Abstract: A sampling device includes a priority assignment method that assigns higher priority to units with more remaining workload, a priority-aware scheduling method that enables units with higher priority to do the sampling and model update when a conflict happens, a modified priority-aware scheduling method that reduces scheduling overhead by re-assigning priority every several iterations, and another modified priority-aware scheduling method that explores different priority re-assignment frequencies and stores the sorted sequences in memory.

Abstract: An electronic device including a substrate and at least one light emitting unit is provided. The at least one light emitting unit is disposed on the substrate. The at least one light emitting unit includes a light emitting diode and a protective layer. The protective layer includes a portion overlapped with the light emitting diode, and the portion has a concave part adjacent to an edge of the light emitting diode in a top view of the electronic device.

Abstract: A drive device for driving a load includes: an inverter unit having an upper arm element and a lower arm element and converting electric power supplied to the load; and a charge pump circuit that supplies a gate voltage to the upper arm element. An output voltage of the charge pump circuit is variable according to an inverter input voltage input from an inverter input wiring to a high potential side of the inverter unit.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and modified aerodynamic apparatuses: fluid pushers-off and fluid motion-sensors, making enable efficient implementation and use of a controllable enhanced jet-effect, either the waving jet-effect, the Coanda jet-effect, the lift-effect, the effect of thrust, the Venturi effect, and/or the de Laval jet-effect, all are controllable using the Peltier effect and/or the Seebeck effect. The modified aerodynamic apparatuses are geometrically shaped and supplied with built-in thermoelectric devices, wherein the presence of the thermoelectric devices provides for new functional properties of the modified aerodynamic apparatuses. The method solves the problem of effective control of the operation of modified aerodynamic apparatuses such as airfoil wings of a flying vehicle, convergent-divergent nozzles, loudspeakers, and detectors of acoustic waves, all of a highly-efficient functionality.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making a seal comprising fabricating a seal body that includes a first friction surface including nickel and cobalt. The first friction surface on the seal body is contacted with a metal counter-body surface including nickel. Pressure and heat is applied between the seal body and the counter-body, and motion is applied between the seal body and the counter-body with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the first friction surface, followed by separating the seal from the counter-body.

Abstract: Lubricant compositions comprising (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity and (b) a phosphonate ester other than a zinc salt. The phosphonate ester may be the reaction product of (i) phosphonic acid or a monomeric ester thereof with (ii) a propanediol having hydroxy groups in both the 1 and 3 positions and one or more of the carbon atoms of the propyl units are substituted with one or more alkyl groups such that the total number of carbon atoms in the propanediol ranges from 4 to 12. The molar ratio of (i) to (ii) may be 0.9:1.1 to 1.1 to 0.9.

Abstract: A device in which the influence of ?-ray is reduced, and a composition for forming an organic layer. The device includes an ?-ray source, an electronic circuit influenced by ?-ray, and an organic layer including an ?-ray shielding agent, in which an ?-ray shielding ability X of the ?-ray shielding agent is 0.50 or less.

Abstract: A variable magnification optical system comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a first intermediate lens group having positive refractive power, a second intermediate lens group having negative refractive power and a rear lens group; upon varying a magnification from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the first intermediate lens group being varied, a distance between the first intermediate lens group and the second intermediate lens group being varied, and a distance between the second intermediate lens group and the rear lens group being varied; the rear lens group comprising at least one focusing lens group which is moved upon carrying out focusing from an infinitely distant object to a closely distant object; and predetermined conditional expressions being satisfied, thereby the focusing lens group(s) being reduced in weight.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to active optical plugs used to cover optical connectors of a photonics package to protect the connectors. The active optical plugs may also be used to perform testing of the photonics package, including generating light to be sent to the photonics package and to detect light received from the photonics package as part of the test protocol. This allows testing the optical connection and the photonics package, without exposing the optical connections of the package to damage from dust or physical contact. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, a well, a bulk region, a gate, a source, and a drain. The bulk region is formed in the semiconductor layer and contacts the well region along a channel direction. A portion of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the gate, to provide an inversion region of the high voltage device when the high voltage device is in conductive operation. A portion of the well lies between the bulk region and the drain, to separate the bulk region from the drain. A first concentration peak region of an impurities doping profile of the bulk region is vertically below and in contact with the source. A concentration of a second conductivity type impurities of the first concentration peak region is higher than that of other regions in the bulk region.

