Abstract: A refrigerating and freezing device and an aging device thereof. The aging device comprises: an inner housing defining an aging chamber; an outer housing, at least part of the circumferential side wall of the outer housing and at least part of the circumferential side wall of the inner housing being spaced apart to form an air supply channel, and the air supply channel being communicated with the aging chamber by means of a plurality of air supply ports disposed in the circumferential side wall of the inner housing; and a circulating fan, configured to controllably drive airflow in the air supply channel to flow to the aging chamber by means of the air supply ports. The plurality of air supply ports are arranged on the circumferential side wall of the inner housing in a manner of becoming gradually dense from top to bottom.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that track a state of a user's eye (e.g., position/orientation, gaze direction accommodation, pupil dilation, etc.) using coherence-based measurement (e.g., optical coherence tomography (OCT)). The coherence-based measurement may provide sub-surface information, e.g., depth, cross section, or a volumetric model of the eye, based on reflections/scattering of light (e.g., using relatively long wavelength light to penetrate into the eye tissue).

Abstract: A light emitter that operates through a display may cause display artifacts, even when the light emitter operates using non-visible wavelengths. Display artifacts caused by a light emitter that operates through a display may be referred to as emitter artifacts. To mitigate emitter artifacts, operating conditions for a display frame may be used to determine an optimal firing time for the light emitter during that display frame. The operating conditions used to determine the optimal firing time may include emitter operating conditions, display content statistics, display brightness, temperature, and refresh rate. Operating conditions from one or more previous frames may be stored in a frame buffer and may be used to help determine the optimal firing time for the light emitter during a display frame. Pixel values for the display may be modified to mitigate emitter artifacts.

Abstract: A multi-channel SMI sensor includes an emitter configured to emit light having different polarizations and a polarization-selective lens for directing light having different polarizations towards different locations. The multi-channel SMI sensor is configured to measure physical phenomena at two different locations with a small footprint.

Abstract: A light emitter that operates through a display may cause display artifacts, even when the light emitter operates using non-visible wavelengths. To determine whether the light emitter has caused these artifacts, a display light sensor under the display may measure backside light leakage from the display. Based on the measured backside light leakage, the display light sensor or control circuitry may determine whether artifacts in the display exceed a predetermined acceptable artifact range. If the artifacts exceed this range, the artifacts may be mitigated. To mitigate the artifacts, the light emitter and/or the display may be adjusted. For example, the timing and/or dosage of the light emitter, the acceptable artifact range, and/or the timing of display content may be adjusted. In this way, the display light sensor may be used to form a closed-loop system to determine whether artifacts are present in the display and to mitigate those artifacts.

Abstract: First and second parts of an optical component may be spatially separated and not electrically connected. A passive side may contain an optical element. An active side may contain a light-emitting device. To detect damage to the optical element, passive side circuitry that is associated with the optical element may monitor a fail-safe resistor on the optical element for changes in resistance. The circuitry may use a passive side near-field communications antenna to transmit information such as information on the fail-safe resistor to active side circuitry that is associated with the light-emitting device using near-field communications. The active side circuitry can receive the transmitted information using an active side near-field communications antenna and can adjust the light-emitting device accordingly. The active side circuitry can also monitor the active side near-field communications antenna to detect when the passive side and active side antennas have been moved apart.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for mounting a display on a wall. The system may include at least one hanger assembly arranged in a vertical direction. The hanger assembly includes a hook assembly configured to engage a wall panel and a movable hanger configured to slidably engage with the hook assembly such that the movable hanger slides in a vertical direction. The system may further include an adjustment assembly having at least one adjustment component and an adjustment actuator. The adjustment component includes an abutment surface configured to slidably engage with a support surface of the hook assembly. The adjustment actuator engages the at least one adjustment component such that the adjustment actuator translates in a direction transverse to the vertical direction to drive the adjustment component to also translate in the transverse direction relative to the movable hanger and the movable hanger to translate in the vertical direction.

Abstract: Configurations for a beam deflector metasurface are disclosed. The beam deflector metasurface may include beam deflectors arranged in a repeating, radial pattern of concentric zones. The beam deflector metasurface may be a large area, high numerical aperture metasurface optic with high efficiency when directing light at non-normal angles of incidence. The different concentric zones may direct received light in varying directions with various steepness of angles. The beam deflectors may include pillars that may be the same or different width, height, or shape. The pillars may function as diffractive gratings and the cross-coupling between the pillars may direct the output light. The zones of the beam deflector metasurface may allow for diffusing hot spots and spreading the light evenly over the target area. The beam deflector metasurface may be used for non-imaging applications where the deterioration of focus allows for better efficiency at non-normal input and output angles of incidence.

