Abstract: A video virtual background image processing method includes receiving a trigger instruction, obtaining a first video frame and a historical video frame neighboring to or apart at a certain number of frames from the first video frame, obtaining a movement parameter of a front view object in the first video frame relative to the historical video frame, and performing adjustment on a virtual background image displayed in a video interface according to the movement parameter.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a metal gate of a PMOS, comprising: step 1, forming a P-type work function metal layer; step 2, depositing an N-type work function metal layer by means of a PVD process, wherein over a bottom surface of a gate trench, the N-type work function metal layer has a hill profile; step 3, forming a first top barrier metal sublayer by means of a conformal growth process, wherein the first top barrier metal sublayer completely fills a sharp corner area of the N-type work function metal layer at a corner of the gate trench; step 4, growing a second top barrier metal sublayer by means of a PVD bombardment process; step 5, forming a third top barrier metal sublayer and a fourth top barrier metal sublayer; and step 6, forming a metal conductive material layer.

Abstract: Body fluid management systems and associated methods include in-line measurement and/or detection of analytes, contaminants, and/or physical characteristics for the diagnosis or detection of disease, infection, or toxicity.

Abstract: An antisway system for a vehicle comprises a stabiliser bar, two elastic bushings, and two mounting devices. Each of the two mounting devices includes a pair of mounting brackets for mounting each of the elastic bushings to a body of the vehicle. Each of the two elastic bushings encloses the stabiliser bar and is molded of an elastomeric material and directly mold bonded to the stabiliser bar and to both mounting brackets of the respective mounting device. The two mounting brackets of each mounting device are arranged at a first distance across the stabiliser bar, when the two elastic bushings are in a radially uncompressed state as molded, and at a second distance across the stabiliser bar, that is smaller than the first distance, when the two elastic bushings are in a radially pre-compressed state as mounted to the body of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computing-in-memory array, chip and electronic device. The said device comprises: a computing-in-memory array comprising at least one computing-in-memory cell, where said computing-in-memory cell comprises the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, the coupling capacitor, the first bitline, the second bitline, the third bitline, the first wordline, the second wordline and the third wordline; a control module connected to said computing-in-memory array, which controls the voltages of each wordline and bitline to read and write data through said computing-in-memory array, or to perform computing-in-memory operations.

Abstract: Methods of propagating Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are described that do not require the addition of, or presence of, any detectable live host plant material or live plant root material. The method comprises addition of water and optionally exposure to sunlight. It was surprisingly found that soil devoid of any detectable live host plant material, including host plant roots, is capable of supporting AMF reproduction, though it is widely believed that AMF are obligate symbionts requiring live plant roots for colonization to reproduce. Described methods optionally include active removal of living host plant material from the soil prior to AMF inoculation. Optionally, phosphorous compounds are added to the soil prior to inoculation. It was found that addition of phosphorous compounds, such as phosphite, to the soil enhances the growth of AMF spores by as much as three-fold over controls having no added phosphorous compounds.

Abstract: An oral care system including a toothbrush having a sensor that generates brushing data during a brushing session and a programmable processor. The programmable processor may be configured to receive the brushing data from the sensor, receive oral characteristic data indicative of an oral characteristic of the user, and determine at least one of a suggested brushing routine and a brushing evaluation for a brushing session based at least in part on the oral characteristic data and the brushing data. The oral characteristic may be present in or adjacent to a first portion of the dentiture. The brushing evaluation or brushing routine may be based on or includes at least one of: an altered target brushing time for the first portion of the dentiture; and a modified brushing motion expectation for the first portion of the dentiture.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication to transmit a communication associated with a configured grant in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), the indication indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier and a configured grant index of the communication. The UE may perform a transmission of the communication based at least in part on the HARQ process identifier and the configured grant index. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a videoconference service determines a selection of a virtual background for a videoconference from a particular participant of a plurality of participants in the videoconference. The videoconference service determines an audio context filter that is associated with a visual context of the virtual background. The videoconference service modifies an audio stream of the videoconference into a modified audio stream according to the audio context filter. The videoconference service presents, to the plurality of participants during the videoconference, the particular participant using the virtual background and the modified audio stream. In an embodiment, the videoconference service ascertains the visual context of the virtual background based on applying a machine learning model to the virtual background.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011004. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011004, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011004 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011004.

