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Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have shown the potential to improve safety, increase road throughput, and optimize energy efficiency and emissions in several complicated traffic scenarios. This invention describes a mixed-integer programming (MIP) optimization method for global multi-vehicle decision making and motion planning of CAVs in a highly dynamic environment that consists of multiple human-driven, i.e., conventional or manual, vehicles and multiple conflict zones, such as merging points and intersections. The proposed approach ensures safety, high throughput and energy efficiency by solving a global multi-vehicle constrained optimization problem. The solution provides a feasible and optimal time schedule through road segments and conflict zones for the automated vehicles, by using information from the position, velocity, and destination of the manual vehicles, which cannot be directly controlled. Despite MIP having combinatorial complexity, the proposed formulation remains feasible for real-time implementation in the infrastructure, such as in mobile edge computers (MECs).

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for cell transplantation therapy based on forced expression of an exogenous HLA-F protein in donor cells to be transplanted into a subject. In some embodiments, the donor cells express an exogenous chimeric HLA-F protein comprising an extracellular region comprising an HLA-F alpha 1 domain, an HLA alpha 2 domain, an HLA-F alpha 3 domain, a linker and a β2m protein.

A temperature sensor module includes: a sensor unit having a sensing end for measurement of a temperature of a heat source; a heat conduction panel formed of a thermally conductive material and having a temperature measurement region connected to the sensing end and exposed to the heat source, the heat conduction panel collecting heat transferred from the heat source to the temperature measurement region and transmitting the collected heat to the sensing end along a surface of the temperature measurement region; and a heat insulation panel disposed opposite the heat source with respect to the heat conduction panel to prevent heat generated from the heat source or heat transferred to the heat conduction panel from being discharged to an outside of the heat insulation panel or to prevent external heat from being transferred to the heat conduction panel.

A device for forming plastic parisons into plastic containers includes at least one forming station arranged on a conveying device and configured to form plastic parisons into plastic containers by applying a gaseous medium, the forming station includes an application device configured to apply the flowable medium to the plastic parisons, and includes a pressure supply device and/or is in fluidic connection with a pressure supply device configured to provide the flowable medium at a prespecified pressure, wherein pressure provided by the pressure supply device is greater than pressure required and/or used for the application to the plastic parisons, wherein the device includes at least one valve device which controls application to the plastic parisons, which valve device is configured to interrupt the supply of air into the container when the pressure of the flowable medium within the container has reached a prespecified pressure level.

A packet transmission method includes that a host obtains a packet, and when a transmission path of the packet is to be pass through a wide area network, the host determines whether to perform optimization on the packet for transmission in the wide area network and performs optimization on the packet for transmission in the wide area network.

Provided is an operation support method including: acquiring instrument information including measurement data from an instrument included in an electrolytic apparatus; acquiring switching portion information indicating information regarding switching portions included in the electrolytic apparatus; acquiring electrolytic apparatus state information indicating a state of the electrolytic apparatus on the basis of at least one of the instrument information or the switching portion information; and displaying by a display unit controlled by a control unit to display the electrolytic apparatus state information acquired by the electrolytic apparatus state acquisition unit.

There is provided a method that includes directing one or more infrared cameras at a compaction roller of a composite laying head of a composite layup machine. The one or more infrared cameras are mounted aft of the compaction roller. The method includes applying heat to a substrate by a heater. The heater is mounted forward of the compaction roller. The method further includes using the one or more infrared cameras, to obtain one or more infrared images of the compaction roller, during laying down of one or more composite tows of a composite layup onto the substrate by the compaction roller. The method further includes identifying, based on the one or more infrared images, one or more temperature profiles of the compaction roller, and analyzing identified temperature profiles, to determine one or more of, a layup quality of the composite layup, and a heat history of the composite layup.

A process and method for producing a crystallized metal sulfate. The crystallized metal sulfate may be battery-grade. The method may comprise receiving a metal ion-containing stream and crystalizing a metal sulfate from the stream. The process may comprise receiving a stream from a metal processing plant, and crystalizing a metal sulfate from the stream. The process may be a metal electrowinning process comprising crystalizing a metal ion-containing stream to form a crystallized metal sulfate in a mother liquor. The process or method may comprise returning the mother liquor upstream or to the metal electrowinning process.

An apparatus for treating obesity in a human or animal mammal patient. The apparatus comprising a first volume filling device segment and a second volume filling device segment. The first and second volume filling device segments are adapted to be assembled into an implantable volume filling device of a controlled size. Each one of the first and second volume filling device segment comprises at least one interconnecting structure. The interconnecting structure of the second volume filling device segment is adapted to be formed fitted, such that the first and second volume filling device segment can be assembled into the volume filling device. The assembled volume filling device is adapted to be at least substantially invaginated by a stomach wall portion of a patient, with the outer surface of the device resting against the stomach wall, such that the volume of the food cavity is reduced in size.

A vehicle sets a first determination region of a first obstacle and a second determination region, on the basis of a position of the first obstacle. The second determination region is located at a position farther than the first determination region. A reliability of the second obstacle is set to a first reliability in a case where a position of a second obstacle falls outside the first determination region and falls outside the second determination region. The reliability of the second obstacle is set to a second reliability higher than the first reliability in a case where the position of the second obstacle falls within the first determination region or falls within the second determination region. Braking is applied to the vehicle body and/or acceleration of the vehicle body is suppressed, on the basis of the reliability of the second obstacle and the position of the second obstacle.

A method of fabricating a magnetically-controlled graphene-based micro-/nano-motor includes: (a) mixing FeCl.sub.3 crystal powder with deionized water to obtain a FeCl.sub.3 solution; (b) completely immersing a carbon-based microsphere in the FeCl.sub.3 solution; transferring the carbon-based microsphere from the FeCl.sub.3 solution followed by heating to allow crystallization of FeCl.sub.3 on the surface of the carbon-based microsphere to obtain a FeCl.sub.3-carbon-based microsphere; (c) heating the FeCl.sub.3-carbon-based microsphere in a vacuum chamber until there is no moisture in the vacuum chamber; continuously removing gas in the vacuum chamber and introducing oxygen; and treating the FeCl.sub.3-carbon-based microsphere with a laser in an oxygen-enriched environment to obtain the magnetically controlled graphene-based micro-/nano-motor. A magnetically-controlled graphene-based micro-/nano-motor is further provided.

