Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, processes, and computer-readable media to capture images. A method of processing image data includes determining a first region of interest (ROI) in an image. The first ROI is associated with a first object. The method can include determining one or more image characteristics of the first ROI. The method can further include determining whether to perform an upsampling process on image data in the first ROI based on the one or more image characteristics of the first ROI.

Abstract: A carrier structure is provided, in which at least one positioning area is defined on a chip-placement area of a package substrate, and at least one alignment portion is disposed on the positioning area. Therefore, the precision of manufacturing the alignment portion is improved by disposing the positioning area on the chip-placement area, such that the carrier structure can provide a better alignment mechanism for the chip placement operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control method of a processor, wherein the control method comprises the steps of: transmitting image data of a first frame to an integrated circuit, wherein the first frame corresponds to a first frame rate; determining a second frame rate of a second frame next to the first frame; determining if a difference between the second frame rate and the first frame rate belongs to a large scale frame rate adjustment or a small scale frame rate adjustment; if the difference between the second frame rate and the first frame rate belongs to the large scale frame rate adjustment, using a first mode to transmit image data of the second frame; and if the difference between the second frame rate and the first frame rate belongs to the small scale frame rate adjustment, using a second mode to transmit image data of the second frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bainite geological drilling pipe, comprising the following chemical elements in percentage by mass: 0.14-0.22% of C, 0.2-0.55% of Si, 2.1-2.9% of Mn, 0.01-0.04% of Nb, 0.015-0.04% of Al, 0.001-0.005% of B, 0<N?0.007%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a content ratio of Al to N is Al/N?3. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a manufacturing method for the bainite geological drilling pipe, comprising the following steps: (1) performing smelting and casting on molten steel to obtain a pipe blank; (2) performing heating, piercing, continuous rolling and sizing on the pipe blank to obtain a pipe body; and (3) performing two-stage air cooling on the pipe body; in first-stage air cooling, performing air circular blowing cooling on the outer surface of the pipe body, the temperature before cooling is greater than or equal to Ar/3+50° C., the cooling rate is 5-15° C./s, and cooling to a temperature range from Bs-100° C. to Bs-50° C.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a conductive pillar and a solder. The conductive pillar has a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, wherein a height of the first sidewall is greater than a height of the second sidewall. The solder is disposed on and in direct contact with the conductive pillar, wherein the solder is hanging over the first sidewall and the second sidewall of conductive pillar.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for point cloud coding. The method includes receiving, from a bitstream, data corresponding to a point cloud; reconstructing, based on the data, a first attribute value of a first duplicate point from among a plurality of duplicate points corresponding to a single geometry position; obtaining at least one prediction residual corresponding to at least one remaining attribute value of at least one remaining duplicate point from among the plurality of duplicate points; reconstructing the at least one remaining attribute value based on the reconstructed first attribute and the at least one prediction residual; and decoding the data corresponding to the point cloud based on the reconstructed first attribute value and the reconstructed at least one remaining attribute value.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition including gastrodin and a use thereof for the prevention or the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The pharmaceutical composition is effective in reducing neuronal axon degeneration and neurofibromin accumulation, improving symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and extending life of patients of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for deploying power quality monitoring (PQM) devices. The method may include: determining a maximum number of PQM devices and historical power data of candidate deployment points, wherein the number of the candidate deployment points is greater than the maximum number of the PQM devices; clustering the historical power data of the candidate deployment points, wherein a target number of categories is determined on the basis of a silhouette coefficient of each candidate number of categories and the maximum number of the PQM devices; and determining PQM device deployment points based on the center of each category in the target number of categories.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a field plate, a gate electrode, and a first dielectric layer. The substrate has a top surface. The substrate includes a first drift region with a first conductivity type extending from the top surface of the substrate into the substrate, and includes a second drill region with the first conductivity type extending from the top surface of the substrate into the substrate and adjacent to the first drift region. The field plate is over the substrate. The gate electrode has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the gate electrode is located over the field plate. The first dielectric layer is between the substrate and the field plate. The first portion of the gate electrode is overlapping with a boundary of the first drift region and the second drift region in the substrate.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to electrolyzer composite membranes, and in particular, to a composite membrane having at least two reinforcing layers comprising a microporous polymer structure and a surprisingly high resistance to piercing. The electrolyzer composite membranes have a recombination catalyst configured to be disposed closer to an anode than to a cathode in a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA). The disclosure also relates to membrane-electrode assemblies and electrolyzers comprising the membranes, and to method of manufacture of the membranes.

