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20090152259 | Electrode tuning method and apparatus for a layered heater structure - A layered heater structure including an electrode layer and a localized tuning method for tuning the electrode layer of a layered heater structure with high precision is provided. The localized tuning method tunes the electrode layer to its proper local resistance to minimize temperature offsets on the heater surface and thus provide a desired thermal profile that is in marked contrast to conventional, non-localized resistance tuning approaches based on thickness trimming practices, such as grinding or blasting, or resistivity adjustment, such as local heat treatment. | 06-18-2009 |
20100326645 | THERMAL PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE LAMINATES WITH VIAS - A thermally conductive laminate comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a performance layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The performance layer comprising thermal pyrolytic graphite (TPG) and vias. The TPG board surface and the vias may be at least partially filled with a material comprising at least one of thermally conductive epoxy, soldering metal/alloy or brazing metal/alloy. In addition, the thermally conductive laminate may not contain a framing structure surrounding the performance layer. | 12-30-2010 |
20120234524 | HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY/LOW COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION COMPOSITES - A high thermal conductivity/low coefficient of thermal expansion thermally conductive composite material for heat sinks and an electronic apparatus comprising a heat sink formed from such composites. The thermally conductive composite comprises a high thermal conductivity layer disposed between two substrates having a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The substrates have a low coefficient of thermal expansion and a relatively high modulus of elasticity, and the composite exhibits high thermal conductivity and low coefficient of thermal expansion even for composites with high loadings of the thermally conductive material. | 09-20-2012 |
20150253089 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING BULK GRAPHENE MATERIAL - A thermal management assembly comprising a bulk graphene material and a metal-based coating layer disposed on opposing surfaces of the bulk graphene core material comprising an agent that is reactive with the graphene to form a carbide. The metal-based coating layer can serve as an outer layer of the assembly or can serve to bond the graphene to other materials encapsulating the graphene core. The metal-based coating layer with the reactive agent provides an assembly exhibiting excellent thermal conductivity properties and greatly improved thermal interface resistance. | 09-10-2015 |
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20100085211 | SELF-POWERED IN-PIPE FLUID METER AND PIPING NETWORK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUCH FLUID METERS - A self-powered in-pipe fluid meter to be mounted inside of a pipe carrying a fluid therein. The fluid meter comprises at least one sensing unit capable of measuring one or more parameters of the fluid inside of the pipe; a telemetric data transmission unit capable of telemetrically transmitting data including a measured fluid parameter to a host terminal and/or another fluid meter; and at least one fluid-driven power source unit capable of generating power from the fluid flow within the pipe and supplying power to the sensing unit and/or the transmission unit. | 04-08-2010 |
20100246150 | Interconnect Structure And A Method Of Fabricating The Same - An interconnect structure, an interconnect structure for interconnecting first and second components, an interconnect structure for interconnecting a multiple component stack and a substrate, and a method of fabricating an interconnect structure. The interconnect structure comprising a base portion formed on a mounting surface of a first component; a pillar portion extending from the base portion and substantially perpendicularly to the mounting surface; and a head portion formed on the pillar portion and having larger lateral dimensions than the pillar portion; wherein the base portion and the pillar portion are integrally formed of a homogeneous material. | 09-30-2010 |
20130240073 | Microfluidic Device for Altering a Fluid Flow and a Microfluidic System Including the Microfluidic Device - In an embodiment, a microfluidic device for altering a fluid flow may be provided. The microfluidic device may include a chamber having a first chamber portion with an inlet configured to receive a fluid flow into the chamber; a second chamber portion with an outlet configured to permit an altered fluid flow out of the chamber, the second chamber portion defining a smaller chamber cross section compared to the first chamber portion; and at least one support structure with at least one support surface defining a division between the first chamber portion and the second chamber portion; and a diaphragm in the first chamber portion, the diaphragm displaceable between a position at the inlet and a position at the at least one support surface by the fluid flow. A microfluidic system including the microfluidic device may also be provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20140346378 | MICROFLUIDIC VALVE MODULE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTATION - An improved microfluidic system with an improved microfluidic valve module is disclosed. The microfluidic system includes a microfluidic chip and one or more valve modules. The microfluidic chip has microfluidic channels and one or