Abstract: A seat recliner and an oil collecting element can re-collect the lubricating oil between a friction pair to friction surfaces, so as to reduce the wear rate. The oil collecting element is fixedly connected with one component in a friction pair of the seat recliner. The oil collecting element has an end face facing towards the other component in the friction pair, and each of two ends of the end face is provided with a boss, so as to form an oil collecting gap in the middle of the end face. The side face of the boss is an oil guiding face, and is configured gradually closer to the center of the oil collecting gap from outside to inside.

Abstract: A torque limiter includes an input shaft connected to a driving source, an output shaft connected to a driven load, a shaft sleeve, and an adjustment mechanism. The input shaft includes a positioning post. The output shaft includes a resisting post. The shaft sleeve includes a cam surface and a resisting surface, and defines a cam groove in a periphery. When the driven load is in a predetermined torque range, the positioning post is engaged in the cam groove, the output shaft is rotated by the input shaft and drives the driven load. When the driven load reaches overload torque amount, the cam surface moves relative to the resisting post, the cam surface is separated from the resisting post, such that the input shaft is separated from the output shaft. Thus, the output shaft and the driven load are protected from damaged by torque overload.

Abstract: A data partitioning method and apparatus. The method includes: determining tuple relationship information according to received mixed loads and structure information of a database; determining tuple split cost information according to the tuple relationship information and a feature about whether the mixed loads are executable in parallel; obtaining multiple partitioning schemes according to the tuple split cost information, and determining, from the partitioning schemes, a partitioning scheme with a minimum total cost value as an optimum partitioning scheme to perform partitioning processing on data stored in the database. In the data partitioning method and apparatus, optimum partitioning is performed on data associated with the mixed loads in a database, after partitioning, data has features of a transaction load and an analytical load in the mixed loads, thereby improving working performance of the database system oriented to the mixed loads.

Abstract: An interactive voice recognition electronic device converts a received voice signal to a text, and searches a voice databases to find a matched voice text of the converted text. The matched voice text is taken as a recognized voice text of the voice signal if the matched voice text exists in the voice database. The electronic device obtains a predetermined number of similar voice texts if no matched voice text exists in the voice database. The electronic device converts the predetermined number of similar voice texts to the voice signals, outputs the converted voice signals in turn, and selects one of the similar voice texts as the recognized voice text according to the selection of the user. The electronic device obtains the associated answer text of the recognized voice text in the voice database and converts the answer text to voice signals.

Abstract: A drill string including tool assembly. The tool assembly includes a tool joint adapter and a tool joint coupled to the tool joint adapter through a faceted pin. The faceted pin includes a faceted fitting having a fitting face. The drill string includes a locking pin that extends through the tool joint adapter and tool joint. The locking pin extends through a locking pin groove of the fitting face. The locking pin locks the tool joint adapter and tool joint together.

Abstract: A testing scheduling system for optimizing and scheduling a testing path among a plurality of available work station calculates a distance between work stations according to the coordinates of the of the available work stations, assigns a value to a quantity, and applies this to the failure rate of each work station, the backlog quantities of each work station, the test-awaited quantities, and the distances between each available work station to acquire a failure rate value, a backlog quantities value, a test-awaited quantities value, and a distances value. The testing scheduling system further calculates a first weighted value of each available work station by summing the failure rate value, the backlog quantities value, the test-awaited quantities value, and the distances value of each available work station, and analyzes the first weighted values to determine a preferred work station.

Abstract: A system for arranging work stations arranges a number of work stations of different types in a predetermined area, and calculates a number of each type of work station to ensure that a total production efficiency of each type of work station can reach a predetermined production efficiency.

Abstract: A method of embedding a binary watermark into an image and a computer applied such are disclosed. The binary watermark is transformed to a watermark sequence consisting of K binary numbers and the image is converted into a grayscale image, being segmented into several sections. K sections are selected randomly while each selected section corresponds to one of the binary numbers of the watermark sequence. In relation to each selected section, a sum of a first part of the pixels and a sum of a second part of the pixels is compared. Each of the selected sections having their result of comparison being made to correspond to corresponding binary number in accordance with a predefined correlation results in the binary watermark being embedded into the image.

Abstract: Polymers, monomers, chromophoric polymer dots and related methods are provided. Highly fluorescent chromophoric polymer dots with narrow-band emissions are provided. Methods for synthesizing the chromophoric polymers, preparation methods for forming the chromophoric polymer dots, and biological applications using the unique properties of narrow-band emissions are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vulcanizable composition containing a specific hydrogenated nitrile rubber, at least one cross-linking agent and carbon nanotubes, a process for preparing such composition and the use thereof for preparing vulcanizates. Said vulcanizates exhibit excellent heat performance, oil resistance and mechanical strength.

