Abstract:
A method and apparatus for compression and restoration of images, videos, surfaces, curves and, generally, pixel-based data sets, including: feature-based quantization using a set of N isocontours; compressing each of these N contours using a level set-based compression of curves or surfaces—and/or combining the quantization with a conventional method for compression of surfaces; and decompressing the compressed data using a nonoscillatory reconstruction. The method is naturally multiscale, but does not use wavelets or other multiscale-basis functions. The method performs compression and decompression (1) without excessive computational complexity, even in the presence of topological changes such as merging or breaking of isocontours as the scale changes, (2) with excellent image fidelity, (3) without unacceptable artifacts such as ringing, blurring, or blocking, (4) with simple and natural grid based ways of calculating geometric features such as normals, principal curvatures.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a belt tensioning system having a lever, an idler pulley attached to the lever and contacting a belt, and a fluid cylinder acting on the lever for belt tensioning. In the invention, the cylinder applies a force to the lever through a first moment arm and the pulley applies tensioning force to a belt through a second moment arm. Because of the unique arrangement, the tensioning force applied to the belt is substantially constant, notwithstanding that the lengths of the moment arms change with changes in lever position as the length of the belt changes.
Abstract:
A long rail assembly for repositioning a vehicle seat in a vehicle includes a fixed long rail and a rail drive assembly configured to be repositionable along the fixed long rail. The rail drive assembly includes an upper channel and a flexible stability roller assembly. The flexible stability roller assembly has first and second stability rollers rotationally coupled to respective first and second wing portions of a flexible wing bracket. The flexible wing bracket has a generally W-shaped cross-section in profile with the first and second wing portions extending at a first angle from adjacent first and second side portions, respectively, and the first and second side portions extending at a second angle from a center portion. The center portion of the flexible wing bracket is fixedly coupled to the upper channel.
Abstract:
A power long rail assembly is attached to a vehicle floor for repositioning vehicle seats in a vehicle between a plurality of seating positions. The power long rail assembly includes a fixed long rail and a power rail drive assembly configured to travel along the fixed long rail. The power rail drive assembly has an upper channel having a driving wheel configured to frictionally and/or meshingly engage with the fixed long rail, a fore/aft motor operatively coupled to the driving wheel, a latch assembly for locking the upper channel to the fixed long rail, and a latch release mechanism having a latch motor operatively coupled to a release plunger for automatically unlocking the latch assembly from the fixed long rail, and a fore/aft button operatively coupled to the fore/aft motor and to the latch motor to selectively activate the fore/aft motor and the latch motor.
Abstract:
A long rail assembly attached to a vehicle floor for repositioning vehicle seats in a vehicle between a plurality of seating positions. The long rail assembly includes a fixed long rail having an internal channel, and a power rail drive assembly configured to travel along the channel of the fixed long rail. The power rail drive assembly has a rail main body having a lateral driving wheel configured to frictionally and/or meshingly engage with the fixed rail, an electric motor operatively coupled to the lateral driving wheel, and spring-loaded stability rolling elements attached to the rail main body configured to absorb channel variation as the power rail drive assembly travels along the channel of the long rail.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and system for controlling a computer terminal are provided. In the method a touch on a touch-sensitive display of a hand-held electronic terminal is detected. It is judged whether a touch posture of the touch matches with a preset touch posture; and if the touch posture of the touch matches with the preset touch posture, a control command corresponding to the touch posture is generated and sent to the computer terminal, wherein the control command is used for controlling the computer terminal to execute a click operation of a mouse and/or a movement operation of a mouse cursor. Through the disclosure, the mouse function is implemented by using the hand-held electronic terminal without increasing the cost of hardware, thereby improving the user experience of the hand-held electronic terminal.
Abstract:
A system has at least a first circuit portion and a second circuit portion. The first circuit portion is operated at normal AC frequency. The second circuit portion is operated in a back-up mode at low AC frequency, such that the second circuit portion can rapidly come-online but has limited temperature bias instability degradation. The second circuit portion can then be brought on-line and operated at the normal AC frequency. A system including first and second circuit portions and a control unit, as well as a computer program product, are also provided.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The color filter substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of color filter units provided on the substrate in the form of matrix, and a black matrix pattern including a lateral structure and a longitudinal structure. The black matrix pattern is provided between the array substrate and the color filter substrate and partially contacts with the array substrate to block light and maintain a cell thickness between the array substrate and the color filter substrate.
Abstract:
A carbon-based field effect transistor (FET) includes a substrate; a carbon layer located on the substrate, the carbon layer comprising a channel region, and source and drain regions located on either side of the channel region; a gate electrode located on the channel region in the carbon layer, the gate electrode comprising a first dielectric layer, a gate metal layer located on the first dielectric layer, and a nitride layer located on the gate metal layer; and a spacer comprising a second dielectric layer located adjacent to the gate electrode, wherein the spacer is not located on the carbon layer.
Abstract:
A method for formation of a carbon-based field effect transistor (FET) includes depositing a first dielectric layer on a carbon layer located on a substrate; forming a gate electrode on the first dielectric layer; etching an exposed portion of the first dielectric layer to expose a portion of the carbon layer; depositing a second dielectric layer over the gate electrode to form a spacer, wherein the second dielectric layer is deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD), and wherein the second dielectric layer does not form on the exposed portion of the carbon layer; forming source and drain contacts on the carbon layer and forming a gate contact on the gate electrode to form the carbon-based FET.