Abstract: A lock device includes a lock seat, a lock cylinder, an actuating plate, an extension plate, a guide plate, and hooks. The lock seat is fixed to a window panel. The lock cylinder is connected to the lock seat. The actuating plate extends from the lock cylinder. The extension plate is connected to the window panel. The guide plate extends from the extension plate over the actuating plate. The hooks are connected to the extension plate and engageable with engagement slots of a main housing. Each hook has an inclined guide surface. When the lock cylinder rotates, the actuating plate moves the guide plate and the hooks so that the hooks are disengaged from the engagement slots to unlock the window panel. The inclined guide surface is slidable to the main housing to move the extension plate when the window panel is to be locked.

Abstract: A claw machine includes a machine body, a setting module, a claw, and a control device. The machine body includes a base having a prize outlet passage, and a cabinet defining an inner space that has a start zone and a game field. The setting module includes at least one divider that partitions the game field into multiple game compartments. The control device includes a coin module, an operating interface, and a processing unit. The processing unit, upon receiving a start signal from the coin module, controls the claw to move through all of the game compartments one by one. In each game compartment, a player attempts to grab a prize by maneuvering the claw and by pressing a grab button. After each attempt, the claw is moved above the prize outlet passage to open, and is moved to a next game compartment or returns to the start zone.

Abstract: A multi-claw game machine includes a housing, an operating mechanism, and a sensor module. The housing defines a pick-up region and an initial region. The operating mechanism includes a movable base seat, and a plurality of claws disposed on the base seat. The sensor module includes a processor and an operating interface. The processor is for switching the multi-claw game machine from a standby state in which the base seat is located in the initial region, to an operating state in which the base seat is moved to a junction between the pick-up region and an initial region. The operating interface controls the base seat to move within the pick-up region after the multi-claw game machine is switched to the operating state, and transmits an object-picking signal to the claws to activate the claws to perform a gripping action.

Abstract: A claw machine includes a machine body, a plurality of target objects, a shuffling unit and a controlling unit. The machine body includes a cabinet that defines an inner space, a claw mechanism, and a prize outlet for providing a prize object. The target objects are disposed in the inner space, and each contains first game information. The shuffling unit includes a shuffling mechanism that is configured to, when interacting with one of the target objects, generate and output second game information. The controlling unit includes a sensing component for detecting the first game information from the one of the target objects, a receiving component connected to the shuffling mechanism for receiving the second game information therefrom, and a processor configured to determine whether to control the prize outlet to provide a prize object based on the first game information and the second game information received during a game.

Abstract: A coin operated game machine is adapted to operate through a plurality of coins, and includes a machine bed unit, an operation unit, and a back-end unit. The machine bed unit includes a main body defining a sealed space, and an operation table dividing the sealed space into a game region and a recognition region. The operation unit includes a coin-passing mechanism, a token-passing mechanism, a plurality of game tokens for being outputted to the sealed space, and an identification module identifying each of the game tokens that falls to the recognition region. The back-end unit includes a ticket-passing module configured to output at least one ticket according to identification of the identification module.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an activation method, an activation device, a control device, a network device and an optical network system. A new-system ONU is activated on a first OLT in an existing system, and then activation information of the new-system ONU is sent to a second OLT in a new system by the first OLT or by an activation agent ONU which has been activated on the second OLT, thereby enabling activation of the new-system ONU on the second OLT.

Abstract: Provided are a passive optical network (PON) multi-channel binding transmission method, a PON node and a storage medium. The PON multi-channel binding transmission method includes: determining a multi-channel transmission mode of to-be-sent data according to a data transmission efficiency and a preset data transmission efficiency threshold, where the data transmission efficiency for determining the multi-channel transmission mode is higher than or equal to the preset data transmission efficiency threshold; and transmitting the to-be-sent data on a data transmission channel binding combination of one or more data transmission channels according to the multi-channel transmission mode.

Abstract: A method of operating a game machine including a grabbing device, a driving device, and a cabinet that defines an inner space is provided. The grabbing device includes a string and a claw. The method includes steps of: the driving device moving the grabbing device, in the inner space, horizontally from an original location to an upper location, and then releasing the string to lower the claw from the upper location to a lower location; when the claw reaches the lower location, the driving device outputting a first voltage to the grabbing device to perform a grabbing action; after performing the grabbing action, the driving device outputting a second voltage to the grabbing device for reducing grip strength of the claw for a predetermined time period; and the driving device outputting a third voltage to the grabbing device for increasing grip strength of the claw after outputting the second voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multichannel data transmitting method, including: transmitting a plurality of data units of a data packet, with the plurality of data units including a frame header data unit and a plurality of pure data units; and transmitting the frame header data unit in the plurality of data units includes: transmitting the frame header data unit on one of a plurality of channels, with identifiers of channels for transmitting the data units and initial transmitting positions of the channels for transmitting the data units being indicated in the frame header data unit. The present disclosure further provides a multichannel data receiving method, a multichannel downstream superframe transmitting method, a multichannel data transmitting apparatus, a multichannel data receiving apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium and an electronic device.