more cavities formed in the chip, each of the one or more cavities designed to receive one of the one or more valve modules. Each of the one or more valve modules includes a first layer, a control layer and one or more second layers. The first layer includes a deformable material. The control layer has a microfluidic control chamber formed in a portion of it. The control layer is also located adjoining the first layer and the deformable material of the first layer forms a deformable surface of the control chamber. The one or more second layers include an input microfluidic channel and an output microfluidic channel. The input microfluidic channel and the output microfluidic channel are fluidically coupled to the microfluidic control chamber, and fluid flow through the input microfluidic channel, the microfluidic control chamber and the output microfluidic channel is controlled in response to a force deforming the deformable material of the first layer at least a predetermined amount. | 11-27-2014 |
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20080222093 | AUTOMATICALLY AND ADAPTIVELY DETERMINING EXECUTION PLANS FOR QUERIES WITH PARAMETER MARKERS - A method and system for automatically and adaptively determining query execution plans for parametric queries. A first classifier trained by an initial set of training points is generated. A query workload and/or database statistics are dynamically updated. A new set of training points is collected off-line. Using the new set of training points, the first classifier is modified into a second classifier. A database query is received at a runtime subsequent to the off-line phase. The query includes predicates having parameter markers bound to actual values. The predicates are associated with selectivities. A mapping of the selectivities into a plan determines the query execution plan. The determined query execution plan is included in an augmented set of training points, where the augmented set includes the initial set and the new set. | 09-11-2008 |
20090024618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEXING WEIGHTED-SEQUENCES IN LARGE DATABASES - The present invention provides an index structure for managing weighted-sequences in large databases. A weighted-sequence is defined as a two-dimensional structure in which each element in the sequence is associated with a weight. A series of network events, for instance, is a weighted-sequence because each event is associated with a timestamp. Querying a large sequence database by events' occurrence patterns is a first step towards understanding the temporal causal relationships among the events. The index structure proposed herein enables the efficient retrieval from the database of all subsequences (contiguous and non-contiguous) that match a given query sequence both by events and by weights. The index structure also takes into consideration the nonuniform frequency distribution of events in the sequence data. | 01-22-2009 |
20090043715 | Method to Continuously Diagnose and Model Changes of Real-Valued Streaming Variables - The method trains an inductive model to output multiple models from the inductive model and trains an error correlation model to estimate an average output of predictions made by the multiple models. Then the method can determine an error estimation of each of the multiple models using the error correlation model. | 02-12-2009 |
20090119238 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING RESOURCE USAGE OF REUSABLE STREAM PROCESSING ELEMENTS - A method is provided for generating a resource function estimate of resource usage by an instance of a processing element configured to consume zero or more input data streams in a stream processing system having a set of available resources that comprises receiving at least one specified performance metric for the zero or more input data streams and a processing power of the set of available resources, wherein one specified performance metric is stream rate; generating a multi-part signature of executable-specific information for the processing element and a multi-part signature of context-specific information for the instance; accessing a database of resource functions to identify a static resource function corresponding to the executable-specific information and a context-dependent resource function corresponding to the context-specific information; combining the static resource function and the context-dependent resource function to form a composite resource function for the instance; and applying the resource function to the at least one specified performance metric and the processing power to generate the resource function estimate of the at least one specified performance metric for processing by the instance. | 05-07-2009 |
20090319457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STRUCTURAL DATA CLASSIFICATION - Techniques for classifying structural data with skewed distribution are disclosed. By way of example, a method classifying structural input data comprises a computer system performing the following steps. Multiple classifiers are constructed, wherein each classifier is constructed on a subset of training data, using one or more selected composite features from the subset of training data. A consensus among the multiple classifiers is computed in accordance with a voting scheme such that at least a portion of the structural input data is assigned to a particular class in accordance with the computed consensus. Such techniques for structured data classification are capable of handling skewed class distribution and partial feature coverage issues. | 12-24-2009 |
