Abstract: An antenna and a communications device are disclosed. The antenna includes: multiple feeders, a microstrip antenna array, and at least one energy attenuation circuit; the microstrip antenna array includes multiple array elements, where each of the multiple array elements is connected to a cable feeding port by using one of the multiple feeders; each of the at least one energy attenuation circuit is located at a feeder, where the feeder is one of the multiple feeders and is connected to an array element, and the array element is located at a periphery of the multiple array elements; and the energy attenuation circuit includes a resistor, where the resistor is grounded, and the resistor consumes a part of energy in the feeder when the resistor is grounded.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for detecting PIK3CA gene mutation, and this kit can be used to detect cancer-related PIK3CA gene mutation. The said kit comprises: (1) the internal reference detection reagent, which includes the internal reference gene specific primers, internal reference gene specific probes and dNTP solution; (2) the PIK3CA mutation detection reagent, which includes the PIK3CA gene mutant type specific primers, PIK3CA gene mutant type specific probes, internal control gene specific primers, internal control gene specific probes and dNTP solution; (3) the Taq DNA polymerase; and (4) the PIK3CA positive quality control.

Abstract: A multi-frequency array antenna and a communications system, where the multi-frequency array antenna includes a reflective plate and at least two microstrip antennas having different operating frequency bands, where each of the at least two microstrip antennas includes a respective feed network and a respective radiating element set, the at least two microstrip antennas include a first microstrip antenna and a second microstrip antenna, and there is an overlapping region between a graph constituted on the reflective plate by a plurality of radiating elements in a first radiating element set of the first microstrip antenna and a graph constituted on the reflective plate by at least one radiating element in a second radiating element set of the second microstrip antenna. The size of the multi-frequency array antenna is reduced.

Abstract: A method for quickly carrying out effective automatic interlocking logic detection based on a GOOSE communication mechanism, comprising: introducing an automatic system device model and configuration satisfying the IEC61850 standard, and simulating a GOOSE communication behavior in which an intelligent electronic device acts as a quick packet transmitter and receiver, so as to realize the closed-loop detection function by independent publishing and feedback monitoring GOOSE information.

Abstract: This invention relates to a kit for detecting NRAS gene mutation, and this kit can be used to detect cancer-related NRAS gene mutation. The said kit comprises: (1) the internal reference detection reagent, which includes the internal reference gene specific primers, internal reference gene specific probes and dNTP solution; (2) the NRAS mutation detection reagent, which includes the NRAS gene mutant type specific primers, NRAS gene mutant type specific probes, internal control gene specific primers, internal control gene specific probes and dNTP solution; (3) the Taq DNA polymerase; and (4) the NRAS positive quality control.

Abstract: A method of integrating binocular stereo video scenes with maintaining time consistency includes: propagating and extracting a contour of moving object of stereo video A; integrating and deformating of parallax between moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency; color blending of moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency where a method of median coordinate fusion is utilized. The method is simple and effective to utilize a small quantity of user interactions to successfully extract moving objects from stereo video which are same in time and as consistent as possible between left view and right view to develop multiple constraint conditions to guide the integration and deformation of parallax of moving object and dynamic scene and allow moving object to conform to the rules of perspective of dynamic scene. Moreover, the deformation result of moving object is smooth and consistent and can avoid effectively the occurrence of “dithering” phenomenon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light string including at least one light series branch and a protecting circuit connected between the at least one light series branch and an AC power supply. The protecting circuit includes a switching circuit, a sample circuit and a control circuit for switching off the switching circuit and keeping the switching circuit at off-state when the sampled voltage is larger than or equal to a preset voltage, and controlling the switching circuit to turn on and turn off the at least one light series branch. When the number of the failed lamps and removed lamps reaches to a preset number, the current is opened to protecting the reminder light from been burned out. The light string can light on and off alternately like twinkling stars, or the colors can be changed alternately.

Abstract: A method for quickly carrying out effective automatic interlocking logic detection based on a GOOSE communication mechanism, comprising: introducing an automatic system device model and configuration satisfying the IEC61850 standard, and simulating a GOOSE communication behavior in which an intelligent electronic device acts as a quick packet transmitter and receiver, so as to realize the closed-loop detection function by independent publishing and feedback monitoring GOOSE information.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image foreground matting method based on neighborhood and non-neighborhood smoothness priors. The method primarily comprises the steps of: interactively marking foreground points and background points; initializing ? values of each unmarked pixel of the input image by a color sampling method, calculating confidence degree of the pixel, and admitting ? values of pixels of which confidence degree is larger than a given threshold as known pixels; calculating data term weights, neighborhood smoothness constraint term weights and non-neighborhood smoothness constraint term weights of each pixel in the input image to construct graph patterns of all pixels of the input image; and according to ? values of the known pixels, under the constraint of the graph patterns, solving probabilities that each pixel belongs to the foreground by minimizing the energy equation so as to obtain alpha mattes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light string including at least one light series branch and a protecting circuit connected between the at least one light series branch and an AC power supply. The protecting circuit includes a switching circuit, a sample circuit and a control circuit for switching off the switching circuit and keeping the switching circuit at off-state when the sampled voltage is larger than or equal to a preset voltage, and controlling the switching circuit to turn on and turn off the at least one light series branch. When the number of the failed lamps and removed lamps reaches to a preset number, the current is opened to protecting the reminder light from been burned out. The light string can light on and off alternately like twinkling stars, or the colors can be changed alternately.

