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Both ends of the lead arrangement project outward from side surfaces of a package to form outer lead regions. Each of the outer lead regions includes a pair of outer lead projections and lead terminal smaller projections that are located between the outer lead projections. The outer lead projections and lead terminal smaller projections project outward. Adjustment is made to the projection amount of end surfaces of the lead smaller projections lying in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the lead arrangement, whereby the end surfaces projecting less than end surfaces of the outer lead projections. Thus, cut surfaces of lead connection portions with edged corners are not exposed. This arrangement prevents that the cut surfaces damage other devices.

A robot for providing customer service within a facility includes a locomotion platform, an upper sensor for detecting objects within an upper field of view of the robot, a lower sensor for detecting objects within a lower field of view of the robot, a display and a robot computer in communication with the locomotion platform, the upper sensor and the lower sensor. The robot computer is configured to detect the presence of a customer within the facility based on information received from at least one of the upper sensor and lower sensor, and the robot computer is further configured to access one or more databases storing information associated with products available to customers within the facility and to provide customer service to the customer based on the accessed information.

A plastic pallet (10) having good load bearing construction and held together without mechanical fasteners, includes deck boards (30). The deck boards include ridges (24) on an upper side (32) and a lower side (34) thereof. Deck boards are positioned transversely on stringers (12) and joined thereto by either an adhesive or thermoplastic welding processes. The stringers and deck boards may be provided with end caps (26, 42) which seal interior areas of the stringers and deck boards and prevent tearing thereof. The stringers and deck boards have interior reinforcement ribs (22,40). The cross sectional profiles of the stringers, deck boards, and end caps provide a cost effective and light weight pallet. Openings which extend between the stringers allow for either two way fork entry and/or four way fork entry. The stringers and deck boards provide flexibility in constructing pallets of various designs. The plastic pallet preferably is highly durable and fully recyclable.

A system and method for recommending on-line articles and documents to users is disclosed. The method provides an article widget user interface and a full-screen widget user interfaces to allow a user to rate articles, to preview articles, to filter articles based on category, article length, or other characteristics. A recommender system is configured to provide a continually refreshing list of recommended articles to the user via the user interfaces. The system comprises a module configured to monitor the user's explicit and implicit interactions with the user interfaces, and provides a refreshed list of recommended articles accordingly. The recommender system may be configured to use a package of approaches including rule-based, content-based or collaborative filtering approaches including Slope, Co-Visitation, Mwinnow and Clustering/Co-clustering.

A multi-piece clamp for installation on a standing seam is disclosed. One component of the clamp is a clamp body with a clamp body slot formed therein. This slot may be mounted on a standing seam without having to slide the clamp body onto an end of the seam. Another component of the clamp is an insert(s) that may be disposed within the clamp body slot between a clamp body slot wall and the standing seam. One or more seam fasteners may be directed through the clamp body and a clamp body slot wall to secure each of the inserts within the clamp body slot by a compression of the same, and further to secure the clamp to the standing seam.

A computer device has user interface configured to display user actuatable game elements and to detect user input when a user engages with a game element; and a processor configured to receive a detected user input and on detecting a match game condition to control the user interface to remove at least three game elements from the display and to provide on the user interface replacement user actuatable game elements, wherein the manner of providing each replacement game element has a graphical representation governed by a tile associated with each game element, wherein each tile has a selectable physics which controls at least one of (i) the direction in which it moves to replenish a vacancy left by the removed user game elements; and (ii) the speed at which it moves to replenish the vacancy.

A user is able to change one or more payment options after payment has already been made to a merchant. A payment provider processes a payment request during a transaction with the merchant with default or selected payment options. After the transaction with the merchant is completed and the merchant has been paid, the user may change one or more of the payment options, such as funding source(s) and terms/conditions of payment (e.g., deferment period, installment period/amount, etc.). During the transaction, the user may make a purchase through the payment provider even if the user does not have an account with the payment provider by providing user information, such as name, address, phone number, email address, and date of birth, but not a social security number or funding source information.

The present invention provides a simplified bone fastener removal tool which allows the surgeon to remove bone screws or other bone fasteners from bone, and from bone plates incorporating fastener locking elements. The tool includes an inner shaft which axially engages the bone fastener, a drive shaft which allows the fastener to be rotated using the tool, and an internally threaded outer sleeve which, in combination with the drive shaft, allows for a controlled removal of the fastener from the bone plate and bone. In particular, the internal threads of the outer sleeve engage external threads on the drive shaft, such that rotating the drive shaft while maintaining the outer sleeve fixed causes the drive shaft to translate with respect to the sleeve. Thus, when a fastener is axially engaged with the drive shaft, a controlled removal of the fastener from the bone and bone plate is accomplished simply by rotating the drive shaft with respect to the outer sleeve. No pulling on the fastener is necessary. A method of using the tool is also provided.