20100169252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE COST-SENSITIVE LEARNING - A method (and structure) for processing an inductive learning model for a dataset of examples, includes dividing the dataset of examples into a plurality of subsets of data and generating, using a processor on a computer, a learning model using examples of a first subset of data of the plurality of subsets of data. The learning model being generated for the first subset comprises an initial stage of an evolving aggregate learning model (ensemble model) for an entirety of the dataset, the ensemble model thereby providing an evolving estimated learning model for the entirety of the dataset if all the subsets were to be processed. The generating of the learning model using data from a subset includes calculating a value for at least one parameter that provides an objective indication of an adequacy of a current stage of the ensemble model. | 07-01-2010 |
20110288808 | OPTIMAL TEST FLOW SCHEDULING WITHIN AUTOMATED TEST EQUIPMENT FOR MINIMIZED MEAN TIME TO DETECT FAILURE - The present invention describes a method and system for optimizing a test flow within each ATE (Automated Test Equipment) station. The test flow includes a plurality of test blocks. A test block includes a plurality of individual tests. A computing system schedule the test flow based one or more of: a test failure model, test block duration and a yield model. The failure model determines an order or sequence of the test blocks. There are at least two failure models: independent failure model and dependant failure model. The yield model describes whether a semiconductor chip is defective or not. Upon completing the scheduling, the ATE station conducts tests according to the scheduled test flow. The present invention can also be applied to software testing. | 11-24-2011 |
20150058668 | OPTIMAL TEST FLOW SCHEDULING WITHIN AUTOMATED TEST EQUIPMENT FOR MINIMIZED MEAN TIME TO DETECT FAILURE - The present invention describes a method and system for optimizing a test flow within each ATE (Automated Test Equipment) station. The test flow includes a plurality of test blocks. A test block includes a plurality of individual tests. A computing system schedule the test flow based one or more of: a test failure model, test block duration and a yield model. The failure model determines an order or sequence of the test blocks. There are at least two failure models: independent failure model and dependant failure model. The yield model describes whether a semiconductor chip is defective or not. Upon completing the scheduling, the ATE station conducts tests according to the scheduled test flow. The present invention can also be applied to software testing. | 02-26-2015 |
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20120163708 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING CLASSIFIER FOR DETECTING SPECIFIC OBJECT IN IMAGE - There provides an apparatus for and a method of generating a classifier for detecting a specific object in an image. The apparatus for generating a classifier for detecting a specific object in an image includes: a region dividing section for dividing, from a sample image, at least one square region having a side length equal to or shorter than the length of shorter side of the sample image; a feature extracting section for extracting an image feature from at least a part of the square regions divided by the region dividing section; and a training section for performing training based on the extracted image feature to generate a classifier. By using the apparatus for and method of generating the classifier, it becomes possible to make full use of recognizable regions of objects to be recognized with variable aspect ratios and improve speed and accuracy for recognizing in complex backgrounds. | 06-28-2012 |
20120257803 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a central-portion extracting unit, a classifying unit and a determining unit. The central-portion extracting unit extracts edges from an image area and extracts a plurality of central portions of areas each of which is sandwiched between the edges. The classifying unit groups the central portions by classifying adjacent central portions that have no edge therebetween into a single group. The determining unit determines an area of finger, the area of finger being surrounded by the central portions classified into a group by the classifying unit and peripheral edges of the central portion, the area of finger being an area where a ratio of a luminance gradient in a short side direction to a luminance gradient in a long side direction is within a predetermined threshold. | 10-11-2012 |
20150036920 | CONVOLUTIONAL-NEURAL-NETWORK-BASED CLASSIFIER AND CLASSIFYING METHOD AND TRAINING METHODS FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to a convolutional-neural-network-based classifier, a classifying method by using a convolutional-neural-network-based classifier and a method for training the convolutional-neural-network-based classifier. The convolutional-neural-network-based classifier comprises: a plurality of feature map layers, at least one feature map in at least one of the plurality of feature map layers being divided into a plurality of regions; and a plurality of convolutional templates corresponding to the plurality of regions respectively, each of the convolutional templates being used for obtaining a response value of a neuron in the corresponding region. | 02-05-2015 |
