Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a speed calculating portion and a communication setting portion. In a state where a communication with the switching hub has been established by a highest-speed candidate method among a plurality of candidate methods that respectively have different rated communication speeds, the speed calculating portion calculates a result communication speed for each of the one or more host apparatuses based on an amount of received job data and a reception required time for each of the one or more host apparatuses, wherein the candidate methods are candidates for a communication method to be adopted. The communication setting portion selects, as an adopted communication method, one of the plurality of candidate methods based on the result communication speed for each of the one or more host apparatuses, and establishes a communication with the switching hub by the adopted communication method.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display and a control device. The control device functions as: a detector detecting a trouble occurred in an own apparatus; and a controller. The controller performs, with respect to a trouble-displaying image including a two-dimensional code in which a storage location on a network is converted into an image, at least one of three outputs of displaying on the display, printing on a recording sheet, and transmitting to an external apparatus. The storage location is where information indicating a method for dealing with the trouble detected by the detector is stored. Based on a predetermined first degree using at least either difficulty in solving the trouble or seriousness of the trouble as an indicator, the controller changes a size of the two-dimensional code corresponding to the trouble so as to be larger as the first degree becomes higher, and then outputs the two-dimensional code.

Abstract: A cutting machine that includes a knife and an unrolling device. The knife severs foodstuff slices from a foodstuff bar. A leaf from a separating material is provided between at least two foodstuff slices. The unrolling device providing the separating material for disposal of the leaf between the two foodstuff slices and injects the leaf into the cutting region. The unrolling device has a tape roll and a delay unit. disposed downstream of the tape roll. The delay unit is configured for delaying the movement of the separating material, which is unrolled from the unrolling device and is provided in a cutting region of a cutting machine.

Abstract: The present invention features compositions and methods useful in detecting counterfeit products and product diversion. The methods include packaging and indelibly marking products through an opening in their container and/or through a wall of the container that includes a hole therein. Unique identifiers are placed on the product and the container. In other methods, the product is not packaged within a container but is indelibly marked with first and second representations of a unique identifier, either or both of which can be machine-readable, human-readable, and/or at least partially randomized. An apparatus for carrying out the method of product marking is also disclosed.

Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a tunnel to a terminal via an untrusted network is to be established, wherein the tunnel is set up only if the terminal is authenticated and authorized; requesting, if the tunnel is to be established, the authentication and authorization and an information on a location of the terminal; providing the information on the location received in response to the request to a gateway.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally discloses an adaptive bitrate streaming support capability configured to support adaptive bitrate streaming of content. The adaptive bitrate streaming support capability is configured to support adaptive bitrate streaming of content via a wireless access network including an application scheduler and a wireless access device. The application scheduler receives an adaptive bitrate streaming flow and sends the adaptive bitrate streaming flow toward the wireless access device based on scheduling of the adaptive bitrate streaming flow at the application scheduler. The wireless access device determines feedback information associated with the adaptive bitrate streaming flow and provides the feedback information associated with the adaptive bitrate streaming flow to the application scheduler.

Abstract: A system and method for processing human related data to make personalized and context aware decisions with distributed machine learning at an edge and a cloud is disclosed. A nearest edge computing device receives first, second and third sensed signals from first, second and third sensory devices, determines when the first, second and third sensed signals exceed corresponding thresholds, correlates pairs of the sensed signals to generate multiple correlation patterns, determines a lag time between the first sensed signal exceeding the first threshold and the second sensed signal exceeding the second threshold, provides each of the multiple correlation patterns and the lag time as inputs to multiple long short term memory (LSTM) neural networks, controls the multiple LSTM neural networks to provide outputs, and maps the patient to a stage of a medical condition based at least in part on the multiple correlation patterns and the lag time.

Abstract: Radio-frequency front-end systems and devices. In some embodiments, a front-end system can include a first mid-band amplifier system configured to amplify transmit and receive signals in a first mid-band. The front-end system can further include a second mid-band amplifier system configured to amplify at least a transmit signal in a second mid-band, such that the front-end system is capable of simultaneous uplink operations in the first mid-band and the second mid-band.

Abstract: In an input device: a position detection portion includes a main surface that faces up, and detects a position where an external force is applied on the main surface; a cover member is separated upward from a specific portion of the main surface, covers the specific portion, and exposes an operation portion of the main surface excluding the specific portion; a base portion is provided to be in contact with the cover member, above a separate portion that is a portion of the specific portion and is separated from the operation portion; and a flexible portion extends from the base portion toward the operation portion, and is in contact with an adjacent portion that is a portion of the specific portion and is located between the operation portion and the separate portion, the flexible portion being separated downward from the cover member and flexible with respect to the base portion.

