Abstract: A method for performing a task by a robotic device includes mapping a group of task image pixel descriptors associated with a first group of pixels in a task image of a task environment to a group of teaching image pixel descriptors associated with a second group of pixels in a teaching image based on positioning the robotic device within the task environment. The method also includes determining a relative transform between the task image and the teaching image based on mapping the plurality of task image pixel descriptors. The relative transform indicates a change in one or more of points of 3D space between the task image and the teaching image. The method also includes performing the task associated with the set of parameterized behaviors based on updating one or more parameters of a set of parameterized behaviors associated with the teaching image based on determining the relative transform.

Abstract: Provided is a microfluidic film including a first microfluidic film including a first base film, a first microchannel, which is formed on the first base film and through which a fluid flows, and a first through passage, which is configured to pass through the first base film, and a second microfluidic film including a second base film being stacked on the first base film and a second through passage, which is configured to pass through the second base film and communicates with the first through passage.

Abstract: An inner-support and gas-flotation static balancing device for a rotating ring-shaped part and a method of using the same are provided. A bottom end of an end cover is rotatably connected to a top end of a support base. One end, which is away from a working gas cavity, of the gas-flotation chamber is connected to a disc seat through a supporting column. The levelness of the gas-flotation chamber may be adjusted through the supporting column. Two axial positioning mechanisms are respectively mounted on two sides of the gas-flotation chamber in an axis direction. Gas supplied by external air supply may enter the working gas cavity, the cylindrical gas inlet channels, and the gas inlet holes through the gas supply hole, so as to form an gas film with certain bearing capacity between the working surface and the inner surface of the rotating ring-shaped part.

Abstract: A technology disclosed in the present disclosure provides a Group III-V-based quantum dot including a seed which includes a Group III element, a Group V element, and an active metal having various oxidation numbers and in which a molar ratio of the Group III element and the active metal is 1:3 to 1:30, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: A precise deep oil and gas navigation system based on structural evaluation of a sand/shale formation, and a device are provided. The precise deep oil and gas navigation system is implemented by: acquiring basic data of a target well location as well as basic data and an acoustic LWD curve of an adjacent well; dividing a basic data group; retaining extremely strongly correlated data and strongly correlated data of the basic data group, and performing dimensionality reduction; constructing a three-dimensional fusion feature data volume based on a dimensionality-reduced fusion feature parameter and a time-frequency spectrum; predicting a missing curve according to the three-dimensional fusion feature data volume; and correcting a stratigraphic structure model based on the missing curve to guide the design of a drilling trajectory.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: Provided are a power management method and apparatus of an ONU supporting a slicing function. A power management method performed by a power management apparatus of an ONU supporting a slicing function includes receiving a first message for discovering a power management attribute of an ONU including at least one slice from an optical line terminal (OLT), transmitting a second message including the power management attribute of the ONU to the OLT in response to the first message received, receiving a third message for setting up a power management parameter for each slice included in the ONU from the OLT, setting up the power management parameter for each slice included in the ONU based on the third message received, and transmitting a fourth message including a set up result of the power management parameter for each slice included in the ONU to the OLT.

Abstract: In a soft grip unit, a grip device having the soft grip unit, and a driving method of the grip device, the soft grip unit includes a flexible cover, a particle, a negative pressure generator and a flexible supporting part. The flexible cover has a gripping surface on which a target object is attached and a reference surface coupled with the gripping surface. The particle is received by the receiving space, and transformed corresponding to a shape of the target object. The negative pressure generator is connected to the flexible cover. The negative pressure generator absorbs an air of the receiving space to contract the flexible cover. The flexible supporting part is tightly attached to the reference surface, and transformed at the same time when the flexible cover is pressurized and transformed by the target object.

Abstract: The present invention improves a heat dissipation property of a semiconductor device by transferring hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) with a two-dimensional nanostructure to the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a semiconductor layer formed on the first surface of the substrate, an hBN layer formed on at least one surface of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, and a heat sink positioned on the second surface of the substrate. A radiation rate of heat generated during driving of an element is increased to decrease a reduction in lifetime of a semiconductor device due to a temperature increase. The semiconductor device has a structure and configuration which are very effective in improving a rapid temperature increase due to heat generated by high-power semiconductor devices.