20150317804 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING COLOR CHECKER IN IMAGE - Embodiments provide an apparatus and method for detecting a color checker in an image including: an extracting unit to extract sliding window features of sliding windows at multiple positions from an input image by using a predefined sliding window; a selecting unit to select, by using multiple predefined sliding window templates, a sliding window having a minimum distance from each sliding window template from the sliding windows at the multiple positions as a matched sliding window of the sliding window template; and a determining unit to determine segmentation lines of colored squares of a color checker in the input image according to a matching result of each sliding window template. | 11-05-2015 |
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20120209895 | Method and device for dynamically loading relocatable file - The disclosure provides a method for dynamically loading a relocatable file, comprising: analyzing the relocatable file; searching for a relocation section according to the information obtained through the analysis; obtaining a relocation target address after the relocation section is found and calculating an address to be relocated and a skipping distance; determining whether the skipping distance exceeds a range of a short skipping, and if the skipping distance does not exceed the range of the short skipping, then writing the relocation target address into the address to be relocated to perform relocation loading; if the skipping distance exceeds the range of the short skipping, then adding a veneer code segment and making the skipping whose distance exceeds the range of the short skipping indirectly skip to the relocation target address to perform relocation loading. Accordingly, the disclosure provides a device for dynamically loading a relocatable file, comprising: an analyzing module, a calculating module, a searching module, a determining module, and a relocation dynamic loading module. With the solution, dynamically loading a relocatable file can be realized when the calling distance of a function exceeds the range of the short skipping. | 08-16-2012 |
20130100180 | COLOR LCOS DISPLAY CHIP AND CONTROL METHOD - The present invention relates to a color LCOS display chip and the drive and control method thereof. With new structure design and drive and control method, the video signal nonlinear correcting chip, display drive signal control chip and other high cost special chips which are used in conventional control and drive circuit are abandoned. Multiple systems are integrated in a single chip to save PCB required for combination of multi-system chips, which leads to a lower production cost. The weight and size of control and drive circuit are reduced due to fewer integrated circuit chips and save of PCB. Power consumption is reduced without nonlinear correcting chips and display drive signal control chips. With the finite state machine (FSM) Scheduler as the core of digital signal processing module, the voltage coding value could be adjusted as per nonlinear characteristics of different crystal materials so as to achieve an optimal nonlinear correcting performance, which enhances the universality of the chip. | 04-25-2013 |
20130158956 | SELECTING METHOD OF LIGHT GUIDE PLATE OF BACKLIGHT MODULE - A selecting method of light guide plate of backlight module is described. The selecting method includes the steps of: calculating a plurality of mura indexes (MI) corresponding to a plurality of mura statuses of a plurality of first light guide plate (LGP) types, respectively; defining a plurality of film structures, wherein each of the film structures corresponds to each of mura indexes for mapping the mura indexes (MI) of the first LGP types with the film structures to construct a mapping database; and selecting one of the film structures and one of the mura indexes (MI) correspondingly from the mapping database for determining a critical dot dimension (CDD) of a second LGP type of the selected film structure. The selecting method avoids the mura, speed up the research and development procedure of the backlight module, labor cost and manufacturing cost when the LGP is assembled with the film structure. | 06-20-2013 |
20130171998 | Method, Micro Base Station, and Communications System for Creating Microcell - A method, a micro base station, and a communications system for creating a microcell are disclosed in the present application. The method includes: configuring, by a micro base station, beam width and beam directions of high-gain directional antennas according to location information about hotspot areas in at least two macrocells; and using, by the micro base station, at least two beams formed by the high-gain directional antennas to form microcell coverage over the hotspot areas in the at least two macrocells. In the embodiments of the present application, the location of the micro base station may be kept unchanged when locations of hotspot areas in a plurality of macrocells change, and by adjusting the beam width and beam directions of high-gain directional antennas, the micro base station can provide microcell coverage over the changed hotspot areas, thereby making the networking flexible and reducing the network maintenance cost. | 07-04-2013 |
20130279192 | PRISM LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND CORRESPONDING BACKLIGHT MODULE - The present invention relates a prism light guide plate and a corresponding backlight module. The prism light guide plate includes a plate body. The plate body has a plurality of bar-shaped prisms disposed on a light-exiting surface of the plate body and at least one light-absorption layer disposed on at least one side surface of the plate body. The present invention disposes the light-absorption layer on the side surface of the plate body to reduce or eliminate the bright lines at the side surfaces of the prism light guide plate so that the technical problem of bright lines occurring at the side surfaces of a conventional prism light guide plate can be effectively solved. | 10-24-2013 |
