Abstract: A method for assisting a user with one or more desired tasks is disclosed. For example, an executable, generic language understanding module and an executable, generic task reasoning module are provided for execution in the computer processing system. A set of run-time specifications is provided to the generic language understanding module and the generic task reasoning module, comprising one or more models specific to a domain. A language input is then received from a user, an intention of the user is determined with respect to one or more desired tasks, and the user is assisted with the one or more desired tasks, in accordance with the intention of the user.

Abstract: A control method and control system for an agitating mechanism are provided. The control method includes receiving a load current detected by a current detecting apparatus when the agitating mechanism is rotating along a specific direction; determining whether the rotation of the agitating mechanism meets a preset trigger condition based on the load current; and controlling the agitating mechanism to rotate in a direction opposite from the specific direction when the trigger condition is met. The present invention can reduce the possibility of the electrical components of the agitating mechanism being burnt out and prolong the lifespan of the agitating mechanism. The present invention can improve agitation results of the agitating mechanism. At low speed, the agitating mechanism can perform the agitation gently without damaging the texture of the solid food. At high speed, the agitating mechanism can more homogeneously and finely agitate the mushy food with enhanced agitating efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition for reducing scar formation in a subject in need thereof. The pharmaceutical composition includes a mixture of three nucleic acids and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A method for reducing scar formation in a subject in need thereof is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A detection method for enhanced 3D detection module includes a plurality of touch units configured to sense positions of touch points, a plurality of pressure-sensitive units configured to sense pressing forces and a signal processing circuit, the detection method including: providing a touch scanning pulse to the plurality of touch units and providing a pressure scanning pulse to at least two of the pressure-sensitive units; generating touch signals by the plurality of touch units in response to the touch scanning pulse sensing the positions of the touch points and generating a superimposed pressure signal by the at least two of the pressure-sensitive units in response to the pressure scanning pulse sensing the pressing forces; and determining a position and a pressing force value of at least one touch point by the signal processing circuit according to the superimposed pressure signal and the touch signals.

Abstract: An image processing method includes acquiring a first image during a first exposure time, and a second image during a second exposure time, wherein the first exposure time is smaller than the second exposure time; acquiring the image region with the luminance greater than a first threshold in the second image as a first over-exposure region; acquiring the image region located at corresponding positions of the first over-exposure region and in the first image as a second over-exposure region; comparing the second over-exposure region and the first over-exposure region, for acquiring a first moving-object region; excluding the first moving-object region from the second over-exposure region, to generate a third over-exposure region; acquiring the image region located at corresponding positions of the third over-exposure region and in the second image as a fourth over-exposure region; and combining the third over-exposure region and the fourth over-exposure region.

Abstract: A seal for sealing a combustor heat shield against an interior surface of a combustor shell, the seal comprising: a first sealing surface on the interior surface of the combustor shell; and a second sealing surface on a rail on an edge of a heat shield, wherein each of the first and second sealing surfaces include first and second projections defining a non-linear leakage path between the projections.

Abstract: A memory circuit includes first and second memory cells. The first memory cell has an access port having a pass gate. The second memory cell also has an access port having a pass gate. The first and second memory cells abut one another along a column direction. The circuit includes at least one conductive structure over the first and second memory cells. The conductive structure may be two interconnected conductive lines. The conductive structure extends along a row direction in a conductive layer and is electrically coupled to the gate terminals of the pass gates.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of three dimensional conductive lines comprising a first memory column segment in a first tier, a second memory column segment in a second tier, and conductive lines connecting the first memory column segment to the second memory column segment. In some embodiments a conductive line is disposed in the first tier on a first side of the memory column and in the second tier on a second side of the memory column.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a machine table for supporting a substrate. The machine table includes a body; pin holes each penetrating through the body in a thickness direction; and support pins each received in the pin hole and movable up and down in the thickness direction, each support pin including a built-in cavity from which an antistatic liquid is sprayed onto an upper surface of the body.

Abstract: A positioning structure of an electrical element of a light emitting diode (LED) lamp for is disposed inside a lamp to clip the electrical element. The electrical element can be a power supply of the lamp or a transformer. The positioning structure includes: a base portion fixed inside the lamp, two spring arms standing upright and extending from two ends of the base portion respectively, and two clipping portions disposed on the two spring arms respectively. The two clipping portions are disposed toward each other to form a concave shape, thereby forming a contact portion in contact with the electrical element and applying a clipping force to the electrical element via the two spring arms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable devise that is able to quantify spasticity. In one aspect, the invention allows clinicians to objectively quantify spasticity in an accurate and repeatable manner. The device is designed to accommodate for different limb sizes and includes an accelerometer and a force sensing resistor to obtain quantitative data. The device further includes a data acquisition module where the data collected can be processed and sent to an output device.

