Abstract: An example wireless networking device (e.g., Access point) dynamically managing preamble puncturing for OFDM-based communications. The wireless networking device determines first criteria of a signal quality and further determines to allow preamble puncturing, wherein the signal quality of the determines the occupancy of a subchannel. Based on the determination to preamble puncture, apply dynamically, preamble puncturing to an adjacent subchannel. The wireless networking device further monitors the subchannel signal quality and determines based on a second criteria, an amount of bandwidth useable from an adjacent bandwidth. The wireless networking device, based on the second criteria, dynamically allocate bandwidth from the adjacent subchannel.

Abstract: The invention discloses a pure end-to-end deep reinforcement learning for training car racing game AI bot that uses only the velocity information extracted from screen for both training and testing phases without using any internal state from game environment, such as the car facing angle. The learned AI bot can play better than the average performance of human players. In addition, the reward function is designed to consist only the velocity value, and use Ape-X distributed training framework combined with a variant of Deep Q Network to solve the sparse training signal problem caused by the reward function of an original design. Moreover, limit learner rate method is designed that improves the training efficiency and training performance. The AI bot trained in this way can achieve performance beyond the average human level and reach a level close to professional players.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, sacrificial patterns are formed over a hard mask layer disposed over a substrate, sidewall patterns are formed on sidewalls of the sacrificial patterns, the sacrificial patterns are removed, thereby leaving the sidewall patterns as first hard mask patterns, the hard mask layer is patterned by using the first hard mask patters as an etching mask, thereby forming second hard mask patterns, and the substrate is patterned by using the second hard mask patterns as an etching mask, thereby forming fin structures. Each of the first sacrificial patterns has a tapered shape having a top smaller than a bottom.

Abstract: A multilayer polymer capacitor (MLPC), including a casing, a multilayer core, an electroplated positive terminal, a first electroplated negative terminal, and a second electroplated negative terminal. The casing includes a casing body and a cover plate. The casing body is provided with an accommodating cavity, whose bottom is provided with a through hole. The multilayer core is provided in the accommodating cavity. An anode lead-out part and a cathode lead-out part are provided at two ends of the accommodating cavity, respectively. The electroplated positive terminal and the first electroplated negative terminal are provided on outer side surfaces of two ends of the casing, respectively. The second electroplated negative terminal is provided on an outer bottom surface of the casing, and is electrically connected to the multilayer core.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a compact antenna system within a dielectric housing of an electronic device, capable of achieving improved reflection performance. The antenna system includes a ground plane and an antenna PCB. An antenna microstrip feed on a side of the antenna PCB comprises a first part of a radiating antenna element. The antenna PCB is connected to the ground plane by a central conductor of a coaxial cable which forms a ground path. An outer conductor of the coaxial cable carries RF signals to the antenna PCB, allowing the RF signals to freely radiate along a length of the coaxial cable and acting as a second part of the radiating antenna element. The coaxial cable does not interfere with, and can even enhance a radiation pattern of the antenna microstrip feed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a compact antenna system within a dielectric housing of an electronic device, capable of achieving improved reflection performance. The antenna system includes a ground plane and an antenna PCB. An antenna microstrip feed on a side of the antenna PCB comprises a first part of a radiating antenna element. The antenna PCB is connected to the ground plane by a central conductor of a coaxial cable which forms a ground path. An outer conductor of the coaxial cable carries RF signals to the antenna PCB, allowing the RF signals to freely radiate along a length of the coaxial cable and acting as a second part of the radiating antenna element. The coaxial cable does not interfere with, and can even enhance a radiation pattern of the antenna microstrip feed.

Abstract: Examples of transmit power controls are described herein. In some examples, an electronic device includes an imaging capturing device to capture a video stream. In some examples, the electronic device includes video processing circuitry. In some examples, the video processing circuitry may measure background motion in the video stream. In some examples, the video processing circuitry may detect human proximity based on the measured background motion. In some examples, the video processing circuitry may control transmit power in response to the human proximity detection.

Abstract: An example device is to monitor communications throughput rates and select modulation and coding protocols in order to minimize specific absorption rates experienced by users of the devices by minimizing or reducing transmission power settings.

