Abstract: A temperature plate device includes a plate body and a bent supporting structure. The plate body includes a first plate and a second plate. A chamber is defined by the first plate and the second plate. The first plate has a first step section. The second plate has a second step section corresponding to the first step section. The bent supporting structure is connected to and traverses the first step section between the first step section and the second step section.

Abstract: A detection device for measuring an antenna is disclosed, wherein it is provided with a probe seat made of a metal material; a front end of the probe seat is provided with an extending front arm for connecting to a probe; and a rear end of the probe seat is provided with a connector, of which one end is for connecting to a detection instrument and the other end is electrically connected to the probe through the front arm; the detection device is characterized in that an outer surface of the probe seat is covered by a wave absorbent material capable of absorbing reflected waves, thereby when measuring an antenna, the probe seat can absorb reflected waves from the antenna to measure the quality of the antenna pattern.

Abstract: A detection device for measuring an antenna is disclosed, wherein the detection device is provided with a probe seat made of a reflected wave absorbent material; a front end of the probe seat is provided with an extending front arm for connecting to a probe; and a rear end of the probe seat is provided with a connector, of which one end is for connecting to a detection instrument and the other end is electrically connected to the probe through the front arm, thereby when measuring an antenna, the probe seat can absorb reflected waves from the antenna to measure the quality of the antenna pattern.

Abstract: A system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for detecting insurance fraud or for comparing references use visual analytics-based techniques. The method can include identifying a scratch and a scratch location on a vehicle in a 3-dimensional rendering in comparison to a base image or in comparison to a stored image in a database, comparing one or more features of the scratch such as color features of the scratch in the scratch location in comparison to the scratch location or comparing one or more texture features of the scratch in the scratch location in comparison to the scratch location in the base image or the stored image. The method can further generate a similarity calculation based on the one or more comparisons for the scratch, the scratch location, the one or more scratch features of the scratch and presents a result in response to the similarity calculation.

Abstract: A device includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor die comprising a deformable membrane, a MEMS heating element, and a substrate. The MEMS heating element is integrated within a same layer and a same plane as the deformable membrane. The MEMS heating element surrounds the deformable membrane and is separated from the deformable membrane through a trench. The MEMS heating element is configured to generate heat to heat up the deformable membrane. The substrate is coupled to the deformable membrane.

Abstract: A slim vapor chamber includes a first plate, a second plate and a capillary structure. The periphery of the second plate is connected with that of the first plate to form a chamber. The capillary structure is disposed on an inner wall of the chamber. Both of a side of the first plate facing the second plate and a side of the second plate facing the first plate are formed with a plurality of supporting structures, which include a plurality of supporting pillars and a plurality of supporting plates, by an etching process.

Abstract: A slim vapor chamber includes a first plate, a second plate and a capillary structure. The periphery of the second plate is connected with that of the first plate to form a chamber. The capillary structure is disposed in the chamber. At least one of a side of the first plate facing the second plate and a side of the second plate facing the first plate is formed with a plurality of supporting structures, which include a plurality of supporting pillars and a plurality of supporting plates, by an etching process.

Abstract: An amplifier including a signal input terminal, at least one signal output terminal, a first and a second cascode amplifier circuits, a capacitor and a loading circuit. The signal input terminal receives an input signal. The first cascode amplifier circuit includes a first and a second input terminals and a first and a second output terminals. The first input terminal coupled to the signal input terminal receives the input signal. The second cascode amplifier circuit includes a third and a fourth input terminals and a third output terminal. The third input terminal is coupled to the first output terminal, and the third output terminal is coupled to the second input terminal. Two terminals of the capacitor are coupled to the fourth input terminal and the first output terminal respectively. A terminal of the loading circuit is coupled to the third output terminal, and another terminal of the loading circuit is coupled to the second output terminal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol sensing method. The aerosol sensing method includes steps of providing an entering process, providing a particle collecting process and providing a measuring process. The entering process is to allow an aerosol to enter a chamber of a thermal-piezoresistive oscillator-based aerosol sensor, and a thermal-piezoresistive resonator is disposed in the chamber. The particle collecting process is to allow particulate matters in the aerosol to land on at least one proof-mass of the thermal-piezoresistive resonator when the thermal-piezoresistive resonator is not driven. The measuring process is to use an electrical signal to drive the thermal-piezoresistive resonator and measure a resonant frequency of the thermal-piezoresistive resonator. The particle collecting process and the measuring process are operated in a repetitive cycle for measuring changes of the resonant frequency of the thermal-piezoresistive resonator to measure the particulate matters of the aerosol.

Abstract: A slim heat-dissipation module is provided. The slim heat-dissipation module includes a first plate, a second plate, a first porous structure, a second porous structure, a first fluid, and a second fluid. The second plate is combined with the first plate to form a first type chamber and a second type chamber, wherein the first type chamber and the second type chamber are sealed and independent, respectively. The first porous structure is disposed in the first type chamber. The second porous structure is disposed in the second type chamber. The first fluid is disposed in the first type chamber. The second fluid is disposed in the second type chamber.

Abstract: Systems and methods training a model are disclosed. In the method, training data is obtained by a deep neural network (DNN) first, the deep neural network comprising at least one hidden layer. Then features of the training data are obtained from a specified hidden layer of the at least one hidden layer, the specified hidden layer being connected respectively to a supervised classification network for classification tasks and an autoencoder based reconstruction network for reconstruction tasks.

