Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for use in treating and/or preventing influenza. The compound comprises a first and second domain in which the first domain comprises at least one anchoring group which binds to the surface of influenza viruses and the second domain comprises at least one anionic group. The first and second domains are covalently linked. Also provided are pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, prodrugs or stereoisomer of the compounds.

Abstract: An integrated circuit, a motor component including the integrated circuit and an application device having the motor component are provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The integrated circuit includes a housing, an integrated circuit die arranged inside the housing and multiple pins extended out from the housing. The integrated circuit die has a conductive back plate and an electronic circuit arranged on the conductive back plate. The multiple pins include an input pin and an output pin, each of the multiple pins has a lead frame inside the housing. And the conductive back plate is fixed to the lead frame of at least one ungrounded pin of the multiple pins in a manner of electrical insulation, thereby avoiding an short circuit for the integrated circuit due to an electrical connection between the conductive back plate and the lead frame fixed to the conductive back plate.

Abstract: A set of data is identified that includes a plurality of observed values generated by a plurality of sensor devices located in a plurality of different locations. For each of the plurality of observed values, a modality of the value, a spatial location of the value, and a timestamp of the value is determined. Values for one or more missing values in the set of data are determined from the modalities, spatial locations, and timestamps of the plurality of observed values.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may identify a capability abstraction in a request to configure a first Internet of Things (IOT) application in a physical environment including a plurality of IOT devices and select a resource abstraction from a plurality of resource abstractions based on the capability abstraction. The selected resource abstraction may correspond to a first IOT device in the plurality of IOT devices. Additionally, the first IOT application may be bound with the first IOT device. In one example, first data originating from the first IOT device is received, a first runtime abstraction is selected from a plurality of runtime abstractions, wherein the first runtime abstraction corresponds to the first IOT application, and the first data is sent to the first IOT application via the first runtime abstraction.

Abstract: A circuit protection device including a housing (15) defining a chamber (19) and a metal oxide varistor (MOV) stack (310) disposed within the chamber (19). A first spring (330a) is electrically attached at a first end to a first input terminal (311a) of the MOV stack (310) by a solder connection (30) and at a second end to a first input line (20a). The first spring (330a) is biased away from the first input terminal (311a). A second spring (330b) is electrically attached to a second input terminal (311b) of the MOV stack (310) by a solder connection (40) and at a second end to a second input line (20b). The second conductive spring (330b) is biased away from the second input terminal (311b). When an overvoltage condition occurs, heat generated by the MOV stack (310) melts at least one of the first or second solder connections (30, 40) to allow the corresponding springs to be displaced away from the respective MOV stack (310) input terminals (311 a, 311 b), thereby creating an opening circuit.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to a method/apparatus for a magnetic sensor. The apparatus of the magnetic sensor resides in a housing and includes an input port and an output port, both extending from the housing. The apparatus also includes an electrical circuit which comprises a magnetic field detecting circuit, configured to detect an external magnetic field and output a magnetic induction signal that is indicative of information related to the external magnetic field, an output control circuit coupled between the magnetic field detecting circuit and the output port, and a state control circuit coupled with the output control circuit and configured to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied and signal the same to the output control circuit.

Abstract: A method, implemented on at least one computing device each of which has at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for presenting a search result in a search result card, the method includes receiving from a user, an input associated with a search query; fetching one or more search results in accordance with the search query; generating a search result card for each of the one or more search results; and presenting to the user, one or more search result cards as a response to the search query, the one or more search result cards corresponding to the one or more search results, respectively.

Abstract: An embodiment includes at least one computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to: receive (a)(i) first radio signal location data for a first object from a radio sensor; and (a)(ii) first visual signal location data for the first object from a camera sensor; perform feature extraction on (b)(i) the first radio signal location data to determine first extracted radio signal features; and (b)(ii) the first visual signal location data to determine first extracted visual signal features; solve a first association problem between the first extracted radio signal features and the first extracted visual signal features to determine first fused location data; and store the first fused location data in the at least one computer readable storage medium. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.

