink, subject to operator policy rules, and selects to use a gateway based on the results, e.g. selects the gateway with the highest CWM.

A braking arrangement for a vehicle includes a source of pressurized air, a first wheel with a first pneumatic brake arrangement including a first brake, the first brake being arranged to be engaged when connected to the source of pressurized air and disengaged when disconnected from the source of pressurized air, a second wheel with a second pneumatic brake arrangement including a second brake, the second brake being arranged to be engaged when connected to the source of pressurized air and disengaged when disconnected from the source of pressurized air, and a proportional valve between the source of pressurized air and the first brake, opening of the proportional valve being proportional to pressure in a line between the source of pressurized air and the proportional valve. The first pneumatic brake arrangement and the second pneumatic brake arrangement function differently.

A processor, a method of operating the processor, and an electronic device including the processor are disclosed. The method includes arranging, in respective input registers, weights and activations having a smaller number of bits than a minimum operation unit of an operator included in the processor, performing a multiplication between values stored in the input registers, storing a result of the multiplication in an output register, and outputting, from the output register, a value in a preset bit range as a result of a dot product between a first vector including the weights and a second vector including the activations.

An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) including an input configured to receive input AC power, a DC output configured to provide output DC power to a load, an AC output configured to provide output AC power to the load, a charger coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into DC power, a DC bus, and a controller configured to monitor a current demand at the DC output relative to a demand threshold, operate, in response to a determination that the current demand at the DC output is below the demand threshold, the UPS in a first mode of operation by enabling the charger to provide DC power to the DC bus, and operate, in response to a determination that the current demand at the DC output is above the demand threshold, the UPS in a second mode of operation by disabling the charger.

A method, according to one approach, includes forming an underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer includes encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an aromatic polymer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. A method, according to another approach, includes mixing encapsulated nanoparticles with a polymeric binder and a solvent to form a mixture, the encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an aromatic polymer. The mixture is applied onto a structure. The applied mixture is at least partially dried and cured.

Examples of the present disclosure relate generally to a printing apparatus and, more particularly, to apparatuses, systems, and methods for printing utilizing laser print head and reactive media.

A hazardous material shipping container comprises a shell having a first threaded portion at a first end thereof, a closed second end opposite the first end, inwardly extending ribs, and outwardly extending flutes, wherein the ribs and flutes are disposed between the first end and the second end. A cushioning material is inside the shell, and a cap has a second threaded portion adapted to mate with the first threaded portion and a recess on a lower surface wherein the recess is adapted to receive an upper portion of a material container.

Provided is a display panel, including a display pixel unit located in a display region, the display pixel unit including a threshold compensation transistor, the threshold compensation transistor including a first channel and a second channel being connected by a conductive connection portion; a dummy pixel unit located in a dummy region; a first signal line located in the dummy region and configured to provide a constant voltage; and a first conductive block connected to the first signal line. The display pixel unit includes a first display pixel unit, the first display pixel unit is a display pixel unit adjacent to the dummy pixel unit in a row direction, and in a plan view of the display panel, the first conductive block at least partially overlaps the conductive connection portion of the threshold compensation transistor of the first display pixel unit. A display device is further provided.

A target dot sight includes a target illumination sensor that senses the amount of illumination at a target, rather than merely sensing the ambient sight of the entire operating environment. Then, based on the sensed target illumination, the target dot sight may automatically compensate for the brightness of the target.

A method of coding implemented by a decoding device or an encoding device, comprising obtaining indication information for a luma position (cbWidth/2, cbHeight/2) of a current coding block, relative to a top-left luma sample postion (xCb, yCb) of the current coding block; setting a value of a luma intra prediction mode associated with the current coding block to a first default value, when the indication information indicates that a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) is applied for the luma component at the luma position (cbWidth/2, cbHeight/2), relative to the top-left luma sample postion (xCb, yCb) of the current coding block; and obtaining a value of a chroma intra prediction mode based on the value of the luma intra prediction mode of the current coding block.

Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for detecting anomalous user logins. User login data for users is filtered, including monitoring workstations and servers accessed by users to obtain the user login data for the users. User login records are created for a current time period based, at least in part, on the user login data. An anomaly score is determined for each user, where the anomaly score indicates a deviation by the user from historical login patterns of the user. A user machine learning (ML) model is updated based on the predicting. User period login records are maintained over time using processed user login data. The user ML model is trained using the user periodic login records. Enriched login statistics are generated using the user ML model and the user periodic login records. A report that includes the enriched login statistics is generated in a graphical user interface.

A method includes forming a first transistor and a second transistor over a substrate, wherein the first transistor comprises a first source/drain, a second source/drain, and a first gate between the first and second source/drains, and the second transistor comprises a third source/drain, a fourth source/drain, and a second gate between the third and fourth source/drains; forming an isolation layer to cover the second source/drain of the first transistor; and forming a first source/drain contact on and in contact the fourth source/drain of the second transistor and the isolation layer.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for model co-occurrence object detection. One of the methods includes accessing, for a training image, first data that indicates a detected bounding box for a first object depicted in the training image and a predicted type label, accessing, for the training image, ground truth data for one or more ground truth objects, determining, using the first data and the ground truth data, that i) the detected bounding box represents an object that is not a ground truth object represented by the ground truth data or ii) the predicted type label for the first object does not match a ground truth label for the first object identified by the ground truth data, determining a penalty to adjust the model using a distance between the detected bounding box and the labeled bounding box, and training the model using the penalty.

Systems and methods for continuous tracking of media file playback. First, transaction data from a platform stream is received. The transaction data corresponds to a request to play a media file from an end user, as well as continuous play information. Next, the transaction data is verified. Then, the verified transaction data is signed using a cryptographic signature. Next, it is determined whether the transaction data corresponds to a valid blockchain transaction. If the transaction data corresponds to a valid blockchain transaction, the valid blockchain transaction is recorded to a blockchain. Last, the transaction data and the cryptographic signature are transmitted to one or more validation nodes.

A seeding method for crystal growth comprising: a first seeding step: rotating a crucible with a first rotation speed to grow the crystal to a first length; a second seeding step: gradually increasing the rotation speed of the crucible from the first rotation speed to a second rotation speed, and growing the crystal to a second length; a third seeding step: rotating the crucible with the second rotation speed to growing the crystal to a predicted length. By separating the seeding stage to three steps and gradually increasing the rotation speed in the second step of the crucible, the silicon melt convection is enhanced and the temperature at center of the silicon melt is kept to be not lower than the starting temperature of the seeding. Thereby, the removal of dislocation within the seed crystal can be increased, and the growth problems such as broken or polycrystallization can be prevented.

A syringe holder assembly that safely and conveniently supports a syringe when it is not being used so as to keep the syringe clean and ready to use with little wasted motion. The syringe holder is configured for holding a syringe having a barrel and a handle and includes a syringe holder and a harness. The syringe holder includes a base configured to be mounted to a ferromagnetic structure; an arm pivotably connected to the base; and a holster connected to the arm. The harness is configured to be secured to the syringe and includes a main strap configured to encircle the barrel of the syringe to retain the harness on the syringe; and a magnet configured to magnetically attach the harness to the holster.

This application is directed to an electronic device powered by one or more rechargeable battery cells. The electronic device includes a first negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor proximate to the battery cells, and an open capacitor coupled in parallel with the NTC thermistor. The open capacitor has an open area and two electrodes that are at least partially exposed via the open area and electrically isolated. The electronic device further includes a control circuit coupled to the NTC thermistor and the open capacitor. The control circuit is configured to detect a voltage drop across the NTC thermistor and the open capacitor if conductive liquid enters the open area of the capacitor and electrically connects the two electrodes that are at least partially exposed via the open area.

