Abstract: A method for route planning includes acquiring a route origin and a route destination, and transmitting, to a route planning server, a route planning request that includes the route origin and the route destination, the route planning request is associated with a travel entity with historical travel information available at the route planning server. Further, the method includes receiving at least one planned route. The at least one planned route includes a first planned route with a familiar route portion determined based on a historical travel route of the travel entity, the first planned route includes the route origin, the familiar route portion with an origin skeleton point and a destination skeleton point, and the route destination, a first distance between the route origin and the origin skeleton point, and a second distance between the route destination and the destination skeleton point are within a preset range.

Abstract: A metal-powder producing apparatus includes a spray chamber, and a plurality of spray nozzles that liquid-spray a melted metal into the spray chamber. Each of the plurality of spray nozzles includes: a liquid nozzle that allows the melted metal to flow down into the spray chamber; and a gas-jet nozzle that has a plurality of gas-jet holes arranged around the liquid nozzle and causing a gas fluid to collide with the melted metal having flowed down from the liquid nozzle.

Abstract: A display panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate that are disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate, and a plurality of spacers disposed on a side of the opposite substrate proximate to the array substrate. The array substrate includes a substrate and at least one metal platform disposed on a side of the substrate proximate to the opposite substrate. At least one spacer of the plurality of spacers is disposed opposite to the metal platform; and an orthographic projection of an end, proximate to the substrate, of the spacer on the substrate is located within an orthographic projection of the metal platform on the substrate.

Abstract: A high-density keeping-alive box for fish and a transport method using same. The keeping-alive box includes a box body and a cover assembly. The box body includes a fish accommodating area and a water circulation area. A cover of the cover assembly on the fish accommodating area is pivotedly connected to the box body, and is provided with a vent hole to prevent splash. A connection between the cover assembly and the box body is provided with a splash-proof rubber. The water circulation area is arranged at a side inside the box body. The water circulation area includes a purification system, a refrigerator and an aeration system arranged sequentially. The purification system includes a primary filtration area, a secondary filtration area, an activated carbon filtration area and an ultraviolet (UV) sterilization area.

Abstract: Systems and methods for iterative distributed beam selection include a device including at least one of a first head wearable display (HWD), a second HWD, a first console or a second console. The device detects a predefined condition. The device performs a first distributed beam selection responsive to detecting the predefined condition. Performing the first distributed beam selection includes performing beamforming to provide a first plurality of beams for a first link between the first HWD and the first console, selecting a first beam of the first link with a highest signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) from the first plurality of beams, performing beamforming to provide a second plurality of beams for a second link between the second HWD and the second console while the first beam of the first link is active, and selecting a second beam of the second link with a highest SINR from the second plurality of beams.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a request for a video and receives a ranking of content delivery networks for the request. Also, global constraints are received for the content delivery networks. The global constraints define an allocation for respective content delivery networks. The method selects a content delivery network using the global constraints and the ranking. A score for the content delivery network is altered from a first score to a second score in the ranking and used in the selecting of the content delivery network. The content delivery network that is selected for the request is outputted.

Abstract: A method of processing an image, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which relate to the artificial intelligence field, in particular to fields of computer vision and intelligent transportation technologies. The method includes: determining at least one key frame image in a scene image sequence captured by a target camera; determining a camera pose parameter associated with each key frame image in the at least one key frame image, according to a geographic feature associated with the key frame image; and projecting each scene image in the scene image sequence to obtain a target projection image according to the camera pose parameter associated with the key frame image, so as to generate a scene map based on the target projection image. The geographic feature associated with any key frame image indicates localization information of the target camera at a time instant of capturing the corresponding key frame image.