A gripping device comprises a support body (2) within a sleeve (8), with the sleeve being mounted around the body for relative translational movement along a common axis thereof. A plurality of gripping elements (10, 12) are pivotally mounted in the body (2), the elements having lever arms (20, 22) projecting laterally from the boundary of the body. Translational movement of the sleeve (8) relative to the body (2) causes working engagement of the sleeve with the gripping element lever arms (20, 22), and movement of the lever arms to pivot the elements (10, 12) and close the elements around an item captured therebetween. Normally, the pivotal axes for the gripping elements (10, 12) are disposed within the support body (2), with the elements themselves projecting axially from an end thereof. The pivotal axes are normally substantialy parallel, and indeed the gripping elements may all be mounted for pivotal movement about the same common axis (18). The pivotal axis or axes will usually be perpendicular to the common axis of the support body and sleeve, but there may be applications in which a different angular relationship between these axes will be used.

A protective cap (1) for application on a medical device such as a medical vial (2) comprising a membrane holder (3) in which a resilient membrane (18) is mounted. The protective cap (1) is provided with connection means (10) for connecting the cap (1) to the medical device (2). The resilient membrane (18) comprises a piercing portion (20) and a sealing portion (22) and is mechanically and/or adhesively held in the protective cap (1) and is arranged to be brought into seailng contact with a receiving portion of the medical device (2) when the protective cap (1) is applied on the medical device (2).

Methods for optimizing webpage content by micro-bucket testing user customization to the webpage include presenting a plurality of modules at a webpage based on a request from a user. The modules define an intent of the webpage. A change defining customization to one or more modules within the webpage is detected. A test case representing the change is automatically generated. The generated test case is a modified webpage having the customization. The webpage is presented to a first segment of users as a control page and the modified webpage is presented to a second segment of users in response to a request for the webpage. User interaction by the first and segment of users is monitored at the webpage and the modified webpage to determine website metrics of the corresponding webpages. The website metrics is used in defining a new control page of the webpage from the modified webpage or retaining the webpage as the control page.

The invention discloses an optimization method for a speaking time of a barrage in a live website. The optimization method comprises the following steps: receiving a barrage request transmitted by a user who successfully logins to a website studio; judging whether the user has a permission to speak according to the barrage request; if so, then judging the identity of the user according to the barrage request; when the identity of the user is an uncommon user, then transmitting an inform that the speaking time is unlimited to the user, and displaying a barrage content corresponding to the barrage request; when the identity of the user is a common user, then judging whether the user is a top user of the website studio according to the barrage request; and if so, then setting a corresponding limited speaking time for the user according to the ranking condition of the user in the website studio. The optimization method for the speaking time of the barrage in the live website provided by the invention can solve the technical problems in an existing barrage live broadcast platform that malicious users occupy a display area of the whole reviews, thus the use and access of normal users are interfered, and the speaking time of users with a higher contribution degree is limited and the degree of participation of the users is affected.

The present invention relates to a method and system for presenting a virtual gift and falls within the technical field of computers. The method comprises: sending, by a first terminal, a gift-giving request to a gift server, the gift-giving request carrying a target gift identifier; determining, by the gift server, an anchor account of a direct broadcasting room to which a first account logging in the first terminal is attached currently, and sending the gift-giving request to a second terminal in which the anchor account logs; determining, by the second terminal, target gift sound effect data corresponding to the target gift identifier according to a pre-stored corresponding relation between a gift identifier and gift sound effect data, and composing the target gift sound effect data with current live video data in the direct broadcasting room to obtain composed video data; sending, by the second terminal, the composed video data to a video server; and sending, by the video server, the composed video data to a login terminal of each account in the direct broadcasting room. By means of the present invention, the interactivity of a direct broadcasting room can be improved.

A postural assessment chair provides a device for monitoring the posture of an individual seated thereon, and correlating changes in the individual's posture, along with indicia of movement of the chair itself and the cognitive workload of the individual, to determine the mental engagement of the individual.

The invention discloses a system for real-time language translation service. The system is used for serving supply and requisitioning parties needing language translation and comprises a service module, a communication module and client modules, wherein the service module is used for crowdsourcing human translation and performing user management; the communication module is used for instantly transmitting information among the client modules in an instant messaging and/or P2P (Peer-to-Peer) mode; the client modules are used for accessing a crowdsourcing management module; the client modules are used for inputting and outputting translation requests and translation results and providing user interaction and self services; the communication module is respectively connected with the service module and the client module. The invention also discloses a method for the real-time service of the language translation. On the one hand, the invention provides a language translation tool with the advantages of good accuracy, real time, good convenience and flexibility as well as low price for the public; on the other hand, the invention provides a platform by which personal translation competence for language is fully exerted to help others and corresponding rewards or remuneration is got for the public. According to the system and the method disclosed by the invention, professional needs and daily needs of the public can be met.

