Abstract: Various example embodiments relate generally to supporting flow-specific fast rerouting of source routed packets in communication networks. Various example embodiments for supporting flow-specific fast rerouting of source routed packets may be configured to support flow-specific fast rerouting of source routed packets based on use of various source routing protocols which may be based on various underlying communication protocols. Various example embodiments for supporting flow-specific fast rerouting of source routed packets in communication networks may be configured to support flow-specific fast rerouting of source routed packets by supporting use of a source routed packet including a payload and a header where the header encodes a set of hops of a primary path for the source routed packet and where the header also encodes a set of hops of a protection path configured to protect one of the hops of the primary path for the source routed packet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coatings comprising or consisting of one or more ternary TM-diboride coating films. The ternary TM-diboride coating films showing exceptionally high phase stability and mechanical properties, even at high temperatures or even after exposition to high temperatures.

Abstract: A methods and system to operate hydraulic fracturing units may include utilizing hydraulic fracturing unit profiles. The system may include hydraulic fracturing units may include various components. The components may include an engine and associated local controller and sensors, a transmission connected to the engine, transmission sensors, and a pump connected to the transmission and powered by the engine via the transmission and associated local controller and sensors. A supervisory controller may control the hydraulic fracturing units. The supervisory controller may be in communication with components of each hydraulic fracturing unit. The supervisory controller may include instructions to, for each hydraulic fracturing units, obtain hydraulic fracturing unit parameters, determine a hydraulic fracturing unit health assessment, and build a hydraulic unit profile including the health assessment and parameters.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing roller, a photoconductor drum, a density detector, a current detector, and a controller. The developing roller carries a toner. The photoconductor drum carries a toner patch. The density detector detects toner density of the toner patch. The current detector detects developing current flowing to the toner patch. The controller calculates an inclination of an approximate straight line approximating a relation between the toner density and the developing current. The developing roller develops three or more toner patches, different in toner density and different in developing current from one another, on the photoconductor drum. The controller calculates the inclination, using different mathematical expressions depending on whether three toner patches or four toner patches are provided.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charger, an exposure device, a development device and a pressing mechanism. The developer carrier is pressed on the image carrier with a predetermined pressing force to form a nip area between the roller part and the image carrier. A roller part of the developer carrier has an Asker C hardness of 65° or more and 73° or less. When the pressing force is set to X (N) and a width of the nip area in a circumferential direction of the image carrier is set to Y (?m), 3.0?X?8.0 and 550?Y?700, and the following expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied, Y ? 31. X + 393.2 ? and , ( 1 ) Y ? 47. X + 450.1 .

Abstract: The present invention provides a new system that allows an easier operation of a moving object. The present invention provides a moving object operation system including: a moving object; and an operation signal transmitter. The moving object includes a signal receipt unit that receives an operation signal. The transmitter includes: an auxiliary tool; a storage unit that contains conversion information; a movement information acquisition unit that acquires auxiliary tool movement information; a conversion unit that converts the acquired movement information into the operation signal based on the conversion information; and a signal transmission unit that transmits the operation signal. The conversion information includes auxiliary tool movement information and operation signal information for instructing the moving object in how to move, and those are associated with each other.

Abstract: A method for processing an electronic document (ED) to infer a sequence of section headings in the ED. The method includes generating, by a computer processor, based on regular expression matching of a predetermined section heading pattern and a plurality of characters in the ED, a list of candidate headings in the ED; generating, by the computer processor and based on the list of candidate headings, a list of chain fragments for inferring a portion of the sequence of section headings; and generating, by the computer processor and based on predetermined criteria, the sequence of section headings by merging at least two chain fragments in the list of chain fragments.

Abstract: Implementations directed to providing a computer-implemented system for providing a logistic demand forecasting comprising receiving a plurality of electronic receipts, each electronic receipt comprising a plurality of logistic data elements, parsing the electronic receipts to aggregate the logistic data elements, processing the aggregated logistic data elements through a logistics demand forecasting analytics model, the logistics demand forecasting analytics model having been trained using a set of training data describing historic and actual demand within a logistic supply chain, determining a logistic demand forecasting based on the processing, the logistic demand forecasting indicating an upcoming demand for transportation assets within the logistic supply chain, and providing the logistic demand forecasting to an automated warehouse system servicing the logistic supply chain.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a bootstrapping circuit, a pre-charge circuit, and an output control circuit. The bootstrapping circuit is composed of a bootstrapping capacitor and a transistor. A first terminal of the bootstrapping capacitor has a first voltage during a first duration. The pre-charge circuit is connected to the first terminal of the bootstrapping capacitor. The pre-charge circuit boosts the first terminal of the bootstrapping capacitor from the first voltage to a second voltage during a second duration. The bootstrapping circuit boosts the first terminal of the bootstrapping capacitor from the second voltage to a third voltage during a third duration. The output control circuit is connected to the first terminal of the bootstrapping capacitor. The output control circuit boosts the first terminal of the bootstrapping capacitor from the third voltage to a fourth voltage during a fourth duration.

