Abstract: A control method includes collecting a biometric image through a sensing area of a biometric recognition sensor provided at a control button of an electronic apparatus, in response to a press operation of a user on the control button; determining whether the biometric image meets a condition; in response to determining that the biometric image meets the condition, allowing the control button to be moved from a first position to a second position; and in response to determining that the biometric image does not meet the condition, prohibiting the control button from being moved from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: The presently disclosed technology includes a friction stir welding apparatus comprising a frame, a moving platform and a parallel mechanism composed of three branch mechanisms, wherein a first branch mechanism comprises a first sliding pair, a first revolute pair, a telescopic rod and a first spherical pair connected in sequence. A second branch mechanism and a third branch mechanism both comprise a third sliding pair, a second revolute pair, a third linkage and a second spherical pair connected in sequence. The friction stir welding apparatus has high stiffness, low inertia, high dynamic performance and high accuracy, which can achieve precision welding with high requirements on processing quality and accuracy for jointing annular seams of large-scale rocket fuel storage tank barrels in the aviation field, for example. The presently disclosed technology also includes a corresponding friction stir welding system.

Abstract: A monolithic multi-chip-collective light emitting diode includes: an n-type structure, a p-type structure, and an active-region sandwiched between the n-type structure and the p-type structure; a plurality of monolithically integrated mini chips, wherein each of the mini chips comprises a mini n-contact formed on the n-type structure which is exposed by an opening in the p-type structure and the active-region, a mini p-ohmic contact formed on the p-type structure, and a mini light emitting area defined by the mini p-ohmic contact; an n-bridge metal electrically connecting the mini n-contact of each of the mini chips to an n-bonding pad, wherein the n-bridge metal is formed on the p-type structure and on sidewall of the opening in the p-type structure and the active-region.

Abstract: A control method includes determining a first control signal of a first control unit, determining a second control signal of a second control unit, and controlling a light effect of the illumination device according to a control rule, the first control signal, and the second control signal. The first control signal is used to control an illumination device to generate a first light effect. The second control signal is used to control the illumination device to generate a second light effect.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a Service Deployment Infrastructure (SDI) request engine is disclosed. The SDI request engine can perform tracking, management and provisioning of services subscribed to by users of a computer infrastructure system. The SDI request engine can be deployed to process large volumes of provisioning requests and deliver time critical applications for customers. The SDI request engine can translate each request into a list of tasks of various sizes based on the requirement and configuration of the request, and store each task in a queue. In certain embodiments, the SDI request engine may evaluate a dynamic weight associated with each task to prioritize the processing of tasks, which may improve the overall throughput of request processing.

Abstract: Locking structure includes a first connector, a second connector, a locking member, a sliding member, and a holding member. The first connector includes a first cavity and a first protrusion in the first cavity. The second connector includes a second cavity and a second protrusion in the second cavity. The locking member is slidably received in the second cavity and extends into the first cavity. A peripheral wall of the locking member defines a fastening groove. The sliding member extends into the second cavity and abuts the locking member to drive the locking member to move toward the first protrusion and the second protrusion so that two opposite side walls of the fastening groove press against opposite sides of the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The sliding member defines a latching slot. The holding member includes a latching member for latching in or disengaging from the latching slot.

Abstract: A smoke detector comprising a body, having a detection chamber therein; a first transmitting tube and a second transmitting tube, arranged in the body and configured to be capable of transmitting a first ray of light and a second ray of light into the detection chamber, respectively; a receiving tube, where the first ray of light and the second ray of light can be incident after refraction and/or scattering, and which generates outputs according to the intensity of incident light; and a control device, coupled with the receiving tube to receive a first output generated by the first ray of light on the receiving tube and a second output generated by the second ray of light on the receiving tube, and configured to determine whether there is a fire based on a difference or ratio between the first output and the second output, or the combination thereof.

Abstract: Heterostructures containing one or more sheets of positive charge, or alternately stacked AlGaN barriers and AlGaN wells with specified thickness are provided. Also provided are multiple quantum well structures and p-type contacts. The heterostructures, the multiple quantum well structures and the p-type contacts can be used in light emitting devices and photodetectors.

Abstract: A superconductor tape and method for fabricating same are disclosed. Embodiments are directed to a superconductor tape including a substrate and a buffer stack. In one embodiment, the buffer stack includes: an Ion Beam-Assisted Deposition (IBAD) template layer above the substrate; a homo-epitaxial film of MgO or TiN above the IBAD template layer; an epitaxial film of silver above the homo-epitaxial film; and a homo-epitaxial film of LaMnO3 (LMO) above the silver epitaxial film. The superconductor tape also includes a superconductor film above the buffer stack. These and other embodiments achieve a LMO film with substantially improved texture, resulting in a superconductor structure having high critical current and significantly reduced power consumption and cost.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage system, and related storage system, are provided. The storage system establishes resiliency groups, each having a defined level of redundancy of resources of the storage system. The resiliency groups include at least one compute resources resiliency group and at least one storage resources resiliency group. The storage system supports capability of configurations that have multiples of each of the resiliency groups. Blades of the storage system perform distributed data and metadata storage across modular storage devices, in accordance with the resiliency groups.

