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A flash memory device, and a method of operating the same, is disclosed. The array of the flash memory device is arranged in pages of memory cells, each page having memory cells associated into groups of memory cells within the page for purposes of fail bit detection in program verification. For example, these groups may correspond to sectors within the page. In a programming operation, the verify process determines whether each group of memory cells within the page has fewer than a selected ignore bit limit for the sector. If not, additional programming is required for the insufficiently programmed cells in the page. By applying a fail bit detection threshold for each of multiple groups within the page, the efficiency of error correction coding in the flash memory is improved. A similar verify and fail bit detection approach may be used in erase and soft programming operations.

Partial denitrations are made practical by an SCR catalyst placed downstream of a NOx adsorber. The SCR catalyst permits partial denitrations to be extended to where a favorable fuel penalty rate presented by driving conditions can be utilized to a sufficient extent that the benefit of the favorable conditions is not offset by the increased start-up fuel penalty associated with conducting opportunistic partial denitrations. Regenerations, including both denitration and desulfations, can be initiated selectively based on a fuel penalty calculation. Examples of such calculations lead to methods in which opportunistic regenerations are based on low oxygen concentrations, condition existing while shifting gears, and throttling events for a diesel engine with a throttled air supply. The methods flexibly take advantage of driving conditions to reduce fuel penalties associated with regenerations. In one embodiment, driving conditions include future conditions predicted based on GPS and map data.

Automatic process control of additive manufacturing. The system includes an additive manufacturing device for making an object and a local network computer controlling the device. At least one camera is provided with a view of a manufacturing volume of the device to generate network accessible images of the object. The computer is programmed to stop the manufacturing process when the object is defective based en the images of the object.

Disclosed herein relates to a method and apparatus of sleep mode operation in a multi-carrier system. In a communication system of transmitting and receiving data using a multi-carrier including a primary carrier for transmitting and receiving control information and data and a secondary carrier using a radio frequency (RF) different from the primary carrier, a method of establishing a sleep mode operation through active primary and secondary carriers according to an embodiment of the present invention may include transmitting a sleep cycle ID (SCID), a listening window, and traffic indication inactive information indicating that an indication (TRF-IND) as to whether traffic is generated is not transferred to a terminal through the primary carrier, sending downlink data to the terminal through the active primary or secondary carrier during the listening window, and sending a listening window early termination indication indicating to early terminate the listening window of the primary or secondary carrier that has received the downlink data through the primary carrier to the terminal if the data sending is completed.

Systems and methods for monitoring uterus contraction activity and progress of labor. The system of the subject invention can comprises (1) a plurality of sensors; (2) an amplifying / filtering means; (3) a computing means; and (4) a graphical user interface. Accurate clinical data, which can be extracted and provided to the user in real-time using the system of the invention, include without limitation, progress of labor, prediction and monitoring of preterm labor, and intrauterine pressure prediction. In a preferred embodiment, the system of the invention includes an intelligence means, such as a neural network system, to analyze and interpret clinical data for use in clinical diagnosis as well as delivery strategy.

A data processing apparatus and method are provided for processing a received workload in order to generate result data. A thread group generator generates from the received workload a plurality of thread groups to be executed to process the received workload. Each thread group consists of a plurality of threads, and at least one thread group has an inter-thread dependency existing between the plurality of threads. Each thread may be either an active thread whose output is required to form the result data, or a dummy thread required to resolve the inter-thread dependency for one of the active threads but whose output is not required to form the result data. The thread group generator identifies for each thread group any dummy thread within that thread group. A thread execution unit then executes each thread within a thread group received from the thread group generator by executing a predetermined program comprising a plurality of program instructions. Execution flow modification circuitry is responsive to the received thread group having at least one dummy thread, to cause the thread execution unit to selectively omit at least part of the execution of at least one of the plurality of instructions when executing each dummy thread, in dependence on control information associated with the predetermined program. In one particular embodiment the received workload is a graphics rendering workload and the thread execution unit performs graphics rendering operations in order to generate as the result data pixel values and associated control values. Such an approach can yield significant improvements in performance, as well as reducing power consumption.

