Abstract: Embodiments relate to the communications field, and provide an adaptive modulation and coding method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: obtaining to-be-processed data; obtaining channel information corresponding to the to-be-processed data, and determining a modulation mode according to the channel information. The method also includes determining first data and second data from the to-be-processed data according to the modulation mode; performing soft decision forward error correction FEC coding on the first data to obtain a first bit stream. The method also includes obtaining a second bit stream according to the second data, and modulating the first bit stream and the second bit stream according to a constellation mapping rule; and sending modulated data.

Abstract: There are provided a method of controlling a heating unit of a cooking device, a cooking device and a soybean milk maker. The method of controlling a heating unit (104) of a cooking device comprises: detecting (S110) a conductive property (102) of a mixture (101) of water and food, wherein the conductive property (102) of the mixture indicates a degree of overflow risk of the mixture (101); and sending (S120) a control signal (103) with regard to the heating unit (104) for heating the mixture (101) based on the detected conductive property (102) of the mixture (101) to control the operation of the heating unit (104). With embodiments of the present disclosure, the overflow problem can be solved efficiently at low cost, the structure of the cooking device can be greatly simplified and at the same time the temperature will remain close to the boiling point, which means that the heating process is efficient.

Abstract: The present invention proposes an apparatus and a method for selecting a transport control mechanism to be used between a first device (110) and a second device (120). Firstly, a first unit (231) obtains first information indicating the transport control mechanism supported by the first device (210) and second information indicating the transport control mechanism supported by second device (220); then, a second unit (232) selects the transport control mechanism to be used between the first device (210) and the second device (220) on the basis of the first and second information and a preset rule. With the apparatuses and methods provided in the present invention, the problem of how to select the transport control mechanism to be used between the media server and the media client is well solved. Furthermore, by applying the defined messages and the interaction process in IGRS protocols, there is no need for additional messages nor for an additional interaction process.

Abstract: A network of environmental sensor nodes is proposed in which data is transmitted wirelessly between the nodes using a rateless erasure code with a redundancy which is matched to the effective data rate, thereby permitting distanceless link transmissions. The wireless sensor networks is suitable to be sparsely deployed over wide area. A communication protocol is proposed to efficiently coordinate the distanceless link transmissions. A new metric (expected distanceless transmission time) is proposed for routing selection. The distanceless transmissions are well-adapted to low duty-cycled sensor networks.

Abstract: A chip bonding method for bonding a chip on a display panel is provided. The chip includes a joint face, a rear face, input bumps and output bumps. The joint face having a first symmetry axis line is opposite to the rear face. The input bumps and the output bumps are respectively located on two sides of the symmetry axis line and disposed on the joint face. The chip bonding method includes: calculating a first centroid collectively formed by contact faces of the input bumps and the output bumps, defining a straight line passing through the first centroid and parallel to the first symmetry axis line, and applying pressure on the rear face of the chip by a forcing face parallel to the joint face, wherein the forcing face has a second symmetry axis line aligned parallel to the straight line.

Abstract: Devices which operate on gradient optical forces, in particular, nanoscale mechanical devices which are actuable by gradient optical forces. Such a device comprises a waveguide and a dielectric body, with at least a portion of the waveguide separated from the dielectric body at a distance which permits evanescent coupling of an optical mode within the waveguide to the dielectric body. This results in an optical force which acts on the waveguide and which can be exploited in a variety of devices on a nano scale, including all-optical switches, photonic transistors, tuneable couplers, optical attenuators and tuneable phase shifters.

Abstract: The present invention discloses data receiving and sending methods and apparatuses and a system, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The data receiving method includes: receiving a data carrier; deciding polar radius values of multiple labeled constellation points carried at a pre-determined location in the data carrier, to determine a numerical value indicated by a polar radius value of each labeled constellation point in the multiple labeled constellation points; determining, according to a sequence including numerical values indicated by polar radius values of all the labeled constellation points in the multiple labeled constellation points, a demodulation scheme of a constellation point, other than the multiple labeled constellation points, carried in the data carrier; and demodulating, according to the determined demodulation scheme, the constellation point, other than the multiple labeled constellation points, carried in the data carrier.

Abstract: A chip bonding method for bonding a chip on a display panel is provided. The chip includes a joint face, a rear face, input bumps and output bumps. The joint face having a first symmetry axis line is opposite to the rear face. The input bumps and the output bumps are respectively located on two sides of the symmetry axis line and disposed on the joint face. The chip bonding method includes: calculating a first centroid collectively formed by contact faces of the input bumps and the output bumps, defining a straight line passing through the first centroid and parallel to the first symmetry axis line, and applying pressure on the rear face of the chip by a forcing face parallel to the joint face, wherein the forcing face has a second symmetry axis line aligned parallel to the straight line.

