Abstract: A sense array having at least 3 sets of sense elements disposed substantially parallel with each other, with one of the sense elements of the first set extends between two of the sense elements of the second set and another one of the sense elements of the first set extends between two of the sense elements of the third set.

Abstract: A computer-executable method, system, and computer program product of managing I/O received within a Lustre file system, the computer-executable method, system, and computer program product comprising: receiving a data I/O request, wherein the data I/O request relates to data stored within the Lustre file system; processing the data I/O request in a journal stored on a fast data storage device within the Lustre file system; analyzing the journal to make a determination related to the data I/O request; and responding to the data I/O request.

Abstract: A remote controller comprises a shifter lever structure, a controller, and a signal emission device. The shifter lever structure comprises a base, a press key movably connected to the base, a shifter lever arranged surrounding the press key and movably connected to the base, and a sensor coupled to the press key and the shifter lever and configured to obtain moving state information about the press key and the shiner lever. A movement mode of the shifter lever is different from a movement mode of the press key. The controller is electrically coupled to the sensor. The signal emission device is electrically coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to receive the moving state information from the sensor and emit a control signal corresponding to the moving state information via the signal emission device.

Abstract: Voltage converter control circuits and methods. In some embodiments, a voltage converter can include a voltage conversion circuit having an inductor configured to be charged and discharged to facilitate conversion of an input voltage to an output voltage. The voltage conversion circuit can further include a switch configured to allow the inductor to be charged and discharged. The voltage converter can further include a logic drive unit configured to provide a drive signal to the switch to control the charging and discharging of the inductor. The voltage converter can further include a mode control unit configured to provide a mode-switching signal to the logic drive unit to control switching between a continuous control mode and a discontinuous control mode based on an inductance current associated with the inductor and a constant load-current threshold.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sensing a conductive object by a mutual capacitance sensing array is described according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mutual capacitance sensing array comprises one or more sensor elements. Each sensor element comprises an outer frame including a conductive material. A cavity is formed within the interior of the outer frame. In an example embodiment, the sensor elements include transmit (TX) sensor elements and receive (RX) sensor elements that are disposed in a stackup that comprises a substrate, where the TX sensor elements are laminated by optically clear adhesive and are disposed on one side of the substrate, and where the RX sensor elements are laminated by optically clear adhesive and are disposed on a different side of the substrate than the TX elements.

Abstract: Light-load control devices and methods implemented in applications such as voltage converters. In some embodiments, a control system for a voltage converter can be configured to determine whether the voltage converter is in a first load state such as a light-load state. The control system can be further configured to generate a first driving signal when the voltage converter is in the light-load state. The control system can be further configured to route the first driving signal to a control element of the voltage converter when the voltage converter is in the light-load state, and to route a second driving signal to the control element when the voltage converter is in a second load state such as a heavier-load state. Such a control system can yield reduced power consumption of the control element when the voltage converter is in the light-load state.

Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes: a substrate; a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the substrate; a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, which are defined by the data lines and the scan lines insulatedly intersecting the data lines; a plurality of touch sensing electrodes disposed in an array, each of which corresponds to one pixel region comprising a plurality of first sub-pixels and at least one second sub-pixel; and a plurality of first signal lines extending along a first direction, wherein, an area of a second sub-pixel electrode in the second sub-pixel is smaller than that of a first sub-pixel electrode in the first sub-pixel, and the first inactive display region is provided in the second sub-pixel.

Abstract: A dial structure, a remote controller employing the dial structure, and a controlling method are provided. The dial structure comprises a carrying member and a dial movably connected with the carrying member. The dial is slidable with respect to the dial structure along a sliding direction and rotatable around a rotation shaft. An axial direction of the rotation shaft intersects with the sliding direction. The dial structure further comprises a rotation sensor configured to obtain rotating state information of the dial and a sliding sensor configured to obtain sliding state information of the dial.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a network connection apparatus and establishment of a network connection for a terminal. A network connection apparatus may select a wireless access point and generate terminal information of a terminal that is seeking network access via the wireless access point. The terminal information may include a terminal identifier and a terminal media access control (MAC) address of the terminal. The network connection apparatus may send the terminal information to the selected wireless access point, which in turn may forward the terminal information to a network provision server. The network provision server may store the terminal identifier and add the terminal MAC address into a network access white list of the selected wireless access point. The selected wireless access point may enable a network connection for the terminal in response to the terminal MAC address being in the network access white list.

Abstract: A method and a device for providing information for a voice service are provided. The method includes: detecting whether user personal information is required to acquire a service in an automatic voice service system; if the user personal information is required, acquiring the user personal information from a pre-stored user personal information database; and sending the acquired user personal information for the automatic voice service system to provide the service according to the user personal information.

