Abstract: There are disclosed an apparatus and a method for selectively preparing a high reactivity polybutene, a midrange reactivity polybutene and a non-reactive polybutene in a single plant. The apparatus for selectively preparing a reactive polybutene and a non-reactive polybutene, comprises: a reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder for polymerization of the reactive polybutene; a non-reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder for polymerization of the non-reactive polybutene; and a reactor for polymerizing a reactant including isobutene into polybutene, wherein the reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder provides a catalyst to yield the reactive polybutene; and the non-reactive polybutene polymerization catalyst feeder provides a catalyst to yield the non-reactive polybutene.

Abstract: An image processing method includes generating a target color image of a second viewpoint by warping a color image of a first viewpoint to the second viewpoint using a depth image corresponding to the color image of the first viewpoint; determining a conversion relationship of temporally neighboring color images among a plurality of color images of the second viewpoint, the plurality of color images including the target color image; and restoring a first hole of the target color image based on the conversion relationship.

Abstract: A balloon catheter has an inner tube having a first lumen, an outer tube part coaxial with the inner tube and forming a second lumen between the outer tube part and an outer surface of the inner tube, and a balloon part having a front end portion fixed to a front end portion of the inner tube and an inside communicating with the second lumen. The balloon part has a bulged portion, having an expansion forming mode formed in advance, which is elastically deformable beyond the expansion forming mode by an expansion liquid injected thereinto. The outer tube part has a front side sleeve portion extending from a rear end portion of the bulged portion of the balloon part to a proximal end of the outer tube part, integrally formed with the balloon part using the same material as that of the balloon part, and substantially non-expandable.

Abstract: A wireless switch includes: an adjusting member configured to rotate; a rotary plate comprising a first extending bar extending from a surface of the rotary plate in a radial direction and configured to be rotated together with the adjusting member; a first deformation member configured to be deformed by the first extending bar when the rotary plate rotates to cause the first extending bar to contact the first deformation member; a first piezoelectric element disposed on the first deformation member and configured to generate electricity when the first deformation member is deformed; and a radio frequency (RF) communications module unit configured to transmit a signal according to the electricity generated by the first piezoelectric element.

Abstract: A method for transmitting signal based on a filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC) modulation, a method for receiving signal based on the FBMC modulation, and a corresponding transmitting device and receiving device are disclosed. The method includes preprocessing determined symbols in a data block, modulating the preprocessed data block with the FBMC modulation, truncating the modulated data block to remove a part or all of tailing data therefrom, and transmitting the truncated modulated data block, from which the part or all of tailing data has been removed, and the determined symbols are affected by the truncating of the modulated data block. The data block includes at least one symbol. The method relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE).

Abstract: Provided is an interlayer video decoding method. The interlayer video decoding method includes: obtaining brightness compensation information indicating whether a second layer current block performs brightness compensation; determining whether a candidate of the second layer current block is usable as a merge candidate based on whether the brightness compensation information indicates that the brightness compensation is performed and whether the candidate of the second layer current block performs time direction inter prediction; generating a merge candidate list including at least one merge candidate based on a result of the determining; and determining motion information of the second layer current block by using motion information of one of the at least one merge candidate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) metallization stack having an air gap disposed between adjacent metal interconnect features, which provides for an inter-level dielectric material with a low dielectric constant. In some embodiments, the BEOL metallization stack has an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer disposed over a substrate. A metal interconnect layer is disposed within the ILD layer, and an air gap is arranged disposed within the ILD layer at a position between a first feature and a second feature of the metal interconnect layer. The air gap has an upper surface with a first curve that meets a second curve at a peak arranged below a top of the metal interconnect layer. The first curve becomes steeper as a distance from the peak decreases and the second curve becomes steeper as a distance from the peak decreases.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an embodiment of a reflective mask that includes a substrate; a reflective multilayer disposed on the substrate; an anti-oxidation barrier layer disposed on the reflective multilayer and the anti-oxidation barrier layer is in amorphous structure with an average interatomic distance less than an oxygen diameter; and an absorber layer disposed on the anti-oxidation barrier layer and patterned according to an integrated circuit layout.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a backlight source, a light guide plate, and an optical membrane configured to filter out a light beam from the backlight source other than predetermined light beams and direct the predetermined light beams toward a display panel.

Abstract: A connector of the present invention includes an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner housing has a contact holding portion holding at least one contact, and is for attachment to a substrate. The outer housing is configured as a separate body from the inner housing, is provided between a case with the substrate attached thereto and the inner housing and is fixed to the case, and suppresses rattling of the inner housing relative to the case.