A method for motivating a user including the steps of providing a device with an image capturing feature; capturing an image of the user with the image capturing feature; transmitting the captured image to an identity verification device; comparing biometric data from the image to a biometric profile provided by the user; generating a motivational image of the user with a processing device, the motivational image being produced from an acquired image of the user, the acquired image depicting at least one feature of the user; and displaying the motivational image from the processing device in substantially real time to the user; wherein the motivational image exclusively depicts a real image of the user having enhanced dimensions for the at least one feature.

A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. A package housing encloses the array of products. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween in a closable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The front wall includes a wall flap extending inwardly towards the back wall in frictional engagement with the array of products for removable retention of the products therein.

The invention relates to a method and system for realizing a music barrage. The method comprises the following steps that: a first terminal obtains user comment information published based on a music playing application in a music playing process and user information for publishing the user comment information, and generates barrage information containing the user comment information and the corresponding user information; the first terminal obtains identification information of a music and sends the identification information and the barrage information to a server; the server makes the association between the identification information and the barrage information; and a second terminal receives the barrage information returned by the server and associated with the identification information of the currently played music and displays the associated barrage information in the picture of the currently played music in an overlapping manner. By means of the invention, the basic music playing requirements are satisfied; furthermore, requirements of information interaction with online audiences are also satisfied; and thus, the participation degree and the activeness for users to listen to music are improved easily.

Apparatus for high-volume, high speed ultrasonic cutting or slitting comprising a blade having first and second cutting edges suspended from a reciprocating head, cantilevered over a conveyor supporting and advancing the food product, with the blade including first and second cutting edges on respective opposite sides thereof to cut the food product transversely. The head is preferably controlled for automated operation by an electronic controller to reciprocate transversely at a selected speed and a selected frequency within predetermined ranges over food product advancing on the conveyor. The blade preferably oscillates ultrasonically, and preferably at a frequency of approximately 20,000 Hz. The first and second cutting edges are preferably downwardly convergent, defining an included angle greater than 60 degrees and less than 90 degrees. In one particular embodiment, the internal angle is 70 degrees. In another embodiment, the angle is about 60 degrees. The blade may have a linear translating velocity of 25 to 35 inches per second, and more specifically may have a transverse velocity of approximately thirty inches per second. The apparatus may be used in high-speed, high-volume commercial food production operations for automated cutting of cheese products and other food products from large chunks, slabs and the like into smaller portions, and may also be used in other applications.

A system comprising a virtual environment; users, each associated with a client computer, are represented by avatars within the virtual environment. Data collected by the virtual environment from enterprise data systems pertaining to users' activities relating to each of the users' historical performance on business-related tasks, is attributed to each respective user's character or entity within the virtual environment and the users receive game-related incentives within the virtual environment based on the collected data.

The invention provides a cross-channel microphone connection interaction method and device and a server. The method comprises the following steps: starting the cross-channel microphone connection interaction mode of each anchor end and starting the seat control corresponding to each anchor end; counting the number of virtual resources given by each user to the corresponding anchor in the live broadcasting room where each anchor end is located; sorting all the users in the live broadcasting room of each anchor end based on the number of the virtual resources so as to obtain the sorting result of each anchor end; and sending the sorting result of each anchor end to the users of all the live broadcasting rooms so that the users of all the live broadcasting rooms display the corresponding users in the display area of the corresponding seat control based on the sorting result. The user retention rate can be enhanced.

The invention discloses a wireless headset pairing method, which relates to the technical field of portable listening equipment and is used for solving the problem that the user participation degree is low and the pairing progress is not understood in an existing wireless headset pairing process. The method includes the following steps: when a first wireless headset detects a preset event that triggers a pairing operation, turning on a BLE pairing broadcast; when a BLE connection request sent by a terminal according to the BLE pairing broadcast is received, establishing a BLE connection with the terminal; receiving pairing interaction information sent by the terminal through the BLE connection, wherein the pairing interaction information includes wireless addresses of two wireless headsets; and performing pairing operations by using the pairing interaction information. According to the method, users can participate in the wireless headset pairing process through the terminal, and can further understand the pairing progress through the terminal, so that the user participation degree can be improved. The invention also discloses a wireless headset pairing device, a wireless headset and a computer readable storage medium, which have the above beneficial effects.

A virtual reality (VR) based driving simulation system and method provides hazard perception training and testing. Some embodiments use a personal computing device (e.g., smartphone), a head-mounted VR headset, and a Bluetooth-connected push button keypad or other user input device. An immersive, 3D simulator enables users to experience and learn from hazardous scenarios without risking injury. Performance by a user in perceiving a hazard is compiled as a metric in a user profile stored on a server, and continued training and testing can be conducted with updated scenarios supplied by the server in accordance with the metric associated with a user.

