Abstract: Systems and methods for extracting and analyzing gases trapped in inclusions in solid rock, mineral, or subterranean samples. Systems include a rotating ball mill in fluid communication with analytical instrumentation.

Abstract: Provided are ceramic foams. The ceramic foams may have a hierarchical pore gradient. The ceramic foams may be silica aerogels. The ceramic foams may be made by reaction of one or more precursors in the presence of an inert gas generated by a pore-forming gas-forming additive. The ceramic foams may be used as insulating materials.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a self-adjusting vehicle mirror. The mirror automatically locates the face of the driver or another passenger, and orients the mirror to provide the driver/passenger face with a desired view from the mirror. The mirror may continue to reorient itself as the driver or passenger shifts position, to continuously provide a desired field of view even as he or she changes position over time. In certain embodiments, the mirror system of the disclosure can be a self-contained system, with the mirror, mirror actuator, camera, and computing device all contained within the mirror housing as a single integrated unit.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are described to determine locations of objects using images including digital representations of those objects. In at least one embodiment, a gaze of one or more occupants of a vehicle is determined independently of a location of one or more sensors used to detect those occupants.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed related to restraint device (e.g., seatbelt) localization. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to systems and methods for seatbelt detection and modeling. A vehicle may be occupied by one or more occupants wearing one or more seatbelts. A camera or other sensor is placed within the vehicle to capture images of the one or more occupants. A system analyzes the images to detect and model seatbelts depicted in the images. Specifically, the system may scan the images and areas of the images that may correspond to seatbelts. The system may assemble candidate areas of the images that may correspond to seatbelts, and refine the candidate areas based on various constraints. The system may build models based on the refined candidate areas that indicate the seatbelts. The system may visualize the models indicating the seatbelts using the images.

Abstract: A sound effect adjustment method is provided. In the method, a video frame and an audio signal of a corresponding time unit of a target video are obtained. A sound source orientation and a sound source distance of a sound source object in the video frame are determined. Scene information corresponding to the video frame is determined. The audio signal is filtered based on the sound source orientation and the sound source distance. An echo coefficient is determined according to the scene information. Further, an adjusted audio signal with an adjusted sound effect is generated based on the filtered audio signal and the echo coefficient.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a self-adjusting vehicle mirror. The mirror automatically locates the face of the driver or another passenger, and orients the mirror to provide the driver/passenger face with a desired view from the mirror. The mirror may continue to reorient itself as the driver or passenger shifts position, to continuously provide a desired field of view even as he or she changes position over time. In certain embodiments, the mirror system of the disclosure can be a self-contained system, with the mirror, mirror actuator, camera, and computing device all contained within the mirror housing as a single integrated unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed related to restraint device (e.g., seatbelt) localization. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to systems and methods for seatbelt detection and modeling. A vehicle may be occupied by one or more occupants wearing one or more seatbelts. A camera or other sensor is placed within the vehicle to capture images of the one or more occupants. A system analyzes the images to detect and model seatbelts depicted in the images. Specifically, the system may scan the images and areas of the images that may correspond to seatbelts. The system may assemble candidate areas of the images that may correspond to seatbelts, and refine the candidate areas based on various constraints. The system may build models based on the refined candidate areas that indicate the seatbelts. The system may visualize the models indicating the seatbelts using the images.

Abstract: Various examples of the present disclosure relate to a transmitter apparatus, device, method, and computer program, to a receiver apparatus, device, method, and computer program, and to corresponding source and destination devices and communication devices. The transmitter apparatus comprises a plurality of ports for data to be transmitted to a destination device, with each port being associated with a transmission data rate. The transmitter apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to obtain data to be transmitted to the destination device via the plurality of ports. The processing circuitry is configured to multiplex the data to be transmitted to the destination device according to a weighted round-robin scheme to generate a multiplexed data stream. The weights of the weighted round-robin scheme are based on the transmission data rate of the respective port the data is obtained over. The processing circuitry is configured to transmit the multiplexed data stream to the destination device.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing process for a coiled graphene heat dissipation film material, comprising the following preparation steps: S1: preparing a graphene oxide dispersion using a graphene oxide cake material; S2: homogenizing and defoaming; S3: coating a substrate with the graphene oxide slurry via a coating machine, subjecting the substrate to stripping and slitting to give a pretreated graphene film, and coiling the film to form a tightly coiled pretreated graphene film material; S4: subjecting the tightly coiled pretreated graphene film material to loosening treatment in a reverse coiling mechanism to give a loosely coiled pretreated graphene film material; S5: subjecting the loosely coiled pretreated graphene film material to low-temperature treatment, carbonization treatment, and graphitization treatment to prepare a coiled graphene foam film material; and S6: subjecting the coiled graphene foam film material to single-layer rolling or multi-layer rolling to prepare the coiled graphene heat dissipat

