Abstract: Described herein is an etching solution suitable for the selective removal of polysilicon over silicon oxide from a microelectronic device, which comprises: water; at least one of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide compound; optionally at least one alkanolamine compound; a water-miscible solvent; at least one nitrogen containing compound selected from the group consisting of a C4-12 alkylamine, a polyalkylenimine, a polyamine, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound, or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic and aromatic compound; and optionally, a surfactant.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device includes a touch sensor having a plurality of display electrodes and control logic coupled to the plurality of display electrodes. The control logic is configured to receive, for each of a plurality of stylus electrodes of an active stylus interacting with the touch-sensitive display device, a spatial capacitance measurement over the touch sensor for that stylus electrode. Relative to the touch sensor, and based on spatial capacitance measurements of the stylus electrodes, the control logic is configured to determine (i) a tip position of the active stylus, (ii) a tilt parameter of the active stylus, and (iii) a twist parameter of the active stylus.

Abstract: A method is described that includes translating higher level program code including higher level instructions having an instruction format that identifies pixels to be accessed from a memory with first and second coordinates from an orthogonal coordinate system into lower level instructions that target a hardware architecture having an array of execution lanes and a shift register array structure that is able to shift data along two different axis. The translating includes replacing the higher level instructions having the instruction format with lower level shift instructions that shift data within the shift register array structure.

Abstract: A lidar system includes a light source configured to emit light pulses and a receiver configured to detect light from some of the light pulses scattered by remote targets. The receiver includes an avalanche photodiode operating in the linear mode for detecting the light pulses. To prevent damage to the linear mode avalanche photodiode a quench circuit is coupled to the avalanche photodiode, where the quench circuit reduces a bias voltage applied to the avalanche photodiode, when an avalanche event occurs at the avalanche photodiode.

Abstract: Methods and systems are also described for generating qualitative graphical representations of the standardized metrics. For example, in order to allow contributors to intuitively understand and compare the standardized metrics, the methods and systems convert the standardized metrics into graphical representations that allow for a qualitative comparison of contributors. This conversion includes the retrieval of the standardized metrics and the use of non-conventional techniques for filtering the metrics based on dynamic criteria to generate software development scores that may be used to compare different contributors.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a monitoring device for determining one or more characteristics of one or more scheduled programs within one or more packetized elementary streams of one or more transport streams. The monitoring device receives the one or more transport streams from a service provider system and de-encapsulates the one or more packetized elementary streams from the one or more transport streams. The monitoring device determines the one or more characteristics of the one or more scheduled programs from the one or more packetized elementary streams. The one or more characteristics can be used by the monitoring device to adapt on a dynamic, real-time, or near real-time, basis to changes to the one or more transport streams.

Abstract: A technique includes providing real-time collective and collaborative navigation for one or more users to navigate to a destination. Each computing device associated with a member includes navigation objects that is pooled in a server and updated on each client device of users as one or more users navigate to a destination. A set of navigation objects may be created and distributed to the members within the group for the session, whereby the navigation objects are data structures that may be managed by a server. Based on a contextual trigger, the navigation object may be created or modified and used to provide a context to the navigation session. Navigation objects may continuously analyze user context and user situations to detect anomalies for one or more members in the group.

Abstract: Plastic grid or framework arrangements are used to support and position of bowls that hold flower arrangements, candles, letters, and other decorative elements. These grids are deployable in water fountains, indoor and outdoor pools, and other small bodies of water during festive occasions or for longer term decorative display. The grid themselves do not float, and are positioned below the surface of the water, and thus are not readily visible. Buoyancy is provided at the hubs that form nodes in the grids. The hubs also support floating bowls containing various decorative elements. The resulting effect is that the various decorative elements appear to be floating on the surface while the sub-surface grid structure maintains their relative positioning, keeping the bowls from clumping together at the edges or in the corners of the pool or fountain.

Abstract: Photovoltaic devices such as solar cells, hybrid solar cell-batteries, and other such devices may include an active layer disposed between two electrodes. The active layer may have perovskite material and other material such as mesoporous material, interfacial layers, thin-coat interfacial layers, and combinations thereof. The perovskite material may be photoactive. The perovskite material may be disposed between two or more other materials in the photovoltaic device. Inclusion of these materials in various arrangements within an active layer of a photovoltaic device may improve device performance. Other materials may be included to further improve device performance, such as, for example: additional perovskites, and additional interfacial layers.

