Abstract: Multiple virtual source locations may be defined for a volume within which audio objects can move. A set-up process for rendering audio data may involve receiving reproduction speaker location data and pre-computing gain values for each of the virtual sources according to the reproduction speaker location data and each virtual source location. The gain values may be stored and used during “run time,” during which audio reproduction data are rendered for the speakers of the reproduction environment. During run time, for each audio object, contributions from virtual source locations within an area or volume defined by the audio object position data and the audio object size data may be computed. A set of gain values for each output channel of the reproduction environment may be computed based, at least in part, on the computed contributions. Each output channel may correspond to at least one reproduction speaker of the reproduction environment.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for monitoring bubble breakup during CMP, wherein a bonded wafer is formed by bonding of respective first surfaces of first and second wafers, and the magnitude of the current required to drive rotation of the bonded wafer is monitored from the start of the polishing; according to the change of the monitored current driving the rotation of the first wafer, it is determined whether there is bubble rupture at a bonding surface; if the current is increased instantaneously before the bonding surface is exposed by the polishing, bubbles generated at the bonding surface rupture; and if the magnitude of the current is constant before the end of the polishing, no bubble is generated at the bonding surface or generated bubbles do not rupture.

Abstract: Provided are a support structure whereby the load on a motor drive shaft or bearing can be reduced, and an industrial machine. The support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a bearing (112) positioned between a motor (102) and a drive pulley (104), and a bearing holder (114) provided to the motor (102). An inner race (120) of the bearing (112) is fixed to the drive pulley (104) so as to be incapable of sliding in the axial direction of a drive shaft (102S), and an outer race (122) of the bearing (112) is allowed to move in the axial direction between the bearing holder (114) and the drive pulley (104).

Abstract: A driving method of a display device comprises the following steps. A period to turn off a backlight module is set. An overdrive voltage is applied, and an overdrive time required for a liquid crystal to change from a first target gray scale to a second target gray scale is obtained. A turn-off time point for turning off the backlight module is adjusted so that at least a part of the period when the backlight module is turned off overlaps the overdrive time.

Abstract: A patient transport apparatus for use with a vehicle, comprising a lift mechanism between a base and a support frame to move between an extended configuration defining a first distance and a retracted configuration defining a second distance. An interface generates a user signal. A sensor generates a sensor signal corresponding to force acting on the base relative to the support frame. A controller determines if the user signal corresponds to an extend or retract command; determines if the force acting on the base has exceeded a predetermined threshold value based on the sensor signal; drives the lift mechanism toward the extended configuration where the user signal corresponds to the extend command and toward the retracted configuration where the user signal corresponds to the retract command; and interrupts driving the lift mechanism to stop motion of the lift mechanism in response to the sensor signal exceeding the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Provided is a machine tool control device that can generate movement commands of any required command form and that can also suppress the deviation of a peak position during air cutting. A machine tool control device 1 that performs processing while making a tool and a workpiece oscillate relative to each other. The machine tool control device 1 comprises an oscillation conditions setting unit 11 that sets oscillation conditions, an oscillation phase division unit 12 that divides an oscillation phase into a plurality of segments, a layered command calculation unit 13 that, for each of the divided segments, calculates a layered command as a movement command on the basis of the oscillation conditions, and a position and speed control unit 17 that makes the tool and the workpiece oscillate relative to each other on the basis of the layered commands.

Abstract: A ferrule includes a holding part, a first surface, and a second surface. The holding part includes a holding recess, a first groove disposed at the holding recess along an extending direction of the optical transmission member, the first groove being a groove where the optical transmission member is disposed, a pressing member configured to press the optical transmission member toward the first groove, and a sliding part disposed at the holding recess and the pressing member, and configured to slide the pressing member with respect to the holding recess along the extending direction of the optical transmission member.

Abstract: The polyfunctional active hydrogen group-containing sulfonate quaternary ammonium salt of the present invention is a polyfunctional active hydrogen group-containing sulfonate quaternary ammonium salt having at least two active hydrogen groups in a molecule, and the polyfunctional active hydrogen group-containing sulfonate quaternary ammonium salt has a quaternary ammonium salt skeleton of the polyfunctional active hydrogen group-containing sulfonate quaternary ammonium salt that includes an imidazole skeleton. According to the present invention, a polyfunctional active hydrogen group-containing sulfonate quaternary ammonium salt that is excellent in solubility and dispersibility in a polyurethane (urea) resin raw material, and a high effect of the hydrophilization of a polyurethane (urea) resin can be provided.

Abstract: A radar device includes a plurality of transmission antennas, a plurality of reception antennas, and a processing circuitry which processes reception signals. An antenna group including first antennas which are either the plurality of transmission antennas or reception antennas such that an antenna interval between adjacent ones of the first antennas is a basic distance, is defined as a first antenna group, and an antenna group including a plurality of second antennas, different from the first antennas, such that an antenna interval between adjacent ones of the second antennas is 2 times the basic distance, is defined as a second antenna group. In a virtual reception antenna group composed of a plurality of virtual reception antennas formed by the plurality of antennas in the first antenna group and the second antenna group, an interval between adjacent ones of the virtual reception antennas is the basic distance.