Abstract: An approach is provided for performing multiple and hybrid forms of communication in the same communication session. A communication manager receives a to establish a communication session using a first form of communication, wherein the communication session supports multiple and simultaneous forms of communication. Next, the communication manager selects a second form of communication to conduct the communication session. Then, the communication manager transcodes the second form of communication to the first form of communication. The different forms can be converted to facilitate and enrich the communication capability, according to an embodiment of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a light string including at least one light series branch which includes a plurality of lights connected in series one another and at least a protecting circuit each connected between a corresponding one of the at least one light series branch and the AC power supply. Each protecting circuit includes a diode bridge rectifier, a line switch connected with the light series branch in series, a sample circuit and a control circuit for opening the line switch when a sample voltage is larger than or equal to a preset voltage. The control circuit has an output terminal that can obtain power from the diode bridge rectifier and control an on-off state of the line switch according to the sample voltage. The structure of the light string is more simply than the existing light string and its power consume and heat is reduced.

Abstract: An approach is provided for performing multiple and hybrid forms of communication in the same communication session. A communication manager receives a to establish a communication session using a first form of communication, wherein the communication session supports multiple and simultaneous forms of communication. Next, the communication manager selects a second form of communication to conduct the communication session. Then, the communication manager transcodes the second form of communication to the first form of communication. The different forms can be converted to facilitate and enrich the communication capability, according to an embodiment of the invention.

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining a user age range. An age estimator causes, at least in part, acquisition of voice data. Next, the age estimator calculates a first set of probability values, wherein each of the probability values represents a probability that the voice data is in a respective one of a plurality of predefined age ranges, and the predefined age ranges are segments of a lifespan. Then, the age estimator derives a second set of probability values by applying a correlation matrix to the first set of probability values, wherein the correlation matrix associates the first set of probability values with probabilities of the voice data matching individual ages over the lifespan. Then, the age estimator, for each of the predefined age ranges, calculates a sum of the probabilities in the second set of probability values corresponding to the individual ages within the respective predefined age ranges.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image foreground matting method based on neighborhood and non-neighborhood smoothness priors. The method primarily comprises the steps of: interactively marking foreground points and background points; initializing ? values of each unmarked pixel of the input image by a color sampling method, calculating confidence degree of the pixel, and admitting ? values of pixels of which confidence degree is larger than a given threshold as known pixels; calculating data term weights, neighborhood smoothness constraint term weights and non-neighborhood smoothness constraint term weights of each pixel in the input image to construct graph patterns of all pixels of the input image; and according to a values of the known pixels, under the constraint of the graph patterns, solving probabilities that each pixel belongs to the foreground by minimizing the energy equation so as to obtain alpha mattes.

Abstract: A method of integrating binocular stereo video scenes with maintaining time consistency includes: propagating and extracting a contour of moving object of stereo video A; integrating and deformating of parallax between moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency; color blending of moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency where a method of median coordinate fusion is utilized. The method is simple and effective to utilize a small quantity of user interactions to successfully extract moving objects from stereo video which are same in time and as consistent as possible between left view and right view to develop multiple constraint conditions to guide the integration and deformation of parallax of moving object and dynamic scene and allow moving object to conform to the rules of perspective of dynamic scene. Moreover, the deformation result of moving object is smooth and consistent and can avoid effectively the occurrence of “dithering” phenomenon.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for editing propagation of video and image content based on local feature structure preservation, comprising: mapping all pixels in the input original image and/or video key frames to a selected feature space; finding K nearest neighbor pixels for each pixel according to feature vectors' Euclidean distance in the selected feature space; using Locally Linear Embedding (LLE) dimension reduction to construct the locally linear relationship between each pixel and its K nearest neighbor pixels in the selected feature space; According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately perform such image or video processing as automatic color transformation, interactive color editing, gray image colorization, video cloning and image matting.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for amplifying a burst optical signal. The method includes: monitoring an input status of a signal light; when no signal light is input, controlling output power of a pump light so that a gain medium has output optical power and the output optical power is less than a maximum optical power that the gain medium is capable of outputting when a signal light is input; inputting the pump light into a wavelength division multiplexer so that the wavelength division multiplexer combines the signal light and the pump light and inputs the combined light into the gain medium. With the preceding manners, when no signal light is input, the power of the pump light is controlled.

Abstract: A method is described for preserving the flexibility associated with relative memory addressing in programs designed to be stored in read-only memory.