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20100239165 | Model-Based Dewarping Method And Apparatus - An apparatus and method for processing a captured image and, more particularly, for processing a captured image comprising a document. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a camera to capture documents is described. In another embodiment, a method for processing a captured image that includes a document comprises the steps of distinguishing an imaged document from its background, adjusting the captured image to reduce distortions created from use of a camera and properly orienting the document is described. | 09-23-2010 |
20130204995 | SERVER CLUSTER - A server cluster is described, which enables load balancing between servers in the cluster. At least some of the servers in the cluster are divided into a plurality of virtual servers, wherein each virtual server is associated with a neighbouring server, which neighbouring server acts as a backup for that virtual server. The neighbouring server of each virtual server of a particular server is part of a different physical server to the virtual server, such that in the event that a physical server is unavailable for use, the load of the virtual servers of that physical server is split between a number of different physical servers, thereby reducing the likelihood of overloading any particular physical server. | 08-08-2013 |
20130230254 | MODEL-BASED DEWARPING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for processing a captured image and, more particularly, for processing a captured image comprising a document. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a camera to capture documents is described. In another embodiment, a method for processing a captured image that includes a document comprises the steps of distinguishing an imaged document from its background, adjusting the captured image to reduce distortions created from use of a camera and properly orienting the document is described. | 09-05-2013 |
20140351451 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AND SELECTING CANDIDATE NODES FOR LIVE STREAMING SERVICES - Candidate nodes for live streaming services are provided and selected. A candidate nodes list for live streaming services is provided. The method includes collecting information of each node involved in the live streaming services; based on the collected information, calculating progress factors of each node; comparing the collected information of each node with load thresholds; sorting the nodes, the collected information of which are below the load thresholds, on the basis of the calculated progress factors; and forming the candidate nodes list by a number N of first N nodes of the sorted nodes. The candidate node for live streaming services may also be selected by: based on information involved in the live streaming services, calculating progress factors; reporting the calculated progress factors and requesting for candidate nodes list; selecting a candidate node from the candidate nodes list according to delay requirements and overlay policies of the live streaming services. | 11-27-2014 |
20150113146 | Network Management with Network Virtualization based on Modular Quality of Service Control (MQC) - The present disclosure describes implementation of network virtualization based on modular quality of service control (MQC) in a data center network. In one example, a command originating from a tenant of a VDC is received by a network management server, the command being associated with network resource processing based on MQC. Based on a network resource configuration for the VDC, the received command is processed on a network virtualization layer of the network management server such that only processing associated with the VDC of the tenant is performed | 04-23-2015 |
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20100223335 | Dynamically Managing Online Communication Groups - Dynamically managing an online communication group with a computerized communication tool having at least one processor includes extracting with the computerized communication tool at least one keyword from a private online communication session between at least two parties; and automatically inviting the parties to join an online communication group dedicated to a topic characterized by the at least one keyword with the computerized communication tool. | 09-02-2010 |
20120136661 | CONVERTING TEXT INTO SPEECH FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - The present invention discloses converting a text form into a speech. In the present invention, partial word lists of a data source are obtained by parsing the data source in parallel or in series. The partial word lists are then compiled to obtain phoneme graphs corresponding, respectively, to the partial word lists, and then the obtained phoneme graphs are combined. Speech recognition is then conducted according to the combination results. According to the present invention, computational complexity may be reduced and recognition efficiency may be improved during speech recognition. | 05-31-2012 |
20120166197 | CONVERTING TEXT INTO SPEECH FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - The present invention discloses converting a text form into a speech. In the present invention, partial word lists of a data source are obtained by parsing the data source in parallel or in series. The partial word lists are then compiled to obtain phoneme graphs corresponding, respectively, to the partial word lists, and then the obtained phoneme graphs are combined. Speech recognition is then conducted according to the combination results. According to the present invention, computational complexity may be reduced and recognition efficiency may be improved during speech recognition. | 06-28-2012 |
20130031456 | GENERATING A STRUCTURED DOCUMENT GUIDING VIEW - An operation of a user on a document is received. The received operation is analyzed. A structured guiding view for the document is generated by using a result of the analyzing and a basic structure of the document. In certain implementations, a user's reading interests and reading habits may be analyzed through the user's reading behaviors or notations added to the document by the user, and the result of the analyzing may be mapped into an intuitively presentable structured guiding view for the document. | 01-31-2013 |
