Abstract: A compact and highly accurate optical density measuring apparatus that includes an ellipsoidal mirror and a folding mirror is provided. In the optical density measuring apparatus, the shape of at least a part of the inner surface of a light guiding part is composed of a figure of a part of an ellipsoid E, and a shape of at least a part of another portion of the inner surface of the light guiding part is composed of a figure of a part of a plane or a quadric surface. 60% or more of the area of a light source region of a light emitting part is present in a region Rin, and 60% or more of the area of a light receiving region of a light receiving part is present in a region Rout.

Abstract: An exchangeable spark unit for an optical emission spectrometer, a system for analyzing a sample us-ing optical emission spectrometry and a method for calibrating an exchangeable spark unit. An exchangeable spark unit for an optical emission spectrometer comprises a sample carrier defining a sample plane for positioning a sample to be analyzed, said sample carrier having an aperture, and an electrode arranged in a distance to the sample plane in the region of the aperture such that a spark can be generated between the electrode and a sample positioned in the sample plane for emitting light. The exchangeable spark unit further comprises a coupling interface for mechanically coupling the exchangeable spark unit with the optical emission spectrometer and an optical component for influencing the emitted light.

Abstract: A chip testing method and apparatus are provided, and the method includes: providing a plurality of chips, each of the chips including an input pin, an output pin, and a state machine circuit; connecting the input pin of each of the chips to a same input start module which outputs a start signal to each of the chips to start the state machine circuits; configuring the state machine circuit of each of the chips to output a test excitation to test the chips and obtain a test result; and connecting the output pin of each of the chips to a same testing module which outputs the test result of each of the chips.

Abstract: A fiber optic distribution module assembly for installation in a fiber optic distribution rack includes a fiber optic distribution module with a tray extending from a fiber entry port to a fiber exit port and including a fiber management area. The fiber optic distribution module assembly further includes a fiber optic cable, such as a fiber optic ribbon, which is arranged within the fiber optic distribution module and extends from the fiber entry port via the fiber management area to the fiber exit port. The fiber optic cable arranged in loops whereby, in a top view onto the tray, at least one first loop extends from the fiber entry port towards the fiber exit port and is arranged clockwise and at least a second loop extends from the fiber exit port towards the fiber entry port and is arranged counterclockwise, or vice versa.

Abstract: A driving mechanism for moving an optical element is provided. The driving mechanism includes a fixed part, a movable part, and a driving assembly. The movable part is movably connected to the fixed part for holding the optical element. The driving assembly is configured for moving the movable part relative to the fixed part.

Abstract: A portable communication device or electronic device is provided. The communication device includes a housing including a first housing structure, a second housing structure, and a hinge cover positioned between at least a portion of the first housing structure and at least a portion of the second housing structure, a flexible display at least partially received in the housing and including a first portion corresponding to the first housing structure, a second portion corresponding to the second housing structure, and a third portion corresponding to the hinge cover, a hinge structure positioned between the third portion of the flexible display and the hinge cover and connected with the first housing structure and the second housing structure, and at least one sealing member positioned between the third portion of the flexible display and the hinge cover and contacting the hinge cover.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include: a display panel including an area configured to receive a touch input. The electronic device may comprise a control circuit and a touch circuit including a touch sensor including multiple nodes in the area. The electronic device may comprise at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry. The control circuit may be configured to obtain multiple values through the multiple nodes at least partially based on an external object at least partially contacting the area. The control circuit may be configured to obtain, based on the multiple values, second data indicating at least some of the multiple nodes through which values within a reference range have been obtained in response to the contact of the external object.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. The system includes display devices configured to identify and tailor content to multiple individual users. Each user may have individual settings which provide for a customized viewing environment and experience. The system is configured to identify users of the system in order to tailor the content as appropriate. In addition, identification of users allows for the identification of the subscription content that corresponds to the user. Based upon identification of a user and corresponding subscription, the user's subscription content may be streamed to any location. In this manner, the users subscribed content may follow the user from home to a friend's house, or elsewhere.

Abstract: A network management apparatus performs a first acquisition process, a generation process, and a second acquisition process. The first acquisition process is processing that acquires server information capable of identifying a target physical server for acquiring a log among physical servers that constitute a virtualized environment of a network. The generation process is processing that generates, based on the server information, a program that corresponds to the target physical server for acquiring the log and acquires the log of the target physical server. The second acquisition process is processing that executes the program and acquires the log of the target physical server for acquiring the log.

Abstract: A computer system comprises at least one processor; a communications module coupled to the at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to provide a bidirectional application programming interface that interfaces between at least one provider system and at least one subscriber system, the bidirectional application programming interface configured to allow the at least one provider system to make requests of the at least one subscriber system and to allow the at least one subscriber system to make requests of the at least one provider system; receive, from a subscriber system, an application programming interface request that includes a request to confirm data processing particulars; identify, based on the data processing particulars, a provider system associated with the data processing particulars; send, to the provider system, the request to con

Abstract: Injection molds can be fabricated using 3D printing technology. An inverse computer aided design (“CAD”) file may be generated based upon a visualization file that represents a 3D object. The inverse CAD file can then be altered based upon various parameters associated with the 3D object. One or more injection molds can be fabricated using a 3D printer based on the altered inverse CAD file.