The invention discloses a classroom interaction system for a student. The system comprises a first network access device for accessing a classroom network, a first data transmitting device for transmitting data and an answering module for acquiring and outputting answering information of the student. The invention further discloses a classroom interaction system for a teacher. The system comprises a second network access device for accessing the classroom network, a second data receiving device for receiving the data and an answering information display module for displaying the answering information. The systems can increase the participation degree of the student, help the teacher to timely master the learning condition of the student and timely adjust the teaching process according to the specific learning condition, so that improvement of the classroom teaching effect is promoted.

One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for registering fingerprints. The method for registering fingerprints comprises: obtaining first fingerprint data registered by a user, and determining a first fingerprint area containing the first fingerprint data according to a pre-set fingerprint partition area; marking the first fingerprint area when the fingerprint data of the first fingerprint area has been fully filled up; determining a second fingerprint area to be fully filled up according to fingerprint filling states of fingerprint areas except the first fingerprint area; prompting the user to regulate the registering posture of the fingerprint to a target registering posture with respect to the position information according to the position information of the second fingerprint area in the fingerprint partition area; and obtaining second fingerprint data registered through the target registering posture, and filling fingerprint data in the second fingerprint area according to the second fingerprint data. One embodiment of the present invention further discloses a terminal. The method and device for registering fingerprints have the advantages of enhanced user degree of participation of registering fingerprints, improved efficiency of registering fingerprints and enhanced user experience of the terminal.

A zipper operating device for closing or opening a zipper located at the back of a garment or where accessibility for manipulation is awkward, inconvenient or otherwise difficult. This zipper operating device can engage almost all zipper pull tabs, including those elongated pull tabs without voids or holes.

A clutch controlling apparatus includes a shift change transmission having a plurality of gear trains between a main shaft on an input side and a countershaft on an output side. A clutch controls transmission of power between the shift change transmission and an engine between engagement an disengagement. The clutch controlling apparatus automatically controls the clutch upon shift change of the shift change transmission. An input power ratio is calculated as a ratio between a rotation of the engine and a rotation of the countershaft. If the input/output power ratio exceeds a predetermined value in a direction of a rise of the rotation of the engine during shift change of the shift change transmission, a target control amount of the clutch is corrected in a clutch engagement direction.

A receptacle connector with latch mechanism includes a receptacle housing which has a mating face, a plurality of sidewalls defining a cavity opening to the mating face, and a plurality of contacts receiving chambers formed in the cavity, a plurality of contacts received in the chambers, and a shielding cover having a plurality of side panels enclosing the sidewalls of the receptacle housing. One sidewall defines a pair of slots opening to the mating face, thereby forming a cantilevered latch arm between the pair of slots. One side panel defines a pair of gaps corresponding to the pair of slots, thereby forming a cantilevered elastic slice between the gaps that acts coordinately with the cantilevered latch arm to latch a mating plug connector when the mating plug connector is inserted into the cavity of the receptacle housing.

The invention discloses a mobile Internet-based home-school interaction teaching system. The mobile Internet-based home-school interaction teaching system comprises a dedicated handheld terminal for students, a dedicated handheld terminal for parents, a dedicated handheld terminal for teachers, a dedicated storage server for teaching information, a central processor and a communication module; the dedicated storage server for teaching information is connected with the central processor; the central processor is connected with the communication module; and the dedicated handheld terminal for students, the dedicated handheld terminal for parents and the dedicated handheld terminal for teachers are in communication connection with the central processor through the communication module and are in communication connection with one another. With the mobile Internet-based home-school interaction teaching system of the invention adopted, the parents of the students can be allowed to deeply participate in classroom learning of their children, and the children are more active in the classroom teaching and questioning of the teachers, and the teachers can be convenient to quickly grasp the mastery degree of learned content of each child in classes.

The invention relates to a live broadcast interaction method and device, a computer readable storage medium and computer equipment, and the method comprises the steps: receiving a gift giving requestinitiated by an audience terminal, the gift giving request carrying a live broadcast video stream identification; acquiring live video data corresponding to the live video stream identifier, extracting an anchor portrait area in the live video data, and sending the extracted anchor portrait area to an audience terminal; receiving an interactive processing result sent by the audience terminal, theinteractive processing result being obtained by the audience terminal through interactive processing based on the anchor portrait area, the interactive processing result carrying a gift identifier andgift position information corresponding to the gift identifier; and based on the gift position information, performing superposition processing on the gift corresponding to the gift identifier and the live video data to obtain a synthesized video stream, and sending the synthesized video stream to the audience terminal. According to the scheme provided by the invention, audiences can participatein the gift making process, so that the interaction degree between the audiences and an anchor is improved.