Abstract: An apparatus for displaying steering information of a preceding vehicle may include: a processor of a host vehicle, where the processor receives steering information of the preceding vehicle among a plurality of platooning vehicles including the host vehicle; and a display controlled by the processor to display the steering information of the preceding vehicle.

Abstract: Examples of creating moving light patterns in a light pipe having a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are described. In an example, a plurality of keyframes is obtained. The plurality of keyframes define the moving light pattern. Each keyframe is indicative of red-greenblue (RGB) illumination values of each LED 5 from the plurality of LEDs. Further, a linear interpolation is performed, at run-time, between two keyframes of the plurality of keyframes to obtain a plurality of interpolated frames. Each interpolated frame is indicative of interpolated RGB illumination values of each LED. Based on the RGB illumination values of 10 the plurality of keyframes and interpolated RGB illumination values of the plurality of interpolated frames, the plurality of LEDs is illuminated, to create the moving light pattern.

Abstract: A method for protecting an underlying structure from directed energy including combining an intumescent material with the underlying structure. The intumescent material forms a barrier to directed energy received on the intumescent material, the barrier suppressing or impeding transmission of the directed energy, and heat generated in the barrier by the directed energy, to the underlying structure.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition including at least a thermosetting compound, the thermosetting composition satisfying relationships represented by formulas (i) and (ii) below: 0.80?b/a?0.98??(i), and 0.05?c/a?0.30??(ii), wherein a, b, and c represent storage moduli (unit: GPa) at 30° C., 100° C., and 260° C., respectively, of a cured product formed by curing a prepreg obtained by impregnating or coating a base material with the thermosetting composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an image rendering method and apparatus, and a related device. The method includes obtaining, by a terminal device, a base image corresponding to a to-be-rendered picture. The terminal device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method also includes obtaining, by the terminal device, a picture effect indication array corresponding to the base image, the picture effect indication array comprising a picture effect indication value corresponding to a pixel of the base image; rendering, by the terminal device, the base image matching a screen size of the terminal device to obtain a base texture map; and performing, by the terminal device, rendering on the base texture map according to the picture effect indication array. The present disclosure may effectively reduce the quantity of times of drawing in an image rendering process and improve image rendering efficiency.

Abstract: A template for controlling application of material around a protuberance is disclosed. The protuberance extends from a workpiece and has a base. The template comprises a first portion and a second portion, removably attached to the first portion at a boundary. The first portion comprises a first-portion inner peripheral edge that at least partially defines a positioning opening and that is geometrically complementary to at least a portion of the base of the protuberance. The first portion also comprises a first-portion workpiece-facing surface that is adhesive-free. The second portion comprises a visual material-placement indicator, located on a second-portion environment-facing surface. The second portion also comprises an adhesive layer, located on at least a portion of a second-portion workpiece-facing surface.

Abstract: A building cooling system includes one or more cooling devices operable to affect an indoor air temperature of a building and a system management circuit. The system management circuit is configured to obtain an objective function that includes a power consumption term and a comfort term, perform an optimization of the objective function over a time horizon to determine values of the cooling capacity of the cooling devices where each value of the cooling capacity corresponds to a time step of the time horizon, and control the cooling devices based on the values of the cooling capacity of the cooling devices. The comfort term of the objective function a difference between a prediction of the indoor air temperature of the building and a temperature setpoint for the building, while the power consumption term is a function of the power consumption of the one or more cooling devices.

Abstract: A gate insulation film composed of a polymer compound containing at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit of formula (2) and a repeating unit of formula (3); a repeating unit of formula (4) and a repeating unit of formula (1), or composed of a composition containing the polymer compound, wherein the molar ratio of the repeating unit of formula (4) to the sum of the repeating unit of formula (2) and the repeating unit of formula (3) is 50/100 to 200/100 with the total charging amount (molar quantity) of the repeating unit of formula (2) and the repeating unit of formula (3) being 100 and the content of the repeating unit of the following formula (1) is 75% by mol or more with the total content of all repeating units in the polymer compound being 100% by mol.

Abstract: Golf balls having covers made of thermoplastic polyurethane compositions are provided. Multi-piece golf balls can be made. Polyurethane primer coatings and polyurethane top-coatings are applied to the thermoplastic polyurethane cover. Different coating methods can be used. Isocyanate-rich and polyol-rich polyurethane coatings can be applied. In one embodiment, the golf ball can be treated with a multi-functional isocyanate prior to applying the coatings. The polyurethane cover composition and surface coatings can further include catalysts, ultraviolet (UV)-light stabilizers, and other additives. Heat is used to cure the coatings. The coating methods have many benefits and the finished balls have good physical properties.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition containing: a polyester resin containing a unit (A) represented by the following general formula (1); and an antioxidant: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, CH3 or C2H5, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or CH3, and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: Example displays having transparent areas for cameras are disclosed. An example display has a first source line including a first portion composed of a first material and a second portion composed of a second material different than the first material. A first gate line includes a first portion composed of a third material and a second portion composed of a fourth material, the fourth material being different than the third material. A second gate line includes a first portion composed of the third material and a second portion composed of the fourth material. The first portion of the source line, the first portion of the first gate line, and the first portion of the second gate line define a non-transparent area of the display. The second portion of the source line, the second portion of the first gate line, and second portion of the second gate line define a transparent area of a display.

