Abstract: A method for summarizing a document is provided. A concept is detected for each sentence in said document. Relevance measures between the sentences are computed according to the detected concepts. And then a concept-aware graph is constructed, wherein a node in said graph represents a sentence in the document and an edge between two nodes represents a relevance measure between these two sentences.

Abstract: A storage aware memory controller and method for managing a physical storage system. A described controller includes: a system for mapping physical memory space into a memory region and a storage region; a system for applying different error protections schemes, in which a fine-grained memory fault tolerance scheme is applied to data in the memory region and a course-grained memory fault tolerance scheme is applied to data in the storage region; and an in-memory storage filesystem that compresses and stores individual pages of data in the storage region, wherein each page of data is compressed into a set of codewords that are codeword aligned such that no codeword shares compressed data from different pages, and wherein the in-memory storage filesystem stores a compression-aware logical block address (CA-LBA) for each page of data.

Abstract: A storage aware memory controller for managing a physical storage system. A described controller: a system for mapping physical memory space into a memory region and a storage region; a system for applying different error protections schemes, in which a fine-grained memory fault tolerance scheme is applied to data in the memory region and a course-grained memory fault tolerance scheme is applied to data in the storage region; and a storage file system that includes a mapping table for mapping logical addresses to physical addresses for data stored in the storage region.

Abstract: A system and method for processing an image of a retail shelf area. According to one aspect, a portion of an image that depicts the retail shelf area at an angled and depthwise perspective is determined to depict shelves. The image can be modified so that the portion of the image determined to depict shelves is substantially parallel to a predefined horizontal reference frame. Products can then be detected in the remainder portion of the image, separate from the portion of the image determined to depict shelves. An applicable planogram can be used to generate compliance information based on the detected products and the determined portion of the image depicting shelves.

Abstract: A system and method of providing direct data access between a non-volatile cache and a set of storage devices in a computing system. A system is disclosed that includes: a processing core embedded in a controller card that controls a non-volatile cache system; and a direct access manager for directing the processing core, wherein the direct access manager includes: a switch configuration system that includes logic to control a switch for either a direct access mode or a CPU access mode, wherein the switch couples each of the storage devices, a local bus, and the non-volatile cache system; a command output system that includes logic to output data transfer commands; and a data transfer system that includes logic to manage the flow of data directly between the non-volatile memory and the set of storage devices; and an arbitrator that arbitrates data traffic flow through the switch.

Abstract: A method for controlling an aerial system, including: receiving a video, selecting a region of the video, controlling a touch-sensitive display to display the region of the video, receiving a drag input from the touch-sensitive display, receiving a second video, selecting a second region of the second video based on the drag input, controlling the touch-sensitive display to display the second region of the second video, and moving the aerial system based on the drag input.

Abstract: A system and method of providing error tolerant memory access operations on a memory device. A method is disclosed including: providing location information of weak memory cells, wherein the location information includes addresses grouped into tiered sets, wherein each tiered set includes addresses having a number of weak memory cells; receiving a target address for a memory read operation; reading data from a virtual repair memory if the target address belongs to a first tiered set of addresses having a number of weak memory cells exceeding a threshold; and if the target address does not belong the first tiered set of addresses, reading data from the memory device and alternatively performing (a) an error correction and error detection (ECED) operation and (b) a target address look up operation, at different settings, until an error free result is obtained.

Abstract: A method for controlling an aerial system with a rotor enclosed by a housing, including: operating the rotor in a flight mode, detecting a grab event indicative of the aerial system being grabbed, and automatically operating the rotor in a standby mode. A method for controlling an aerial system including a central axis extending normal to a lateral plane of the aerial system, including: generating a first aerodynamic force with a set of rotors enclosed by a housing, detecting that an acute angle between the central axis and a gravity vector is greater than a threshold angle, and operating each rotor of the set of rotors to cooperatively generate a second aerodynamic force less than the first aerodynamic force with the set of rotors.

Abstract: A method and a device for retrieving an unmanned aerial vehicle by a hand and an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method includes: detecting a state parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle in real time; determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is disturbed by a hand according to the state parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle; and controlling a rotor wing of the unmanned aerial vehicle to stop rotation if it is determined that the unmanned aerial vehicle is disturbed by the hand. The unmanned aerial vehicle is retrieved directly by the hand without using a remote control device.

