Abstract: Image processing methods and an electronic device are provided. An exemplary image processing method includes: obtaining a target image, where the target image is used for indicating configuration information of a second device; recognizing a first pattern in the target image; determining a first character corresponding to the first pattern, according to a primary element of the first pattern and a secondary element of the first pattern; and recognizing the second device based on the first character.

Abstract: A hydrogel composition, a hydrogel biomedical material, a method for facilitating regeneration of a bone and a manufacturing method of a hydrogel composition are provided. The hydrogel composition includes a first deionized water, a gel powder, a transglutaminase mixture and a hyaluronic acid powder. The gel powder includes gelatin and alginic acid. The first deionized water, the gel powder, the transglutaminase mixture and the hyaluronic acid powder are evenly mixed. Based on the hydrogel composition being 100 wt %, the first deionized water is 95 wt % to 98.46 wt %, the gel powder is 1 wt % to 3 wt %, the transglutaminase mixture is 0.04 wt % to 0.15 wt %, and the hyaluronic acid powder is 0.5 wt % to 1.5 wt %.

Abstract: Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with object perception and prediction of object motion are provided. For example, a plurality of temporal instance representations can be generated. Each temporal instance representation can be associated with differences in the appearance and motion of objects over past time intervals. Past paths and candidate paths of a set of objects can be determined based on the temporal instance representations and current detections of objects. Predicted paths of the set of objects using a machine-learned model trained that uses the past paths and candidate paths to determine the predicted paths. Past path data that includes information associated with the predicted paths can be generated for each object of the set of objects respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating photorealistic image simulation data with geometry-aware composition for testing autonomous vehicles. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure can involve the intake of data on an environment and output of augmented data on the environment with the photorealistic addition of an object. As one example, data on the driving experiences of a self-driving vehicle can be augmented to add another vehicle into the collected environment data. The augmented data may then be used to test safety features of software for a self-driving vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for soaking foodstuff in a liquid under set acid pH conditions of the liquid is described. The foodstuff is soaked in the liquid so as to reduce a content of phytic acid and/or phytate contained in the foodstuff. The apparatus has a vessel for receiving the foodstuff and the liquid for soaking the foodstuff within the vessel. The apparatus further has an amount determining system which is configured to determine an amount of the liquid and/or an amount of the foodstuff to be used for the soaking within the vessel. Further, the apparatus has a pH adjusting system configured to perform an electrolysis of at least a portion of the liquid for adjusting a pH level of the liquid.

Abstract: A compensator compensates for the distortions of a power amplifier circuit. A power amplifier neural network (PAN) is trained to model the power amplifier circuit using pre-determined input and output signal pairs that characterize the power amplifier circuit. Then a compensator is trained to pre-distort a signal received by the PAN. The compensator uses a neural network trained to optimize a loss between a compensator input and a PAN output, and the loss is calculated according to a multi-objective loss function that includes one or more time-domain loss function and one or more frequency-domain loss functions. The trained compensator performs signal compensation to thereby output a pre-distorted signal to the power amplifier circuit.

Abstract: A method for retrofitting exercise machines includes removably attaching a sensor module to a moving part of an exercise machine, the sensor module being configured to detect movements of the moving part and transmit the detected data by a first wireless communication connection, placing a control module in a vicinity of yet separated from the exercise machine, the control module being configured to receive the detected data, calculate an angle value and a speed range using the detected data and transmit the angle value and the speed range by a second wireless communication connection, providing a remote cloud-based application server configured to receive the angle value and the speed range via the second wireless communication connection, verify a user, produce data packets based on the angle value, the speed range and the verified user information and transmit the data packets to a display device.

Abstract: A method includes bonding a package component to a composite carrier. The composite carrier includes a base carrier and an absorption layer, and the absorption layer is between the base carrier and the package component. A laser beam is projected onto the composite carrier. The laser beam penetrates through the base carrier to ablate the absorption layer. The base carrier may then be separated from the package component.

Abstract: Embodiments include forming a die, the die including a pad and a passivation layer over the pad. A via is formed to the pad through the passivation layer. A solder cap is formed on the via, where a first material of the solder cap flows to the sidewall of the via. In some embodiments, the via is encapsulated in a first encapsulant, where the first encapsulant is a polymer or molding compound selected to have a low co-efficient of thermal expansion and/or low curing temperature. In some embodiments, the first material of the solder cap is removed from the sidewall of the via by an etching process and the via is encapsulated in a first encapsulant.

Abstract: An optic fiber adaptor includes two flexible engaging members and two positioning walls cooperating with one another to define an insertion slot. Each engaging member has a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface disposed behind the first inclined surface. A distance between the first inclined surfaces of the engaging members decreases rearwardly so as to facilitate pushing of a casing body of a ferrule assembly into the insertion slot. A distance between the second inclined surfaces of the engaging members decreases forwardly so as to facilitate pulling of the casing body out of the insertion slot. An optic fiber connecting device having the optic fiber adaptor is also disclosed.