Abstract: A method for controlling the ignition energy of a sparkplug electrode of an ignition system comprises: providing a base current (Ibase) and a base duration (Dbase) which corresponds to the current and duration, respectively, of a physical model at a fixed engine operating point; multiplying the base current (Ibase) and the base duration (Dbase) with a sparkplug state indicator (SSI) based correction factor and with an engine operating state (EOS) based factor for achieving a final global current (Iglo) and a final global duration (Dglo), respectively; and communicating the final global current (Iglo) and the final global duration (Dglo) to a control unit for controlling the ignition energy and ignition duration of the sparkplug electrode. Further executing real-time energy control based on misfire flag status and, in the end, making sure that the optimum energy is into application by realizing optimum energy tests.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for forming a cigar shaped object. A mold is provided having at least one cigar shaped pocket, a rod aligned within the pocket and a separate tamping device. The tamping device has a stem and handle with a bore in the stem larger than the diameter of the rod. Tobacco or other smoking material is placed in the pocket and the tamping device is used to compress the material which forms a cigar-shaped tube by placing the tamping device onto the rod and repeatedly moving it up and down to tamp or compress the material. The rod, when removed, creates a bore through the smoking material to improve and control air draw. After removal from the mold, the packed smoking material may be wrapped in any appropriate wrapper material.

Abstract: A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a deformable element that maintains the at least one flapper in an open position after the deformable portion is deformed. A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a sleeve slidably disposed within at least a portion of the flapper valve assembly and the downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a deformable and dissolvable seat disposed uphole and adjacent to the sleeve and a dissolvable fluid blocking member to engage with the seat to shift the sleeve from first position to a second position within the downhole tool. Methods of using these downhole tools are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the application-specific setting of a field device, which is installed in a defined application in a process in automation engineering and determines or monitors at least one process variable of a medium, comprising: recording a diagnostic message which occurs or has occurred on the field device during a defined interval, analyzing which of the diagnostic messages are tolerable and/or plausible in the defined application, assigning an application-specific notice with regard to tolerability and/or plausibility to each diagnostic message that has arisen in the defined application, clearing the diagnostic message if this is classified as tolerable and/or plausible in the defined application, and using the application-specific setting of the field device, which clears the diagnostic message classified as tolerable and/or plausible.

Abstract: A system for generating an architecture diagram includes an input processor, a machine learning processor, and an advice generator. The input processor is configured to receive, from a terminal, entity data associated with a plurality of entities of an architecture and path data associated with a plurality of paths that correspond to interconnections between the plurality of entities. The machine learning processor utilizes a training dataset to assess whether the entities defined by the entity data are correctly interconnected as defined by the path data. The advice generator receives the assessment from the machine learning processor, prepares a recommendation based on the assessment, and communicates the recommendation to the terminal. User feedback is represented in the training data to improve the relevancy of the recommendation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light receiving element including an on-chip lens, a wiring layer, and a semiconductor layer disposed between the on-chip lens and the wiring layer. The semiconductor layer includes a photodiode, a first transfer transistor that transfers electric charge generated in the photodiode to a first charge storage portion, a second transfer transistor that transfers electric charge generated in the photodiode to a second charge storage portion, and an interpixel separation portion that separates the semiconductor layers of adjacent pixels from each other, for at least part of the semiconductor layer in the depth direction. The wiring layer has at least one layer including a light blocking member. The light blocking member is disposed to overlap with the photodiode in a plan view.

Abstract: An acid component removal device for removing an acid component from an acid gas absorbent containing an amine, comprising: an anode; a cathode; and an electrodialysis structure having four compartments formed by arranging an first membrane which is either an anion exchange membrane or a cation exchange membrane, a second membrane which is a bipolar membrane, and a third membrane which is either an anion exchange membrane or a cation exchange membrane and which is the other of the first membrane, in this order, from the anode end to the cathode end between the anode and the cathode, with a space each between the membranes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for correlating intercept related information (IRI) with call content (CC) for S8HR lawful interception are provided. The method may include generating at a network entity a correlation identifier. The method may also include adding the correlation identifier to a session initiation protocol message. In addition, the method may include delivering the session initiation protocol message including the correlation identifier from the network entity to another network entity.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor device, a manufacturing method, and a solid-state imaging device which are capable of suppressing a decrease in bonding strength and preventing a poor electrical connection or peeling when two substrates are bonded to each other. Provided is a semiconductor device, including: a first substrate including a first electrode including a metal; and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate and including a second electrode including a metal. An acute-angled concavo-convex portion is formed on a side surface of a groove in which the first electrode is formed and a side surface of a groove in which the second electrode metal-bonded to the first electrode is formed. The present technology can be, for example, applied to a solid-state imaging device such as a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product, the method comprising: obtaining a data path representing flow of data in processing a service request within a network computing environment having system resources; analyzing the data path to identify usage of the system resources required by the service request processing; determining, based on the usage of the system resources, an optimization action expected to improve the usage of the system resources; and implementing the optimization action in accordance with the data path, thereby modifying operation of the cloud computing environment in handling future service requests.

Abstract: A pushbutton assembly comprises a base, a pushbutton which is displaceable in a push direction relative to the base from an unactuated rest position into an actuated position and vice versa, and a return device which biases the pushbutton towards the rest position. Further, a self-centering device is provided which comprises a button part and a base part, the button part and the base part of the self-centering device cooperating in the rest position of the pushbutton so as to position the pushbutton in a centered position with respect to the base.