Abstract: A battery-pack fault detecting device and a method for detecting a fault of a battery pack are provided. The battery-pack fault detecting device includes: N diodes, in which each battery is connected with one of the N diodes in anti-parallel via a detecting line; N+1 switches; a switch control circuit for switching on or switching off each switch; a voltage collecting circuit connected with the switch control circuit for collecting a voltage of the battery; an analog-to-digital conversion circuit for performing an analog-digital conversion on the voltage of the battery to obtain a digital voltage; a detection control circuit connected with the switch control circuit and the analog-to-digital conversion circuit, for controlling the switch control circuit to switch on or off each switch and for comparing the digital voltage with a preset value to judge a fault of the battery pack.

Abstract: A head for directing radiated energy from a source to a coordinate in a field of view defined by at least one of azimuth and elevation, comprises an angled element and a planar reflecting element. The angled element rotates about a first axis and redirects the beam, the redirection of the angled element differing in at least one of direction and extent as it is rotated. An axis normal to the surface extends at an angle to the second axis. The reflecting surface receives the redirected beam at a point thereon and reflects it in a direction within the FOV. A rotator may be positioned between the source and the angled element to support and independently rotate the angled element and the reflecting surface about the first and second axes without impeding the energy.

Abstract: Provided are a broadcast switching device, method and terminal for switching between broadcast modes of a terminal, and the broadcast switching device includes: a second signal broadcasting unit; a first signal broadcasting unit; a signal reception module, connected respectively to the first signal broadcasting unit and the second signal broadcasting unit, configured to receive a first signal and a second signal and receive preferentially the first signal; a parsing module configured to parse the first signal to acquire signal strength of the first signal; a determination module configured to compare the signal strength of the first signal with a preset broadcasting strength and obtain a comparison result; and a switching module configured to control the signal reception module to receive the second signal when comparison result is that the signal strength of the first signal cannot meet the preset broadcasting strength.

Abstract: A method and device for implementing stereo imaging. The method includes: capturing image data; segmenting objects in the captured image data to distinguish different objects; measuring distances between various objects and a camera; generating a scene depth information map according to the measured distances; converting to a stereo image by using the scene depth information map and the original captured image; outputting the stereo image. By means of the embodiment of the present invention, 3D image shooting may be implemented with a single camera.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device for receiving a television wireless broadcast signal. A mobile terminal acquires a geographical location where the mobile terminal is located; the mobile terminal acquires a signal strength corresponding to the geographical location of the mobile terminal from correspondence between a preset geographical location and the signal strength of a television wireless broadcast signal; and the mobile terminal receives the television wireless broadcast signal by using the acquired signal strength. By means of the technical solution, the user experience when the user receives the television wireless broadcast signal is improved.

Abstract: An image editing application (or a blur classification module thereof) may automatically estimate a coherent defocus blur map from a single input image. The application may represent the blur spectrum as a differentiable function of radius r, and the optimal radius may be estimated by optimizing the likelihood function through a gradient descent algorithm. The application may generate the spectrum function over r through polynomial-based fitting. After fitting, the application may generate look-up tables to store values for the spectrum and for its first and second order derivatives, respectively. The use of these tables in the likelihood optimization process may significantly reduce the computational costs of a given blur estimation exercise. The application may minimize an energy function that includes a data term, a smoothness term, and a smoothness parameter that is adaptive to local image content. The output blur map may be used for image object depth estimation.

Abstract: A LIDAR optical remote sensing system and method analyzes the falling edge profile of a return LIDAR signal that may be indicative of an object or an aerosol cloud, which is generally more diffuse. Using the falling edge profile permits burnthrough to an object that may be obscured by the aerosol cloud. The profile is compared against at least one threshold that may correspond, in various embodiments, to a negative slope of the falling edge, an integrated power under the falling edge, or a range estimate error for varying transmitted power values, varying transmitted pulse lengths and/or varying receiver detector field of view values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composition for styling hair comprising: (a) a first phase comprising: at least one alkoxysilane having at least one solubilizing functional group and at least one amino substituent; at least one water-soluble metal salt; at least one acidifying agent; and at least one cosmetically acceptable carrier comprising water; and (b) a second phase comprising: at least one silsesquioxane resin and at least one volatile solvent. The present invention also relates to methods of styling hair.

Abstract: A method for image restoration and reconstruction registers each frame of an observed image sequence to suppress geometric deformation through B-spline based non-rigid registration, producing a registered sequence, then performs a temporal regression process on the registered sequence to produce a near-diffraction-limited image, and performs a single-image blind deconvolution of thenear-diffraction-limited image to deblur it, generating a final output image.

Abstract: A sensor for determining a profile of an object surface relative to a reference plane includes a radiation source, a collector, a processor, first and second reflectors and at least one reflective element comprising third and fourth reflectors secured in mutual angular relation. The radiation source projects a launch beam for impingement onto the object surface. The collector detects at least a portion of a return beam reflected by the object surface. The processor determines the profile of the object surface at a point of impingement of the launch beam onto the object surface from at least one characteristic of the at least a portion of the return beam.

