Abstract: A plug connector for plugging onto or into a counterpart plug connector, having at least two counterpart contact elements, in a plugging direction. The plug connector has a housing having a first plane that faces in the plugging direction. The housing has at least two contact chambers, each of which has an opening in the first plane. At least two of the contact chambers in the housing are embodied separately from one another. A wall, which protrudes from the first plane when viewed oppositely from the plugging direction, is disposed between at least two mutually adjacent contact chambers. Alternatively or additionally, at least one groove is disposed in the first plane between at least two mutually adjacent contact chambers.

Abstract: A plug connector for plugging onto or into a counterpart plug connector, having at least two counterpart contact elements, in a plugging direction. The plug connector has a housing having a first plane that faces in the plugging direction. The housing has at least two contact chambers, each of which has an opening in the first plane. At least two of the contact chambers in the housing are embodied separately from one another. A wall, which protrudes from the first plane when viewed oppositely from the plugging direction, is disposed between at least two mutually adjacent contact chambers. Alternatively or additionally, at least one groove is disposed in the first plane between at least two mutually adjacent contact chambers.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a side face of a device body and a bypass tray. The bypass tray is supported so as to be turned around a turning fulcrum part with respect to the side face between a close position along the side face and an open position being held at a predetermined angle with respect to the side face. The bypass tray includes a facing surface and a first positioned part. The facing surface faces to the side face in the close position and is capable of stacking the sheet in the open position. The first positioned part is arranged on the facing surface below the turning fulcrum part. The side face includes a first positioning part. The first positioning part is fitted with the first positioned part in the open position to restrict movement of the bypass tray in the width direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for classifying pixels as foreground using both short-range depth data and long-range depth data. One embodiment takes the form of a process that includes obtaining video data depicting at least a portion of a user. The process also includes obtaining short-range depth data associated with the video data. The process also includes obtaining long-range depth data associated with the video data. The video data, short-range depth data, and long-range depth data may be obtained via a single 3-D video camera. The process also includes classifying pixels of the video data as foreground based at least in part on both the short-range depth data and the long-range depth data. In some embodiments, classifying pixels of the video data as foreground comprises employing an alpha mask. The alpha mask may comprise binary foreground (hard) indicators. The alpha mask may comprise foreground-likelihood (soft) indicators.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a hole. The hole has a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board. A clip is held in the hole by feet of prongs. The feet are extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole. A heat sink is held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip. A part of the heat sink contacts a loop of the clip and applies a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board. The feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink hold the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force. The prongs are configured to offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a side face of a device body and a bypass tray. The bypass tray is supported turnably around a fulcrum part in the side face between a close position along the side face and an open position held at a predetermined angle with the side face. The bypass tray includes a locked piece having a locked hole. The side face includes a locking hook engaging with the locked piece when the bypass tray is at the close position. The locking hook includes an elastically deformable arm part, an engaging protrusion part protruded inwardly from a distal end of the arm part in a width direction of a sheet to insert into the locked hole, and a regulating part coming into contact with an opening edge of the locked hole to regulate an insertion amount of the engaging protrusion part to the locked hole.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a side face of a device body and a bypass tray. The bypass tray is supported turnably around a fulcrum part in the side face between a close position along the side face and an open position held at a predetermined angle with the side face. The bypass tray includes a locked piece having a locked hole. The side face includes a locking hook engaging with the locked piece when the bypass tray is at the close position. The locking hook includes an elastically deformable arm part, an engaging protrusion part protruded inwardly from a distal end of the arm part in a width direction of a sheet to insert into the locked hole, and a regulating part coming into contact with an opening edge of the locked hole to regulate an insertion amount of the engaging protrusion part to the locked hole.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a side face of a device body and a bypass tray. The bypass tray is supported so as to be turned around a turning fulcrum part with respect to the side face between a close position along the side face and an open position being held at a predetermined angle with respect to the side face. The bypass tray includes a facing surface and a first positioned part. The facing surface faces to the side face in the close position and is capable of stacking the sheet in the open position. The first positioned part is arranged on the facing surface below the turning fulcrum part. The side face includes a first positioning part. The first positioning part is fitted with the first positioned part in the open position to restrict movement of the bypass tray in the width direction.

