Abstract: An information processing system, apparatus, and method are disclosed each of which: receives a request for using an application from an electronic device via a network; determines whether the requested application is applicable to the electronic device and is currently useable by the electronic device; determines whether a number of devices currently using the requested application has reached an upper limit number that is previously set, when the determining determines that the requested application is applicable to the electronic device but is not currently useable by the electronic device; and allows the electronic device to use the requested application, when the determining determines that a number of devices using the requested application has not reached the upper limit number.

Abstract: A video interaction method, performed by a terminal, includes: playing an interactive video in a video playing interface, the interactive video comprising a target story node; displaying, based on the interactive video being played to the target story node, an interactive control on a target video picture of the interactive video; receiving a trigger operation on the interactive control; and displaying, based on the trigger operation, interactive content corresponding to the interactive control.

Abstract: An HPA MMIC assembly includes a MMIC device coupled to a thermal spreader. A ground plane is provided on the thermal spreader and coupled to FETs in the MMIC device. The multiple levels of metal separated by multiple dielectric layers provide low-loss broad-band microstrip circuits. The thermal spreader may include diamond, an air/wire-edm spreader or a multi-layer board (MLB) with heat sink vias and ground vias.

Abstract: The present invention is a capsule containing pyrroloquinoline quinone or salt thereof, a branched-chain amino acid, and an edible oil or fat or a cyclodextrin as contents of the capsule.

Abstract: A multi-stream restore method for reducing restore time of file data to service an external read request for file data stored by a data deduplication system employs a per-file read-ahead cache that is populated by multiple parallel internal read-ahead streams. The number of parallel read-ahead streams is dynamically variable based upon processing conditions and a set of heuristically pre-determined criteria that characterize the file data including a data access pattern that is sequential and a processing load that is below a predetermined threshold. Processing conditions are periodically monitored and adjustments to the multi-stream data access are made to optimize performance.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a UE and a base station used for wireless communications. The UE receives Q control signaling groups respectively in Q time windows; receives a first control signaling that is used for determining Q1 time window(s) out of the Q time windows; and performs energy detection to determine whether to transmit on a first time-frequency resource; herein, any of the Q control signaling groups comprises a first field; any control signaling comprised by the Q control signaling groups comprises a first field; first fields comprised by control signalings in any of the Q control signaling groups are of a same value; among any Q2 adjacent control signaling groups of the Q control signaling groups, any two control signaling groups comprise first fields of different values; the first radio signal comprises first feedback information. The present disclosure not only ensures HARQ-ACK transmission but reduces signaling overhead redundancy.

Abstract: A moving image generation apparatus includes: circuitry to: capture images of a three-dimensional model using different values of a camera parameter of a virtual camera to generate captured images; calculate goodness-of-fit indices using the captured images as inputs, the goodness-of-fit indices each indicating a suitability of a corresponding captured image among the captured images; and generate camerawork that traces values of the camera parameter of the virtual camera, based on the calculated goodness-of-fit indices.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method, apparatus, and storage medium for annotating image. The method includes extracting, by a device, a visual feature of an image through a generative adversarial network model, and sequentially inputting M pieces of random noise into the generative adversarial network model. In response to each of the M pieces of random noise being inputted into the generative adversarial network model, the method includes performing a determinantal point process (DPP) on the visual feature of the image and the each random noise through the generative adversarial network model to obtain N tag subsets, and selecting a distinct tag subset from the N tag subsets through the generative adversarial network model. The method also includes outputting M distinct tag subsets through the generative adversarial network model after the M pieces of random noise are inputted into the generative adversarial network model.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method for implementing virtual scene conversion. The method in the embodiments includes: displaying an initial virtual scene, a first scene conversion trigger set, and partial information of at least one target virtual scene in a screen area, a scene conversion trigger being used for implementing conversion between associated different virtual scenes; determining, in a case that a trigger operation on the first scene conversion trigger is received, the target virtual scene and a second scene conversion trigger set based on the first scene conversion trigger operation in the initial virtual scene, the second scene conversion trigger set including at least one second scene conversion trigger associated with a plurality of determined target virtual scenes; and rendering and displaying the target virtual scene and the second scene conversion trigger set in the screen area.

Abstract: Aqueous cementitious slurries including predominantly Type I Portland cement containing an aluminate additive. The aluminate additive is an aluminate salt other than calcium aluminate or calcium sulfoaluminate, preferably sodium aluminate. Cementitious reactive powders of the slurry include the Type I Portland cement and 0.1-10 wt. % of the aluminate additive as an accelerator. The slurries may have a set time of about 10 minutes or less. Due to the short set time, the cementitious reactive powders may facilitate cement board fabrication by continuous manufacturing processes. Methods for making cement boards may include disposing the aqueous cementitious slurry including the cementitious reactive powders in a continuous layer, preferably upon a porous support, and setting the aqueous cementitious slurry with a set time of about 10 minutes or less.

