Abstract: An interactive simulation system with a stereoscopic image and a method for operating the system are provided. The system includes a three-dimensional display and a control host. The stereoscopic image display is used to display a stereoscopic image. The system includes an interactive sensor that is used to sense gesture of a user or an action that the user manipulates a haptic device so as to produce sensing data. In the meantime, the system detects eye positions of the user. The changes of coordinates with respect to the gesture or the haptic device can be determined and referred to for forming a manipulation track. An interactive instruction can be determined. The stereoscopic image can be updated according to the interactive instruction and the eye positions of the user.

Abstract: An overhead hoist transfer (OHT) apparatus, a guiding device of the OHT apparatus, and a direction maintaining module of the OHT apparatus are provided. The direction maintaining module includes a main channel, a first retaining channel and a second retaining channel that are spaced apart from the main channel, a switch channel, and a switching mechanism connected to the switch channel. The switch channel is disposed among the main channel, the first channel, and the second channel. The switching mechanism is configured to drive the switch channel to move between a turning position and a straight position. When the switch channel is at the turning position, the switch channel connects the main channel and the first retaining channel. When the switch channel is at the straight position, the switch channel connects the main channel and the second retaining channel.

Abstract: An overhead hoist transfer (OHT) apparatus and a differential overhead trolley thereof are provided. The OHT apparatus includes a rail module and a differential overhead trolley. The rail module includes a main rail and a first rail, and defines a turning path extending from the main rail to the first rail. The differential overhead trolley is movably disposed on the rail module, and includes a walking mechanism and a carrying body that is hung on the rail module by being connected to the walking mechanism. The walking mechanism includes two differential wheels and a driving unit that is connected to the two differential wheels. When the differential overhead trolley is moved along the turning path, the driving unit is configured to drive the two differential wheels to move along the first rail by different rolling velocities.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a display including a display panel and a light redirecting film disposed on the viewing side of the display panel. The light redirecting film comprises a light redistribution layer, and a light guide layer disposed on the light redistribution layer. The light redistribution layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped micro prisms extending along a first direction and arranged at intervals and a plurality of diffraction gratings arranged at the bottom of the intervals between the adjacent strip-shaped micro prisms, wherein each of the strip-shaped micro prisms has at least one inclined light-guide surface, and the bottom of each interval has at least one set of diffraction gratings, and the light guide layer is in contact with the strip-shaped micro prisms and the diffraction gratings.

Abstract: Connection modification based on traffic pattern is described. In accordance with the described techniques, a traffic pattern of memory operations across a set of connections between at least one device and at least one memory is monitored. The traffic pattern is then compared to a threshold traffic pattern condition, such as an amount of data traffic in different directions across the connections. A traffic direction of at least one connection of the set of connections is modified based on the traffic pattern corresponding to the threshold traffic pattern condition.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit, a voltage generation unit, a grayscale adjustment unit, and an overdriving unit. The display unit has a relationship curve between the transmittance and the driving voltage. The relationship curve has a predetermined voltage value corresponding to the maximum transmittance. The voltage generation unit generates a first voltage according to a first grayscale, and generates a second voltage according to a second grayscale. The grayscale adjustment unit receives a first display grayscale value, and outputs the second grayscale value when the first display grayscale value is equal to the first grayscale. The overdriving unit overdrives the second voltage corresponding to the second grayscale to obtain a first target driving voltage, and it provides the first target driving voltage to the display unit.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to store cluster information in a distributed datastore are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; programmable circuitry; and first instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to: obtain second instructions to create a cluster of first hosts; determine second hosts of the cluster of the first hosts to implement a distributed datastore in the cluster; and cause transmission of third instructions to store cluster information corresponding to the cluster of the first hosts in datastores of the second hosts.

Abstract: A source driver, including a plurality of channel circuits, each of the plurality of channel circuits including a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a second DAC, a first switch, a second switch and an output buffer circuit, is provided. The output terminal of the output buffer circuit is configured to be coupled to a data line of a display panel. An output terminal of the first DAC is coupled to a first input terminal among the input terminals of the output buffer circuit. An output terminal of the second DAC is coupled to a second input terminal among the input terminals of the output buffer circuit. The first switch is disposed along a first signal path between the output terminal of the first DAC and the output terminal of the output buffer circuit. The second switch is disposed along a second signal path between the output terminal of the second DAC and the output terminal of the output buffer circuit.

Abstract: A mountable arm assembly for fitness equipment, comprises two arm members and a connector for pivot connection of the two arm members. The two arm members respectively provide a plurality of assembly portions for length adjustment of the tension arm. The connector is formed with a pivot connection portion and a plurality of eccentric positioning portions. Specifically, an adjustable disposing angle is formed between the two arm members, and the two arm members set the disposing angle through the one the eccentric positioning portions. The arm assembly can be mounted on fitness equipment and can swing back and forth through the pivot connection portion. The users can select one assembly portion on each of the two arm members for required tension arm lengths and add an applied force and a resistance force respectively on the two assembly portions.

Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles that can be used to display two different trimeric antigens at an equal ratio. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles and methods of producing the recombinant insect ferritin nanoparticles. Methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for reducing parasitic capacitance. In an example aspect, an apparatus includes an amplifier having a differential cascode configuration. Each stack of the amplifier includes a first transistor configured to operate as an input stage and a second transistor configured to operate as a cascode stage. The first and second transistors each include two channel terminal regions having a doping type that is uniform across the two channel terminal regions. Surfaces of first channel terminal regions of the first and second transistors abut a first and second quantity of electrical contacts, respectively. Second channel terminal regions of the first and second transistors form a floating region at a floating node. Each of the first quantity of electrical contacts and the second quantity of electrical contacts is greater than a third quantity of electrical contacts abutting a surface of the floating region.

Abstract: A method for performing interactive operation upon a stereoscopic image and a stereoscopic image display system are provided. The stereoscopic image display system includes a stereoscopic display and a gesture sensor. In the method, the stereoscopic display displays the stereoscopic image, and the gesture sensor senses a gesture. A current gesture state is obtained. A previous state of the stereoscopic image and a previous gesture state are obtained. Stereo coordinate variations corresponding to the gesture can be calculated according to the current gesture state and the previous gesture state. New stereoscopic image data can be obtained according to the previous state of the stereoscopic image and the stereo coordinate variations corresponding to the gesture. The stereoscopic display is used to display a new stereoscopic image that is rendered from the new stereoscopic image data.

Abstract: A 3D glass-ceramic, characterized in that the crystallinity of the 3D glass-ceramic is 14-100 wt %; the average particle size of the crystals of the 3D glass-ceramic is 10-100 nm; and the thickness of the glass-ceramic is 0.02-5 mm. The preparation method for the 3D glass-ceramic of the present invention has low processing difficulty and low processing costs. The 3D hot bending crystallization time is much shorter than the conventional crystallization time; time is reduced, and the energy for heat treatment is also reduced.

Abstract: In example implementations, a computing device is provided. The computing device includes an expansion interface, a first device, a second device, and a processor communicatively coupled to the expansion interface. The expansion interface includes a plurality of slots. Two slots of the plurality of slots are controlled by a single reset signal. The first device is connected to a first slot of the two slots and has a feature that is compatible with the single reset signal. The second device is connected to a second slot of the two slots and does not have the feature compatible with the single reset signal. The process is to detect the first device connected to the first slot and the second device connected to the second slot and disable the feature by preventing the first slot and the second slot from receiving the single reset signal.

Abstract: This invention provides vaccines for inducing an immune response and protection against filovirus infection for use as a preventative vaccine in humans. In particular, the invention provides chimpanzee adenoviral vectors expressing filovirus proteins from different strains of Ebolavirus (EBOV) or Marburg virus (MARV).

Abstract: An image processing circuit includes a first buffer circuit, a first selector circuit, a processor circuit, a second buffer circuit, and an assigning circuit. The first buffer circuit receives pixels in a sliding window of an image. The first selector circuit outputs the pixels according to a mode signal. The processor circuit performs a first filtering process on the pixels to generate first processed pixels. The assigning circuit transmits the first processed pixels to a back-end circuit or transmits the first processed pixels to the second buffer circuit. When the assigning circuit transmits the first processed pixels to the second buffer circuit, the first selector circuit transm its the first processed pixels to the processor circuit, the processor circuit performs a second filtering process on the first processed pixels to generate second processed pixels, and the assigning circuit transmits the second processed pixels to the back-end circuit.

Abstract: A laminated core includes a case, a laminated core, and a cap assembly. The laminated core includes multiple electrode clusters. Each electrode cluster includes multiple laminated electrodes and multiple tabs. Each tab extends out of a corresponding one of the electrodes. The multiple tabs of each electrode clusters form a tab bundle, and the tab bundle is connected to one pin. The cap assembly includes a connection portion and a pole, the pin is slidably connected to the connection portion, and electrically connected to the pole through the connection portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a pneumatic nail gun, comprising a gun body, a nail box, a fork and a nail forming device. The gun body comprises a sliding groove, a nail outlet adjacent to the sliding groove and a push block. The nail box and the fork are fixed on the gun body. The nail box is configured to place a plurality of strip nails to be sequentially exposed from the nail outlet. The formed fork comprises two forming surfaces with unequal heights, and the two forming surfaces are adjacent to the nail outlet. The nail forming device comprises two jaw arms, two control arms and a push seat, and the push block drives the two control arms to drive the two jaw arms to rotate and close the two forming jaws, and to drive the push seat to slide on the sliding groove.

Abstract: An electronic device includes gate lines, maintained at a low level voltage during a blank period and sequentially scanned during an active period in a frame period, and data lines. Voltage polarities of the data lines for all the blank period are respectively identical with voltage polarities of the data lines during the active period. A first level voltage applied to one of the data lines during all the blank period is related to an average value or a maximum value of level voltages of a portion or all of the data lines during the active period. A time length of the blank period in the frame period with the average value or the maximum value applied to one of the data lines during all the blank period is longer than a first time length of a first blank period in a first frame period adjacent to the frame period.