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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs including instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to receive natural-language speech input from one of a plurality of users, the natural-language speech input having a set of acoustic properties; and determine whether the natural-language speech input corresponds to both a user-customizable lexical trigger and a set of acoustic properties associated with the user; where in accordance with a determination that the natural language speech input corresponds to both a user-customizable lexical trigger and a set of acoustic properties associated with the user, invoke a virtual assistant; and in accordance with a determination that either the natural language speech input fails to correspond to a user-customizable lexical trigger or the natural-language speech input fails to have a set of acoustic properties associated with the user, forego invocation of a virtual assistant.

Disclosed is a touch screen system and a control method therefor. The touch screen system includes a display displaying at least one working window; a touch panel outputting a predetermined signal in correspondence with a touch input on the display; a coordinate value calculation unit calculating coordinate values of the touch input based on the signal outputted from the touch panel; a coordinate value storage unit storing coordinate value information indicating active regions for active working windows; a decision unit deciding whether the calculated coordinate values exist in the active regions which the coordinate value information stored in the coordinate value storage unit indicates; and a control unit interrupting a response to the touch input if the calculated coordinate values exist outside the active regions as a result of the decision of the decision unit. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce input errors, to thereby prevent delaying desired processings.

A phase locked loop includes at least one control circuit, where a voltage-controlled oscillator provides an output frequency which is arranged to strive to follow an input frequency. The phase locked loop also includes an outer, slow, negative feedback control circuit, having the input frequency as a setpoint, the output frequency as a process value and an outer output signal. The phase locked loop also includes an inner, fast, negative feedback control circuit, having the sum of a reference frequency from a stable oscillator and the outer output signal as a setpoint, the output frequency as the process value and an inner output signal for controlling the voltage controlled oscillator.

A system for designing and monitoring clinical trials includes a main database of information concerning prior clinical trials and resources available to conduct future clinical trials. In part information in the main database is obtained through data links to other databases in the enterprise, e.g., human resources and finance databases. Some of the information in the main database concerns prior clinical trials and is, in part, in the form of protocols of (a) scheduled visits of a test subject to a treatment site, (b) measurement of prescribed physical attributes of the subject during the visits and (c) administration of at least one prescribed medical product to the subject during the visit to determine over time the subject's response thereto. The protocols of prior clinical trial are stored in the main database in the form of a software template.

A micromachined sensor and a process for fabrication and vertical integration of a sensor and circuitry at wafer-level. The process entails processing a first wafer to incompletely define a sensing structure in a first surface thereof, processing a second wafer to define circuitry on a surface thereof, bonding the first and second wafers together, and then etching the first wafer to complete the sensing structure, including the release of a member relative to the second wafer. The first wafer is preferably a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, and the sensing structure preferably includes a member containing conductive and insulator layers of the SOI wafer. Sets of capacitively coupled elements are preferably formed from a first of the conductive layers to define a symmetric capacitive full-bridge structure.

In a method of calibrating an image capture environment based on a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a physical space by an image capturing unit that captures the image of the physical space, an image of the physical space is captured using the image capturing unit, an index serving as a reference for calibration is detected from the captured image of the physical space, the position and orientation of the image capturing unit are calculated from the detected index, and image capturing unit unique information, geometric information associated with the physical space, or the relationship between the image capturing unit and the physical space is calibrated using the obtained data.

[Objective] When installing software into an in-vehicle terminal from a server, it is required to prevent the software from being installed into an unsuitable terminal, and to reduce time and efforts for data input and download, thereby improving the convenience of the user.

[Solution] In an information distribution system, terminal identification information and a terminal unique key for an in-vehicle terminal are stored in a server as well as in itself. The in-vehicle terminal transmits the terminal identification information to the server for terminal authentication via a communication terminal after encrypting with the terminal unique key, and then the server transmits encrypted software to the communication terminal. The communication terminal transmits the encrypted software to the in-vehicle terminal, which in turn obtains a software unique key encrypted with the terminal unique key from the server and decrypts the encrypted software for installation using the software unique key.

A resonant power converter draws current from a source that provides a supply current. Multiple quasi-resonant converters are interleaved and each quasi-resonant converter receives the supply current and forms a phase-shifted current according to drive signals supplied by a controller. Each phase-shifted current includes a dead-time delay and is phase-shifted relative to the other phase-shifted currents. The dead-time delay is determined as a time value within a calculated dead-time delay range having a dead-time delay minimum and a dead-time delay maximum. The outputs of each quasi-resonant converter are added together thereby reducing the AC components of current. Two, three, or four quasi-resonant power converters can be interleaved, each forming phase-shifted currents that are phase-shifted relative to the other phase-shifted currents.

A method for compensating for reduced picture quality when combining a multi-chip encoding chipset into a single integrated semiconductor IC. The method includes additional functions provided on the single IC to compensate for the negative effects on picture quality produced as a result of rounding 8 bit luminance pixel data to 5 bits, where the luminance data values are supplied as input to the search function. The additional functions are collectively referred to as motion biasing and are applied to influence the choice of a "best match" motion type, which is well known in the art. The biasing is performed by the addition of a weight factor to a total difference result that is calculated by the search function. The biasing is applied only for the purpose of influencing the choice of a reference frame that is not necessarily the frame which produces an optimal motion vector, but rather will result in using fewer bits to encode macroblocks.

