Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech synthesis. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining an audio representation of speech of a target speaker, obtaining input text for which speech is to be synthesized in a voice of the target speaker, generating a speaker vector by providing the audio representation to a speaker encoder engine that is trained to distinguish speakers from one another, generating an audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker by providing the input text and the speaker vector to a spectrogram generation engine that is trained using voices of reference speakers to generate audio representations, and providing the audio representation of the input text spoken in the voice of the target speaker for output.

Abstract: Provided are improved end-to-end self-supervised pre-training frameworks that leverage a combination of contrastive and masked modeling loss terms. In particular, the present disclosure provides framework that combines contrastive learning and masked modeling, where the former trains the model to discretize input data (e.g., continuous signals such as continuous speech signals) into a finite set of discriminative tokens, and the latter trains the model to learn contextualized representations via solving a masked prediction task consuming the discretized tokens. In contrast to certain existing masked modeling-based pre-training frameworks which rely on an iterative re-clustering and re-training process or other existing frameworks which concatenate two separately trained modules, the proposed framework can enable a model to be optimized in an end-to-end fashion by solving the two self-supervised tasks (the contrastive task and masked modeling) simultaneously.

Abstract: A camera structure includes a support frame, a camera, a camera switch and a latch mechanism. The camera is supported by the support frame. The camera switch is spatially separated from the camera. The camera switch is configured to enable and disable the camera. The latch mechanism includes a slidable latch body and a cover and a connecting rod linking the latch body. The latch body is configured to move between a first position and a second position. When the latch body is at the first position, the camera is exposed from a first opening of the cover and the connecting rod interferes with the camera switch to enable the camera. When the latch body is at the second position, the cover shields the camera and the connecting rod moves away from the camera switch to enable the camera.

Abstract: A camera structure includes a support frame, a camera, a camera switch and a latch mechanism. The camera is supported by the support frame. The camera switch is spatially separated from the camera. The camera switch is configured to enable and disable the camera. The latch mechanism includes a slidable latch body and a cover and a connecting rod linking the latch body. The latch body is configured to move between a first position and a second position. When the latch body is at the first position, the camera is exposed from a first opening of the cover and the connecting rod interferes with the camera switch to enable the camera. When the latch body is at the second position, the cover shields the camera and the connecting rod moves away from the camera switch to enable the camera.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for assigning multiple identifiers to user accounts are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive an indication of an event; associate the event with a user; associate the user with at least a first account identifier of a plurality of accounts of the user; associate the user with at least a second account identifier of the plurality of accounts of the user, the second account identifier different than the first account identifier; add at least one of the first account identifier or the second account identifier to a custom audience relating to the event; target the custom audience through directed advertising; and deliver advertisements to the custom audience.

Abstract: An example of communicating transaction data between a first service and a second service includes receiving transactions of first service, and processing the received transactions and storing the results in a database of the first service. For at least some of the received transactions, corresponding transaction messages are produced for processing by the second service, and tracking that each of the transaction messages is provided to a message queue. The transaction messages are received from the message queue and are processed using the second service, and the results are stored in a database of the second service. When there are duplicate transaction messages received from the message queue, the database of the second service only stores the results of one of the duplicate transaction messages.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a cellulose solution. NMMO with a relatively low concentration and non-activated pulp are continuously mixed online, the mixed premix is dewatered in evaporation dewatering equipment until an NMMO concentration suitable for swelling is achieved, then, sufficient swelling is carried out under this condition, and the uniformly-mixed and sufficiently swelled pre-swelling solution is subjected to depressurized evaporation dewatering and dissolving by thin-film-evaporation equipment thereby obtaining a high-concentration, uniformly-dissolved and excellently-uniformity cellulose solution. The present invention further provides continuous preparation equipment for the process for preparing a cellulose solution.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic customization of reporting tools in an on-demand services environment in a multi-tenant environment according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes importing, by a database system, a first application from a computing system associated with a third-party entity, where the first application is associated with the third-party entity and first one or more reporting forms of a plurality of reporting forms. The method may further include integrating, by the database system, the first application with a second application to generate an integrated application, where the second application includes a local application and is independent of the first application. The second application may be associated with second one or more reporting forms of the plurality of reporting forms.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first connector, a first radio frequency unit, a first transmission line and a first antenna. The first radio frequency (RF) unit is connected to the first connector, the first transmission line has a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the first transmission line is connected to the first connector, and the first antenna is contacted and electrically coupled to the second terminal of the first transmission line. The first RF unit is configured to generate a first RF signal. The first terminal of the first transmission line is configured to receive the first RF signal, and the first transmission line is configured to transmit the first RF signal from the first terminal of the first transmission line to the second terminal of the first transmission line. The first antenna is configured to send the first RF signal.