A recessed light and a lampshade thereof are provided. The lampshade includes: a shade body, including a cover member and a top plate covered on the cover member, the top plate including a notch, the notch being open at a periphery of the top plate, the shade body further including a slot, the slot being in communication with the notch, the slot having a width larger than a width of the notch, the diametric dimension of the flange being larger than the width of the notch; wherein the slot is configured to receive the flange, the notch is configured to receive the body portion, and the top plate is configured to be engaged between the substrate and the flange.

A light detection device including a substrate, a first light detector, a second light detector, and a switch element is provided. The first light detector is disposed on the substrate and includes a first active layer. The second light detector is disposed between the substrate and the first light detector and includes a second active layer. The switch element is disposed on the substrate. A horizontal projection of the second active layer on the substrate completely falls within a horizontal projection of the first active layer on the substrate. A negative electrode of the first light detector and a negative electrode of the second light detector are electrically connected to the switch element via a first metal layer.

Techniques for facilitating temperature compensation are provided. In one example, an infrared imaging system includes a focal plane array configured to capture radiation from a scene and generate image data based on the radiation. The focal plane array further captures radiation from an element associated with the infrared imaging system during capture of the radiation from the scene. The infrared imaging system further includes a temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of the focal plane array. The infrared imaging system further includes a processing circuit configured to determine a temperature associated with the element based on the temperature of the focal plane array. The processing circuit is further configured to determine a temperature associated with an object in the scene based on the infrared image data, the temperature associated with the element, and the temperature of the focal plane array. Related devices and methods are also provided.

An aircraft has a fuselage, a wing assembly, and a pair of struts. The wing assembly has a center wing structure and a pair of outer wing structures. The center wing structure is coupled to the fuselage at a wing-fuselage joint, and has a pair of engine mounting locations respectively on opposite sides of a wing centerline. Each of the struts is coupled to the fuselage at a strut-fuselage joint, and to one of the outer wing structures at a strut-wing joint. Each strut-fuselage joint is located below and aft of the wing-fuselage joint. Each outer wing structure is coupled to the center wing structure at a mid-wing joint located no further inboard than the engine mounting location, and no further outboard than the strut-wing joint.

Techniques are provided for utilizing sidelink communications in response to a timing source outage. An example method for utilizing sidelink communications in response to a timing source outage according to the disclosure includes detecting the timing source outage associated with a first node, determining a second node experiencing a loss of services due to least in part on the timing source outage in the first node, determining a third node with a valid timing source, determining one or more relay nodes based at least in part on a location of the second node and a location of the third node, and providing one or more services to the second node via the one or more relay nodes.

According to one embodiment, a merchandise sales transaction processing system includes a registration processing device to register items being purchased in a transaction, generate settlement information for the transaction based on the registered items, and store the generated settlement information in a storage device. A plurality of settlement devices are associated with the registration processing device. Each settlement device is configured to check for settlement information in the storage device, acquire the settlement information if the settlement information is stored in the storage device and at least one of the settlement devices is available for executing settlement processing based on the settlement information. The settlement device itself executes the settlement processing if it is available or, if it is unavailable, transmits the settlement information to another one of the settlement devices.

Provided are a method, apparatus and device for compensating a display screen and a display screen driver board, which belong to the technical field of display. The method comprises: according to the texture complexity of a screen to be displayed by each region (10) among a plurality of regions (10), determining a conversion matrix corresponding to pixels in each region (10)(101); and performing grayscale compensation on pixel points of the screen in each region (10) by using the conversion matrix corresponding to the pixels in each region (10) to obtain a compensated grayscale (102); wherein the compensated grayscale is configured to control the screen display of the plurality of regions (10), so that the uniformity of the screens displayed in a first screen is higher than the uniformity of the screens displayed in a second screen, and the texture complexity of the first screen is lower than the texture complexity of the second screen, the first region and the second region each being one among the plurality of regions (10).

A method of displaying a communication state, the method comprising: obtaining, from a storage device, specification information and history information, the specification information being information indicating a specification of a communication performed in response to an occurrence of an event, the history information being information indicating a history of the communication performed in response to the occurrence of the event; identifying, from the specification information, first specification information corresponding to the communication performed at a relative time point separated from a start point set at an occurrence time point of the event; identifying, out of the history information, first history information corresponding to the communication performed at the relative time point; and outputting, to an output device, first correspondence information in which information indicating the communication corresponding to the first specification information and information on the communication corresponding to the first history information are associated with each other.

An entity recognition method and apparatus, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: recognizing a to-be-recognized image to determine a preliminary recognition result for entities in the to-be-recognized image; determining, in response to determining that the preliminary recognition result includes a plurality of entities of a same category, image features of the to-be-recognized image and textual features of the plurality of entities; determining whether the plurality of entities is a consecutive complete entity based on the image features and the textual features, to obtain a complete-entity determining result; and obtaining a final recognition result based on the preliminary recognition result and the complete-entity determining result.

The present disclosure relates to a structure capable of simultaneously purifying and detecting a nucleic acid by directly applying a sample, and more particularly, to a structure capable of performing sample preparation, loop-mediated isothermal amplification, detection and analysis steps on a single chip by applying lab-on-paper technology, and capable of finally determining whether the disease or bacterial is infected by moving the sample in a lateral flow method and immediately being connected to genetic big data related to disease and bacterial infection.

A point cloud file transmission method includes obtaining a point cloud file and extension information corresponding to the point cloud file, the point cloud file comprising point cloud data, the extension information providing information for a service. The service is implemented using the point cloud data. The method further includes indicating a correspondence between an item of the extension information and an item in the point cloud file by (i) the item in the point cloud file indicating an index of the item of the extension information or (ii) a file level location of the item of the extension information. The method further includes transmitting the point cloud file and the extension information to a receiving device, so that the receiving device performs the service using the point cloud data based on the extension information.

Mesoporous poly (aryl ether ketone) articles are formed from blends of poly (aryl ether ketones) with pore forming additives by melt processing, and can be in the form of a monofilament, disc, film, microcapillary or other complex shapes. The method of formation provides for preparation of poly (aryl ether ketone) articles with high degree of surface area and uniform nanometer pore size. The preferred poly (aryl ether ketone)s are poly (ether ketone) and poly (ether ether ketone). The mesoporous articles formed by the method of the present invention are useful for a broad range of applications, including molecular separations and organic solvent filtration.

An electrical connector and a manufacturing method for the same. The electrical connector comprises a housing member and a plugging module. One end of the housing member is provided with a mating interface. An accommodating space communicating with the mating interface is provided in the housing member. The plugging module comprises a first circuit board, a plurality of electrical conductors and a plurality of first soldering pads. The first circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space. The first circuit board comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plurality of electrical conductors are disposed on the first surface and/or the second surface and is close to the mating interface. The plurality of first soldering pads are disposed on the second surface and are electrically connected with the plurality of electrical conductors.