Abstract: A centrifuge apparatus for separating blood components includes a centrifuge tube and a flow dividing mechanism, and the flow dividing mechanism is fixed at the bottom of the centrifuge tube. Moreover, the bottom of the centrifuge tube is further provided with a discharge hole. The flow dividing mechanism includes an adjustable flow divider valve and a flow guiding channel, and the adjustable flow divider valve is configured to adjust relative positions of the flow guiding channel and the discharge hole, thereby implementing flow division of blood components at the bottom layer of the centrifuge tube. The centrifuge apparatus can be used to manufacture platelet-rich plasma in a convenient and simple way, and can improve the clinical operation efficiency. Moreover, the centrifuge apparatus may completely avoid the possibility of introducing pollution into a sample during the manufacturing, thereby improving the preciseness and stability of manufacturing the platelet-rich plasma.

Abstract: A system for tracking cumulative motor vehicle risk includes a satellite navigation system receiver disposed within a motor vehicle and configured to determine a present location of the motor vehicle. A computer processor receives the determined present location of the motor vehicle from the satellite navigation system receiver and generates a traveled route therefrom. A first computer server receives a plurality of motor vehicle claims records, determines a plurality of motor vehicle accident locations from the plurality of motor vehicle claims records, and generates a motor vehicle accident heat map from the plurality of motor vehicle accident locations. A second computer server determines a cumulative risk exposure of the motor vehicle based on the generated traveled route and the generated motor vehicle accident heat map.

Abstract: A method according to the present invention includes predicting a vehicular route. GPS data of a vehicle's position on a road network is received. A digital map representing the road network is received. The digital map includes a plurality of partitioned regions. Each of the partitioned regions includes a plurality of geographic nodes. A starting node is selected. At least one partitioned region is selected based on a predetermined travel-time horizon of the vehicle from the starting node. Route simulation is performed between the plurality of geographic nodes of the selected at least one partitioned region and a plurality of potential future routes is generated. An actual route of the vehicle is detected. The actual route of the vehicle is compared with the plurality of potential future routes. A probability of the vehicle traveling along each potential future route is determined. A future route of the vehicle is predicted.

Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining vehicle operational data and driving context data from one or more monitoring systems, including converting the obtained vehicle operational data and driving context data into sequential vehicle operational feature data and sequential driving context feature data, calibrating the sequential vehicle operational feature data and the sequential driving context feature data temporally to form calibrated sequential vehicle operational feature data and calibrated sequential driving context feature data, constructing a sequence table of temporal sample points based on the calibrated sequential vehicle operational feature data and the calibrated sequential driving context feature data, feeding the sequence table into a deep neural network model for applying network learning to form a trained deep neural network model, extracting driving behavior features from the trained deep neural network model and analyzing the extracted driving behavior features to determine driving behavior char

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for obtaining a first route traversed by a target object, performing at least one prediction for a second route to be traversed by the target object based on the first route, the at least one prediction being performed with at least one of an object-specific prediction model, an object group-specific prediction model, and an object-independent prediction model, and determining, according to a decision rule, a prediction result of the second route based on the at least one prediction.

Abstract: A method according to the present invention includes predicting a vehicular route. GPS data of a vehicle's position on a road network is received. A digital map representing the road network is received. The digital map includes a plurality of partitioned regions. Each of the partitioned regions includes a plurality of geographic nodes. A starting node is selected. At least one partitioned region is selected based on a predetermined travel-time horizon of the vehicle from the starting node. Route simulation is performed between the plurality of geographic nodes of the selected at least one partitioned region and a plurality of potential future routes is generated. An actual route of the vehicle is detected. The actual route of the vehicle is compared with the plurality of potential future routes. A probability of the vehicle traveling along each potential future route is determined. A future route of the vehicle is predicted.

Abstract: A system, a computer readable storage medium, and a method for detecting insurance fraud or for comparing references use visual analytics-based techniques. The method can include identifying a scratch and a scratch location on a vehicle in a 3-dimensional rendering in comparison to a base image or in comparison to a stored image in a database, comparing one or more features of the scratch such as color features of the scratch in the scratch location in comparison to the scratch location or comparing one or more texture features of the scratch in the scratch location in comparison to the scratch location in the base image or the stored image. The method can further generate a similarity calculation based on the one or more comparisons for the scratch, the scratch location, the one or more scratch features of the scratch and presents a result in response to the similarity calculation.

Abstract: A vapor chamber is provided. The vapor chamber is adapted to be thermally connected to an electronic element. The vapor chamber includes a first member and a second member. The first member has a first heat transfer coefficient. The first member is connected to the electronic element. The second member has a second heat transfer coefficient. The second member is combined with the first member. The first member is located between the second member and the electronic element. The first heat transfer coefficient is greater than the second heat transfer coefficient.

Abstract: Embodiments are described for minimizing a wait time for a rider after sending a ride request for a vehicle. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving a ride request, the request being for travel from a starting location to a zone in a geographic region during a specified timeslot. The method further includes predicting travel demand based on a number of ride requests in the zone during the specified timeslot. The method further includes requesting transport of one or more vehicles to the zone in response to the predicted number of ride requests when the travel demand is predicted to exceed a number of vehicles in the zone during the specified timeslot.