Abstract: An exemplary system comprises a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may comprise directing stimulation to be applied to a recipient of a hearing system, the stimulation configured to elicit an evoked response within the recipient, directing a cochlear implant included in the hearing system to continuously record, during an acquisition time window and using at least one electrode electrically coupled to the cochlear implant, data representative of the evoked response, and directing the cochlear implant to stream, by way of a back telemetry channel, the data to a computing device external to the recipient during the acquisition time window while the cochlear implant is continuously recording the data.

Abstract: A system and wireless device for facilitating access to device information are provided. The system includes the wireless device, which communicatively links to a device when the device is positioned on a wireless reader of the wireless device. The wireless reader reads information associated with the device positioned on the wireless reader and provide the information to a computing device, such as in response to a command. The computing device determines a status of the device based on the information associated with the device, and determines whether an operation or action needs to be performed with respect to the device. The computing device generates a signal to cause display of the information and the status associated with the device on a region of a user interface.

Abstract: Provided in the present application are a coding method and apparatus, a decoding method and apparatus, a point cloud coder, a point cloud decoder, a bitstream, and a storage medium. The decoding method comprises: on the basis of geometric information of a current point cloud, determining a reference point of a current point in the current point cloud, wherein the reference point includes a time-domain reference point that is one or more points in a reference point cloud, and the reference point cloud is point cloud data that has been decoded before the current point cloud is decoded; based on a weighted prediction parameter, processing an attribute value of the time-domain reference point, to obtain a time-domain reference attribute value, wherein the weighted prediction parameter is obtained by decoding a bitstream; and based on the time-domain reference attribute value, determining an attribute reconstruction value of the current point.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die having a photonic layer, and an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) die bonded to the PIC die. The EIC die includes an optical region that allows the transmission of optical signals through the optical region towards the photonic layer, and a peripheral region outside of the optical region. The optical region includes optical concave/convex structures, a protection film and optically transparent material layers. The optical concave/convex structures are formed in the semiconductor structure. The protection film is conformally disposed over the optical concave/convex structures. The optically transparent material layers are disposed over the protection film and filling up the optical region. The peripheral region includes first bonding pads bonded to the photonic integrated circuit die, and via structures connected to the first bonding pads, wherein the protection film is laterally surrounding sidewalls of the via structures.

Abstract: A cushioning element and a cushioning structure are disclosed. The cushioning element includes a top layer, a bottom layer, an intermediate layer, a first cushioning unit, and a second cushioning unit. The bottom layer and the top layer are arranged opposite to each other with the intermediate layer disposed therebetween. The first cushioning unit is positioned between the top layer and the intermediate layer, and the second cushioning unit is positioned between the intermediate layer and the bottom layer. A first distance between the top layer and the intermediate layer differs from a second distance between the bottom layer and the intermediate layer. The cushioning structure is formed by stacking two cushioning elements to define a box body having an opening configured to receive an electronic device. Cushioning units with different wave sizes and densities are combined to form a composite cushioning structure that enhances shock absorption performance.

Abstract: A satellite computer system for a satellite can include at least one processor programmed to perform one or more steps. The satellite includes a phased array antenna configured to communicate with terrestrial user equipment (UE) via a plurality of directional beams. The steps can include: determining a signal latency for each of the beams based on a distance between the satellite and a reference location within the beam footprint during a time period; determining, for each of the beams, a respective beam buffer-delay time, wherein the determined signal latency for the beam plus the respective beam buffer-delay time corresponds to a predetermined signal latency for the time period; and buffering an Rx data stream from the beams in a variable delay Rx buffer, wherein data in the Rx data stream from each beam of the plurality of beams is buffered for the respective buffer-delay time for the respective time period.

Abstract: A power conversion device and a pre-charging method thereof are provided. The power conversion device includes a power converter, a sensing circuit, and a pre-charging circuit. The power converter includes a flying capacitor. The sensing circuit senses a terminal voltage difference of the flying capacitor to generate a sensing result. The pre-charging circuit pre-charges the flying capacitor during a power-on transient period of the power conversion device and stops the pre-charging of the flying capacitor based on the sensing result. The power converter converts a first direct current (DC) voltage into a second DC voltage for a load circuit during a normal operation period after the power-on transient period.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power-on reset circuit. A sixth PMOS transistor and a second resistor are added based on an existing power-on reset circuit structure. The sixth PMOS transistor is positioned in a branch of first PMOS transistor-zeroth NMOS transistor, and a second resistor is positioned in a branch of zeroth PMOS transistor-zeroth resistor-first resistor. It may be ensured that a normal function of the power-on reset circuit to detect a voltage of a power supply is not affected, and the branch of first PMOS transistor-zeroth NMOS transistor is turned off after a voltage of a power supply is established to reduce overall power consumption of the power-on reset circuit.

Abstract: Circuitry comprising a vision foundation model comprises a backbone, comprising a frozen pre-trained vision transformer ‘ViT’, and a trainable adapter configured to interact with tokens of the ViT for successive blocks of the ViT, by use of an injector and extractor; the trainable adapter is configured to generate an output for the backbone for passing as input to a decoder, and the trainable adapter is trained in conjunction with training a plurality of different decoders comprising a first set of decoders, respectively coupled to the backbone for respective tasks, to produce the completed vision foundation model based on multi-task learning.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a distributed photovoltaic operation management system, which belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic power generation. The system includes: a device control module, including a smart meter deployed in a photovoltaic power station, a data collector on an inverter, a video monitoring device and a smart wearable device, where the device control module is configured for collecting data and environmental information of a photovoltaic power station device, and regulating and controlling the photovoltaic power station device; a data transmission module, configured for providing an encrypted data transmission channel and supporting a breakpoint continuous transmission mechanism; and a data processing module, configured for receiving data transmitted by the data transmission module and processing received data; where the data collected by the device control module is encrypted and transmitted to the data processing module by the data transmission module.

