Abstract: A system and a method offset the effect of a reduced load current on a power factor controller connected to a DC-to-DC converter having a switching DC-to-AC inverter driving an output rectifier that produces the load current. A frequency-dependent load impedance is coupled to the output of the inverter. The frequency-dependent load impedance is configured to have a first impedance when the inverter is operating at the minimum operating frequency. The frequency-dependent load impedance has a second impedance when the inverter is operating at the maximum operating frequency. The second impedance is lower than the first impedance and produces a dummy load current that is added to the actual load current to provide a sufficient total load current to cause the power factor controller to operate in a continuous mode even when the actual load current is insufficient to cause the power factor controller to operate in a continuous mode.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for optimizing convolution filters. Generally, embodiments may determine, based on an analysis of a plurality of values of a convolution filter, an optimization operation to optimize at least one value of the plurality of values of the convolution filter. Embodiments may perform the optimization operation on the values of the convolution filter to generate an optimized convolution filter. Embodiments may also perform a convolution operation by a convolution logic based on the optimized convolution filter and an input data.

Abstract: A high-formability and super-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and a manufacturing method thereof. The weight percentage of its components is: C 0.15-0.25%, Si 1.00-2.00%, Mn 1.50-3.00%, P?0.015%, S?0.012%, Al 0.03-0.06%, N?0.008%, and the rest are Fe and inevitable impurities. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: 1) smelting and casting; 2) heating to 1170˜1230° C. and performing thermal insulation; 3) performing hot rolling, the finish rolling temperature being 880±30° C., and coiling at 550˜650° C.; and 4) performing acid washing, cold rolling, and annealing, the cold rolling reduction being 40-60%, annealing at 860-920° C., and performing slow cooling to 690-750° C. with the cooling rate of 3˜10° C./s; performing rapid cooling at 240˜320° C., with the cooling speed ?50° C./s, then heating to 360˜460° C., and performing thermal insulation for 100˜500 s to cool to the room temperature at last.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices are disclosed for generating smart notes for a meeting based on participant actions and machine learning. One method including: receiving meeting data from a plurality of participant devices participating in an online meeting; continuously generating text data based on the received audio data from each participant device of the plurality of participant devices; iteratively performing the following steps until receiving meeting data for the meeting has ended, the steps including: receiving an indication that a predefined action has occurred on the first participating device; generating a participant segment of the meeting data for at least the first participant device from a first predetermined time before when the predefined action occurred to when the predefined action occurred; determining whether the receiving meeting data of the meeting has ended; and generating a summary of the meeting.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a terahertz metamaterial. The terahertz metamaterial includes a substrate and an electromagnetic loss resonant ring structure disposed on the substrate, where an electromagnetic modulation function is realized on a terahertz band by adjusting different structural sizes and square resistance of the electromagnetic loss resonant ring structure. In the present invention, the electromagnetic loss resonant ring structure is disposed on the substrate, and the electromagnetic modulation function is realized on the terahertz band by adjusting the different structural sizes and square resistance of the electromagnetic loss resonant ring structure, thereby simplifying processing steps of a terahertz device, reducing a processing cost, and enabling a terahertz technology to be widely used in the field of electromagnetic communications.

Abstract: A thin-film piezoelectric material substrate includes an insulator on Si substrate and a thin-film laminated part. The insulator on Si substrate has a substrate for deposition made of silicon and an insulating layer formed on a surface of the substrate for deposition. The thin-film laminated part is formed on a top surface of the insulating layer. The thin-film laminated part has a YZ seed layer including yttrium and zirconium, and formed on the top surface; a lower electrode film laminated on the YZ seed layer; a piezoelectric material film made of lead zirconate titanate, shown by general formula Pb(ZrxTi(1-x))O3, and formed on the lower electrode film; and an upper electrode film laminated on the piezoelectric material film.