Abstract: In some examples, a non-transitory computer-readable medium stores machine-readable instructions which, when executed by a controller of an electronic device, cause the controller to perform an assistive depth of field analysis. Performing the assistive depth analysis causes the controller to receive images from an image sensor, determine, via artificial intelligence (AI) processing, a depth of field of the images, and generate a signal representing consecutive changes in the depth of field of the images with respect to a first of the images.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to alerts for virtual meetings. In some examples, a computing device can include a processor, where the processor is to in response to a virtual meeting having been initiated, determine whether a graphical user interface of the virtual meeting is minimized in a desktop environment and whether communication has occurred in the virtual meeting, and in response to communication having occurred and the graphical user interface being minimized, cause an alert to be displayed on a display panel.

Abstract: A driving circuit of a display panel comprises a scanning driving circuit, a data driving circuit, and a control circuit. The scanning driving circuit is coupled to a plurality of scanning lines of the display panel, and scans the scanning lines. The data driving circuit is coupled to a plurality of data lines of the display panel and provides at least one data signal corresponding to each scanning line to at least one data line of the data lines for driving at least one pixel of the display panel. The control circuit is coupled to the scanning driving circuit and the data driving circuit, controls the scanning driving circuit and the data driving circuit, and determines a scanning order of the scanning driving circuit to scan the scanning lines according to a driving number of the pixels to be driven by the data driving circuit corresponding to each scanning line.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to alerts for virtual meetings. In some examples, a computing device can include a processor, where the processor is to in response to a virtual meeting having been initiated, determine whether a graphical user interface of the virtual meeting is minimized in a desktop environment and whether communication has occurred in the virtual meeting, and in response to communication having occurred and the graphical user interface being minimized, cause an alert to be displayed on a display panel.

Abstract: In an example, a wireless client station detects a first signal emitted by a first wireless access point and a second signal emitted by a second wireless access point. The wireless client station extracts a first set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the first wireless access point and a second set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the second wireless access point. The wireless client station then computes a first performance metric of first wireless access point, based on the first set of data, and a second performance metric of the second wireless access point, based on the second set of data. The wireless client station determines that the first performance metric is greater than the second performance metric and initiates a connection to the first wireless access point in response.

Abstract: Examples associated with networking component repair are described. One example includes detecting an error associated with a networking component of a device. The networking component may be disabled and enabled to attempt to remedy the error associated with the networking component. When the disabling and enabling actions fail to remedy the error and the error is associated with a driver for controlling the networking device, a setting associated with the networking component may be repaired. The networking component may be controlled to connect to a known available network using historical connection settings.

Abstract: In an example, a wireless client station detects a first signal emitted by a first wireless access point and a second signal emitted by a second wireless access point. The wireless client station extracts a first set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the first wireless access point and a second set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the second wireless access point. The wireless client station then computes a first performance metric of first wireless access point, based on the first set of data, and a second performance metric of the second wireless access point, based on the second set of data. The wireless client station determines that the first performance metric is greater than the second performance metric and initiates a connection to the first wireless access point in response.

Abstract: In some examples, a mobile device can provide radio channel access based on country codes by determining a time zone from an operating system (OS) of the mobile device, determining a country of the mobile device based on the time zone, receiving respective country codes from a plurality of access points (APs) in communication with the mobile device, and enabling access to an alternate radio channel from a default radio channel based on a comparison of the country of the mobile device to respective countries corresponding to the country codes.

Abstract: In examples, a non-transitory computer-readable medium stores machine-readable instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the processor to receive a packet, determine a priority level of the packet, calculate a delay time based on the priority level, and transmit the packet over a network upon an expiration of the delay time.

Abstract: A driving circuit of a display panel comprises a scanning driving circuit, a data driving circuit, and a control circuit. The scanning driving circuit is coupled to a plurality of scanning lines of the display panel, and scans the scanning lines. The data driving circuit is coupled to a plurality of data lines of the display panel and provides at least one data signal corresponding to each scanning line to at least one data line of the data lines for driving at least one pixel of the display panel. The control circuit is coupled to the scanning driving circuit and the data driving circuit, controls the scanning driving circuit and the data driving circuit, and determines a scanning order of the scanning driving circuit to scan the scanning lines according to a driving number of the pixels to be driven by the data driving circuit corresponding to each scanning line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a current source circuit, which includes a current generating circuit, a plurality of current mirror circuits, and a switching circuit. The current generating circuit generates a plurality of reference currents, which comprise a first reference current and a second reference current. The current mirror circuits output a plurality of mirror currents according to the first reference current and the second reference current. The switching circuit is coupled between the current generating circuit and the current mirror circuits. The first reference current is transmitted to the current mirror circuits through the switching circuit, and the second reference current is transmitted to the current mirror circuits through the switching circuit.