Abstract: Provided is a binarization method for CT sectional image of fiber package containing artifacts, which includes: performing brightness adjustment on the source image obtained after converting of the HSV image model by using a composite tangent function; creating a planar morphological structural element having a morphology similar to that of a target object to obtain a background image without the target object; obtaining a second intermediate image by a subtraction operation of the first intermediate image and the background image; improving an image contrast of the second intermediate image again to obtain a third intermediate image; and binarizing the third intermediate image by using a local adaptive threshold binarization algorithm and removing a background noise to obtain a final binarized image. The binarization method can improve the uneven brightness of the image under complex illumination, alleviate the artifacts, and strip similar objects from the background with similar gray scales.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a mirrored plurality of physical storage resources configured to operate as a single virtual storage resource. The information handling system may be configured to: prior to performing a sensitive operation, cause the virtual storage resource to enter a degraded state by taking a selected physical storage resource of the plurality of physical storage resources offline; perform the sensitive operation, wherein performing the sensitive operation includes writing data to a remaining physical storage resource of the plurality of physical storage resources; and in response to a failure of the sensitive operation, cause data to be copied from the selected physical storage resource to the remaining physical storage resource.

Abstract: A humidifier for humidification of air to be delivered to a patient's airways may include a humidification chamber, a reservoir and a water delivery mechanism. The humidification chamber may include a water retention feature such as a wick, a heating element for heating the humidification chamber, and an air flow baffle configured to promote humidification. The humidifier may be further configured to execute one or more algorithms, for example to determine a condition of the humidifier and/or to mitigate any detected faults. In some forms, the humidifier may also comprise algorithms for controlling one or more components of the humidifier.

Abstract: Microelectronic modules are described. In an embodiment, a microelectronic module includes a module substrate, a chip mounted onto the module substrate, and a semiconductor-based integrated passive device between the chip and the module substrate. The semiconductor-based integrated passive device may include an upper RDL stack-up with thicker wiring layers than a lower BEOL stack-up. The semiconductor-based integrated passive device may be further solder bonded or hybrid bonded with the chip.

Abstract: In a method, in response to an interface a computer-implemented analysis assistant initiates a presentation of inefficiency results, determined an efficiency analyzer based on a mapping of a dataflow program to execute on hardware of a computing system. The assistant receives an inefficiency included among the inefficiency results and composes formatted inefficiency results comprising a presentation format of the inefficiency to assist a developer of the dataflow program to interpret the inefficiency. The analysis assistant outputs the formatted inefficiency results to an interface, which can comprise an interface to output the formatted inefficiency results for use by the developer to improve the dataflow program in association with the inefficiency. In implementations the presentation can comprise an interactive presentation with a developer of the dataflow program. A computer program product and a computing system can implement the method.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating and operating a speech enhancement model optimized for generating noise-suppressed speech outputs for improved human listening and live captioning. A computing system obtains a speech enhancement model trained on a first training dataset to generate noise-suppressed speech outputs and an automatic speech recognition model trained on a second training dataset to generate transcription labels for spoken language utterances. A third training dataset comprising a set of spoken language utterances is applied to the speech enhancement model to obtain a first noise-suppressed speech output which is applied to the automatic speech recognition model to generate a noise-suppressed transcription output for the set of spoken language utterances.

Abstract: In a method a computer-implemented efficiency analyzer selects operators from an intermediate representation of a dataflow program. The operators are included in a mapping of the operators to hardware of a computing system to execute the dataflow program. Based on the mapping and a description of the hardware, the efficiency analyzer computes an execution metric associated with executing the operators on the hardware. Based on the execution metric and hardware description, the efficiency analyzer determines an inefficiency metric, and based on the inefficiency metric, the efficiency analyzer determines an inefficiency associated with the dataflow program. The computing system to execute the dataflow program can comprise a coarse grain computing system and the hardware can include a reconfigurable processor of the computing system. A computer program product and a computing system to a the dataflow program can implement the method.

Abstract: A semiconductor device for reducing a switching loss includes a drain metal. A silicon substrate of a first conductive type is provided on the drain metal. An epitaxial layer of the first conductive type is provided on the silicon substrate of the first conductive type. A pillar of the first conductive type and a pillar of a second conductive type are arranged in the epitaxial layer of the first conductive type. A body region of the second conductive type is provided on a surface of each pillar. A heavily doped source region of the first conductive type and a heavily doped source region of the second conductive type are arranged in the body region of the second conductive type. A gate trench is formed in the pillar of the first conductive type. Discrete gate polycrystalline silicon is provided in the gate trench.

Abstract: A semiconductor device for reducing a switching loss includes a drain metal. A silicon substrate of a first conductive type is provided on the drain metal. An epitaxial layer of the first conductive type is provided on the silicon substrate of the first conductive type. A pillar of the first conductive type and a pillar of a second conductive type are arranged in the epitaxial layer of the first conductive type. A body region of the second conductive type is provided on a surface of each pillar. A heavily doped source region of the first conductive type and a heavily doped source region of the second conductive type are arranged in the body region of the second conductive type. A gate trench is formed in the pillar of the first conductive type. Discrete gate polycrystalline silicon is provided in the gate trench.

Abstract: A silicon carbide diode having a high surge current capability, and including a semiconductor base plate. The semiconductor base plate includes an N-type silicon carbide substrate and an N-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer located on the N-type silicon carbide substrate. The upper portion of the N-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer is provided with a plurality of P-type well regions. The N-type high resistance region is provided under the P-type well region or on the lower surface of the P-type well region. The resistivity of the N-type high resistance region is greater than the resistivity of the N-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer. The N-type high resistance region is provided under the P-type well region, and a plurality of grooves are provided in the P-type well region or a plurality of block-shaped P-type regions uniformly arranged at intervals are provided in the N-type high resistance region.

