Abstract: A steering control method includes driving a steering wheel to rotate a preset angle by using a steering wheel motor in response to a steering instruction. A rotation angle of the steering wheel is controlled by rotation of the steering wheel motor.

Abstract: Performing a non-disruptive upgrade of data in a storage system that includes a plurality of storage devices and a storage controller, including: creating new data in a new data format, wherein the new data includes a reference to old data in an old data format, wherein system software in the storage system can utilize data in the new data format and the old data format; determining that a portion of the volume has changed; and responsive to determining that the portion of the volume has changed, updating the new data to include a reference to old data associated with a portion of the volume that precedes the changed portion of the volume, new data associated with the changed portion of the volume, and a reference to old data associated with a portion of the volume that follows the changed portion of the volume.

Abstract: Etch stops are disclosed for integrated circuit applications that have a set contacts of varying height, wherein there is a large height differential between the shortest and tallest contacts. In one example, an etch stop is provisioned over a 3D NAND memory staircase structure. The structure is then planarized with an insulator material that can be selectively etched with respect to the etch stop. Contact holes that land on corresponding wordlines of the staircase are etched. Due to the nature of the staircase, the holes vary in depth depending on which step of the staircase they land. The etch stop under the shallowest hole remains intact while the deepest hole is etched to completion. Once all holes have landed on the etch stop, a further etch selective to the insulator material is carried out to punch through the etch stop and expose underlying wordlines. Contacts are deposited into the holes.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle chassis includes providing the vehicle chassis including a main body and at least one compartment arranged on the vehicle chassis, selectively receiving one or more components in the compartment, and effecting an operational state of a vehicle comprising the vehicle chassis based on a type of at least one of the one or more components that are selectively received in the compartment. The one or more components is selected from a plurality of components of different types.

Abstract: A powered cutting tool for cutting tubular or cylindrical workpieces such as pipe is described. The cutting tool includes a base, an electric motor, a collection of rollers, a frame, a feedscrew, an auto cut wheel system, and a handle for rotating the feedscrew and adjusting the position of the auto cut wheel system relative to the rollers. In certain versions, the cutting tool includes torque-limiting provisions, to limit the amount of torque applied to the feedscrew. In certain versions, the cutting tool includes rollers and press wheels featuring non-metal outer surfaces.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a process for manufacturing a dry powder composition, particularly to a co-sprayed colistin and meropenem dry powder inhaler for the treatment of various bacterial infections. Methods of use and composition matters are within the scope of this disclosure.

Abstract: Various surface cam planetary mechanisms are described that convert rotational motion to linear reciprocating motion. Also described are assemblies using such mechanisms such as pump drives. A surface cam component used in the mechanisms includes a cam race that exhibits an undulating surface.

Abstract: A method includes showing a plurality of regions on a display each associated with a respective gimbal of a plurality of gimbals carried by a movable object and configured to depict data captured by a payload carried by the respective gimbal. The plurality of regions include a first region and a second region, and the plurality of gimbals include a first gimbal associated with the first region and a second gimbal associated with the second region. The method further includes, in response to a user interaction with the first region, controlling operation of the first gimbal and not operation of the second gimbal based on the user interaction with the first region when the movable object is operating in an independent mode, and simultaneously controlling the operation of the first gimbal and at least the operation of the second gimbal in a synchronized manner based on the user interaction with the first region when the movable object is operating in a simultaneous mode.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a central body having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and a first arm and a second arm extendable from the central body and respectively disposed on the first side and the second side. Each arm of the first arm and the second arm includes a plurality of sections and holds a set of rotor blades via a rotor shaft, and the plurality of sections includes a first section and a second section rotatably connected to the first section. The each arm of the first arm and the second arm is configured to transform between a flight configuration in which the second section of the each arm is extended away from the central body and a compact configuration in which the plurality of sections of the each arm are located at a corresponding side of the central body.

Abstract: An input/output delay optimization method, used in an electronic system comprising a host controller and a memory device. The method comprising: switching the memory device from a first mode to a second mode a high power consumption mode of the memory device; transmitting one or more first read commands to the memory device, wherein the one or more first read commands are transmitted according to different output delay values; determining an optimized output delay value according to the response status of memory device for the one or more first read commands; transmitting one or more second read commands to the memory device, wherein the one or more second read commands are transmitted according to the optimized output delay value; receiving a known data from the memory device according to different input delay values; and determining an optimized input delay value according to the correctness of the received known data.