Abstract: A five-membered heterocyclic oxocarboxylic acid compound and the medical use thereof are described. Specifically, provided are a compound as represented by formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, hydrate, solvate or crystal form thereof, and also a method for preparing the compound, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, and the medical use thereof as a secretion regulator of type I interferon, especially as a STING agonist, and the preparation of a drug for preventing and/or treating diseases related to type I interferon.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a plurality of video segments of a video using a plurality of computing instances and measures data received for the plurality of computing instances during a time window. A video segment for a computing instance in the plurality of computing instances is not fully downloaded during the time window. The method calculates a video delivery metric for the plurality of computing instances based on the data received and calculates an evaluation measurement based on the video delivery metric. The evaluation measurement is used to control an addition or a termination of a computing instance.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a semiconductor device with a nitrided capping layer and methods for forming the same. One method includes forming a first conductive structure in a first dielectric layer on a substrate, depositing a second dielectric layer on the first conductive structure and the first dielectric layer, and forming an opening in the second dielectric layer to expose the first conductive structure and a portion of the first dielectric layer. The method further includes forming a nitrided layer on a top portion of the first conductive structure, a top portion of the portion of the first dielectric layer, sidewalls of the opening, and a top portion of the second dielectric layer, and forming a second conductive structure in the opening, where the second conductive structure is in contact with the nitrided layer.

Abstract: A method for co-production of monophenols and cellulose by transition metal oxide catalytic oxidation of biomass is disclosed. The method uses transition metal oxide as catalyst and pretreated dry biomass as raw material to obtain high purity and selectivity of monophenolic chemicals with co-produced cellulose under mild conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a system, a method and a device for selecting between a primary link and a secondary link for AR/VR applications. A console can provide a VR/AR session to a user through a head wearable display. The console can determine that a first measurement of a primary link between the console and a head wearable display is less than a first threshold. The first measurement can include a quality metric of the primary link. The console can activate a secondary link between the console and the head wearable display. The console can determine whether a second measurement of the primary link between the console and the head wearable display is less than a second threshold. The console can transition when the second measurement is less than the second threshold, traffic on the primary link to the activated secondary link.

Abstract: A vehicle display control device, which displays a predetermined image at a display region showing a foreground of a vehicle, includes a memory, and a processor connected to the memory. In a case in which a change operation that changes an advancing direction of the vehicle is planned, the processor displays at least one directional image, which indicates an advancing direction after the change, in the display region, and changes a number of the directional images during a time period until the vehicle reaches a change operation point at which the change operation is to be carried out.

Abstract: A flexible flat cable manufacturing system comprises a tape conveying device conveying an adhesive tape along a first direction, and a wire conveying device conveying a row of wires along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to a width direction of the conveyed adhesive tape. A wire pressing device presses and pastes the part of the row of wires facing the adhesive tape onto the adhesive tape. A wire cutting device cuts the row of wires to obtain a row of wire segments pasted on the adhesive tape and separated from the row of wires and produces a flexible flat cable including the adhesive tape and the wire segments pasted on the adhesive tape.

Abstract: A radiative cooling device, and a method of manufacturing the same, includes a reflective layer disposed on a substrate and responsible for reflecting sunlight having wavelengths corresponding to ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions; and a radiative cooling layer disposed on the reflective layer and responsible for absorbing sunlight having a wavelength corresponding to a mid-infrared region and emitting the sunlight as heat, wherein the radiative cooling layer includes a first radiation layer including an uneven pattern; and a second radiation layer disposed on the first radiation layer and having a refractive index different from that of the first radiation layer.

Abstract: Substituted piperidines as BTK inhibitors, a preparation method thereof and a pharmaceutical application thereof. The substituted piperidines is a compound represented by a general formula (I) or a stereoisomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the substituted piperidines is used to treat BTK-related diseases such as tumors or autoimmune system diseases.

Abstract: In an anti-fuse programming control circuit based on a master-slave charge pump structure, a master charge pump module obtains an external voltage and is connected to a plurality of slave charge pump modules. Each slave charge pump module is connected to an anti-fuse bank. The distance between the layout position of each slave charge pump module and the layout position of the connected anti-fuse bank does not exceed a predetermined distance. Based on a programming voltage output by each slave charge pump module to the connected anti-fuse bank, the feedback network outputs a feedback signal corresponding to the slave charge pump module to the master charge pump module. Based on the feedback signal corresponding to each slave charge pump module, the master charge pump module adjusts a master drive signal provided to the slave charge pump module to stabilize the programming voltage output by the slave charge pump module.

Abstract: A display control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a travel route of a vehicle, in a case in which the vehicle, traveling on a travel path, changes a travel direction to another travel path, set a display position of a guidance display that guides the travel direction with respect to a display region of a display unit, on the basis of a positional relationship between the display region and the other travel path, and display the guidance display, the display position of which has been set relative to a view ahead of the vehicle, so as to be superimposed on the display region.