Abstract: A method implemented by a computing device comprises determining, by an original thread executing at a computing device, a command used to render a frame of a graphics application, the command being a call to a graphics interface, constructing, by the original thread executing at the computing device, a command stream based on the command, the command stream comprising a plurality of commands used to render the frame, and executing, by a command stream thread executing at the computing device, the command stream to render the frame of the graphics application.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a permanent magnet comprising: a plurality of aligned iron nitride nanoparticles wherein the iron nitride nanoparticles include ??-Fe16N2 phase domains; wherein a ratio of integrated intensities of an ??-Fe16N2 (004) x-ray diffraction peak to an ??-??-Fe16N2 (202) x-ray diffraction peak for the aligned iron nitride nanoparticles is greater than at least 7%, wherein the diffraction vector is parallel to alignment direction, and wherein the iron nitride nanoparticles exhibit a squareness measured parallel to the alignment direction that is greater than a squareness measured perpendicular to the alignment direction.

Abstract: A valve planning tool comprising: (a) a stem having a distal end and a proximal end, (b) an anchor indicator located at the distal end, and (c) a balloon located proximal of the anchor indicator, the balloon including: (i) a retracted state and (ii) a deployed state; wherein the balloon is inflatable from the retracted state to the deployed state and the balloon is substantially non-compliant so that the balloon is only inflatable to one size.

Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a processing platform having at least one processing device. The processing platform implements a trusted bridge configured for at least temporary coupling between one or more data sources and a smart contract program of a blockchain. The trusted bridge comprises a secure enclave component and a relay component. Data obtained from a given one of the data sources via the relay component of the trusted bridge is authenticated in the secure enclave component of the trusted bridge. Information based at least in part on the data authenticated in the secure enclave component of the trusted bridge is provided to the smart contract program of the blockchain via the relay component of the trusted bridge. The secure enclave component illustratively receives a request for authenticated data from the blockchain smart contract program via the relay component, and responds to the request via the relay component.

Abstract: A secondary electrochemical cell comprises an anode, a cathode including electrochemically active cathode material, a separator between the anode and the cathode, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte comprises at least one salt dissolved in at least one organic solvent. The separator in combination with the electrolyte has an area-specific resistance of less than about 2 ohm-cm2.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to image rendering methods, apparatus, and electronic devices. One example method includes obtaining, by a central processing unit (CPU), an image command stream used to render an image frame, comparing the image command stream with a previous image command stream and, when a same drawing command exists in the two image command streams, instructing a graphics processing unit (GPU) to render the image frame based on a previously generated drawing target.

Abstract: This application provides techniques of generating non-fungible token props to be displayed in live rooms. The techniques comprise determining a virtual prop associated with one of a plurality of live rooms in which an online streamer performs livestreaming; determining a set of material components of the virtual prop; generating a set of visual materials based on configuring a plurality of visual materials for each of the set of material components; and generating a set of non-fungible token props corresponding to the virtual prop based on a plurality of sets of visual materials corresponding to the set of material components, wherein an identifier is assigned to each of the set of non-fungible token props for identification.

Abstract: An example system for generating light field content is described herein. The system includes a receiver to receive a plurality of images and a calibrator to intrinsically calibrate a camera. The system also includes a corrector and projector undistort the images and project the undistorted images to generate undistorted rectilinear images. An extrinsic calibrator may rectify and align the undistorted rectilinear images. Finally, the system includes a view interpolator to perform intermediate view interpolation on the rectified and aligned undistorted rectilinear images.

Abstract: A primary battery includes a cathode having a non-stoichiometric metal oxide including transition metals Ni, Mn, Co, or a combination of metal atoms, an alkali metal, and hydrogen; an anode; a separator between the cathode and the anode; and an alkaline electrolyte.

Abstract: The invention discloses a light projection chip for a Micro LED and a manufacturing method thereof. A one-piece lens is fabricated on the basis of a substrate according to a pre-set array pattern on a side of the substrate of a wafer away from a metal electrode, so that the chip can be integrated with the lens without using an additional lens or an optical component. Furthermore, an integrated chip can be obtained by cutting the wafer. A chip with a high integration degree, a high pixel density and a small volume can be obtained by multiple sub-pixels on the integrated chip. Each pixel on the chip corresponds to the driving base, so that the effects of adjustable resolution and free pixel partitioning are achieved by the driving design.

Abstract: A memory cell including a substrate having a first doped region and a second doped region spaced apart from each other and defining a channel region therebetween, a floating gate including a first end over the channel region and a second end over the first doped region, a control gate including a first portion arranged laterally adjacent to the second end of the floating gate and a second portion arranged over and overlapping the second end of the floating gate, a word line overlapping the channel region, the first end of the floating gate, and the second portion the control gate, a first insulation member separating the floating gate, the control gate and the word line from the substrate; a second insulation member separating the floating gate from the control gate, and a third insulation member separating the floating gate and the control gate from the word line.