Abstract: A silicon carbide diode having a high surge current capability, and including a semiconductor base plate. The semiconductor base plate includes an N-type silicon carbide substrate and an N-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer located on the N-type silicon carbide substrate. The upper portion of the N-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer is provided with a plurality of P-type well regions. The N-type high resistance region is provided under the P-type well region or on the lower surface of the P-type well region. The resistivity of the N-type high resistance region is greater than the resistivity of the N-type silicon carbide epitaxial layer. The N-type high resistance region is provided under the P-type well region, and a plurality of grooves are provided in the P-type well region or a plurality of block-shaped P-type regions uniformly arranged at intervals are provided in the N-type high resistance region.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a data transmission system of safety patrol on construction project site based on “internet plus” according to the present disclosure comprises a patrol apparatus for collecting and transmitting an on-site panorama image, 3D point cloud data of the scene, location information and construction on-site data; a cloud computing platform for receiving the on-site panorama image, the 3D point cloud data of the scene, the location information and the construction on-site data, and reconstructing a 3D model of a patrol scene based on the panorama images, the 3D point cloud data of the scene, the location information and the construction on-site data; a safety patrol data terminal providing inspection/browse to construction site; the present disclosure enable users to patrol in construction project remotely, reducing workload of the safety production management personnel, improving patrol efficiency, enhancing the intuitive reality of the patrol and the safety patrol level of the const

Abstract: A multi-function high-frequency tool for an endoscope, comprising an insert portion and a handle portion, the insert portion comprising an insulating tip, a first electrode having a needle-knife function, a second electrode having an IT-knife function, and a spray head; the handle portion comprising a first slider, a connector, an injection connector, and a second slider. The second electrode has a hollow structure, and the first electrode extends through the second electrode; the proximal end of the first electrode is fixedly connected by means of a mandrel connecting member to the distal end of a mandrel; the proximal end of the mandrel is connected to the first slider of the handle portion, and moves axially on the handle portion by means of the first slider, thereby causing the first electrode to expose from/retract into the second electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a data transmission system of safety patrol on construction project site based on “internet plus” according to the present disclosure comprises a patrol apparatus for collecting and transmitting an on-site panorama image, 3D point cloud data of the scene, location information and construction on-site data; a cloud computing platform for receiving the on-site panorama image, the 3D point cloud data of the scene, the location information and the construction on-site data, and reconstructing a 3D model of a patrol scene based on the panorama images, the 3D point cloud data of the scene, the location information and the construction on-site data; a safety patrol data terminal providing inspection/browse to construction site; the present disclosure enable users to patrol in construction project remotely, reducing workload of the safety production management personnel, improving patrol efficiency, enhancing the intuitive reality of the patrol and the safety patrol level of the const

Abstract: A multi-function high-frequency tool for an endoscope, comprising an insert portion and a handle portion, the insert portion comprising an insulating tip, a first electrode having a needle-knife function, a second electrode having an IT-knife function, and a spray head; the handle portion comprising a first slider, a connector, an injection connector, and a second slider. The second electrode has a hollow structure, and the first electrode extends through the second electrode; the proximal end of the first electrode is fixedly connected by means of a mandrel connecting member to the distal end of a mandrel; the proximal end of the mandrel is connected to the first slider of the handle portion, and moves axially on the handle portion by means of the first slider, thereby causing the first electrode to expose from/retract into the second electrode.

Abstract: A scheduling method and system for high speed uplink packet access which comprises the following two-level scheduling: a first level scheduling for distributing the target rise over thermal (RoT) of each user equipment (UE); and a second level scheduling for tracking the assigned to target RoT via transmitting a relative authority instruction, according to the current authority and channel quality of the UE.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and a system for scheduling frequency physical resources based on frequency hopping. The method comprises: in two time slots of frequency hopping transmission, reserving frequency physical resources for an activated semi-persistent scheduling new transmission user with a transmission period reached and a retransmission user; obtaining a scheduling type of a user required for scheduling, and according to an occupancy situation of the frequency physical resources, obtaining corresponding available frequency physical resources when employing a frequency-selective scheduling type and a non-frequency-selective scheduling type; and according to the scheduling type of the user required for scheduling, searching for corresponding available frequency physical resources, and allocating the frequency physical resources to a frequency-selective scheduling user and a non-frequency-selective scheduling user simultaneously during one scheduling period.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and a system for scheduling frequency physical resources based on frequency hopping. The method comprises: in two time slots of frequency hopping transmission, reserving frequency physical resources for an activated semi-persistent scheduling new transmission user with a transmission period reached and a retransmission user; obtaining a scheduling type of a user required for scheduling, and according to an occupancy situation of the frequency physical resources, obtaining corresponding available frequency physical resources when employing a frequency-selective scheduling type and a non-frequency-selective scheduling type; and according to the scheduling type of the user required for scheduling, searching for corresponding available frequency physical resources, and allocating the frequency physical resources to a frequency-selective scheduling user and a non-frequency-selective scheduling user simultaneously during one scheduling period.

Abstract: A scheduling method and system for high speed uplink packet access which comprises the following two-level scheduling: a first level scheduling for distributing the target rise over thermal (RoT) of each user equipment (UE); and a second level scheduling for tracking the assigned to target RoT via transmitting a relative authority instruction, according to the current authority and channel quality of the UE.