Abstract: A method for detecting the presence and/or amount of a target nucleic acid molecule in a biological sample and a related kit. The method comprises: (a) contacting the biological sample with: i) Cas12b protein, ii) a gRNA targeting a target sequence of the target nucleic acid molecule, and iii) a single-stranded DNA reporter molecule generating a detectable signal after being cleaved to form a reaction mixture; and (b) detecting the presence and/or level of the detectable signal generated in the reaction mixture.

Abstract: An image control method includes receiving, by a camera, a photographing instruction transmitted by an image display device. The camera includes a first image sensor and a second image sensor. The method further includes controlling the second image sensor to perform photographing according to the photographing instruction to obtain a display code stream and transmitting the display code stream to the image display device. The photographing instruction is used to instruct the second image sensor to photograph for a partial area of a first image using a focal length to obtain a second image. The first image is obtained by the first image sensor and displayed in a main display window of the image display device. The display code stream includes a code stream corresponding to the second image sensor.

Abstract: A photography control method includes controlling a mobile platform to move, when the mobile platform is at a predetermined photography point, obtaining a pre-stored sample image of the predetermined photography point, and adjusting, according to a real-time photography picture captured by a camera device of the mobile platform and the sample image, a control parameter of the camera device to cause the camera device to photograph a target object.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a central body and a plurality of landing gears that are extendable from and movable relative to the central body. The plurality of landing gears are configured to transform between a flight configuration and a surface configuration. In the flight configuration, the landing gears are extending laterally away from the central body and not in contact with a surface below the central body. In the surface configuration, the landing gears are extending towards the surface below the central body. When the landing gears are in the surface configuration, the landing gears are configured to support a weight of the central body on the surface and transport the UAV over the surface by moving one or more of the landing gears relative to the surface.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a central body and a plurality of arms extendable from the central body using one or more actuators. Each of the plurality of arms is configured to support one or more propulsion units. One arm of the plurality of arms is configured to connect to one of the one or more actuators via a linkage mechanism. The one of the one or more actuators is configured to actuate the linkage mechanism between (1) a first dead center position for securing the one arm when the one arm is extended away from the central body in a flight configuration and (2) a second dead center position for securing the one arm when the one arm is folded substantially parallel to the central body in a compact configuration.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a combination dry powder inhaler (DPI) formulation of Ciprofloxacin and Colistin through co-spray drying, particularly to a co-sprayed colistin and Ciprofloxacin dry powder inhaler for the treatment of various bacterial infections. Methods of use and composition matters are within the scope of this disclosure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell induction method, in particular to a method for inducing differentiation of fibroblasts into adipocytes, comprising the following steps: Cultivating the fibroblasts in a culture medium, adding a Myosin inhibitor and BMP4 to the culture medium, and continuously cultivating same until adipocytes are obtained. The present invention further relates to a method for inducing the conversion of fibroblasts into immortalized cells and use thereof. The method comprises the following steps: cultivating the fibroblasts in a culture medium, adding Myosin inhibitor to the culture medium, and continuously cultivating same until immortalized cells are obtained. The present invention further relates to a method for inducing in vitro amplification of hepatocytes.

Abstract: Systems and methods for navigating a user to a destination are provided. An exemplary indoor navigation method uses a terminal device. The method includes capturing, by the terminal device, image data of an indoor scene, and determining a current position of the user based on the captured image data. The method also includes determining a navigation path and a navigation sign for navigating the user from the current position to the destination, and rendering, by the terminal device, a three-dimensional representation of the indoor scene with the navigation sign placed therein based on the image data and the navigation path. The navigation sign signals the navigation path in the three-dimensional representation. The method further includes displaying, on the terminal device, the three-dimensional representation to the user.

Abstract: A method for controlling a movable object includes obtaining, by one or more processors of the movable object, an image including a machine-readable code configured to store a set of operation data for controlling the movable object; processing the image to retrieve the machine-readable code and the set of operation data; and adjusting one or more operation parameters of the movable object based on the set of operation data to control an operation of the movable object.