An ambidextrous hand mount for an electronic device comprises: a proximal fastener configured to engage with a wrist of an operator; a distal fastener configured to engage with a finger of the operator; a body connecting the proximal fastener and the distal fastener and configured to extend along a back of a hand of the operator from the wrist to the finger; wherein the body includes: a main segment configured to support the electronic device; and a flexible segment between the main segment and the proximal fastener, the flexible segment configured to deform to accommodate changes in an angle between the body and the proximal fastener.

In an analyzer, an image processing unit performs processing of: dividing a measurement image into a plurality of partial measurement images, and dividing a reference image into a plurality of partial reference images; calculating a positional deviation amount of each of the partial measurement images relative to a corresponding partial reference image among the partial reference images; determining whether the positional deviation amount is a threshold or less; and correcting positional deviation of the measurement image based on the positional deviation amounts of the plurality of partial measurement images when the image processing unit has determined that the positional deviation amount is not the threshold or less.

A cable includes: a core wire; an insulating layer covering the core wire in an extrusion molding manner, a shielding layer covering the insulating layer, and a sheath covering the shielding layer, the core wire comprising a pair of inner conductors and the inner insulating layer of the pair of inner conductors are simultaneously covered by extrusion molding. Under the premise of ensuring impedance matching, the cable reduces the distance between the two conductors, so that the cable has lower insertion loss, and the overall size of the cable is also smaller, at the same time, the cable has a high-speed data transmission capability with a signal frequency greater than 40 GHz.

The system for parcel transport and tracking that operates responsive to data bearing records includes a plurality of geographically spaced repositories. The exemplary repositories each include an interior area comprised of a plurality of enclosed compartment spaces. Access to each of the enclosed compartment spaces is controlled by a respective door which is in operative connection with a respective lock. Repositories are constructed to provide a secure enclosure for the parcels housed therein when exposed to a range of environmental and operating conditions. Central control circuitry in operative connection with the repositories is operative to control access to the compartment spaces and cause the compartments to be selectively accessible so that selected parcels may be placed therein or removed therefrom.

Techniques of generating and displaying an attention curve relative to a progress bar are described in the present disclosure. The disclosed techniques include sending a request for acquiring a target video that is divided into a plurality of predetermined time period; receiving data comprising a number of comment events and a number of drag progress bar events within each preset time period of the target video; determining an attention value corresponding each predetermined time period based on the number of the comment events and the number of the drag progress bar events within each predetermined time period of the target video; generating an attention curve based on a plurality of attention values corresponding to the plurality of predetermined time periods of the target video; and displaying the attention curve relative to a progress bar, wherein amplitude values of the attention curve relative to the progress bar are in proportion to the plurality of attention values corresponding to the plurality of predetermined time periods of the target video.

A system includes a first AC bus configured to supply power from a first AC power source. A second AC bus is configured to supply power from a second AC power source. A first transformer rectifier unit (TRU) connects a first DC bus to the first AC bus through a first TRU contactor (TRUC). A second TRU connects a second DC bus to the second AC bus through a second TRUC. A first voltage sensor is connected to sense voltage of the first DC bus. A second voltage sensor is connected to sense voltage of the second DC bus. A ram air turbine (RAT) automatic deployment controller is operatively connected to the first voltage sensor and to the second voltage sensor to automatically deploy a RAT based on the combined status of the first voltage sensor and the second voltage sensor.

A server apparatus includes circuitry to: receive, from an image forming apparatus, determination information including first determination information for identifying a type of print data received by the image forming apparatus, and second determination information for identifying a type of print data with which the image forming apparatus can generate drawing data; determine which of the image forming apparatus and the server apparatus is to generate drawing data from the print data, based on the determination information; in response to the circuitry determining that the image forming apparatus is to generate the drawing data, transmit instruction information for instructing generation of the drawing data to the image forming apparatus; and in response to the circuitry determining that the server apparatus is to generate the drawing data, control generation of the drawing data from the print data and transmission of the generated drawing data to the image forming apparatus.