Abstract: The embodiments described herein combine a number of mathematical techniques to address the problem of efficiently assessing the quality of predictions by machine learning models or explaining said predictions to a user. Influence functions are used to estimate the influence of training data points on a particular prediction made by a model in order to help explain why that prediction was justified. Through the use of influence functions, repeated retraining of the model is avoided, thereby providing a more computationally efficient means of assessing the quality of the predictions. In addition, a novel quality metric is proposed for effectively quantifying the quality of a particular prediction.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a plasma source, an abatement system and a vacuum processing system for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. In one embodiment, a plasma source includes a dielectric tube and a coil antenna surrounding the tube. The coil antenna includes a plurality of turns, and at least one turn is shorted. Selectively shorting one or more turns of the coil antenna helps reduce the inductance of the coil antenna, allowing higher power to be supplied to the coil antenna that covers more processing volume. Higher power supplied to the coil antenna and larger processing volume lead to an improved DRE.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing voice data are provided. One of methods, implemented by an IoT device, includes: receiving voice data from a server, wherein the voice data is obtained through converting text data to voice data by the server; determining a content attribute associated with the voice data; determining a content attribute type of the content attribute associated with the voice data; determining a first play rule matching the content attribute type based on a matching relationship between content attribute types and respective first play rules, wherein the first play rule including a play starting time and a play mode; and automatically playing the voice data according to the play starting time and the play mode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the specification provide a method and apparatus for delivering advertisements. The method for delivering advertisements comprises: obtaining location information of a plurality of users and/or one or more offline merchants; determining a target group of target users around an advertisement delivery device according to the location information of a plurality of users and/or one or more offline merchants; determining profile data of the target group around the advertisement delivery device; and delivering an advertisement to the advertisement delivery device based on the profile data of the target group around the advertisement delivery device.

Abstract: The unique watermark system comprising: identifying a presenter attendee, a first recipient attendee, and a second recipient attendee through a video conferencing session; detecting the presenter attendee sharing the visual content with the first recipient attendee and the second recipient attendee; selecting a first unique watermark and a second unique watermark from the plurality of unique watermarks and assigning them to a first recipient attendee and a second recipient attendee, respectively; inserting the first unique watermark into the visual content for the first recipient attendee and the second unique watermark into the visual content for the second recipient attendee; and transmitting the visual content with the first unique watermark to the first recipient attendee and the visual content with the second unique watermark to the second recipient attendee, wherein the method is performed by one or more special-purpose computing devices for hosting the video conferencing session.

Abstract: There is provided systems and methods for training a classifier. The method comprises: obtaining a classifier for classifying data into one of a plurality of classes; retrieving training data comprising a set of observations and a set of corresponding labels, each label representing an assigned class for a corresponding observation; and applying an agent trained by a reinforcement learning system to generate labeled data from unlabeled observations and train the classifier using the training data and the labeled data according to a policy determined by the reinforcement learning system.

Abstract: A plasma abatement process for abating effluent containing compounds from a processing chamber is described. A plasma abatement process takes gaseous foreline effluent from a processing chamber, such as a deposition chamber, and reacts the effluent within a plasma chamber placed in the foreline path. The plasma dissociates the compounds within the effluent, converting the effluent into more benign compounds. Abating reagents may assist in the abating of the compounds. The abatement process may be a volatizing or a condensing abatement process. Representative volatilizing abating reagents include, for example, CH4, H2O, H2, NF3, SF6, F2, HCl, HF, Cl2, and HBr. Representative condensing abating reagents include, for example, H2, H2O, O2, N2, O3, CO, CO2, NH3, N2O, CH4, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The unique watermark system comprising: identifying a presenter attendee, a first recipient attendee, and a second recipient attendee through a video conferencing session; detecting the presenter attendee sharing the visual content with the first recipient attendee and the second recipient attendee; selecting a first unique watermark and a second unique watermark from the plurality of unique watermarks and assigning them to a first recipient attendee and a second recipient attendee, respectively; inserting the first unique watermark into the visual content for the first recipient attendee and the second unique watermark into the visual content for the second recipient attendee; and transmitting the visual content with the first unique watermark to the first recipient attendee and the visual content with the second unique watermark to the second recipient attendee, wherein the method is performed by one or more special-purpose computing devices for hosting the video conferencing session.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic laryngoscope includes a camera, a hollow connecting rod, a handle, and a control display. The front end of the connecting rod is connected to the camera, the rear end of the connecting rod is connected to the handle, and the rear end of the handle is connected to the control display. The laryngoscope further includes a hollow tube whose inner diameter is greater than the outer diameter of the connecting rod. The camera and the connecting rod are located on the inner side of the hollow tube. A sputum suction opening is formed between the front end of the hollow tube and the front end of the camera, and a sputum passage in communication with the opening is formed between the hollow tube and the connecting rod. The laryngoscope further includes a connector between the hollow tube and the camera and/or the connecting rod.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a plasma source, an abatement system and a vacuum processing system for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. In one embodiment, a plasma source includes a dielectric tube and a coil antenna surrounding the tube. The coil antenna includes a plurality of turns, and at least one turn is shorted. Selectively shorting one or more turns of the coil antenna helps reduce the inductance of the coil antenna, allowing higher power to be supplied to the coil antenna that covers more processing volume. Higher power supplied to the coil antenna and larger processing volume lead to an improved DRE.