Display substrate, manufacturing method therefor and display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a display area, the display area including a pixel region, a light transmissive region, and an isolation region between the pixel region and the light transmissive region and at least partially surrounding the light transmissive region; the isolation region includes an isolation component, a barrier wall structure, and a groove structure located therebetween; the pixel region includes a light-emitting functional layer and an organic encapsulation layer; a portion of the light-emitting functional layer extending to the isolation region is disconnected at a side face of the isolation component; and the organic encapsulation layer extends from the pixel region to the isolation region, and the groove structure and the barrier wall structure is configured for limiting an extension of the organic encapsulation layer to the light transmissive region.

Disclosed is a method for monitoring a product cycle in the production of plastic containers, wherein a plastic preform is provided and a plastic container with a marking is produced by a blow moulding process, which marking is configured to uniquely identify the plastic container, to wherein the production of the marking takes place during a manufacturing process of a plastic preform or the plastic container.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating an authentication processing service are provided.

Methods and apparatus for a frequency selective limiter (FSL) having a magnetic material substrate that tapers in thickness and supports a transmission line that has segments and bends. The segments, which differ in width and are substantially parallel to each other, such that each segment traverses the substrate on a constant thickness of the substrate.

This document describes techniques for using occlusion constraints for resolving tracks from multiple types of sensors. In aspects, an occlusion constraint is applied to an association between a radar track and vision track to indicate a probability of occlusion. In other aspects, described are techniques for a vehicle to refrain from evaluating occluded radar tracks and vision tracks collected by a perception system. The probability of occlusion is utilized for deemphasizing pairs of radar tracks and vision tracks with a high likelihood of occlusion and therefore, not useful for tracking. The disclosed techniques may provide improved perception data more closely representing multiple complex data sets for a vehicle for preventing a collision with an occluded object as the vehicle operates in an environment.

A method for securing an interblockchain transaction includes receiving, from a first user application, a registration request including a first permissioned blockchain public key and a first permissionless blockchain public key. The method also includes performing, by the processing circuitry, receiving, from a second user application, a second registration request including a second permissioned blockchain public key and a second permissionless blockchain public key. The permissioned blockchain public keys are valid on the permissioned blockchain and the permissionless blockchain public keys are valid on the permissionless public blockchain. In addition, the method includes receiving, from the first user application, a transaction identification, the transaction identification identifying a first transfer transaction executed on the permissionless public blockchain. The transaction identification identifies the first and second permissionless blockchain public keys.

Some examples disclosed herein include a method. The method may include determining a relationship between a property of a position, navigation, and timing (PNT)-based timing signal and a property of a virtual time source. The method may also include determining a state of the PNT-based timing signal at least partially responsive to the determined relationship. The method may also include one or more of: providing the PNT-based timing signal at least partially responsive to determining that the state of the PNT-based timing signal corresponds to a first state, disregarding the PNT-based timing signal at least partially responsive to determining that the state of the timing signal corresponds to a second state, and providing an indication of the state of the PNT-based timing signal at least partially responsive to determining that the state of the timing signal corresponds to a second state. Related devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.

A fingerprint sensing apparatus including a first substrate, a light sensing structure, a second substrate, a lens layer, a filler, and a first light shielding layer is provided. The light sensing structure is disposed on a sensing area of the first substrate. The lens layer is disposed on the second substrate. The lens layer has multiple first convex portions and a first concave portion. The filler is disposed between the lens layer and the light sensing structure. The refractive index of the filler is greater than the refractive index of the lens layer. The first light shielding layer is disposed between the second substrate and the lens layer. A solid of the first light shielding layer overlaps the first convex portions of the lens layer. An opening of the first light shielding layer overlaps the first concave portion of the lens layer.

Methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for network dataset processing are provided. An initial user interface in a terminal is generated. The initial user interface is configured to access a network dataset. A network dataset selected from the at least one network dataset is used as a target network dataset in response to selecting the at least one network dataset. A target virtual private network (VPN) node corresponding to the target network dataset is determined in response to an access operation on the target network dataset. An accelerated access channel between the terminal and the target network dataset is established through the target VPN node. The initial user interface is switched to an accelerated user interface. The network data processing information is displayed on the accelerated user interface. The network data processing information indicates that the accelerated access channel is used for accessing the target network dataset.

The present invention relates to a system (S) for conveying fowl giblets (not shown) that is installed in a machine (M) for processing fowl giblets (not shown) to clean said giblets (not shown). The system (S) includes a station (1) for guiding giblets (not shown) against a cleaning assembly (2), both of which are simultaneously moved by a movement assembly (4) so that the guide station (1) continuously shakes and presses the giblets (not shown) against the cleaning assembly (2), the movement of said station removing residual parts from the giblets (not shown) passing through the system (S).

A semiconductor phosphide injection synthesis system and a control method are provided, which belong to the technical field of preparation of semiconductor phosphides. The semiconductor phosphide injection synthesis system includes a furnace body, a shielding carrier box arranged above the furnace body by virtue of a lifting mechanism, a phosphorus source carrier arranged in the shielding carrier box, an injection pipe arranged below the phosphorus source carrier, and a crucible arranged at an inner bottom of the furnace body in a matched manner. The phosphorus source carrier includes a phosphorus source carrier main body, a phosphorus source carrier upper cover, a heating element base arranged at an inner bottom of the phosphorus source carrier main body, and a heating element arranged on the heating element base; a heat insulation layer is wrapped on an outer wall of the phosphorus source carrier; and an induction coil is arranged between the heat insulation layer and an inner wall of the shielding carrier box. By improving a device and method, the system stability can be improved, and an entire synthesis system achieves quantitative synthesis, which lowers the risk of explosion of the phosphorus source carrier.

A skin cleaning device includes a body, the body is provided with a water storage tank, the water storage tank includes a clean water tank and a waste water tank, the body is provided with an electrolytic device, the water inlet of the electrolytic device is connected with the clean water tank, the water outlet of the electrolytic device is connected with a suction nozzle capable of contacting with the skin, the suction nozzle is also connected with a pump body, and the water outlet end of the pump body is connected with the waste water tank. The device can immediately generate hydrogen rich water with high efficiency and avoid wasting waiting time for electrolysis.