Abstract: For leveling tile, a tile leveler includes a base, three full joint spacers, and a partial joint spacer. The base includes a base window that is free of obstruction in first axis. The three full joint spacers extend from the base in a proximal direction relative to the first axis and extend from the base in a distal direction relative to the first axis. The partial joint spacer extends from the base in the proximal direction along the first axis and does not extend from the base in the distal direction along the first axis.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for converting a singing first singing voice associated with a first speaker to a second singing voice associated with a second speaker. A context associated with one or more phonemes corresponding to the first singing voice is encoded, and the one or more phonemes are aligned to one or more target acoustic frames based on the encoded context. One or more mel-spectrogram features are recursively generated from the aligned phonemes and target acoustic frames, and a sample corresponding to the first singing voice is converted to a sample corresponding to the second singing voice using the generated mel-spectrogram features.

Abstract: Implantable devices for orthopedic, including spine and other uses are formed of porous reinforced polymer scaffolds. Scaffolds include a thermoplastic polymer forming a porous matrix that has continuously interconnected pores. The porosity and the size of the pores within the scaffold are selectively formed during synthesis of the composite material, and the composite material includes a plurality of reinforcement particles integrally formed within and embedded in the matrix and exposed on the pore surfaces. The reinforcement particles provide one or more of reinforcement, bioactivity, or bioresorption.

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle has an accessory powered by an engine with a compressor. An ejector has an inlet positioned to receive compressed air from the air intake system downstream of the compressor, and an outlet positioned to provide compressed air into the air intake system upstream of the compressor. A check valve is positioned between and fluidly connects the canister purge valve and the ejector. A controller is configured to stimulate boosted operation of the engine by activating the accessory and increasing a torque output of the engine to open the second check valve.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for unlocking a security tag that is connected to an article. The apparatus includes an unlocking device configured to provide an unlock signal or force to a security tag allowing for the security tag to be removed from the article. The apparatus further includes an unlocking surface disposed between the unlocking device and the security tag and an alignment feature configured to indicate a detachment zone that corresponds with a source of the unlock signal or force, wherein placing the tag in the detachment allows for the unlocking device to provide an unlock signal or force to the security device to allow the security tag to be removed from the article.

Abstract: A method and system for sampling a solid sample material can include the step of mounting the sample material on a support. A sample surface is coated with a surface treatment composition in a dry deposition process. A solvent supply conduit for supplying solvent to the sample surface and a solvent exhaust conduit for withdrawing solvent from the sample surface can be provided. Solvent is flowed from the solvent supply conduit to the surface treatment composition and the sample surface such that the solvent contacts the surface treatment composition. A laser beam is directed from a laser source to the sample and the surface treatment composition. The laser beam will ablate the sample and the surface treatment composition in portions intersected by the laser beam. Ablated sample material enters the solvent liquid and will be transported with the solvent away from the sample surface through the solvent exhaust conduit.

Abstract: Methods and system are provided for an imaging system. In one example, the imaging device, comprises a curved arm and a carrier that engages and supports the curved arm, wherein the curved arm is configured to move relative to the carrier. The imaging system further comprises a belt extending through the carrier and traversing around a periphery of the curved arm.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for receiving media data. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a media presentation description (MPD) file in which an essential property descriptor includes an attribute indicating uniform resource locator (URL) information for a session-based description (SBD) file. The SBD file includes one or more groups of key-value pairs. The processing circuitry receives the SBD file based on the URL information. The processing circuitry sends a request to a server based on the SBD file.

Abstract: An interactive video distribution system and video player are described. A client server arrangement may be used for providing a video player and video content to a client device. The video player may display navigation images enabling navigation to specific portions of the video content by activating a corresponding navigation image. The video player may also enable the sharing of a segment of the video with other video players, enabling the video players to play the streamed segment of the video without having to play the entire video, thereby reducing network bandwidth usage. The video player may be embeddable. The server may associate searchable tags with respective video segments.

Abstract: Techniques for distribution of application logic in digital networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method that includes receiving a request from a first device to initiate a service instance associated with a service. The service instance is associated with application logic. The method further includes determining one or more parameters associated with the request, identifying at least a portion of the application logic to distribute to a mobile edge server based on the one or more parameters, and distributing the at least a portion of the application logic to the mobile edge server to cause the mobile edge server to provide the service instance to the first device.

Abstract: A system for mitigating interference and improving performance of wireless devices within a sector is in a cellular network is described. The cellular network provides a first and second radio access technology (RAT). The system includes an access node having a processor performing multiple operations. The operations include determining that interference associated with the first RAT within the sector exceeds a threshold interference value and comparing a performance metric of the wireless devices to a predetermined value to determine if the performance metric is below the predetermined value. Upon determination that the performance metric is below the predetermined value and the interference exceeds a threshold value, the processor dynamically limits a number of wireless devices operating using the first RAT within the sector.