Abstract: A PLC control method includes: transmit a first signal through a neutral wire and a path between the neutral wire and a differential signal processing circuit; transmit a second signal through a live wire and a path between the live wire and the differential signal processing circuit; and disconnecting the path between the differential signal processing circuit and the neutral wire or the live wire, conducting the differential signal processing circuit to a ground wire, and when a transmission rate of the ground wire is greater than or equal to a preset transmission rate threshold, transmitting the first signal or the second signal through the ground wire and a path between the ground wire and the differential signal processing circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multifunctional sounding device which combines functions of emitting sounds and providing vibrations and includes a housing; a speaker unit including a vibration assembly vibrating along a first direction and a magnetic assembly including a main magnet and an auxiliary magnet; an elastic member suspending the speaker unit in the housing; a flexible sealing membrane assembly connected between the housing and the speaker unit including an outer ring, an inner ring, and a flexible sealing membrane connected between the two rings; and a driving coil driving the speaker unit for vibrating in a second direction including two sides respectively facing the main magnet and the auxiliary magnet in the first direction. The two directions are perpendicular. The outer ring, the flexible sealing membrane and the inner ring are integrally formed, thereby achieving a high structural consistency and avoiding glue width requirements so as to release spaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional acoustic device includes a cover enclosing an accommodating cavity and an acoustic member. The cover has a sound hole. The acoustic member includes a housing, a vibration system having a diaphragm, and a magnetic circuit system driving the diaphragm. The diaphragm divides a space of the housing into a front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity. The multifunctional acoustic device includes a sound channel communicating the front acoustic cavity to an outside of the sound hole and a sealing element located on an outer side of the cover. The sealing element is arranged covering a peripheral side of the sound hole and the sound channel so that the acoustic member communicates with the outside only through the sound channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multifunctional sounding device which combines functions of emitting sounds and providing vibrations and includes a speaker unit including a vibration assembly including a first ring and a diaphragm vibrating along a first direction and a magnetic assembly including a main magnet and an auxiliary magnet; an elastic member suspending the speaker unit; a second ring surrounding the first ring; a flexible sealing membrane connected between the two rings; and a driving coil driving the speaker unit for vibrating in a second direction. The two directions are perpendicular. The driving coil includes two sides respectively facing the main magnet and the auxiliary magnet in the first direction. The diaphragm, the first ring, the flexible sealing membrane and the second ring are integrally formed, thereby ensuring concentricity of them four and avoiding glue width requirements so as to release spaces.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional acoustic device includes a cover enclosing an accommodating cavity and an acoustic member. The cover has a sound hole. The acoustic member includes a housing, a vibration system having a diaphragm, and a magnetic circuit system driving the diaphragm. The diaphragm divides a space of the housing into a front acoustic cavity and a rear acoustic cavity. The multifunctional acoustic device includes a sound channel communicating the sound hole with the front acoustic cavity and a sealing element located between the sound hole and the sound channel. The sealing element is arranged on a peripheral side of the sound channel so that the acoustic member communicates with an outside only through the sound channel.

Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to computing systems and methods for hand tracking using a machine-learned system for palm detection and key-point localization of hand landmarks. In particular, example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a multi-model hand tracking system that performs both palm detection and hand landmark detection. Given a sequence of image frames, for example, the hand tracking system can detect one or more palms depicted in each image frame. For each palm detected within an image frame, the machine-learned system can determine a plurality of hand landmark positions of a hand associated with the palm. The system can perform key-point localization to determine precise three-dimensional coordinates for the hand landmark positions. In this manner, the machine-learned system can accurately track a hand depicted in the sequence of images using the precise three-dimensional coordinates for the hand landmark positions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a speaker box including a housing body with a containment space and a sounding unit. The housing body includes a sound aperture. The sounding unit includes a vibration system with a vibration diaphragm and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration diaphragm divides the containment space into front cavity and rear cavity. The speaker box includes a breathable separator located in the rear cavity to form a sound absorbing cavity. The lower housing includes a bottom wall and a side wall bent and extended from the bottom wall. The breathable separator includes a fixed part fixed to the upper housing, a breathable part having several air circulation holes, and a sealed part extending from the breathable part and sealing the through hole. The speaker box of the present invention effectively reduces the height of the product and reduces the cost.

Abstract: A starch biosynthesis method may implement total artificial biosynthesis from simple compounds such as dihydroxyacetone, formaldehyde, formic acid and methanol to starch. By coupling with methods such as chemical reduction of carbon dioxide, even total artificial biosynthesis of starch taking carbon dioxide as a starting raw material can be implemented. The method can utilize carbon dioxide of high concentration and high density and electric energy and hydrogen energy of high energy density, is more suitable for an industrial production mode, and the production cycle is shortened from several months in farming to several days.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology utilize an integrated computing device that supports a shared, communal interaction while still enabling a personalized experience. This includes a unified desktop experience based on presence, a shared family or common space as part of an ambient visual display, and seamless switching involving user interface elements when the display device is rotatable. A presence sensor detects whether someone is at or near the device. When at least one person is identified, specific information is surfaced on a display based on the current context, enabling the person(s) to interact with the device in selected ways. The device evaluates a current presentation state of the display and selects content items to present. The presentation state can include content currently being displayed, other context signals, or any other information associated with the state of the device, such as whether the device is locked or logged-in, for example.