Abstract: A system and a method for imaging a surface defect on an object are provided. The system includes an actuator, a sensor assembly connected to the actuator, and a processor configured to control the actuator and the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes at least one sensor configured to capture at least one image of the object. The processor is configured to control the actuator and the sensor assembly to identify the actuator and the sensor assembly, a region of a region of interest associated with the surface defect using an using an image of the object and to repeatedly identify at least one subsequent region of interest associated with the surface defect using at least a preceding region of interest such that the surface defect is identified according to a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: An LED driver is provided having a gate drive integrated circuit with an adaptive operating mode which operates between a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The gate drive integrated circuit is designed to primarily operate in the first operating mode which includes a predetermined minimum on-time and a predetermined maximum off-time for enabling and disabling gate drive signals to a switch, respectively. The second operating mode begins at the minimum on-time and the maximum off-time. The LED driver further includes a controller configured to monitor an on-time and an off-time of the gate drive signals. The controller is further configured responsive to the second operating mode to fix the on-time equal to the predetermined minimum on-time and to continually adjust the off-time greater than or equal to the maximum off-time.

Abstract: A heat dissipation system, comprising: (a) an electronic device comprising a heat source, wherein the heat source transmits heat to a second component or an external surface of the device; (b) a heat-conducting layer being positioned such that one of its major surfaces is in operative contact with the heat source such that it is interposed between the heat source and the second component or the external surface. The heat-conducting layer comprises at least one graphene oxide-coated graphitic foil laminate which thermally shields the second component or the external surface from heat generated by the heat source, and wherein the laminate is composed of a graphitic substrate/core layer with at least one primary surface coated with a graphene oxide coating layer. This graphene oxide-coated laminate exhibits a combination of exceptional thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, surface hardness, and scratch resistance, making this the most effective heat dissipation system.

Abstract: A method for assessing blood vessel stenosis using image data of a subject is disclosed. The image data represents a vascular structure of the subject. The method comprises: (a) segmenting, from the image data, a vessel segment representing a segment of a blood vessel, (b) obtaining, using the image data, a plurality of two-dimensional images of the vessel segment; said plurality of two-dimensional images representing respective cross-sections of the vessel segment, (c) identifying, for each of the plurality of two-dimensional images, a lumen area comprising lumen pixels representing a lumen of the corresponding cross-section, (d) obtaining a quantitative measure using the lumen areas of successive cross-sections of the vessel segment, and (e) assessing blood vessel stenosis using the quantitative measure. A computer system for performing the above method is disclosed.

Abstract: A connector assembly suppresses electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by electronic circuitry on a printed circuit board (PCB). The connector assembly includes a plurality of conductive through-holes on the PCB, a connector, and a magnetic collar. The plurality of conductive through-holes are electrically connected to the electronic circuitry on the PCB. The connector has a plurality of terminal pins extending from a connector surface. The plurality of terminal pins and conductive through-holes may be aligned. The terminal pins are positioned through the conductive through-holes to electrically connect the terminals pins to the electronic circuitry. The magnetic collar surrounds the connector. The magnetic collar may also abut the PCB. The magnetic collar suppresses EMI on voltages propagating through the connector.

Abstract: A connector assembly suppresses electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by electronic circuitry on a printed circuit board (PCB). Certain embodiments of the connector assembly include common features such as conductive through-holes on the PCB, and a connector having terminal pins positionable through the conductive through-holes. The first embodiment includes a magnetic wafer positionable between the connector and the PCB. The second embodiment includes a plurality of stackable magnetic wafers positionable in a stack between the connector and the PCB. The third embodiment includes a magnetic cup wafer positionable between the connector and the PCB. The fourth embodiment, combines the cup wafer with the stackable magnetic wafers of the second and third embodiments. Each magnetic wafer includes wafer holes for the terminal pins to pass through. The magnetic wafers are configured to increase inductance and provide effective EMI noise suppression.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an epitaxial thin film piezoelectric element includes: providing a substrate; forming a bottom electrode layer on the substrate by epitaxial growth process; forming a first piezoelectric layer that has c-axis orientation on the bottom electrode layer by epitaxial growth process; forming a second piezoelectric layer that has c-axis orientation and different phase structure from the first piezoelectric layer on the first piezoelectric layer by epitaxial growth process; and forming a top electrode layer on the second piezoelectric layer. The thin film piezoelectric element has good thermal stability, low temperature coefficient and high piezoelectric constant.