20130060569 | VOICE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A REMOVABLE VOICE ID CARD - A voice authentication system using a removable voice ID card comprises: at server side, a voiceprint database for storing the voiceprints of all authorized users; a voiceprint updating means for updating the voiceprints in said voiceprint database; and a voiceprint digest generator for generating a voiceprint digest according to a request from a client; at client side, a voice ID card for storing the voiceprint of an authorized user; a validation means for validating the voiceprint in the voice ID card on the basis of the voiceprint digest from the server; an audio device for performing voice interaction with a user; and a voice authentication means for determining whether the voiceprint from said voice ID card is of the same speaker as the voice from said audio device. | 03-07-2013 |
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20120059836 | DEVICE CAPABILITY INVOCATION METHOD, WIDGET DEVICE, SERVER - The present invention relates to communication technologies, and discloses a device capability invocation method, a widget device, and a server. The device capability invocation method includes: receiving a device capability invocation request sent by a widget, where the device capability invocation request carries conditions of a device capability that needs to be invoked; search a device capability database for the device capability compliant with the conditions; invoking the found device capability; receiving an invocation result that is returned after the found device capability is invoked; and sending the invocation result to the widget. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention enables a widget device to invoke device capabilities of all devices in the system. | 03-08-2012 |
20120102179 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR AGENT SERVICE APPLIED TO WIDGET - A method for an agent service applied to a Widget is provided, where the method includes: receiving a service request for the Widget using an Application Programming Interface (API) initiated by a user terminal; forwarding the service request to an API service provider, and forwarding a response for the service request from the API service provider to the user terminal; collecting charging information generated by the Widget using an API service, and recording the collected charging information, where the charging information, together with a charging policy registered by the Widget, is used to perform uniform charging for the API service used by the Widget. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a server, which may reduce complicated user operation and bringing better user experience. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WIDGET - A method and an apparatus for generating a widget are provided. This technical solution belongs to the field of network application technology. The method includes the following steps: the attribute information of the data to be obtained is created according to the web page specified by a user and the page fragment marked by the user on the web page ( | 04-26-2012 |
20120110482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WIDGET - A method and an apparatus for generating a widget are provided. The method includes: obtaining identification information of elements to be reused in a source widget; generating a logical relation between the elements to be reused; and generating a widget including the identification information of the elements to be reused and the logical relation according to the identification information of the elements to be reused and the logical relation. A method for running a widget and a widget engine are further provided. A new widget may be generated through combination and reuse of existing widgets, so that it is unnecessary to write a code in a development procedure, which reduces the workload of widget development and is beneficial to the development of widget technologies. | 05-03-2012 |
20120227032 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR INVOKING WIDGET - A method includes: parsing a widget package that is to be run in a terminal to obtain component information in the widget package; obtaining registration information of a component in the widget package according to the component information; when the obtaining of the registration information fails, downloading a component according to component download request information sent by the terminal and updating the registration information; and invoking the downloaded component according to the updated registration information, so that a widget logic component may be updated separately, and a function of a widget terminal is implemented flexibly and easily. | 09-06-2012 |
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20140209809 | RADIATION DETECTORS - The present disclosure provides a radiation detector, comprising: a semiconductor crystal for detecting radiation, the semiconductor crystal comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one side surface; at least one anode arranged on at least one of the top surface, the bottom surface, and the at least one side surface; and at least one cathode arranged on at least another one of the top surface, the bottom surface, and the at least one side surface, wherein the at least one anode each has a stripe shape, the at least one cathode each has a planar or curved shape, and the at least one cathode and the at least one anode extend in parallel with respect to each other to a length substantially equal to that of the anode. Such an electrode structure can improve energy resolution and detection efficiency of the radiation detector effectively. | 07-31-2014 |
20140319635 | SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR - The invention provides a semiconductor detector, and the semiconductor detector comprises a semiconductor crystal, a cathode, an anode and at least one ladder electrode; the semiconductor crystal comprises a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one side; the cathode, the anode and the ladder electrode are conductive thin films deposited on a surface of the semiconductor crystal; the cathode is disposed on the bottom surface of the semiconductor crystal, the anode is disposed on the top surface of the semiconductor crystal, the ladder electrode is disposed on the at least one side of the semiconductor crystal; and the ladder electrode comprises a plurality of sub-electrodes. As compared to the prior art, the semiconductor detector can improve the energy resolution. | 10-30-2014 |
