Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a master latch circuit having a data output, a slave latch circuit having a data input electrically coupled to the data output of the master latch circuit, and a clock circuit electrically coupled to the master latch circuit and the slave latch circuit. The slave latch circuit is physically between the master latch circuit and at least a part of the clock circuit.

Abstract: A method includes fabricating a semiconductor device, wherein the method includes depositing a coating layer on a first region and a second region under a loading condition such that a height of the coating layer in the first region is greater than a height of the coating layer in the second region. The method also includes applying processing gas to the coating layer to remove an upper portion of the coating layer such that a height of the coating layer in the first region is a same as a height of the coating layer in the second region.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provides a ray scanning apparatus, which includes: a conveying device for conveying an object under inspection to pass through a scanning region of the ray scanning apparatus; a ray source assembly including a plurality of ray source modules, each of the ray source modules including at least one ray source point emitting a ray beam; and a detector assembly for detecting rays transmitting through the object under inspection during scanning and including a plurality of detector sets.

Abstract: An implant for the repair of bone and cartilage that includes a cell conductive zone that contains biopolymeric fibers and an osteoconductive zone that contains biopolymeric fibers and calcium-containing silicate based glass. The biopolymeric fibers from one zone overlap with the fibers in the other zone forming a stable physical and mechanical integration of the two zones, thus conferring in vivo stability to the implant.

Abstract: An immersion cooling system is provided and includes a storage tank, an adapter frame, and an electronic device. The storage tank includes an accommodating tank and a sealing cover for sealing the opening of the accommodating tank. The adapter frame includes a first wire channel attached to the side of the adapter frame, and is disposed in the accommodating tank in a vertical direction. The electronic device includes at least one power wire, and is inserted into the adapter frame along the above direction. The side of the electronic device is attached to the side of the first wire channel. A second wire channel is formed between the bottoms of the electronic device and the adapter frame, and the first and second wire channels communicate with each other. The power wire is connected to the circuit of the external power apparatus along the first and second wire channels.

Abstract: A ray scanning apparatus, including: a conveying device; a ray source assembly including a plurality of ray source modules arranged around the scanning area in a non-enclosed structure opened on one side of the scanning area; and a detector assembly including a plurality of detector sets arranged around the scanning area in a non-enclosed structure opened on one side of the scanning area, where the opening of the non-enclosed structure of the ray source assembly is opposite to the opening of the non-enclosed structure of the detector assembly, the plurality of detector sets are fixed in a same plane perpendicular to the conveying direction of the object under inspection, and the plurality of ray source modules of the ray source assembly are arranged in a plurality of different planes perpendicular to the conveying direction of the object under inspection.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a haptics panel and a driving method thereof, and a haptics apparatus. The driving method includes: receiving a touch signal, and judging a touch position of a user on the haptics panel according to the touch signal; judging a characteristic frequency area to which the touch position belongs; determining characteristic mode displacement field distribution of the base substrate according to the characteristic frequency area to which the touch position belongs, wherein the characteristic mode displacement field distribution contains vibration displacement phase information at each position of the base substrate; dividing a plurality of piezoelectric devices arranged in an array contained in the haptics panel into at least one vibration area according to the vibration displacement phase information of the characteristic mode displacement field distribution; and loading voltage signals on at least part of the piezoelectric devices in the vibration area.

Abstract: A serverless computing-based, continuous gateway watch of a data store for data change process is provided. The process includes the gateway interface of the computing environment receiving a watch request from a user system to monitor the data store for data change. Based on receiving the watch request, the gateway interface invokes a serverless setup service to establish a connection between the gateway interface and the data store of the computing environment to be monitored for data change. Based on receiving, at the gateway interface, a data change indication from the data store, the gateway interface invokes a serverless message process service to mutate the data change indication from the data store into a mutated data change message indicative of a data change at the data store for return to the user system pursuant to the watch request, with the serverless message process service terminating thereafter.

Abstract: Disclosed are a solid state drive and a write operation method. The solid state drive comprises: a controller, receiving write data from outside and comprising a first cache unit for storing the write data; a Flash memory, receiving the write data sent by the first cache unit according to a first instruction of the controller; a second cache unit, storing the write data from the first cache unit as backup data, and sending the backup data to the Flash memory according to a second instruction of the controller. The second instruction is obtained after the write data fails to be written into the Flash memory under the first instruction, so that the backup data can continue to be called if write operation fails. By combining advantages of the first and second cache units, efficiency and quality of write operations are improved and bandwidth requirements are lowered.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to accurately distinguishing a traffic light from other illuminated objects in the traffic scene and detecting states using hierarchical modeling. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, using a machine learning (ML) model, two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of illuminated objects identified from a monocular image of a traffic scene for control adaptation by a control model. The method also includes assigning, using the ML model, computed probabilities to the illuminated objects for categories within a hierarchical ontology of environmental lights associated with the traffic scene, wherein one of the probabilities indicates existence of a traffic light instead of a brake light in the traffic scene. The method also includes executing a task by the control model for a vehicle according to the 2D coordinates and the computed probabilities.