Abstract: A display device with a reduced bezel area is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display device includes a cut-out region on which an electronic component is to be placed, and a display panel for displaying an image. The cut-out region extends from a first side toward a second side of the display device. The display panel includes a first display area between a third side of the display device and the cut-out region, a second display area between a fourth side of the display device and the cut-out region, and a third display area between the third side and the fourth side of the display device, the third display area disposed below the first display area, the second display area, and the cut-out region toward the second side of the display device.

Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains at least a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound (host material) having an electron-transport property, and a second organic compound (assist material) having a hole-transport property. The light-emitting layer has a stacked-layer structure including a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer, and the first light-emitting layer contains a higher proportion of the second organic compound than the second light-emitting layer. In the light-emitting layer (the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer), a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex.

Abstract: An environment management system includes a communication platform disposed remote from a site, and at least one client associated with the site. The communication platform includes at least one external XMPP server communicatively coupled with the at least one client via an instant message communication stream, and the at least one external XMPP server is configured to utilize an Extensible Message Presence Protocol (XMPP) standard to communicate with and alter an operating condition of said at least one client at the site.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed in which a luminance control device includes a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a display device; an average picture level part that calculates an average picture level, which defines an average brightness of an image input into the display device; and a luminance control part that generates a temperature-dependent peak luminance, which varies with temperature and average picture level, based on a top gain curve defining how a maximum luminance decreases as the temperature of the display device rises and a bottom gain curve defining how a minimum luminance decreases as the temperature of the display device rises, wherein the luminance control part fixes the temperature-dependent peak luminance at a specific luminance level, regardless of changes in average picture level, at a specific temperature in a high-temperature range which is higher than a room-temperature range.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for coding and decoding a depth map, where the coding method includes: acquiring an intra-frame prediction mode of a current image block of the depth map; determining whether the intra-frame prediction mode belongs to a preset intra-frame prediction mode set; if yes, using a preset intra-frame prediction method to perform coding processing on the current image block, so as to acquire a residual of the current image block. The preset intra-frame prediction method includes a first intra-frame prediction method; and a difference operation is performed between an average pixel value of the current image block and an average pixel value of prediction data of the current image block to obtain the residual of the current image block.

Abstract: Safety mat for safeguarding a technical installation, comprising a sensor, a rigid supporting body and an evaluation unit. The sensor has an active sensor area and a flexible connection region for contacting the sensor area. The flexible connection region is formed at a border of the active sensor area. The supporting body has a base with a top side and a side face which adjoins the said top side. The evaluation unit is arranged in the interior of the supporting body below the active sensor area and is configured to generate an output signal depending on the actuation of the active sensor area. The active sensor area covers the top side of the base of the supporting body completely, and the connection region of the sensor is folded around the side face through 180° and guided into the interior of the supporting body.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing rule management section that manages plural continuous setting operations, which are set as processing rules for completing processing, by applying identification numbers to the processing rules at least some of which are changed, an executed operation information acquisition section that acquires executed operation information relating to operations executed for completing the processing in an order in which the executed operations are performed, and a determination section that determines if the executed operation information based on comparison between the acquired executed operation information and each of the setting operations in the plural processing rules managed by the processing rule management section is true or false.

Abstract: There is provided a steel, having an excellent rolling fatigue life, wherein an oxygen content in the steel is 8 ppm or less, a sulfur content is 0.008 mass % or less, and an Al content is 0.005 to 0.030 mass %, the number of non-metallic inclusions having an inclusion diameter of 20 ?m or more and less than 100 ?m, detected per steel material volume of 1000 mm3 by ultrasonic flaw detection, is 12.0 or less, the number of non-metallic inclusions having an inclusion diameter of 100 ?m or more, detected per steel material weight of 2.5 kg by the ultrasonic flaw detection, is 2.0 or less, the mass % ratio of (MgO)/(Al2O3) in the average composition of MgO—Al2O3-based oxides present in the steel is regulated into a range of 0.25 to 1.50, and the number ratio of the MgO—Al2O3-based oxides to all oxide-based inclusions is 70% or more.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of power supply apparatuses whose inputs and outputs are respectively connected in parallel with one another. The output of each of the plurality of power supply apparatuses is wired-OR connected to a synchronization pulse bus line in an open collector structure or an open drain structure. The plurality of power supply apparatuses each include a synchronization pulse generator generating a synchronization pulse for synchronization of a switching cycle, and a switching control circuit, connected to the synchronization pulse bus line, performing switching control of a switch device in synchronization with a signal of the synchronization pulse bus line. There is no distinction between a master power supply apparatus and a slave power supply apparatus in the plurality of power supply apparatuses. Further, generation of noise due to a transmission line for a synchronization signal is avoided.