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20130101014 | Layered Screen Video Encoding - A computing device is described herein that is configured to encode natural video content in accordance with a first encoding scheme and screen content in accordance with a second encoding scheme. The computing device is configured to distinguish between the natural video content of a video frame and the screen content of the video frame based at least in part on temporal correlations between the video frame and one or more neighboring video frames and on content analysis of the video frame. | 04-25-2013 |
20140055560 | Depth Data Processing and Compression - Techniques for setting depth values for invalid measurement regions of depth images are described herein. A computing device may set the depth values based on evaluations of depth values of neighboring pixels and of corresponding pixels from time-adjacent depth images. Alternately or additionally, the computing device may utilize a texture image corresponding to the depth image to identify objects and may set depth values for pixels based on depth values of other pixels belonging to the same object. After setting the depth values, the computing device may normalize the depth values of the pixels. Further, the computing device may generate reduced representations of the depth images based on a depth reference model or a depth error model and may provide the reduced representations to an encoder. | 02-27-2014 |
20140285626 | Representation and Compression of Depth Data - The techniques and arrangements described herein provide for layered compression of depth image data. In some examples, an encoder may partition depth image data into a most significant bit (MSB) layer and a least significant bit (LSB) layer. The encoder may quantize the MSB layer and generate quantization difference data based at least in part on the quantization of the MSB layer. The encoder may apply the quantization difference data to the LSB layer to generate an adjusted LSB layer. | 09-25-2014 |
20150117515 | Layered Encoding Using Spatial and Temporal Analysis - In some examples, a layered encoding component and a layered decoding component provide for different ways to encode and decode, respectively, video streams transmitted between devices. For instance, in encoding a video stream, video frames may be analyzed across multiple video frames to determine temporal characteristics, and analyzed spatially within a single given video frame. Further, based at partly on the analysis of the video frames, some video frames may be encoded with a first encoding and portions of other video frames may be encoded using a second layer encoding, where the second layer encoding may use a different type of encoding for different portions of a single given video frame. To decode an encoded video stream, both the base layer encoded video frames and the second layer encoded video frames may be transmitted, decoded, and combined at a destination device into a reconstructed video stream. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117545 | Layered Video Encoding and Decoding - In some examples, a layered encoding component and a layered decoding component provide for different ways to encode and decode, respectively, video streams transmitted between devices. For instance, in encoding a video stream, a layered encoding component may analyze the content of successive video frames and determine different types of encoding techniques to use for different ones of the video frames. Further, in some cases, some of the encoding techniques may be used on less than an entire video frame. In another example, in decoding a video stream, a layered decoding component may receive video frames encoded with different types of encoding. The layered decoding component may decode the differently encoded video frames and combine them to reconstruct a video stream. | 04-30-2015 |
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20120113850 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION - A method is provided for measuring CSI. A Macro UE determines a restricted measurement resource pattern for CSI measurement. The restricted measurement resource pattern is reported from the Macro UE to a Macro NodeB. The CSI of the restricted measurement resource pattern is measured. The CSI is reported from the Macro UE to the Macro NodeB for scheduling a data transmission resource of the Macro UE in the restricted measurement resource pattern according to the CSI. | 05-10-2012 |
20120269179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/NONACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signals by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system using Carrier Aggregation (CA) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, information on a Primary Cell (Pcell) and a Secondary Cell (Scell), determining a timing position for transmitting the ACK/NACK signals based on the received information, and transmitting, to the base station, the ACK/NACK signals in the determined timing position. | 10-25-2012 |
20130114474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ-ACK INFORMATION - According to one embodiment, a method for transmitting HARQ-ACK information, in which the HARQ-ACK information within a current bundling window is bundled, so that a total number of bits of the bundled HARQ-ACK information is compliant with a requirement associated with a length of the HARQ-ACK information required by a transmission format of the HARQ-ACK information, which may support carrier aggregation with more CCs in TDD UL/DL configuration 5, such that a peak throughput of user downlink is improved. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114575 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK INFORMATION - A method for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information is provided. The method includes obtaining HARQ-ACK feedback information, a total number of bits of which is less than or equal to four through performing group bundling on the HARQ-ACK feedback information of all sub-frames in a current HARQ-ACK bundling window of two Component Carriers (CCs), determining a number of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources provided for transmission of the HARQ-ACK feedback information according to data transmission modes of the two CCs, and a number of elements in the bundling window, and transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information after the group bundling to a base station on PUCCH channel resources adopting a PUCCH format 1b of channel selection according to the PUCCH channel resources mapped from the HARQ-ACK feedback information after the group bundling and modulation symbols. | 05-09-2013 |