Abstract: A fastening system for a window shade includes a first clipping element having a first latching part, and a second clipping element having a second latching part operable to engage with the first latching part for attaching the first and second clipping element to each other, the first and second clipping element being attachable to each other for holding at least one panel of a window shade in a gap between the first and second clipping element. The first and second clipping element are attachable to each other according to a first and a second configuration, the gap between the first and second clipping element being greater in the first configuration than in the second configuration. The fastening system can hold two panels in contact with each other in the gap in the first configuration, and to hold a single panel in the gap in the second configuration.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a subtitle generating apparatus includes processing circuitry and a display. The processing circuitry is configured to sequentially acquire texts from voice recognition results. The processing circuitry is configured to store the texts as archive datasets. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate a split position and a concatenation position of the texts from one or more of the archive datasets, and generate a subtitle text from said one or more of the archive datasets based on the split position and the concatenation position. The processing circuitry is configured to update the archive datasets based on the split position and the concatenation position. The display is configured to display the subtitle text.

Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) power amplifier architectures and circuits providing compensated current and gain from turn-on to end of long signal burst intervals to counteract amplifier transistor thermal rise due to self-heating at turn-on. The RF receiver circuit may be implemented as one of a single chip device or as part of an integrated system of components for use in mobile communication systems.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling lightfield and/or holographic media to be streamed to a client, determining a bandwidth based on a status of a client buffer, splitting the scene of the lightfield and/or holographic media, determining whether the assets are present in the client buffer, mapping the assets to respective ones of the split scenes and to the client buffer, controlling a transmission assets to the client buffer based on the bandwidth, the mapping, and whether one or more of the assets are determined to be present in the client buffer, and controlling the client to reuse at least one of the assets when rendering at least one of the split scenes.

Abstract: A method of recognizing a stop line in an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The method includes detecting valid stop line data in a current frame of an input image, when the valid stop line data is detected in the current frame, calculating a stop line area in the current frame using a tracking algorithm and tracking the stop line in a next frame, and when the valid stop line data is not detected, inputting the current frame to a trained neural network model and performing a redetection of the stop line data.

Abstract: A method or software application for managing personal finances includes collecting information of payees and incomes. A primary income is determined by comparing the income amount of each income and determining which is the highest. Primary income frequencies are set equal to the income frequencies of the primary income. A total amount of bills is calculated from each of the payees for each of the set primary income frequencies, whereby the total amount of bills is equal for each of the primary income frequencies. A total amount of income is calculated for each of the set primary income frequencies. Spending money amount is then determined for each of the set primary income frequencies. A mathematical algorithm is then used to balance the determined spending money over a set period of time by averaging the determined spending money and setting a balanced spending money to the averaged spending money.

Abstract: A method of forming a light emitting device includes forming a first doped compound semiconductor layer over a substrate, forming an active layer over the first doped compound semiconductor layer, forming a second doped compound semiconductor layer over the active layer, forming a patterned ion implantation mask layer, and implanting ions of at least one electrically inactive dopant species in portions of the active layer that are not masked by the patterned ion implantation mask layer. An electrically inactive insulating region including a semiconductor material and atoms of the at least one electrically inactive dopant species is formed. Unimplanted portions of the active layer constitute active regions of an array of light emitting diodes.

Abstract: A device for bottling one or more bottles adapted to contain a liquid includes a filling unit of the bottles, which includes a filling system and a dispensing system of the liquid, and a capping unit of the bottles.

Abstract: A cutting insert has an upper surface having a long side, a short side, a lower surface, a lateral surface and a through hole. The lateral surface has a first lateral surface. The first lateral surface has a first plane that is overlapped with a central axis of the through hole in a front view and is parallel to the central axis, a second plane that is located closer to the short side than the first plane and is parallel to the central axis, a third plane that is located more away from the short side than the first plane and is parallel to the central axis, and a first inclined surface that is located between the second plane and the upper surface and comes closer to the central axis as coming closer to the long side. The first inclined surface is located away from the first plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for separating and recovering hydrogen from coke oven gas (COG) in steel industry, particularly a system and method for separating and recovering hydrogen at a concentration of 99.9% by volume or more from coke oven gas (COG) in steel industry with a recovery rate of 95% or more.