A multi-stack semiconductor device includes: a lower-stack transistor structure including a lower active region and a lower gate structure, the lower active region including a lower channel structure, and the lower gate structure surrounding the lower channel structure; an upper-stack transistor structure vertically stacked above the lower-stack transistor structure, and including an upper active region and an upper gate structure, the upper active region including an upper channel structure, and the upper gate structure surrounding the upper channel structure; and at least one gate contact plug contacting a top surface of the lower gate structure, wherein the lower gate structure and the upper gate structure have a substantially same size in a plan view, and wherein the lower gate structure is not entirely overlapped by the upper gate structure in a vertical direction.

There is disclosed a self-powered apparatus for measuring precipitation, comprising: a housing; a display unit including one or more display lights capable of displaying an amount of precipitation, wherein the display lights are formed on at least one of outer surfaces of the housing; a water collecting vessel, having a funnel-shaped space to which the precipitation is introduced and gathered at a vertex part of the funnel-shaped space; a cup module, having an accommodating space for accommodating the precipitation dropped from the vertex part of the funnel-shaped space of the water collecting vessel; an electric signaling unit; a guiding module; a self-powered generator; and a final drainage opening, formed at a lower part of the housing.

A method and system for regulating a rear power lift of an agricultural production machine in an agricultural combination is disclosed. The agricultural combination includes an agricultural production machine and an agricultural attachment. The agricultural attachment is connected to the agricultural production machine via a rear power lift of the agricultural production machine. The agricultural production machine includes a driver assistance system that regulates machine parameters of the rear power lift using position regulation and/or traction regulation on which a slip control is superimposed. The driver assistance system determines a target slip for slip regulation optimized for position regulation and/or traction regulation depending on at least one existing soil property and at least one existing tire property, and regulates the rear power lift to the optimized target slip.

A semiconductor device includes at least one active region, a first dielectric layer, a gate structure, and an air void. The active region includes a III-V compound semiconductor layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the active region. The gate structure is disposed on the active region, and at least a part of the gate structure is disposed in the first dielectric layer. The air void is disposed in the first dielectric layer, and at least a part of the air void is disposed at two opposite sides of the gate structure in a horizontal direction.

A high-precision map construction method, apparatus, and electronic device are provided. The method can include: displaying a first color image corresponding to a first track point; according to a first color sub-image and a depth image corresponding to the first track point, obtaining point cloud data corresponding to the first sub-color image, wherein the first sub-color image is a sub-image corresponding to an element to be added in the first color image, and the element to be added is an element to be added in a high-precision map for display; extracting a bounding box corresponding to the point cloud data; and generating a newly-added three-dimensional element according to the bounding box in the high-precision map.

Disclosed are a method for training a Student Network and a method for recognizing an image. The method includes: acquiring first prediction feature information of a sample image on the first granularity and second prediction feature information of the sample image on the second granularity by inputting the sample image into a Student Network, and acquiring first feature information of the sample image on the first granularity and second feature information of the sample image on the second granularity by inputting the sample image into a Teacher Network, and acquiring a target Student Network.

A mobility movement information acquiring method has: acquiring an observed velocity value of a mobility according to a first interval; storing the observed velocity value and corresponding time information so as to relate each other; and acquiring an acceleration value in a travelling direction by inputting the observed velocity value into a state-space model in which: displacement per unit time of a state velocity value is the acceleration value in the travelling direction, the observed velocity value is a sum of the state velocity value and a value following a first distribution, and displacement per the unit time of the acceleration value in the travelling direction follows a second distribution.

A light shield structure is disposed between an ultraviolet lamp and a filter screen of an air purifier, and comprises a first light shield element and a second light shield element. The first light shield element is disposed on an inner wall of the second light shield element. The second light shield element is provided with air inlets, and the first light shield element is staggered with the second light shield element, so that the air inlets are completely blocked by the first light shield element in a radial direction. An air inlet channel is formed between the first light shield element and the second light shield element. Under the precondition that the air inlet channel is formed by the first light shield element and the second light shield element, ultraviolet light can be completely shielded, so that the service life of the filter screen is prolonged.

The present invention provides a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, of formula (I):

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wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.26, R.sub.27, y, R, M, W, L, V, T, Y, J, K and A are as described herein, therapeutic uses of said compounds, uses of said compounds as research chemicals, a pharmaceutical composition and combinations comprising said compounds, and methods for manufacturing the compounds of the invention.

Provided is a method for installing a display device including an operation of assembling a step adjusting module for controlling a displacement adjuster of a first cabinet onto a rear surface of the first cabinet, an operation of fastening the first cabinet to a mount on an installation surface, an operation of fastening a first display module to a front surface of the first cabinet, an operation of coupling, to the first display module and a second display module, sensor module including a first displacement sensor positioned on the front surface of the first display module and a second displacement sensor positioned on a front surface of the second display module adjacent to the first display module, a sensing operation of measuring a value of the first displacement sensor and a value of the second displacement sensor, and an adjusting operation of adjusting a gap between the first cabinet and the first display module by controlling the step adjusting module such that the value of the first displacement sensor is equal to the value of the second displacement sensor when the value of the first displacement sensor and the value of the second displacement sensor are different from each other.

The present invention belongs to the field of array signal processing and relates to a composite tensor beamforming method for an electromagnetic vector coprime planar array. The method includes: building an electromagnetic vector coprime planar array; performing tensor modeling of an electromagnetic vector coprime planar array receiving signal; designing a three-dimensional weight tensor corresponding to a coprime sparse uniform sub-planar array; forming a tensor beam power pattern of the coprime sparse uniform sub-planar array; and performing electromagnetic vector coprime planar array tensor beamforming based on coprime composite processing of the sparse uniform sub-planar array. Starting from the principles of receiving signal tensor spatial filtering of two sparse uniform sub-planar arrays that compose the electromagnetic vector coprime planar array, the present invention forms a coprime composite processing method based on a sparse uniform sub-planar array output signal.

A drive unit for a surgical robot arm, the robot arm being configured to engage a robotic surgical instrument, the drive unit comprising a plurality of drive interface elements, each drive interface element having a longitudinal axis; a plurality of actuators configured to drive the plurality of drive interface elements, each actuator of the plurality of actuators being configured to drive one of the plurality of drive interface elements so as to cause that drive interface element to be displaced along its longitudinal axis in a first direction,

wherein the drive unit is configured such that, when the surgical robot arm engages the robotic surgical instrument, the longitudinal axis of each drive interface element is aligned with a longitudinal axis of a respective instrument interface element in the instrument and each drive interface element is configured such that the displacement of said drive interface element along its longitudinal axis in the first direction causes a displacement of the respective instrument interface element along its longitudinal axis in the first direction.