Abstract: A weighting value is determined for each of a plurality of decision trees in a random forest model hosted on a particular device, where the weighting is based on entropy of the respective decision tree. A new decision tree is received at the particular device and a weighting value is determined for the new decision tree based on entropy of the new decision tree. Based on the determined weighting value, it is determined whether to add the new the decision tree to the random forest model. A classification for data generated at the particular device is predicted using the random forest model.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for detecting a porous object are provided. The system includes a light emitting module, a detecting module and an analyzing module. The light emitting module emits light onto an object to be measured such that the light passes through a plurality of holes of the object. The detecting module has a porous plate having a plurality of non-circular holes and a plurality of photosensitive units respectively corresponding to the non-circular holes. Each of the non-circular holes corresponds to at most one of the holes at one time point. The light passes through the plurality of non-circular holes corresponding to the plurality of holes. The photosensitive units respectively sense luminous flux of the light passing through the plurality of non-circular holes to produce a luminous flux signal. The analyzing module analyzes a status of the plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of non-circular holes.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.

Abstract: A lens device comprises a connect assembly, a lens assembly and a drive assembly. The lens assembly is disposed on the connect assembly and has a central axis. The drive assembly comprises a first coil, a magnet and a second coil. The first coil is wound around the lens assembly. The magnet is disposed on the connect assembly and has a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, a first direction of magnetic field and a second direction of magnetic field. The first direction of magnetic field and the second direction of magnetic field are not parallel to each other. The first direction of magnetic field points toward the first coil. The second coil is disposed on the connect assembly. The second direction of magnetic field points toward a part of the second coil.

Abstract: Example task assignment methods disclosed herein for video analytics processing in a cloud computing environment include determining a graph, such as a directed acyclic graph, including nodes and edges to represent a plurality of video sources, a cloud computing platform, and a plurality of intermediate network devices in the cloud computing environment. Disclosed example task assignment methods also include specifying task orderings for respective sequences of video analytics processing tasks to be executed in the cloud computing environment on respective video source data generated by respective ones of the video sources.

Abstract: A sensor interface circuit and sensor output adjusting method are provided. The sensor interface circuit includes a processor and a gain control circuit. The processor obtains information of a linear region of a sensor to set a configuration corresponding to the sensor. The gain control circuit is coupled to the processor, performs a return-to-zero operation for a maximum electronic value and a minimum electronic value corresponding to the linear region and performs a full-scale operation for a slope of the linear region according to the maximum input range of an analog-to-digital converter which is a subsequent-stage circuit of the sensor interface circuit.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to a magnetic sensor residing in a housing. The magnetic sensor includes an input port and an output port, both extending from the housing, wherein the input port is to be connected to an external alternating current (AC) power supply. The magnetic sensor also includes an electric circuit which comprises an output control circuit coupled with the output port and configured to be at least responsive to a magnetic induction signal and the external AC power supply to control the magnetic sensor to operate in a state in which a load current flows through the output port. The magnetic induction signal is indicative of at least one characteristic of an external magnetic field detected by the electrical circuit and the operating frequency of the magnetic sensor is positively proportional to the frequency of the external AC power supply.

Abstract: A glucose measuring device and apparatus are provided. The device includes a substrate, a cover plate, an electrode assembly, and a reactive unit. The substrate has a first and second surfaces opposite to each other, and a flow channel located at the first surface. The flow channel includes a sampling region having a sample inlet, a measuring region, and a concentrating region therebwtween. The cover plate having a gas outlet is disposed on the first surface and covers the flow channel. The electrode assembly includes a first, a second and a third electrode pairs. The first electrode pair is at a boundary between the sampling and the concentrating regions. The second electrode pair is at a boundary between the concentrating and the measuring regions. The third electrode pair is located in the measuring region. The reactive unit is disposed on the third electrode pair and in the flow channel.

Abstract: A circuit protection device including a housing defining a chamber and a metal oxide varistor (MOV) stack disposed within the chamber. A first spring is electrically attached at a first end to a first input terminal of the MOV stack by a solder connection and at a second end to a first input line. The first spring is biased away from the first input terminal. A second spring is electrically attached to a second input terminal of the MOV stack by a solder connection and at a second end to a second input line. The second conductive spring is biased away from the second input terminal. When an overvoltage condition occurs, heat generated by the MOV stack melts at least one of the first or second solder connections to allow the corresponding springs to be displaced away from the respective MOV stack input terminals, thereby creating an opening circuit.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to a method/apparatus for a magnetic sensor. The apparatus of the magnetic sensor resides in a housing and includes an input port and an output port, both extending from the housing. The apparatus also includes an electrical circuit which comprises a magnetic field detecting circuit, configured to detect an external magnetic field and output a magnetic induction signal that is indicative of information related to the external magnetic field, an output control circuit coupled between the magnetic field detecting circuit and the output port, and a state control circuit coupled with the output control circuit and configured to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied and signal the same to the output control circuit.