Abstract: An apparatus for changing a drilling tool for a drilling rig is described, where the drilling rig comprises a drill tower supporting a drill pipe. The apparatus for changing a drilling tool has a drilling tool changer assembly moveable between a storage position and an exchange position, and the drilling tool changer assembly supports a rotatable carousel assembly. The rotatable carousel assembly is capable of being removed from the drilling tool changer assembly and capable of replacement on the drilling tool changer in the same angular position with respect to the drill pipe as when removed. The rotatable carousel assembly has a plurality of bit adaptors for holding drilling tools and is selectively rotatable to bring a selected drilling tool into coaxial alignment with the drill pipe when the drilling tool changer assembly supporting the rotatable carousel assembly is moved into the exchange position.

Abstract: Systems and methods relate generally to responding to a system error of a printing device. In an example method thereof, an error code is generated by the printing device in response to the system error and reported to a backend application in a Cloud-based system. The backend application includes an artificial intelligence engine for performing operations. The artificial intelligence engine analyzes the error code and obtains source code for the printing device. The artificial intelligence engine upgrades the source code for a solution to the error code and generates binary code from the upgraded source code. The artificial intelligence engine loads a virtual machine with the binary code. The artificial intelligence engine simulates operation using the virtual machine with the binary code. The artificial intelligence engine evaluates operation of the virtual machine with the binary code. The virtual machine simulates operation of an internal engine of the printing device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera optical lens including, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a sixth lens having a negative refractive power, a seventh lens having a positive refractive power and a eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: 0.65?f1/f?0.85, 2.00?f4/f?5.00, and ?5.50?f5/f??2.50; where f, f1, f4 and f5 respectively denote a focal length of the camera optical lens, the first lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens. The camera optical lens in the present disclosure has characteristics of large aperture, wide angle and ultra-thinness while having good optical functions.

Abstract: Customer relationship management (“CRM”) implemented in a computer system, including parsing a word, from call notes of a conversation between a tele-agent of a call center and a customer representative, into a parsed triple of a description logic; determining whether the parsed triple is recorded in a semantic CRM triple store of the computer system; if the parsed triple is not recorded in the semantic CRM triple store, recording the parsed triple as a call note in the semantic CRM triple store.

Abstract: A solid state imaging element according to an embodiment includes: a converter (14) that converts an analog pixel signal read out from a pixel into a bit value, successively for each of a plurality of bits, on the basis of a threshold voltage set according to a conversion history of the bit converted before a target bit; a plurality of voltage generation units (102a and 102b) that each generate a plurality of reference voltages; and a setting unit (12d) that sets the threshold voltage using the reference voltage selected from the reference voltages generated by each of the voltage generation units on the basis of a conversion result.

Abstract: A system and method for encrypting a base payload are provided. An encryption processor receives the base payload that includes plaintext and an input command. The input command identifies cryptographic material from various cryptographic domains that is used to encrypt the base payload. The cryptographic material is assembled. Channels that include the encrypted base payload are identified. Reserved channels are identified. A header is generated. The base payload is encrypted using cryptographic material into the channels. Reserved channels are encrypted. A digital payload that includes the header, the encrypted channels and the reserved channels is generated.

Abstract: A photoelectric converter According to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an organic photoelectric conversion section; an inorganic photoelectric conversion section; and an optical filter. The organic photoelectric conversion section includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic photoelectric conversion layer. The first electrode includes one electrode and another electrode. The second electrode is disposed to be opposed to the first electrode. The organic photoelectric conversion layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and is electrically coupled to the one electrode. The organic photoelectric conversion layer and the other electrode are provided with an insulation layer therebetween. The inorganic photoelectric conversion section has the first electrode disposed between the inorganic photoelectric conversion section and the organic photoelectric conversion section.

Abstract: An outer peripheral member disposed at an outer periphery of a platen glass includes first and second reference surfaces. The first reference surface is a lower surface of an area extending along a side edge portion of the platen glass at an end in a main scanning direction. The second reference surface is located adjacent to the first reference surface in a second direction and differs in light reflectance from the first reference surface. An image processing portion determines whether outer periphery pixel data of an outer periphery area in line image data acquired successively while a scanning unit is moving, satisfies a border condition. A unit driving portion positions the scanning unit to a home position by moving the scanning unit a predetermined distance from where the scanning unit is located when it is determined that the outer periphery pixel data satisfies the border condition, and stops it.

Abstract: A system interconnects multiple client devices over a network. A local group of the client devices is located at a live event and a remote group is located remote from the live event. Each client device of the local group is a potential source of a live stream which, when rendered by another client device, causes display of a vantage point of the live event. The system dynamically updates a subscription list to include an indication of any client device of the local group that is actively live streaming and remove an indication of any client device of the local group that terminated live streaming. The system can enable selective access to any live streams of any client device of the updated subscription list and disable access to any live streams of any client device removed from the updated subscription list.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens satisfying the following conditions: ?1.00?(f1+f2)/f??0.10, 12.00?d3/d4?20.00, 5.00?R5/d5?11.00, 8.00?d7/d8?14.00; where f1 and f2 respectively denote a focal length of a first and second lenses, d3, d5 and d7 respectively denote an on-axis thickness of the second, third and fourth lenses, d4 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, d8 denotes an on-axis distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to an object-side surface of the fifth lens, and R5 denotes a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the third lens. The camera optical lens has good optical functions and satisfies a design requirement of wide angle and ultra-thinness.