Abstract: Methods and systems for real-time user extraction using deep learning networks. In one embodiment, user extraction comprises obtaining a given frame of color pixel data, checking whether a reset flag is cleared or set, and generating a trimap for the given frame. If the reset flag is cleared, generating the trimap comprises: obtaining a user-extraction contour based on a preceding frame; and generating the trimap based on the obtained user-extraction contour. If the reset flag is set, generating the trimap comprises: detecting at least one persona feature in the given frame; generating an alpha mask by aligning an intermediate contour with the detected persona feature(s), wherein the intermediate contour is based on a color-based flood-fill operation performed on a previous frame which was segmented by a machine-learning-segmentation process; and generating the trimap based on the generated alpha mask. The generated trimap is output for extracting a user persona.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for persona identification using combined probability maps. An embodiment takes the form of a method that includes obtaining at least one frame of pixel data; processing the at least one frame of pixel data to generate a hair-identification probability map; and generating a persona image by extracting pixels from the at least one frame of pixel data based at least in part on the generated hair-identification probability map.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a hole. The hole has a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board. A clip is held in the hole by feet of prongs. The feet are extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole. A heat sink is held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip. A part of the heat sink contacts a loop of the clip and applies a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board. The feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink hold the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force. The prongs are configured to offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for generating a user-hair-color model. One embodiment takes the form of a process that includes obtaining video data depicting a head of a user. The process also includes determining a set of line segments of pixels of the video data, wherein each line segment in the determined set of line segments intersects an upper contour of the depicted head of the user. The process also includes grouping at least some of the pixels of at least one of the line segments in the determined set of line segments into three sets of pixels based at least in part on respective color data of the pixels. The three sets of pixels include a skin-pixel set, a hair-pixel set, and a background-pixel set. The process also includes updating a user hair-color model based at least in part on the skin-pixel set.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for generating a user-hair-color model. One embodiment takes the form of a process that includes obtaining video data depicting a head of a user. The process also includes determining a set of line segments of pixels of the video data, wherein each line segment in the determined set of line segments intersects an upper contour of the depicted head of the user. The process also includes grouping at least some of the pixels of at least one of the line segments in the determined set of line segments into three sets of pixels based at least in part on respective color data of the pixels. The three sets of pixels include a skin-pixel set, a hair-pixel set, and a background-pixel set. The process also includes updating a user hair-color model based at least in part on the skin-pixel set.

Abstract: Current approaches for treating cancer are limited, in part, by the inability of drugs to affect the poorly vascularized regions of tumors. We have found that spores of anaerobic bacteria in combination with agents which interact with microtubules can cause the destruction of both the vascular and avascular compartments of tumors. Two classes of microtubule inhibitors were found to exert markedly different effects. Some agents that inhibited microtubule synthesis, such as vinorelbine, caused rapid, massive hemorrhagic necrosis when used in combination with spores. In contrast, agents that stabilized microtubules, such as the taxane, docetaxel, resulted in slow tumor regressions that killed most neoplastic cells. Remaining cells in the poorly perfused regions of tumors could be eradicated by sporulated bacteria.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a hole. The hole has a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board. A clip is held in the hole by feet of prongs. The feet are extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole. A heat sink is held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip. A part of the heat sink contacts a loop of the clip and applies a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board. The feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink hold the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force. The prongs are configured to offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for classifying pixels as foreground using both short-range depth data and long-range depth data. One embodiment takes the form of a process that includes obtaining video data depicting at least a portion of a user. The process also includes obtaining short-range depth data associated with the video data. The process also includes obtaining long-range depth data associated with the video data. The video data, short-range depth data, and long-range depth data may be obtained via a single 3-D video camera. The process also includes classifying pixels of the video data as foreground based at least in part on both the short-range depth data and the long-range depth data. In some embodiments, classifying pixels of the video data as foreground comprises employing an alpha mask. The alpha mask may comprise binary foreground (hard) indicators. The alpha mask may comprise foreground-likelihood (soft) indicators.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for persona identification using combined probability maps. An embodiment takes the form of a method that includes obtaining at least one frame of pixel data; processing the at least one frame of pixel data to generate a hair-identification probability map; and generating a persona image by extracting pixels from the at least one frame of pixel data based at least in part on the generated hair-identification probability map.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for extracting person image data comprising: obtaining at least one frame of pixel data and corresponding image depth data; processing the at least one frame of pixel data and the image depth data with a plurality of persona identification modules to generate a corresponding plurality of persona probability maps; combining the plurality of persona probability maps to obtain an aggregate persona probability map; and generating a persona image by extracting pixels from the at least one frame of pixel data based on the aggregate persona probability map.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a hole. The hole has a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board. A clip is held in the hole by feet of prongs. The feet are extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole. A heat sink is held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip. A part of the heat sink contacts a loop of the clip and applies a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board. The feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink hold the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force. The prongs are configured to offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for of digital imaging. Multiple cameras comprising lenses and digital images sensors are used to capture multiple images of the same subject, and process the multiple images using difference information (e.g., an image disparity map, an image depth map, etc.). The processing commences by receiving a plurality of image pixels from at least one first image sensor, wherein the first image sensor captures a first image of a first color, receives a stereo image of the first color, and also receives other images of other colors. Having the stereo imagery, then constructing a disparity map and an associated depth map by searching for pixel correspondences between the first image and the stereo image. Using the constructed disparity map, captured images are converted into converted images, which are then combined with the first image, resulting in a fused multi-channel color image.