A map regarding one or more virtual actions may be stored in memory. The virtual actions may be associated with a set of data associated with performing a corresponding action in a real-world environment. Data regarding a action by a user in the real-world environment may be captured. A current progress level of the user within the virtual environment is identified. The current identified progress level is associated with one or more available virtual actions. The captured data may correspond to an identified one of the available virtual actions based on a match between the captured data and the set of data associated with the identified virtual action as indicated by the map. A search of one or more databases for instructions corresponding to the identified virtual action is initiated.

Provided are methods for detecting objects within a vehicle. The methods can include emitting at least one auditory signal within the vehicle during at least one first time interval; measuring a second auditory signal emitted by an object within the vehicle during the second time interval subsequent to the at least one first time interval, where the emission of the second auditory signal is caused by the emission of the least one first auditory signal; determining a location of the object within the vehicle based on the measurement of the second auditory signal; and generating an alert to a user indicating the location of that object. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Techniques are provided for handling positioning sessions in response to a timing source outage. An example method for configuring a positioning method based on a timing source outage includes receiving an indication of the timing source outage from a station, determining the positioning method based at least in part on the indication of the timing source outage, and sending an indication of the positioning method to one or more network entities.

A scraper system for an agricultural machine includes a frame, an opener disc coupled to the frame, a gauge wheel positioned adjacent the opener disc and configured to rotate relative to the frame, and a scraper configured to rotate with the gauge wheel to remove soil or debris from the opener disc. The scraper is ring-shaped, directly coupled to the gauge wheel, and spaced apart from the frame.

A treatment process for crystallizing a metal sulfate involving pre-treating a feedstock comprising calcium, magnesium, and/or lithium impurities, the pre-treating involving pre-leaching the feedstock in the presence of a lixiviant, selectively extracting a first portion of any of the impurities from the feedstock, and forming a leached solution comprising an uncrystallized metal sulfate and any remaining impurities; and/or refining the leached solution and removing a second portion of any of the remaining impurities; and crystallizing the uncrystallized metal sulfate from the leached solution to form a crystallized metal sulfate. So processed, the crystallized metal sulfate may be battery-grade or electroplating-grade.

A geographic position of an agricultural machine is captured. Agricultural data is received that corresponds to a geographic position. Georeferenced visual indicia are displayed that are indicative of the received agricultural data.

A heat exchanger including: a heat exchanger main body forming a flow path through which a fluid circulates; heat transfer tubes arranged side by side so as to extend in an extending direction of the flow path; and a baffle plate group having a plurality of baffle plates provided with gaps therebetween in the extending direction of the flow path while supporting the heat transfer tubes. The baffle plates are provided so as to each occupy only a portion of the flow path cross section when viewed from the extending direction of the flow path, and the baffle plates of the baffle plate group are provided such that at least a portion of mutually occupied areas do not overlap, and that the entire area of the flow path cross section is occupied by combining the mutually occupied areas, as seen from the extending direction of the flow path.

Disclosed is an organometallic compound represented by a following Chemical Formula 1. When the organometallic compound is used as dopant of a light-emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device, rigidity is imparted to the organometallic compound molecule such that a full width at half maximum (FWHM) is narrow and thus color purity is improved. Further, a non-luminescent recombination process is reduced such that luminous efficiency and lifespan of the organic electroluminescent device are improved. Chemical Formula 1 is shown below:

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The present invention relates to a battery cell with improved safety and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly including a positive electrode (200) and a negative electrode (300) located so as to be opposite each other in the state in which a separator (400) is interposed therebetween is received in a cell case (100), wherein the positive electrode (200) includes a positive electrode plate (210) and a positive electrode active material layer (220) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the positive electrode plate (210), the negative electrode (300) includes a negative electrode plate (310) and a negative electrode active material layer (320) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the negative electrode plate (310), the positive electrode active material layer (220) includes a first flat portion (221) and a first inclined portion (222) provided at each of opposite sides of the first flat portion (221), and the negative electrode active material layer (320) includes a second flat portion (321) and a second inclined portion (322) provided at each of opposite sides of the second flat portion (321) and a method of manufacturing the same.

A method for generating one or more 3D models of at least one living object from at least one 2D image comprising the at least one living object. The one or more 3D models can be modified and enhanced. The resulting one or more 3D models can be transformed into at least one 2D display image; the point of view of the output 2D image(s) can be different from that of the input 2D image(s).

An antifuse-type one time programming memory cell includes a select device, a following device and an antifuse transistor. A first terminal of the select device is connected with a bit line. A second terminal of the select device is connected with a first node. A select terminal of the select device is connected with a word line. A first terminal of the following device is connected with the first node. A second terminal of the following device is connected with a second node. A control terminal of the following device is connected with a following control line. A first drain/source terminal of the antifuse transistor is connected with the second node. A gate terminal of the antifuse transistor is connected with an antifuse control line. A second drain/source terminal of the antifuse transistor is in a floating state.

A root canal treatment device relates to the technical field of dental treatment instruments. The root canal treatment device comprises a contra-angle hand-piece (10) and a root canal file (20) detachably connected to the contra-angle hand-piece (10), and further comprises a drive module (30) in transmission connection with the root canal file (20), the drive module (30) comprises a rotation driver (31) and a vibration generator (32), wherein the rotation driver (31) is configured to drive the root canal file (20) to rotate axially, so as to mechanically cut and ream the root canal, thus shaping the root canal, and the vibration generator (32) is configured to drive the root canal file (20) to vibrate radially. Vibration of the root canal file (20) at a specific frequency can sufficiently activate the activity of the drug material filled in the root canal, especially in the process of filling the drug material into the root canal, the vibration provided by the vibration generator (32) and the rotation of the root canal file (20) that are carried out simultaneously can efficiently discharge the air bubbles in the drug material filled in the root canal, so that the drug material can be tightly filled into the root canal, thereby providing a better environment for subsequent root canal treatment, improving the effect of root canal treatment, and relieving the patients' pain.

A method of manufacturing resin composition includes following operations. A nano-particle filler, a micro-inorganic particle, and a resin are stirred and mixed to form a mixture. The mixture is centrifuged at a high speed to form an upper layer mixing liquid and a lower layer mixing liquid. The upper layer mixing liquid is taken out and obtains the resin composition.

Receiver circuitry for a communication system includes signal processing circuitry, voltage digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuitry, and slicer circuitry. The signal processing circuitry receives a data signal and generate a processed data signal. The voltage DAC circuitry generates a first threshold reference voltage. The slicer circuitry is coupled to an output of the signal processing circuitry. The slicer circuitry includes a capture flip-flop (CapFF) circuit that receives the processed data signal and the first threshold reference voltage. The CapFF circuit further generates a first data signal. The first CapFF circuit includes a first offset compensation circuit that adjusts a parasitic capacitance of the first CapFF circuit.

