Abstract: A method for indicating a responding virtual assistant from one of a plurality of virtual assistants is disclosed. The method includes receiving a spoken query from a user of an electronic device. The method includes determining whether the spoken query addresses a particular one of a plurality of virtual assistants on the electronic device. The method includes polling a first set of the virtual assistants with the spoken query in response to the spoken query not addressing a particular one of the plurality of virtual assistants. The method further includes presenting a response to the spoken query with an indicator of a virtual assistant providing the response. An apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed, which perform the method.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: engaging, at an information handing device, in a conversational session with a user; receiving an input from a source other than the user during the conversational session; and performing, at the information handling device, an action related to the conversational input in response to the received input. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: A semiconductor patterning process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided, wherein the substrate has a first region, a second region, and a third region, and the second region is located between the first region and the third region. A plurality of initial mask patterns are formed on the substrate. A first mask material layer is conformally formed on the substrate. A first mask pattern is formed above at least two adjacent initial mask patterns in the second region and on the first mask material layer in between, and a second mask pattern is formed on the first mask material layer on sidewalls of remaining initial mask patterns. A portion of the first mask material layer is removed using the first mask pattern and the second mask pattern as a mask to form a final mask pattern on the substrate.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, devices, and methods for a face mask for facilitating conversations are disclosed. A face mask includes a microphone located on an inside of the face mask, a processor located on the inside of the face mask and connected to the microphone, and a memory located on the inside of the face mask that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to capture, using the microphone, audio spoken by a user wearing the face mask, determine a mode that the face mask is in for transmitting the captured audio to a destination, and transmit the captured audio to the destination based on the determined mode.

Abstract: A device for determining a CNN model for a database according to the present disclosure includes: a selecting unit configured to select at least two CNN models from multiple CNN models whose classification capacity is known; a fitting unit configured to fit, based on the classification capacity and first parameters of the at least two CNN models, a curve taking classification capacity and a first parameter as variables; a predicting unit configured to predict, based on the curve, a first parameter of other CNN models; and a determining unit configured to determine a CNN model applicable to the database from the multiple CNN models. With the device and the method according to the present disclosure, there is no need to train all the CNN models, thereby greatly reducing the amount of computation and simplifying the process of designing the CNN model.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication device, and a wireless communication method. According to an embodiment, the electronic device for a base station side comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: perform control to perform, on a beam corresponding to a user equipment, channel detection on a target channel, the channel detection being based on a specific beam direction; and determine the access to the target channel according the channel detection result.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using one or more sensors, an orientation of a wearable device; determining, using a processor, whether the orientation corresponds to an inactive orientation; and providing, responsive to determining that the orientation corresponds to the inactive orientation, a power off notification to a user of the wearable device. A method, including: detecting, using an audio capture device operatively coupled to a wearable device, environmental audio, wherein the wearable device is an augmented reality device; identifying, using a processor, augmented reality contents presented on a display of the wearable device; determining, using a processor, whether the environmental audio and the augmented reality contents correspond to a similar context; and presenting, responsive to determining that the environmental audio and the augmented reality contents do not correspond to the similar context, a power save option to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel and a controlling method thereof. The controlling method comprises: during a display period of the touch panel, turning on a bias voltage generation circuit to generate a bias voltage signal, turning on a reverse bias voltage generation circuit to generate a reverse bias voltage signal, and turning off a modulating voltage generation circuit; during a touch period of the touch panel, turning off the bias voltage generation circuit, the reverse bias voltage generation circuit and turning on the modulating voltage generation circuit to generate a modulating voltage signal, wherein the modulating voltage signal is same as a touch sensing signal of the touch panel; using a first capacitor to couple the modulating voltage signal to the bias voltage generation circuit; and using a second capacitor to couple the modulating voltage signal to the reverse bias voltage generation circuit.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: initiating, using at least one camera of an information handling device, a video feed; receiving marking input on an object in the video feed; identifying, using at least one distance sensor of the information handling device, distance information from the information handling device to the object; and providing, in the video feed and presented concurrently with the marking input, a visual overlay of the distance information. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: An approach is provided to use a first translation attribute that is received at a user interface from a user to automatically translate a document. The source document that is in a source natural language is translated to a target document that is in a target natural language by using a machine translator that utilizes the first translation attribute, such as adequacy or fluency. The target document is analyzed with the analysis resulting in a second translation attribute (e.g., either adequacy or fluency, whichever is different from the first translation attribute). The target (translated) document and the second translation attribute are then provided to the user, such as at the user interface.

