Abstract: A method of tracking and reporting the velocity of a hand-held paint spray gun. The object to be painted is placed in a room having one or more fiducial walls. A camera is installed on the spray gun, with its field of view toward the one or more fiducial walls. As the object is painted, the camera detects fiducials, calculates their current position, and compares current positions to previous locations to determine movement and velocity. The current velocity is compared to a stored target velocity, and audible or visible feedback is provided to the spray gun operator.

Abstract: A method for a parallel image reconstruction is disclosed. The method includes (a) acquiring image information by channel via parallel coils in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner; (b) extracting low-frequency signals from the image information; (c) reconstructing low-frequency images from the low-frequency signals; (d) generating filter banks by using the low-frequency images; and (f) reconstructing a final image by using the filter banks. The generating of the filter banks includes separately generating low-frequency image information for reconstruction of magnitude information and low-frequency image information for reconstruction of phase information, and then separately generating a filter for reconstruction of the magnitude information and a filter for reconstruction of the phase information.

Abstract: A touch sensing film structure including a touch-sensitive device layer, a water/oxygen barrier layer and a flexible substrate is provided. The touch-sensitive device layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The water/oxygen barrier layer is formed on the first surface or the second surface or integrated with the touch-sensitive device layer to form a multi-function layer. The flexible substrate can stack with the water/oxygen barrier layer and the touch-sensitive device layer, or stack with the multi-function layer.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for super high frequency (SHF)/extremely high frequency (EHF) band wireless transmission on a multi-level configuration. The apparatus may include a list managing unit to receive and manage a first list associated with an SHF/EHF band signal from a terminal connected to a wireless network, a path finding unit to select a path having a communication quality value greater than or equal to a first threshold value by referring to the first list, and a scheduling unit to schedule available SHF/EHF band radio resources for the selected path.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for multiple cytokine detection from single cells for the purpose of generating immunological profiles of diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for harvesting leakage energy. The apparatus for harvesting leakage energy includes: an energy harvesting unit configured to harvest energy leaked while energy radiated from a transmitting unit of an energy transmitting apparatus is transmitted to a receiving unit of an energy receiving apparatus; and a harvesting circuit module configured to supply energy harvested by the energy harvesting unit to a load. In accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, energy efficiency of overall system can be increased by harvesting the leakage energy without affecting performance of a wireless power transmission system.

Abstract: An ion trap device is disclosed. The device includes a series of electrodes that define an ion flow path. A radio frequency (RF) field is applied to the series of electrodes such that each electrode is phase shifted approximately 180 degrees from an adjacent electrode. A DC voltage is superimposed with the RF field to create a DC gradient to drive ions in the direction of the gradient. A second RF field or DC voltage is applied to selectively trap and release the ions from the device. Further, the device may be gridless and utilized at high pressure.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is described which has improved initial tack, long-term adhesion, water uptake and translucency characteristics and may be prepared by melt extrusion. Uses of these compositions are also described, for example, their use as blister pads and wound dressings.

Abstract: Provided is a peptide which is capable of repressing transcription in a plant and which can be used in the CRES-T (a simple and widely applicable means for repressing gene transcription). Also provided is a gene encoding the peptide.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are provided a routing device and method for configuring a Low Power Wireless Mesh Network (LPWMN) including a channel hopping time multiplexing wireless link. The routing device includes a control unit and a communication unit. The control unit sets up a virtual link, a shared link, or a dedicated link to an external device or router. The communication unit forwards a data frame to the device or router based on the set-up link.

Abstract: The present invention provides a filtration control agent and a drilling fluid containing the same. The filtration control agent comprises the product obtained from the reaction of water, lignite, aldehyde and sulfonate polymer at 180-220° C. and the units containing sulfonate groups in the molecular chains of sulfonate polymer are at least 30 wt %. The filtration control agent provided by the present invention features a good filtration loss reduction effect and a low viscosity effect and can improve the rheological behavior of the drilling fluid, thereby meeting the requirements of the drilling of deep wells, ultra-deep wells and ultra high pressure formations.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a multi-hop network system includes: a transmission node; a reception node; a router node; and a flow control node connected to all nodes within the multi-hop network system. The flow control node periodically receives flow monitoring information from at least one transmission node and evaluates whether the distributed state of the bandwidth of a network is fair. At this time, the flow control node sets a queue length threshold as transmission rate control information for fairly distributing the bandwidth of the network and transmits the set queue length threshold to at least one transmission node when unfairness has been detected. The transmission node sets the queue length threshold as a reference point for adjusting the transmission rate and performs the packet and/or link scheduling.