Abstract: A computing system for detecting patterns in data is provided. The computing system includes a model engine configured to receive an initial dataset, and segment the initial dataset into a plurality of subsets. The model engine is further configured to assign a weight to each subset based at least in part on an age of the subset, train a machine learning model on each subset separately in accordance with the assigned weighting for that subset. The model engine is further configured to receive a candidate dataset, analyze the candidate dataset using the trained machine learning model, and assign a score to the candidate dataset based on the analysis. The computing system further includes a rules engine configured to receive the candidate dataset and the corresponding score from the model engine, and generate and output, based at least in part on the score, a decision regarding the candidate dataset.

Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensional (3D) calibration method and device for multi-view phase shift profilometry. A 3D calibration method for multi-view phase shift profilometry, performed by a computer device, according to an example embodiment may include acquiring a phase that is data required for 3D reconstruction from parameters of at least one camera and a projector based on a phase measuring profilometry (PMP) method; defining a phase-to-depth function for each camera-and-projector combination and performing calibration of optimizing the parameters of the camera and the projector; and acquiring a point cloud that includes depth information using the optimized parameters of the camera and the projector.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) digital model from one or more two-dimensional images is described. The method includes: obtaining, though an application programming interface (API), a series of two-dimensional (2D) images of a scene taken by an image capturing device; extracting, by a processing device, key images from the series of 2D images, wherein each of the key images depicts one or more components of a building structure in the scene; determining, by the processing device, and based on the extracted key images, a respective position and a respective direction of the image capturing device relative to each of the one or more components of the building structure; and processing, using a 3D image generation neural network, the extracted key images and the positions and directions of the image capturing device to generate metadata comprising a three-dimensional (3D) digital model of the building structure.

Abstract: This application discloses an image sequence detection method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining an initial image sequence, the initial image sequence including a target object; inputting the initial image sequence to a pretrained target detection model, to obtain a detection result sequence, the target detection model being obtained by inputting sample training data to an initial detection model to be trained for training, the sample training data including one set of sample feature information respectively extracted from one set of sample images, and each piece of sample feature information including feature information jointly determined by using one frame of sample image and a previous frame of sample image of the one frame of sample image; and determining a detection result corresponding to each image in the initial image sequence based on the detection result sequence, the detection result indicating a category of the target object.

Abstract: An object detection method and an object detection apparatus for detecting an object based on multi-features are provided. The object detection method includes: obtaining first-sensor data from a first sensor and obtaining second-sensor data from a second sensor, wherein the first sensor is a different type of sensor than the second sensor; extracting a first feature from the first-sensor data and extracting a second feature from the second-sensor data; determining a target feature-type by inputting the first and second features to a feature-type selection model which, based thereon, predicts the target feature-type; determining a target feature to be used for object detection according to the determined target feature-type; and determining an object detection result based on the determined target feature.

Abstract: In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed herein for a vehicle command operation system that may use technology across multiple modalities to cause vehicular operations to be performed in response to determining a focal point based on a gaze of an occupant. The system may utilize sensors to receive first data indicative of an eye gaze of an occupant of the vehicle. The system may utilize sensors to receive second data indicative of other data from the occupant. The system may then calculate a gaze vector based on the data indicative of the eye gaze of the occupant. The system may determine a focal point based on the gaze vector. In response to determining the focal point, the system causes an operation to be performed in the vehicle based on the second data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to HARQ-ACK feedback determination. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a UE may: receive a first plurality of group-common DCI formats for scheduling a first plurality of PDSCHs for a multicast service, wherein each of the first plurality of group-common DCI formats includes a DAI; determine whether HARQ-ACK feedback for the first plurality of PDSCHs is disabled or enabled; generate a HARQ-ACK codebook for the multicast service based on the DAIs in the first plurality of group-common DCI formats; and transmit the HARQ-ACK codebook.

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques that enable a network system to perform application-aware active measurement for monitoring network health. The network system includes memory that stores a topology graph for a network. The network system includes processing circuitry that may receive an identifier associated with an application utilizing the network for communications, and determine, based on the topology graph and the identifier, a subgraph of the topology graph based on a location, in the topology graph, of a node representing a compute node that is a host of the application. The processing circuitry may next determine, based on the subgraph, a probe module to measure performance metrics associated with the application, and for the probe module, generate configuration data corresponding to the probe module. The processing circuitry may output, to the probe module, the configuration data.

Abstract: An electronic device for encoding a picture is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that are in electronic communication with the processor. The instructions are executable to encode a gradual temporal layer access (GTLA) picture. The instructions are further executable to send the GTLA picture.