Abstract: Multiphase flowmeter aperture antenna transmission and pressure retention are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes at least one radiating element to transmit or receive an electromagnetic signal along a measurement plane orthogonal to a direction of flow of the fluid in the vessel; a pressure retaining member to prevent fluid from entering the aperture antenna assembly through a measurement window of the aperture antenna assembly, at least a portion of the pressure retaining member to separate the radiating element and the fluid; and a metal housing with or without slits, the pressure retaining member to be at least partially within the metal housing, the radiating element to be coupled to the metal housing.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory controller selects a predetermined memory block to receive data and accordingly records multiple logical addresses in a first mapping table. When the predetermined memory block is full, the memory controller edits a second mapping table or a third mapping table based on the first mapping table. The memory controller determines whether the first mapping table has recorded logical addresses of a predetermined number of consecutive logical pages. If not, the memory controller edits the second mapping table. If so, the memory controller skips editing the second mapping table and edits the third mapping table instead, so as to record the mapping information of a predetermined logical page among the predetermined number of consecutive logical pages as representative mapping information in a corresponding field of the third mapping table.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device includes multiple memory blocks. The memory controller determines whether execution of a garbage collection procedure is required according to a number of spare memory blocks. When the execution of the garbage collection procedure is required, the memory controller determines an execution period according to a latest editing status of a plurality of open memory blocks; starts the execution of the garbage collection procedure so as to perform at least a portion of the garbage collection procedure in the execution period; and suspends the execution of the garbage collection procedure when the execution period has expired but the garbage collection procedure is not finished. The memory controller further determines a time interval for continuing the execution of the garbage collection procedure later according to the latest editing status of the open memory blocks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a non-transitory computer program product, and an apparatus for managing data storage. The method performed by a flash controller includes: obtaining information indicating a subregion to be activated, where the subregion is associated with a logical block address (LBA) range; triggering a garbage collection (GC) process being performed in background to migrate user data of all the or a portion of the LBA range associated with the subregion to continuous physical addresses in a flash device; and updating content of a plurality of entries associated with the subregion according to migration results, where each entry includes information indicating which physical address that user data of a corresponding logical address is physically stored in the flash device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing block management regarding a non-volatile memory are provided. The method includes: determining whether a first blank block belongs to a cold block group or a hot block group according to an erase count of the first blank block; in response to the first blank block belonging to the cold block group, selecting the first blank block from a plurality of blank blocks as a target block, for performing data writing; according to at least one characteristic parameter regarding first data to be written, determining whether the first data belongs to a cold data group or a hot data group; and in response to the first data belonging to the hot data group, writing the first data into the first blank block to use the first blank block as a data block of the first data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-transitory computer program product, a method and an apparatus for managing garbage collection process. The non-transitory computer program product includes program code to: determine source blocks to be processed, wherein each source block includes an invalid page; program user data of valid pages in the source blocks, whose quantity is less than a total number of pages in one first-type physical block, into empty pages in a second-type physical block, wherein the total number of pages in one first-type physical block is greater than a total number of pages in one second-type physical block; and fill remaining empty pages in the second-type physical block with dummy values.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, a method, and a non-transitory computer program product for programming flash administration tables. The non-transitory computer program product includes program code to: periodically determine whether user data that has been programmed into a current block of a flash module satisfies a random-write condition; and update a record of a host-to-flash (H2F) sub-table according to content of a flash-to-host (F2H) table for the current block when user data that has been programmed into the current block of the flash module satisfies the random-write condition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing resuming management are provided. The method includes: utilizing a boot loader to load a group of In-System Programming (ISP) codes; storing information to be retained, including a resume ISP loader, into a retention region of a RAM, for being retained during sleeping; determining whether to start sleeping, and generating a determining result; in response to the determining result, controlling the memory device to start sleeping; after starting sleeping, determining whether a wake-up event occurs; after the wake-up event occurs, executing a first ISP code within the group of ISP codes to start performing a first operation; and executing the resume ISP loader to load other ISP codes within the group of ISP codes.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an outer conductor and an inner conductor coaxially arranged with each other with an insulator therebetween. The outer conductor includes a base and a plurality of arc protrusions formed on a rear face of the base and coaxially sharing the same circle center. The protrusions are optimally located around a peripheral region of the circle defined by the cross-section of the cylindrical contour. A metallic box includes a top wall, opposite front and rear walls and opposite two side walls. The front wall forms a plurality of arc holes coaxially arranged with regard to a common center so as to snugly receive the corresponding arc protrusions of the outer conductor, respectively.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a space. A connection module is received within the space. The connection module includes a pair of contact modules commonly sandwiching a grounding module therebetween in the transverse direction. Each contact module includes a plurality of contacts integrally formed within the corresponding insulative wafer via insert-molding. The grounding module includes a grounding plate embedded within an insulative wafer. The grounding plate forms a plurality of fingers respectively electrically and mechanically connecting to the corresponding grounding contacts of the contact modules. The wafer forms a plurality of transverse grooves to receive corresponding grounding bars each having a plurality of inward parts respectively mechanically and electrically connecting to the grounding plate, and a plurality of outward parts respectively mechanically and electrically connecting to the grounding contacts of the contact modules.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device includes multiple memory blocks. The memory blocks include multiple table blocks configured to store tables and multiple data blocks configured to store data. The memory controller is configured to receive a predefined command which is a command from a host device to instruct the memory controller to perform initialization of the data storage device. The initialization of the data storage device includes a plurality of processing procedures which include a first portion of processing procedures and a second portion of processing procedures. The memory controller is configured to perform the first portion of processing procedures in response to the predefined command. After the first portion of processing procedures has been finished, the memory controller is configured to notify the host device that the data storage device is ready.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory controller selects a predetermined memory block to receive data and records multiple logical addresses in a first mapping table. When the predetermined memory block is full, the memory controller edits a second mapping table based on the first mapping table. When editing the second mapping table, the memory controller determines whether M consecutive logical addresses have been recorded in the first mapping table. When the memory controller determines that M consecutive logical addresses have been recorded in the first mapping table, the memory controller edits the second mapping table according to a data compression rate (R), such that one or more fields, which correspond to one or more logical addresses recorded in the first mapping table, of the second mapping table are skipped and not edited. M and R are positive integers greater than 1.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing; plural terminals held on the insulating housing, the terminals are arranged in terminal pairs for transmitting differential signals; and plural shielding sheets held on the insulating housing, each of the shielding sheets includes: at least two walls shielding the terminal pair in at least two directions, and plural elastic pieces extending from the at least two walls in order to cooperate with a mating connector; wherein the elastic pieces of each shielding sheet include an inner elastic piece protruding toward an associated terminal pair and an outer elastic piece protruding away from the associated terminals pair.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing; and plural terminals held in the insulating housing and arranged in terminal pairs, each of the terminals including: a holding portion held in the insulating housing; a cantilever extending forward from the holding portion, a slot being provided on the cantilever; a contact portion at a front of the cantilever; and a mounting portion for mounting on a circuit board; wherein the slot extends to the contact portion; and in each terminal pair, a first distance from a center of the contact portion of one terminal thereof to a center of the contact portion of the other terminal thereof is less than a second distance from a center of the mounting portion of one terminal thereof to a center of the mounting portion of the other terminal thereof.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a housing; plural terminals held on the housing, the terminals being arranged in the form of terminal pairs for transmitting differential signals; plural first shielding sheets shielding the terminals; and plural second shielding sheets shielding the terminals, the second shielding sheet being arranged to cross the first shielding sheets to form plural shielding cavities separated from each other, the terminal pairs being distributed in corresponding shielding cavities, wherein one first shielding sheet is provided between each terminal pair and an laterally adjacent terminal pair and two second shielding sheets are provided between each terminal pair and a longitudinally adjacent terminal pair.

