Abstract: An automatic tracking collision avoidance method has following steps: taking images in front of an origin vehicle by at least two photograph units; the images delivering to a calculation assembly, to transform the images from three primary colors images to grey images; having a relative vehicle speed of the front vehicle corresponded to the original vehicle according to the grey images; and according to the grey images the calculation assembly having a relative vehicle speed that the front vehicle corresponded to the original vehicle; the calculation assembly having a safe distance according to the relative vehicle speed, if the safe distance is great than a distance that between the original vehicle and the front vehicle, an alarm module generating an alert signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technology related to an optical waveguide which is insensitive to an ambient temperature and is capable of adjusting a wavelength error due to a manufacturing processing deviation. The optical waveguide includes: a clad layer positioned on a substrate; a core layer positioned between the substrate and the clad layer, and including patterns positioned in a first region and a second region; and a wavelength adjusting unit positioned in the first region between the substrate and the clad layer, and configured to adjust a wavelength of an optical signal propagated through patterns passing through the first region based on received electric energy, in which the clad layer includes a material having a Thermo-Optic Coefficient (TOC) with an opposite sign to that of a material included in the core layer.

Abstract: A solar cell module includes a first solar cell, a second solar cell and an electrically connecting member. The first solar cell has a first connecting side having at least one first protruding portion and at least one first recess portion that are adjacent to each other. The second solar cell has a second connecting side having at least one second protruding portion and at least one second recess portion that are adjacent to each other. The shape of the first protruding portion matches the shape of the second recess portion while the shape of the first recess portion matches the shape of the second protruding portion. The electrically connecting member electrically connects the first upper electrode layer of the first solar cell and the second lower electrode layer of the second solar cell.

Abstract: A magnetic apparatus having at least one magnetic shim situated between faces of two permanent magnets. The magnetic shim helps to make the magnetic field that is accessible between the two permanent magnets a more uniform field. The magnetic shim is constructed on a thinned semiconductor wafer, such as silicon, by photolithographically defining locations on the wafer where magnetic material, such as iron or iron-nickel materials, are deposited. The shim can additional have photolihographically defined coil regions, in which conductive material such as copper can be deposited. Current contacts are provided to allow currents to be passed through the coil regions. Protective layers can be deposited to protect the deposited metals from mechanical or environmental damage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst for hydrogenation of 4,4?-methylenedianiline (MDA), including a support, a magnesium-aluminum oxide layer covering the support, and a rhodium-ruthenium active layer loaded on the magnesium-aluminum oxide layer, wherein the rhodium and the ruthenium of the rhodium-ruthenium active layer have a weight ratio of 40:60 to 10:90. The hydrogenation catalyst can be collocated with hydrogen for hydrogenation of the MDA to form bis(para-amino cyclohexyl) methane (PACM), and the PACM contains 0 mol % to 25 mol % of (t,t)-isomer.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure comprises: a substrate (130), a support structure (131), a base region (100), a gate stack, a spacer (240), and a source/drain region, wherein the gate stack is located on the base region (100), and the base region (100) is supported on the substrate (130) by the support structure (131), wherein the sidewall cross-section of the support structure (131) is in a shape of a concave curve; an isolation structure (123) is formed beneath the edges on both sides of the base region (100), wherein a portion of the isolation structure (123) is connected to the substrate (130); a cavity (112) is formed between the isolation structure (123) and the support structure (131); and there exists a source/drain region at least on both sides of the base region (100) and the isolation structure (123). Accordingly, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: A liquid-liquid-liquid three-phase continuous and countercurrent extraction apparatus comprises a three-phase-mixing chamber, a three-liquid-flow settler, and a two-phase-mixing chamber; a liquid-flow control separator placed in the three-liquid-flow settler aims to flexibly regulate the directions of three liquid flows in the three-phase system by different control separator combinations to achieve either a countercurrent operation of the top-layered phase with the middle-bottom two-layered mixtures, or a countercurrent operation of the top-middle two-layered mixtures with the bottom-layered phase; and a method of using the same, relating to extraction and separation field of chemical technology.

Abstract: In an augmented reality system using a moving ceiling transparent display for a ship, according to the present invention, the moving ceiling transparent display is movably installed on the ceiling of a steering house of the ship, and the system comprises: a recognition portion for recognizing the location of the ship and the direction of the head and the pupils of a sailor; a reception portion for receiving external image data from an external landscape database with respect to an external landscape, in accordance with the location of the ship and the direction of the head and the pupils of the sailor; a matching portion for adjusting a match between the external image data, which is received by the receiving portion, and an actual external image through the window; and an output portion for outputting through the transparent display information on the external image data, which is adjusted through the matching portion, on the location of the actual external image.

Abstract: A wet limestone flue gas desulfurization slurry stabilizer and a method for using the same are disclosed. The stabilizer consists of lime, sodium formate and an antifoaming agent, the components and mass percentages thereof are as follows: lime, 30% to 70%, sodium formate, 15% to 40%, the antifoaming agent, 15% to 40%. The method for using the desulfurization slurry stabilizer comprises: preparing the slurry stabilizer into a homogeneous liquid having a mass concentration of 10% to 30% with water or desulfurization slurry outside a desulfurization tower, and spraying the homogeneous liquid into the absorption area and the reaction area of the desulfurization tower using a pump and a slurry atomizing and spraying device.

