Abstract: A flash memory device and method of making the same are disclosed. The flash memory device is located on a substrate and includes a floating gate electrode, a tunnel dielectric layer located between the substrate and the floating gate electrode, a smaller length control gate electrode and a control gate dielectric layer located between the floating gate electrode and the smaller length control gate electrode. The length of a major axis of the smaller length control gate electrode is less than a length of a major axis of the floating gate electrode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a local edge offloading method and system, and an offloading service apparatus and a base station. The local edge offloading method includes: an offloading service receiving user plane bearer information sent from a base station, and establishing an offloading user plane instance according to the user plane bearer information; upon reception of an uplink data service package sent from the base station, the offloading service determining whether there is a corresponding offloading user plane instance for the uplink data service package; and in a case where there is a corresponding offloading user plane instance in the uplink data service package, matching the uplink data service package with an offloading matching rule, and determining to forward the uplink data service package to a core network or a local server.

Abstract: Various example embodiments described herein relate to a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a first sensor cover and a second sensor cover. The first sensor cover is disposed on a first end of the sensor assembly and the second sensor cover is disposed on a second end of the sensor assembly. The first sensor cover defines a first capillary and the second sensor cover defines a second capillary therethrough. The sensor assembly further includes a first sensing unit, a second sensing unit, and a filter. The first sensing unit and the second sensing unit are disposed between the first sensor cover and the second sensor cover. In some example embodiments, the filter is reactive to a target gas and thereby prevents an inflow of the target gas through the second capillary into the sensor assembly.

Abstract: The disclosure provides image encoding methods and apparatuses. One example encoding method includes: obtaining a one-dimensional sequence of quantized coefficients of an image; obtaining a run-length value sequence and a level value sequence based on the one-dimensional sequence of the quantized coefficients; obtaining an updated second distribution probability of each level value in the level value sequence based on the m first distribution probabilities, the n second distribution probabilities, and a preset mapping rule; and performing encoding based on the level value sequence and the updated second distribution probability of each level value in the level value sequence to obtain and output encoded image data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a joint optimization method and system for delay and spectrum occupation in a cloud-edge collaborative network. The method includes: initializing a cloud-edge collaborative network, and generating a set of user requests; establishing a target function of minimum average end-to-end delay and minimum spectrum slot occupation of a user request; during processing of each user request based on the target function, sequentially determining whether a node and path selection uniqueness constraint, a mobile edge computing (MEC) server load constraint, a spectrum resource occupation and uniqueness constraint, a spectrum continuity constraint, and a spectrum consistency constraint are satisfied, where if all constraints are satisfied, the user request is successfully processed, and the process turns to step S4; or if any constraint is not satisfied, the user request fails to be processed; and calculating average end-to-end delay and spectrum resource occupancy of the user request.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) based acceleration in robot motion planning are described. In an embodiment, logic circuitry (such as an FPGA), coupled to a processor, accelerates one or more motion planning operations for a plurality of objects. A first memory, coupled to the logic circuitry, stores data corresponding to a plurality of Oriented Bounding Boxes (OBBs). The plurality of OBBs are to provide Bounding Volume (BV) models for the plurality of objects. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Methods of treating soil contained in a volume of treatment in an underground site and forming a containment barrier within an underground site are contemplated herein. A treatment methodology may be administered upon soil having previously been contained in the volume of treatment. Such a treatment methodology may include the application of an adsorbent to this soil. A layer of micron-sized adsorbents may also be placed on one or more interfaces surrounding the volume of treatment to form a containment barrier operative to mitigate diffusion of contaminants into or from the volume of treatment. Soil in the volume of treatment may be removed to allow for the methods contemplated herein to be performed more simply and effectively. The volume of treatment may then be refilled with a filler.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating personalized audio data is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes receiving user input data, wherein the user input data is at least one of text or audio. The computer-implemented method further includes segmenting the user input data into a set of sentences. The computer-implemented method further includes generating, for each sentence in the set of sentences, a voice image, wherein the voice image includes at least one pronunciation tag and wave line associated with a sentence. The computer-implemented method further includes modifying the user input data based, at least in part on, the wave line and pronunciation tag of the voice image.

Abstract: An electronic panel includes a first substrate; a conductive line disposed on the first substrate and extending along a first direction; a conductive element extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and an active layer disposed between the conductive element and the first substrate. In a top view, the active layer includes a first overlapping region overlapping a portion of the conductive line; a first contact region electrically connected to a connecting portion of the conductive element through a first via hole; and a turning region between the first overlapping region and the first contact region. The turning region doesn't extend along the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optimization method and system for minimizing network energy consumption based on traffic grooming. The method includes: generating a set of service requests in an elastic optical network, and calculating a reachable node set of shortest paths from source to destination nodes for each service request; establishing a virtual reachable path in the reachable node set of shortest paths; and establishing a target function of an integer linear programming model of the minimizing network energy consumption, and sequentially determining whether a bandwidth capacity constraint of a single spectrum slot, a path uniqueness constraint, a spectrum allocation constraint, and an optical regenerator quantity constraint are satisfied, where if all constraints are satisfied, the service request is successfully established, or if any of the constraints is not satisfied, the service request fails to be established. The present invention helps to improve the energy efficiency of service requests.