Abstract: An LED driver is configured to minimize power consumption during standby operating modes. The LED driver includes power factor correction (PFC) and isolated DC-DC conversion stages, driven by respective first and second regulators. An auxiliary sensor detects environmental conditions for a controller which generates standby or normal operating mode signals based thereon. A low standby isolated power supply circuit receives operating mode signals and is configured: responsive to normal operating mode signals to enable the voltage regulators; responsive to standby mode signals to disable the voltage regulators, and in both modes to supply power to the controller and auxiliary sensor. Accordingly, the controller and auxiliary sensor are continuously enabled whereas the PFC and DC-DC stages of the LED driver are disabled during standby modes. Additional circuitry may selectively disconnect voltage sensing resistance networks from the LED driver for further reductions in power consumption during standby mode.

Abstract: A device may include a first photodetector to generate a first current based on an optical power of an optical beam. The device may include a beam splitter to split a portion of the optical beam into a first beam and a second beam. The device may include a wavelength filter to filter the first beam and the second beam. The wavelength filter may filter the second beam differently than the first beam based on a difference between an optical path length of the first beam and an optical path length of the second beam through the wavelength filter. The device may include second and third photodetectors to respectively receive, after the wavelength filter, the first beam and the second beam and to generate respective second currents.

Abstract: A unitary graphene layer or graphene single crystal containing closely packed and chemically bonded parallel graphene planes having an inter-graphene plane spacing of 0.335 to 0.40 nm and an oxygen content of 0.01% to 10% by weight, which unitary graphene layer or graphene single crystal is obtained from heat-treating a graphene oxide gel at a temperature higher than 100° C., wherein the average mis-orientation angle between two graphene planes is less than 10 degrees, more typically less than 5 degrees. The molecules in the graphene oxide gel, upon drying and heat-treating, are chemically interconnected and integrated into a unitary graphene entity containing no discrete graphite flake or graphene platelet. This graphene monolith exhibits a combination of exceptional thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, surface smoothness, surface hardness, and scratch resistance unmatched by any thin-film material of comparable thickness range.

Abstract: An LED illuminating device (100), comprising a base (2), a bulb (3) mounted on the base (2), and a lighting module (1) received in the bulb (3), wherein the lighting module (1) comprises a first lighting assembly (11), the first lighting assembly (11) comprises a plurality of lighting bodies (111), wherein the first lighting bodies (111) have a linear shape and are configured to emit light in a direction away from an optical axis of the LED illuminating device (100), characterized in that the lighting module (1) further comprises a second lighting assembly (12), wherein the second lighting assembly (12) is configured to emit light at least in the direction of the optical axis.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method reduce the ripple on a load current through an LED load. The load current is provided by a flyback converter, which is responsive to a feedback signal to maintain the output current at or near a selected magnitude. The LED load has an AC resistance which is at least one cause of the ripple on the load current. A stabilizing resistor in the current path to the LED load reduces the magnitude of the ripple caused by the AC resistance. The stabilizing resistor may have a constant stabilizing resistance value for different LED loads; or the stabilizing resistor have a dynamic stabilizing resistance value such that the stabilizing resistance value is greater when the LED load has fewer LEDs and is smaller when the LED load has more LEDs.

Abstract: A system includes: a first module configured to receive a video image and to record image sections of the video image corresponding to touch event locations; a second module configured to determine foreground color information and background color information of each image section based on a comparison of the image sections of the video image; and a third module configured to output overlay information based on the foreground color information and the background color information.

Abstract: A driver circuit provides power from a power source to a load. The driver circuit includes a surge protector, an input stage (e.g., full wave rectifier), a controller, an overvoltage protection circuit, and an output stage (e.g., a half bridge inverter). The input stage receives power from the power source and provides a direct current (DC) power rail. The controller operates the output stage to provide power from the DC power rail to the load. The overvoltage protection circuit shuts down the controller when the DC power rail exceeds a predetermined voltage. This ceases operation of the output stage, protecting the output stage from damage while the DC power rail is above the predetermined voltage.