Abstract: Methods and systems of recognizing images may include an apparatus having a hardware module with logic to, for a plurality of vectors in an image, determine a first intermediate computation based on even pixels of an image vector, and determine a second intermediate computation based on odd pixels of an image vector. The logic can also combine the first and second intermediate computations into a Hessian matrix computation.

Abstract: A method (100) of fabricating an LED or the active regions of an LED and an LED (200). The method includes growing, depositing or otherwise providing a bottom cladding layer (208) of a selected semiconductor alloy with an adjusted bandgap provided by intentionally disordering the structure of the cladding layer (208). A first active layer (202) may be grown above the bottom cladding layer (208) wherein the first active layer (202) is fabricated of the same semiconductor alloy, with however, a partially ordered structure. The first active layer (202) will also be fabricated to include a selected n or p type doping. The method further includes growing a second active layer (204) above the first active layer (202) where the second active layer (204) Is fabricated from the same semiconductor alloy.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to macrocyclic compounds and their therapeutic use. More particularly, the invention relates to macrocyclic compounds that modulate the activity of inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs) and/or are useful in the treatment of medical conditions, such as cancer.

Abstract: Co-selected images are labeled based on a topic score that is a measure of relevance of the co-selected image to a first topic to which a reference image belongs. The first topic to which the reference image belongs is identified based on a reference label associated with the reference image. The co-selected images are images that are selected for presentation subsequent to selection of the reference image during a user session. The co-selected images are identified based on selection data for user sessions in which the reference image was selected for presentation. The topic score is generated based on a frequency of selection of the co-selected image. Image search results for a second topic can be filtered to remove images that are labeled as belonging to the first topic or the image search results can be reordered to adjust the presentation positions at which images are referenced based on the topic to which the images belong.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for cross-language image search. One method includes receiving an image search query and image search results responsive to the image search query. Translations of the image search query into other languages are obtained, and search results responsive to each of the translations are received. Instructions are provided to a client device. The instructions cause the client device to present a user interface that includes one or more of the image search results responsive to the image search query and a cross-language search option for each of the translations. Each cross-language search option includes the translation and a preview of the image search results responsive to the translation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a soft handover method and device. The soft handover method includes: receiving a soft handover request sent by a home access node, where the soft handover request includes user plane information of the home access node and an identifier of an RNC; establishing a signaling connection mapping between the home access node and the RNC, and forwarding the soft handover request to the RNC; receiving a soft handover response returned by the RNC; establishing a user plane connection mapping between the home access node and the RNC, forwarding the soft handover response to an HNB based on forwarding user plane information, and forwarding user plane data. The technical solutions of the present invention implement a soft handover process between a macro cell and a home access node cell.

Abstract: A color flat display panel and a corresponding color flat display device are disclosed. The color flat display panel comprises a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines. Each of the pixels comprises a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel and a third color sub-pixel, each of the scanning lines is electrically connected with a corresponding row of sub-pixels in a row direction, and each of the data lines is electrically connected with a corresponding column of sub-pixels in a column direction. The first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel of each of the pixels are arranged in the column direction so that the corresponding row of sub-pixels electrically connected with each of the scanning lines are sub-pixels of a same color. As sub-pixels of each row are of a same color, each sub-pixel can receive a Gamma curve of the same color, thus obviating the color-cross.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes: a harmonic filter coupled to an ultrasound transmitter to reduce transmitted harmonic components; a fundamental filter coupled with an ultrasound receiver to reduce received fundamental components; and a fusion processor configured to generate multiple frames of fusion images for two subsequent frames of ultrasound transmissions to improve frame rate. The ultrasound receiver may optionally perform signal alignment and matching to improve image quality. To improve image quality, the ultrasound system may optionally use multiple amplitude-modulated transmit pulses with different delays, or multiple transmit pulses with different amplitudes to extract harmonic signals.

Abstract: Methods and systems for segmenting pixels for wafer inspection are provided. One method includes determining a statistic for individual pixels based on a characteristic of the individual pixels in an image acquired for a wafer by an inspection system. The method also includes assigning the individual pixels to first segments based on the statistic. In addition, the method includes detecting one or more edges between the first segments in an image of the first segments and generating an edge map by projecting the one or more edges across an area corresponding to the image for the wafer. The method further includes assigning the individual pixels to second segments by applying the first segments and the edge map to the image for the wafer thereby segmenting the image. Defect detection is performed based on the second segments to which the individual pixels are assigned.