Abstract: A systematic defect analyzing method, includes: partitioning physical sites into groups to obtain a plurality of groups of physical sites according to a plurality of physical features of a chip corresponding to different potential systematic defects; utilizing a processor to compute at least one defect probability of each group of physical sites; and deriving an analysis result according to the plurality of defect probabilities corresponding to the plurality of groups of physical sites.

Abstract: The invention is about a method of increasing the solubility of fat-soluble nutrient in water. The method comprises a step (1 1) of increasing the pH of water to generate alkaline water with a pH of at least about 8.0; a step (12) of mixing the water with an edible oil to generate surfactant-containing water; a step (13) of adjusting the pH of the surfactant-containing water to a predetermined range; and a step (14) of combining the surfactant-containing water and substance containing the fat-soluble nutrient to produce food or drink. An apparatus for conducting the method is also provided.

Abstract: Techniques are described for data transfer in spin-based systems where digital bit values are represented by magnetization states of magnetoresistive devices rather than voltages or currents. For data transmission, a spin-based signal is converted to an optical signal and transmitted via an optical transport. For data reception, the optical signal is received via the optical transport and converted back to a spin-based signal. Such data transfer may not require an intervening conversion of the spin-based signal to charge-based signal that relies on voltages or currents to represent digital bit values. In addition, techniques are described to use magnetoresistive devices to control the amount of current or voltage that is delivered, where the magnetization state of the magnetoresistive device is set by an optical signal.

Abstract: A systematic defect analyzing method, includes: partitioning physical sites into groups to obtain a plurality of groups of physical sites according to a plurality of physical features of a chip corresponding to different potential systematic defects; utilizing a processor to compute at least one defect probability of each group of physical sites; and deriving an analysis result according to the plurality of defect probabilities corresponding to the plurality of groups of physical sites.

Abstract: A multiple defect diagnosis method includes: receiving a gate-level netlist of a chip, a plurality of test patterns and a plurality of test failure reports; deriving a plurality of seed nets from the gate-level netlist according to the plurality of test patterns and the plurality of test failure reports; utilizing a processor to compute similarity between the plurality of seed nets, and accordingly merging the plurality of seed nets to obtain a single seed net tree; and deriving at least one suspected seed net according to the single seed net tree.

Abstract: A method of sharing a data content between a transmitter and a receiver, said method comprising the steps of:—retrieving (210) the data content in a server, from attribute information of said data content, and the attribute information being sent by the transmitter, and —generating (220) for said receiver an output message containing the retrieved data content.

Abstract: The invention proposes a food cooker and a related method of cooking starch-containing food. The food cooker comprises a container configured to receive starch-containing food and a first portion of water; a heating unit coupled with the container; and a controller electrically coupled to the heating unit and configured to control the heating unit to heat a mixture of the starch-containing food and the first portion of water in the container to a first temperature to generate a heated mixture, the first temperature being higher than 110° C., and to cool down the heated mixture in the container to a second temperature to generate a cooled mixture when the mixture of the starch-containing food and the first portion of water in the container has been heated to the first temperature; wherein the controller controls the repeated heating and cooling steps for a given number of cycles.

Abstract: Methods to physically transfer highly integrated silicon photonic devices from high-quality, crystalline semiconductors on to flexible plastic substrates by a transfer-and-bond fabrication method. With this method, photonic circuits including interferometers and resonators can be transferred onto flexible plastic substrates with preserved optical functionalities and performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to devices which operate on gradient optical forces, in particular, nanoscale mechanical devices which are actuable by gradient optical forces. Such a device comprises a waveguide and a dielectric body, with at least a portion of the waveguide separated from the dielectric body at a distance which permits evanescent coupling of an optical mode within the waveguide to the dielectric body. This results in an optical force which acts on the waveguide and which can be exploited in a variety of devices on a nano scale, including all-optical switches, photonic transistors, tuneable couplers, optical attenuators and tuneable phase shifters. The waveguide can also comprise a gap such that two cantilever bridges are formed.

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate safety-oriented navigation through a local environment that presents emergency dynamics. The architecture can facilitate monitoring of deployed sensors constituting a sensor network, even for cases in which sensor locations are not known in advance such as for rapid or random deployment.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a method of managing a network comprising a set of devices for transmitting a traffic stream using network resources. Each device of the set of devices is individually associated with an expiration time. The expiration time defines a maximum interval of sending a message by a given device among the set of devices for indicating that the given device is connected with the network. The method comprises a step of determining, based on the expiration times of said set of devices, a transmission lease time defining duration of using said network resources.

Abstract: Devices which operate on gradient optical forces, in particular, nanoscale mechanical devices which are actuable by gradient optical forces. Such a device comprises a waveguide and a dielectric body, with at least a portion of the waveguide separated from the dielectric body at a distance which permits evanescent coupling of an optical mode within the waveguide to the dielectric body. This results in an optical force which acts on the waveguide and which can be exploited in a variety of devices on a nano scale, including all-optical switches, photonic transistors, tuneable couplers, optical attenuators and tuneable phase shifters.