Abstract: Distillate boiling range and/or diesel boiling range compositions are provided that are formed from crude oils with unexpected combinations of high naphthenes to aromatics weight and/or volume ratio and a low sulfur content. This unexpected combination of properties is characteristic of crude oils that can be fractionated to form distillate/diesel boiling range compositions that can be used as fuels/fuel blending products with reduced or minimized processing. The resulting distillate boiling range fractions and/or diesel boiling range fractions can have an unexpected combination of a high naphthenes to aromatics weight and/or volume ratio, a low but substantial aromatics content, and a low sulfur content.

Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a touch-sensitive display, a housing at least partially enclosing the touch-sensitive display, the housing defining an audio port along a side of the housing, the audio port defining a partially enclosed volume, and an acoustic module positioned within the housing and including an audio enclosure defining a first passage and a second passage, a microphone operably coupled to the partially enclosed volume of the audio port by the first passage, a pressure sensor operably coupled to the partially enclosed volume of the audio port by the second passage, and an acoustic mesh positioned between an end of the second passage and the audio port.

Abstract: A computer vision processor of a camera extracts attributes of persons or vehicles from hyperzooms generated from image frames. The hyperzooms represent traffic patterns. The extracting is performed using a feature extractor of an on-camera convolutional neural network (CNN) including an inverted residual structure. The attributes include at least colors of clothing of the persons or colors of the vehicles. Mobile semantic segmentation models of the CNN are generated using the hyperzooms and the attributes. Attribute analytics are generated by executing the mobile semantic segmentation models while obviating network usage by the camera. The attribute analytics are stored in a key-value database located on a memory card of the camera. A query is received from the server instance specifying one or more of the attributes. The attribute analytics are filtered using the one or more of the attributes to obtain a portion of the traffic patterns.

Abstract: Methods for pre-cleaning substrates having metal and dielectric surfaces are described. The substrate is exposed to a strong reductant to remove contaminants from the metal surface and damage the dielectric surface. The substrate is then exposed to an oxidation process to repair the damage to the dielectric surface and oxidize the metal surface. The substrate is then exposed to a weak reductant to reduce the metal oxide to a pure metal surface without substantially affecting the dielectric surface. Processing tools and computer readable media for practicing the method are also described.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tracheal intubation positioning method and device based on deep learning, and a storage medium. The method includes: constructing a YOLOv3 network based on dilated convolution and feature map fusion, and extracting feature information of an image through the trained YOLOv3 network to acquire first target information; determining second target information by utilizing a vectorized positioning mode according to carbon dioxide concentration differences detected by sensors; and fusing the first target information and the second target information to acquire a final target position. According to the disclosure, the tracheal orifice and the esophageal orifice can be rapidly detected in real time.

Abstract: Embodiments of a blocker plate for use in a substrate process chamber are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a blocker plate for use in a substrate processing chamber configured to process substrates having a given diameter includes: an annular rim; a central plate disposed within the annular rim; and a plurality of spokes coupling the central plate to the annular rim.

Abstract: A method for data storage and a device for data storage are provided in the disclosure. The method includes the following. Multiple storage sub-blocks in a storage space are determined according to a size of a code block (CB) of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, where the storage sub-block has a sub-block indicator, and the sub-block indicator indicates a next storage sub-block to which a present storage sub-block points. The CB of the HARQ process is stored to the multiple storage sub-blocks.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for selectively depositing a tungsten layer atop a dielectric surface.

Abstract: Clustering a plurality of client devices running an application as a function of a data structure such that the plurality of client devices are each assigned a cluster. Client devices having similar performance metrics are assigned the same cluster. An operation of the application is modified as a function of the performance metrics of the client device. The modification of application operation is performed by turning certain features of the application on and off using a rule based on device cluster.

Abstract: Techniques for rendering a 3D virtual object in an augmented-reality system are described. A system, a method, and a non-transitory memory device for augmented reality rendering of three-dimensional, virtual objects are described. In an example, a number of images of an environment are acquired; relative movement of a camera acquiring the number of images is tracked; camera pose is determined relative to the environment using the number of images and tracked relative movement of the camera; depth and normal surfaces of objects in the environment are estimated using a depth map and a normal map; a surface geometry of the environment is reconstructed using the depth map and the normal map; and the virtual object is rendered using the surface geometry of the environment.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for mapping the coordinate systems of devices for AR applications. A third device may receive a first pose from a first device associated with a first coordinate system and a second pose from a second device associated with a second coordinate system. The third device may receive an image that includes fiducial markers presented by each of the first device and the second device. The first pose and the portion of the image including the first fiducial marker may define a first set of 3D coordinates. The second pose and the portion of the image including the second fiducial marker may define a second set of 3D coordinates. A coordinate-system transform can be generated from a correspondence between the first set and the second of 3D coordinates. The coordinate-system transform may be transmitted to the first device and/or the second device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods of depositing tungsten. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide methods for depositing tungsten which are performed at relatively low temperatures. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide methods in which the ratio between reactant gasses is controlled. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide selective deposition of tungsten. Some embodiments of the disclosure provide methods for depositing tungsten films at a low temperature with relatively low roughness, stress and impurity levels.