The present invention relates to the technical field of identification on adulterated meat, and in particular, to a method for identifying raw meat and high-quality fake meat based on a gradual linear array change of a component. The present invention spatially characterizes changing rules of featured components in the meat with the utilization of sensitivities of the visible/near-infrared spectral signals to changes of the components in the meat and the advantage that spectral scanning can acquire optical signals of the samples spatially and consecutively, further constructs the identification model according to differences in components and spectra of a region of interest in the hyperspectral image by taking a derivative for characterizing rates of change of the featured components.

A fingerprint unlocking method, includes obtaining a fingerprint image through an optical fingerprint sensor of an electronic device when a user performs fingerprint unlocking on the electronic device; obtaining an extended fingerprint image by performing fingerprint extending processing on the fingerprint image according to a preset curvature; and unlocking the electronic device if the extended fingerprint image matches a preset fingerprint image.

The present disclosure provides a question answering method and apparatus for query information. The method may include: receiving query information input by a user, and analyzing a query target comprised in the query information; recalling candidate answers from a pre-generated knowledge graph based on the query target, where the knowledge graph is constructed based on inherent data in a map database and dynamic data of historical users, and the dynamic data includes at least one of comment data, search data, or spatiotemporal big data; and returning, in response to that there is a target answer whose matching degree with the query target exceeds a preset threshold in the candidate answers, the target answer to the user.

A biomedical device is disclosed. The biomedical device includes a polymerization product of a biomedical device-forming mixture containing (a) one or more grafted glycosaminoglycan polymers including a glycosaminoglycan having a polymer backbone and one or more side chains comprising an ethylenically unsaturated reactive-containing residue grafted onto the polymer backbone, and (b) one or more non-silicone biomedical device-forming monomers.

A display device includes a pixel array substrate and a circuit board. The pixel array substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a first side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface. Multiple bonding pads are located on the first surface. The circuit board is bent from above the first surface of the pixel array substrate to below the second surface. The circuit board is electrically connected to the bonding pads and includes a thermoplastic substrate. The thermoplastic substrate includes a third surface facing the pixel array substrate and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. The thermoplastic substrate includes a first bend formed by thermoplastics.

In one embodiment, a receipt server includes an acquisition unit and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires receipt data on a commercial transaction, identified by transaction identification information included in settlement sales data reported from a settlement terminal to a settling agent that assists settlement of the commercial transaction, from a receipt storage unit that stores receipt data generated by the settlement terminal at a time of settlement of the commercial transaction. The output unit outputs information, relating to a purchased commercial product included in the receipt data acquired by the acquisition unit to a settlement server of the settling agent.

This application discloses a device for generating a holographic stereoscopic image. The device includes a body, a three-dimensional display, and a negative refractive index plate. The body includes a first cavity and a second cavity, a bending angle existing between a central axis of the first cavity and a central axis of the second cavity. A second end of the first cavity is in communication with a first end of the second cavity, an opening being formed by a second end of the second cavity on a side wall of the body. The three-dimensional display is arranged on the first end of the first cavity, and the negative refractive index plate is arranged between the second end of the first cavity and the first end of the second cavity. A display direction of the three-dimensional display faces the negative refractive index plate, and a refraction direction of the negative refractive index plate faces the opening.

A method for controlling an electrical power system connected to an electrical grid having a generator and a power converter includes monitoring a speed condition of the electrical power system. The method also includes dynamically determining at least one regulator maximum limit for at least one regulator of the power converter based on the monitored speed condition. Further, the method includes operating the at least one regulator based on the at least one dynamic regulator maximum limit to avoid overmodulation of the electrical power system during high-slip operation and to improve sub-synchronous control interaction (SSCI) performance of the electrical power system.

Techniques are provided for reacting to a notification of a timing source outage in a network node. An example method for reacting to an indication of a timing source outage includes receiving the indication of the timing source outage associated with a first node, and deactivating at least one transmission from the first node.

The present invention relates to a cognitive function test server, including a communication interface, a memory; and a processor which is operably connected to the communication interface and the memory, and the processor is configured to provide a first sequence to acquire brainwave data of a user in a resting state by means of an HMD device, acquire baseline brainwave data of the user based on the first sequence, provide at least one second sequence related to a cognitive function by means of the HMD device, acquire input data and activated brainwave data based on the second sequence from the HMD device and an input device connected thereto, and generate a cognitive evaluation result of the user based on at least one of the reference brainwave data, the activated brainwave data, and the input data of the user.

A point cloud registration method, apparatus, device, and storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring target point cloud data; dividing the target point cloud data into a plurality of point cloud sets; determining a coincidence degree between every two point cloud sets and determining a fixed point cloud set and a registration point cloud set from two point cloud sets with a coincidence degree between the two point cloud sets being greater than a preset threshold; determining a target registration matrix between the fixed point cloud set and the registration point cloud set; and performing registration of the fixed point cloud set with the registration point cloud set according to the target registration matrix.

A system for tracing members of an animal population throughout a process including moving at least some of the members between a plurality of physically separate locations, the system comprising: a plurality of identification devices, each being attached to, and uniquely identifying, a respective member of the members; a plurality of identification device readers, each capable of being located at a respective physically separate location of the physically separate locations, and each capable of reading the identification devices to uniquely identify the respective member; a data repository comprising one or more records, each of the records (i) being associated with a respective member of the members, and (ii) including a unique animal identifier associated with the identification device attached to the respective member of the members; and a processing circuitry configured to perform a process for storing location change records indicative of location changes of the members during the process.

A method for securing a cryptocurrency transaction on a permissioned blockchain, which involves cryptocurrencies of a permissionless public blockchain, includes receiving a join request including a transaction identification. The transaction identification identifies an enroll transaction involving a public smart contract deployed on the permissionless public blockchain, the enroll transaction identifying a permissioned blockchain public key being valid on the permissioned blockchain and transferring a cryptocurrency balance to the public smart contract. The method further includes verifying that the enroll transaction was properly executed, crediting an account corresponding to the permissioned blockchain public key with the cryptocurrency balance, and receiving a send request identifying a second cryptocurrency balance and a second permissioned blockchain public key being valid on the permissioned blockchain. The method also includes transferring the second cryptocurrency balance from the permissioned blockchain public key to the second permissioned blockchain public key.