Abstract: A data link interface can include a programmable delay chain configured to provide an amount of delay to a first clock signal that clocks a first portion of a data path. The data link interface can include a phase interpolator configured to determine an amount of phase offset applied to a second clock signal that clocks a second portion of the data path. The data link interface further can include a latency detector coupled to the programmable delay chain and the phase interpolator. The latency detector can measure a phase difference between the first and second clock signals and vary the amount of delay applied to the first clock signal and/or the amount of phase offset on the second clock signal responsive to the phase difference.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for clock phase alignment are described. An external clock is aligned to an internal clock by adjusting phase of the external clock. The external clock is of a physical medium attachment clock domain, and the internal clock is of a physical coding clock domain. After the aligning of the external clock to the internal clock, the external clock is maintained. The internal clock is aligned to the external clock by adjusting phase of the internal clock.

Abstract: Alignment of a clock signal to a particular phase is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an incoming clock signal and multiple phased clock signals, each of the phased clock signals having a different phase and a substantially same phase offset from another phased clock signal. At least one detection signal based on the incoming and phased clock signals is provided, and one or more errors contributed by noise in at least the incoming clock signal are corrected in the at least one detection signal. Based on the at least one detection signal, one of the phased clock signals is selected as the most closely aligned of the phased clock signals to the predetermined clock phase, and the selected clock signal is output.

Abstract: A process for reducing curl and/or frizziness of hair comprising: (a) providing a composition for reducing curl and/or frizziness of hair, said composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier: (i) at least one non-hydroxide base; (ii) at least one protein denaturant different from (a)(i); (iii) at least one alkoxysilane comprising at least one solubilizing functional group; and (iv) optionally, at least one fatty substance; (b) contacting the hair with the composition in (a) to form treated hair; (c) optionally, rinsing the composition in (a) from the treated hair; (d) optionally, contacting the treated hair with a conditioning agent; (e) smoothing the treated hair using a combination of heat and means for physically smoothing hair to form smoothed hair; (f) optionally, shampooing the smoothed hair; and (g) rinsing the smoothed hair.

Abstract: A plug connector comprises a plug housing (11) having a front base portion (112) extending along a mating direction and a rear linking portion (114), a contact (12) received in the base portion, a cover (13) assembled to the linking portion, and a cable (14) electrically connected with the contact. The base portion defines a front face (1120), a pair of protrusions (1121) on an upper and a lower sides thereof, and a pair of receiving slots (1123), each protrusion defining a receiving channel (1122) extending along a transverse direction, each receiving slot extending from the front surface along the mating direction to a corresponding receiving channel.

Abstract: A process for reducing curl and/or frizziness of hair comprising: (a) providing a composition for reducing curl and/or frizziness of hair, said composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier: (i) at least one non-hydroxide base; (ii) at least one protein denaturant different from (a)(i); (iii) at least one alkoxysilane comprising at least one solubilizing functional group; and (iv) optionally, at least one fatty substance; (b) contacting the hair with the composition in (a) to form treated hair; (c) optionally, rinsing the composition in (a) from the treated hair; (d) optionally, contacting the treated hair with a conditioning agent; (e) smoothing the treated hair using a combination of heat and means for physically smoothing hair to form smoothed hair; (f) optionally, shampooing the smoothed hair; and (g) rinsing the smoothed hair.

Abstract: An image editing application (or a blur classification module thereof) may automatically estimate a coherent defocus blur map from a single input image. The application may represent the blur spectrum as a differentiable function of radius r, and the optimal radius may be estimated by optimizing the likelihood function through a gradient descent algorithm. The application may generate the spectrum function over r through polynomial-based fitting. After fitting, the application may generate look-up tables to store values for the spectrum and for its first and second order derivatives, respectively. The use of these tables in the likelihood optimization process may significantly reduce the computational costs of a given blur estimation exercise. The application may minimize an energy function that includes a data term, a smoothness term, and a smoothness parameter that is adaptive to local image content. The output blur map may be used for image object depth estimation.

Abstract: A plug connector comprises a plug housing (11) having a front base portion (112) extending along a mating direction and a rear linking portion (114), a contact (12) received in the base portion, a cover (13) assembled to the linking portion, and a cable (14) electrically connected with the contact. The base portion defines a front face (1120), a pair of protrusions (1121) on an upper and a lower sides thereof, and a pair of receiving slots (1123), each protrusion defining a receiving channel (1122) extending along a transverse direction, each receiving slot extending from the front surface along the mating direction to a corresponding receiving channel.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for determining the location of a pointing device in the vicinity of a set of receivers able to receive one or more locating signals transmitted through a medium. The method includes receiving at a receiver a signal that includes a locating signal and an interfering signal, determining an estimated interference signal indicative of the interfering signal included in the signal received, determining a signal indicative of the difference between the received signal and the estimated interference signal, and using the signal indicative of the difference to compute the location of the pointing device on a surface near the set of receivers. One version uses a separate receiver from which to determine the estimated interference signal, while another version uses the received signal at a time when there is expected to be no locating signal present in order to determine the estimated interference signal. An adaptive filter computes the estimated interference signal.

Abstract: A LIDAR optical remote sensing system and method analyzes the falling edge profile of a return LIDAR signal that may be indicative of an object or an aerosol cloud, which is generally more diffuse. Using the falling edge profile permits burnthrough to an object that may be obscured by the aerosol cloud. The profile is compared against at least one threshold that may correspond, in various embodiments, to a negative slope of the falling edge, an integrated power under the falling edge, or a range estimate error for varying transmitted power values, varying transmitted pulse lengths and/or varying receiver detector field of view values.