Abstract: A method for enhancing sports performance and alleviating sarcopenia with a Streptococcus thermophiles ST7 fermentation product composition is disclosed. The administration of an effective amount of the Streptococcus thermophiles ST7 fermentation product composition to an individual in advance can increase the ATP content of the individual's muscle cells and lower indices related to fatigue and muscle damage, thereby enhancing the individual's sports performance and improving or preventing sarcopenia and its symptoms.

Abstract: A method of communication includes notify, by an optical line terminal (OLT), an optical network unit (ONU) a first time period assigned to a first power saving operation and a second time period assigned to a second power saving operation, and perform, by the OLT, the second power saving operation for a receiver of the OLT during the second time period and the first power saving operation for a transmitter of the OLT during the first time period.

Abstract: A coin operated game machine is adapted to operate through a plurality of coins, and includes a machine bed unit, an operation unit, and a back-end unit. The machine bed unit includes a main body defining a sealed space, and an operation table dividing the sealed space into a game region and a recognition region. The operation unit includes a coin-passing mechanism, a token-passing mechanism, a plurality of game tokens for being outputted to the sealed space, and an identification module identifying each of the game tokens that falls to the recognition region. The back-end unit includes a ticket-passing module configured to output at least one ticket according to identification of the identification module.

Abstract: A method of communication includes receiving, by an optical line terminal (OLT), a registration request from an optical network unit (ONU) through a specific upstream wavelength, assigning, by the OLT, out of a plurality of normal service upstream wavelengths and a plurality of normal service downstream wavelengths in a wavelength resource pool, a normal service upstream wavelength and a normal service downstream wavelength to the ONU for a normal service between the ONU and the OLT, and informing, through a specific downstream wavelength, the ONU of information regarding the normal service upstream wavelength and the normal service downstream wavelength. The specific downstream and upstream wavelengths are reserved for a registration process that includes receiving, through the specific upstream wavelength, the registration request and sending, through the specific downstream wavelength, the information regarding the normal service upstream wavelength and the normal service downstream wavelength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a novel Lactobacillus brevis ProGA28 strain, deposited in the German Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) under the accession number DSM 33167 on May 28, 2019. The metabolites of Lactobacillus brevis ProGA28 have the ability to improve sleep quality, can effectively reduce the time of rapid eye movement in the sleep phase, can reduce time to fall asleep, can increase total sleep time, and can increase the ratio of low waves during sleep so that sleep disorders and related complications, such as anxiety and immune system diseases, are treated.

Abstract: A method of communication using a forward error correction (FEC) code includes receiving, at an optical line terminal (OLT), performance capability information provided by an optical network unit (ONU), adjusting, at the OLT, a ratio between an FEC code size and a payload size based on the performance capability information, and informing the ONU of the FEC code size selected based on the ratio such that message exchanges between the ONU and the OLT are performed using the FEC code size to which the ratio is applied.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to improved methods for preparing, sequencing and analyzing short DNA fragments using handheld, nanopore-based sequencing technology as well as improved methods for extracting DNA, in particular genomic DNA, for any downstream application.

Abstract: A basketball machine includes a body having an inclined lane, a display configured to display a game having a plurality of challenges, a hoop including an engagement portion and an opening, a sensor configured to detect whether a ball has passed through the opening of the hoop, and a processor. The game has a first image layer showing a plurality of display areas, a reference object and a plurality of moving objects. The moving object moves towards and past the reference object. Each moving object has a bonus prize. The sensor generates a scoring signal when the detected result is positive. The processor calculates an accumulated number of times the scoring signal has been received and converts the accumulated number into an instant score. The processor determines whether the player qualifies as completing the current challenge, and controls the game to enter the next challenge when the determination is positive.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel Lactobacillus brevis ProGA28, deposited in the German Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, the accession number is DSM 33167, and the deposit date is on 28 May, 2019. The metabolites of the novel Lactobacillus brevis ProGA28 has the ability to improve sleep quality, and can effectively reduce the time of rapid eye movement in sleep phase, reduce the number of falling asleep, increase the total sleep time, prolong the time of single falling asleep, and increase the ratio of low waves during sleep, so that it can achieve the effect of treating or improving sleep disorders and related complications, such as anxiety and immune system diseases.

Abstract: A basketball machine includes a body having an inclined lane, a display configured to display a game having a plurality of challenges, a hoop including an engagement portion and an opening, a sensor configured to detect whether a ball has passed through the opening of the hoop, and a processor. The game has a first image layer showing a plurality of display areas, a reference object and a plurality of moving objects. The moving object moves towards and past the reference object. Each moving object has a bonus prize. The sensor generates a scoring signal when the detected result is positive. The processor calculates an accumulated number of times the scoring signal has been received and converts the accumulated number into an instant score. The processor determines whether the player qualifies as completing the current challenge, and controls the game to enter the next challenge when the determination is positive.

Abstract: A claw machine and a control method thereof are provided. The claw machine includes a main body, a grabbing assembly configured to drive a claw to make a grabbing movement, a ball-passage assembly including a cover mounted to a ball-passage zone of the main body and a plurality of stopper units spaced from each other in the ball-passage zone, a plurality of sensor units distributed through the ball-passage zone and configured to generate a sensing signal, and a processor configured to set a game score for each of the plurality of sensor units. The processor controls the claw to operate according to an operating instruction set, receives the sensing signal, and obtains the game score of the corresponding sensor unit to calculate a total score. The processor controls the main body to send out a prize according to the total score.