Abstract: Instead of blocking a storage device low in performance of I/O processing due to execution of restoration processing along with occurrence of a failure of a non-volatile storage element, the storage device is kept used. A storage system comprises storage devices and a storage controller. The storage devices each include a plurality of non-volatile storage elements. The storage devices each is configured to: receive an I/O command from the storage controller; and transmit, when one of the storage devices detects a failure in one of the plurality of non-volatile storage elements that provides a storage area specified by the I/O command as an access destination, a response including a delay occurrence potential notification to the storage controller, the delay occurrence potential notification indicating that, although a possibility of delay in I/O processing exists, continued use of the one of the plurality of storage devices is possible.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat exchange system, which includes at least one cabinet and a heat exchange apparatus. Each of the at least one cabinet includes a heat dissipation door and a cabinet body, and the heat dissipation door is disposed on the cabinet body. The heat exchange apparatus includes a heat exchange module. The heat exchange module includes a first circulation pipe and a cooling device. The first circulation pipe is in fluid communication with a heat dissipation tube component in the heat dissipation door. The cooling device includes a second circulation pipe and a chilling machine. A part of the second circulation pipe is penetrated in the chilling machine to transfer heat into the chilling machine. The first circulation pipe is heat-exchanged with but not in fluid communication with the second circulation pipe.

Abstract: A height adjustable multiple hitch assembly including a shank hitch channel platform and a tow mount member with a base block configured for squared alignment within the channel having opposed flanges with aligned pairs of side holes, the block blasé having a plurality of through holes for engaged coupling with corresponding aligned side holes by a fastening member to thereby reduce the movement between the hitch platform and tow mount member that may be enhanced by a dampener member attached to a rear planar surface of the block base or a recessed column of the channel member.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a chondrocyte cell sheet comprising one or more layers of confluent cells comprising chondrocytes and chondroprogenitor cells. Methods of generating cartilage tissue in a subject are also provided. The disclosure also provides a method for producing chondrocyte cell sheets comprising culturing chondrocytes and chondroprogenitor cells in culture solution on a temperature-responsive polymer which has been coated onto a substrate surface of a cell culture support, wherein the temperature-responsive polymer has a lower critical solution temperature in water of 0-80° C.; adjusting the temperature of the culture solution to below the lower critical solution temperature, whereby the substrate surface is made hydrophilic and adhesion of the cell sheet to the surface is weakened; and detaching the cell sheet from the culture support.

Abstract: A semiconductor processing apparatus includes a process chamber that defines an enclosure. The enclosure includes a substrate support configured to support a substrate and rotate the substrate about a central axis of the process chamber. The substrate support is also configured to move vertically along the central axis and position the substrate at multiple locations in the enclosure. The apparatus also includes one or more UV lamps configured to irradiate a top surface of the substrate supported on the substrate support.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat exchange system including a heat exchange module, a drive module, a buffer module, and a control module. The heat exchange module includes a first circulation pipe. A part of the first circulation pipe is penetrated into a cabinet. The driving module is connected to the heat exchange module and configured to drive a first fluid in the first circulation pipe to flow along the pipeline. The buffer module is in fluid communication with the first circulation pipe and includes a first control valve and a first storage space. The first control valve is between the first circulation pipe and the first storage space. The control module is electrically connected to the drive module and the buffer module. The control module includes a sensing device. The control module controls the first control valve and the drive module.

Abstract: A method may include determining whether a plurality of vehicles, each having an application installed are expected to be present within a predetermined distance of a location of an event. The method may further include comparing versions of the applications among the plurality of vehicles and, in response to determining that the plurality of vehicles are expected to be present within the predetermined distance of the location and determining that the versions of the applications among the plurality of vehicles are different, adjusting a version of the application installed in one or more of the plurality of vehicles.

Abstract: Downhole tools and methods for detecting a downhole obstruction within a wellbore. The downhole tools include a positioning mechanism, which is configured to facilitate positioning of the downhole tool within a target region of a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, an acoustic pulse generator, which is configured to generate an acoustic pulse within a wellbore liquid that extends within the wellbore and fluidly contacts the downhole tool, and a sensor assembly, which is configured to detect a reflected acoustic pulse within the wellbore liquid. The methods include positioning a downhole tool within a target region of a wellbore, generating an acoustic pulse, propagating the acoustic pulse within a wellbore liquid, and reflecting the acoustic pulse from a downhole obstruction. The methods also include propagating a reflected acoustic pulse within the wellbore liquid, receiving the reflected acoustic pulse, and characterizing the downhole obstruction based upon the reflected acoustic pulse.

Abstract: An optical device includes a first circuit layer, a light detector, a first conductive pillar and an encapsulant. The first circuit layer has an interconnection layer and a dielectric layer. The light detector is disposed on the first circuit layer. The light detector has a light detecting area facing away from the first circuit layer and a backside surface facing the first circuit layer. The first conductive pillar is disposed on the first circuit layer and spaced apart from the light detector. The first conductive pillar is electrically connected to the interconnection layer of the first circuit layer. The encapsulant is disposed on the first circuit layer and covers the light detector and the first conductive pillar. The light detector is electrically connected to the interconnection layer of the first circuit layer through the first conductive pillar. The backside surface of the light detector is exposed from the encapsulant.

