Abstract: A method, applied to an electronic device comprising a camera and a temperature sensor, wherein the method comprises displaying a temperature measurement interface, receiving, from a user, a temperature measurement operation, measuring, in response to the temperature measurement operation and using the temperature sensor, a first temperature of a measured object, collecting, using the camera, a picture of the measured object, determining, based on the picture, a type of the measured object, matching, based on the type, a first temperature algorithm for the measured object, and determining, based on the first temperature and first algorithm, a second temperature of the measured object.

Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle thermal management system with cold start function, which includes a fuel cell stack, an electronic water pump, an electronic thermostat, a cold start heater, a first solenoid valve, a thermal management controller, and the air intake preheating heat exchangers. The electronic water pump, electronic thermostat, cold start heater, and the first solenoid valve are all electrically connected to the thermal management controller. The coolant outlet of the fuel cell stack is connected with the liquid inlet of the electronic water pump, and the liquid outlet of the electronic water pump is connected with the liquid inlet of the electronic thermostat and the liquid inlet of the first solenoid valve. The first liquid outlet of the electronic thermostat is connected with the liquid inlet of the cold start heater. The liquid outlet of the cold start heater is connected with the liquid inlet of the fuel cell stack.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active substance of Lactic Acid Bacteria, a composition comprising thereof and its use for promoting longevity, especially for increasing Cisd2 gene expression, reducing mitochondrial damage and delaying aging conditions such as nerve degeneration and sarcopenia.

Abstract: A grating displacement measuring device based on conical diffraction, including a laser diode configured to emit a measuring beam, a collimating lens, a polarizing beam splitter, a first reflecting mirror, a second reflecting mirror, a third reflecting mirror, a fourth reflecting mirror and a phase shift measuring unit. A grating displacement measuring method based on conical diffraction is also provided.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for managing operations of a semiconductor chip. In an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor chip that may comprise a temperature sensor, a thermal heater, a processor and thermal control logic. The thermal control logic may be configured to: determine that a first temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches a first temperature threshold value, turn on the thermal heater, determine that a second temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches a second temperature threshold value that is lower than the first temperature threshold value, suspend functions of the processor, determine that a third temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches the first temperature threshold value, resume the functions of the processor, determine that a fourth temperature read-out from the temperature sensor reaches a third temperature threshold value that is higher than the first temperature threshold value and turn off the thermal heater.

Abstract: A determination method for lip sticking force of cigarette tipping paper is provided. The artificial saliva is used to clamp the tipping paper and the artificial mouth skin that are bonded between two jigs, respectively. The two jigs move relative to each other. Force changes during the test are collected through a force sensor and a displacement sensor. The maximum debonding force obtained by the test is divided by the sticking area of the tipping paper and the artificial mouth skin to obtain the lip sticking force of the cigarette tipping paper per unit area. The present invention can accurately quantify the sticking force of the cigarette tipping paper to lips, can well avoid subjective factor influence and difference characterization brought by traditional personal sensory smoking evaluation, is more objective, efficient, has good repeatability, high sensitivity and simple operation.

Abstract: A delivery apparatus includes a sheath assembly, a tip, and a handle assembly. The sheath assembly includes an inner core tube, a push tube surrounding and receiving the inner core tube, and a sheath surrounding and receiving the push tube and capable of moving axially relative to the push tube. The tip is connected to the distal end of the inner core tube. The handle assembly is connected to the proximal end of the sheath. A tube cavity channel for the inner core tube to extend through is provided within the push tube. A guide wire channel also is provided in the push tube. A limiting mechanism is provided on the tip and is used for being detachably connected to a guide wire extending through the guide wire channel.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for electrical mirroring implemented by a storage controller in a non-volatile storage system. In one embodiment, a non-volatile storage system may comprise a plurality of non-volatile storage devices and a storage controller. The storage controller may be configured to perform an electrical mirroring configuration process comprising: determining a system topology of the non-volatile storage system and which targets are in mirrored non-volatile storage devices and setting respective register bits in the storage controller for all targets in all mirrored non-volatile storage devices of the plurality of non-volatile storage devices.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and storage medium for performing video coding are provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of image frames in a video sequence; determining a feature map for each of the plurality of image frames and determining an offset map based on the feature map; determining an aligned feature map by performing a temporal deformable convolution (TDC) on the feature map and the offset map; and generating a plurality of aligned frames based on the aligned feature map.

Abstract: A pruning method of neural network based video coding of a current block of a picture of a video sequence is performed by at least one processor and includes categorizing parameters of a neural network into groups, setting a first index to indicate that a first group of the groups is to be pruned, and a second index to indicate that a second group of the groups is not to be pruned, and transmitting, to a decoder, the set first index and the set second index. Based on the transmitted first index and the transmitted second index, the current block is processed using the parameters of which the first group of the groups is pruned.

Abstract: A method of unification based coding for neural network model compression is performed by at least one processor and includes receiving a layer uniform flag indicating whether a quantized weight of an input neural network is encoded using a uniform coding method, and determining whether the quantized weight is encoded using the uniform coding method, based on the received layer uniform flag. The method further includes, based on the quantized weight being determined to be encoded using the uniform coding method, encoding the quantized weight, using the uniform coding method, and based on the quantized weight being determined to not be encoded using the uniform coding method, encoding the quantized weight, using a non-uniform coding method.

