Abstract: Techniques related to reference signal sequence indication in orbital angular momentum (OAM) communication systems are disclosed. Some aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for wireless communication, an apparatus comprising: a processor; antenna elements; a transceiver coupled to the processor and antenna elements; and a memory coupled to the processor, the processor and the memory configured to: receive a first reference signal on a first OAM mode using first resources; identify, based on the first OAM mode used to receive the first reference signal, a second OAM mode to be used to receive a second reference signal associated with second resources; and receive the second reference signal on the second OAM mode using the second resources. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: A support device is provided. The support device is disposed on a back side of a bendable structure, the bendable structure comprising a bending portion, and a first non-bending portion and a second non-bending portion disposed on two sides of the bending portion, respectively; the support device comprising: a first support, configured to be connected to the first non-bending portion; a second support, configured to be connected to the second non-bending portion; a rotating shaft support, configured to be rotatably connected to the first support and the second support; and at least one support component, wherein each support component comprises a strip-shaped support bar, wherein the support bar is connected to the rotating shaft support and configured to be fixedly connected to the bending portion.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of optical systems, and relates to a lens module and an electronic device. The lens module includes a bearing structure, a support frame, a lens barrel, and an adjusting mechanism. An upper shell of the bearing structure includes a top cover and a side wall connected with the base. The support frame is suspended inside the bearing structure. In the lens module of this embodiment, by arranging the focus magnet inside the top cover of the upper shell, the internal space of the upper shell can be fully utilized to make the structure between the lens barrel, the focus assembly, and the upper shell more compact, thereby making the overall structure of the lens module more compact.

Abstract: A three-dimensional sorting method, and a three-dimensional sorting robot and system are provided. The method includes: an obtaining step: obtaining identity information of a target sorting storage rack, wherein the identity information may comprise structural data of the sorting storage rack and/or position information of a basket unit of the storage rack; a binding step: binding the identity information of the target sorting storage rack to information of a three-dimensional sorting robot, and the binding relationship being associated with a target order by means of a server; and a sorting step: under a sorting task of the target order, sorting, according to the identity information of the storage rack, goods to be sorted.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for social networking based on collecting asset items. Features may be extracted from an image comprising an object and captured by a camera. The object may be associated with a location. The location may be determined based on information indicating a position where the camera is located. The object may be recognized based at least in part on the features extracted from the image. An asset item may be displayed in response to recognizing the object.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a microchannel mixer, comprising a microchannel component and a shell, wherein the microchannel component is fixed inside the shell, wherein an inlet is provided at one end of the shell for feeding liquid and gas phase materials, and an outlet is provided at the other end for discharging the mixed material; said microchannel component comprises multiple stacked sheets and several layers of oleophilic and/or hydrophilic fiber filaments filled in the crevices between adjacent sheets, wherein the fiber filaments form several microchannels between them, and the fiber filaments are clamped and fixed by the sheets. The present invention also discloses a heavy oil hydrogenation reaction system comprising the above-mentioned microchannel mixer and a heavy oil hydrogenation process.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems performed and configured to operate in a wireless communication network are presented. In example implementations, a method is provided. The method is performed by a first network entity in a core network domain, (CND), of a wireless communication network. The method comprises receiving, by the first network entity from a second entity, a request to retrieve user equipment, (UE), identification. The method further comprises, in response to the request, sending, by the first network entity to a third network entity in the CND, a request to retrieve from the third network entity the UE identification which is specific to the second entity. The first network entity receives from the third network entity the UE identification specific to the second entity. The method further comprises sending, by the first network entity to the second entity, the UE identification specific to the second entity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lens drive module including a base, a support base disposed on the base, a magnet group connected to the support base, optical image stabilization (OIS) coils disposed on a region of the base corresponding to the magnet group and electrically connected to output points of the base, a lens barrel disposed in an inner ring of the support base, upper leaf springs disposed on a top of the support base, lower leaf springs disposed on a bottom of the support base, and suspension wires each connected at both ends to a respective upper leaf spring and to the base, respectively. The lens drive module of the present disclosure reduces the production cost and enhances the price competitiveness of the lens drive module.

Abstract: A switching device may include an input terminal, an output terminal, a primary switching transistor coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal, logic circuitry configured to receive a control signal to selectively activate the switching device, a first cascode arrangement coupled between the logic circuitry and a first reference voltage supply, and a second cascode arrangement coupled between the input terminal and the primary switching transistor. The first cascode arrangement may include cascode transistors having gate terminals coupled to a first voltage divider coupled between the first reference voltage supply and a second reference voltage supply that is coupled to the logic circuitry. The second cascode arrangement may include a first cascode transistor coupled to a fixed voltage at the first voltage divider and second and third cascode transistors coupled to variable cascode bias voltages at a second voltage divider coupled to a variable voltage input.