20130176918 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ-ACK INFORMATION BASED ON TRANSMISSION DIVERSITY - A method for transmitting HARQ-ACK information based on transmission diversity is provided. The method includes configuring two component carriers, referred to as Cells, for a User Equipment (UE); when a base station configures the UE to transmit HARQ-ACK information adopting the transmission diversity technique, the base station indicates dynamically whether an other Cell is scheduled in the same subframe via a PDCCH scheduling a PDSCH of one Cell, so as to enable the UE to know the number of Cells scheduled in the same downlink subframe by the base station, and to generate HARQ-ACK information based on the number of Cells. Unnecessary spatial bundling of the HARQ-ACK information may be avoided, unnecessary downlink data retransmission is reduced and throughput of downlink data is improved. | 07-11-2013 |
20130188532 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL SIGNAL IN CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING CARRIER AGGREGATION SCHEME - An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) signal in a cellular radio communication system supporting a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scheme are provided. In the PUSCH transmission method, a User Equipment (UE) transmits a PUSCH signal to a Base Station (BS) based on an UpLink (UL)/DownLink (DL) Configuration, wherein, for a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) scheme, if the UE is configured with more than one serving cell, UL/DL Configurations of at least two serving cells are different, and a serving cell is one of a primary cell and a secondary cell, a UL/DL Configuration for the serving cell is set as a UL-reference UL/DL Configuration based on a pair formed by a UL/DL Configuration for another serving cell and the UL/DL Configuration for the serving cell. | 07-25-2013 |
20130242910 | PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL TRANSMISSION METHOD - A Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) transmission data method is provided. A User Equipment (UE) receives cross-carrier scheduling information in a PDCCH of a cell for scheduling. The cross-carrier scheduling information carries scheduling information indicating at least one PDSCH in at least one sub-frame of a cell being scheduled in cross-carrier scheduling. The UE processes data of PDSCH corresponding to the instruction according to received cross-carrier scheduling information. The UE sends a HARQ-ACK message to a base station according to the processed result. The peak rate of the UE is increased, and the requirement for higher throughput of the UE is satisfied. | 09-19-2013 |
20140022960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK INFORMATION BY A USER EQUIPMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback information by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, when Component Carriers (CCs) configured for the UE include a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) CC and a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) CC. The method includes determining a HARQ-ACK timing and a CC for transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information, based on a composition structure of the CCs configured for the UE, and transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) of the determined CC, based on the determined HARQ-ACK timing. | 01-23-2014 |
20140071932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ACK/NACK INFORMATION - The present invention is provided a method for transmitting ACK/NACK information. The method is applicable for a situation that uplink-downlink configurations of multiple Component Carriers (CCs) of a Carrier Aggregation (CA) are different. The method include: transmitting, by a NodeB, a UL grant to a UE, the UL grant includes a UL Downlink Assignment Index (DAI); receiving, by the UE, the UL grant and obtaining the UL DAI in the UL grant; and transmitting, by the UE, ACK/NACK information on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), wherein the length of the ACK/NACK information or the number of elements of the ACK/NACK bundling is determined according to the UL DAI value of a CC that the PUSCH belongs to. | 03-13-2014 |
20140133331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLINDLY DETECTING A COMMON SEARCH SPACE AND A UE SPECIFIC SEARCH SPACE - Methods and apparatus are provided for blindly detecting a common search space and a UE specific search space. A location of a candidate EPDCCH occupied by a common search space is determined. A blind detection is performed for the candidate EPDCCH occupied by the common search space. A location of a candidate enhanced EPDCCH occupied by a UE specific search space is determined. A blind detection is performed for the candidate EPDCCH occupied by the UE specific search space. | 05-15-2014 |
20140135055 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMITTING POWER CONTROL IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEM ACROSS THE ENBS AND DEVICE - A method and terminal device for power control in a carrier aggregation system across the eNBs includes: a UE receiving semi-static power control parameters, as well as transmission power control commands TPC, from PCell eNB and SCell eNB; and, the UE controls a transmitting power for transmitting HARQ feedback information on PUCCH resource, according to the semi-static power control parameters and the TPC. A method includes computing the corresponding, maximum transmitting power available under the current condition and properly configuring the transmitting power at the terminal device by comprehensive analysis of the power control parameters received from a plurality of eNBs so as to optimize the performances of the communication system. | 05-15-2014 |