Abstract: An LED lamp heat dissipating structure includes a first cover, a second cover, a heat dissipating device, and an LED light source. The first cover and the second cover cover each other to form a hollow space. The heat dissipating device is disposed inside the first cover and the second cover. The LED light source is disposed below the second cover and is in heat-conducting contact with the heat dissipating device. The heat dissipating device further includes a plurality of cover heat pipes. Each of the cover heat pipes has a heated end and a cooled end. The heated end is connected at the heat conducting base. The cooled end extends along the first flange of the first cover and the second flange of the second cover, respectively, so as to be sandwiched between the first flange and the second flange.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light guide plate and a display apparatus having the same. The light guide plate includes a transparent light guide plate body and a plurality of microstructures. The transparent light guide plate body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface has a surface roughness of less than or equal to 100 nm. The microstructures are disposed on the first surface. A light beam from the transparent light guide plate body is reflected by the microstructures, and another light beam from the transparent light guide plate body passes through the first surface between the microstructures.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a distributed automatic notification method for abnormality in remote massive monitors. If a data stream is not available, a disconnect prompt stream is generated. The data stream is converted to a continuous video. Then, the continuous video is divided into a plurality of single-frame images along the time axis, and each single-frame image is divided into a plurality of image grids. A plurality of pixels are next selected from each image grid. According to a plurality of image parameter values corresponding to the plurality of pixels, a statistical value of image grid parameter is calculated. Then whether an image grid is monochromatic can be judged according to the statistical value of image grid parameter. When a plurality of continuous single-frame images are judged to be monochromatic single-frame images, the color of the monochromatic single-frame images can be further judged.

Abstract: An integrated inductor comprises a first winding (C1) and a second winding (C2); a first internal magnetic core in the first winding (C1) and a second internal magnetic core in the second winding (C2); and at least one external magnetic core (M) outside the first winding (C1) and the second winding (C2), used for being connected to end portions of the first and second internal magnetic cores to form a magnetic path, the external magnetic core (M) being formed by multiple sub-magnetic cores joint with each other; the magnetic conductivity of at least one sub-magnetic core of the multiple sub-magnetic cores is greater than the magnetic conductivity of other sub-magnetic cores, and the at least one sub-magnetic core at least covers a part of end faces of the first internal magnetic core and the second internal magnetic core. The integrated inductor can alleviate the phenomenon of flux leakage, and can reduce costs of the magnetic cores.

Abstract: An allocation method, utilized in a network device comprising an large receive offload (LRO) engine having LRO rings, includes receiving packets which belong to data streams; recording information of the data streams according to the packets; determining priority values corresponding to the data streams according to the information of the data streams; determining a first data stream within the data streams corresponding to a first priority value which is greater than a predefined value; and when there is an available LRO ring within the LRO rings, allocating the available LRO ring to the first data stream; wherein when an LRO ring is allocated to a data stream, a plurality of incoming packets of the data stream are stored in the LRO ring, and the incoming packets stored in the LRO ring are aggregated into large packets by the LRO engine.

Abstract: A method for processing fluoride-containing wastewaters from a factory, which includes the following steps: Step 1: collecting the fluoride-containing wastewaters into three pools: an acidic high-fluoride wastewater, an acidic low-fluoride wastewater, and an alkaline wastewater; Step 2: adding a calcium compound to the acidic low-fluoride wastewater to produce a calcium-containing solution; Step 3: reacting a portion of the calcium-containing solution with the acidic high-fluoride wastewater at a calcium-to-fluoride molar ratio of from about 0.5:1 to about 1.

Abstract: A device and method for fabricating a photovoltaic device includes forming a double layer transparent conductive oxide on a transparent substrate. The double layer transparent conductive oxide includes forming a doped electrode layer on the substrate, and forming a buffer layer on the doped electrode layer. The buffer layer includes an undoped or p-type doped intrinsic form of a same material as the doped electrode layer. A light-absorbing semiconductor structure includes a p-type semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, an intrinsic layer and an n-type semiconductor layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for fabricating a silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) non-volatile memory cell, comprising: (S1) forming a pad oxide pattern on a silicon substrate having a recess exposing a tunnel region of the silicon substrate; (S2) forming a bottom oxide layer, a nitride layer, a top oxide layer covering the recess and the pad oxide pattern to form a first ONO structure; (S3) forming a photoresist on the first ONO structure covering the recess and a peripheral region of the pad oxide pattern; (S4) removing a part of the first ONO structure exposed by the photoresist to form an U-shaped ONO structure; (S5) trimming the photoresist to exposed a part of the U-shaped ONO structure above the recess; (S6) removing the part of the U-shaped ONO structure; (S7) removing the photoresist; (S8) removing the pad oxide pattern and the top oxide layer; and (S9) forming a gate structure.

Abstract: A stereoscopic vision system includes a monoscopic endoscope, an external adapter lens, and a camera calibration and stereoscopic processing unit. The external adapter lens has two tubes formed therein for forming two optical paths and is mounted on the endoscope for a CCD of the endoscope to receive parallax image pairs of an observed object. Each parallax image pair has a left image and a right image thereon. The camera calibration and stereoscopic processing unit receives the parallax image pairs, and calibrates two camera systems formed by the adapter lens and the endoscope and processes the parallax image pairs generated from the calibration to generate stereoscopic images to be displayed on a display. The simple and inexpensive two-tube external adapter lens directly mounted on any type of monoscopic endoscope without modifying the monoscopic endoscope and one-time camera calibration ensures cost effectiveness and operational convenience.