Abstract: A method for transmitting, storing and managing data by compressing data packets to be transmitted and received over an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network with low-capacity memory and low-transfer rate. A number of transmission packets may be reduced using at least one of a bitmap interval algorithm that assigns a bitmap value to each interval, thereby reducing a number of request packets, a repeated-bitmap interval algorithm that represents sequential data values as bitmap values by toggling a bit value between 0 and 1 in each data value when a change occurs in the sequential data values, and a run-length encoding algorithm that compresses data by encoding run length of sequential identical data.

Abstract: A photon detector article includes a photon detector configured to receive a primary waveform, the photon detector includes a multiplication region; a photon absorption region; a punch through voltage range; and a breakdown voltage; a source in electrical communication with the photon detector and configured to provide the primary waveform that includes a first voltage that is: less than a maximum value of the punch through voltage range, or effective to maintain a charge carrier in the absorption region; and a second voltage that is greater than the breakdown voltage; and a reference member in electrical communication with the source and configured to provide a reference waveform in response to receiving the primary waveform.

Abstract: A method for providing potential flow elements including a vortex to capture rotation of a turbine, a dipole to capture a blockage effect of the turbine, a sink to capture extracted energy from wind by the turbine, and a source to capture recovery of flow due to inflow from around the turbine is described. Methods for providing configurations of a VAWT array based on a desired attribute of the array, using a low-order model when the array is subject to physical constraints are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating a panoramic image based on an image quality. The method of generating a panoramic image includes extracting a matching point to connect a base image captured by a first camera and a reference image captured by a second camera, geometrically transforming the reference image by determining a homography between the base image and the reference image, determining a change in image quality of the geometrically transformed reference image, and generating a panoramic image in which the geometrically transformed reference image is connected to the base image based on the determined change in image quality.

Abstract: A brushless rotary plasma electrode structure is disclosed. The brushless rotary plasma electrode structure includes a main body, a plurality of guided portions, and a plurality of conducting-through members. The main body further includes a plurality of electrode portions that have a first salient portion furnished at the periphery thereof. The guided portion is penetrated through the electrode portion. Each of the conducting-through members further includes a second salient portion. There is an internal in both the first salient portion and the second salient portion. In addition, a film coating system is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention for producing aligned carbon nanotube aggregates is an apparatus for producing aligned carbon nanotube aggregates, the apparatus being configured to grow the aligned carbon nanotube aggregate by: causing a catalyst formed on a surface of a substrate to be surrounded by a reducing gas environment constituted by a reducing gas; heating at least either the catalyst or the reducing gas; causing the catalyst to be surrounded by a raw material gas environment constituted by a raw material gas; and heating at least either the catalyst or the raw material gas, at least either an apparatus component exposed to the reducing gas or an apparatus component exposed to the raw material gas being made from a heat-resistant alloy, and having a surface plated with molten aluminum.

Abstract: To provide a crystal orientation mark which can be formed easily and inexpensively, and which enables to perform high precision alignment and allows information other than crystal orientation to be included, even for a small diameter process substrate. A crystal orientation mark is drawn on the surface of the process substrate. The crystal orientation mark includes a marking region for crystal orientation detection, and a marking region for information. The marking region for crystal orientation detection is provided at two locations in an outer edge portion of the process substrate to be used for the alignment of the process substrate. The marking region for information is provided on a straight-line region connecting the marking regions for crystal orientation detection at the two locations, and includes a pattern for demonstrating predetermined information relating to the process substrate.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a layered copper-containing oxide material and a preparation process and purpose thereof The material has a general chemical formula of Na0.68+aNibCucMdMneO2+?, where Ni, Cu, M, and Mn respectively form octahedral structures together with six oxygen atoms that are most adjacent therein, the octahedral structures have arrangements with common edges and constitute transition metal layers; alkali metal ions Na+ are located between every two of the transition metal layers; M is specifically one or more of Mg2+, Mn2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Al3+, B3+, Cr3+, Mn3+, Co3+, V3+, Zr4+, Ti4+, SiO4+, Mo4+, Ru4+, Nb4+, Sb5+, Nb5+, Mo6+, and Te6+; and a, b, c, d, e, ?, and m meet (0.68+a)+2(b+c)+md+4e=2(2+?), and b+c+d+e=1.

Abstract: A negative capacitance logic device includes a first field effect transistor (FET) and a second FET. The first FET is coupled between a power supply voltage and an output node, and the first FET includes a ferroelectric having a negative capacitance. The second FET is coupled between the output node and a ground voltage, and the second FET includes a ferroelectric having a negative capacitance. The negative capacitance logic differentiates an input voltage applied to an input node to provide an output voltage at the output node.

Abstract: A sound source classification step according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps for detecting a sound stream for a preset period when a sound signal is generated, dividing the detected sound stream into a plurality of sound frames and extracting a sound source feature for each of the plurality of sound frames, and classifying each of the sound frames into one of pre-stored reference sound sources based on the extracted sound source feature, analyzing a correlation between the classified reference sound sources using the classification results, and classifying the sound stream using the analyzed correlation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a camera apparatus for automatically maintaining horizontality and a method for maintaining the horizontality of a camera module and an image sensor. Particularly, the method for maintaining the horizontality of the camera module and the image sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention include: a step in which a horizontal sensor senses the horizontal state of the image sensor; a step in which a horizontal control signal generation unit generates a horizontal control signal based on a result of comparing the horizontal state with a reference state; and a step in which a horizontal control device rotates any one of the camera module and the image sensor to attain horizontality based on the horizontal control signal and controls any one of the camera module and the image sensor to stay horizontal.