Abstract: A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 1.01-1.15 inch (25.7-29.3 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 0.54-0.66 inch (13.6-16.8 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 2033 ± 15% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 7023 ± 15% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 12082 ± 15% Hz and a fourth mode with a frequency of 19769 ± 15% Hz.

Abstract: This application discloses a power supply system, including: A first end of a bus capacitor is connected to a first end of a power supply, and a second end of the bus capacitor is connected to a second end of a semiconductor switch device. A first end of the semiconductor switch device is connected to a second end of the power supply. An input end of a power conversion circuit is connected to the bus capacitor. Two ends of a resistor are respectively connected to the first end and the second end of the semiconductor switch device. When the semiconductor switch device is switched off, the power supply supplies power to the bus capacitor by using the resistor. When a voltage of the bus capacitor is greater than a first preset voltage, an auxiliary power supply is powered on and the semiconductor switch device is switched off.

Abstract: The invention provides a resource allocation method and system in a quantum key distribution optical network. The method includes steps of: setting a topological structure of a quantum key distribution optical network, and initializing parameters in the topological structure; generating a service request, and categorizing a security level of a service according to a security requirement degree of the service, where the security level corresponds to a security score; establishing an optimization objective function to maximize a security score of the quantum key distribution optical network and minimize an occupancy of wavelength and timeslot resources; and establishing a constraint satisfying the optimization objective function, and allocating corresponding wavelength and timeslot resources to the service request under the constraint. The invention implements a joint optimization objective of maximizing a security score of a network and minimizing the occupation of wavelengths and timeslots.

Abstract: An optical system includes an eye-tracker and a head-mounted display for providing accurate eye-tracking in interactive virtual environment. The eye-tracker includes a sensor module captures one or multiple eye images of a user. The head-mounted display includes a processor and a display for presenting the user interface. The processor provides a user interface which includes one or multiple UI elements based on one or multiple gaze points of the user which are computed based on the one or multiple eye images, acquires the distance between an estimated gaze point of the user and each UI element, acquires the score of each UI element based on the distance between the estimated gaze point and each UI element, and sets a specific UI element with a highest score as the target UI element associated with the estimated gaze point of the user.

Abstract: A flash memory device and method of making the same are disclosed. The flash memory device is located on a substrate and includes a floating gate electrode, a tunnel dielectric layer located between the substrate and the floating gate electrode, a smaller length control gate electrode and a control gate dielectric layer located between the floating gate electrode and the smaller length control gate electrode. The length of a major axis of the smaller length control gate electrode is less than a length of a major axis of the floating gate electrode.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate; a scan line and a data line disposed on the first substrate and extending in a first direction and a second direction, respectively, wherein the data line intersects the scan line; a polysilicon layer disposed on the first substrate. In a top view, the polysilicon layer includes: a first channel region overlapping a portion of the scan line; a second channel region overlapping another portion of the scan line; a non-channel region not overlapping the scan line and connected between the first channel region and the second channel region; a long region extended in the second direction; wherein a portion of the non-channel region extends in the first direction, the portion has a first width in the second direction, the long region has a second width in the first direction, and the first width is greater than the second width.

Abstract: A multi-purpose in-situ contamination sampler includes an inner frame surrounded by a plurality of removable or attachable pieces, each of which include of a single witness surface configured to collect both particulate and molecular contamination within an environment on a payload or a spacecraft.

Abstract: Content for products can be identified. For each identified content, at least one class to which the first content pertains can be predicted using an artificial intelligence multiclass model. For each identified first content that corresponds to the at least one class, a support level of the product with regard to at least one class can be predicted using artificial intelligence binary class models. For each identified product, data indicating the product and the support level of the product with regard to the at least one class can be added to a data table. A product features map based on the data indicating the products and a support level of each product with regard to the at least one class can be generated and output.

Abstract: A flash memory device and method of making the same are disclosed. The flash memory device is located on a substrate and includes a floating gate electrode, a tunnel dielectric layer located between the substrate and the floating gate electrode, a smaller length control gate electrode and a control gate dielectric layer located between the floating gate electrode and the smaller length control gate electrode. The length of a major axis of the smaller length control gate electrode is less than a length of a major axis of the floating gate electrode.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems for recovering gas sensors from silicone poisoning. In an example embodiment, a method of recovering a gas sensing apparatus from silicone poisoning is provided. The method includes exposing the gas sensing apparatus to a predetermined hydrogen concentration for a period of hydrogen exposure time. The predetermined hydrogen concentration breaks down the silicon oxide bonds formed on a catalytic bead of the gas sensing apparatus. The method also includes providing a methane concentration to the gas sensing apparatus for a period of methane exposure time. The method further includes determining that the gas sensing apparatus satisfies a predetermined calibration sensitivity based on the reaction of the gas sensing apparatus to the methane concentration.