Abstract: Disclosed are a radio communication method and a radio communication device. The radio communication device comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: configure different resources respectively for the initial transmission and a retransmission of an uplink transmission; and to generate resource indication information, the resource indication information indicating correlations between different resources and the initial transmission and the retransmission of the uplink transmission. In addition, the processing circuit is configured to identify the resource used by the uplink transmission to determine the number of transmissions of the uplink transmission.

Abstract: A method and system for generating a fusion image. The method may include obtaining a first image and a second image of a same scene. Pixels of at least a part of the first image may correspond to pixels of at least a part of the second image. The method may include generating, based on the first image, a first low-frequency image corresponding to a low-frequency component of the first image, the first low-frequency image including a plurality of first pixels. The method may include generating, based on the second image, a first high-frequency image corresponding to a high-frequency component of the second image, the first high-frequency image including a plurality of second pixels, the plurality of second pixels corresponding to the plurality of first pixels.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for adjusting display settings of a head-mounted display. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive sensor data from one or more sensors operably connected to a head mounted display (“HMD”) unit while a user wears the HMD unit. The code is executable by the processor to determine a user's cognition level based on the sensor data. The code is executable by the processor to adjust one or more display settings of the HMD unit based on the determined cognition level for the user.

Abstract: For searching virtual content information, a processor searches the virtual content information including a virtual object contour. The processor further retrieves an image based on the virtual content information.

Abstract: For determining structure from a language block, a processor determines phrase tags from phrase vectors for phrases of a language block. The phrase tags specify a phrase function. The processor further determines structure tags for the phrases from the language block.

Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from the camera and, based on the input from the camera, identify information related to a first real-world object. The instructions are also executable to, based on the identification of the information related to the first real-world object, present at least one augmented reality (AR) image on the display at a location of the display that does not obstruct a user's view of the first real-world object while the device is worn.

Abstract: A touch display driving apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. A display frame period is divided into a plurality of display driving periods and a plurality of touch driving periods. During the display driving periods, the display driver circuit drives a touch display panel. During the touch driving periods, the touch driver circuit detects common electrode rows of the touch display panel. The common electrode rows are parallel to a plurality of gate lines of the touch display panel. Each of the common electrode rows serves as a current common electrode row, wherein the current common electrode row covers a plurality of corresponding gate lines of the gate lines. The touch driving period during which the current common electrode row being detected is not temporally adjacent to the display driving period during which the corresponding gate lines being driven.

Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by formula (I) or a stereoisomer, hydrate, metabolite, solvate, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, eutectic mixture, or prodrug thereof, and a preparation method thereof, and an application for preparing a pharmaceutical product for treating a disease related to obstructed airways, wherein each substituent in the compound represented by formula (I) is as described in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed is a railway hopper car comprising a car body (6), a top cover (1, 2), a bogie (24), a braking device (21), a coupler buffer device (22), and a bottom door (25, 28) and a bottom door opening and closing mechanism (23) mounted at a discharge port at the bottom of a chassis. The railway hopper car further comprises a longitudinal saddle (31) disposed in the center of the car body (6) in the length direction thereof and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the car body (6). By providing the longitudinal saddle (31), the sequential requirement to close the left bottom door (25) and the right bottom door (28) is eliminated, thereby simplifying the structure of the linkage bottom door opening and closing mechanism and reducing manufacture and maintenance costs thereof.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for adjusting display settings of a head-mounted display. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive sensor data from one or more sensors operably connected to a head mounted display (“HMD”) unit while a user wears the HMD unit. The code is executable by the processor to determine a visual acuity of the user based on the sensor data. The code is executable by the processor to adjust one or more display settings of the HMD unit based on the determined visual acuity for the user. The one or more display settings may be adjusted to correct for impairments in the user's visual acuity.