Abstract: A communication system includes a user apparatus; and a base station including a distributed unit (DU) configured to wirelessly communicate with the user apparatus and a central unit (CU) connected to the distributed unit. The base station including the CU and the DU supports packet duplication, and the DU notifies the user apparatus of starting the packet duplication.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for performing optimized breathing therapy. Certain embodiments of the present invention utilize systems, methods, and computer program products that perform optimized breathing therapy using at least one of interruption score generation machine learning models, observed inspiration-expiration pattern, expected inspiration-expiration patterns, expected musical patterns, and inferred musical patterns.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling device, and in particular a multifunctional hair styling device having components which can carry out a number of different (and distinct) styling operations. The invention provides a hair styling device having a body portion and a handle portion, the body portion having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller between the air inlet and the air outlet and an electric motor to rotate the impeller, the handle portion having a pair of heating panels. The handle portion is separable from the body portion and can be used alone as a hair straighter, or the device can be used as a hair dryer with the handle portion attached to the body portion. The body portion can optionally include a hair curling chamber adapted for hair curling.

Abstract: An adjustable stop includes stop elements, each being movable in a stop plane that extends laterally from a through axis of the stop. Portions of a periphery of each stop element delimit an aperture around the axis based on current set positions of the element. Drives are configured for setting the set positions of the elements. Each element is embodied as a cam disk or a sector of a cam disk, which is rotatable about an axis parallel to the through axis. Each element has a differently shaped peripheral segments so that the current set position of the element configured to set a selected size and/or shape of the aperture, such that a desired peripheral segment of the element forms a portion of the delimitation of the aperture. Radial distances of the peripheral segments of an element increase over an angular range of the element toward the axis of rotation.

Abstract: An electronic device having a housing, a battery, a charging circuit, a plurality of temperature sensors in the housing, a processor operatively connected with the battery, the charging circuit, and the plurality of temperature sensors, and a memory. The memory storing instructions configured to, when executed, enable the electronic device to measure temperature values using one or more of the plurality of temperature sensors, in response to a temperature value associated with the battery being within a threshold value, calculate a predicted surface temperature based on at least one of the measured temperature values and a position of each temperature sensor, identify a control step among a plurality of control steps based on an operational state of at least one device associated with the electronic device and the predicted surface temperature, and adjust charging power for the battery through the charging circuit in response to the identified control step.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to provide device enhancements for software defined silicon implementations are disclosed. Example non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions to cause one or more processors to at least generate a first stock keeping unit, associate the first stock keeping unit with a semiconductor device, the first stock keeping unit associated with a first set of features to be provided by the semiconductor device, command the semiconductor device to activate a feature not included in the first set of features to cause the semiconductor device to provide a second set of features, generate a second stock keeping unit for the semiconductor device, and associate the second stock keeping unit with the semiconductor device and the second set of features to be provided by the semiconductor device.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes and apparatus for lyophilising bacterial products which minimise the loss of viable cells during this process, enabling those products to be lyophilised in an efficient and economic manner. The lyophilisation process of the invention achieves improved viability of the lyophilised cells.

Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis apparatus of an assembled battery includes at least one processor. The processor executes discharging of each of a plurality of cells included in an assembled battery mounted on a vehicle while measuring a voltage of each of the cells, and estimates a deterioration degree of the assembled battery using voltage data indicating a transition of a voltage of at least one of the cells from a discharging start voltage to a predetermined discharging end voltage. The vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a motor that executes start processing of the internal combustion engine. The assembled battery supplies power to the motor. The processor determines, during the discharging, whether the assembled battery becomes unable to supply power required for the start processing to the motor when the discharging is continued, and ends the discharging before the assembled battery becomes unable to supply the power to the motor.

Abstract: A display panel includes: a light emitting device to generate light; a plurality of color conversion patterns including: a first color conversion pattern including first scattering particles dispersed in the first color conversion pattern and configured to scatter the light of the light emitting device; and a second color conversion pattern including second scattering particles dispersed in the second color conversion pattern and configured to scatter the light of the light emitting device; a plurality of color filters including: a first color filter overlapping the first color conversion pattern; and a second color filter overlapping the second color conversion pattern; and a single, low index of refraction layer continuously extending in the surface direction to overlap the first and the second color conversion patterns. The low index of refraction layer has a refractive index lower than refractive indexes of the first and second color conversion patterns.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for improving ease in transmitting information between peer devices. Communications devices establish a peer group. Each communications device in the group assigns different sections of its touchscreen to the other devices in the group. To transfer information to another device in the group, the user swipes on the touchscreen towards the assigned section for the target communications device. Upon detecting the swipe, and determining that the swipe was towards the assigned section, the communications device initiates a transfer of the information to the target communications device. This may involve confirmation at the device or a paired device before transfer, or no confirmation. Receipt of the information at the target communications device may trigger notifications to be displayed. It may also trigger a request for acceptance of the transfer at the target communications device after which receipt is confirmed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses.