Abstract: There is provided a device and method for classifying data. The device comprises a controller configured to receive data, classify the data into a first class or a second class using a first machine learning classifier, and if the data is classified into the second class, classify the data into one of a third class and a fourth class using a second machine learning classifier. The first and second machine learning classifiers have their own predefined sets of rules for classifying data.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus and method of creating a skimming preview of a video includes electronically receiving a plurality of video shots, analyzing each frame in a video shot from the plurality of video shots, where analyzing includes determining a saliency of each frame of the video shot. The method also includes determining a key frame of the video shot based on the saliency of each frame the video shot, extracting visual features from the key frame, performing shot clustering of the plurality of video shots to determine concept patterns based on the visual features, and generating a reconstruction reference tree based on the shot clustering. The reconstruction reference tree includes video shots categorized according to each concept pattern.

Abstract: A plasma abatement process for abating effluent containing compounds from a processing chamber is described. A plasma abatement process takes gaseous foreline effluent from a processing chamber, such as a deposition chamber, and reacts the effluent within a plasma chamber placed in the foreline path. The plasma dissociates the compounds within the effluent, converting the effluent into more benign compounds. Abating reagents may assist in the abating of the compounds. The abatement process may be a volatizing or a condensing abatement process. Representative volatilizing abating reagents include, for example, CH4, H2O, H2, NF3, SF6, F2, HCl, HF, Cl2, and HBr. Representative condensing abating reagents include, for example, H2, H2O, O2, N2, O3, CO, CO2, NH3, N2O, CH4, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a plasma source, an abatement system and a vacuum processing system for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. In one embodiment, a plasma source includes a dielectric tube and a coil antenna surrounding the tube. The coil antenna includes a plurality of turns, and at least one turn is shorted. Selectively shorting one or more turns of the coil antenna helps reduce the inductance of the coil antenna, allowing higher power to be supplied to the coil antenna that covers more processing volume. Higher power supplied to the coil antenna and larger processing volume lead to an improved DRE.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of creating a skimming preview of a video includes electronically receiving a plurality of video shots, analyzing each frame in a video shot from the plurality of video shots, where analyzing includes determining a saliency of each frame of the video shot. The method also includes determining a key frame of the video shot based on the saliency of each frame the video shot, extracting visual features from the key frame, performing shot clustering of the plurality of video shots to determine concept patterns based on the visual features, and generating a reconstruction reference tree based on the shot clustering. The reconstruction reference tree includes video shots categorized according to each concept pattern.

Abstract: A plasma abatement process for abating effluent containing compounds from a processing chamber is described. A plasma abatement process takes gaseous foreline effluent from a processing chamber, such as a deposition chamber, and reacts the effluent within a plasma chamber placed in the foreline path. The plasma dissociates the compounds within the effluent, converting the effluent into more benign compounds. Abating reagents may assist in the abating of the compounds. The abatement process may be a volatizing or a condensing abatement process. Representative volatilizing abating reagents include, for example, CH4, H2O, H2, NF3, SF6, F2, HCl, HF, Cl2, and HBr. Representative condensing abating reagents include, for example, H2, H2O, O2, N2, O3, CO, CO2, NH3, N2O, CH4, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A hard-tube endoscope, comprising an insertion tube (1), a camera (5), a light source (6) and a handle (2). The camera (5) and the light source (6) are disposed on an end face of an insertion end of the insertion tube (1), and a non-insertion end of the insertion tube (1) is connected to the handle (2). The insertion tube (1) further comprises a bending portion (13), the bending portion (13) being located at a part, locatable inside a human body, on the insertion tube (1). A control portion (3) configured to control the bending portion (13) to be bent is disposed on the handle (2). The control portion (3) comprises an inner ring sleeve (32) and an outer ring sleeve (31). The outer ring sleeve (31) is engaged with the inner ring sleeve (32) by means of threads. The outer ring sleeve (31) can rotate only around the axis of the handle (2) with respect to the handle (2), and the inner ring sleeve (32) can axially move only along the axis of the insertion tube (1) with respect to the handle (2).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate techniques for abating N2O gas present in the effluent of semiconductor manufacturing processes. In one embodiment, a method includes injecting hydrogen gas or ammonia gas into a plasma source, and an effluent containing N2O gas and the hydrogen or ammonia gas are energized and reacted to form an abated material. By using the hydrogen gas or the ammonia gas, the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of the N2O gas is at least 50 percent while the concentration of nitric oxide (NO) and/or nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the abated material is substantially reduced, such as at most 5000 parts per million (ppm) by volume.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to abatement for semiconductor processing equipment. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for foreline solids formation quantification. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors located between a processing chamber and a facility exhaust. The one or more QCM sensors provide real-time measurement of the amount of solids generated in the system without having to shut down a pump located between the processing chamber and the facility exhaust. In addition, information provided by the QCM sensors can be used to control the flow of reagents used to abate compounds in the effluent exiting the processing chamber in order to reduce solid formation.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic laryngoscope includes a camera, a hollow connecting rod, a handle, and a control display. The front end of the connecting rod is connected to the camera, the rear end of the connecting rod is connected to the handle, and the rear end of the handle is connected to the control display. The laryngoscope further includes a hollow tube whose inner diameter is greater than the outer diameter of the connecting rod. The camera and the connecting rod are located on the inner side of the hollow tube. A sputum suction opening is formed between the front end of the hollow tube and the front end of the camera, and a sputum passage in communication with the opening is formed between the hollow tube and the connecting rod. The laryngoscope further includes a connector between the hollow tube and the camera and/or the connecting rod.