Abstract: Methods, systems, and assemblies suitable for gas-phase processes are disclosed. An exemplary assembly includes a susceptor ring and at least one injector tube. The injector tube can be disposed within the susceptor ring to provide a gas to a peripheral region of a substrate. Methods, systems, and assemblies can be used to obtain desired (e.g. composition and/or thickness) profiles of material on a substrate surface.

Abstract: A wireless device receives, from a base station, at least one radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first configuration parameters for a first bandwidth part (BWP) of a first cell, of the base station, that is configured as a serving cell, second configuration parameters of resources of a second cell that is configured as resources of the first BWP of the first cell, and a first time value of a first inactivity timer for the first BWP of the first cell. The wireless device restarts the first inactivity timer for the first BWP of the first cell, in response to communicating a transport block via a configured grant resource of the second cell.

Abstract: A system and a method for generating an automated GIF file generation system is described. In one aspect, the method includes accessing an animated GIF file, identifying a plurality of elements displayed in the animated GIF file, applying a variation of one or more elements to the animated GIF file, and generating a variant animated GIF file by applying the variation of the one or more elements to the animated GIF file. The system measures a trending metric of the variant animated GIF file based on a number of times the variant animated GIF file is shared on the communication platform and uses the trending metric as a feedback to generating the variant animated GIF file.

Abstract: A uniaxial bidirectional synchronous control electromagnetic loaded dynamic shear test system and method, a test apparatus thereof including a support platform, a loading bar system, an electromagnetic pulse generation system, a servo-controlled normal pressure loading system, and a data monitoring and acquisition system. The test apparatus can be used to conduct a dynamic shear test research on a rock-like material under a constant normal pressure close to an actual operating condition, and can also be applied to carry out dynamic shear tests on intact rock-like test specimens in various sizes or jointed rock-like test specimens containing a single structural surface to study dynamic shear mechanical property and shear failure behavior under strain rate of 101?103 s?1, thereby providing an important theoretical and technical support for the design, construction, protection, and safety and stability evaluation of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering.

Abstract: A nanoscale positioning apparatus with a large stroke and multiple degrees of freedom and a control method thereof are provided. The nanoscale positioning apparatus includes a base, a plurality of parallel branch chain mechanisms and a working table. Each of the parallel branch chain mechanisms includes an electric cylinder, a micro-motion drive mechanism, a laser interferometer, a grating measuring device, a self-locking upper hinge and a self-locking lower hinge. The top of the base is connected to one end of the electric cylinder through the self-locking lower hinge. The other end of the electric cylinder is connected to one end of the micro-motion drive mechanism. The other end of the micro-motion drive mechanism is connected to the bottom of the working table through the self-locking upper hinge. The positioning apparatus has multiple degrees of freedom, and realizes multi-degree-of-freedom arbitrary position adjustment of the working table through parallel branch chain mechanisms.

Abstract: A noise filtering device, method, and chip for a dynamic vision sensor (DVS), and an event-driven vision device, and an electronic device are provided. In order to meet multi-dimensional requirements of a denoising solution such as power consumption, delay, storage resources, calculation resources, denoising effect, applicable range of noise types, and hardware implementation difficulty, in this disclosure, global space-domain and time-domain informations are simultaneously aggregated in a shift register, or latest time-domain informations are collected through a space domain, and finally, whether an event generated by a DVS is a noise event is judged on the basis of clustering of space-domain informations and the time-domain informations. While achieving excellent denoising performance, this disclosure has outstanding advantages in the aforementioned multiple dimensions because of advantages of parallel and simple calculation and no dependence on a DVS resolution, etc.

Abstract: Provided is a method for creating a quantum vehicle model parts basic database. The method includes: obtaining all parts codes of each vehicle identification number by using a data loading engine, and sorting all parts codes of said each vehicle identification number as a parts code set corresponding to said each vehicle identification number; merging a plurality of the vehicle identification numbers satisfying a predetermined condition; determining, by using a preset verification model, whether merging results are qualified; and encoding the merging results when it is determined that the merging results are qualified, so as to obtain the quantum vehicle model parts basic database taking the merging results as a dimension.

Abstract: A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes an array substrate, light emitting chips, and a light reflecting layer. The light emitting chips are disposed on the array substrate; and the light reflecting layer is disposed on the array substrate and surrounds the light emitting chips. The light reflecting layer gathers light emitted from side surfaces of the light emitting chips and emits the light from top surfaces of the light emitting chips, thereby improving the light emission efficiency of the light emitting chips and increasing the front display brightness of the display panel.

Abstract: Systems and methods of generating ground truth datasets for producing virtual reality (VR) experiences, for testing simulated sensor configurations, and for training machine-learning algorithms. In one example, a recording device with one or more cameras and one or more inertial measurement units captures images and motion data along a real path through a physical environment. A SLAM application uses the captured data to calculate the trajectory of the recording device. A polynomial interpolation module uses Chebyshev polynomials to generate a continuous time trajectory (CTT) function. The method includes identifying a virtual environment and assembling a simulated sensor configuration, such as a VR headset. Using the CTT function, the method includes generating a ground truth output dataset that represents the simulated sensor configuration in motion along a virtual path through the virtual environment.

Abstract: A device includes a pressure measuring segment, a connecting rod, a hydraulic pump, a pressure gauge, a high-pressure oil pipe, a pressure control valve, a tray, a push rod and a connection casing. The pressure measuring segment is on the connecting rod, a front end of the push rod is connected with the connecting rod, the tray is at a rear end of the push rod, the connection casing is connected with the tray. The pressure measuring segment includes a main pipe, a hydraulic bladder, a fixing ring, a barrier sheet, an outer pillow housing and a connection sleeve. Both ends of the hydraulic bladder are sleeved on the main pipe, an oil inlet is in communication with the hydraulic bladder, the outer pillow housing is sleeved on the main pipe, the connection sleeve is wrapped around the outer pillow housing.

