Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micro normally-closed structure. The method includes steps of providing a flexible arm, and a stationary base and a fixed contact separated from the flexible arm, wherein the flexible arm is free to move and includes a first end configured at one terminal and a movable contact configured at another terminal, the transient base is configured at where corresponds to the first end, and the fixed contact is configured at where corresponds to the movable contact; forming a temporary electrical connection between the first end and the stationary base; forming a temporary electrical conduction between the movable contact and the fixed contact; maintaining the temporary electrical connection and the temporary electrical conduction; and securing the first end to the stationary base permanently which causes the temporary electrical connection turn into a permanent electrical connection and the temporary electrical conduction turn into the micro normally-closed structure.

Abstract: A network communication system, a software-defined network controller and a routing method thereof are provided. The routing method is adapted to the software-defined network controller. The routing method includes the following steps: determining a first root switch corresponding to at least one first service cluster according to service chaining information, wherein each of the at least one first service cluster includes at least one service node for providing a first service; determining first routing path information for routing a packet flow from a first target switch to the first root switch; and configuring first group entry information for the first root switch according to cluster information of the at least one first service cluster, wherein the first group entry information is for performing a first routing path selection of the packet flow corresponding to the first service by the first root switch.

Abstract: Methods for generating (also known as spinning) and displaying suggested domain names to a domain name registrant by a domain name registrar are presented. The methods generate and display suggested domain names based on one or more methods. The one or more methods include determining how frequently the generated domain names are displayed to the domain name registrant (the fewer the times the better), the value of the generated domain names and/or how well the generated domain names compliment a portfolio of domain names or products and services already registered to the domain name registrant.

Abstract: A fluid jet dispenser using at least two multilayer piezoelectric actuators is provided. The fluid jet dispenser includes a dispensing head and an electrical driver. The dispensing head includes at least two d31-mode multilayer piezoelectric actuators, a displacement magnifying element mechanically coupled to the d31-mode multilayer piezoelectric actuators, a piston, and a nozzle. More preferably, the two d31-mode multilayer piezoelectric actuators operate in an anti-phase condition. The electrical driver is electrically coupled to the d31-mode multilayer piezoelectric actuators for displacing the actuators in directions substantially perpendicular to polarization of piezoelectric layers in the d31-mode multilayer piezoelectric actuators in response to charging and discharging of the actuators by the electrical driver, to generate a fast movement of the piston to jet a pressurized fluid out of the nozzle of the dispensing head.

Abstract: A system for facilitating formation and management of a user group is disclosed. The system may be configured to facilitate forming of a user group for one or more purposes. A set of one or more user group rules may be associated with that user group. When the user group is requested to be formed, the set of group rule(s) may be examined against the request. The examination may include determining whether one or more conditions and/or policies specified in a given one of the group rule(s) are fulfilled. A notification may be generated to notify the initiator whether the one or more conditions are fulfilled to form the user group as requested and/or whether the requested user group can be formed.

Abstract: A data storage system having data locking and unlocking functions and a method therefor are provided. The data locking and unlocking method includes: when a used capacity of a storage device is equal to or greater than a first threshold, locking a plurality of folders of the foregoing storage device; preventing the folders from being unlocked when the used capacity is greater than or equal to a second threshold; unlocking the locked folders according to a first unlock signal when the used capacity is less than the first threshold; and unlocking the locked folders according to a second unlock signal when the used capacity is between the first threshold and the second threshold. The foregoing second threshold is greater than the first threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and configured to: receive a domain name search string; tokenize the domain name search string; identify, based on at least one token in the domain name search string, one or more concepts comprising a collection of data records comprising a common concept id and/or one or more languages; and recommend at least one available domain name comprising the one or more concepts and in the one or more languages.

Abstract: A low density parity check (LDPC) decoding method and a decoding apparatus are provided. The method includes following steps. Based on M edges of a Tanner graph related to a parity check matrix, each of the edges is associated with one of a plurality of threads, such that each of the threads is corresponding to one of a plurality of edge identifies. When executing one of the threads, data in a shared memory is accessed according to the edge identifier of the one of the threads, so as to update a plurality of passing massages respectively corresponding to the edges in the shared memory. Thereby, high computation parallelism and fully-coalesced data accesses can be achieved.

Abstract: A ceramic capacitor dielectric material includes BaTiO3, BaZrO3, SrTiO3, MgCO3, SiO2, and at least one compound selected from transition element and rare earth element. The amount of the BaTiO3 in the ceramic capacitor dielectric material is 40-80 mol %; the amount of the BaZrO3 is 20-40 mol %; and the amount of the SrTiO3 is smaller than or equal to 20 mol %. The permittivity of the ceramic capacitor dielectric material is larger than 350, and the dielectric loss is lower than 0.5%. Moreover, the resistivity can reach 1012 ?-cm under room temperature, and further reach 1011 ?-cm at 125° C. Besides that, the performance of the capacitance change rate of the ceramic capacitor dielectric material under DC bias is excellent, thus the ceramic capacitor dielectric material can fulfill the X7T dielectric properties of EIA.