20140369221 | METHOD FOR CHANGING TDD UPLINK AND DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION - The present invention provides a method for changing TDD uplink and downlink configuration, including: UE measures interference from the adjacent cells′ UE and reports an interference condition to an eNB; the eNB changes current TDD uplink and downlink configuration according to the interference condition reported by the UE and the current uplink and downlink service requirements. By the present invention, the dynamically changed uplink and downlink service load requirements may be adapted when there is no serious interference between adjacent cells. | 12-18-2014 |
20150055522 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING PDSCH DATA - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data, to be applied in a system, which supports to adjust uplink and downlink (UL-DL) configurations for Time Division Multiplexing (TDD) dynamically. The method includes: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), a System Information Block 1 (SIB1); obtaining, by the UE, from the SIB1 a TDD UL-DL configuration employed by the UE in current system, in which the UE doesn't support dynamic service adaption; determining, by the UE, subframe type of subframe 6, wherein the subframe type of subframe 6 is a special subframe or a normal downlink subframe; and determining, by the UE, number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used for PDSCH transmission within subframe 6, based on the subframe type of subframe 6, and processing the PDSCH data of subframe 6. By adopting the technical solution provided by embodiments of the present invention, in a system which supports to dynamically adjust the TDD UL-DL configurations, a UE may be enabled to explicitly learn number of OFDM symbols used for the PDSCH transmission within subframe 6. Meanwhile, the UE and an evolved Node B (eNB) may be enabled not to confuse the number of OFDM symbols used for the PDSCH transmission. | 02-26-2015 |
20150092693 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING HARQ-ACK CHANNEL RESOURCES SUPPORTING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY AND CHANNEL SELECTION - Examples of the present invention provide a method for allocating Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection. The method includes: receiving, by a UE, Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) information and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data from a base station through two Carrier Components (CCs); obtaining, by the UE according to specific indication information, Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) channel resources required for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information using a transmit diversity technique; and transmitting, by the UE, the HARQ-ACK feedback information on the obtained PUCCH channel resources adopting the transmit diversity technique. According to the method provided by the examples of the present invention, it is possible to allocate HARQ-ACK channel resources to the UE reasonably and avoid waste of channel resources in the premise that channel selection and SORTD technique are supported. | 04-02-2015 |
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20130307122 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR WITH EMBEDDED EPITAXIAL EXTERNAL BASE REGION AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region, which is designed to solve the problem of the TED effect with the prior art structures. The bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region of the present invention comprises at least a collector region, a base region and an external base region on the collector region, an emitter on the base region, and sidewalls at both sides of the emitter. The external base region is grown through an in-situ doping selective epitaxy process and is embedded in the collector region. A portion of the external base region is located beneath the sidewalls. The present invention discloses a method of forming a bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region. The bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region of the present invention avoids the TED effect and reduces the resistance of the external base region of the device so that the performance of the device is improved. The method of forming a bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region of the present invention achieves the aforesaid bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region, and features concise steps, a low cost and simple operations, and the structure obtained has good performance. | 11-21-2013 |
20130313614 | METAL SILICIDE SELF-ALIGNED SiGe HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a metal silicide self-aligned SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor, which is designed to overcome the shortcomings such as the large base resistance R | 11-28-2013 |
20140175520 | METAL SILICIDE SELF-ALIGNED SiGe HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a metal silicide self-aligned SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor, which is designed to overcome the shortcomings such as the large base resistance R | 06-26-2014 |
20140329368 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR WITH EMBEDDED EPITAXIAL EXTERNAL BASE REGION AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region, which is designed to solve the problem of the TED effect with the prior art structures. The bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region of the present invention comprises at least a collector region, a base region and an external base region on the collector region, an emitter on the base region, and sidewalls at both sides of the emitter. The external base region is grown through an in-situ doping selective epitaxy process and is embedded in the collector region. A portion of the external base region is located beneath the sidewalls. The present invention discloses a method of forming a bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region. The bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region of the present invention avoids the TED effect and reduces the resistance of the external base region of the device so that the performance of the device is improved. The method of forming a bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region of the present invention achieves the aforesaid bipolar transistor with an embedded epitaxial external base region, and features concise steps, a low cost and simple operations, and the structure obtained has good performance. | 11-06-2014 |