Abstract: The present application discloses a frontpage news prediction and classification method. Keywords to be queried are firstly input by means of a user interface, and collected news text information on the web pages is saved in a local database; a text representation module performs vector representation by using a Doc2Vec representation algorithm, so as to convert each news text into a low-dimensional text feature vector with a high amount of information; and a similarity network construction module calculates the similarity between news, constructs a news similarity network by taking a calculated similarity matrix as an adjacent matrix of a news related network, determines whether a similarity network is traversed, if so, iteratively calculates an HR value of the vector according to an H-index supporting contribution matrix, performs weight sorting on the news by using the HR value, and predicts top-N pieces of news as front page news.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering an object-based audio signal considering an obstacle are disclosed. A method for rendering an object-based audio signal according to an example embodiment, the method includes identifying an object-based input signal and metadata for the input signal, generating a binaural filter based on the metadata using a binaural room impulse response (BRIR), determining, based on the metadata, whether an obstacle is present between a listener and an object, modifying the generated binaural filter when it is determined that the obstacle is present, and generating a rendered output signal by convolving the modified binaural filter and the input signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a manufacturing method for a laser chip and a laser chip. The manufacturing method comprises: step S1, forming a first electroplating substrate on an epitaxial layer; step S2, forming an organic pattern layer on the first electroplating substrate, wherein the pattern layer defines a hollowed-out area and a part of the first electroplating substrate is exposed to the pattern layer by means of the hollowed-out area; step S3, forming a first metal coating on the first electroplating substrate, wherein the first metal coating completely covers the pattern layer and the part of the first electroplating substrate not covered by the pattern layer; and step S4, removing the pattern layer to have a hollow channel formed between the first metal coating and the first electroplating substrate, wherein the channel is provided with at least one inlet and at least one outlet running through the first metal coating.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for traffic flow control considering a bus stop in a connected environment, comprising: determining an influence region of the bus stop; dividing the influence region of the bus stop into influence subregions; collecting vehicle information of each of the influence subregions at time t; comparing lane changing pressures of different influence subregions of the bus stop; determining a predicted count of lane changing vehicles of each of the influence subregions based on lane changing pressure differences; and selecting optimal lane changing vehicles to complete lane changing. A vehicle density distribution in the influence region of the bus stop can be dynamically regulated through vehicle information interaction in the connected environment, thereby making the spatial distribution of the traffic flow more balanced, saving vehicle traveling time, and improving the operation efficiency of the traffic flow.

Abstract: A device providing real-time feedback to users to aid in gait training or other applications where awareness of body position is useful. Embodiments of the device equip patients to regain balance and practice physical therapy exercises in either a clinical setting or at home.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a parameter design method for a series passive impedance adapter applicable to a VSC-HVDC transmission system, to resolve the technical problem that high-frequency resonance may occur when impedance of a VSC-HVDC transmission system is mismatched with that of a sending-end or receiving-end grid. A parameter design goal of the present disclosure is that reactive power consumed by a series passive impedance adapter is not more than A times rated power of a converter, and a loss of the series passive impedance adapter in a fundamental wave is B times the rated power of the converter. The parameter design method for a series passive impedance adapter applicable to a VSC-HVDC transmission system in the present disclosure can realize a positive impedance characteristic within a concerned frequency band and completely eliminate a risk of harmonic resonance.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for direct nonoxidative conversion of methane and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly to a method of preparing a catalyst for direct nonoxidative conversion of methane, in which a catalyst optimized for the direct conversion reaction of methane can be easily prepared without precise control of the reaction conditions for direct conversion of methane, thereby simultaneously maximizing the catalytic reaction rate and minimizing coke formation, and exhibiting stable catalytic performance even after long-term operation, and to a catalyst for direct nonoxidative conversion of methane prepared using the above method.

Abstract: A method for extracting flavone aglycones in Chrysanthemum morifolium is provided. The method includes: (a) immersing a Chrysanthemum morifolium raw material in water or an aqueous solution to perform an immersion procedure for 3.5 hours or more to obtain an immersion sample; and (b) adding an extraction solvent to the immersion sample to perform an extraction procedure 5-60 minutes to obtain an extract. The Chrysanthemum morifolium raw material includes at least one of the following parts of Chrysanthemum morifolium: whole plant, roots, stems, leaves and flowers.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to detect ammonia with high sensitivity and high selectivity using a nanomechanical sensor with a structure that is as simple as possible. A method for detecting ammonia according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises supplying a sample gas possibly containing ammonia to a nanomechanical sensor that detects a stress or a displacement using poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride) as a material of a receptor layer, and detecting presence or absence of ammonia or a content of ammonia in the sample gas based on an output signal from the nanomechanical sensor, in which the sample gas is a humidified sample gas with controlled relative humidity.

Abstract: An assisted early screening system for Down syndrome, relating to assisted screening of Down syndrome skin prints based on a machine learning algorithm, wherein the system comprising: (a) a skin print feature input module; (b) a processing module for diagnosis of Down syndrome based on skin print, wherein the processing module performs a scoring processing on the inputted skin print features according to a predetermined evaluation criteria to obtain a risk score, and compares the risk score with a Down syndrome risk threshold, thereby obtaining an assisted screening result; and (c) an output module for assisted screening result, which is configured to output the assisted screening result. The assisted early screening system for Down syndrome can implement simple, accurate, and effective assisted early screening of Down syndrome, such that powerful assistance can be provided for postnatal early intervention for early Down syndrome patients.

Abstract: A micro-power wind-solar hybrid energy harvesting and power generating device including a solar power generation module, a wind power generation module, a control module, an energy storage module, and an accessory structure are provided. The solar power generation module is mainly composed of a solar thin film cell and a corresponding interface control circuit, and the wind power generation module includes a wind-induced vibration structure, a cantilever beam structure, a piezoelectric element, and a corresponding interface control circuit. The solar thin film cell is mounted at a top of the wind-induced vibration structure, and interface control circuits, the energy storage module, etc. are all arranged inside the wind-induced vibration structure. The control module is configured to handle an energy harvesting and power generating algorithm of the wind-solar hybrid power generating device to maximize the power generation quality and the power generation efficiency of the device.