Abstract: The present invention provides an on-machine real-time measurement method and system for a full-closed loop five-axis computer numerical control machine tool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising constituents, derivatives or extracts of cannabis. The invention also relates to uses of such compositions and methods of manufacturing them.

Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: An access network element receives first indication information from a session management function network element, and activates a congestion acquisition function of the access network element based on the first indication information, where the congestion acquisition function is for obtaining a congestion status of the access network element in a data flow transmission process of a target service. The access network element obtains the congestion status of the access network element, and sends first congestion information to a terminal device or a user plane function network element to indicate the congestion status of the access network element. In this application, the access network element sends, to the user plane function network element or the terminal device, the first congestion information indicating the congestion status of the access network element.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultra-high temperature resistant cement slurry system for cementing and the preparation method and use thereof. The cement slurry system comprises cement, an ultra-high temperature strength stabilizer, an ultra-high temperature reinforcing material, a density regulator, an ultra-high temperature suspension stabilizer, a dispersant, a fluid loss additive, a retarder, a defoaming agent and water, wherein the ultra-high temperature suspension stabilizer comprises an ether-based starch, an aluminosilicate and a polyalcohol polymer. The method for preparing the cement slurry system includes dry mixing and wet mixing raw materials homogeneously, respectively, and then homogeneously mixing the dry mix and wet mix to obtain the cement slurry system. The present disclosure further provides use of the cement slurry system for cementing in deep wells and ultra-deep wells at high and ultra-high temperatures.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof, the washing machine includes: a water container; a filtering device, communicating with the water container and configured to filter the water in the water container, the filtering device is provided with a discharge outlet for discharging filtered impurities outward; and a recovery device, separately arranged with the filtering device and communicating with the discharge outlet of the filtering device for collecting the discharged filtered impurities. The filtered impurities are collected by setting a recovery device, so that the filtered impurities are not directly discharged along with the drainage water of the washing machine. At the same time, the recovery device and the filtering device are separately arranged, and the filtered impurities are discharged into the recovery device without being accumulated in the filtering device, thus avoiding the influence on the filtering efficiency.

Abstract: A tandem solar cell and a photovoltaic assembly, The tandem solar cell includes: a top-layer perovskite sub-cell and a bottom-layer crystalline-silicon sub-cell, and an optical regulating layer provided between the top-layer perovskite sub-cell and the bottom-layer crystalline-silicon sub-cell. After the part of the target light rays that are not absorbed by the top-layer perovskite sub-cell have passed through the top-layer perovskite sub-cell, because the optical regulating layer can be used to reflect at least some of the target light rays back into the top-layer perovskite sub-cell, at least some of the target light rays can enter the top-layer perovskite sub-cell again to perform secondary absorption, which prevents that the target light rays within the short-wave wave band directly enter the bottom-layer crystalline-silicon sub-cell having a low utilization ratio of the target light rays within the short-wave wave band, thereby increasing the efficiency of the tandem solar cell.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an aerial node may determine, among a set of beams, one or more beams to be muted to mitigate potential interference associated with multiple aerial nodes transmitting to a terrestrial user equipment (UE). The aerial node may mute the one or more beams while transmitting, to the terrestrial UE, at least one of a discovery signal or feedback related to an emergency message relaying service. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Provided is a method for ensuring effectiveness of an artificial intelligence (AI) model in wireless communications and a terminal. The method is applicable to a terminal. The method includes the following: performing an effectiveness management process of a first AI model in response to a model failure condition being met.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. The method may include a user equipment (UE) receiving a first control signal activating a first time window of scheduled resources that includes a set of uplink shared channel occasions. Further, the UE may allocate data to a first subset of the set of uplink shared channel occasions and transmit the data using the first subset. Moreover, the UE may transmit, after transmitting the data using the first subset of the set of uplink shared channel occasions, a second control signal indicating that a second subset of the set of uplink shared channel occasions will be skipped for uplink data transmission by the UE.

Abstract: Provided is an audio synthesis method. Music score data of target music is acquired, wherein the music score data includes audio data identifiers and performance time information corresponding to a plurality of sub-audios, an instrumental timbre corresponding to each of the sub-audios being matched with a hearing-impaired hearing timbre; the sub-audios based on the audio data identifiers corresponding to each of the sub-audios is acquired; and a synthetic audio of the target music is generated by performing a fusion process on the sub-audios based on the performance time information corresponding to each of the sub-audios.

Abstract: Certain aspects and features of this disclosure relate to providing a controllable, dynamic appearance for neural 3D portraits. For example, a method involves projecting a color at points in a digital video portrait based on location, surface normal, and viewing direction for each respective point in a canonical space. The method also involves projecting, using the color, dynamic face normals for the points as changing according to an articulated head pose and facial expression in the digital video portrait. The method further involves disentangling, based on the dynamic face normals, a facial appearance in the digital video portrait into intrinsic components in the canonical space. The method additionally involves storing and/or rendering at least a portion of a head pose as a controllable, neural 3D portrait based on the digital video portrait using the intrinsic components.