Abstract: An organic colorant complex with the following general structure: ABn(DE)mTxQy wherein A is an organic chromophore; B is an electrophilic reactive group covalently bonded to A directly or through a linking group; D is a nucleophilic linking group covalently bonding B and E, selected from the group consisting of NR, O, S, and 4-oxyanilino (—HN-Ph-O—); wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, aryl, and E; E is an organic alkyl and aryl group or an end group; T is an ionic group covalently linked to A; Q is an organic cation, bonded to the organic chromophore A through ionic interaction with T; n, m, x, and y are independent integers from 1 to 10.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing device to print, on a sheet, a detection mark for acquiring an amount of deviation of an image, a detection device to read a position of the detection mark and acquire the amount of deviation of the position of the detection mark, and control circuitry to perform correction according to the amount of deviation. The circuitry prints the detection marks on both faces of the sheet in duplex printing, reads the detection marks on both faces with the detection device, calculates a first correction value from the position of the detection mark on a first face on which printing is performed first, calculates a second correction value from the position of the detection mark on a second face on which printing is performed later, and calculates a third correction value from the positions of the detection marks on the first and second faces.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for a powertrain including an internal combustion engine having an intake valve and an exhaust valve in a vehicle includes an electronic control unit (ECU) operable to control a continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) of the intake and exhaust valves in the engine, a communicator operable to receive an input data from at least one input system, and a storage device having predetermined calibration value. The ECU of the vehicle control system is configured to reference the predetermined calibration values based on a received input data, determines to adjust the CVVD of the intake and exhaust valves, and send a signal to the engine for changing an overlap area of the CVVD. The vehicle control system operates a process for controlling the CVVD of the engine as a method.

Abstract: A control method of an exhaust gas purification system for a vehicle may include: determining, by an injection controller, whether a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) is actuated; determining, by the injection controller, whether a temperature of the SCR is within a set diagnosis region; deciding, by the injection controller, a normal pattern of the SCR corresponding to the temperature of the SCR; comparing, by the injection controller, the decided normal pattern of the SCR with a current performance pattern of the SCR; determining, by the injection controller, whether a current performance pattern of the SCR is an abnormal pattern; and performing, by the injection controller, a correction control based on a current abnormal pattern of the SCR.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of attaining an AlN template which has less strain and is suitable for producing the ultraviolet LED. Provided is a nitride semiconductor laminate structure, including at least a sapphire substrate, a first AlN layer formed on a principal surface of the sapphire substrate, and a second AlN layer formed on the first AlN layer, wherein an absolute value of a strain amount ?2 of the second AlN layer in the a-axis direction is smaller than an absolute value of a strain amount ?1 of the first AlN layer in the a-axis direction.

Abstract: An intercooler assembly includes: a cooler body having a heat exchanger; an upper tank formed at an intake air inlet connected to the heat exchanger and coupled to an upper portion of the cooler body; a lower tank coupled to the lower portion of the cooler body to form an intake air discharge part connected to the heat exchanger; a bypass unit connected to the intake discharge part separately from the intake inlet; and a valve unit connected to the intake air inlet and the bypass unit and selectively introducing intake air supplied through a turbocharger into the intake air inlet and the bypass unit.

Abstract: A resin composition that has excellent adhesiveness to chips and substrates such as printed wiring boards and excellent flux activity is provided. The present application provides a resin composition containing: a benzoxazine compound (A); an organic compound (B) having a flux function; and at least one thermosetting component (C) selected from a phenolic resin and a radical polymerizable thermosetting resin, wherein the radical polymerizable thermosetting resin is a resin or a compound having at least one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of an alkenyl group, a maleimide group and a (meth)acryloyl group, and wherein a mass ratio between the benzoxazine compound (A) and the thermosetting component (C) ((A)/(C)) is 20/80 to 90/10.

Abstract: Provided is a process for fabricating a conductive pattern on a three-dimensional (3D) object, involving hydroprinting a 2-dimensional (2D) conductive planar pattern on a 2D sacrificial substrate, and transferring the pattern to the 3D object.

Abstract: A method of controlling coasting of an eco-friendly vehicle includes: determining at least one effective event among deceleration events configured with a target speed in a forward driving path; setting a closest effective event based on a current position among the at least one effective event as a first candidate event; determining whether at least one second candidate event corresponding to an event needed to be followed is present among remaining effective events except for the first candidate event of the at least one effective event; and, when the at least one second candidate event is present, determining a target event among the first candidate event and the second candidate event in consideration of a control start point.