Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving depth prediction for objects within a low-light image using a style model. In one embodiment, a method includes encoding, by a style model, an input image to identify content information. The method also includes decoding, by the style model, the content information into an albedo component and a shading component. The method also includes generating, by the style model, a synthetic image using the albedo component and the shading component. The method also includes providing the synthetic image to a depth model.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for storing data. In some examples, an information processing apparatus that includes processing circuitry is provided. The processing circuitry is configured to receive data and determine a target blockchain based on an attribute associated with the data and blockchain correspondence information. The blockchain correspondence information indicates attributes associated with a plurality of blockchains. Further, the processing circuitry is configured to store a first block that is generated based on the received data in the target blockchain.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cooperatively managing mixed traffic at an intersection are disclosed herein. One embodiment determines, at an autonomous sensor-rich vehicle, that one or more other vehicles are following in the same lane, the one or more other vehicles including at least one legacy vehicle; communicates with the one or more other vehicles to form a platoon; receives Signal Phase and Timing (SpaT) information from a roadside unit associated with an intersection toward which the platoon is traveling; calculates at the autonomous sensor-rich vehicle, based at least in part on the SPaT information and location information for the platoon, a speed profile and a trajectory for the autonomous sensor-rich vehicle that minimize a delay of the platoon in traversing the intersection while accounting for fuel consumption; and executes the speed profile and the trajectory to control indirectly the one or more other vehicles while the platoon traverses the intersection.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for heat-treating a boron steel, which includes: carburizing a boron steel on a surface thereof to obtain a carburized boron steel; austenitizing the carburized boron steel at a temperature of 885-895° C. for 25-35 min, to obtain an austenitized boron steel; sequentially subjecting the austenitized boron steel to an oil quenching and a tempering, wherein the oil quenching is performed at a temperature of 55-65° C. for 29-31 min.

Abstract: The driving method includes: inputting a first scanning signal to each of the first touch electrodes at a same time, and receiving a first sensing signal of each of the second touch electrodes to determine a suspected column according to the first sensing signal; inputting a second scanning signal to each of the second touch electrodes at a same time, and receiving a second sensing signal of each of the first touch electrodes to determine a suspected row according to the second sensing signal; determining a suspected touch region according to the suspected column and the suspected row; and sequentially inputting a third scanning signal row by row to each of the first touch electrodes in the suspected touch region, and receiving a third sensing signal of each of the second touch electrodes in the suspected touch region to determine a touch position according to the third sensing signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a rolling ring shrink fitting tool for rotary equipment, including a lifting frame; a movement slot is formed in a bottom surface of a top of the lifting frame; an output end of a first motor is connected with a main gear; guide rollers are embedded in a lifting seat through bearings; shrink fitting plates are two semicircular structures; lifting lugs are welded on outer sides of the shrink fitting plates; tooth rings are arranged outside the shrink fitting plates; stop rods are fixed on inner walls of the tooth rings; supporting screw rods are embedded at sunken positions on inner walls of the shrink fitting plates through bearings.

Abstract: An optical fiber measurement system includes an optical time-domain reflectometer, a wavelength division multiplexer, and a signal generator. The signal generator sends a signal light ray to the wavelength division multiplexer. The optical time-domain reflectometer sends two measurement light rays whose wavelengths are respectively longer than and shorter than a wavelength of the signal light ray to the wavelength division multiplexer. The wavelength division multiplexer combines the two measurement light rays and the signal light ray, sends a combined light ray to an optical fiber, and sends a light ray returned by the optical fiber to the optical time-domain reflectometer, so that the optical time-domain reflectometer determines performance of the optical fiber based on the returned light ray.

Abstract: A touch panel and a display apparatus. The touch panel has a touch region and a fingerprint identification region and includes a first metal mesh layer, a second metal mesh layer, and a dielectric layer. The first metal mesh layer includes a plurality of touch electrodes disposed in the touch region and a plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes disposed in the fingerprint identification region. The second metal mesh layer includes a plurality of fingerprint lead wires. Each of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes. The dielectric layer is disposed between the first metal mesh layer and the second metal mesh layer. The dielectric layer is provided with a plurality of contact holes via which the identification lead wires are electrically connected to the fingerprint identification electrodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment, a network side device, a wireless communication method and a storage medium. The user equipment of the present disclosure comprises a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to: generate channel occupancy time (COT) sharing indication information, wherein the COT sharing indication information comprises time frequency resources used by other user equipments when the user equipment shares a COT with the other user equipments; and send the COT sharing indication information to the other user equipments. By using the user equipment, the network side device, the wireless communication method and the storage medium of the present disclosure, COT sharing can be supported in a D2D communication mode, thereby enabling a channel to be utilized more reasonably, and simplifying a usage process of an unauthorized frequency band in D2D communication.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to identifying connected vehicles through invoking maneuvers by vehicles that assist with distinguishing between safety messages having unassociated identifiers originating from the connected vehicles. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying surrounding vehicles including indeterminate vehicles from a driving environment using temporary identifiers received from the surrounding vehicles. The method also includes generating trajectories for the indeterminate vehicles. The method also includes distinguishing the indeterminate vehicles from communications using the temporary identifiers by observing execution of the trajectories by the indeterminate vehicles. The method also includes executing a planning task by a subject vehicle using safety information from the communications.