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20150115158 | PHOTOELECTRIC-TYPE CONTINUOUS LIQUID LEVEL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - A photoelectric-type continuous liquid level measurement method is applied to a photoelectric-type continuous liquid level measurement device which comprises at least one sensor module formed by cascading a plurality of sensors, and comprises: driving the sensors one by one from bottom to top to take a liquid level measurement; after detecting the light intensity of a detection light returned from the position where the sensors are located, the sensors which are currently in a driving state conducting analogue-to-digital conversion on a voltage value corresponding to the detected light intensity to obtain current analogue-to-digital conversion data; according to the correlation between a preset liquid level and the analogue-to-digital conversion data, determining the liquid level of the position where the sensors are located; and summarizing to a transmitter module the liquid level measured by each of the sensors to obtain the total liquid level of a currently measured. | 04-30-2015 |
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20090285746 | METHOD FOR TREATING CARBON NANOTUBES, CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOTUBES DEVICE COMPRISING THEREOF - An efficient and cost-effective method for treating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is provided. The method includes comprising: dispersing said carbon nanotubes in a dispersing medium to prepare a dispersion system; mixing said dispersion system with adsorbent so that type-specific carbon nanotubes contained in said dispersion system are absorbed onto the adsorbent, wherein the adsorbent is modified by a chemical/biological modifier so as to have different adsorption selectivity to carbon nanotubes of different types; and separating the adsorbent from the dispersion system, whereby the type-specific carbon nanotubes adsorbed onto the adsorbent is separated from the carbon nanotubes of another type enriched in the dispersion system; carbon nanotubes produced by the treatment method, and CNTs devices comprising thereof. | 11-19-2009 |
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20140028615 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA - A method and system for processing data is provided. The method for processing data includes: generating, by a touch module of a first electronic device, touch information of the first electronic device, in the case that the first electronic device is in contact with a second electronic device; and determining, by the second electronic device, related information of the first electronic device, according to the touch information of the first electronic device. In the solution, the first electronic device generates the related information via the touch module and the second electronic device determines the related information, so as to improve user experience. | 01-30-2014 |
20140160069 | Electronic Apparatus And Electronic System - The present invention provides an electronic apparatus and an electronic system. The electronic apparatus includes: at least one programmable electric conductive unit configured to switch a good conductor mode and a normal conductor mode according to a control signal when it contacts with a second electronic apparatus so as to transmit predetermined information to the second electronic apparatus contacting with the electronic apparatus; a control unit configured generate the control signal having a predetermined frequency; and a feedback information receiving unit configured to receive feedback information transmitted by the second electronic apparatus, the feedback information being transmitted in response to the reception of the predetermined information. | 06-12-2014 |
20140245235 | FEEDBACK METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - The embodiment of the invention provides a feedback method applied to a feedback device, comprising: detecting a first operation between a first electronic device and a second electronic device; generating first information if the first operation meets a first precondition; displaying the first information which indicates that the first operation is an operation interacting between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The feedback method and the device thereof provided by the embodiments of the invention display the operation relationships between the electronic devices to remind the user of the operation object, thereby avoids the error in the operation. | 08-28-2014 |
20150049218 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The present disclosure provides a method for processing information and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a first image, which is captured in a first direction when illuminating an object to be recognized with a first flash lighting parameter, wherein the first image comprises a first object image and a first spot image corresponding to the first flash lighting parameter, wherein the first spot image is overlapped with the first object image at a first position; obtaining a second image, which is captured in a second direction different from the first direction when illuminating the object to be recognized with a second flash lighting parameter, wherein the second image comprises a second object image and a second spot image corresponding to the second flash lighting parameter, wherein the second spot image is overlapped with the second object image at a second position different from the first position; removing the first spot image from the first image to obtain a third image and removing the second spot image from the second image to obtain a fourth image; and merging the third and fourth images to obtain a fifth image comprising a third object image without the first and second spot images at the first and second positions. | 02-19-2015 |