Abstract: A magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system is applied to at least one external cathode and includes a plurality of magnetic multi-pole thrusters connected adjacent to each other. Each magnetic multi-pole thruster includes a propellant provider, a discharge chamber, an anode and a plurality of magnetic components. The propellant provider outputs propellant. The discharge chamber is connected with the propellant provider to accommodate the propellant. The anode is disposed inside the discharge chamber to generate an electric field. The plurality of magnetic components is respectively disposed on several sides of the discharge chamber. One of the several sides of the discharge chamber of the magnetic multi-pole thruster is applied for one side of a discharge chamber of another magnetic multi-pole thruster.

Abstract: A transporting device can transport at least one product, the transporting device includes a mounting frame, a driving mechanism, a transmitting mechanism including a plurality of bent portions, a plurality of guiding mechanisms, and a supporting mechanism. Each guiding mechanism includes a rotating wheel and a guiding plate. Each bent portion is connected to the rotating wheel. The guiding plate is connected to the rotating wheel. The supporting mechanism can support the product. The driving mechanism is further connected to the rotating wheel and can drive the transmitting mechanism to rotate to drive the supporting mechanism to move. The driving mechanism is further connected to the guiding plate, the guiding plate and the rotating wheel can synchronously rotate to drive the supporting mechanism to pass through the bent portions. The present disclosure further provides a heating device.

Abstract: A quantum dot composite structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The quantum dot composite structure includes: a glass particle including a glass matrix and a plurality of quantum dots located in the glass matrix, wherein at least one of the plurality of quantum dots includes an exposed surface in the glass matrix; and an inorganic protective layer disposed on the glass particle and covering the exposed surface.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a processing tool. The tool includes a housing enclosing a processing chamber, and an input/output port configured to pass a wafer through the housing into and out of the processing chamber. A back-side macro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image a back side of the wafer. A front-side macro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image a front side of the wafer according to a first image resolution. A front-side micro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image the front side of the wafer according to a second image resolution which is higher than the first image resolution.

Abstract: A technique for encoding video for machine vision and human/machine hybrid vision, including receiving image data. The technique may also include detecting a plurality of bounding boxes associated with a plurality of objects of interest in a frame of the image data and detecting a frame-level bounding box for the frame based on coordinates of the plurality of bounding boxes. Then, the technique may include encoding the frame-level bounding box using a first bitrate.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for pipelining memory operations with error correction coding are disclosed. A method for pipelining consecutive write mask operations is disclosed wherein a second read operation of a second write mask operation occurs during error correction code calculation of a first write mask operation. The method may further including writing data from the first write mask operation during the error correction code calculation of the second write mask operation. A method for pipelining consecutive operations is disclosed where a first read operation may be cancelled if the first operation is not a write mask operation. An apparatus including a memory having separate global read and write input-output lines is disclosed.

Abstract: A memory includes a transistor and a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) storage element, a bottom electrode of the MTJ storage element is electrically connected to a drain electrode of the transistor using a conduction structure, wiring layers are disposed between the transistor and the MTJ storage element in the storage area, and a dielectric layer is filled between adjacent wiring layers, the conduction structure includes a first conduction part, and the first conduction part includes a first metal wire, a second metal wire, and a first via hole, the wiring layers comprise a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, and a third wiring layer, the first via hole penetrates a dielectric layer and the third wiring layer that are located between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer.

Abstract: A method includes providing a substrate having a surface such that a first hard mask layer is formed over the surface and a second hard mask layer is formed over the first hard mask layer, forming a first pattern in the second hard mask layer, where the first pattern includes a first mandrel oriented lengthwise in a first direction and a second mandrel oriented lengthwise in a second direction different from the first direction, and where the first mandrel has a top surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and depositing a material towards the first mandrel and the second mandrel such that a layer of the material is formed on the top surface and the first sidewall but not the second sidewall of the first mandrel.

Abstract: A low-heat-loss operation method of a line-focusing heat collection system and the line-focusing heat collection system are provided. The method includes the following steps. Solar energy is utilized to preheat a collector tube in an empty tube state, so that the collector tube is in a preheating mode. After a set preheating temperature is reached, a heat transfer working medium is injected into the collector tube. In the injection process of the heat transfer working medium, an injection section of the collector tube is converted into a focusing mode from a preheating mode. After heat collection is finished, the circulation of the heat transfer working medium is stopped, and the focusing mode of the collector tube is kept. In the drainage process of the heat transfer working medium, an emptying section of the collector tube is converted into a light heat-tracing mode from a focusing mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for efficiently recycling nickel from wastewater and a method. The device includes a housing, and an extraction unit and an electro-deposition unit which are respectively arranged inside the housing. The device is reasonable in overall structural design. An oscillating and floating component and a rotating component in an extraction cavity are used to fully and uniformly mix a solution to maximize the extraction strength. A mixing component in an electro-deposition cavity is used to accelerate ion dispersion, to better recycle nickel. The device is easy to operate, low in cost and suitable for mass promotion.