Abstract: A formulation contains at least one natural cannabis material, at least one solvent, and at least one stabilizer. The formulation is a liquid suspension having a particle size (D90) of below 500 nm. The formulation can be used in the treatment of a disease.

Abstract: A device includes a host including a main memory, and semiconductor memory including a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, memory unit, and controller. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory stores first address information. The memory unit stores second address information as part of the first address information. The controller accesses the nonvolatile semiconductor memory based on the second address information. Third address information is stored in the main memory, and is part or all of the first address information. The controller uses the third address information when accessing the nonvolatile semiconductor memory if address information to be referred is not stored in the second address information.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for treating a body fluid, including: removing the body fluid from a patient; applying a treatment to the body fluid, wherein the treatment comprises an antibody that joins with an antigen in the body fluid to form an antibody-antigen complex; removing the antibody-antigen complex from the body fluid; and returning the body fluid to the patient. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: With conventional art, it has been impossible to communicate the results of inspections of expense applications to the applicants. With an expense management device that includes: an expense acceptance unit that accepts expense information that specifies details of an application for an expense; an inspection result acquisition unit that acquires an inspection result that is a result of an inspection of improperness regarding the expense information accepted by the expense acceptance unit; a first judging unit that judges whether or not the inspection result acquired by the inspection result acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined first condition; and a contact processing unit that performs contact processing to provide the inspection result to an applicant of the expense information when the judging unit judges that the first condition is satisfied, it is possible to inform an applicant with an inspection result regarding an inspection of an expense application.

Abstract: A computer system includes a computing node, a storage node, and an intermediate device. A service runs in the computing node. The storage node stores data of the service. The service is provided with a storage space, and the service performs an operation on the data of the service in the storage node by accessing the storage space. The intermediate device manages the metadata of the storage space, and implements a data operation between the computing node and the storage node based on the metadata of the storage space.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011002. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011002, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011002 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011002.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a beverage and to a beverage preparation device (1), such as a beverage dispenser, for simpler and more efficient sanitization of water. The beverage preparation device (1) comprises: a buffer tank (2) having a tank body for storing an amount of water, a recirculation line (20) configured to allow water circulating out of and back into the buffer tank (2) to form a recirculation path together with the buffer tank (2), a UV lamp (40) arranged for irradiating UV light at a position along the recirculation path to sanitize the water, a cooling unit (3) for cooling the water within the buffer tank (2), a discharge line (23) for discharging the water from the buffer tank (2) via a discharge outlet (24), and a pump (26) for selectively circulating water along the recirculation path or the discharge line (23) towards the discharge outlet.

Abstract: The server acquires first data concerning a load applied to a body of an electric mobile apparatus, acquires second data concerning the performance of a storage battery mounted on the mobile apparatus, calculates a remaining lifetime of the body on the basis of the first data, calculates a remaining lifetime of the battery on the basis of the second data, compares the remaining lifetime of the body with the remaining lifetime of the storage battery, and instructs at least one of an activation of an unused function and an enhancement of a used function among a plurality of functions consuming the electric power of the mobile apparatus when the remaining lifetime of the body is shorter than the remaining lifetime of the storage battery.

Abstract: An image inspection apparatus includes: a reader that reads an image formed on a recording medium; a first processor that: inspects a first read image including one of divided images obtained by dividing the image at a predetermined position in a main scanning direction, and generates first inspection image data based on an inspection result of the first read image; and a second processor that: inspects a second read image including another of the divided images obtained by dividing the image, and generates second inspection image data based on an inspection result of the second read image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaner station including a first station with which a hand vacuum cleaner can be combined and a second station with which a robotic vacuum cleaner can be combined. The first station may include a first suction portion which sucks dust from a dust bin of the hand vacuum cleaner. The second station may include a second suction portion which sucks dust from a dust bin of the robotic vacuum cleaner. The cleaner station may include a dust inlet where the dust sucked by the first suction portion and the second suction portion is discharged. The cleaner station may include a dust storage box which communicates with the dust inlet and receives the dust sucked by the first suction portion and the second suction portion.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for generating heterogeneous graph feature embeddings for feature learning and prediction. An application server may receive and process a plurality of feature datasets to generate a graph data structure comprising a plurality of interconnected transaction pairs. The application server processes the graph data structure to determine a first-order transaction pair corresponding to a maximum transaction frequency based on a user identifier; executes a jumping probability algorithm to process the graph data structure to determine a second-order transaction pair jumping from a first-order transaction pair; and generates a transaction sequence associated with the user identifier.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a request for a robotic fleet to perform a job and defining a set of tasks that are to be performed in performance of the job. The method includes assigning robots selected from a robot inventory to the set of tasks based on a robot inventory data structure that indicates, for each robot, a status and set of baseline features. The robots include one or more assigned multi-purpose robots that can be configured for different tasks and different environments. The method includes determining a configuration for each assigned robot based on the respective task that is assigned and a components inventory. The components inventory indicates multiple components and, for each component, a status and a set of extended capabilities. The method includes configuring the one or more assigned multi-purpose robots based on the respective configurations. The method includes deploying the robotic fleet to perform the job.

