Abstract: Systems and methods for generating motion plans including target trajectories for autonomous vehicles are provided. An autonomous vehicle may include or access a machine-learned motion planning model including a backbone network configured to generate a cost volume including data indicative of a cost associated with future locations of the autonomous vehicle. The cost volume can be generated from raw sensor data as part of motion planning for the autonomous vehicle. The backbone network can generate intermediate representations associated with object detections and objection predictions. The motion planning model can include a trajectory generator configured to evaluate one or more potential trajectories for the autonomous vehicle and to select a target trajectory based at least in part on the cost volume generate by the backbone network.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to deduplicate duplicate memory in a cloud-computing environment are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to deduplicate duplicate memory comprises a parser to parse process information corresponding to instances of an application, a group generator to group process information into application groups based on the process information indicating instances corresponding to the same directory paths and application names, a data structure generator to generate a pair of binary search trees for an application group, and a merge controller to deduplicate duplicate memory contents detected in the application group.

Abstract: A hydraulic active suspension flow control system includes a hydraulic oil tank, a variable displacement pump with an oil suction port communicating with the hydraulic oil tank, a check valve, a servo valve, a suspension cylinder controlled by the servo valve, an engine revolution speed sensor configured to detect an engine revolution speed, a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed, an oil pressure sensor configured to detect an accumulator outlet pressure, a flow controller configured to control displacement of the variable displacement pump by receiving data from the engine revolution speed sensor, the vehicle speed sensor and the oil pressure sensor, and a relief valve connected to the check valve in parallel and provided at an oil outlet of the variable displacement pump. The variable displacement pump is connected to an engine through a clutch; and an accumulator is connected between the servo valve and the check valve.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other. Each optical fiber has a circumferential outer surface. The optical fiber ribbon also includes a lengthwise continuous coating disposed on at least a portion of the circumferential outer surface of each optical fiber. The coating includes a colorant for identifying the optical fiber ribbon among a plurality of optical fiber ribbons. The coating has a first thickness. Further, the optical fiber ribbon includes plurality of bonds intermittently formed between adjacent optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the bonds has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The plurality of bonds provide the only connection between the adjacent optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers.

Abstract: Certain aspects are directed to a static random access memory (SRAM) including an SRAM cell with a pass-gate (PG) transistor having increased threshold voltage to improve the read margin of the SRAM cell. The SRAM generally includes a first SRAM cell having a pull-down (PD) transistor and a PG transistor coupled to the PD transistor. In certain aspects, the SRAM includes a second SRAM cell, the second SRAM cell being adjacent to the first SRAM cell and having a PD transistor and a PG transistor coupled to the PD transistor of the second SRAM cell. The SRAM may also include a gate contact region coupled to a gate region of the PG transistor of the first SRAM cell, wherein at least a portion of the gate contact region is offset from a midpoint between the first SRAM cell and the second SRAM cell.

Abstract: A laminating apparatus for a curved screen including a base, an elastic component, a backing plate, and a flexible pressing mold, where the backing plate is arranged above the base, the elastic component is connected to the backing plate, the flexible pressing mold covers the backing plate, and a top of the flexible pressing mold is arranged as a curved surface adapted to a shape of a screen; and the base includes a main body and two side beams connected to two sides of the main body, the side beams are higher than the main body in a vertical direction, the side beams are provided with grooves and supporting parts extending along length directions of respective side beams, and two sides of the flexible pressing mold extend outward to cover the supporting parts and reach into the grooves.

Abstract: The optical fibers disclosed is a single mode optical fiber comprising a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region. The core region can have a radius r1 in a range from 3 ?m to 7 ?m and a relative refractive index profile ?1 having a maximum relative refractive index ?1max in the range from 0.25% to 0.50%. The cladding region can include a first outer cladding region and a second outer cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the first outer cladding region. The first outer cladding region can have a radius r4a. The second outer cladding region can have a radius r4b less than or equal to 45 ?m and comprising silica based glass doped with titania.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two-phase access authentication method integrating spatial-temporal features in space-air-ground integrated networks. In the method, an access authentication is divided into two phases: a primary authentication phase and a continued authentication phase. In the primary authentication phase, a user equipment and a satellite are respectively initialized and registered through a ground network control center. In the authentication phase, a fast and secure access is achieved by using a user ID, facial features, and other authentication factors. In the continued authentication phase, data of a user flow and behavior features are acquired, and feature comparison is performed by using historical user data; and a security level and an authentication decision are output.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber ribbon in which the optical fibers of the optical fiber ribbon are intermittently bonded together at bonding regions along the length of the optical fiber ribbon. The bonding regions of the optical fiber ribbon each include a joining ribbon matrix that have different colors along the length of the optical fiber ribbon.