Abstract: A communication device, a multicast control method, and a scheduling control method are disclosed. The communication device includes: a decoding buffer that stores a first multicast packet received from a first node and a second multicast packet received from a second node; an encoder that performs network coding of the first and second multicast packets; and a transmitter that transmits the network-coded packets output from the encoder to the first node and the second node.

Abstract: A flexible electronic component module includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate overlaps the second substrate to define at least one first exposed portion and at least one second exposed portion. The at least one first exposed portion includes a first electrode layer and the at least one second exposed portion includes a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate and the second electronic layer is disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: A method for guaranteeing a data frame transmit opportunity in a wireless LAN system having three different transmission modes includes: setting a first transmission protection interval based on a lowest transmission mode, when a node of a mode having a lowest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exists in the wireless LAN system, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame; and setting a second transmission protection interval based on a mode having a highest transmission rate, when only nodes of a mode having a highest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exist, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame.

Abstract: An all optical radio frequency converter. The invention relates to a microtoroid optomechanical oscillator that can provide a local oscillation frequency and a mixing functionality. The microtoroid optomechanical oscillator can be fabricated from a silica-on-silicon wafer. When an input optical signal having an optical carrier frequency carrying a modulated RF signal representing information is applied to the microtoroid optomechanical oscillator, a signal including the baseband information modulated on the optical carrier is provided as output. The output signal can be detected with a photodetector. Information carried by the optical signal can be recorded and/or displayed to a user. Injection locking of the microtoroid optomechanical oscillator can be accomplished by providing a signal of suitable frequency. The frequency and the phase of operation of the microtoroid optomechanical oscillator can be locked to the respective frequency and phase of the injected locking signal.

Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising on weight basis the following components: a) 30 to 99.5% of at least one intergrowth molecular sieve; b) 0 to 20% of a rare earth element or oxides thereof; c) 0 to 10% of at least one element from Group VA of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; d) 0 to 10% of at least one element from Group IIIA of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; e) 0 to 20% of at least one element from Group IB or IIB of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; f) 0 to 20% of at least one element from Group IA or IIA of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; and g) 0 to 65% of a binder, wherein the components b), c), d), e) and f) are supported on the component a), and contents of at least two of the components b), c), d), e) and f) are larger than zero, is described. A process for preparing said catalyst composition and a process for the production of olefins via catalytic cracking by using said catalyst composition are also described.

Abstract: A bone plate structure adapted to fix a bone in an affected part is provided. The bone plate structure includes first and second bone plates. The first bone plate has a first stacking portion and a first extending portion and is adapted to be moved onto the bone through a wound of the affected part. The second bone plate has a second stacking portion and a second extending portion and is adapted to be moved onto the bone through the wound. When the first and second bone plates are located on the bone, the second bone plate is adapted to be moved relatively to the first bone plate, such that the first and second stacking portions are stacked with each other and the first and second extending portions are expanded relatively. A surgery device and a method for bone plate implant suitable for the bone plate structure is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nickel-based catalyst for steam carbon dioxide reforming (SCR) of natural gas using steam and carbon dioxide, more particularly to a method for preparing a nickel-based catalyst represented by Ni/?-Al2O3, which is prepared by supporting nickel on a spherical ?-alumina support having many acid sites at high density by repeating impregnation and drying tens of times. The catalyst prepared according to the present invention exhibits superior catalytic activity when used in steam carbon dioxide reforming reaction (SCR) even under harsh conditions of high temperature and high pressure and hardly exhibits carbon deposition due to superior durability.

Abstract: A method and device for high-resolution three-dimensional (3-D) imaging which obtains camera pose using defocusing is disclosed. The device comprises a lens obstructed by a mask having two sets of apertures. The first set of apertures produces a plurality of defocused images of the object, which are used to obtain camera pose. The second set of optical filters produces a plurality of defocused images of a projected pattern of markers on the object. The images produced by the second set of apertures are differentiable from the images used to determine pose, and are used to construct a detailed 3-D image of the object. Using the known change in camera pose between captured images, the 3-D images produced can be overlaid to produce a high-resolution 3-D image of the object.