Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for performing communication by using an unlicensed spectrum, a device, and a system, which relate to the field of communications technologies, so as to improve efficiency of using an unlicensed spectrum by user equipment. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station eNB, a time resource and/or a frequency resource by contending with another eNB or another system using an unlicensed spectrum; generating, by the base station eNB, information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource according to the time resource and/or the frequency resource; and sending, by the base station eNB, the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource to user equipment UE by using a broadcast or multicast message, so that the user equipment UE communicates with the base station eNB according to the information about the time resource and/or the frequency resource.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is presented for enabling hierarchical conversational policy learning for sales strategy planning. The method includes enabling a user to have a conversation with a robot via a conversation platform, employing a plan database to store general plans used in the conversation, employing an industry database to store a plurality of candidate plans pertaining to sales promotions, and employing a plan and policy optimizer to allow the robot to select and output an optimal plan from the plurality of candidate plans, the optimal plan determined by hierarchical reinforcement learning via a first learner and a second learner, the first leaner selecting the optimal plan and the second learner selecting an optimal action.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method, which includes receiving, by a processor, data from one or more communicatively coupled objects associated with a device. The method further includes providing, by the processor, context information to the received data. The method further includes mapping, by the processor, the context information associated with the received data to one or more nodes of a knowledge graph. The method further includes diagnosing, by the processor, a problem with the device, based on knowledge graph information.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a radio link failure handling method, a related device, and a communications system. The method includes: when a base station acquires that a relay link between the base station and remote terminal device fails and a first cellular direct link between the base station and the remote terminal device is normal, sending, by the base station, a first reconfiguration message to the remote terminal device, and sending a second reconfiguration message to relay terminal device.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is presented for selecting a preferred live agent from a plurality of live agents. The method includes constructing, via the processor, a human expertise matrix pertaining to each of the plurality of live agents by determining an average net promoter score (NPS) for each of the plurality of live agents for each category of a plurality of categories, and in response to a voice call by a user, determining, via the processor, a predicted human expertise on average by collectively assessing the human expertise matrix, a predicted NPS derived from a first deep neural network, and a predicted category derived from a second deep neural network. The method further includes, based on the predicted human expertise on average determined, triggering communication via the live agent communication network between the user and the preferred live agent to initiate a conversation between the user and the preferred live agent.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant comfort system, comprises a processor that stores computer executable components stored in memory. A plurality of sensors sense ambient conditions associated with exterior and interior conditions of a vehicle. A context component infers or determines context of an occupant of the vehicle. A comfort model component implicitly and explicitly trained on occupant comfort related data analyzes information from the plurality of sensors and context component. A comfort controller adjusts environmental conditions of a passenger compartment of the vehicle based at least in part on output of the comfort model component.

Abstract: Controlling product production in multi-stage manufacturing process automatically generates by machine learning causal relationships between the processing conditions and the product quality based on product genealogy data and product quality data. Real time sensor data from sensors coupled to processing units in a manufacturing facility implementing the multi-stage manufacturing process are received, and control rules are instantiated based on the real time sensor data. An instantiated control rule firing causes an actuator to automatically set a processing variable to a set point specified in the control rule.

Abstract: A method of managing a network of wells and surface facilities includes partitioning the network to obtain a pipe sub-network and two or more well sub-networks, and constructing an associated set of equations that represent a steady-state fluid flow in the sub-network. The method further includes setting boundary conditions for each well sub-network, and determining a steady-state flow solution for each well sub-network. The method further includes establishing boundary conditions for the pipe sub-network, and finding a steady-state flow solution for the pipe sub-network. If the solution does not match the estimated pressure, the method further includes adjusting the estimated pressure, repeating said setting, determining, establishing, finding, and adjusting operations until the calculated and estimated pressures converge, and analyzing flow rates of the steady-state flow solutions to evaluate suitability of a modification to the network.

Abstract: A lens module is provided, including: a lens barrel first and second barrel walls; and a set of lenses received in the lens barrel including at least a first lens and a second lens arranged from an object side to an image side. The first lens includes a first optical portion and a first peripheral portion surrounding the first optical portion. A surface of the first barrel wall close to the image side includes a first planar surface extending horizontally towards an optical axis from a position where the first barrel wall is connected to the second barrel wall; a first oblique surface extending obliquely from the first planar surface towards the optical axis and towards the object side; and a second planar surface extending horizontally from the first oblique surface towards the optical axis.

