Abstract: A method and an apparatus for sending and receiving a message are disclosed. The method includes converting information content of a message to be sent into byte data; searching for characters corresponding to the byte data from a pre-stored character set to obtain character data, wherein the character set includes predetermined byte data, predetermined characters, and mapping relationships between the predetermined byte data and the predetermined characters, and the predetermined characters are characters that are supported by messages; and sending the character data through messaging. The present disclosure solves the technical problems of limited areas of uses of a message due to a length limitation for content in the message.

Abstract: Technologies for determining a user's location include a mobile computing device (100) to determine, based on sensed inertial characteristics of the device, a walking gait of a user. The walking gait is one of a first gait indicative of the user holding the device to the user's side or a second gait indicative of the user swinging the device along the user's side. The device further detects that the user has taken a physical step based on the inertial characteristics and the determined walking gait of the user, and determines a raw directional heading of the device indicative of a direction of the physical step. The device determines an estimated location of the user based on the determined raw directional heading, an estimated step length, and the user's previous location.

Abstract: The present invention provides a signal obtaining method and system, which includes functions of signal collection, analysis, calculation and output. The system can be configured to obtain vital signs by: collecting two or more physiological signals, calculating relation information between the two or more physiological signals, obtaining the vital signs by calculation based on the relation information, and output the obtained vital signs.

Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising: (a) an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer having a Mooney viscosity [ML(1+4) 125° C.] of about 25 to about 300 and an ethylene content of at least about 60 wt % of the ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer; and (b) a polyolefin elastomer. The presence of the polyolefin elastomer improves rheological properties of the composition to an extent that does not significantly compromise other properties, such as tensile strength at break and compression set.

Abstract: An array substrate and a touch screen are disclosed. The array substrate includes an array formed of a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, which have the same electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a T-shaped electrode trunk and a plurality of electrode branches, which are symmetrically distributed and connected to the electrode trunk, forming two parts, i.e., a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode, symmetrical with respect to the electrode trunk. The sensing electrodes include first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes. One first sensing electrode and one second sensing electrode are disposed in two intervals of three sequentially adjacent driving electrodes respectively. Branches of a driving electrode are disposed in gaps between adjacent branches of adjacent sensing electrodes. In the array substrate, the sensing area between driving electrodes and sensing electrodes is increased and the capacitive coupling therebetween is improved.

Abstract: An assembly has a connector, a circuit board, a cable, a light pipe, and an outer casing. The connector has an insulating body with conductive terminals fixed therein. The circuit board is behind the connector, is electrically connected with two conductive terminals, and has two light-emitting elements. The cable has a plurality of wires, and the conductive terminal is electrically connected with the wire. An inside of the light pipe is formed with a first receiving cavity that receives the connector and the circuit board therein. The outer casing has first and second insulating casings which are latched to each other and are combined to form a second receiving cavity. The light pipe is received in the second receiving cavity and is partially exposed out of the outer casing. Light from the light-emitting elements emits outwardly via the light pipe. The cable extends rearward out of the outer casing.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method that performs security operations for packets that are processed by a forwarding element. The method of some embodiments receives, at a security agent operating on a physical machine, a packet from a forwarding element that also operates on the physical machine. The method then determines whether a security rule is stored for the packet at the security agent. When no security rule is stored for the packet, the method transmits the packet to a default security controller of several security controllers that store security rules for a network and process packets according to the stored security rules. When the security rule is stored for the packet, the method processes the packet according to the stored security rule for the packet.

Abstract: Provided herein are membranes including a blend of a propylene-based elastomer and an ethylene copolymer, a thermoplastic resin, a flame retardant, and an ultraviolet stabilizer.

