Abstract: Epitaxial structures of a fin-like field effect transistor (FinFET) device includes a substrate, a fin structure including two fins, inner and outer fin spacers formed along both sidewalls of the fins, and isolation regions formed around the fins. The FinFET device further includes a gate structure formed over the fin structure and an epitaxial structure formed over the fin structure in a source/drain region. The epitaxial structure is formed by merging the fins with at least one epitaxial semiconductor layer and includes an air gap having a volume determined by the height and separation distance of the inner fin spacers.

Abstract: A wafer carrier including a rotation axis, a center flat region, a wafer distributing region, and a plurality of wafer accommodating grooves is provided. The rotation axis passes through the center of the center flat region. The wafer distributing region surrounds the center flat region. The plurality of wafer accommodating grooves are disposed in the wafer distributing region. The diameter of each of the wafer accommodation grooves is D, and the radius of the center flat region is 0.5D to 3D. A surface of the center flat region is a flat surface. A wafer carrier and a metal organic chemical vapor deposition apparatus using any of the above two wafer carriers are further provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for constructing an artificial intelligence application are provided. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a content description document corresponding to a piece of content provided by a content supplier and a hierarchical relationship between content categories; analyzing the content description document to obtain a content attribute, and constructing an operation description template based on the hierarchical relationship between the content categories, or the content attribute; binding the operation description template to a preset interface of an operation type of an operation described by the operation description template; and constructing an artificial intelligence application using the operation description template and the preset interface bound to the operation description template.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating communication with autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system can obtain a first type of sensor data (e.g., camera image data) associated with a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle and/or a second type of sensor data (e.g., LIDAR data) associated with the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can generate overhead image data indicative of at least a portion of the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the first and/or second types of sensor data. The computing system can determine one or more lane boundaries within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the overhead image data indicative of at least the portion of the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle and a machine-learned lane boundary detection model.

Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (I), or a stereoisomer, mixture of stereoisomers, deuterated analog, tautomer, solvate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, compositions, method of making and uses thereof.

Abstract: A waterway switching mechanism in a shower includes a fixed portion and a rotating block connected to a fixed portion. The fixed portion has a plurality of switching positions each with a sealing portion that can move relative to the fixed portion in the first direction. The waterway switching is controlled through the activity of the sealing portion. The outside wall is provided with a pushing portion. The sealing portions are circumferentially spaced apart and surround outside of the rotating block. Each sealing portion is provided with a fitting portion capable of cooperating with the pushing portion, when the rotating block rotates the pushing portion follows the rotating block and move in a circumferential direction, and the fitting portion is driven to move in the first direction by a circumferential movement of the pushing portion, and the first direction intersects with vertical plane of the vertical swivel axis of rotation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tricycle component, and in particular to a reverse tricycle support structure in which two steering wheels are arranged in the front and a driving wheel is arranged in the back. The reverse tricycle support structure includes a frame, a front two-wheel fixing bracket and a rear flat fork. The frame includes a frame rear section, a frame middle section and a frame front section, the frame front section is fixedly connected to the front two-wheel fixing bracket, the frame rear section is movably connected to the rear flat fork, the front two-wheel fixing bracket is fixed on two front wheels, an upper end of a rear center single shock absorption member is hingedly fixed on the frame, and a lower end of the rear center single shock absorption member is hingedly fixed on the rear flat fork.

Abstract: Bioactive coatings suitable for facilitating removal of a fingerprint when contacting the coating are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme, and, optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate. Also provided are processes of facilitating fingerprint removal.

Abstract: A packet transmission method, a device, and a communications system, where the method includes receiving, by a forwarding plane apparatus, a media access control (MAC) address request broadcast by a base station, where the MAC address request includes a target Internet Protocol (IP) address and is used to request a MAC address corresponding to the target IP address, forwarding the MAC address request to a control plane apparatus when the forwarding plane apparatus does not save a first correspondence between the target IP address and the MAC address, receiving, the MAC address request response, and forwarding the MAC address request response to the base station.

