Abstract: A photovoltaic cell is provided, including a substrate having a front surface with metal and non-metal pattern regions, first and second pyramid structures in each metal pattern region, third and fourth pyramid structures in each non-metal pattern region, a first tunneling layer and a first doped conductive layer on a portion of the front surface in a respective metal pattern region, and a second tunneling layer and a second doped conductive layer on a rear surface of the substrate. A dimension of a bottom portion of each first pyramid structure is greater than that of each second pyramid structure. A dimension of a bottom portion of each third pyramid structure is greater than that of each fourth pyramid structure. An area proportion of the first pyramid structures in the metal pattern region is greater than that of the third pyramid structures in a respective non-metal pattern region.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a tray table containing plant fiber and a tray table made therefrom. The manufacturing method comprises: a) homogenizing a halogen-free flame retardant to obtain a homogeneous halogen-free flame retardant; b) melting a thermoplastic resin and uniformly blending the molten thermoplastic resin with a plant fiber, the homogeneous halogen-free flame retardant, and a compatibilizer to obtain a plant fiber composite material; c) extruding and granulating the plant fiber composite material to obtain a granular composite material; and d) mixing the granular composite material with a foaming agent and injection molding to obtain the tray table. The tray table manufactured according to the method herein is green and environmentally friendly, non-toxic and harmless, and also has high flame-retardant effect and weight reduction effect.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to the field of solar cells, and in particular to a solar cell and a production method thereof, and a photovoltaic module. The solar cell includes: a N-type substrate; a P-type emitter formed on a first surface of the N-type substrate and including a first portion and a second portion, a top surface of the first portion includes a first pyramid structure, and at least a part of at least one inclined surface of the first pyramid structure is concave or convex relative to a center of the first pyramid structure, a top surface of the second portion includes a second pyramid structure, and inclined surfaces of the second pyramid structure are planar; and a tunnel layer and a doped conductive layer located on a second surface of the N-type substrate. The present disclosure can improve the photoelectric conversion performance of solar cells.

Abstract: A delivery site and delivery method are provided, the delivery site includes: a building having a storage space configured to store an article and a drone apron configured to allow a drone to land thereon, an article receiving device at least partially arranged in the building and configured to receive an article unloaded from the drone on the drone apron, and an article sorting device arranged in the building, and configured to sort a received article into the storage space.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for CSI quality triggered determination of AR model order for a channel prediction filter. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining an indication of declining CSI quality in a radio environment. The method comprises, in response thereto, obtaining an estimation of current channel conditions in the radio environment. The method comprises determining the AR model order based on the estimation of current channel conditions. The method comprises performing channel prediction of the radio environment using the channel prediction filter. The channel prediction filter is defined by an AR model having the determined AR model order.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle airport, an unmanned aerial vehicle system, a tour inspection system and an unmanned aerial vehicle cruise system. The unmanned aerial vehicle airport comprises a support base, a parking apron, a protective cover and a protective cover opening and closing driving device. The parking apron is installed on the top of the support base; the protective cover covers the top of the apron; the protective cover opening and closing driving device is installed between the support base and the protective cover, and the protective cover opening and closing driving device is configured to cause a bar linkage mechanism to drive the protective cover to switch between an open position and a closed position. The unmanned aerial vehicle airport is provided with the protective cover for the parking apron. If the protective cover is open, the unmanned aerial vehicle is parked on the parking apron, and takes off from the parking apron.

Abstract: A video processing method is provided. The method includes inserting a set of spatial merge candidates to a first merge candidate list of a coding block, wherein the first merge candidate list is constructed by: adding a top neighboring block B1 to the first merge candidate list when the top neighboring block B1 is available; adding a left neighboring block A1 to the first merge candidate list when the left neighboring block A1 is available; adding a top neighboring block B0 to the first merge candidate list when the top neighboring block B0 is available; adding a left neighboring block A0 to the first merge candidate list when the left neighboring block A0 is available; and adding an above-left neighboring block B2 to the first merge candidate list when the above-left neighboring block B2 is available.

Abstract: A travel plan generation device according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a generation unit that generates a travel plan for traveling a plurality of points by a plurality of mobile bodies by performing, at each output step, processing of selecting any one point out of the plurality of points by using a recurrent neural network configured to output visiting probabilities at the plurality of points when point information regarding the plurality of points and mobile body information regarding the plurality of mobile bodies are input, and mask information indicating an unselectable point out of the plurality of points, and an output unit that outputs the travel plan, in which points already selected for the plurality of mobile bodies excluding a point previously selected for each mobile body are set as unselectable points in the mask information of the each mobile body.