20150080033 | DEVICE POSITIONING METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON DEVICE COOPERATIVITY SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and electronic device for positioning a device based on a device cooperative system are disclosed. A display screen of a first electronic device is divided into M regions on which N kinds of patterns are displayed; a first cooperative device acquires a pattern of a region where the first cooperative device locates and transmits pattern information to the first electronic device; after receiving the pattern information, the first electronic device judges whether a preset positioning condition is met, and if it is not, adjusts the regions in the display screen to make the first cooperative device continue to acquire the pattern of the region where the first cooperative device locates until the preset positioning condition is met; after the preset positioning condition is met, the first electronic device determines the position where the first cooperative device locates based on the pattern information. | 03-19-2015 |
20150092016 | Method For Processing Data And Apparatus Thereof - A method for processing data and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes: projecting a first structure light and a second structure light onto a surface of a target object, wherein the first structure light is a stripe-structure light; capturing a first image comprising the target object; detecting first image information corresponding to the first structure light in the first image, wherein the first image information is stripe image information; detecting second image information corresponding to the second structure light in the first image; and obtaining a depth of the target object based on the first image information and the second image information. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092049 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Image processing method and device are provided. The method includes: controlling a projector to project multi-stripe structured light and dot structured light onto an object, to form multiple light stripes and light spots between the light stripes on the surface of the object; acquiring a target image of the object having the light stripes and the light spots on the surface; obtaining a reference image including the light stripes and the light spots; calculating a first depth value at each light stripe in the target image based on feature information of the light stripes in the reference image and target image; calculating a second depth value at each light spot in the target image based on feature information of the light spots in the reference image and target image; and generating a depth image of the target image based on the first depth value and the second depth value. | 04-02-2015 |
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20140259138 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTINGUISHING HUMANS FROM MACHINES - A method and an apparatus for distinguishing humans from computers. During user registration, a computer prompts a human user to provide a spoken response to certain authentication information for registration. The computer obtains registration voice data from the spoken response and establishes a registration voiceprint of the human user. During user logon, the computer identifies the user requesting to logon by the user's logon credentials, provides authentication information for logon to the user, and prompts the user to provide a spoken response to the authentication information for logon. The computer obtains logon voice data from the spoken response, and establishes a logon voiceprint of the user. The computer then determines whether the user requesting to logon is human by comparing the logon voiceprint with the registration voiceprint. | 09-11-2014 |
20140304797 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTINGUISHING HUMANS FROM MACHINES AND FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO NETWORK SERVICES - A method and an apparatus for distinguishing humans from computers and for controlling access to network services. One intended application of the method is a CAPTCHA technique, deployed using a shared Trusted Computing technology over a trusted network of a user terminal, a network server, and a Trusted Party, any of which may be at a Decision Point. The method distinguishes a human user making a legitimate request for network access from a programmed computer making undesired requests, by detecting unusually high network access request frequencies made by an identifiable user and/or a trusted module from the user terminal. The CAPTCHA function is further used to improve the method for controlling access to network services. The information transmitted between the members of the trusted network may be encrypted. | 10-09-2014 |
20140351912 | TERMINAL IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF REGISTERING MACHINE IDENTIFICATION CODE - A terminal identification method, a machine identification code registration method and related system and apparatus are disclosed. After receiving a first request for which signature or certificate verification is to be performed from a terminal, a service network obtains a signature or certificate of a trusted party for a machine identification code identifier of the terminal from the first request, wherein the machine identification code identifier being an identifier allocated by the trusted party to the machine identification code of the terminal. The service network verifies the obtained signature or certificate, and if a verification result indicates legitimacy, identifies the terminal using the machine identification code identifier obtained from the signature or certificate. The present disclosure further provides a trusted party and a method of registering a machine identification code by the trusted party. The present scheme can efficiently realize terminal identification, occupy fewer resources and facilitate better privacy protection. | 11-27-2014 |