Abstract: Provided is a continuous annealing line capable of producing a steel sheet excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance. A continuous annealing line 100 comprises: a payoff reel 10 configured to uncoil a cold-rolled coil C to feed a cold-rolled steel sheet S; an annealing furnace 20 configured to continuously anneal the cold-rolled steel sheet S and including a heating zone 22, a soaking zone 24, and a cooling zone 26 that are arranged from an upstream side in a sheet passing direction; a downstream line 30 configured to continuously pass the cold-rolled steel sheet S discharged from the annealing furnace 20 therethrough; a tension reel 50 configured to coil the cold-rolled steel sheet S; and a sound wave irradiator 60 configured to irradiate the cold-rolled steel sheet S being passed from the cooling zone 26 to the tension reel 50 with sound waves.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for purge clean of a low pressure furnace, comprising: step 1, providing a process chamber of the low pressure furnace in a standby state, wherein an inner wall thin film formed by a furnace deposition process is accumulated on the surface of an inner wall of the process chamber; step 2, performing temperature ramp-up or temperature ramp-down treatment on the process chamber to generate first thermal stress in the inner wall thin film, wherein thin film particles with poor adhesion in the inner wall thin film peels off; step 3, introducing a cleaning gas in a pulse manner to perform cycle purge clean on the process chamber, so as to remove the peeling thin film particles from the process chamber; and step 4, switching a state of the process chamber to the standby state after the cycle purge clean ends.

Abstract: A frame structure for a purpose built vehicle (PBV) includes: two main side members extending while gradually rising toward a front of the PBV and extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on either side of the PBV; two auxiliary side members respectively extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on a lower side of the two main side members; a front cross member connecting the two auxiliary side members in a lateral direction of the PBV; and a plurality of vertical members respectively connecting the main side members and the auxiliary side members in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A magnetic memory device according to an embodiment includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer on the first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer on the first nonmagnetic layer, an oxide layer on the second ferromagnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer on the oxide layer. The oxide layer contains an oxide of a rare-earth element. The second nonmagnetic layer contains cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), boron (B), and molybdenum (Mo).

Abstract: A tape feeder pulls out a component supply tape including a cover tape adhered on a carrier tape accommodating multiple components from a reel, feeds the component supply tape to a predetermined supply position, and separates the cover tape from the carrier tape in front of the supply position to expose a component on the carrier tape. The tape feeder includes a pair of rotating members configured to separate the cover tape from the carrier tape by pinching and drawing the cover tape; a drum member configured to rotate and wind the cover tape drawn by the pair of rotating members; and a torque limiter provided in a rotary shaft of the drum member.

Abstract: For example, a radar processor may include an input to receive radar Receive (Rx) information based on radar Rx signals received by a plurality of Radio Heads (RHs); and one or more Baseband (BB) Processing Units (BPUs) including a plurality of processing resources configured to generate radar information by processing the radar Rx information according to a plurality of BB-processing tasks. The one or more BPUs may be configured to allocate the plurality of processing resources to the plurality of RHs based on an RH to resource (RH-resource) allocation scheme. The RH-resource allocation scheme may be configured to define a plurality of RH-specific resource allocations for the plurality of RHs, respectively. For example, an RH-specific resource allocation for an RH may define a plurality of RH-allocated processing resources to perform the plurality of BB-processing tasks based on radar Rx information from the RH.

Abstract: A mounting pad system for securing equipment, such as an HVAC outdoor unit or a standby generator, is provided in the form of a lightweight fillable pad member having a plurality of receivers located on a top surface of the pad member. The receivers are associated with attachment points located on the equipment and are used to secure the equipment to the pad. The pad member contains a filling port on its top surface and is configured as a molded hollow shell containing a gelling material which, when mixed with water, provides support to reduce deflection of the pad member caused by the equipment secured to the pad, prevents damage to the pad that would otherwise be caused by the expansion of internal contents upon freezing and prevents leakage of internal contents of the fillable pad in the event of an unintended breach in the hollow shell. The pad member is provided with at least one through-hole that acts as a supporting structure.

Abstract: The extending direction of a fifth rib that is one of a plurality of first ribs of a first header portion is closer to the extending direction of flow paths in a first counter-flow portion than the extending direction of a sixth rib that is a rib of the plurality of first ribs closer to a fourth edge than the fifth rib. The extending direction of a seventh rib that is one of a plurality of second ribs of a second header portion is closer to the extending direction of the flow paths in the first counter-flow portion than the extending direction of an eighth rib that is a rib of the plurality of second ribs closer to a sixth edge than the seventh rib.

Abstract: One object of this application is to provide an advanced substrate holder including a clamper. A substrate holder for holding a substrate by interposing the substrate between frames is disclosed. The substrate holder includes a front frame, a rear frame, and one or a plurality of clampers. Each of the clampers includes a hook portion including a hook base and a hook main body, and a plate including at least one claw. At least one of the clampers includes the plate including a first claw for a lock and a second claw for a semi-lock.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data in a telecommunications system comprising a terminal transmitting a first random access request message to the base station in accordance with the first random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the first random access request message comprising at least part of the data and a first preamble; and upon determination that the use of the first random access procedure has been unsuccessful, the terminal transmitting a second random access request message to the base station in accordance with the second random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the second random access request message comprising a second preamble.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle braking system which is capable of normally releasing brakes under various conditions and a control method thereof, and discloses a vehicle braking system including a braking device and a brake release assisting unit, wherein the brake release assisting unit maintains a braking force at a constant level by applying auxiliary hydraulic pressure to the braking device when braking of the braking device is released, and a control method thereof.