Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and an alignment key assembled the insulating housing. The insulating housing includes an accommodating portion defining a plurality of through holes. The alignment key is assembled on the accommodating portion. The alignment key includes a post and an extending portion extending downwardly from the post. The extending portion extends into the through holes optionally.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform or an optical fiber is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a glass tube and a glass core rod; (b) inserting the glass core rod into the glass tube to form an assembled body; (c) heating the assembled body to cause the glass tube to collapse on and adhere to the glass core rod; and (d) treating an interface gap between the glass core rod and the glass tube during heating of at least a portion of the assembled body. Treating of the interface gap involves: (i) establishing a vacuum pressure in the interface gap, (ii) increasing a pressure of the interface gap by a treatment gas through the interface gap for a predetermined time, and (iii) re-establishing a vacuum pressure in the interface gap after the predetermined time has elapsed.

Abstract: A valve operating system for an internal combustion engine, which includes a decompression cam member (47) that is supported on a camshaft (26) and that operates an exhaust valve operating member (29e) in an opening direction of an exhaust valve (17e) in a compression stroke when the engine is started, an exhaust gas recirculation cam member (48) that is supported on the camshaft (26) and that operates the exhaust valve operating member (29e) in the opening direction of the exhaust valve (17e) in an intake stroke when the engine is running at high speed, and a centrifugal mechanism (46) that is mounted on a driven timing rotating member (32) rotating integrally with the valve operating cam (25) and makes the decompression cam member (47) and the exhaust gas recirculation cam member (48) move, wherein the valve operating cam (25) is provided with a recess (39) surrounding the camshaft (26), the recess (39) opening on the face on the other side of the driven timing rotating member (32) and on a base face of the

Abstract: Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.

Abstract: An exemplary image processing apparatus generates an interpolation frame to be inserted between two contiguous frames of a moving picture. The image processing apparatus includes: a motion vector calculation section configured to calculate a first motion vector by performing a matching operation between first and second frames, of a first frame, a second frame and a third frame of the moving picture contiguous with one another, and calculate a second motion vector by performing a matching operation between the second and third frames; and an interpolation frame generation section configured to generate an interpolation frame to be inserted between the second frame and the third frame through a process performed based on a magnitude of a difference vector between the first motion vector and the second motion vector.

Abstract: An input user interface device includes an image pickup unit which picks up an image including an object image, a shape detection unit which detects a shape of the object image in the image picked up by the image pickup unit, a determination unit which determines whether the shape of the object image detected by the shape detection unit corresponds to a shape associated with a gesture command or a shape associated with a position designation command for designating a position data, and a command deciding unit which decides the gesture command or the position designation command on the basis of the decision by the deciding unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a filtering device for a bidet, including a base, a blower sucking air into the bidet, a filter casing mounted to the base, a phytoncide filter unit contained in the filter casing, a door opening and closing the filter casing, and a duct connecting the blower and the filter casing.

Abstract: A stator for a polyphase dynamoelectric machine includes a stator core and windings positioned about the stator core. The windings include at least a first phase winding and a second phase winding. The first phase winding is formed of at least one electrical conductor material that is not present in the second phase winding.

Abstract: A policy decision function (PDF) addressing method includes: receiving a PDF allocation request that contains a user equipment (UE) identifier (ID) from a second network element (NE); obtaining ID information of a PDF associated with the UE ID according to pre-registered addressing information of the PDF, where the addressing information of the PDF is an association between the UE ID and the ID information of the PDF, and the PDF associated with the UE ID is accessed by a first NE; and sending the obtained ID information of the PDF to the second NE.

Abstract: The invention discloses a website scanning apparatus for performing a security vulnerability scanning on a target website, which apparatus comprises: a web page obtaining component obtaining current content and/or features of a web page corresponding to a link to be processed; a link processing component including a change judgment device for judging whether the web page corresponding to the link to be processed has been changed based on stored web page content and/or features corresponding to the link to be processed as well as the current web page content and/or features of the link to be processed; and a vulnerability detecting component for performing a security vulnerability detection on a web page corresponding to a link to be processed for which the web page has been changed. The invention also discloses a website scanning method corresponding thereto.

Abstract: The application provides a receiving method in cooperative communications. A signal-receiving node demodulates a first signal received from a local end to obtain a first log-likelihood ratio. The signal-receiving node further demodulates a second signal received from a relay node to obtain a second log-likelihood ratio. The second signal is a signal obtained by the relay node through network coding the first signal and a third signal received from a peer end. The signal-receiving node calculates a prior log-likelihood ratio according to the first log-likelihood ratio and the second log-likelihood ratio, and decodes the second signal by using the prior log-likelihood ratio to obtain the third signal.

Abstract: A process is described for making a product mixture including isobutene, propylene, 1-butene, 2-butene, 2-methyl-1-butene and 2-methyl-2-butene from a mixture of acetic acid and propionic and through reaction in the presence of a source of hydrogen and of a mixed oxide catalyst, for example, a ZnxZryOz mixed oxide catalyst. A variety of commercially valuable products may be made in turn from the various C3, C4 and C5 constituents of the product mixture.

Abstract: A play mode changing method, a display mode changing method, and a display apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) image providing system using the same are provided. The method for changing a play mode includes: receiving state information regarding shutter glasses from the shutter glasses; and based on the received state information, performing one of changing the play mode and displaying a message for changing the play mode.

Abstract: A package method comprises the steps of: providing a metal carrier having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; forming a first wiring layer on the second surface of the metal carrier; forming a first conductive pillar layer on the first wiring layer; forming a dielectric material layer covering the first wiring layer, the first conductive pillar layer and the second surface of the metal carrier; exposing one end of the first conductive pillar layer; forming a second wiring layer on the exposed end of the first conductive pillar layer; forming a solder resist layer on the dielectric material layer and the second wiring layer; removing the metal carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments of providing image indicators together with an ultrasound image are disclosed. A mapping table including a plurality of objects each associated with examination locations, each of the examination locations being associated with one or more image indicators. The image indicators include a target organ marker indicative of each object, a body axis marker indicative of an anatomical orientation of each object, and an ultrasound beam direction marker indicative of a transmission direction of the ultrasound beam. A processing unit accesses the storage unit to provide the image indicators corresponding to a target object and examination location selected in response to selection instructions inputted by a user. The processing unit further 3-dimensionally rotates the image indicators based on position information of an ultrasound probe.

Abstract: A system and method for combining two separate types of human machine interfaces, e.g., a voice signal and a gesture signal, performing voice recognition to a voice signal and gesture recognition to the gesture signal. Based on a confidence determination using the voice recognition result and the gesture recognition result the system can, for example, immediately perform the command/request, request confirmation of the command/request or determine that the command/request was not identified.