Abstract: A blade angle feedback assembly for an aircraft-bladed rotor, the rotor rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having an adjustable blade pitch angle, is provided. The assembly comprises a feedback device coupled to rotate with the rotor and to move along the longitudinal axis with adjustment of the blade pitch angle, the feedback device comprising a plurality of position markers circumferentially spaced around the feedback device, a plurality of sensors positioned adjacent the feedback device and each configured for producing a sensor signal in response to detecting passage of the position markers as the feedback device rotates about the longitudinal axis, the sensors circumferentially spaced around the feedback device and axially offset along the longitudinal axis, and a control unit communicatively coupled to the sensors and configured to generate a feedback signal indicative of the blade pitch angle in response to the sensor signals received from the sensors.

Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a stopping assembly. The fixed assembly has a main axis. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The stopping assembly is configured to limit the movement of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly within a range of motion.

Abstract: A self-propelled gripper is installed on a robotic arm. The robotic arm includes a body and a tip axis. The self-propelled gripper includes a housing, a rotation element, a moving element, and at least one claw body. The housing is fixed on the body. The rotation element is disposed in the housing and secured with the tip axis. The moving element is movably disposed in the housing and is connected to the rotation element. The moving element includes at least one slot. The claw body is pivoted on the housing and partially extends in the corresponding slot. When the rotation element rotates along with the tip axis, the rotation element drives the moving element to process a linear motion along a rotation central line so that the claw body pivotally rotates on the housing.

Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion connects to an optical element having a main axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used to drive the movable portion so that it moves relative to the fixed portion, wherein the movable portion comprises a first connecting portion that is movably connected to the fixed portion.

Abstract: A quantum computing system for converting Pauli errors of one or more qubits to erasure errors in a photonic quantum computing architecture. Two or more photonic qubits may be input to a quantum computing system, where at least one first qubit of the two or more qubits has experienced a Pauli error. A sequence of linear optical circuitry operations may be performed on the two or more qubits to generate two or more modified qubits, wherein the sequence of operations transforms one or more of the first qubits from a logical subspace of a Fock space to an erasure subspace of the Fock space. A cluster state for universal quantum computing may be generated from the two or more modified qubits using probabilistic entangling gates. A quantum computational algorithm may be performed using the quantum cluster state generated from the two or more modified qubits.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to QTY Fc receptor fusion proteins, methods for the preparation thereof and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: A method of wire electric discharge machining (wEDM) a feature in a part includes using wEDM, cutting and detaching a slug from a portion of the part that is to be detached from the part to define the feature, and thereby defining a validation cut-out in the portion, and using wEDM, cutting and detaching the portion having the validation cut-out from the part and thereby defining the feature.

Abstract: A resource indication method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method includes that: the base station generates a resource indication channel, the resource indication channel indicating a first time-frequency resource and a communication parameters for using the first time-frequency resource, the resource indication channel occupying a second time-frequency resource and at least one first time-frequency resource corresponding to at least one resource indication channel forming a cell; and the base station sends the resource indication channel to the terminal. The method can improve resource allocation and indication flexibility, and improve performance and applicability of a wireless communication system.

Abstract: A communication method includes: receiving, by a first primary access network device, a first message sent by a terminal device in a specific state when there is uplink data to be transmitted; and controlling, by the first primary access network device, a secondary connection between the terminal device and the secondary access network device according to the first message.

Abstract: Methods and systems for governing an aircraft propeller of an engine are described. The method comprises obtaining a fluid flow command for speed control of the propeller, determining pulse parameters of a pulse width modulated valve control signal for actuating a two-position solenoid valve in accordance with the fluid flow command based on an average fluid flow through the solenoid valve and an opening and closing time of the solenoid valve, generating the valve control signal with the pulse parameters as determined, and transmitting the valve control signal to the solenoid valve for actuating the solenoid valve, thereby controlling the speed of the propeller.

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic discharge protection circuit, including a first resistor, a first transistor, a second resistor, and a second transistor. The first resistor has a first end coupled to a first power rail. The first transistor has a first end coupled to the first power rail, and a control end of the first transistor is coupled to a second end of the first resistor. The second resistor is coupled between a second end of the first transistor and a second power rail. The second transistor has a first end coupled to the first power rail, a control end of the second transistor is coupled to the second end of the first transistor, and a second end of the second transistor is coupled to the second power rail.

Abstract: An optical member driving mechanism is provided. The optical member driving mechanism includes a first portion and a matrix structure. The first portion is connected to a first optical member and corresponds to a first light. The matrix structure is disposed on the first portion and corresponds to a second light, wherein the first light is different from the second light.

Abstract: A fan system is used for dissipating heat of an electronic device. The fan system includes a fan, a hollow structure, and a control circuit. Sound waves made by the fan are transmitted to an interior of the hollow structure when the fan is operating. The control circuit is connected to the hollow structure and is configured to control deformation/deformations of the hollow structure according to a state/states of the fan and/or the electronic device, which change a volume of the interior of the hollow structure for making a resonance frequency of the hollow structure being approximate to a rotation speed of the fan or being the same as the rotation speed of the fan.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods for a mobile application device to playback and record augmented reality (AR) overlays indicating gestures to be made to a recorded device screen. A device screen is recorded by a camera of the mobile device, wherein a mask is overlaid on a user hand interacting with the device screen. Interactions made to the device screen are detected based on the mask, and AR overlays are generated corresponding to the reactions.

Abstract: A structure of semiconductor device is provided, including a first circuit structure, formed on a first substrate. A first test pad is disposed on the first substrate. A second circuit structure is formed on a second substrate. A second test pad is disposed on the second substrate. A first bonding pad of the first circuit structure is bonded to a second bonding pad of the second circuit structure. One of the first test pad and the second test pad is an inner pad while another one of the first test pad and the second test pad is an outer pad, wherein the outer pad surrounds the inner pad.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives an instruction to install a function in a device connected to a communication line, and receives designation of a display location of a selection part used to select the function on a screen displayed in the device in a case where the function is installed in the device, and a control unit that controls the screen of the device such that the selection part of the function is displayed in the display location, in which the designation is received in the reception unit, on the screen of the device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of transmitting an instant message. The method includes collecting previous round responses to an instant message transmitted to previous round transmission targets determined from a user group, identifying users who react to the instant message using a chat room by which the instant message is received based on the previous round responses, training a machine learning model that predicts a response of a user as to whether the user is to react to the instant message based on the previous round responses and characteristics of the identified users, determining a current round transmission target from the user group based on the trained machine learning model, and transmitting the instant message to the determined current round transmission target.

Abstract: A computer-implemented, network-connected content recommender generating content recommendations for a plurality of content servers hosted by one or more customers, the content recommender comprising: one or more processors; a memory storing instruction that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the recommender to perform operations comprising: receiving a plurality of content recommendation requests from a querying one of said customer content servers via a plurality of input streams, each input stream including a data repository; outputting data, from the memory, associated with the content recommendation requests; receiving some or all of the data associated with said content recommendation requests; generating a first model-specific recommendation result from a first set of the plurality of received data; generating a second model-specific recommendation result from a second set of the plurality of received data; combining the first model-specific recommendation results with the second model

Abstract: An information transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: a first node sends a first data packet to a second node, the first data packet carrying at least one of the following information: first identifier information, first sequence number information, and first timestamp information, wherein the first identifier information is used for instructing the second node returns a second data packet after receiving the first data packet; the first sequence number information is used for identifying the first data packet; and the first timestamp information is used for instructing the first node to send time information of the first data packet.