Abstract: A system for managing an iterative federated learning process, comprising circuitry configured to distribute a first decoder to each of a plurality of client devices, each of the client devices is configured to perform a respective training process for the first decoder to generate a corresponding trained decoder, receive a plurality of trained decoders, each being received from a respective one of the plurality of client devices, and perform, responsive to a first condition defining an aggregation rate, a decoder exchange process or a decoder aggregation process using the plurality of trained decoders, wherein in response, distribute a respective one of the plurality of trained decoders to each client device, the respective one being different to the trained decoder, and in response to the decoder aggregation, distribute an aggregate decoder generated by that process to each of the plurality of client devices.

Abstract: A mapping system for a facility includes a data center including a transceiver and a server. A mapping autonomous mobile robot (AMR) includes a perception sensor, a motor, a steering actuator, and a transceiver. A controller includes an autonomous driving module configured to navigate the mapping AMR in the facility. A mapping module is configured to receive sensed data from the perception sensor and to generate map data to generate or update a facility map. The transceiver of the mapping AMR is configured to transmit the map data to the transceiver of the data center and M load-bearing AMRs, where M is an integer greater than one. The M load-bearing AMRs include a perception sensor, a motor, a steering actuator, a transceiver configured to receive the facility map from the transceiver of the data center, and a controller including an autonomous driving module configured to navigate using the facility map.

Abstract: The present application discloses a back contact solar cell including: a silicon substrate, a first doped semiconductor layer, a second doped semiconductor layer, and a surface passivation layer. On the back surface of the silicon substrate, regions corresponding to the first doped semiconductor layer are first regions, regions corresponding to the second doped semiconductor layer are second regions, and regions between the first regions and the adjacent second regions are interval regions. The interval regions adjacent to the first doped semiconductor layer are first interval sub-regions, and the other interval regions are second interval sub-regions. Surfaces of the first interval sub-regions are flat surfaces. The surface passivation layer covers the first doped semiconductor layer, the second doped semiconductor layer, and the interval regions.

Abstract: The present application relates to the field of photovoltaic technologies, and discloses a back contact solar cell and a method for manufacturing same. In an implementation, the back contact solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a first doped semiconductor layer, a second doped semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer. At least a portion of the first dielectric layer and at least a portion of the second dielectric layer are stacked between the first doped semiconductor layer and the second doped semiconductor layer in a direction in which first regions and second regions are arranged. At least a portion of the first dielectric layer is in contact with the first doped semiconductor layer. At least a portion of the second dielectric layer is in contact with the second doped semiconductor layer. A material of the first dielectric layer is different from that of the second dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method includes releasing a fixing device to allow a movement of a rack using a movable track of a linear track system at a first position; moving the rack using the movable track from the first position to a second position; engaging the fixing device to secure the rack in place at the second position; releasing the fixing device to allow the rack to return to the first position using the movable track; engaging the fixing device to lock the rack at the first position.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor package is provided. The method includes forming a first wafer that includes multiple photonic dies. The method includes forming a second wafer that includes multiple electronic dies. The method includes forming micro lenses within the second wafer. The method includes bonding the first wafer to the second wafer after forming the plurality of micro lenses. The method further includes performing a singulation process to dice the first wafer and the second wafer to form multiple photonic packages, wherein one of the photonic packages includes an electronic die, a photonic die bonded to the electronic die, and one or more micro lenses embedded in the electronic die.

Abstract: A prenatal activity assistance device comprises a treadmill, wherein a waist pressure relief mechanism is fixedly connected to a top wall of each of two side support frames of the treadmill, a balance adjustment mechanism is fixedly connected between the two side support frames of the treadmill, and a foot anti-sprain mechanism is fixedly connected to a bottom wall of each of the two side support frames of the treadmill; and the waist pressure relief mechanism comprises a first square housing, an outer wall of the first square housing is fixedly connected to a support frame of the treadmill, a first sliding block is slidably inserted into an inner portion of the first square housing, and a first spring is fixedly connected between an outer wall of the first sliding block and an inner wall of the first square housing.

Abstract: An energy transmission device includes an energy induction element and a coil. The energy induction element includes a first induction portion and a second induction portion. The second induction portion is disposed adjacent to the first induction portion. The coil is disposed adjacent to the energy induction element. The first induction portion and the second induction portion are made of different materials.

Abstract: CNN-based methods for cross-view image geo-localization rely on polar transform and fail to model global correlation. A pure transformer-based approach (TransGeo) is described to address these limitations from a different perspective. TransGeo takes full advantage of the strengths of the transformer related to global information modeling and explicit position information encoding. The claimed invention further leverages transformer input's flexibility and discloses an attention-guided non-uniform cropping method so that uninformative image patches are removed with a negligible drop in performance to reduce computation cost. The saved computation can be reallocated to increase resolution only for informative patches, resulting in performance improvement with no additional computation cost. This “attend and zoom-in” strategy is highly similar to human behavior when observing images.