Abstract: An optical fiber transmission system with a laser beam splitting and combining device includes a laser beam splitting and combining device receiving a laser beam from a laser device and projecting the laser beam onto a target through an objective lens. The laser beam splitting and combining device has a beam splitter, two transmitters, two receivers and a beam combiner. When the beam splitter divides the received laser beam and transmits the divided laser beams to the transmitters, the transmitters transmit the divided laser beams to the receivers through two optical fibers. The receivers send the divided laser beams to the beam combiner for the beam combiner to combine the divided laser beams into an output laser beam projected on the target through the objective lens. Given the optical transmission path of the laser beam splitting and combining device, the laser transmission distance can be extended.

Abstract: A method of length measurement for 2d photography comprises the following steps. A reference object and a measuring object are respectively photographed to form a reference image and a measuring image, wherein the reference object has a geometrical shape capable of being represented by an area formula saved in a computer with a predetermined size. A background image is separated from the reference image and then the reference image is scanned to obtain a total number of pixels included therein, and a first number of pixels corresponding to a unit length is obtained based on the predetermined size and the area formula. An actual length between any two points of the measuring object image clicked on a screen of the computer can be obtained based on a ratio of a second number of pixels corresponding to the two points to the first number of pixels.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a recommender system configured to recommend a geographical location to a user is provided. The recommender system may be configured to process unstructured data from various data sources such as social media, planning documents, news media, and/or any other type data sources that may provide certain information, regarding a project. In some exemplary implementations, text mining techniques are configured into the recommender system to process the unstructured data from those data sources and to extract various phrases and/or sentences regarding various geographical locations.

Abstract: Some embodiments can provide a recommender system configured to recommend a new item to a user by estimating a user interest for the item. The recommendation system may be configured to collect data regarding user activities with respect to various existing items. Based on the user activity data, the user interest for the new item may be estimated and a determination may be made whether the new item is to be recommended to the user based on the estimated interest. In one embodiment, the new item's attribute vector is compared with a user vector to estimate the user's interest to the new item. In another embodiment, a score indicating the user's interest may be iteratively estimated through matrix factorization based on the user activity data.

Abstract: Some embodiments can provide a user matching system configured to match a list of one or more users to a given user. The user matching system can be configured to employ a stage learning process including a user compatibility learning stage, an affinity learning stage, and a match optimization stage. In various exemplary implementations, various user data regarding user preferences, user traits, user behaviors, and/or any other user aspects can be collected. In those implementations, the user matching system is configured to divide the users into different user groups based on the learned user attributes, and determine similarities among users within a given group based on the user attributes. In this way, one or more users can be identified and can be suggested to the given user based on their similarities to the given user.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a bidding system configured to estimate a bid for a new item. In some implementations, the bidding system can be configured to build a statistics model for predicting a price difference between the listed price of an item and sold price of the same item. In some embodiments, the bidding system can be configured to train a classification model using extracted features. The prediction can be based on sales information regarding one or more items that were previously sold. In some implementations, building such a statistics model may include extracting features from structured data and as well as unstructured data regarding those previously sold items. Structured data may include one or more classifications of the items that are readily available in a classification system or classification systems. Unstructured data may include text description about those items.

Abstract: A display device includes a data driver, a gate driver, a plurality of first pixel unit and a first low-pass filter. Each first pixel unit includes a first transistor, a first storage capacitor and a first liquid crystal capacitor. The first transistor is electrically coupled to the data driver and the gate driver and from which to receive the first display data and the gate control signal, respectively. The first transistor is configured to output the first display data according to the gate control signal. The first low-pass filter is configured to have its input electrode terminal electrically coupled to the second electrode terminal of one of the plurality of first transistor and its output electrode terminal electrically coupled to the second electrode terminal of the first liquid crystal capacitor of each of the first pixel units. An operation method for the display device is also provided.

Abstract: An optical fiber transmission system with a laser beam splitting and combining device includes a laser beam splitting and combining device receiving a laser beam from a laser device and projecting the laser beam onto a target through an objective lens. The laser beam splitting and combining device has a beam splitter, two transmitters, two receivers and a beam combiner. When the beam splitter divides the received laser beam and transmits the divided laser beams to the transmitters, the transmitters transmit the divided laser beams to the receivers through two optical fibers. The receivers send the divided laser beams to the beam combiner for the beam combiner to combine the divided laser beams into an output laser beam projected on the target through the objective lens. Given the optical transmission path of the laser beam splitting and combining device, the laser transmission distance can be extended.

Abstract: A blow molding device for a rotary bottle blowing machine includes: a support base including a power-input shaft and a mold-insert control shaft which are pivotally disposed on the support base and extend along an axial direction; a drive source for driving the power-input shaft and the mold-insert control shaft to rotate; and a mold assembly with a first and second movable mold inserts pivotally disposed on the support base. The mold assembly makes the first and second movable mold inserts pivot toward or away from each other, rotation of the power-input shaft makes a bottom mold unit move in the axial direction, and can lock the first and second movable mold inserts. A method for using the blow molding device includes steps of mold opening or closing, mold lifting, and mold locking, and these steps are performed by using a single drive source.

Abstract: A display control device includes a detector, a frequency adjusting signal generator, a clock generator and an output timing generator. The detector compares an input field reference signal with an output field reference signal to determine a time difference signal. The frequency adjusting signal generator outputs a frequency adjusting signal. The clock generator outputs a clock according to the frequency adjusting signal. The output timing generator generates an output field synchronization signal according to the clock. The clock generator adjusts the frequency of the clock according to the frequency adjusting signal.