Abstract: A method of quantization, adaptive block partitioning and codebook coding for neural network model compression, is performed by at least one processor and includes determining a saturated maximum value of a multi-dimensional tensor in a layer of a neural network, and a bit depth corresponding to the saturated maximum value, and clipping weight coefficients in the multi-dimensional tensor to be within a range of the saturated maximum value. The method further includes quantizing the clipped weight coefficients, based on the bit depth, and transmitting, to a decoder, a layer header including the bit depth.

Abstract: A method of block-wise neural image compression with post filtering is performed by at least one processor of an encoder and includes encoding a block of an input image, using a first neural network, wherein the encoded block is decoded by a decoder using a second neural network to generate a reconstructed block, and performing intra-prediction on the reconstructed block, using a third neural network, to generate a predicted block. The method further includes determining a difference between the block of the input image and the generated predicted block, to generate a prediction residual, encoding the generated prediction residual, using a fourth neural network, wherein the encoded prediction residual is decoded by the decoder using a fifth neural network, and adding the decoded prediction residual to the generated predicted block, to generate a recovered predicted block.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for encoding and decoding video data. Video data in a first resolution and a quality of the video data are received. One or more first weight coefficients of first layers a neural network and one or more binary masks for the one or more first weight coefficients are generated. One or more second weight coefficients of second layers of the neural network are generated based on the received quality of the video data. The video data is decoded in a second resolution by performing a convolution on the received video data in the first resolution using the generated one or more first weight coefficients that are masked by the generated one or more binary masks and using the generated one or more second weight coefficients.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for temperature assisted non-volatile storage device management in a non-volatile storage system. In one embodiment, a non-volatile storage system may comprise a temperature sensor, a non-volatile storage device and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain a read-out from the temperature sensor, generate a predicted real-time on-die temperature for the non-volatile storage device based on the read-out, generate an estimated threshold voltage for reading data stored in the non-volatile storage device based on the predicted real-time on-die temperature and conduct a local sweep of a reference voltage using the estimated threshold voltage as a starting point to obtain a final read reference voltage with a minimum read bit error rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prediction model for a lip sticking force of a cigarette tipping paper, a construction method and a prediction method thereof, which belongs to the technical field of analysis and detection. In the method, the stepwise regression analysis is performed on the lip sticking force and values of the dynamic friction coefficient and the grammage of the cigarette tipping paper to obtain a model for predicting the lip sticking force of the cigarette tipping paper. When checking the accuracy of the model, it is found that the predicted value and the measured value basically fall near the 1:1 line, R2 index is 0.99, and the normalized root mean square error (nRMSE) is 2.64%. The present invention provides a method capable of quickly and simply quantifying a sticking force of the cigarette tipper paper to lips.

Abstract: A method of three-dimensional (3D)-Tree coding for neural network model compression, is performed by at least one processor, and includes reshaping a four-dimensional (4D) parameter tensor of a neural network into a 3D parameter tensor of the neural network, the 3D parameter tensor comprising a convolution kernel size, an input feature size, and an output feature size, partitioning the 3D parameter tensor along a plane that is formed by the input feature size and the output feature size into 3D coding tree units (CTU3Ds), partitioning each of the CTU3Ds into a plurality of 3D coding units (CU3Ds) recursively until a predetermined depth, using a quad-tree, and constructing a 3D tree for each of the plurality of CU3Ds, wherein the 3D tree for each of the plurality of CU3Ds is a 3D-Unitree.

Abstract: An intervention guidance device (10) includes a main body portion (100) and a guidance portion (200). The guidance portion (200) has a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the guidance portion (200) has a central area (201) and a closed outer edge (202). In the contracted configuration, the outer edge (202) is farther away from the main body portion (100) than the central area (201), and the guidance portion (200) is restorable from the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration. In the intervention guidance device (10), the radial dimension of the guidance portion (200) is larger than the distance between the chordae tendineae, so that an effective access path that does not cross the chordae tendineae can be established, the subsequent implantation of a heart valve prosthesis does not pass through the chordae tendineae, and the success rate of a heart valve prosthesis implantation surgery can be improved.

Abstract: A method of multi-scale neural image compression with intra-prediction residuals is performed by at least one processor and includes downsampling an input image, generating a current predicted image, based on a previously-recovered predicted image, and generating a prediction residual based on a difference between the downsampled input image and the generated current predicted image. The method further includes encoding the generated prediction residual, decoding the encoded prediction residual, and generating a currently-recovered predicted image based on an addition of the current predicted image and the decoded prediction residual. The method further includes upsampling the currently-recovered predicted image, generating a scale residual based on a difference between the input image and the upsampled currently-recovered predicted image, and encoding the scale residual.

Abstract: A conveyor and a conveyor system are provided. The conveyor comprises a lumen assembly and a self-locking mechanism connected to the lumen assembly, wherein the lumen assembly comprises an inner core tube, a recovery sheath movably surrounding the inner core tube, and an outer sheath movably surrounding the recovery sheath; the self-locking mechanism is connected to the recovery sheath; and the outer sheath can move relative to the inner core tube in an axial direction of the conveyor. The self-locking mechanism has a self-locked state and an unlocked state, wherein when the self-locking mechanism is in the unlocked state, the recovery sheath can move relative to the inner core tube in the axial direction of the conveyor; and when the self-locking mechanism is in the self-locked state, the recovery sheath maintains stationary relative to the inner core tube.