Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) switch arrangement that improves the voltage handling capacity of a stack of switching elements (e.g., field-effect transistors (FETs)). The RF switch arrangement can include a ground plane and a stack arranged in relation to the ground plane, the stack including a plurality of switching elements coupled in series with one another. The RF switch arrangement can also include a plurality of capacitive elements, each of the plurality of capacitive elements providing a capacitive path across respective terminals of a corresponding one of the plurality of switching elements.

Abstract: A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream, extract a header associated with a current frame and including a signal characterizing that global motion is enabled and further characterizing parameters of a global motion model, and decoding the current frame, the decoding including using a motion model for each current block having a complexity that is less than or equal to a complexity of the global motion model. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.

Abstract: Porous membranes are provided according to the invention having desirable coefficient of thermal expansion and large surface area, for example at least about 4,000 mm2. These porous membranes may be made according to an exemplary process employing lithographic patterning of a photoresist followed by development of the photoresist and etching. In one aspect, the etch barrier layer is chosen from a material that does not react with or incorporate metal or other contaminants into the membrane layer.

Abstract: The optical repeater system of an embodiment includes master units connectable to a base station to which a carrier band to be subjected to carrier aggregation is assigned and a remote unit capable of transmitting and receiving an uplink/downlink signal of the carrier band. The master unit includes memory, timing detector, information sharer, determinator and synchronization controller. The memory stores a weight assigned to the each master unit. The timing detector detects a UL/DL switching timing for each carrier band of a subordinate base station. The information sharer communicates with another master unit and shares information including at least the weight and a latest UL/DL switching timing among the detected UL/DL switching timings with the another master unit. The determinator determines the own UL/DL switching timing based on the shared information. The synchronization controller sets the own UL/DL switching timing to the determined UL/DL switching timing.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: a negative electrode active layer provided on at least one surface of a negative electrode current collector, and including a negative electrode active material; and a coating layer disposed on the negative electrode active layer. The coating layer contains silicon-containing particles, aluminum-containing particles and a dispersant, and a volume resistance of the coating layer is about 1.0×10?4 ?·cm to 1.0 ?·cm.

Abstract: Provided are an interconnect board (ICB) assembly suitable for a battery module of horizontal stack structure including unidirectional battery cells stacked with cell leads facing each other, a battery module comprising the same and a method for fabricating the battery module. The ICB assembly according to the present disclosure includes an ICB frame configured to receive leads of unidirectional battery cells such that the unidirectional battery cells having the cell leads at one end are placed facing each other with the cell leads facing each other, and busbars assembled in the ICB frame, size and configured to be electrically connected to the cell leads.

Abstract: Provided is an operating method of a battery control system including a plurality of batteries, the operating method including detecting, by a processor, an operation of an external device is off, identifying, by the processor, a remaining state of charge (SoC) of each of the plurality of batteries, and performing, by the processor, a cell balancing up to a designated level for at least one of the plurality of batteries having a remaining SoC exceeding a threshold value.

Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: a plurality of storage units each configured to store a value related to an image processing parameter; and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing based on the image processing parameter determined by selecting at least one of the plurality of storage units according to a timing at which types of a plurality of types of acquired medical images are switched.

Abstract: A liquid supply mechanism includes a tank configured to store liquid, a supply passage having an end connected to the tank so as to allow the liquid to flow, and an ejection member disposed on the supply passage so as to eject the liquid. The ejection member includes a filter, a check valve, and an ejection passage. The filter has a predetermined passage resistance to the passing liquid. The check valve is opened at a predetermined opening pressure for the passing liquid. The ejection passage allows the liquid to flow when the check valve is opened and ejects the liquid from an ejection port formed at a tip thereof. A pressure decompressed by the passage resistance of the filter is larger than the opening pressure of the check valve.

Abstract: Disclose herein is a pouch film laminate body including a gas barrier layer, a base layer disposed on one surface of the gas barrier layer, and a sealant layer disposed on the other surface of the gas barrier layer. A loop stiffness of the pouch film laminate body in machine direction of the pouch film laminate body may be 750 mN to 1300 mN.

Abstract: Provided is a document management system that automatically presents a modified part of related document data. The modified document acquiring unit acquires modified document data that has been modified. The related document acquiring unit selects and acquires related document data for the modified document data acquired by the modified document acquiring unit from a plurality of document data. The question generating unit generates a question sentence from a sentence of the modified part of the modified document data acquired by the modified document acquiring unit. The modification deciding unit generates answers to the question sentence generated by the question generating unit for the modified document data and the related document data, respectively, and, when the similarity between the answers is lower than a specific threshold, determines that the related document data needs to be modified and presents the determination to the user.

Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting and delivering content are provided. More particularly, content can be delivered to an output device from a user device through a device adaptor, such as an over-the-top (OTT) device. The OTT device or devices available to the user device are determined by a communication server. In particular, the OTT device or devices available to the user device are limited to those OTT devices associated with an output device in the user's room, or that the user is otherwise authorized to access.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a blade and a receiving member. The blade slides in a predetermined traveling direction along a nozzle surface of an inkjet head in a state where a tip end portion is pressed against the nozzle surface. The receiving member is provided at a sliding end position of the blade and receiving a waste liquid discharged from the blade.

Abstract: Disclosed are valve replacement devices, systems, and methods. valve replacement devices may comprise one- or two-piece systems comprising an adapter body and a valve assembly with leaflets positioned within the adapter body. In two-piece systems, the valve assembly may be removable from the adapter body such that both can be delivered together or separately, and the adapter body may remain implanted while the valve assembly may be removed and replaced (i.e., “revalved”). Also described are devices (such as a delivery catheter device), systems, and methods related to such delivering and revalving the valve replacement. Such delivery methods may include transseptal insertion of a new minimum leaflet structure, and securement of the valve replacement using several securement type (e.g., supra-annular, sub-annular, radial, leaflet securement, etc.). Also described is a braided helical design that mimics the heart's natural movement, and a flange structure for assisting the functioning of the valve replacement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a can that accommodates the electrode assembly; a cap assembly that includes a vent, a current interrupt device (CID) filter positioned under the vent, and a CID gasket positioned at one end of the current interrupt device filter to close an open upper portion of the can; and a gasket that is compressed while interposed between the cap assembly and the upper portion of the can to maintain insulation and sealing between the cap assembly and the can, wherein an outer surface and upper and lower surfaces of the vent of the cap assembly are in close contact with inner and upper surfaces of the gasket, respectively, and a radius of curvature of a portion where the outer surface and the upper surface of an edge portion of the vent meet is 0.3 mm or less.

Abstract: An electricity storage device disclosed herein includes: an exterior body having an opening; a closing plate closing the opening; an electrode terminal having one end electrically connected to an electrode body inside the exterior body and the other end exposed outside the closing plate; and an insulating member made of resin and insulating the electrode terminal from an outer surface of the closing plate. The closing plate, the electrode terminal, and the insulating member are insert-molded, the closing plate has a groove at a boundary portion with the insulating member on the outer surface side, and the groove is provided over an entire periphery of the electrode terminal.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; and a pouch-type casing in which the electrode assembly is disposed. The pouch-type casing includes upper and lower casings thermally bonded to each other, in which the pouch-type casing includes a sealing part formed along at least a part of an edge of the pouch-type casing. Electrode leads are connected to the electrode assembly and protrude from sides of the pouch-type casing. The sealing part may include a notch portion formed at an end of any one of the sides from which the electrode leads protrude, and the notch portion may have a curvature that is recessed toward the inside of the pouch-type casing.

Abstract: A detection device includes an installation plate, a lever member rotatably installed on the installation plate and rotatable between a first position and a second position, and a sensor installed on the installation plate and detecting whether the lever member is in the second position. The lever member is rotated from the first position to the second position under a pushing of an object when the object is supplied to a predetermined workstation. The lever member can be automatically reset to the first position under gravity when no object is supplied to the predetermined workstation. It is determined that the object is supplied to the predetermined workstation if the sensor detects that the lever member is in the second position and, if the sensor does not detect that the lever member is in the second position, it is determined that no object is supplied to the predetermined workstation.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a cleaning blade, and a controller. The controller detects printing-coverage rates on a basis of plural areas divided in the longitudinal direction of the image carrier. At a specified timing, the controller executes aging process in which the image carrier in a charged state is driven into rotation under light irradiation by the exposure unit. For the aging process, the controller sets a condition that a light quantity of the exposure unit for an area of larger coverage rate is larger than a light quantity of the exposure unit for an area of smaller coverage rate.

Abstract: A mobile tower for transportation to and rapid deployment at remote sites where the mobile tower can be engaged with the ground, the mobile tower including an extendable and retractable tower secured to a mobile support structure including a frame having a plurality of rapidly deployable outriggers, wherein the tower includes three series of pivotally interconnected tower sections or segments, sections or segments of which engage with segments of each of the other series when the tower is assembled; the mobile tower including a plurality of guy wires secured between the extendable and retractable tower and the respective outriggers to stabilize the tower after the tower is assembled. The guy wires are preferably secured to the extendable and retractable tower at first and second connecting positions that are displaced from one another about an outer perimeter. Methods of deploying the mobile tower are also disclosed.