Abstract: An intelligent transfer vehicle for shared bicycles includes: a cockpit, a vehicle body platform, shared bicycle parking racks, a wheeled device, a power source unit, and a vehicle-mounted unit. The intelligent transfer vehicle combines the function of a parking platform and a transfer platform into one, and can have three transfer modes to reduce reliance on a dispatch center, save costs and improve transfer efficiency.

Abstract: A motor controller, an active short circuit thereof, and a method for controlling active short via the same. An enabling signal is generated and outputted in response to determining that a vehicle is to enter a safe mode and a speed of a motor exceeds a threshold. Currents of a direct-axis and a quadrature-axis of the motor are adjusted to characteristic currents according to the enabling signal. An action flag signal and a control signal that corresponds to the enabling signal are generated and outputted in response to determining that the currents of the direct-axis and the quadrature-axis are adjusted to be the characteristic currents. A driving signal corresponding to the control signal is generated and outputted according to the action flag signal. A driving circuit safely controls a corresponding switch transistor in the inverter to be turned on based on the driving signal.

Abstract: A circuit for actively performing short-circuit and a motor controller are provided. The circuit includes an undervoltage detecting circuit, an emergency power supply, a reverse-flow preventing circuit, and a gate level selecting switch. The undervoltage detecting circuit is configured to detect a driving power supply signal outputted from the driving power supply and output, in a case that an amplitude of the driving power supply signal is lower than a first threshold, an emergency active short-circuit enable signal. In response to the emergency active short-circuit enable signal, the emergency power supply is enabled and the gate level selecting switch is controlled to switch from a first conduction path to a second conduction path, to transmit an emergency power supply signal outputted from the emergency power supply to a bridge arm via the second conduction path.

Abstract: A robot movement teaching apparatus including a movement path extraction unit configured to process time-varying images of a first workpiece and fingers or arms of a human working on the first workpiece, and thereby extract a movement path of the fingers or arms of the human; a mapping generation unit configured to generate a transform function for transformation from the first workpiece to a second workpiece worked on by a robot, based on feature points of the first workpiece and feature points of the second workpiece; and a movement path generation unit configured to generate a movement path of the robot based on the movement path of the fingers or arms of the human extracted by the movement path extraction unit and based on the transform function generated by the mapping generation unit.

Abstract: A design method for an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided terahertz secure communication system is provided. The IRS aided terahertz multi-input single-output (MISO) system includes a base station (BS) equipped with NBS antennas, an IRS equipped with NIRS reflecting elements, a single-antenna user and a single-antenna eavesdropper. The BS transmits signals by the active hybrid beamforming to the relay of the IRS, and the IRS adjusts the signals and reflects the signals to the mobile user, which suppresses the received signal of the eavesdropper. The present invention maximizes the downlink secrecy rate by establishing a joint optimization function and maximizes the system data transmission rate by a cross-entropy based search method.

Abstract: An electric vehicle drive system, a backup power supply device and a backup power supply method for an electric vehicle drive system are provided. The method includes: converting a voltage on a high voltage DC bus of an electric vehicle into a backup input voltage; determining whether a low voltage battery in the electric vehicle drive system has power supply abnormity; and determining the backup input voltage to be an input voltage of a low voltage power supply circuit in the electric vehicle drive system, in a case that the low voltage battery has power supply abnormity.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes (A) 0.1% to 5% an anchorage additive and (B) 95% to 99.9% of a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition. This pressure sensitive adhesive composition can be cured to form a pressure sensitive adhesive. When cured on a backing substrate, the resulting adhesive article is useful for protecting electronic devices during fabrication, shipping, and use.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for diagnosis, risk assessment, research, and therapy related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and ALS-related disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to mutations in the UBQLN2 gene that cause dominantly inherited chromosome X-linked ALS and ALS/dementia.

Abstract: Provided herein is a carbinol-functional silicone resin. The carbinol-functional silicone resin is prepared by reacting a raw silicone resin having at least 1 mass% of silicon atom-bonded hydroxyl groups, silicon atom-bonded alkoxy groups, or a combination thereof, and a dihydroxy-functional compound, in the presence of a condensation catalyst and a solvent. The carbinol-functional silicone resin can produce a solid silicone-modified polyester without gelation of the silicone resin.

Abstract: An electric vehicle drive system, a backup power supply device and a backup power supply method for an electric vehicle drive system are provided. The method includes: converting a voltage on a high voltage DC bus of an electric vehicle into a backup input voltage; determining whether a low voltage battery in the electric vehicle drive system has power supply abnormity; and determining the backup input voltage to be an input voltage of a low voltage power supply circuit in the electric vehicle drive system, in a case that the low voltage battery has power supply abnormity.