Abstract: A data storage method is provided at a computer system, including: obtaining first data and second data of a target object, the first data and the second data being data of different dimensions for measuring any aspect of the target object from generation to existence; storing the first data and the second data of the target object in the first node; receiving audit information of the first node for indicating the first data and the second data stored in the first node; verifying the audit information based on target audit information of at least one target node that transacts with the first node; broadcasting a verification success notification in the data storage system in a case that the verification succeeds; and determining that a consensus on the audit information is reached in a case that the received verification success notification meets a consensus success condition.

Abstract: A cooperative driving system includes a processor and a memory having one or more modules. The modules cause the processor to determine a route that includes a road segment to a destination for an ego vehicle based on (1) an ego vehicle operating parameter that has information regarding a preferred operation of an ego vehicle by an occupant, and (2) a location of a like vehicle with respect to the ego vehicle when the ego vehicle is traveling on at least a portion of the route. The one or more modules also cause the processor to determine a road-segment-level decision for the ego vehicle for the road segment based on the ego vehicle operating parameter, communicate with the like vehicle near the road segment to negotiate the road-segment-level decision to generate a negotiated road-segment-level decision, and maneuver the ego vehicle inside the road segment using the negotiated road-segment-level decision.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave control apparatus includes an upper electrode layer, a lower electrode layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a first metamaterial layer disposed between the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer. The first metamaterial layer includes a first array including alignment unit structures. A first surface of the alignment unit structure is a surface that is of the alignment unit structure and that faces away from the liquid crystal layer. A length-to-width ratio of the first surface of the alignment unit structure is greater than 1. A length of the first surface, a width of the first surface, and a spacing between two adjacent alignment unit structures range from 1 nm to 5000 nm.

Abstract: A blockchain-based data processing method, device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. A first resource acquisition request of an object identification is transmitted for a target virtual resource to a blockchain network to make the blockchain network query a target ticket identification associated with the object identification and the target virtual resource based on the first resource acquisition request. Metadata is acquired having a binding relationship with the target ticket identification. The target ticket identification is used for characterizing that the object identification has ownership of the target virtual resource. The target virtual resource is acquired according to the metadata returned by the blockchain network. The target virtual resource is controlled to perform an interaction output in response to a triggering operation for interacting with the target virtual resource.

Abstract: Provided are an optical compensation strip, a display panel, a display device and a driving method, and relates to the display technology field. The optical compensation strip is applicable to a spliced display panel. The optical compensation strip may comprise: a display cover plate, and at least two prisms disposed opposite to the display cover plate. A gap exists between each prism and the display cover plate. The at least two prisms are configured for refracting light emitted from the two adjacent sub-display panels to an area of the display cover plate corresponding to the seam.

Abstract: A photosensitive circuit structure and an optical device, where the photosensitive circuit structure includes a photosensitive unit, a signal amplification unit and a control unit; the photosensitive unit includes a photodiode and a reset transistor, the signal amplification unit includes an amplification transistor, and the control unit includes a control transistor; an input terminal, an output terminal and a control terminal of the reset transistor are electrically connected to a power supply terminal, a control terminal of the amplification transistor and a reset signal terminal, respectively; an input terminal and output terminal of the amplification transistor are electrically connected to the power supply terminal and an input terminal of the control transistor respectively, and a control terminal of the control transistor is connected to a signal control terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, semiconductor dies on the substrate, molding compound and reinforcing blocks on the substrate. The reinforcing blocks may be provided at positions on the substrate where mechanical stresses develop in the device during singulation, such as at curves and/or discontinuous points around the outline of the substrate, to add strength to the substrate.

Abstract: An automatic concrete dam defect image description generation method based on graph attention network, including: 1) extract the local grid features and whole image features of the defect image and conduct image coding by using multi-layer convolutional neural network; 2) construct the grid feature interaction graph, and fuse and encode the grid visual features and global image features of the defect image; 3) update and optimize the global and local features through the graph attention network, and fully utilize the improved visual features for defect description. The invention constructs the grid feature interaction graph, updates the node information by using the graph attention network, and realizes the feature extraction task as the graph node classification task. The invention can capture the global image information of the defect image and the potential interaction of local grid features, and the generated description text can accurately and coherently describe the defect information.

Abstract: A display panel. The display panel includes an optical fingerprint region which is provided with a light-blocking layer and a protection layer, and the light-blocking layer is provided with a plurality of through holes; the protection layer includes a filling part; the filling part fills parts of regions in the through holes, the filling part is disposed surrounding and closely fitting side walls of the through holes, and the protection layer further includes a light-transmitting part, a height of the light-transmitting part is greater than or equal to depths of the through holes, and an included angle formed between a bottom wall of the filling part and a side wall of the light-transmitting part is an acute angle; or, the filling part fills a whole region in the through hole, and a material of the filling part is a light-transmitting material.

Abstract: A diffractive optical element and a terminal device are disclosed. The diffractive optical element includes grating components periodically distributed in a first dimension. The grating component includes N optical waveguides. The N optical waveguides include M optical waveguides that periodically change in a second dimension. At least two of the M optical waveguides that periodically change in the second dimension have different structures. An included angle between the second dimension and the first dimension is greater than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees. N is an integer greater than 1. M is an integer greater than 1 and not greater than N.