20140373139 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN HUMAN AND MACHINE - A method and a system of distinguishing between a human and a machine are disclosed. The method includes: when a request for accessing a designated network service is received, recording information of the request which include a time of receiving the request and information of an access object that sends the request; computing a statistical value of requests sent by the access object in real time based on a record; and determining the access object to be abnormal when the statistical value of the requests sent by the access object falls outside a predetermined normal range. The disclosed system of distinguishing between a human and a machine includes a recording module, a computation module and a determination module. Identification between humans and machines using the disclosed scheme is difficult to be cracked down and can improve an accuracy rate of human-machine identification. | 12-18-2014 |
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20130241004 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a semiconductor device, comprising substrates, a plurality of gate stack structures on the substrate, a plurality of gate spacer structures on both sides of each gate stack structure, a plurality of source and drain regions in the substrate on both sides of each gate spacer structure, the plurality of gate spacer structures comprising a plurality of first gate stack structures and a plurality of second gate stack structures, wherein each of the first gate stack structures comprises a first gate insulating layer, a first work function metal layer, a second work function metal diffusion blocking layer, and a gate filling layer; Each of the second gate stack structures comprises a second gate insulating layer, a first work function metal layer, a second work function metal layer, and a gate filling layer, characterized in that the first work function metal layer has a first stress, and the gate filling layer has a second stress. Two metal gate layers of different types and/or intensity of stress are formed, respectively, thus different stresses are applied to the channel regions of different MOSFETs effectively and accurately, the device carrier mobility is enhanced simply and efficiently, and the device performance is also enhanced. | 09-19-2013 |
20140017906 | METHOD FOR FORMING TIN BY PVD - A method for forming titanium nitride by PVD is disclosed, comprising: generating ions of a noble gas by glow discharge under a vacuum condition that a nitrogen gas and the noble gas are supplied; nitriding a surface of a wafer and a surface of a titanium target with the nitrogen gas; bombarding the surface of the titanium target with the ions of the noble gas after they are accelerated in an electric field so that titanium ions and titanium nitride are sputtered; and forming a titanium nitride layer by depositing titanium nitride on the surface of the wafer in a magnetic field, while titanium ions are injected into the surface of the wafer so that stress is introduced into the titanium nitride layer, wherein non-crystallization fraction of the titanium nitride layer and stress in the titanium nitride layer are increased by increasing kinetic energy of titanium ions which are injected into the surface of the wafer. In the method for forming titanium nitride by PVD according to the present disclosure, kinetic energy of titanium ions which are injected into the surface of the wafer is increased by controlling process parameters so that non-crystallization fraction of the titanium nitride layer and stress in the titanium nitride layer are increased. | 01-16-2014 |
20140048765 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate, a gate stack structure on the substrate, source and drain regions in the substrate on both sides of the gate stack structure, and a channel region between the source and drain regions in the substrate, characterized in that the source region in the source and drain regions comprises GeSn alloy, and a tunnel dielectric layer is optionally comprised between the GeSn alloy of the source region and the channel region. In accordance with the semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same of the present invention, GeSn alloy having a narrow band gap is formed by implanting precursors and performing a laser rapid annealing, the on-state current of TFET is effectively enhanced, accordingly it has an important application prospect in a high performance low power consumption application. | 02-20-2014 |
20140054658 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate, a gate stack structure on the substrate, source and drain regions in the substrate on both sides of the gate stack structure, and a channel region between the source and drain regions in the substrate, characterized in that at least one of the source and drain regions comprises a GeSn alloy. In accordance with the semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same of the present invention, GeSn stressed source and drain regions with high concentration of Sn is formed by implanting precursors and performing a laser rapid annealing, thus the device carrier mobility of the channel region is effectively enhanced and the device drive capability is further improved. | 02-27-2014 |
20140057418 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a high mobility material layer, comprising: forming a plurality of precursors in/on a substrate; and performing a pulse laser processing such that the plurality of precursors react with each other to produce a high mobility material layer. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a buffer layer on an insulating substrate; forming a first high mobility material layer on the buffer layer using the method for manufacturing the high mobility material layer; forming a second high mobility material layer on the first high mobility material layer using the method for manufacturing the high mobility material layer; and forming trench isolations and defining active regions in the first and second high mobility material layers. | 02-27-2014 |
20150102416 | DUAL-METAL GATE CMOS DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a dual metal CMOS device comprising: forming a first type metal work function modulation layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench; forming a second type work function metal diffusion source layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench; forming a heat isolation layer that shields the region of the first type device; and thermally annealing the regions where the first type device and the second type device are located. | 04-16-2015 |