Abstract: Cloning a running computing system includes quiescing processes running on a source computing system, saving state data of the source computing system, configuring a target computing system using the state data from the source computing system, and resuming program execution at the source computing system and the target computing system. Quiescing processes running on the source computing system may include marking all of the processes on the source computing system as non-dispatchable. All external resources may be identified for the source computing system prior to quiescing processes running on a source computing system. The external resources may include devices and files. The target computing system may access data that is also accessed by the source computing system. Data accessed by the source computing system may be cloned for access by the target computing system prior to resuming program execution. The data may be cloned using snapshot copies.

Abstract: A video stream processing method is provided. First audio stream data in live video stream data is obtained. Speech recognition is performed on the first audio stream data to generate speech recognition text. Caption data is generated according to the speech recognition text, the caption data including caption text and time information corresponding to the caption text. The caption text is added to a corresponding picture frame in the live video stream data according to the time information corresponding to the caption text to generate captioned live video stream data.

Abstract: A lumbar support apparatus for a vehicle seat, may include a support frame; a hinge plate mounted on a middle portion of the support frame; an upper end plate mounted on an upper end portion of the support frame; a lower end plate mounted on a lower end portion of the support frame; and a rotary supporting shaft having both side end portions fixed to a seatback frame, and having an anti-rotation bending end portion supported by the rear surface of the hinge plate, wherein the rotary supporting shaft is inserted into a hinge holder formed on the rear surface of the hinge plate for rotating the hinge plate

Abstract: An example system includes an input channel having a first end and a second end to receive particles through the first end, a sensor to categorize particles in the input channel into one of at least two categories, and at least two output channels Each output channel is coupled to the second end of the input channel to receive particles from the input channel, and each output channel is associated with at least one category of the at least two categories. Each output channel has a corresponding pump operable, based on the categorization of a detected particle in a category associated with a different output channel, to selectively slow, stop, or reverse a flow of particles into the output channel from the input channel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of processing a data packet received by a packet sniffer, the packet containing an associated identifier, the method including transmitting the packet to a recipient, determining if the identifier corresponds to a particular network, wherein if the identifier is determined to correspond to the particular network, the identifier is provided to the recipient; and if the identifier is determined to not correspond to the particular network, the identifier is withheld from the recipient.

Abstract: Disclosed are an emergency brake control method, device, ECU and vehicle. The method includes: when receiving a first trigger signal indicating that a vehicle enters a driving accompanying mode, activating the driving accompanying mode; and in the driving accompanying mode, when receiving an emergency brake command, controlling an Electronic Stability Program ESP to decelerate the vehicle at a preset deceleration in the driving accompanying mode, and sending a fuel cut-off request signal to an Engine Management System EMS to cut off a torque output of an engine.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an object on which a two-dimensional code is disposed, a two-dimensional code generation method, identification method, generation apparatus, and identification apparatus, and a storage medium. The two-dimensional code includes a square module array of m*m modules. The square module array includes a location detection pattern and a data information pattern. The location detection pattern is used for determining a location of the two-dimensional code. The data information pattern is used for carrying data. m=17 or 18 or 19 or 20. Even if printed in a miniature area whose side length is 0.5 cm to 0.7 cm, a miniature two-dimensional code provided in the embodiments of this application can still be normally identified, and is suitable for being used in a small area application scenario such as an inner side of a bottle cap or a corner of an object.

Abstract: A porous micromodel network to simulate formation flows includes a substrate, two or more porous micromodels formed on the substrate and a fluid inlet formed on the substrate. The first porous micromodel defines a first fluidic flow pathway and is representative of a first hydrocarbon-carrying formation. Flow through the first fluidic flow pathway is representative of flow through the first hydrocarbon-carrying formation. The second porous micromodel is fluidically isolated from the first porous micromodel. The second porous micromodel defines a second fluidic flow pathway different from the first fluidic flow pathway. The second porous micromodel is representative of a second hydrocarbon-carrying formation different from the first hydrocarbon-carrying formation. Flow through the second fluidic flow pathway is representative of flow through the second hydrocarbon-carrying formation.

Abstract: Secure access to data on a storage system via direct connection to an internal fabric of the storage system may be provided. A storage system interface (SSI) may validate each I/O communication originating on the host system before allowing a corresponding I/O communication to be transmitted on the internal fabric. The validation may include applying predefined rules and/or ensuring that the I/O communication conforms to one or more technologies, e.g., NVMe. The SSI may be configured to encrypt I/O communications originating on a host system and to decrypt I/O communications received from the storage system, for example, in embodiments in which data is encrypted in flight from the host system to physical storage devices, and data may be encrypted at rest in memory of the storage system and/or on physical storage devices.

Abstract: A speaker unit, which can be made thin, includes: a magnetic circuit 61 having a space serving as a magnetic gap G formed inside a cylindrical portion 69; a voice coil 85 arranged in the magnetic gap G; and a diaphragm 51 having a center hole 51a that penetrates a center of the diaphragm, an outer peripheral portion 51b supported on a frame 53, and an inner peripheral portion 51c whose inner peripheral surface is connected to the voice coil 85. The cylindrical portion 69 of the magnetic circuit 61 includes a standing wall 69c formed along a vibration direction A of the diaphragm 51, and a slit 69a. The inner peripheral portion 51c of the diaphragm 51 includes an insert hole (a standing wall receiving portion) 57 in which the standing wall 69c is inserted, and an insert portion 59 which is inserted in the slit 69a.