A method and system for collecting agricultural measured data in an agricultural production machine that is combined with at least one agricultural attachment for fieldwork is disclosed. A sensor assembly is provided that has a sensor and a control assembly. The sensor may be integrated in combinations comprising (or consisting of) an agricultural production machine and a plurality of agricultural attachments. The sensor records measured data relating to at least one work quality parameter of the particular attachment and transmits it to the control assembly. In turn, the control assembly generates a common data set in a standardization routine from the measured data relating to the different attachments.

A clot removal system for removing a clot from a body vessel, the clot removal system including: a microcatheter including: a distal segment comprising a first diameter; and a proximal segment comprising a second diameter; a stentriever positionable substantially within a lumen of a distal end of the microcatheter, the stentriever including: an engagement structure configured to expand when distal of the microcatheter in an expanded configuration, and an elongated member proximal of the engagement structure and extending to a proximal end of the microcatheter; and a hand control disposed on the proximal end of the microcatheter for controlling extending and retracting the engagement structure from the microcatheter.

Medical packaging is provided for enclosing a single-use medical device with multiple frangible operating lines and corresponding frangible connections to define a removable first end which reveals at the time of use an operative part forming the key part that is to come into contact with the patient. The remaining part of the device including the controlling part is retained in the rest of the packaging but can be used to control the device without hindrance. Each of the multiple frangible operating lines indicating on the packaging the difference between the key part that forms the operating part of the device for one of a plurality of predefined medical procedures wherein the identification of the frangible operating lines immediately educates and instructs the user in the correct usage in a sterile and clean manner.

The present disclosure provides methods of promoting a persistent effector function of immune cells, comprising modifying the cells to overexpress c-Jun and reduced levels of a NR4A gene and/or protein. Also provided are modified cells, e.g., immune cell, which have been modified to overexpress c-Jun and express reduced levels of NR4A gene and/or protein. Overexpressing c-Jun and simultaneously reducing expression levels of a NR4A gene and/or protein leads to exhaustion/dysfunction resistant cells, which are apoptosis resistant and also immune checkpoint resistant, and also to the maintenance of anti-tumor function in tumor microenvironments.

To provide an adhesive tape that is difficult to deform, can suppress stickiness on the sides, and can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases while meeting the required characteristics of adhesive tape, such as adhesive strength and holding force, the present invention use an adhesive tape including a base material, which is a laminate with a backside layer formed on one side of a base fabric by lamination processing; and an adhesive layer disposed on the opposite side of the base material from the backside layer, wherein the backside layer includes a thermoplastic resin including polyolefin and the adhesive layer includes natural rubber, a wood-based filler, a plant-derived plasticizer and a tackifier.

Determining the angle of sound relative to the centerline of a microphone array. The angle of the centerline of a camera field-of-view (FoV) and the angle of the camera FoV is determined. Knowing the angle from the centerline of the microphone array of the particular sound and then the angle of the centerline of the camera FoV and angles of the camera FoV allows a determination if the sound is inside the FoV of the camera. If so, the microphones are unmuted. If not, the microphones are muted. As the camera zooms or pans, the changes in camera FoV and centerline angle are computed and used with the sound angle, so that the muting and unmuting occurs automatically as the camera zoom and pan angle change.

A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor package includes first, second, third and fourth semiconductor chips sequentially stacked on one another. Each of the first, second, third and fourth semiconductor chips includes a first group of bonding pads and a second group of bonding pads alternately arranged in a first direction and input/output (I/O) circuitry selectively connected to the first group of bonding pads respectively. Each of the first, second and third semiconductor chips includes a first group of through electrodes electrically connected to the first group of bonding pads and a second group of through electrodes electrically connected to the second group of bonding pads.

According to various embodiments, systems, methods, and media for evaluating an open space planner in an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving, at a profiling application, a record file recorded by the ADV while driving in an open space using the open space planner, and a configuration file specifying parameters of the ADV; extracting planning messages and prediction messages from the record file, each extracted message being associated with the open space planner. The method further includes generating features from the planning message and the prediction messages in view of the specified parameters of the ADV; and calculating statistical metrics from the features. The statistical metrics are then provided to an automatic tuning framework for tuning the open space planner.

A method of defining an end travel limit of an electric actuator includes sensing an electric current of the electric actuator while moving the electric actuator from a first position to a second position. A maximum travel current of the electric current sensed during movement of the electric actuator between the first position to the second position is increased by a factor to define a maximum calibration current. The electric current is then sensed while moving from the second position toward an end travel position of the electric actuator. Movement of the electric actuator is stopped at a fault position when the electric current equals the maximum calibration current. The end travel limit of the electric actuator is then defined as a function of the fault position.

System and techniques for vehicle operation safety model (VOSM) compliance measurement are described herein. A subject vehicle is tested in a vehicle following scenario against VOSM parameter compliance. The test measures the subject vehicle activity during phases of the following scenario in which a lead vehicle slows and produces log data and calculations that form the basis of a VOSM compliance measurement.

A control method based on an adaptive neural network model for dissolved oxygen of an aeration system includes: obtaining related water quality monitoring data of a sewage treatment plant, and performing data preprocessing on the related water quality monitoring data; performing principal component analysis on the preprocessed related water quality monitoring data and a dissolved oxygen concentration of the aeration system through a principal component analysis method, and determining a water quality parameter with a highest rate of contribution to a principal component; taking the water quality parameter with the highest rate of contribution to the principal component, and predicting a dissolved oxygen concentration of the aeration system; and optimizing a dissolved oxygen predictive value obtained by means of the adaptive neural network model to obtain an optimal regulation value, and performing online regulation on a fuzzy control system of the adaptive neural network model.

A storage and drainage mechanism includes a storage vessel, a drainage section, and a temperature controller. The storage vessel stores a stored material containing metal of plasma raw material at a temperature at which the stored material is in a liquid-phase state. The drainage section includes a drain pipe including an inlet through which the stored material flows in, and an outlet through which the stored material drains away, the drain pipe being communicated with an interior of the storage vessel, and a temperature control element that adjusts a temperature of the drain pipe. The temperature controller controls the temperature control element to switch the temperature of the drain pipe in a manner that the stored material in the drain pipe is in either a liquid-phase state or a solid-phase state.

A method comprises receiving a route of an aircraft, identifying a plurality of service providers to provide data services for the aircraft based on the route, receiving data from the plurality of service providers associated with the data services, transmitting the data received from the plurality of service providers to the aircraft, determining a total amount associated with all of the data services provided by the plurality of service providers, and transmitting information on the total amount associated with all of the data services provided by the plurality of service providers.