Abstract: A steel ladle drainage method, is achieved by using a steel ladle structure. Vacuum interlayers are provided within an upper nozzle, an upper fixed plate, alower fixed plate and a sliding plate of the steel ladle structure respectively. In the steel ladle drainage method provided by the present invention, a metal drainage agent is used to replace the drainage sand in the prior art, the metal drainage agent is melted by the liquid steel and deposited in the upper nozzle, the sliding plate with the vacuum interlayer and the upper nozzle with the vacuum interlayer have the insulation effect on the melted metal drainage agent, agent falling. Moreover, through moving the sliding plate, the two pouring holes of the upper and lower fixed plates are connectedwith each other, the metal drainage agent enters the tundish through the pouring holes and the lower nozzle under the action of gravity.

Abstract: A surgical tool for piercing tissue of a body comprises a hollow external component (1) having a peripheral wall (11), an internal component (2) movable disposed inside the external component (1) and having a piercing head (21); when the piercing head (21) and the internal component (2) retract relative to the external component (1), the movable component (3) deforms partially, expands outwardly in a radial direction, and fills the bladder (6). The movable component can be deformed to expand outward in the radial direction, so as to make the bladder to expand, so that the surgical tool can be positioned on the body of the patient.

Abstract: A control system for a cooling system configured to selectively operate one or both of a condenser fan an evaporator fan in a reverse direction RD, measure power draw at the motor against configuration data and fan motor profiles, and determine if a blockage has occurred before the static pressure has reached a critical point static pressure where the efficiency, performance, and cooling capability of the cooling system is hindered and maintenance is required to clear the blockage. By determining if blockage has occurred before the static pressure has reached the critical point static pressure, an alert or corrective action can be taken.

Abstract: A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (?m)<(3.65×10?9/?m×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in ?m, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2-0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.

Abstract: Sunshading louver control system and method based on gesture recognition are provided. Indoor images are collected in real time. Based on the indoor images, an action region of gesture motion is positioned and feature extraction is performed thereon to obtain hand motion parameters. The hand motion parameters are analyzed to obtain gesture information. The gesture information is compared with preset gesture information. When the preset gesture information contains the gesture information, corresponding adjustment is performed on a sunshading louver according to a preset operation logic corresponding to the gesture information. When the preset gesture information does not contain the gesture information, the gesture information is determined to be invalid.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices including a double gate metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor and methods for fabricating the same. The double gate MOS transistor includes a first back gate, a second back gate, and a first dielectric layer disposed on the first back gate and on the second back gate. An MX2 material layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the MX2 material layer, and a work function metal (WFM) is disposed on the second dielectric layer. A front gate is disposed on the WFM, which fills a space between the first back gate and the second back.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided to create an indoor thermal environment based on impinging jet ventilation (IJV) and ductless personalized ventilation (DPV), the system includes an IJV duct installed on a wall of a room and a DPV device installed on a table. An air inlet of the IJV duct is connected to an air conditioning system and an air outlet of the IJV duct is close to ground. An upper duct and a lower duct of the DPV device are disposed on two opposite sides of a tabletop, the upper duct is provided with an air supply panel, the lower duct is provided with a duct fan with an air supply volume being adjustable, and the duct fan is configured to send air absorbed from a ground air lake to a user’s face area through the air supply panel of the upper duct.

Abstract: A stabilizing fixture to hold and stabilize a server contained within different sizes of server cabinets includes a base, a pressing component and an adjusting component. The pressing component is slidably coupled with the base in a first direction. A first pressing surface is defined on the pressing component for pressing a server. The adjusting component includes a screw and a nut. When the screw is rotated relative to the nut, the nut is driven to move in a second direction, and the nut acts on the pressing component to drive the pressing component in the first direction to press the server. As the pressing component moves along the first direction, the distance between the two pressing component changes to accommodate servers of different sizes.

Abstract: A system and method for nighttime lighting control and danger monitoring and alarming are provided. The system includes a data acquisition system, an information processing system, and a terminal control system. The data acquisition system is configured to acquire video information in a room and a voice content of a person in the room, and transmit the video information and the voice content to the information processing system; the information processing system is configured to obtain voice command information based on the voice content and age information and safety state information of the person based on the video information, and transmit the voice command information, the age information and the safety state information to the terminal control system; and the terminal control system is configured to control a terminal lighting fixture, and perform capturing of an image of the person and perform voice alarming according to the safety state information.