Abstract: A method for generating a virtual selfie stick image is described. In one aspect, the method includes generating, at a device, an original self-portrait image with an optical sensor of the device, the optical sensor directed at a face of a user of the device, the device being held at an arm length from the face of the user, displaying, on a display of the device, an instruction guiding the user to move the device at the arm length about the face of the user within a limited range at a plurality of poses, accessing, at the device, image data generated by the optical sensor at the plurality of poses, and generating a virtual selfie stick self-portrait image based on the original self-portrait image and the image data.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting strip includes conductive lines and LED modules. The LED module includes LED lighting beads electrically connected with the conductive lines and arranged orderly on the conductive lines to form a strip. One of the conductive lines is a communication conductive line, and the remaining three are power-supplying conductive lines. On the communication conductive line, the LED lighting beads are connected in series. On the power-supplying conductive lines, the LED modules are connected in parallel, and the LED lighting beads of each LED module are connected in series. The LED lighting strip adopts an arrangement of serial-parallel connection for power and serial connection for signal to achieve various application solutions for different power supply voltages, and as a consequence, a serial communication protocol is adopted to control each of the LED lighting beads of the LED lighting strip, in order to realize diversification of lighting effect.

Abstract: A method for programming a robotic system by demonstration is described. In one aspect, the method includes displaying a first virtual object in a display of an augmented reality (AR) device, the first virtual object corresponding to a first physical object in a physical environment of the AR device, tracking, using the AR device, a manipulation of the first virtual object by a user of the AR device, identifying an initial state and a final state of the first virtual object based on the tracking, the initial state corresponding to an initial pose of the first virtual object, the final state corresponding to a final pose of the first virtual object, and programming by demonstration a robotic system using the tracking of the manipulation of the first virtual object, the first initial state of the first virtual object, and the final state of the first virtual object.

Abstract: A salty taste enhancing peptide derived from dry-cured ham is provided, and the amino acid sequences thereof are Asp-Leu; Phe-Met-Ser-Ala-Leu-Phe, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; and His-Val-Arg-Arg-Lys, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. The salty taste enhancing peptide in the present disclosure is of small molecular weight, features easy separation and purification, has strong salty taste enhancing effect and simple sequences, and is easy to synthesize, therefore, the salty taste enhancing peptide can be applied to the fields of food, health products, medicine and biology, and is expected to replace salt substitute products currently available on the market.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a blocked antenna alarm method, and a communication chip and device that relate to the chip field. The embodiments resolve a problem where a communication device cannot prompt a user that an antenna of the communication device is blocked. In the method, the communication chip obtains an attenuation value of an air interface loopback signal through an antenna of the communication device. The communication chip then determines, based on the attenuation value, whether the antenna is blocked. When it is determined that the antenna is blocked, the communication chip indicates a processor of the communication device to output, to a user, alarm information indicating that the antenna is blocked.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle accident loss assessment method and apparatus. The method can include: acquiring vehicle information of a vehicle and repair shop information; virtualizing the vehicle into a corresponding graph in a three-dimensional coordinate system according to the vehicle information, determining a location of a collision portion of the vehicle based on the graph, and determining an accident type; determining a core part involved in the collision portion and a damage form of the core part according to the vehicle information, the location of the collision portion in the three-dimensional coordinate system, and the accident type; calculating correlated damaged parts according to the core parts involved in the collision portion and the damage forms of the core parts, so as to obtain a list of damaged parts; and generating a loss report by the list of damaged parts in combination with the repair shop information, wherein the loss report includes a loss assessment value.

Abstract: A method for adjusting camera intrinsic parameters of a multi-camera visual tracking device is described. In one aspect, a method for calibrating the multi-camera visual tracking system includes disabling a first camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system while a second camera of the multi-camera visual tracking system is enabled, detecting a first set of features in a first image generated by the first camera after detecting that the temperature of the first camera is within the threshold of the factory calibration temperature of the first camera, and accessing and correcting intrinsic parameters of the second camera based on the projection of the first set of features in the second image and a second set of features in the second image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a class of octahydropyrazinodiazanaphthyridine dione compounds, and specifically disclosed are a compound as shown in formula (III) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a middle active-region structure between a group-one active-region structure and a group-two active-region structure. The integrated circuit also includes a main circuit, a group-one circuit, and a group-two circuit. The main circuit includes at least one boundary gate-conductor intersecting the middle active-region structure. The group-one circuit includes a group-one isolation structure separating the group-one active-region structure into a first part in the group-one circuit and a second part in a first adjacent circuit. The group-two circuit includes a group-two isolation structure separating the group-two active-region structure into a first part in the group-two circuit and a second part in a second adjacent circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing konjac glucomannan gum. The method includes steps as follows: (1) preparing konjac sol; (2) preparing an amino acid solution by means of L-lysine and L-arginine; and (3) adding the amino acid solution into the konjac sol, and carrying out stirring, standing, and water-bath heating to obtain the konjac gum. According to the method for preparing konjac glucomannan gum in the present invention, the konjac glucomannan is modified by means of the L-lysine and the L-arginine according to a certain ratio, and hydroxyl ions in L-lysine and L-arginine solutions can remove acetyl groups in konjac glucomannan molecules under a heating condition such that thermostable gum can be formed, and properties of the konjac glucomannan gum are improved. According to the present invention, production processes for a konjac gum product are changed, and nutritional functions of the konjac product are added.