Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The image processing method includes: performing preliminary segmentation recognition on a raw image by using a first segmentation model to obtain a candidate foreground image region and a candidate background image region of the raw image; recombining the candidate foreground image region, the candidate background image region, and the raw image to obtain a recombined image, pixels in the recombined image being in a one-to-one correspondence with pixels in the raw image; and performing region segmentation recognition on the recombined image by using a second segmentation model to obtain a target foreground image region and a target background image region of the raw image.

Abstract: A MEMS microphone, includes a substrate with a back cavity, and a capacitive system located on the substrate, including a back plate and a diaphragm opposite to the back plate, wherein the back plate includes a body portion, a fixing portion connected with the body portion and the substrate, and a plurality of strip reinforcing ribs, the reinforcing ribs are protruded from the body portion. Compared with the related art, the MEMS microphone disclosed by the present disclosure could improve the strength of the back plate.

Abstract: Glass cores including protruding through glass vias and related methods are disclosed herein. An example substrate disclosed herein includes a glass core including a surface and a copper through glass via (TGV) extending through the glass core, the TGV including a protrusion extending from the surface.

Abstract: An MEMS microphone includes a substrate with a back cavity and a capacitor system arranged on the substrate. The capacitor system includes a back plate and a diaphragm opposite to and spaced apart from the back plate. Surface of the back plate facing diaphragm or surface of diaphragm facing the back plate being provided with an anti-adhesion member. When the diaphragm moves until the anti-adhesion member is in contact with the diaphragm and the back plate at the same time, the anti-adhesion member is elastically deformable along a vibrating direction of the diaphragm. The anti-adhesion member of the present disclosure is elastic and may provide cushioning for movement of the diaphragm, which prevents rapid concentration of stress at a position of the diaphragm in contact with the anti-adhesion member, thereby preventing formation of pits in the diaphragm and preventing breakage of the diaphragm under repeated impact of the anti-adhesion member.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating dynamic interface options using machine learning models. The dynamic interface options may be generated in real time and reflect the likely goals and/or intents of a user. The machine learning model may provide these features by interpreting multi-modal feature inputs. For example, the machine learning model may include a first machine learning model, wherein the first machine learning model comprises a convolutional neural network, and a second machine learning model, wherein the second machine learning model performs a Weight of Evidence (WOE) analysis.

Abstract: Generating automatic diagnostics alerts is disclosed. At a first time, a set of quality metrics for a plurality of groups of streaming sessions is computed. An anomaly is identified at least in part by performing anomaly detection using the set of quality metrics and historical information. A cause of the identified anomaly is diagnosed. An alert is generated based at least in part on the diagnosis.

Abstract: Automatic diagnostics alerts for streaming multiple types of content is disclosed. At a first time, a set of metrics for a plurality of groups of streaming sessions is computed. A streaming session in a group is associated with streaming of a piece of content encoded by an entity. The streaming of the piece of content encoded by the entity is associated with streaming of another piece of content. An anomaly is identified at least in part by performing anomaly detection using the set of metrics. A cause of the identified anomaly is diagnosed. An alert is generated based at least in part on the diagnosis.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method for coaxial LiDAR scanning. The system includes a first light source configured to provide first light pulses. The system also includes one or more beam steering apparatuses optically coupled to the first light source. Each beam steering apparatus comprises a rotatable concave reflector and a light beam steering device disposed at least partially within the rotatable concave reflector. The combination of the light beam steering device and the rotatable concave reflector, when moving with respect to each other, steers the one or more first light pulses both vertically and horizontally to illuminate an object within a field-of-view; obtain one or more first returning light pulses, the one or more first returning light pulses being generated based on the steered first light pulses illuminating an object within the field-of-view, and redirects the one or more first returning light pulses.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MEMS microphone chip having a substrate with a back cavity, a back plate fixed to the substrate, and a diaphragm unit opposite to the back plate. The diaphragm unit includes a first diaphragm spaced apart from the back plate, a support member fixed on a side of the first diaphragm away from the back cavity, and a second diaphragm spaced apart from the first diaphragm. The second diaphragm includes a support portion fixed to the support member and a free end. The first diaphragm is utilized to drive the second diaphragm having the free end so that the vibration of the second diaphragm from is no longer subject to its thickness and stress, thus significantly improving the sensitivity of the MEMS microphone chip and accordingly improving the SNR.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a connecting device and an endoscope assembly, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. A body of the connecting device includes a connecting portion via which a first endoscope may be connected and fixed. A side of the body opposite to the connecting portion is provided with a receiving groove for directly receiving a second endoscope therein to facilitate a connection and fixation of the second endoscope. Meanwhile, a connecting component for engaging the second endoscope is provided on the body, so that the second endoscope may be fixed within the receiving groove, thereby achieving a connection between the first endoscope and the second endoscope, facilitating assembly and disassembly thereof, and also improving a stability of connection, which is convenient for physicians to operate.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method for coaxial LiDAR scanning. The system includes a first light source configured to provide first light pulses. The system also includes one or more beam steering apparatuses optically coupled to the first light source. Each beam steering apparatus comprises a rotatable concave reflector and a light beam steering device disposed at least partially within the rotatable concave reflector. The combination of the light beam steering device and the rotatable concave reflector, when moving with respect to each other, steers the one or more first light pulses both vertically and horizontally to illuminate an object within a field-of-view; obtain one or more first returning light pulses, the one or more first returning light pulses being generated based on the steered first light pulses illuminating an object within the field-of-view, and redirects the one or more first returning light pulses.