Abstract: An input device includes a position acquisition device, a force sensor, and a processing unit. The position acquisition device is configured to obtain position information of at least one touch point. The force sensor is configured to obtain input mechanical information of a pressing force that is applied to the at least one touch point. The processing unit is configured to determine input information based at least on the position information of the least one touch point and the mechanical information of the pressing force. The position acquisition device and the force sensor are stacked on a cover of an electronic device.

Abstract: A disinfection device includes: a container having a wall that defines a chamber for containing liquid therein; and a light source for transmitting disinfection light to the liquid. The light source is in a spatial relationship with the container so that a distance between the light source and the first light receiving surface of the liquid remains unchanged regardless of a volume of the liquid.

Abstract: An air disinfection device includes: a housing including an inlet port and a disinfection chamber that has a shape of a frustum; and a disinfection head disposed in the inlet port and including a fan for taking air into the housing, a filter for filtering the air; and a light source for generating disinfection light that forms a light frustum and disinfects the air in the disinfection chamber. The air disinfection device further includes a power source that provides electrical power for the disinfection head. The light source is arranged so that the light frustum is coaxial with the chamber frustum, and the light and chamber frusta diverge along the same direction. The lateral surface of the light frustum can coincide with the inner lateral surface of the disinfection chamber and the entire portion of a space defined by the disinfection chamber is located within the light frustum.

Abstract: A method of operating a plurality of blades of a storage system, performed by the storage system, is provided. The method includes writing data stripes across one or more sets of blades of the plurality of blades within resiliency groups, the plurality of blades having computing resources and storage memory, each resiliency group supporting data recovery in case of loss of a specified number of blades of the resiliency group. The method includes transferring data from a first resiliency group to a second resiliency group, responsive to a change in geometry of the storage system.

Abstract: Heterostructures containing one or more sheets of positive charge, or alternately stacked AlGaN barriers and AlGaN wells with specified thickness are provided. Also provided are multiple quantum well structures and p-type contacts. The heterostructures, the multiple quantum well structures and the p-type contacts can be used in light emitting devices and photodetectors.

Abstract: A resource acquiring method relates to the field of machine-to-machine communications (M2M) technologies, where the method is used by a consumer application to acquire a producer data resource generated by a producer application, and includes receiving a request message that is used to acquire the producer data resource and that is sent by the consumer application, where the request message carries indication information that is used to instruct to update the producer data resource and return an updated producer data resource, acquiring current moment data from the producer application, updating the producer data resource using the current moment data, and returning the updated producer data resource to the consumer application. Hence, a problem of mismatching between data generated by the producer application and data used by the consumer application is resolved.

Abstract: A semantic validation method, applied to a Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2M) system, where the method includes receiving, by an apparatus storing a semantic description resource, an operation request related to a first semantic description resource, including semantic information of the first semantic description resource, an association relationship between the first semantic description resource and another semantic description resource, and a uniform resource identifier (URI) of an ontology referenced by the first semantic description resource, determining that the first semantic description resource is associated with the semantic description resource, sending a semantic validation request message to an apparatus that stores the ontology referenced by the first semantic description resource. Hence, accuracy of a resource and data shared between industries and applications using a public capability of the M2M system can be ensured in a case of no priori knowledge.

Abstract: A system establishes spools that have spool regions in first memory. The system communicates first spool insertions into the spools, and from the spools to the storage devices, to write into a first partition of second memory of the storage devices. The first spool insertions include data and are optimized towards a first spool insertion size. The system communicates second spool insertions into the spools, and from the spools to the storage devices, to write into a second partition of the second memory of the storage devices. The second spool insertions include metadata and are optimized towards a second spool insertion size.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mobile devices for disinfecting an object. The mobile device includes: one or more light sources for generating a disinfection light; a display; one or more processors coupled to the one or more light sources and display; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes steps to be performed including: determining a required dosage of the disinfection light; determining an exposure time of the disinfection light that corresponds to the required dosage of the disinfection light; illuminating the disinfection light on the surface; and displaying a disinfection map on the display to report a result of a disinfection process performed by the illumination of the disinfection light.

Abstract: A method of operating a storage system is provided. The method includes detecting differing amounts of storage memory on two or more of a plurality of blades of the storage system and forming a plurality of resiliency groups of blades, based on the differing amounts of storage memory, each resiliency group comprising a subset of the plurality of blades of the storage system supporting data recovery in case of failure of two of the blades of the resiliency group.