Abstract: A reticle adjusting structure includes a reticle plate, a beam combination lens, and a relay lens assembly arranged in sequence along a visible-light optical axis, and a display module arranged outside of the visible-light optical axis. The beam combination lens includes a first light entry surface and a second light entry surface that are arranged opposite to each other and respectively face a visible light signal incidence direction and the display module. A visible light signal of a target field of view passes through the reticle plate to get incident on the first light entry surface of the beam combination lens, and is then transmitted to the relay lens assembly. The reticle plate, the beam combination lens, the relay lens assembly and the display module are interconnected together to form an integrated lens set that is collectively movable together, in order to realize collective adjustment during a reticle adjusting course.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one imager array, and each imager in the array comprises a plurality of light sensing elements and a lens stack including at least one lens surface, where the lens stack is configured to form an image on the light sensing elements, control circuitry configured to capture images formed on the light sensing elements of each of the imagers, and a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution super-resolved image using a plurality of the captured images.

Abstract: A secondary frequency modulation method for a hydropower plant which satisfies positive correlation between a regulation rate and a rated capacity of the hydropower plant, three secondary frequency modulation gain methods are provided, in which feedforward gain regulation and amplification gain regulation call as many hydropower generating units as possible to participate in secondary frequency modulation, and avoid or restrain the problem that the power regulation sensitivity of an active power regulation dead zone of a single hydropower generating unit is weakened; transfer gain regulation transfers the regulation margin of the hydropower generating unit not participating in the secondary frequency modulation to the hydropower generating unit participating in the secondary frequency modulation within the limit of the active power regulation dead zone of a single hydropower generating unit, so that the latter can obtain a larger active power regulation range.

Abstract: A dual-light front sighting device includes an infrared lens assembly configured to acquire infrared light signals in a target scene, an image processing module configured to convert the infrared light signals into electrical signals, a display module configured to receive the electrical signals sent from the image processing module and display a corresponding infrared image, and a beamsplitter, wherein the beamsplitter includes a first light-entering surface and a second light-entering surface which are arranged opposite to each other; the first light-entering surface faces an incident direction of visible light signals, the second light-entering surface faces an incident direction of light signals of the infrared image on the display module, and the visible light signals at least partially pass through the beamsplitter to be fused with the light signals of the infrared image, and then enter a sight behind the beamsplitter.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatus, and medium for recurrent spiking neural network based equalization and demapping. A first communication device is configured to: obtain at least one parameter for a recurrent spiking neural network at the first communication device, wherein the at least one parameter is generated based on channel condition information between the first communication device and a second communication device; configure the recurrent spiking neural network based on the at least one parameter; and perform equalization and demapping on a signal received from the second communication device based on the recurrent spiking neural network. In this way, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for recurrent spiking neural network based equalization and demapping, thereby implementing a solution of a low power consumption joint equalization and demapping.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for reducing noise in a digital image. The method comprises calculating a spatial weight for each pixel s in a current frame, wherein said spatial weight is computed based on a summation of diffused values associated with the pixel s; and selectively filtering an intensity I of the pixel s spatially using said spatial weight.

Abstract: A method for forming a friction material includes mixing a fibrous base material and filler particles to form a substrate; saturating the substrate with a silane solution including a silane to form a uniformly impregnated silane matrix; curing the uniformly impregnated silane matrix to form a cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix; saturating the cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix with a non-silane binder solution to form a uniformly impregnated silane, non-silane matrix; and curing the uniformly impregnated silane, phenolic resin matrix to form the friction material.