Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic device capable of improving auto-focusing accuracy by using a phase difference signal obtained by using a photoelectric conversion film. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion having a structure where a photoelectric conversion film is interposed by an upper electrode on the photoelectric conversion film and a lower electrode under the photoelectric conversion film. The upper electrode is divided into a first upper electrode and a second upper electrode. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device or the like.

Abstract: A fluid controller (1), in particular as part of a hydraulic steering unit, is described said controller (1) comprising a housing (2) having a supply port arrangement, a sleeve (4) arranged rotatably in a bore of the housing (2), a spool (3) arranged rotatably in the sleeve (4), and a measuring motor, wherein the measuring motor comprises a plurality of working chambers, each working chamber being connected to the bore, wherein the sleeve (4) comprises a commutation geometry (7) having a first partition and controlling together with a housing geometry (5) of the housing (2) a flow of hydraulic fluid into and out of the working chambers and the spool (3) comprises a spool geometry (14) controlling together with a valve geometry (10, 11) of the sleeve (4) a flow of hydraulic fluid between the supply port arrangement and the commutation geometry. Such a fluid controller should have a stable control behavior. To this end the valve geometry (10,11) comprises a second partition different from the first partition.

Abstract: A holder for a bit for a tool is provided. The holder comprises: a bearing shaped to securely hold the bit; and a housing attached to the bearing and to a clip. In the holder, when the housing is attached to the clip, the bit may be mounted to the tool and the tool may be operated to rotate the bit; and when the bit is removed from the tool, the bit is still attached to the housing which is still attached to the clip. The housing may be shaped and sized to provide a friction fit to securely hold the outer ring. A cable may attach the housing to the clip.

Abstract: A method and system for remotely monitoring intoxication of a user, comprising: prompting the user to provide a breath sample at a time point; at a breath sample acquisition device, generating a breath sample signal upon reception of the breath sample from the user, and broadcasting a unique signature proximal in time to the time point; using a sensor of a mobile computing device, generating an authentication signal derived from detection of the unique signature; at a processing system in communication with the mobile computing device and the sample acquisition device, receiving the breath sample signal and the authentication signal; generating a verification assessment that validates provision of the breath sample by the user; determining a value of an intoxication metric for the user based upon the breath sample signal; and transforming the verification assessment and the value of the intoxication metric into an analysis of intoxication of the user.

Abstract: A system and method for multi-media content bookmarking with provenance supplements multi-media content captured by media recording devices used or carried by a police officer during the course of his/her duties with information inputted by the police officer, wherein the added information is in the form of metadata. In at least one embodiment, a user interface (UI) tool for inputting the supplemental metadata is the source of provenance for the metadata, and the supplemental metadata is tagged to the captured content in a manner that preserves the provenance of the captured content. In a further embodiment, the user interface further enables the officer to create an affidavit as to the veracity of the supplemental metadata. The supplemental metadata may be stored in conjunction with the captured multi-media content in a secure data storage, but the content itself is not altered, thereby maintaining provenance of the content.

Abstract: An automated package transfer system and method are provided with a concierge interface. A publically accessible locker, associated with a package transfer service, has a compartment configured to limit access to a stored package. The locker can be used to deliver or pick up packages. The locker is moved to a selected temporary stationary location and access to the locker compartment is controlled. A communications subsystem selectively connects a (local) concierge user interface (UI) with a (remote) package transfer service locker attendant UI. The locker may be attached to a portable kiosk or a vehicle and positioned at a selected location using an autonomous driverless software application. The stationary locations may be cross-referenced to weighted values, which may be related to service prices and expenses. In one aspect, the concierge UI is connected to the locker attendant UI in response to the vehicle being parked in a selected stationary location.

Abstract: It must be understood that such structure comprising CP1 and CS1 is implicitly there, even if the transmitter only explicitly prepends a CP1. Indeed, and explained by example of a full duplex multicarrier system, the receiver will still be required to discard a number of samples equivalent to a cyclic suffix from the received time samples of each symbol to obtain orthogonality with the echo received from the transmit symbols.

Abstract: Envelope tracking schemes for Doherty power amplifiers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an envelope tracking system includes a carrier amplifier that amplifies a first radio frequency signal, a peaking amplifier that amplifies a second radio frequency signal corresponding to a delayed version of the first radio frequency signal, an envelope tracker that generates a first power supply voltage that powers the carrier amplifier, and a delay circuit that delays the first power supply voltage to generate a second power supply voltage that powers the peaking amplifier. The envelope tracker controls a voltage level of the first power supply voltage to track an envelope of the first radio frequency signal. Thus, supply modulation is used to achieve gains in linearity, efficiency, and/or other performance metrics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mainstream deammonification process for removing ammonium from wastewater that suppresses NOB growth and produces a sludge having good settling characteristics, the process comprising: clarifying the wastewater stream in a primary clarifier (12) and producing a primary effluent; directing a first portion of the primary effluent to a biological treatment reactor (14) and removing carbon to produce treated wastewater; directing treated wastewater into an integrated fixed film activated sludge (IFAS) deammonification reactor (16) integrating nitritation and anammox processes and that is provided with intermittent aeration; directing a second portion of the primary effluent to the IFAS deammonification reactor (16) by-passing the biological treatment reactor (14), and injecting this second portion only during periods of air off and refraining from injecting during periods of air on, directing the IFAS deammonification reactor (16) effluent to a secondary clarifier (18) and produ