Abstract: A coating composition which provides a coating with a very low adhesion to ice is disclosed. The coating composition contains a cross-linked silicone binder resin and an elastomeric silicone powder.

Abstract: A polysiloxane-polyester block copolymer is provided, which comprises: (i) a siloxane resin block comprising: a siloxane unit represented by the formula: R1SiO3/2, wherein R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and comprising optionally a siloxane unit represented by the formula: SiO4/2; (ii) a siloxane linear block represented by the formula: (R22SiO2/2)n, wherein each R2 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and “n” is a positive number of at least 5; and (iii) a polyester block. The polysiloxane-polyester block copolymer can be used for a protective coating on a substrate which is made of aluminum, stainless steel, iron, plastics or glass to provide durable heat-resistance, hot hardness, release and anti-graffiti properties.

Abstract: A man-machine interaction method includes displaying a first navigation icon at a preset position in the first area in response to detection of the navigation input operation in the first area, and displaying, by the display, a second navigation icon at a first position in the second area in response to detection of the navigation input operation at the first position. The first navigation icon and the second navigation icon correspond to a same first software program, and the first navigation icon and the second navigation icon are different.

Abstract: A device that can prevent a decrease in an efficiency of a manufacturing line. The device includes a shape acquisition section for acquiring a shape of a workpiece; a motion pattern acquisition section for acquiring basic motion patterns including a reference workpiece shape, a reference working position in the reference workpiece shape, and a type of an operation carried out on the reference working position; a similarity determination section for determining whether a shape of the workpiece is similar to the reference work piece shape; a position determination section for, based on a shape of the workpiece and the reference workpiece shape, determining the working position on the workpiece that corresponds to the reference working position; and an motion-path generation section for, by changing the reference working position to the determined working position, generating a motion path.

Abstract: A motor controller, an active short circuit thereof, and a method for controlling active short via the same. An enabling signal is generated and outputted in response to determining that a vehicle is to enter a safe mode and a speed of a motor exceeds a threshold. Currents of a direct-axis and a quadrature-axis of the motor are adjusted to characteristic currents according to the enabling signal. An action flag signal and a control signal that corresponds to the enabling signal are generated and outputted in response to determining that the currents of the direct-axis and the quadrature-axis are adjusted to be the characteristic currents. A driving signal corresponding to the control signal is generated and outputted according to the action flag signal. A driving circuit safely controls a corresponding switch transistor in the inverter to be turned on based on the driving signal.

Abstract: A gripper control device includes a controller, the controller is configured to conduct: a grasp quality evaluation process to obtain a grasp quality contribution degree for each of a plurality of contact positions at which fingers that support the object are in contact with the object; a finger-to-be-moved determination process configured to determine, as a finger-to-be-moved, the finger corresponding to one of the contact positions at which the grasp quality contribution degree is low; and a finger movement control process configured to send a control command to a finger driving apparatus, wherein the grasp quality contribution degree for each of the multiple contact positions is defined using at least one of the following elements: relative positions of the plurality of contact positions related to the object; and friction coefficients between the object and the fingers at the plurality of contact positions.

Abstract: A coating composition is disclosed. The coating composition is useful for providing a coating, e.g. on a surface of an article. The coating provides very low adhesion to ice, faster ice removal by heating power, etc. The coating composition comprises a silicone rubber, a thermal conductive filler, a reactive polysiloxane, an unsaturated group containing alkoxysilane, a catalyst, and a solvent.

Abstract: An interlayer comprising a first polymer layer, a polarization rotary optical film and optionally a second polymer layer, and multiple layer panels formed from such interlayers. The panels may exhibit desirable optical properties, including, for example, less image “ghosting,” when used as part of a heads-up-display (HUD) display panel for use in automotive and aircraft applications.

Abstract: A robot system is provide with a robot control device that includes an operation control unit and a learning control unit. The learning control unit performs a learning control in which a vibration correction amount for correcting a vibration generated at a control target portion of a robot is calculated and the vibration correction amount is employed in the operation command at a next time. The learning control unit includes a plurality of learning control parts for calculating the vibration correction amount and a selection unit that selects one of the plurality of learning control parts on the basis of operation information of the robot when the robot is made to be operated by an operation program that is a target of the learning control.

Abstract: A polymer interlayer comprising a layer comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin having a residual hydroxyl content and a residual acetate content, and a plasticizer, wherein the residual hydroxyl content, the residual acetate content and the plasticizer are selected such that the polymer interlayer has at least one glass transition temperature less than about 20° C. and a peak tan delta of greater than 1.33, and a glass panel having a configuration of 2.3-mm glass//interlayer//2.3-mm glass and at 20° C. has a transmission loss, TLw, of greater than 42 decibels as measured by weighted average sound transmission loss at 2000 to 8000 Hz, and a transmission loss, TLc, of greater than 38 decibels at the coincident frequency is disclosed.