Abstract: Methods for correcting target patterns and masks having corrected target patterns are provided. An exemplary correction method includes dividing contours of target patterns into fragments; performing an optical proximity correction to obtain mask patterns; obtaining simulated exposure patterns; detecting the simulated exposure patterns to find out existence of at least one weak point; determining a correction window in the target patterns; comparing the target patterns in the correction window with the simulated exposure patterns to obtain a position error of each fragment; calculating an effect value of a correction value of each fragment in the correction window on position errors of all fragments in the correction window; determining the correction value of each fragment according to the effect value of the correction value in the correction window on position errors of all fragments and the position error of each fragment; and obtaining corrected target patterns using the correction value.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable connector assembly with a wire spacing component, the cable connector assembly comprises a cable connector main body and a locking device sheathing on a periphery of the cable connector main body. The cable connector main body has: a shielding shell; an insulating body received in the shielding shell; a plurality of conductive terminals, the conductive terminals are fixed to the insulating body and have a plurality of soldering tails extending backwardly out from insulating body; a cable, naked ends of a plurality of conductive wires of the cable are correspondingly soldered to the soldering tails; and a wire spacing component, the wire spacing component is provided with a plurality of receiving grooves, the receiving grooves each receive the soldering tail and the naked end of the conductive wire soldered to the soldering tail.

Abstract: Displaying notification information includes: displaying a notification box associated with a designated application on a display interface of a terminal, receiving an input associated with the notification box, and in response to receiving the input, displaying dynamic information associated with the designated application.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reconstructing an incident energy spectrum for a detector are disclosed. In this method, an object to be inspected is illuminated with rays, and then rays transmitted through the object to be inspected are received by the detector to convert the received rays into data of a detected energy spectrum. The incident energy spectrum for the detector is reconstructed based on the data of the energy spectrum using a statistical iterative algorithm with a pre-established detector response function. With the above solution of the embodiments, the incident energy spectrum for the detector can be more accurately acquired, thereby reducing a distortion of the incident energy spectrum caused by the detector.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a detection method for a wearable device and a wearable device. The method includes: detecting a value of a distance between the wearable device and a user; detecting a body characteristic value of the user; and determining that the wearable device is worn on the user, if the value of the distance between the wearable device and the user is less than or equal to a preset distance threshold and the body characteristic value of the user does not exceed a preset threshold of the body characteristic value of the user. According to the present invention, whether a user wears a wearable device can be determined quickly and accurately by detecting a value of a distance between the wearable device and the user and a body characteristic value of the user, and a detection success rate is high.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for detecting a wearable device, and the wearable device, where the method includes: detecting a value of a distance between the wearable device and a user; determining whether the value of the distance between the wearable device and the user exceeds a preset distance threshold; if the value of the distance between the wearable device and the user does not exceed the preset distance threshold, detecting a body feature value of the user within a preset time period; and if the body feature value of the user does not exceed a preset threshold range of the body feature value of the user, determining that the user has worn the wearable device.

Abstract: Provided herein are roofing membranes that comprise a blend composition of propylene-based elastomer, thermoplastic resin, flame retardant, and ultraviolet stabilizer. In some embodiments, the blend compositions further comprise polyalphaolefin.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing high order filtering in a graphics processing unit (GPU). In examples of the disclosure, high order filtering may be implemented on a modified texture engine of a GPU using a single shader instruction. The modified texture engine may be configured to fetch all source pixels needed for the high order filtering and blend them together with pre-loaded filtering weights.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising a thermoplastic vulcanizate, a propylene-based elastomer and a foaming agent, and to a foamed material comprising said composition. The foamed material has increased tensile properties and tension set while attaining comparable effects of reduction of weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fluidic devices for preparing, processing, storing, preserving, and/or analyzing samples. In particular, the devices and related systems and methods allow for preparing and/or analyzing samples (e.g., biospecimen samples) by using one or more of capture regions and/or automated analysis.

Abstract: Methods and system for decomposing a high-energy dual-energy X-ray CT material are disclosed. In the method, two types of effect such as Compton effect and electron pairing effect which dominates are reserved and the influence of the other effect such a photoelectric effect is removed so as to improve the accuracy of the material decomposition. The unique advantage of the present disclosure is to effectively remove the error of the calculated atomic number Z due to directly selecting two effects during processes of material decomposition in the conventional dual-energy CT method. This may greatly improve the accuracy of dual-energy CT identification of the material, and it is important to improve the conventional dual-use CT imaging system applications, such as clinical therapy, security inspection, industrial non-destructive testing, customs anti-smuggling and other fields.