Abstract: A microstructured passage module for aerosolizer is disclosed. The module includes a plate overlaid by a cover, an entrance, an exit, a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of pillars. The protrusions and pillars project from and are integral parts of the plate. Further, the plate can be divided into a first zone proximate to the entrance and a second zone proximate to the exit. The protrusions are arranged into parallel rows in a direction from the entrance to the exit and form parallel passages therebetween in the first zone for the liquid to flow along. The protrusions in each column are spaced from one another by tunnels. The pillars are interposingly disposed in the second zone and define certain channels therebetween. Moreover, a plurality of pillars further disposed in the passages increase a flow resistance for the liquid flowing through the passages.

Abstract: An ion guide includes electrodes elongated along an axis from an entrance end to an exit end and spaced around the axis to surround an interior. The electrodes have polygonal shapes with inside surfaces disposed at a radius from the axis and having an electrode width tangential to a circle inscribed by the electrodes. An aspect ratio of the electrode width to the radius varies along the axis. The electrodes are configured to generate a two-dimensional RF electrical field in the interior having a multipole composition comprising one or more lower-order multipole components and one or more higher-order multipole components and varying along the axis in accordance with the varying aspect ratio, and having an RF voltage amplitude that varies along the axis.

Abstract: A navigation display assembly includes a display unit which has a pair of clamps that can releasably engage a visor in a vehicle to position the display unit in front of a driver of the vehicle. The display unit includes a first panel extending downwardly from the display unit and a second panel hingedly coupled to the display unit. The second panel is positionable at an adjustable angle with respect to the first panel and the display unit projects an image onto the second panel. In this way the second panel reflects the image onto the first panel to facilitate the driver to view the image without taking their eyes off of the road while driving.

Abstract: A humanized anti-neurotensin receptor 1 (NTSR1) antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. Also, a method for treating, prophylactic treating and/or preventing diseases and/or disorders caused by or related to NTSR1 activity and/or signaling, and a method or kit for detecting NTSR1 in a sample.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device may include a first set of distributed Bragg reflective (DBR) layers, a second set of DBR layers, a gain region, and an enclosure layer between the gain region and the second set of DBR layers. In some cases, the enclosure layer defines a non-limiting mode oxide aperture. The optoelectronic device may also include a high contrast grating (HCG) mirror element disposed on a side of the second set of DBR layers. In some cases, the HCG mirror element has a first reflection coefficient that is greater than a second reflection coefficient of the second set of DBR layers. Another optoelectronic device may include a photonic crystal (PhC) mirror layer and a gain region disposed between the PhC mirror layer and a set of DBR layers.

Abstract: A refrigerating and freezing device including a cabinet, and an aging device for aging a to-be-aged material therein is provided in the cabinet. The aging device includes an outer housing and an inner housing provided in the outer housing, and an aging chamber for accommodating the to-be-aged material is defined in the inner housing; two transverse sides of the inner housing and two transverse sides of the outer housing are arranged at intervals to form two longitudinally extending air supply channels, and the air supply channels are communicated with the aging chamber through air supply ports formed in two transverse side plates of the inner housing. The aging device further includes a circulating fan for driving air flow in the two air supply channels to flow into the aging chamber through the air supply ports.

Abstract: A ripening compartment for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same. The ripening compartment for a refrigerator includes a drawer provided in a cabinet of the refrigerator in a drawable mode, an upper end of the drawer being open to form a top opening for taking and placing foods, and a rear wall plate of the drawer including an air outlet and an air return port; an upper cover plate provided above the drawer, and closing the top opening of the drawer and defining a ripening space together with the drawer when the drawer is completely pushed into the cabinet; and an air flow circulation assembly provided on a rear side of the rear wall plate of the drawer and prompting air flow to enter the ripening space through the air outlet and be blown out from the air return port.

Abstract: A frequency hopping communication method for short-distance wireless communication between a primary device and a secondary device comprises switching by the primary device from the second frequency hopping sequence to the first frequency hopping sequence at a time point of frequency hopping switching, wherein M reserved channels are between a first frequency hopping sequence and a second frequency hopping sequence; and performing frequency hopping communication with the secondary device based on the first frequency hopping sequence.

Abstract: A humanized anti-neurotensin receptor 1 (NTSR1) antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. Also, a method for treating, prophylactic treating and/or preventing diseases and/or disorders caused by or related to NTSR1 activity and/or signaling, and a method or kit for detecting NTSR1 in a sample.

Abstract: A computer implemented method handles object references. A computer system determines whether an object reference fetched by a load instruction has an expected value for heap protection for a heap in response to receiving the load instruction for execution. The computer system generates an event in response to the object reference not being the expected value, wherein the event is used to manage the object reference. According to other illustrative embodiments, a computer system and a computer program product for managing object references are provided. As a result, the illustrative embodiments can prevent a load instruction from loading an invalid object reference that does not point to a memory location in a heap.