Abstract: A method of optimizing an additive manufacturing (AM) process includes receiving at least one design parameter of the AM process, receiving information relating to uncertainty in at least one other parameter of the AM process, performing uncertainty quantification in the optimization processor based on the at least one design parameters and uncertainty information to identify a shape error in an object being produced, updating the at least one design parameter of the AM process and utilizing the updated at least one design parameter in the AM process. A system for optimizing an AM process includes a design processor to produce at least one design parameter for an object to be manufactured, and an optimization processor to receive the at least one design parameter and uncertainty information to identify a shape error in the object to be manufactured and update the design parameters based on the shape error, prior or during the manufacturing process.

Abstract: A mobile device comprises: a mesh loader manages configured to download compressed mesh sequences from a remote server into a local storage buffer; a mesh decoder that is configured to decode compressed mesh sequences into frames of meshes in real-time; a mesh decoder manager that is configured to request compressed mesh sequences from the mesh loader and to request the mesh decoder to decode the compressed mesh sequences; a player manager that is configured to decode texture video and to request corresponding decoded mesh from the mesh decoder manager and to maintain synchronizations between requesting the corresponding decoded mesh and decoding the texture video; and a renderer that is configured to render, using a rendering engine, the decoded mesh on a canvas; and a camera controller that is configured to detect one or more user actions and control a hardware camera in accordance with the one or more user actions.

Abstract: An example holographic video recording system comprises: a first group of cameras positioned at a first position, a second group of cameras positioned at a second position, and a third group of cameras including a third infrared camera. The first group of cameras includes a first infrared camera and a first color camera; the second group of cameras includes a second infrared camera and a second color camera; and the third group of cameras includes a third infrared camera spatially positioned between the first and second infrared cameras. A depth map may be calculated using the first infrared camera and the second infrared camera in accordance with determining that an object is beyond a predefined distance from the holographic video recording system; or the first infrared camera and the third infrared camera in accordance with determining that the object is within the predefined distance from the holographic video recording system.

Abstract: Techniques for occlusion and collision detection in an AR session are described. In an example, a depth sensor is used to generate a depth image. Distortions in the depth image are reduced or eliminated by at least dividing the depth image into depth layers and moving depth pixels between the layers. An RGBD image is generated from the depth image, as updated, and an RGB image generated at substantially the same time as the depth image. Occlusion of a virtual object is detected based on the RGBD image. Further, a 3D model of the real-world environment is generated from the depth images, as updated, and includes multi-level voxels. Collision with the virtual object is detected based on the multi-level voxels. Rendering of the virtual object in an AR session is based on the occlusion and collision detection.

Abstract: A method for human body model reconstruction and a reconstruction system are disclosed. The method includes acquiring a target image, and acquiring a segmented image by segmenting the target image based on an object to be reconstructed in the target image, the target image being one front image of the object; acquiring an initial estimate shape and a part of texture information of the object respectively, according to the segmented image; determining an initial 3D model of the object through the initial estimate shape, the initial 3D model being a 3D model without texture; acquiring complete texture information of the object according to the part of texture information and a texture generation model; and generating a 3D reconstruction model of the object based on the initial 3D model and the complete texture information, the 3D reconstruction model being a 3D model with texture.

Abstract: Methods for pre-cleaning substrates having metal and dielectric surfaces are described. The substrate is exposed to a strong reductant to remove contaminants from the metal surface and damage the dielectric surface. The substrate is then exposed to an oxidation process to repair the damage to the dielectric surface and oxidize the metal surface. The substrate is then exposed to a weak reductant to reduce the metal oxide to a pure metal surface without substantially affecting the dielectric surface. Processing tools and computer readable media for practicing the method are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and server for logging into a first application running on a terminal device. The method includes receiving, by a server from a second application running on the terminal device and distinct from the first application, a login verification request communicated from a login interface of the first application to the second application via an inter-application communication within the terminal device; verifying, by the server, in response to the login verification request, whether the first application is permitted to use login account information associated with an login account of the second application to perform a login to the first application; and sending, by the server, a response to the login interface of the first application via the second application to indicate a successful login verification when verification is successful, so that the first application uses the login account information to perform the login to the first application.

Abstract: A folding device for a disposable hygiene article includes: a first conveying portion along a first path; a second conveying portion along a second path extending in a direction intersecting with the first path; a folding mechanism to fold the disposable hygiene article between the first and second conveying portions; a driving mechanism connected to the folding component, to drive the folding component by performing reciprocating linear motion along the direction of the second path between a folding and retracted positions; and a guiding mechanism in an extension direction of the first path or by using the first path as a reference, a front end portion of the article to an opposite side of the second conveying portion. The driving mechanism includes at least one pulley directly connected to a servo motor and a synchronous belt wrapped around the outer circumference of the pulleys in a looping path.