Abstract: A method for obtaining content of service information is provided. The method includes detecting service network information associated with a wireless network provided by a service information provider, obtaining an identifier included in the service network information, determining whether the identifier is stored in a database, and if it is determined that the identifier is stored in the database, obtaining the content of service information based on a corresponding relation between the identifier and the content of service information.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C) comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer (RAHECO) and a plastomer (PL) as well as a process for the preparation of said polypropylene composition and a film obtained from said polypropylene composition (C).

Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle localization are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system that includes one or more computing devices onboard an autonomous vehicle, sensor data indicative of one or more geographic cues within the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining, by the computing system, sparse geographic data associated with the surrounding environment of the autonomous vehicle. The sparse geographic data is indicative of the one or more geographic cues. The method includes determining, by the computing system, a location of the autonomous vehicle within the surrounding environment based at least in part on the sensor data indicative of the one or more geographic cues and the sparse geographic data. The method includes outputting, by the computing system, data indicative of the location of the autonomous vehicle within the surrounding environment.

Abstract: Compositions for removing air pollutants from the air are provided. These compositions can be sprayed on a variety of surfaces to remove air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the environment, and are suitable for use in human dwellings.

Abstract: A method for selectively interacting with multi-devices is provided. The method includes the following steps: receiving identical voice information transmitted by a plurality of terminal devices respectively; performing voice recognition on the received voice information; calculating energy of a wake-up word in respective voice information; and comparing the energy of one wake-up word with another, and transmitting feedback information to the terminal devices according to an energy comparison result and a voice recognition result. By calculating the energy of the wake-up word in respective voice information transmitted by respective devices, the distances between respective device and a user can be distinguished. A unique response can be ensured by determining that the device closest to the user responds to the user's request, thus ensuring the user experience.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a defrost window. The defrost window includes a transparent substrate, a carbon nanotube film, a first electrode, a second electrode and a protective layer. The transparent substrate has a top surface. The carbon nanotube film is disposed on the top surface of the transparent substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode electrically connect to the carbon nanotube film and space from each other. The protective layer covers the carbon nanotube film.

Abstract: A lens structure includes a lens cone, at least one lens and an acrylate adhesive. The lens cone includes at least one contacting structure. The lens is disposed within the lens cone and abuts against the contacting structure. The acrylate adhesive covers an interface between the lens cone and the lens, wherein a coverage area of the acrylate adhesive accounts for more than 70% of a surface area of a side surface of the lens.

Abstract: The invention provides a smart pad for detecting a physiological state and movement, together or individually, of a user. The smart pad comprises: a sensing portion, having a plurality of sub-sensing portions, wherein the sub-sensing portions are respectively separated from each other by a plurality of partitions; a channel portion, communicating one opening of each of the sub-sensing portions; and a collection portion, communicating the sub-sensing portions through the channel region. The physiological state and movement, together or individually, is determined according to a fluid status change in the sub-sensing portions delivered to the collection portion through the channel portion. None of state change generated in the partitions corresponds to the physiological state and movement, together or individually.

Abstract: A method and system for automatically building intelligent assistant is disclosed herein. The method includes the following operations: acquiring an intelligent assistant template; acquiring a plurality of application programming interfaces and a plurality of application programming interface files; identifying a plurality of first entities of the plurality of application programming interface files; comparing the plurality of first entity to generate a similarity value for each of a plurality of operation functions; determining the plurality of application programming interface files and the plurality of application programming interfaces corresponding thereto, respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of operation functions, according to the similarity value for the plurality of first entity; and generating an intelligent assistant according to the determined plurality of operation functions corresponding to the plurality of application programming interfaces.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a three-dimensional imaging device configured to acquire three-dimensional imaging information of a target object; and a processing circuit connected to the three-dimensional imaging device and configured to receive three-dimensional imaging information from the three-dimensional imaging device and generate a three-dimensional image of the target object based on the three-dimensional imaging information.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform a method including performing one or more of periodic beam quality measurements and/or event based beam quality measurements, determining, based at least in part on one or more of the periodic beam quality measurements and/or the event based beam quality measurements, a recommended beam quality measurement configuration, and transmitting, to a base station serving the UE, the recommended beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the UE may perform receiving, from the base station, instructions regarding the beam quality measurement configuration. The instructions may include instructions to activate, deactivate, and/or modify at least one beam quality measurement configuration. In addition, the instructions may be based, at least in part, on the recommended beam quality measurement configuration.