Abstract: Video frames from a video are compressed into a single image or a single data structure that represents a unique visual flowprint or visual signature for a given activity being modeled from the video frames. The flowprint comprises a computed summary of the original pixel values associated with the video frames within the single image and the flowprint is specific to movements occurring within the video frames that are associated with the given activity. In an embodiment, the flowprint is provided as input to a machine-learning algorithm to allow the algorithm to perform object tracking and monitoring from the flowprint rather than from the video frames of the video, which substantially improves processor load and memory utilization on a device that executes the algorithm, and substantially improved responsiveness of the algorithm.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, where the method includes the following operations. A semiconductor stack including a silicon-containing layer, an oxide deposited on a portion of the silicon-containing layer, an underlayer, and a resist layer is formed. The resist layer is patterned to form a first opening in the resist layer. The underlayer is etched to extend the first opening into the underlayer, where a top surface of the oxide is exposed by the first opening. The oxide and the underlayer are etched with a first etchant, where a ratio of etching rates of the oxide and the underlayer is about 1:1. The oxide and the silicon-containing layer are etched with a second etchant to form a second opening below the first opening, where an etching rate of the oxide is higher than that of the silicon-containing layer.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus notifies, when transmitting an uplink second signal to a base station apparatus using a wireless resource that is used when receiving a downlink first signal transmitted from the base station apparatus, the base station apparatus of information indicating whether or not the terminal apparatus has a capability of suppressing influence of interference of the second signal on the first signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a first nitride semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface; a first source electrode provided on the first surface; a first drain electrode provided on the first surface; a first gate electrode provided on the first surface between the first source electrode and the first drain electrode; a second nitride semiconductor layer having a third surface and a fourth surface, the third surface being provided on the second surface and facing the second surface, and the second nitride semiconductor layer having a smaller band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer; and a first semiconductor device having a fifth surface provided on the fourth surface and facing the fourth surface with a size equal to or smaller than a size of the fourth surface, the first semiconductor device including a first semiconductor material having a smaller band gap than the second nitride semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle regulates a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant exchange heat, and recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating to improve heating efficiency, and may include a first valve that controls a flow of a coolant introduced into an internal, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller, in which the first valve may include at least one port through which the coolant is introduced or discharged.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with generating aggregate data geospatial grid cells for encoding in vector tiles are described. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a subset of finest-resolution geospatial grid cells contained by a vector tile in a set of finest-resolution geospatial grid cells and their associated aggregate data values; selecting a cell resolution level based on a zoom level of the vector tile; generating a new geospatial grid cell at the cell resolution level based on cell IDs of the subset of finest-resolution cells; generating a total aggregate data value for the new cell based on associated aggregate data values of the subset of finest-resolution cells; encoding the new cell and total aggregate data value in the vector tile; and transmitting the encoded vector tile to a client to cause the vector tile and the new cell to be displayed.

Abstract: An electronic shift control apparatus includes a shift dial that is operated by a driver to select an R-range, an N-range, and a D-range, a P-range motor that is operated to select a P-range, and a haptic motor that generates a haptic signal. When a driver shifts into a specific shift range of a vehicle by operating the shift dial or the P-range button, the haptic signal is configured to be transmitted to the driver.

Abstract: Provided is a bracket for a speaker, the bracket being capable of ensuring the strength when the speaker is attached by using an attachment plate, and also enhancing the workability in folding of the attachment plate when the speaker is attached without using the attachment plate. The present invention includes: a frame-shaped support portion 10 which supports a speaker; and a mounting member 20 which is used for attaching the speaker supported by the support portion 10 to the outside and is provided in the support portion 10, wherein a plurality of grooves having different extension directions are continuously formed on a base part of the mounting member 20, the base part connecting the mounting member 20 and the support portion 10.