Abstract: A braking control method for a braking system of a vehicle is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The braking control method comprises: obtaining a total braking distance and a first speed of the vehicle; obtaining braking delay information related to the braking system, wherein the braking delay information includes first time information and second time information, the first time information reflects a delay time of a braking signal, and the second time information reflects a preparation time for performing a braking operation according to the braking signal by the braking system; obtaining deceleration information according to the total braking distance, the first speed and the braking delay information; generating the braking signal according to the deceleration information; and performing the braking operation according to the braking signal.

Abstract: A video collaboration tool is provided that, in some embodiments, features a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a hardware processor of a computing component, the machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause the hardware processor to perform a method for an electronic device comprising: repeatedly playing a video clip having a predetermined duration; capturing video of a user of the electronic device while repeatedly playing the video clip; automatically generating a plurality of takes of the video of the user, wherein each take has the predetermined duration of the video clip; and responsive to input of the user: selecting one of the takes, and synchronously playing the selected take and the video clip.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained therein. The housing forms a central slot along a longitudinal direction, and includes a base, opposite first wall and second wall extending from the base and located by two sides of the central slot. The contact includes a retaining section retained to the corresponding first or second wall, and a spring arm with a contacting section at a free end, extending from the retaining section and into the central slot wherein a width/thickness ratio in the contacting section is set within a range between 0.8˜1.28.

Abstract: A three dimensional tissue printing method is disclosed. The three dimensional tissue printing method includes the following steps: performing large support stand printing to form a first printing body; performing small support stand printing to form second printing body on the first printing body and forming a tissue structure by crossly connecting in between the first printing body and the second printing body. Besides, a three dimensional tissue printing device and artificial skin are also presented.