Abstract: The present utility model relates to a squirrel-proof device set on a supporting rod, comprising housing and connecting parts set between the housing and the supporting rod; wherein the connecting parts enable the housing to move upward along the supporting rod when the housing is exerted a downward force; the first housing is arranged above the second housing, the first and/or the second housing is connected to the supporting rod through the connecting parts; the second housing comprises an inverted circular table bottom housing or an arc bottom housing with diameter decreased from up to down, and the top of the second housing is connected to the bottom of the first housing. The utility model forms a squirrel-proof device that can move vertically and/or rotate, and when squirrels climb over the housing, they are affected by the downward and outward centripetal force, and cannot maintain balance and grip.

Abstract: An antenna structure is disposed on a metal unit and includes a first slot, a second slot, a grounding portion and a short-circuiting portion. The first slot is formed on the metal unit along an axis direction and configured to receive a signal feed. The second slot is formed on the metal unit along the axis direction and separated from the first slot by a distance along the axis direction. The grounding portion is coupled to the metal unit. The short-circuiting portion crosses the second slot and is coupled to the grounding portion.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure include animating virtual avatars or agents according to input audio and one or more selected or determined emotions and/or styles. For example, a deep neural network can be trained to output motion or deformation information for a character that is representative of the character uttering speech contained in audio input. The character can have different facial components or regions (e.g., head, skin, eyes, tongue) modeled separately, such that the network can output motion or deformation information for each of these different facial components. During training, the network can use a transformer-based audio encoder with locked parameters to train an associated decoder using a weighted feature vector. The network output can be provided to a renderer to generate audio-driven facial animation that is emotion-accurate.

Abstract: Some embodiments include an assembly having conductive structures distributed along a level within a memory array region and another region proximate the memory array region. The conductive structures include a first stack over a metal-containing region. A semiconductor material is within the first stack. A second stack is over the conductive structures, and includes alternating conductive tiers and insulative tiers. Cell-material-pillars are within the memory array region. The cell-material-pillars include channel material. The semiconductor material directly contacts the channel material. Conductive post structures are within the other region. Some of the conductive post structures are dummy structures and have bottom surfaces which are entirely along an insulative oxide material. Others of the conductive post structures are live posts electrically coupled with CMOS circuitry. Some embodiments include methods of forming assemblies.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes: acquiring data of a display image layer and data of a transparency layer and determining, based on the data of the display image layer and the data of the transparency layer, multiple sets of data to be superimposed; constructing a target layer based on the display image layer and the transparency layer for each set of data to be superimposed; determining first placement data and second placement data of the corresponding target layer based on the data of the display image layer and the data of the transparency layer for each set of data to be superimposed; placing the first placement data to a first position of the corresponding target layer and placing the second placement data to a second position of the corresponding target layer, to obtain data of the corresponding target layer; and transmitting data of multiple target layers.

Abstract: An antenna structure is disposed on a metal unit and includes a first slot, a second slot, and a short-circuiting portion. The first slot is formed on the metal unit. The second slot is formed on the metal unit and located at one side of the first slot. The second slot is configured to receive a signal feed. The short-circuiting portion is in a floating state and extends across the first slot without being in direct contact with the first slot.

Abstract: A glass manufacturing apparatus includes a forming apparatus defining a travel path extending in a travel direction. The forming apparatus conveys a ribbon of glass-forming material along the travel path in the travel direction of the forming apparatus. The glass manufacturing apparatus includes a cooling tube extending substantially parallel to the travel path and extending across the travel direction. The cooling tube includes a plurality of orifices spaced apart along the cooling tube and facing the travel path. Methods of manufacturing glass can comprise flowing a coolant from an outlet of a conduit in a direction toward a target location of a flowing ribbon of molten material. Methods can also include changing a phase of the coolant while the coolant is flowing towards the target location. The change in phase can cool the target location.

Abstract: The disclosed technology involves autonomously identifying goals and sub-goals from a user utterance and generating responses to the user based on the goals and sub-goals.