20140188397 | Methods of acquiring genome size and error - Provided is a method of acquiring genome size. The method comprises steps of sequencing random fragments of whole genome, acquiring all of k-mer information including k-mer depth, counting frequency of each k-mer depth value so as to determine expected k-mer depth, and acquiring the genome size by dividing the sum of k-mers by the expected k-mer depth. The method is convenient, rapid, and cost-effective. Also provided is a method of acquiring error of sequencing genome based on all of k-mer information including k-mer depth. | 07-03-2014 |
20160071010 | Data Category Identification Method and Apparatus Based on Deep Neural Network - A deep neural network to which data category information is added is established locally, to-be-identified data is input to an input layer of the deep neural network generated based on the foregoing data category information, and information of a category to which the to-be-identified data belongs is acquired, where the information of the category is output by an output layer of the deep neural network. A deep neural network is established based on data category information, such that category information of to-be-identified data is conveniently and rapidly obtained using the deep neural network, thereby implementing a category identification function of the deep neural network, and facilitating discovery of an underlying law of the to-be-identified data according to the category information of the to-be-identified data. | 03-10-2016 |
20160088105 | Method, Apparatus and Computer for Identifying State of User of Social Network - A method and an apparatus for identifying a state of a user of a social network. The identification method includes acquiring a user-event similarity of a user regarding a new event; identifying whether the user is a silent user or a non-activated user according to the user-event similarity; and determining whether the silent user or the non-activated user on the social network is finally in an activated state or a non-activated state. In the foregoing manner, a novel user state model of a social network is designed in the present disclosure, the model includes an activated state, a non-activated state and an unstable silent state, and a final state of a user is inferred precisely under full and comprehensive consideration of factors that may affect the state of the user, such that the state of the user can be accurately and precisely monitored. | 03-24-2016 |
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20150226423 | DUAL-BED SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING BOILER HEATING SURFACE FROM BEING CONTAMINATED - A dual-bed system for preventing a boiler heating surface from being contaminated comprises a fluidized bed, a cyclone separator, a coal ash distributor, an ash-coal mixer, a lower pyrolysis bed, a return feeder and a cleaner, wherein the cyclone separator is connected with the upper lateral side of the fluidized bed; the inlet end of the coal ash distributor; the two outlets of the coal ash distributor are respectively connected with the inlet of the return feeder and the inlet of the ash-coal mixer; the outlet of the ash-coal mixer is connected with the inlet of the lower pyrolysis bed; the return feeder close to the lower lateral side of the fluidized bed is connected with the inlet on the lower lateral side of the fluidized bed; and the outlet of the cleaner is connected with the inlet on the lower lateral side of the fluidized bed. | 08-13-2015 |
20150292734 | PYROLYSIS-COMBUSTION DUAL-BED SYSTEM FOR ELIMINATING CONTAMINATION CAUSED BY COMBUSTION OF HIGH-SODIUM COAL - A pyrolysis-combustion dual-bed system Comprises a fluidized bed, a cyclone separator, a coal ash distributor, an ash-coal mixer, a lower pyrolysis bed, a return feeder and a cleaner, wherein the cyclone separator is connected with an upper lateral side of the fluidized bed, the outlet end of the cyclone separator is connected with the inlet end of the coal ash distributor; the two outlets of the lower pyrolysis bed are respectively connected with the inlet of an external bed and the inlet of the cleaner; the outlet of the external bed is connected with the inlet of the return feeder; the return feeder close to the lower lateral side of the fluidized bed is connected with the inlet on the lower lateral side of the fluidized bed; and the outlet of the cleaner is connected with the inlet of the lower lateral side of the fluidized bed. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292735 | External Bed Type Double-Fluidized Bed System for Preventing Boiler Contamination - An external bed type double-fluidized bed system for preventing boiler contamination includes a fluidized bed combustion furnace, a cyclone separator, a coal ash distributor and a fluidized bed pyrolysis furnace. The fluidized bed combustion furnace is connected with the coal ash distributor, the coal ash distributor is connected with the coal ash inlet on a side wall of the fluidized bed combustion furnace through a return feeder with which the coal ash outlet of the fluidized bed pyrolysis furnace is also connected through an external bed, and the return feeder is connected with the fluidized bed combustion furnace. A fuel coal is pyrolyzed in the fluidized bed pyrolysis furnace at a temperature to volatize alkali chlorides into a pyrolysis gas, thereby reducing the content of the alkali chlorides contained in the coal in the fluidized bed combustion furnace and relieving the contamination to a convective heat-absorbing surface. | 10-15-2015 |