An apparatus and method for automatically controlling voltages used to drive LED loads. A battery voltage can be boosted to a selected drive voltage level connected to current sources for driving the LED loads. The drive voltage level is selected by a controller using a headroom detect component to measure a headroom voltage across the current source. The controller adjusts the drive voltage level to maintain the headroom voltage within a predetermined operating range. The drive voltage may be used to drive a variable number of LEDs or a plurality of different LED loads connected in parallel without manual readjustment of drive voltage.

The present disclosure generally relates to retrieving and displaying contextually-relevant media content. In some embodiments, a device receives a request to display contextually-relevant media and, in response, displays a representation of a collection of media items relevant to a context of the device. In some embodiments, a device displays a visual media item of a sequence of items and, in response to receiving a swipe gesture, displays a detail user interface comprising related content for the media item. In some embodiments, a device, while displaying a first detail user interface, displays an affordance corresponding to a plurality of individuals identified as having attended a first event, that when selected, causes display of visual media corresponding to a plurality of events attended by the individuals. In some embodiments, a device, in response to user input, obtains an automatically-generated collection of visual media and displays a corresponding affordance.

Methods, computer program products and apparatus automate clinical NMR in vitro diagnostic analyzers. The clinical analyzer can automatically electronically monitor selected parameters and automatically electronically adjust parameters to maintain the analyzer within desired operational ranges. The clinical NMR analyzers can be configured as a networked system with a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers located at different use sites; and at least one remote control system in communication with one or a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers, the at least one remote system configured to monitor selected local operating parameters associated with a respective clinical NMR analyzer.

The invention discloses a brain tumor segmentation network and segmentation method based on a U-Net network. The tail of a contraction path of the segmentation network is connected with a spatial pyramid pooling structure; hole convolution of different scales is introduced into a network jump connection part of the segmentation network; an Add operation and original input are adopted to form a residual block with hole convolution; a receptive field of shallow feature information in the contraction path is expanded; fusing with an expansion path of a corresponding stage is carried out. The segmentation method comprises the following steps: cutting and preprocessing a training data set, then constructing a brain tumor segmentation network DCU-Net based on a U-Net network, then inputting a preprocessed two-dimensional image into a segmentation model for feature learning and optimization, obtaining an optimal parameter model of the segmentation model, and finally inputting a to-be-segmented test data set image into the segmentation model for tumor region segmentation. According to the method, the problems of over-segmentation and under-segmentation in brain tumor segmentation can be effectively solved, and the brain tumor segmentation precision is improved.

A SAR converter having enhanced performance by virtue of effectively pre-loading the SAR's most significant bits with a value that makes the associated DAC output almost equal to the signal to be converted. A normal SAR conversion is then completed with the SAR bits that have not been pre-loaded. The value used to pre-load the most significant bits of the SAR is preferably obtained from a low-resolution, high-speed converter, such as a flash. The range of DAC bits used in the normal SAR part of the conversion may be increased such that errors up to a certain magnitude in the high-speed converter can be corrected. Reducing power consumption of a SAR system can be readily accomplished by reducing comparator supply voltage. For a SAR converter architecture using a CAPDAC array or CAPDAC (capacitor array DAC), fairly large variations in comparator input voltage can be expected under these circumstances. If the input voltage variation becomes too large, damage to the comparator input devices can occur, or inaccuracies may develop. In one embodiment of the invention, the most significant bits are provided by sampling the input signal through a flash ADC that does not suffer from the input voltage restriction described above.

A device for compressing gas using thermal energy. In a subsonic embodiment the heat gas passes through a convergent pipe C1 where it is provided with operating velocity, a convergent pipe C2 where it is simultaneously maintained at high speed and cooled by evaporation of liquid sprayed by nozzles R with adjustable position distributed in C2. In a supersonic embodiment, the gas reaches sonic velocity at the throat of C2 and supersonic velocity in a divergent DG, then compressed in a convergent CG1 and simultaneously cooled by evaporation of sprayed liquid. In both embodiments, the gas is finally compressed in a subsonic divergent DG1. Pipes with variable geometry enable to modify the cross-sections of the throats of the device. The device is essentially designed for thermoelectric power stations.

A system and method for managing a resource reclamation reference list at a coarse level. A storage device is configured to store a plurality of storage objects in a plurality of storage containers, each of said storage containers being configured to store a plurality of said storage objects. A storage container reference list is maintained, wherein for each of the storage containers the storage container reference list identifies which files of a plurality of files reference a storage object within a given storage container. In response to detecting deletion of a given file that references an object within a particular storage container of the storage containers, a server is configured to update the storage container reference list by removing from the storage container reference list an identification of the given file. A reference list associating segment objects with files that reference those segment objects may not be updated response to the deletion.

The invention discloses an induction method of a three-dimensional (3D) online induction system for mechanical equipment dismounting. The induction system comprise an eyeglass-type augmented reality helmet, a hand position tracking device and a computer, wherein the augmented reality helmet is provided with two display screens and two cameras; and wireless communication can be realized among the augmented reality helmet, the hand position tracking device and the computer. An induction method for realizing the three-dimensional online induction system for mechanical equipment dismounting comprises the following steps of: 1, transforming a virtual assembly model; 2, initializing the induction system; 3, recognizing the dismounting purpose; 4, generating induction information; 5, overlapping the induction information; and 6, repeating the steps 3-5 until the online product induction is finished. The method disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of accurate induction information, strong universal capability and convenience in carrying, and can be used for realizing the 3D online induction driven by requirements of operators, current situations of tasks and dismounting history and realizing the integration of product 3D design and dismounting induction.

A torque multiplication system having a mechanism for torque determination including an anti torque component, an input handle, a transfer mechanism, and an output shaft for use in setting screws in spinal surgery to a predetermined target torque.