Abstract: A main board, a hot plug control signal generator, and a control signal generating method thereof are provided. The hot plug control signal generator includes a controller and a latch. The controller provides a control signal. The latch is operated based on an operation power to generate a hot plug control signal. The latch sets the hot plug control signal to a disabled first logic value, and latches the hot plug control signal at the first logic value.

Abstract: An automatic leveling device of a 3D printer, and a 3D printer is provided. The automatic leveling device includes a photoelectric switch, an electromagnetic assembly and a probe assembly. The photoelectric switch is arranged in a housing and defines a photosensitive groove. The electromagnetic assembly is arranged in the housing and defines a sliding hole. The probe assembly is slidably engaged in the sliding hole, and an end of the probe assembly is engaged in the photosensitive groove. The electromagnetic assembly is capable of driving the probe assembly to make the end of the probe assembly move out of the photosensitive groove. The automatic leveling device has the advantages of simple structure, low manufacturing difficulty, low production cost, simple and stable leveling mode, high detection repetition accuracy and no complex circuit and software cooperation.

Abstract: A passenger guidance system, elevator system, and passenger guidance method for elevators. The passenger guidance system includes: a sensor, arranged to collect object feature data of a passenger going towards an elevator; a processing device, in communication with the sensor and an elevator system, for receiving the object feature data and comparing the object feature data with stored passenger information to learn information of a target floor of a successfully matched passenger, and learning a target elevator currently dispatched corresponding to the target floor according to elevator running information of the elevator system; and a guidance device, in communication with the processing device, for forming a sign to at least guide the successfully matched passenger to go towards the target elevator. The present invention can be applied to humanistically and intelligently guide the passenger to reach the target elevator, and bring good elevator taking experience to users.

Abstract: A flip-flop circuit includes a first inverter configured to receive a first clock signal and output a second clock signal, a second inverter configured to receive the second clock signal and output a third clock signal, a master stage, and a slave stage including a first feedback inverter and a first transmission gate. The first feedback inverter includes a first transistor configured to receive the first clock signal and a second transistor configured to receive the second clock signal, and the first transmission gate includes first and second input terminals configured to receive the second and third clock signals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure including a vertical inductor. The semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first conductive layer, a first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer. The first semiconductor substrate has a top surface, and the first conductive layer is vertically inserted into the first semiconductor substrate from the top surface of the first semiconductor substrate. The first magnetic layer is disposed in the first semiconductor substrate and surrounds the first conductive layer. The second magnetic layer is disposed over the first conductive layer and the first magnetic layer.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method may include receiving, by a second session management network element in a visited network, from a first session management network element in a home network, indication information, wherein the indication information indicates that traffic routing is allowed in the visited network. The method may further include sending, by the second session management network element and based on the indication information, IP address information of the visited network to a user plane network element in the visited network, wherein the IP address information is information used to determine an extension mechanisms for domain name system DNS client subnet option, or the IP address information is a local DNS server address.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for creating a prioritized global conversation thread in a data processing system comprising a processing device and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processing device, the method can comprise receiving a plurality of messages from a plurality of message channels; combining a plurality of subsets of the plurality of messages to form a plurality of conversation threads, wherein each subset of the plurality of messages forms one of a plurality of the plurality of conversation threads; extracting a plurality of important messages from the plurality of conversation threads, wherein at least one important message of the plurality of important messages is extracted from each of the plurality of conversation threads; storing the plurality of important messages; determining, for each of the plurality of important messages, a message priority; and displaying, to a user, the plurality of important messages based on the message priority.

Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. The method may include: A first session management network element determines an offloading point in a visited network based on first information, where the first information indicates that offloading is allowed in the visited network, and the first session management network element is a network element deployed in the visited network; and the first session management network element sends an offloading rule to the offloading point, where the offloading rule is for offloading a packet to the visited network. According to this application, after accessing the visited network through HR roaming, a terminal device may access a service in the visited network by using the offloading point determined by the first session management network element, to implement local offloading in the visited network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nicotinohydrazide derivative, a stereoisomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having a structure of formula (I): wherein each of X, Y and Z is one of N and CH, at least one of X, Y and Z is CH, at least one of X, Y and Z is N, and R is one of OH and NH2.

Abstract: A method of uniformly applying multicolor paint which comprises two or more paints of different colors in discrete domains. The method includes applying the multicolor paint to a paint roller cover and rolling the paint roller cover on a surface to form a painted surface. The paint roller cover comprises a foam having a surface extending between a first edge and a second edge and a groove on the surface wherein a portion of the groove is positioned at an angle relative to an edge of the foam and has a groove depth of 1 to 15 millimeters and an average cell size in the range of about 0.03 to about 0.5 cm, wherein the average cell size of the foam is within 25% of the average domain size in the multicolor paint.