Abstract: A sealed intake air system incorporates a positive connection seal interface between the air filter and the airbox with captive fasteners to provide a positive connection between the air filter and the one-piece airbox.

Abstract: A gas purification device includes: a converter packed with a catalyst for hydrolyzing both carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen cyanide; an upstream heat exchanger for heat exchange between a gas to be introduced into the converter and a cooling fluid for cooling the gas; a reaction-temperature estimation member for estimating a reaction temperature inside the converter; and a flow-rate adjustment member for adjusting a flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing into the upstream heat exchanger based on an estimated value of the reaction-temperature estimation member to control the reaction temperature.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing a tire pressure enhancing device for increasing the air pressure of tires mounted on a vehicle. For example, an air compressor may be coupled to an engine of a vehicle to compress air. The compressed air is then stored in the frame of the vehicle. The compressed air may be transferred to each tire through a hose via an access point in the frame.

Abstract: A method of matching objects in collaborative perception messages is provided. The method includes obtaining a first collaborative perception message (CPM) message from a first node, obtaining a second CPM from a second node, calculating an adaptive threshold based on uncertainty of the first CPM and uncertainty of the second CPM, calculating scores for pairs of objects, each of the pairs of objects including one object in the first CPM and one object in the second CPM, filtering out one or more pairs whose score is greater than the adaptive threshold to obtain a filtered matrix; and implementing a fusion algorithm on the filtered matrix to obtain correspondence identification among objects.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling operation of a vehicle. The system includes a microphone located in a passenger cabin of the vehicle and configured to detect sound data indicating noise in the passenger cabin. The system also includes a powertrain of the vehicle including an engine/motor for propelling the vehicle and a transmission of the vehicle having a plurality of gears. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle coupled to the microphone and the transmission. The ECU is configured to determine a powertrain torque limit based on the sound data, determine whether a torque output of the powertrain exceeds the powertrain torque limit, and instruct the transmission to downshift when the torque output of the powertrain exceeds the powertrain torque limit.

Abstract: An air filter retention interface for use with an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The interface is substantially secured in an opening of a wall and the interface attaches to an air filter at the front end of the interface and an air intake tube on the back end of the interface. The interface has a filter sleeve and a filter base. During operation of the engine the filter sleeve is disposed through the opening in the wall such that the wall is between beads disposed on the external surface of the filter sleeve and the filter base thereby substantially securing the interface in place and the front end of the filter base is attached to the filter and the back end of the filter base is attached to the air intake tube and air passes through the filter then through the filter base and filter sleeve and then into the air intake tube and toward the engine.

Abstract: A method controls the movement of a boom, wherein the boom is moved by a plurality of hydraulic drives. Each hydraulic drive is fed with a hydraulic medium, the pressure and/or volume flow of which is adjustable. The method predefines a desired direction of movement and a desired speed of a boom tip; predictively calculates a pressure and/or a volume flow required for each of the hydraulic drives that are required for the desired direction of movement and desired speed; subsequently generates a supply pressure depending on the predictively calculated pressures and/or subsequently generating a supply volume flow as a function of the predictively calculated volume flows; and subsequently feeds the hydraulic drives required for the desired direction of movement and desired speed with the hydraulic medium having a respective feed pressure and/or a respective feed volume flow such that the boom tip moves in the desired direction of movement at the desired speed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses deep learning based robot target recognition and motion detection methods, storage media and devices, the method consists of the following steps: Step S1. adding masks to regions where potentially dynamic objects are located through instance segmentation networks incorporating attention mechanisms and positional coding; Step S2, estimation of the camera pose using static feature points outside the instance segmentation mask in the scene; Step S3, estimation of the object pose transformation matrix from the camera pose; Step S4, determining the state of motion of the object's characteristic points from the relationship between motion parallax and differential entropy, and thus the state of motion of the object as a whole; Step S5, rejects the dynamic objects therein and repairs the static background of the rejected area for positional estimation and map construction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a conductive pillar having a first surface, a second surface, and a lateral surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The lateral surface has a first part and a second part connected to the first part. The semiconductor device package also includes a barrier layer in contact with the first part of the lateral surface of the conductive pillar and an encapsulant in contact with the second part of the lateral surface of the conductive pillar. The semiconductor device package also includes a first flowable conductive material disposed on the first surface of the conductive pillar. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of synthesizing an inorganic precursor for an ionic conductor includes mixing at least one oxide of M with at least one halide of M, heating the mixture of the at least one oxide of M and the at least one halide of M and forming an MOX inorganic oxyhalide compound, and injecting defects in the MOX inorganic oxyhalide compound and forming a defect doped (MOX)? precursor for an ionic conductor. The element or component M is selected from at least one of Fe, Al, La, and Y, the at least one halide of M is selected from at least one of a fluoride of M, a chloride of M, a bromide of M, and an iodide of M, and the element or component X is at least one of F, Cl, Br, and I.

Abstract: A key server may establish an initial media access security (MACsec) connectivity association (CA) between a set of devices on a communication network of a power system. The key server may identify a device in the set of devices on the initial CA as a suspect device. The key server may communicate a new connectivity association key (CAK) of an independent CA to one or more other devices in the set of devices to cause the one or more other devices to join an independent CA without the suspect device.