Abstract: A method and system for autoregressive model based pigtail catheter motion prediction in a fluoroscopic image sequence is disclosed. Parameters of an autoregressive model are estimated based on observed pigtail catheter tip positions in a plurality of previous frames of a fluoroscopic image sequence. A pigtail catheter tip position in a current frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence is predicted using the fitted autoregressive model. The predicted pigtail catheter tip position can be used to constrain pigtail catheter tip detection in the current frame. The predicted pigtail catheter tip position may also be used to predict abnormal motion in the fluoroscopic image sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a cellulose solution. NMMO with a relatively low concentration and non-activated pulp are continuously mixed online, the mixed premix is dewatered in evaporation dewatering equipment until an NMMO concentration suitable for swelling is achieved, then, sufficient swelling is carried out under this condition, and the uniformly-mixed and sufficiently swelled pre-swelling solution is subjected to depressurized evaporation dewatering and dissolving by thin-film-evaporation equipment thereby obtaining a high-concentration, uniformly-dissolved and excellently-uniformity cellulose solution. The present invention further provides continuous preparation equipment for the process for preparing a cellulose solution.

Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna element, a sensing circuit, a matching circuit and an impedance adjusting circuit. The sensing element is used to generate a sensing signal. The matching circuit is coupled to the antenna unit. The impedance adjusting circuit is coupled to the sensing circuit and is capable of turning an impedance of the antenna unit and an impedance of the matching circuit into mismatch according to the sensing signal.

Abstract: A communication device includes an antenna unit, an adjustment unit and a sensing and processing unit. The sensing and processing unit is electrically coupled to the antenna unit and the adjustment unit. The antenna unit is configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal. The adjustment unit is configured to adjust a frequency and a bandwidth of the RF signal. The sensing and processing unit is configured to sense a capacitance, so as to control the adjustment unit to adjust the frequency of the RF signal according to the capacitance, and to control the adjustment unit to adjust the bandwidth of the RF signal according to a system signal.

Abstract: A communication device includes a first sensing electrode, a sensing and processing unit, a radio frequency unit, a first antenna and a second antenna. The radio frequency unit, the first antenna and the second antenna are coupled to the sensing and processing unit. The radio frequency unit is configured to generate a radio frequency signal. The first sensing electrode is configured to sense a first capacitance when an object approaches the communication device. The sensing and processing unit is configured to generate a relative position signal of the object and the communication device according to the first capacitance. The sensing and processing unit is further configured to control one of the first antenna and the second antenna to send the radio frequency signal according to the relative position signal.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display module, an NFC (Near-field Communication) module, a verification module and a control module. The display module is disposed on a first surface of the electronic device. The NFC module includes an antenna unit. The antenna unit is configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal from an outward direction of the first surface. The verification module is disposed on a second surface of the electronic device. The verification module is configured to generate an identification input data according to an operation of a user. The control module is configured to drive the verification module to generate the identification input data when the NFC module receives an identification requirement data, and configured to determine whether the identification input data is valid.

Abstract: A communication device includes an antenna unit, an adjustment unit and a sensing and processing unit. The sensing and processing unit is electrically coupled to the antenna u and the adjustment unit. The antenna unit is configured to transmit a radio frequency (RE) signal. The adjustment unit is configured to adjust a frequency and a bandwidth of the RF signal. The sensing and processing unit is configured to sense a capacitance, so as to control the adjustment unit to adjust the frequency of the RE signal according to the capacitance, and to control the adjustment unit to adjust the bandwidth of the RE signal according to a system signal.

Abstract: A communication device includes an antenna unit, a sensing unit and a radio frequency unit. The antenna unit is configured to send a radio frequency signal. The sensing unit is coupled to a ground terminal through a capacitor and configured to sense a first capacitance through the antenna unit. The radio frequency unit is configured to generate the radio frequency signal, and to adjust energy of the radio frequency signal to a first energy according to the first capacitance. When the energy if the radio frequency signal is the first energy, the sensing unit is configured to sense a second capacitance through the antenna unit. The radio frequency unit is configured to adjust the energy of the radio frequency signal from the first energy to a second energy according to the second capacitance.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a casing, a display module, and a communication module. The casing includes a first surface and a second surface. The display module is disposed on the first surface and has a display region. The communication module includes a first antenna module and a second antenna module. The first antenna module is disposed close to the display module and is corresponding perpendicularly to at least one part of the display region. The second antenna module is disposed close to the second surface. The communication module selectively receives and transmits a wireless signal along an outward direction extending from the first surface via the first antenna module or along an outward direction extending from the second surface via the second antenna module.

Abstract: A method and system for extracting a silhouette of a 3D mesh representing an anatomical structure is disclosed. The 3D mesh is projected to two dimensions. Silhouette candidate edges are generated in the projected mesh by pruning edges and mesh points based on topology analysis of the projected mesh. Each silhouette candidate edge that intersects with another edge in the projected mesh is split into two silhouette candidate edges. The silhouette is extracted using an edge following process on the silhouette candidate edges.

Abstract: A communication device is provided. The communication device includes an antenna unit, a sensing unit and a radio frequency unit. The antenna unit is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal. The sensing unit is coupled to a ground terminal through a first capacitor. The sensing unit is configured to sense a capacitance value through the antenna unit. The radio frequency unit is configured to generate the radio frequency signal and to regulate the energy of the radio frequency signal according to the capacitance value.