Abstract: A lens module is provided, including: a lens barrel including first and second barrel walls; and a set of lenses received in the lens barrel and including at least a first lens and a second lens arranged from an object side to an image side. The first lens includes a first optical portion and a first peripheral portion surrounding the first optical portion. A surface of the first barrel wall close to the image side includes a first planar surface extending horizontally towards an optical axis from a position where the first barrel wall is connected to the second barrel wall; a first oblique surface extending obliquely from the first planar surface towards the optical axis and towards the image side; and a second planar surface extending horizontally from the first oblique surface towards the optical axis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of optical imaging technologies, and provides a lens module. The lens module includes a lens barrel having a receiving space, and a lens received in the receiving space. The lens barrel includes a first barrel wall defining a light through hole, and a second barrel wall extending from an outer side of the first barrel wall while being bent towards an image side, the second barrel wall and the first barrel wall defining the receiving space. The lens includes a first area having a first processing precision, and the first area includes an optical portion for imaging and an engagement portion extending from a periphery of the optical portion. The engagement portion abuts against the first barrel wall.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer processing system are provided for generating inferences from a forest of predefined problem determination trees using a processor-based conversation platform. The method includes selecting a tree from among the forest of predefined problem determination trees, responsive to user utterances uttered during an inference generating session. The method further includes navigating the tree to allocate a relevant tree node to generate a problem diagnosis question or a problem resolution action by understanding the user utterances among common interaction patterns in problem diagnosis and problem resolution dialogs. The method also includes providing speech for uttering the problem diagnosis question or the problem resolution action to a user.

Abstract: A computer-implemented authentication method, the method comprising: matching a brain pattern sequence with a predetermined password to allow access to a system, wherein the brain pattern sequence is calculated by analyzing a signal slope of a slope threshold of the brain activity to determine a timing and a duration of the brain activity.

Abstract: An authentication method, system, and computer program product for decoding brain activity into a brain pattern sequence, applying brain dialog to interact with a user while the user is entering the brain pattern sequence, and matching the brain pattern sequence with a predetermined password to allow access to a system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a device and a method for data transmission in D2D communication. The method includes: transmitting, by transmitting user equipment UE, scheduling signaling to receiving UE, where the scheduling signaling includes frequency domain resource information, a quantity of cycles that can be occupied, or transmission pattern information; and transmitting, by the transmitting UE, user data to the receiving UE according to the scheduling signaling, so that the receiving UE receives the user data according to the scheduling signaling. In the technical solution of the present invention, if there is no feedback from the receiving UE in a D2D communication process, the transmitting UE may repeatedly transmit the user data, and the receiving UE may repeatedly receive the user data, thereby improving reliability of data transmission.

Abstract: The present application is directed to the use of a VEGF-C inhibitor, a VEGFR-2 inhibitor and/or a VEGFR-3 inhibitor as a prophylactic or therapeutic for the treatment of eye disorders such as a maculopathy and pathogenic ocular neovascularisation. The application is also directed to the use of a VEGF-C measurement from a biological sample from a mammalian subject as a predictive marker, a selected marker, a responsive marker or a tracking marker for a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of a maculopathy and pathogenic ocular neovascularization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a security message transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: generating, by a vehicle terminal, a first security message, where the first security message carries message type information; adding priority indication information of the security message to a geographic information layer according to the message type information, and obtaining a second security message; determining, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, a transmission path of the security message according to the priority indication information; and sending the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message. According to the present invention, a security message is forwarded to a vehicle terminal within a predetermined distance range in a manner of combining a VDC technology and an LTE cellular network.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability is presented. An apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability includes: a processor configured to obtain D2D capability information of a terminal device; and a transmitter configured to send the D2D capability information of the terminal device to a base station. In the method and the apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability that are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device reports D2D capability information to a base station, so that the base station can correctly schedule a resource for D2D communication of the terminal device.

Abstract: A method includes: transmitting, by a transmitting user equipment (UE), scheduling signaling to a receiving UE, where the scheduling signaling includes frequency domain resource information, a quantity of cycles that can be occupied, or transmission pattern information. The method further includes transmitting, by the transmitting UE, user data to the receiving UE according to the scheduling signaling, so that the receiving UE receives the user data according to the scheduling signaling.