Abstract: A method and a device for flying an unmanned aerial vehicle in a handheld manner and an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method includes: judging whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is triggered to enter a flight standby state; determining whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is in a handheld flat-laying state for a predetermined time period when it enters the flight standby state; and comparing a state parameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle with the state parameter thereof at a previous time instant to judge whether it is released when it is in the handheld flat-laying state, and controlling its rotor wing to rotate for flight when the unmanned aerial vehicle is released. The method is easy to implement, the elimination of the remote control results in a cost saving and the user does not need to operate the remote control.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide circuits for generating high accuracy millimeter wave or radio frequency (RF) wideband in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) oscillating signals having acceptable amplitude and phase mismatch over process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations with reduced cost, area, and power consumption. In one example apparatus, a polyphase filter having a first stage and a second stage is provided. Each stage comprises resistive elements and capacitive elements. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide for intentional resistive and/or capacitive value mismatch between the resistive or capacitive values of one or multiple stages such that the phase mismatch between the resulting I and Q signals may be reduced without degrading the amplitude mismatch. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide for replacing the resistive elements in at least one stage with transistors operating in the triode region, where the on-resistance is controlled by a feedback network.

Abstract: A method for generating a list of recommended merchants based on an input merchant is provided. The method uses a recommender computing device. The method includes receiving an input merchant identifier, retrieving a first electronic data signal based on the input merchant identifier including historical transaction data of the input merchant including historical payment transactions initiated by candidate cardholders with the input merchant, and storing a list of the candidate cardholders. The method further includes retrieving a second electronic data signal that includes historical transaction data for at least some of the candidate cardholders included in the list of candidate cardholders and a candidate merchant identifier that identifies the candidate merchants, generating a list of candidate merchants from the second data signal including a ranking of the candidate merchants, and generating a list of recommended merchants based on the list of candidate merchants.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for systems, devices, and methods effective to operate a memory device. A memory controller may compress initial data to produce compressed data. The memory controller may select a storage block in the memory device. The memory controller may identify one or more positions of defective cells in the selected storage block. The memory controller may manipulate the compressed data based on the identified one or more positions to produce manipulated data. The memory controller may store the manipulated data in the selected storage block.

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of electrically conductive layers and insulating layers located over a substrate, an array of memory stack structures. A source conductive line structure is provided between the substrate and the alternating stack. The source conductive line structure includes a plurality of parallel conductive rail structures extending along a same horizontal direction and adjoined to a common conductive straddling structure. Each memory stack structure straddles a vertical interface between a conductive rail structure and a support matrix. A semiconductor channel in each memory stack structure contacts a respective conductive rail structure and the support matrix.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a shift register, a driving method and a gate driving circuit. In an embodiment, the shift register includes: a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eighth transistor, a ninth transistor, a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor. The shift register is driven by the cooperation of the respective transistors. In the case that the shift register is applied in the gate driving circuit to implement a line-by-line scanning, shift registers corresponding to two adjacent pixel rows are cascaded directly and no inverters are provided following the shift registers corresponding to the respective pixel rows, thereby decreasing the number of transistors in the gate driving circuit, reducing the layout area of the gate driving circuit, and being advantageous for narrowing the border.

Abstract: An inverter, a driving circuit, and a display panel are provided. The inverter comprises first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth transistors, and first and second capacitors. The first transistor has a gate electrode connected with an initial signal input terminal, and a drain electrode connected with a source electrode of the sixth transistor. The second transistor has a drain electrode connected with a first clock signal input terminal. The fifth transistor has a source electrode connected with an output terminal. The sixth transistor has a drain electrode connected with a gate electrode of the fifth transistor. A gate electrode of the second transistor is controlled in such a way to prevent reverse conduction of the second transistor, the second capacitor is configured to maintain an electrical potential at the gate electrode of the fifth transistor, and the initial signal and the output signal are inverse to each other.

Abstract: A communications apparatus, a base station, and a communications method. The communications apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: group users in a 3D beam-forming space of a current cell into multiple space user groups; determine group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell; notify a neighbor cell of the group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell to assist inter-cell interference coordination, wherein the current cell is configured with an antenna array having multiple physical antennas to achieve 3D beam-forming.

Abstract: A first stack of alternating layers including first electrically insulating layers and first sacrificial material layers is formed with first stepped surfaces. First memory openings can be formed in a device region outside of the first stepped surfaces, and first support openings can be formed through the first stepped surfaces. The first memory openings and the first support openings can be filled with a sacrificial fill material. A second stack of alternating layers including second electrically insulating layers and second sacrificial material layers can be formed over the first stack. Inter-stack memory openings including the first memory openings can be formed in the device region, and inter-stack support openings including the first support openings can be formed in a steppes surface region. Memory stack structures and support pillar structure are simultaneously formed in the inter-stack memory openings and the inter-stack support openings, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a pixel compensation circuit and method for an organic light emitting display. The circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a driving transistor, a capacitor, and an organic light emitting element. The first transistor transmits a data signal to a first plate of the capacitor; the second transistor applies a reference voltage to the first plate of the capacitor; the driving transistor determines a magnitude of a driving current; the third transistor establishes a connection between the gate electrode and the drain electrode of the driving transistor; the fourth transistor passes the driving current from the driving transistor to the organic light emitting element; and the organic light emitting element emits light in response to the driving current.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described herein for using data from recent consumer purchase transactions to indicate a comparative level of current interest for each among a number of colleges.