Abstract: A processing platform of an information processing system comprises one or more processing devices and implements a key-value store that utilizes a skip list data structure having a plurality of layers each having two or more nodes, with each of at least a subset of the nodes of the skip list data structure storing a corresponding ranged key having a range of keys associated therewith. A given one of the ranged keys corresponds to a single value stored in the key-value store and comprises a lower key and an upper key of the range of keys but does not explicitly include intermediate keys in the range of keys. A burst buffer appliance may be associated with the key-value store and configured to process ranged keys of one or more skip list data structures for storage in or retrieval from the key-value store.

Abstract: A cluster file system comprises a burst buffer appliance coupled to a plurality of object storage servers via a network. The burst buffer appliance is configured to implement storage tiering control functionality based on a user specification for at least first and second storage tiers comprising respective disjoint subsets of the plurality of object storage servers. The user specification comprises, for example, a user request to move data from a first storage tier to a second storage tier; for an indication of where a given file is stored; for an indication of a given storage tier where a given file is stored and/or for an indication of an object storage server storing one or more given file portions.

Abstract: Provided herein are improved fluorogenic compounds and probes that can be used as reagents for measuring, detecting and/or screening peroxynitrite. The fluorogenic compounds of the invention can produce fluorescence colors, such as green, yellow, red, or far-red. Also provided herein are fluorogenic compounds for selectively staining peroxynitrite in the mitochondria of living cells. Provided also herein are methods that can be used to measure, directly or indirectly, the presence and/or amount of peroxynitrite in chemical samples and biological samples such as cells and tissues in living organisms. Also provided are high-throughput screening methods for detecting or screening peroxynitrite or compounds that can increase or decrease the level of peroxynitrite in chemical and biological samples.

Abstract: An apparatus including a first layer formed from a first conductive material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second layer, coupled to the first layer, the second layer formed from a second conductive material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, where the second layer is partially filled.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are substances having tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity and a preparation method and use thereof, wherein the substances are the compounds having the structure of general formula (I) or the geometric isomers or pharmaceutical salts thereof. Through evaluation on tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity and related experiments, the present disclosure demonstrates that these compounds have a good tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, and may inhibit a variety of tumor cells, and thus may be developed into drugs for preventing and treating tumor diseases, especially liver cancer, lung cancer and neuroblastoma.

Abstract: A voltage converter can include a voltage conversion circuit having an inductor configured to be charged and discharged to facilitate conversion of an input voltage to an output voltage, and a switch configured to allow the inductor to be charged and discharged. The voltage converter can further include a logic drive unit configured to provide a drive signal to the switch to control the charging and discharging of the inductor. The voltage converter can further include a mode control unit configured to provide a mode-switching signal to the logic drive unit to control switching between a continuous control mode and a discontinuous control mode based on an inductance current associated with the inductor and a constant load-current threshold.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus include determine velocity of a detected presence in a first direction relative to a capacitive sensing surface, during a period of time, and determine velocity of the detected presence in a second direction relative to the capacitive sensing surface, during the period of time. Methods and apparatus detect a change in the determined velocity in the first direction at a first time, detect a change in the determined velocity in the second direction at a second time; and recognize a user command based on a difference between the first time and the second time.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device for obtaining a voice service. The method includes: obtaining information on a service process corresponding to a service number of a call, wherein the information on the service process comprises input prompt information for each stage of the service process, and the input prompt information is used to prompt a user for input; displaying, after getting through the call, the input prompt information of the service process; receiving an input signal from the user in response to the input prompt information; and sending the input signal to an automatic voice service system to obtain a service therefrom. The method and device avoid the problems that the user does not know what kind of response signal should be input to continue the query until he or she hears the whole voice prompt information.

Abstract: A turbulence-free CCD camera system with nonclassical imaging resolution, for applications in long-distance imaging, such as satellite and aircraft-to-ground based distant imaging, utilizing an intensity-fluctuation correlation measurement of thermal light. The proposed camera system has the following advantages over classic imaging technology: (1) it is turbulence-free; (2) its spatial resolution is mainly determined by the angular diameter of the light source. For example, using sun as the light source, this camera may achieve a spatial resolution of 200 micrometer for any object on Earth. 200-micrometer resolution is insignificant for short distance imaging, however, taking a picture of a target at 10-kilometer, a classic camera must have a lens of 90-meter diameter in order to achieve 200-micrometer resolution.

Abstract: One embodiment of a capacitive sensor array comprises a plurality of row sensor elements including a first row sensor element, a plurality of column sensor elements including a first column sensor element, and a plurality of unit cells, wherein a first unit cell contains an intersection between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element, and wherein a ratio between 1) a boundary length between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element within the first unit cell and 2) a perimeter of the first unit cell is greater than ?{square root over (2)}/2.