A system for partial ossicular replacement with controllable stapedial engaging function is described; a respective process of manufacturing a partial ossicular replacement prosthesis with controllable stapedial engaging function and a partial ossicular replacement prosthesis are further described; the system comprises: a partial ossicular replacement prosthesis comprising a stapedial part and a tympanic part, an applicator device comprising a handpiece, an essentially planar static face, an elongated essentially cylindrically shaped plunger; the process comprises: providing a preform of at least stapedial part, forming a plurality of elongated cuts, shaping a centrical portion, shaping a distal portion; the partial ossicular replacement prosthesis comprises a stapedial part and a tympanic part.

A point cloud data encoding method and decoding method, a device, a medium, and a program product are provided, and relate to the field of point cloud application technologies. One method includes obtaining point cloud data, the point cloud data comprising at least two data points; and sequentially encoding data points in the point cloud data according to encoding orders of the data points, to obtain encoded point cloud data corresponding to the point cloud data, wherein the encoding orders of the data points being determined based on distances among the data points. Another method includes obtaining encoded point cloud data, obtaining reference information, the reference information being used for indicating a start reference data point of an encoding queue; and sequentially decoding, based on the reference information and the encoded point cloud data, data points according to the encoding orders of the data points.

Provided is a photosensitive resin composition containing: a photopolymerizable compound (A) having an ethylenically unsaturated group; a photopolymerization initiator (B); and an inorganic filler (F), in which the photopolymerizable compound (A) having an ethylenically unsaturated group includes a photopolymerizable compound (A1) having an acidic substituent and an alicyclic structure together with an ethylenically unsaturated group, and the inorganic filler (F) includes an inorganic filler surface-treated with a coupling agent without at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group and a (meth)acryloyl group. The present disclosure also provides a photosensitive resin composition for photo via formation, and a photosensitive resin composition for interlayer insulating layer. The present disclosure further provides: a photosensitive resin film and a photosensitive resin film for interlayer insulating layer, each of which contains the photosensitive resin composition; a multilayered printed wiring board and a semiconductor package; and a method for producing a multilayered printed wiring board.

A method of activating a battery cell and a method of manufacturing a battery cell including the same, and more particularly, to a battery cell activation method capable of easily discharging gas trapped between a separator and an electrode inside an electrode assembly of a battery cell, and preventing discharge of a large amount of electrolyte solution during a gas discharging process, and a method of manufacturing a battery cell including the same.

A method includes: in response to detecting a communication connection between the electronic device and the user equipment, obtaining a user instruction transmitted to the user equipment, the user instruction including at least one preset parameter for setting an interface feature of a target logical interface on the electronic device. The target logical interface is used for verifying an identity of a user. The method includes generating the target logical interface, by setting the interface feature based on the user instruction on the electronic device; obtaining verification information of a user; collecting a face image of the current user through the target logical interface; and verifying an identity of the current user based on the face image and the verification information.

The present invention relates to a method and system of cybersecurity; and particularly relates to an encryption method and system on the basis of cognitive computing for xenomorphic cryptography or unusual form of cryptography; said method comprises generating a Functional Neural Network or KeyNode (KN) of the system by programming a chain of multiple nodes also called Artificial Mirror Neurons (AMN) based on captured information of reaction time and emotional response to a simple task; racing the nodes in the Functional Neural Network or KeyNode (KN) as an encryption device or cipher for the time of use; generating a password at the time of use based on the sum of intrinsic values of the nodes in the racing network at this time and adopting the generated password for authentication. The present invention can be applied to secure online and mobile communication especially at the dawn of 5G with generalization of open API lifestyle platforms so as to allow real-time identification for digital cryptocurrency payments and other public distributed ledger technology (DLT) mechanisms.

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an aerogel blanket, wherein a surface modification process is performed under acid conditions while using a non-toxic catalyst. Under such a process, a solvent substitution process or a washing process may be omitted to simplify the manufacturing process. Further, collapse of a gel structure due to shrinkage is prevented and the efficiency of surface modification is high even when atmospheric pressure drying is performed, so that an aerogel having excellent thermal conductivity and degree of hydrophobicity may be manufactured. Also provided is an aerogel blanket manufactured by the method, thereby having low thermal conductivity and a low moisture impregnation rate since a hydrophobic group is uniformly formed inside a substrate.

This application provides a method for predicting a point cloud attribute, an encoder, a decoder, and a storage medium. During point cloud attribute prediction, different selection policies for target adjacent points are designed according to the distribution of repetition points, to determine at least one target adjacent point of a target point, and attribute prediction is performed on the target point according to reconstructed attribute information of the at least one target adjacent point, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of point cloud attribute prediction.

Provided herein are a sidestream smoke removal device and a control method thereof. The sidestream smoke removal device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing in which a smoking space is formed, an article insertion portion which is disposed at one end of the housing and forms an opening for insertion of a smoking article into the smoking space, an elastic support portion which is configured to support the smoking article inserted through the article insertion portion, an ignition portion which is configured to ignite the smoking article inserted into the smoking space, and a sidestream smoke processing portion which is configured to process sidestream smoke generated from the smoking article inserted into the smoking space. By elastically supporting an upstream end of the smoking article, the elastic support portion may improve support stability and ignition stability for the smoking article.

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing an image. A specific implementation includes: acquiring a top view of a road; identifying a position of a lane line from the top view; cutting the top view into at least two areas, and determining, according to the position of the lane line in each area, a width of a lane in the each area and an average width of the lane in the top view; calculating a first perspective correction matrix by optimizing a first loss function, the first loss function being used to represent a difference between the width of the lane in the each area and the average width of the lane in the top view; and performing a lateral correction on the top view through the first perspective correction matrix to obtain a first corrected image.

A method of performing anisotropic texture filtering includes generating one or more parameters describing an elliptical footprint in texture space; performing isotropic filtering at each sampling point of a set of sampling points in an ellipse to be sampled to produce a plurality of isotropic filter results, the ellipse to be sampled based on the elliptical footprint; selecting, based on one or more parameters of the set of sampling points and one or more parameters of the ellipse to be sampled, weights of an anisotropic filter that minimize a cost function that penalises high frequencies in the filter response of the anisotropic filter under a constraint that the variance of the anisotropic filter is related to an anisotropic ratio squared, the anisotropic ratio being the ratio of a major radius of the ellipse to be sampled and a minor axis of the ellipse to be sampled; and combining the plurality of isotropic filter results using the selected weights of the anisotropic filter to generate at least a portion of a filter result.

The present invention relates to a ball game racket frame with improved torsional behavior.