Abstract: A CO2 reduction system has a cathode in contact with a catholyte. The cathode includes a selectivity-determining layer on an electron conductor. The selectivity-determining layer includes a selectivity-determining component that includes a substituted heterocycle.

Abstract: Positioning system with an adjustable clamping force and milling equipment for a rail transit honeycomb workpiece. The positioning system includes a positioning apparatus, including a positioning table to support a workpiece, and a clamping apparatus, including a turntable, which is fixedly disposed on a periphery of the positioning table, a top of the turntable is connected to a mechanical arm, a pressure plate is disposed at an end of the mechanical arm, the pressure plate being capable of cooperating with the positioning table to clamp the workpiece, working regions of all the clamping apparatuses being capable of covering a machining surface of the workpiece, when machining is performed in an intersection region, a clamping apparatus corresponding to the region clamps the workpiece, and when machining is performed in a non-intersection region, a clamping apparatus corresponding to the region dodges, and an adjacent clamping apparatus clamps the workpiece.

Abstract: A shared password analysis method and device. The shared password analysis method comprises: obtaining a shared password, the shared password comprising a target character string; performing detection on the target character string, and in response to a case that the target character string contains a mark character, segmenting the target character string according to the mark character to obtain a verification character string and a data sharing character string; using a preset first key on a client to verify the verification character string; and in response to a case that the verification result indicates that the verification is passed, decrypting the data sharing character string by using a preset second key on the client to obtain shared data.

Abstract: A light-transmissible element and a lamp device using the light-transmissible element are provided. The light-transmissible element includes a light-inputting surface, a first light-outputting surface, a second light-outputting surface and plural microstructures. The first light-outputting surface and the second light-outputting surface are located beside two opposite sides of the light-inputting surface. The plural microstructures are formed on the second light-outputting surface. The plural light beams from the light-inputting surface are received and refracted by the plural microstructures. Consequently, a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each first refractive surface is higher than a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each second refractive surface. Due to this design, the light extraction efficiency of the overall lamp device is increased, the light output range is adjustable and the generation of the light spots is reduced.

Abstract: Methods of ion implantation combined with annealing using a pulsed laser or a furnace for cutting substrate in forming semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices including the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a transistor structure of a device on a first semiconductor substrate; forming a front-side interconnect structure over a front side of the transistor structure; bonding a carrier substrate to the front-side interconnect structure; implanting ions into the first semiconductor substrate to form an implantation region of the first semiconductor substrate; and removing the first semiconductor substrate. Removing the first semiconductor substrate includes applying an annealing process to separate the implantation region from a remainder region of the first semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a back-side interconnect structure over a back side of the transistor structure.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes mounting a bottom wafer on a bottom chuck and mounting a top wafer on a top chuck, wherein one of the bottom chuck and the top chuck has a gasket. The top chuck is moved towards the bottom chuck. The gasket forms a sealed region between the bottom chuck and the top chuck around the top wafer and the bottom wafer. An ambient pressure in the sealed region is adjusted. The top wafer is bonded to the bottom wafer.

Abstract: The invention provides a signal redundancy control system. The system includes multiple first signal collecting devices, second signal collecting devices and a controller, wherein the multiple first signal collecting devices are configured to collect the dynamic information of default devices where the first signal collecting devices are located in real time; one second signal collecting device corresponding to each of the first signal collecting devices is disposed on each default device, and is configured to collect the dynamic information of the default device where the second signal collecting device is located in real time; the controller is configured to determine whether the first signal collecting devices include fault information or not, and positions each default device according to the dynamic information acquired by the first signal collecting devices or the second signal collecting devices.

Abstract: A magnetic cell biocarrier combined with a powerless bioreactor system comprising a biocarrier, a powerless bioreactor, and a magnetic field device. The biocarrier can detach the cells through temperature regulation and can be adsorbed by the magnetic field device to stabilize at the bottom of the gooseneck cell culture tank; the powerless bioreactor comprises a microinfusion element, a culture fluid collection element, and a gooseneck cell culture tank; the internal space of the gooseneck cell culture tank is interconnected with the microinfusion element and the culture fluid collection element, the microinfusion element slowly injects fresh culture medium When the culture medium in the gooseneck cell culture tank is above an overflow position, the cell metabolites can be automatically discharged to the culture fluid collection element by the interconnected vessels to reduce the risk of cell contamination.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a service flow based on a flexible Ethernet, where a bandwidth resource corresponding to a bundling group (BG) of a flexible Ethernet is divided into M timeslots, service data of a service flow is encapsulated in N timeslots in the M timeslots, and the method includes: when a first PHY in the BG fails, determining, based on a preconfigured first timeslot configuration table (TCT), a target timeslot (TTS) in the N timeslots that is mapped to the first PHY; searching the M timeslots for an idle timeslot (ITS) based on the first TCT; adjusting the first TCT when a quantity of ITSs is greater than or equal to a quantity of TTSs, so that all the N timeslots are mapped to PHYs other than the first PHY; and transmitting the service flow by using the mapped PHYs of the bundling group.