Abstract: A steering device includes a steering shaft, a steering column, a bracket, and a fastening mechanism. An upper column includes a clamp, a cylindrical part, a pair of protrusions, and contact ribs. The clamp includes a continuous clamp and a spaced clamp. The protrusions include a continuous protrusion and a spaced protrusion. The contact ribs include first contact ribs disposed each of which is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the clamp, second contact ribs each of which is disposed on a side surface of the protrusion and disposed opposite to the first contact rib with respect to a long groove, and at least one third contact rib disposed on a side surface of the spaced protrusion and between the first contact rib and the long groove. The third contact rib has a protrusion amount greater than those of the first contact rib and the second contact rib.

Abstract: A network system in an enclosure includes one or more interactive targets such as tintable windows, HVAC components, sensors, computing devices, media display devices, and/or service devices. Diverse types of local and remote interfaces are employed for facilitating remote (e.g., indirect) manipulation of the interactive target(s), for example, using a digital twin (e.g., representative virtual model) of a facility and/or a mobile circuitry of a user. The environment and/or targets may be controlled according to preferences and/or requests of its user(s).

Abstract: In some embodiments, control circuitry receives a request from a first user device logged into a user account to begin a first content stream from a media streaming service. In response to determining that a second stream to a second user device logged into the user account is currently in progress, the control circuitry increments a counter. In response to determining that the incremented value of the counter is greater than a threshold, input/output circuitry transmits a prompt to the user device comprising a user-selectable option to increase an allowed number of simultaneous content streams to multiple devices logged into the user account. The control circuitry receives a user selection of the option, and in response to receiving the user selection of the option, the control circuitry transmits the first content stream to the first user device logged into the user account while continuing to stream the second content stream to the second user device.

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes hydroponics systems and methods of efficient, configurable nutrient solution grow reservoirs that utilize shared components while creating more space in grow facilities. The hydroponics systems include vertical and horizontal rows or layouts of connected reservoirs that may include movable reservoirs to allow for better user access and reduce aisles, which allows space for more reservoirs in a grow facility. Multiple reservoirs may be connected to one another by irrigation tubing (e.g., as shown in in vertical layouts) or by pipes or irrigation tubing (e.g., as shown in horizontal layouts) and share various multiple system components, such as water pumps, water chillers, air pumps, float valves, and drain out systems. In some implementations, incorporation of the 4? pipes in the horizontal layouts provides for efficient water circulation in a closed loop configuration throughout the disclosed hydroponic systems.

Abstract: A method of a visited session management function (V-SMF) supporting an edge computing (EC) service for a roaming user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a first request message for protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment of the roaming UE from an access and mobility management function (AMF), the first request message including a first indication indicating supportability of session breakout (SBO) of a home routed (HR) roaming session in a visited network, and a session management policy indication for supporting the EC service through HR roaming, selecting a visited policy control function (V-PCF) providing an SBO policy for supporting the EC service for the HR roaming session according to the first request message, and transmitting a second request message requesting the EC service through the HR roaming session to the V-PCF, the second request message including an SBO requesting indication for the HR roaming session.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input.

Abstract: To implement an image processing device capable of improving rear visibility of a mobile object, the image processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a video from an imaging device that generates images of a rear of a mobile object; a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a first range in the video acquired by the acquisition unit; and a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined target based on the video acquired by the acquisition unit. When the detection unit detects the predetermined target, the display control unit causes the display unit to display the video in a second range different from the first range.