Abstract: A measurement method is configured to measure an external magnetic field. The measurement method includes: modifying a magnetic field distribution of the external magnetic field, so as to convert at least a portion of each of components of the external magnetic field in a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction at a plurality of different positions to the second direction, and sensing a magnitude of a magnetic field in the second direction at the different positions, so as to measure component magnitudes of the external magnetic field in the first, second and third directions.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensing apparatus including a substrate, first, second, and third magnetic field sensing units, and a switching circuit is provided. The substrate has a surface, and has a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. The first magnetic field sensing unit includes a plurality of magnetoresistance sensors connected together to form a Wheatstone full bridge and disposed on the surface. The second magnetic field sensing unit includes a plurality of magnetoresistance sensors connected together to form a Wheatstone half bridge and disposed on the first inclined surface. The third magnetic field sensing unit includes a plurality of magnetoresistance sensors connected together to form a Wheatstone half bridge and disposed on the second inclined surface. The switching circuit electrically connects the second magnetic field sensing unit and the third magnetic field sensing unit. A magnetic field sensing module is also provided.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensing apparatus including a plurality of first magnetoresistance units, a plurality of second magnetoresistance units, and a magnetic field sensing device is provided. Magnetic field sensing axes of the first and second magnetoresistance units are parallel to a first direction and a second direction respectively, and the first and second magnetoresistance units are disposed beside the magnetic field sensing device, which is configured to measure a magnetic field component in a third direction. The first and second magnetoresistance units are electrically connected to form at least one kind of Wheatstone full bridge in two different time periods to respectively measure magnetic field components in fourth and fifth directions and to cause this kind of Wheatstone full bridge to output two signals respectively corresponding to the magnetic field components in the fourth and fifth directions. The first direction to the fifth direction are different from each other.

Abstract: A method and system for scheduled breaks are described. A network computer system receives provider data corresponding to a position of a computing device of a service provider. The system determines a service state of the provider between an open state, an occupied state, and a pause state, indicating the provider is unavailable for a remaining duration of time. In response to receiving a service request specifying a service location and a determination that the provider is in the pause state, the system estimates a time of arrival at the service location based at least on the remaining duration of time for the pause state and the position of the computing device. Based on the estimated time of arrival, the system selects the provider to fulfill the service request and transmits data corresponding to the service request to the computing device of the service provider.

Abstract: A method and system for scheduled breaks are described. A network computer system receives provider data corresponding to a request to initiate a pause state with the network service and also receives a position of the service provider from a computing device equipped with a location-based resource. In response to receiving the request, the network computer system selects a facility, based on a selection objective, from facilities that are associated with the pause state and at least one of the position of the service provider and a destination of a service task that is to be completed. The network computer system transmits data corresponding to the selected facility to the computing device to be displayed on a user interface of the computing device.

Abstract: A storage partitioning method and a terminal, where the storage partitioning method is applied to a terminal including an embedded multimedia card (eMMC). The eMMC includes a controller and a storage medium. The controller has a partition register. The storage medium includes at least two mutually independent system operating partitions. The mutually independent system operating partitions are obtained by the controller by dividing the storage medium of the eMMC according to predetermined setting of the partition register. The method includes enabling only a first system operating partition in the mutually independent system operating partitions when the terminal is in a power-on state, where the first system operating partition has no data exchange with another disabled system operating partition, and accessing data in the first system operating partition. Hence, the one eMMC in the terminal can satisfy different user requirements, and lead to a simple and flexible design with reduced costs.

Abstract: Disclosed is an open headphone, comprising a front cover, a loudspeaker unit and a rear housing. A front headphone chamber is formed between the front cover and the loudspeaker unit. A rear headphone chamber is formed between the loudspeaker unit and the rear housing. The front cover is provided with several sound output holes. The loudspeaker unit has a middle loudspeaker hole which is through in a front-rear direction. The rear housing is also provided with a sound guide tube. The rear end of the sound guide tube is in communication with the external space of the headphone. The front end of the sound guide tube is inserted in the middle loudspeaker hole and at a distance from a vibrating diaphragm, and the distance is larger than a maximum vibration displacement of the vibrating diaphragm.

Abstract: A mixer assembly for mixing an injected reductant with an exhaust gas output from a combustion engine comprises a mixer housing including a wall defining an exhaust passageway having a longitudinal axis. A tubular swirling device housing extends along a first axis substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis. The tubular swirling device includes a plurality of openings through which exhaust gas enters. The exhaust gas within the tubular swirling device swirls about the first axis and exits at an outlet end of the tubular swirling device. A mixing plate is positioned immediately downstream of the tubular swirling device and includes apertures through which the exhaust gas exiting the outlet end of the tubular swirling device flows. The mixing plate swirls the exhaust about a second axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite hydrological monitoring system, in which a counterweight component and a test component are respectively connected to both opposite ends of a strip and a plurality of sensors are disposed at different vertical positions. Accordingly, the scour depth can be measured by sensing the location of the counterweight component, whereas the water level and/or flow velocity can be determined by signals from the sensors. When the counterweight component moves downward with sinking of the riverbed, the strip would be pulled down and thus causes the test component to present a change in mechanical energy. Accordingly, the sinking depth can be measured by sensing the change of the mechanical energy. Additionally, since the water level variation would cause signal changes of the sensors arranged in a row along a vertical direction, the change of water level can be determined accordingly.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system may include an exhaust gas passageway and a mixer assembly. The exhaust gas passageway may receive exhaust gas output from a combustion engine. The mixer assembly may be disposed along the exhaust gas passageway and may receive the exhaust gas. The mixer assembly may include a mixer housing, a mixing bowl and an injector housing. The mixing bowl may be disposed within the mixer housing and may include an outer diametrical surface that engages an inner diametrical surface of a wall of the mixer housing. The injector housing may extend through the wall and into an aperture in the mixing bowl. The aperture may define a flow path through which at least a majority of the exhaust gas entering the mixer assembly flows. The mixing bowl may include an upstream end portion having contours directing the exhaust gas toward the injector housing.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensing apparatus and detection method thereof are provided. The magnetic field sensing apparatus includes an anisotropic magneto-resistive (AMR) magnetic field detector, a reference magnetic field detector, and a controller. The AMR magnetic field detector generates a first output voltage according to a detected magnetic field. The reference magnetic field detector generates a second output voltage according to the detected magnetic field. The controller identifies whether an absolute value of a field density of the detected magnetic field is larger or smaller than a predetermined value or not, and selects the first output voltage or a saturation voltage to be a magnetic field detection result accordingly.