Abstract: A video processing method is provided. The method includes inserting a set of spatial merge candidates to a first merge candidate list of a coding block, wherein the first merge candidate list is constructed by: adding a top neighboring block B1 to the first merge candidate list when the top neighboring block B1 is available; adding a left neighboring block A1 to the first merge candidate list when the left neighboring block A1 is available; adding a top neighboring block B0 to the first merge candidate list when the top neighboring block B0 is available; adding a left neighboring block A0 to the first merge candidate list when the left neighboring block A0 is available; and adding an above-left neighboring block B2 to the first merge candidate list when the above-left neighboring block B2 is available.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises seven lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens may be provided with shortened system length, decreased Fno, increased field of view and image height.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for operating a network node in a wireless network. Such embodiments include applying non-linear precoding to a first data stream to remove a representation of expected inter-stream interference due to a second data stream, thereby generating a corrected first data stream. Such embodiments also include applying linear precoding to the corrected first data stream and to a first reference signal (RS) stream to generate a first signal layer. The first RS stream is not corrected for the expected inter-stream interference prior to applying the linear precoding. Such embodiments also include transmitting the first signal layer to a user equipment (UE). Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a UE, as well as network nodes and UEs configured to perform operations corresponding to such methods.

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless device (510, 800, 1200) for reporting channel state information (CSI) for a downlink channel is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting (601, 705) a CSI report for the downlink channel to a network node (560, 1100), the CSI report comprising: a set of reported coefficients; an indication of how the network node is to interpret the set of reported coefficients; and an indication of a payload size of the set of the reported coefficients.

Abstract: A method of encoding a video sequence into a bitstream includes receiving a video sequence; encoding one or more pictures of the video sequence; and generating a bitstream. The encoding includes compressing a reference picture; transforming, based on the reference picture, a plurality of inter pictures associated with the reference picture into facial semantics; and encoding the facial semantics.

Abstract: A solar cell is disclosed, including a substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, and a first passivation contact structure. The first surface has a metal pattern region and a non-metal pattern region including a first region and a second region. The first region is closer to the second surface than the metal pattern region, and the second region is not closer to the second surface than the first region and is not further away from the second surface than the metal pattern region. The substrate has a doped layer formed in a portion of the substrate corresponding to the non-metal pattern region, and the doped layer has a top surface at the non-metal pattern region. The first passivation contact structure covers the metal pattern region and includes at least one first tunneling layer and at least one first doped conductive layer.

Abstract: A method, network node and wireless device in a wireless communication system for one of transmitting and receiving a phase-tracking reference signal, PT-RS. The method includes obtaining information about a position in a time domain of a scheduled first demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, in a slot, and one of transmitting and receiving the PT-RS within the slot, the position of the PT-RS depending on the position in the time domain of the scheduled first DM-RS.

Abstract: Disclosed are a solar cell and a photovoltaic module. The solar cell includes a substrate, having a first surface, having a metal pattern region and a non-metal pattern region, a first passivation contact structure, located in the metal pattern region and including a first tunneling layer and a first doped conductive layer stacked in a direction away from the substrate, and a second passivation contact structure, including a second tunneling layer and a second doped conductive layer stacked in the direction away from the substrate, and having a first portion over the non-metal pattern region and a second portion over the first passivation contact structure, and a top surface of the first portion of the second passivation contact structure is not further away from the substrate than a top surface of the second portion of the second passivation contact structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are a solar cell and a photovoltaic module. The solar cell includes a substrate, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface includes a metal pattern region and a non-metal pattern region. The first surface is uneven and has a first maximum height with respect to the second surface in the non-metal pattern region and a second maximum height with respect to the second surface in the metal pattern region, and the first maximum height is lower than the second maximum height. The solar cell includes at least one passivation contact structure, covering the first surface and including a tunneling layer and a doped conductive layer stacked in a direction away from the substrate.

Abstract: A video processing method is provided. The method includes inserting a set of spatial merge candidates to a first merge candidate list of a coding block, wherein the first merge candidate list is constructed by: adding a top neighboring block B1 to the first merge candidate list when the top neighboring block B1 is available; adding a left neighboring block A1 to the first merge candidate list when the left neighboring block A1 is available; adding a top neighboring block B0 to the first merge candidate list when the top neighboring block B0 is available; adding a left neighboring block A0 to the first merge candidate list when the left neighboring block A0 is available; and adding an above-left neighboring block B2 to the first merge candidate list when the above-left neighboring block B2 is available.

Abstract: A method for temporal resampling for multi-task machine vision is provided. The method includes receiving a bitstream of a video sequence after temporal resampling; and constructing a target frame from the bitstream using a frame construction model.

Abstract: A transaction harmony degree-based method and system for transaction matching between a power grid and building energy. The method includes: obtaining a transaction harmony degree of a historical transaction cycle; sending, by using a blockchain, the transaction harmony degree to a corresponding building energy user, and sending a maximum compensated electricity price and an expected compensated electricity price in peak-valley regulation to all building energy users; determining, by each building energy user, a transaction-based compensated electricity price in the peak-valley regulation based on the received transaction harmony degree and the received maximum compensated electricity price and expected compensated electricity price in the peak-valley regulation, and feeding back the transaction-based compensated electricity price in the peak-valley regulation to a power grid; and determining, by the power grid, a building energy user that successfully performs transaction matching with the power grid.