Abstract: A water filter for a refrigerator appliance with a sensor embedded in the water filter and related methods of detecting a leak in the refrigerator appliance are provided. Such methods include, and the refrigerator appliance may be configured for, measuring, by the sensor embedded in the water filter, at least one of water pressure in the water filter and flow through the water filter. A rate of change of the at least one of water pressure in the water filter and flow through the water filter over time is calculated. When there is no system demand for water, a leak is detected based on the increase in the rate of change over time.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication control device includes a first communication system connected between a first device and a network communication network, and a second communication system connected between the first device and the network communication network separately from the first communication system. The first communication system and the second communication system each include a controller. The controller executes switching such that one of the communication systems executes communication in the first communication mode, and when a problem is detected in the communication system that is executing communication in the first communication mode, the other communication system executes communication in the first communication mode.

Abstract: A cover opening and closing device (100) includes a cover section (110), a rotary shaft (X), and a plurality of locking sections (120). The cover section (110) covers an opening (23) of a main body section (2). The rotary shaft (X) connects the cover section (110) to the main body section (2) in a manner that the cover section (110) is pivotal between a first position and a second position. The locking sections (120) lock the cover section (110) in the first position. The first position is a position in which the cover section (110) covers the opening (23). The second position is a position in which the cover section (110) does not cover the opening (23). When at least one of the locking sections (120) is not locking the cover section (110), the cover section (110) pivots from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to the surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes specific external additive particles. The specific external additive particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 30 nm and no greater than 305 nm. The specific external additive particles include antimony-doped tin oxide particles or indium tin oxide particles. A ratio (MSb/(MSn+MSb)) of a mass (MSb) of an antimony atom to a total of the mass (MSb) of the antimony atom and a mass (MSn) of a tin atom in the antimony-doped tin oxide particles is at least 0.04 and no greater than 0.46.

Abstract: An ultrasonic joining horn disclosed herein can generate ultrasonic vibration in a predetermined vibration direction and includes a base portion, a stand portion that rises from an upper surface of the base portion, and a pressure contact portion formed of a plurality of protrusions that protrude from an upper surface of the stand portion. Each of the protrusions is formed into a pyramid shape or a truncated pyramid shape, the protrusions are arrayed, and when viewed from top, at least a portion of a peripheral edge of a portion in which the protrusions are arrayed has a zigzag shape. The zigzag portion is formed along at least one of the vibration direction and a perpendicular direction to the vibration direction. The upper surface of the base portion has an exposed surface on which the stand portion is not formed.

Abstract: A handset for controlling a device having a plurality of movable elements, the handset having a housing, a display on a front face of the housing, the display being divided into a plurality of zones, each zone including at least one icon switch, each icon switch being aligned with a respective associated icon, wherein each icon identifies a respective element or group of elements of a device to be controlled by the respective icon switch, and a plurality of physical switches on the front face, each physical switch being associated with a respective zone, and wherein each physical switch is configured to control movement of the element or elements shown by the icon or icons in the respective zone, and a control mechanism within the housing which is connected to the plurality of icon switches and the plurality of physical switches, the control mechanism being arranged to generate an output control signal for transmission to the device in response to an input command at the plurality of icon switches and the plu

Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods, facilities and systems for parallel processing of biological cellular samples in an efficient and scalable manner. The invention enables parallel processing of biological cellular samples, such as patient samples, in a space and time efficient fashion. The methods, facilities and systems of the invention find particular utility in processing patient samples for use in cell therapy.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving data representative of a physical entity, generating an initial knowledge graph representative of a process that is executed by the physical entity based on the data, enriching the initial knowledge graph to provide a process aware energy consumption (PAEC) digital twin of the process as an enriched knowledge graph, providing at least two permutations based on the PAEC digital twin, executing analytics at least partially based on the at least two permutations to provide one or more recommendations, and executing at least one recommendation to optimize energy consumption of the physical entity.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a system capable of correcting an error in speech recognition by easier work than in the prior art. [Solution] A conversation analysis system comprising: a speech analysis unit 3 for analyzing contents contained in a conversation; a topics grasping unit 5 for grasping topics of the conversation; a topics-related correction terms storage unit 7 for, with respect to the respective topics, storing pronunciations to be speech-recognized or speech-recognized terms, and candidates for correction terms related to the pronunciations to be speech-recognized or the speech-recognized terms; and a conversation correction unit 9 for correcting the conversation analyzed by the speech analysis unit 3.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave device with a vertical stack over a piezoelectric layer. The vertical stack can include a first acoustic reflector disposed on the piezoelectric layer, a second acoustic reflector disposed on the piezoelectric layer, and an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer and positioned between the first acoustic reflector and the second acoustic reflector. The interdigital transducer electrode has a first side that is closer to the first acoustic reflector and a second side that is closer to the second acoustic reflector. A vertical arrangement of the vertical stack can be configured such that an acoustic wave propagation velocity of a first region between the first side and a first reflector is faster than an acoustic wave propagation velocity of a second region between the first side and the second side.