Abstract: An implant device for osseous integration includes a plurality of connection bars and at least one frame bar. These connection bars are connected with each other to form a three-dimensional (3D) grid structure. The frame bar is connected with at least two of the connection bars to define at least one edge of the 3D grid structure. Wherein, the frame bar has a diameter substantially greater than that of these connection bars.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensing apparatus and a detection method thereof are provided. The magnetic field sensing apparatus includes first and second AMR resistors, a current generator, and an arithmetic device. A magnetized direction of the first AMR resistor is set as a first direction. A magnetized direction of the second AMR resistor is set as a second direction opposite to or the same as the first direction. The current generator provides a current in a direction parallel to the first direction to flow through the first and second AMR resistors. The arithmetic device obtains a first detection voltage according to a voltage difference between two terminals of the first AMR resistor, obtains a second detection voltage according to a voltage difference between two terminals of the second AMR resistor, and performs his an arithmetic operation on the first and second detection voltages to obtain a first magnetic field detection result.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensing apparatus including a magnetic flux concentrator and a plurality of magnetoresistance units is provided. The magnetic flux concentrator has a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface. The magnetoresistance units are respectively disposed beside the side surfaces. The magnetoresistance units are electrically connected to form at least one kind of Wheatstone full bridge in three different periods, so as to measure magnetic field components in three different directions, respectively, and to cause the at least one kind of Wheatstone full bridge to output three signals corresponding to the magnetic field components in the three different directions, respectively.

Abstract: A measurement method is configured to measure an external magnetic field. The measurement method includes: modifying a magnetic field distribution of the external magnetic field, so as to convert at least a portion of each of components of the external magnetic field in a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction at a plurality of different positions to the second direction, and sensing a magnitude of a magnetic field in the second direction at the different positions, so as to measure component magnitudes of the external magnetic field in the first, second and third directions.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensing module including a plurality of magnetic flux concentrators and a plurality of sensing elements is provided. Each of the magnetic flux concentrators extends along a first extension direction, and the magnetic flux concentrators are arranged along a second direction. The sensing elements are respectively disposed at a position corresponding to a position between the magnetic flux concentrators and positions corresponding to two sides of the magnetic flux concentrators arranged along the second direction. Sensing directions of the sensing elements are substantially the same. A measurement method and a manufacturing method of a magnetic field sensing module are also provided.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system may include a housing, an aftertreatment device, and a cantilevered flow distributing element. The housing receives exhaust gas output from an engine and has a main body and an exhaust gas inlet that is angled relative to the main body. The flow distributing element is disposed within the housing upstream of the exhaust aftertreatment device and includes a baffle plate and a collar. The baffle plate is attached to an inner wall of the main body. The collar may include a plurality of first apertures, a downstream axial edge and an upstream axial edge. A portion of the downstream axial edge may abut an upstream-facing surface of the baffle plate. The baffle plate may have a plurality of second apertures extending through the upstream-facing surface. The collar may extend across and partially block at least some of the second apertures.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensing apparatus including a substrate, first, second, and third magnetic field sensing units, and a switching circuit is provided. The substrate has a surface, and has a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. The first magnetic field sensing unit includes a plurality of magnetoresistance sensors connected together to form a Wheatstone full bridge and disposed on the surface. The second magnetic field sensing unit includes a plurality of magnetoresistance sensors connected together to form a Wheatstone half bridge and disposed on the first inclined surface. The third magnetic field sensing unit includes a plurality of magnetoresistance sensors connected together to form a Wheatstone half bridge and disposed on the second inclined surface. The switching circuit electrically connects the second magnetic field sensing unit and the third magnetic field sensing unit. A magnetic field sensing module is also provided.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system may include an exhaust gas passageway and a mixer assembly. The exhaust gas passageway may receive exhaust gas output from a combustion engine. The mixer assembly may be disposed along the exhaust gas passageway and may receive the exhaust gas. The mixer assembly may include a mixer housing, a mixing bowl and an injector housing. The mixing bowl may be disposed within the mixer housing and may include an outer diametrical surface that engages an inner diametrical surface of a wall of the mixer housing. The injector housing may extend through the wall and into an aperture in the mixing bowl. The aperture may define a flow path through which at least a majority of the exhaust gas entering the mixer assembly flows. The mixing bowl may include an upstream end portion having contours directing the exhaust gas toward the injector housing.

Abstract: A sanitary article includes an absorbent pad including an upper sheet layer, a lower sheet layer, and a pulp-and-SAP powder layer combination. The powder layer combination is constituted by alternate layers of pulverized pulp and superabsorbent polymer (SAP) powder. A method for making the sanitary article is also disclosed.