A method of recording neural responses reduces the inaccuracy of the recordings caused by nerve adaptation to repeated exposure of stimuli. In one embodiment, a maximum set of X number of successive stimuli are delivered through an electrode and the resulting neural response recorded and, afterwards, the next stimulation must occur through another electrode. This stimulation sequence prevents the same set of nerves from being stimulated too often, which can result in stimulus adaptation and cause measurement inaccuracy. In one embodiment of the invention, a smart software can be employed to provide visual plots of “growth curves”, including real-time calculated datapoints and their confidence intervals, and automatically terminate the recording session upon reaching a pre-set trigger. Alternatively, a human operator can terminate a recording session, based on visual feedback of growth curves, including their real-time calculated datapoints and confidence intervals.

The present invention provides a data processing apparatus and method for managing snoop operations. The data processing apparatus has a plurality of processing units for performing data processing operations requiring access to data in shared memory, with at least two of the processing units having a cache associated therewith for storing a subset of the data for access by that processing unit. A snoop-based cache coherency protocol is employed to ensure data accessed by each processing unit is up-to-date, and when an access request is issued the cache coherency protocol is referenced in order to determine whether a snoop process is required. Snoop control storage is provided which defines a plurality of snoop schemes, each snoop scheme defining a series of snoop phases to be performed to implement the snoop process, and each snoop phase requiring a snoop operation to be performed on either a single cache or multiple caches. When a snoop process is required, a snoop unit is used to reference the snoop control storage in order to identify, having regard to one or more properties of the access request, the snoop scheme to be employed to perform the snoop process. Such an approach provides a great deal of flexibility with regards to how snoop processes are implemented, in particular allowing different snoop schemes to be used dependent on the properties of the access request in question.

Disclosed herein relates to a method and apparatus of sleep mode operation in a multi-carrier system. In a communication system of transmitting and receiving data using a multi-carrier including a primary carrier for transmitting and receiving control information and data and a secondary carrier using a radio frequency (RF) different from the primary carrier, a method of establishing a sleep mode operation through active primary and secondary carriers according to an embodiment of the present invention may include transmitting a sleep cycle ID (SCID), a listening window, and traffic indication inactive information indicating that an indication (TRF-IND) as to whether traffic is generated is not transferred to a terminal through the primary carrier, sending downlink data to the terminal through the active primary or secondary carrier during the listening window, and sending a listening window early termination indication indicating to early terminate the listening window of the primary or secondary carrier that has received the downlink data through the primary carrier to the terminal if the data sending is completed.

A production method for a detection apparatus includes: forming at least one sensitive region having at least one exposed sensing area on and / or in a semiconductor substrate, encapsulating at least one part of the semiconductor substrate so that the at least one sensing area is sealed in an air-, liquid- and / or particle-tight fashion from an external environment, and forming at least one opening so that at least one air, liquid and / or particle access from the external environment to the at least one sensing area is created, wherein before forming the at least one opening, at least one first test and / or calibration measurement is performed, for which at least one sensor signal of the at least one sensitive region having the at least one sensing area sealed in an air-, liquid- and / or particle-tight fashion is determined as at least one first test and / or calibration signal. Also described are related detection apparatuses.

A data processing apparatus and method are provided for processing a received workload in order to generate result data. A thread group generator generates from the received workload a plurality of thread groups to be executed to process the received workload. Each thread may be either an active thread whose output is required to form the result data, or a dummy thread required to resolve the inter-thread dependency for one of the active threads but whose output is not required to form the result data. Execution flow modification circuitry is responsive to the received thread group having at least one dummy thread, to cause the thread execution unit to selectively omit at least part of the execution of at least one of the plurality of instructions when executing each dummy thread, in dependence on control information associated with the predetermined program.

A wheelie determining device comprises a lift-off start determiner section which determines whether or not a lift-off of a front wheel from a ground surface has started, based on a traveling state value indicating a traveling state of a vehicle and an operation value indicating a rider's driving operation.

A communications device including a receiver configured to receive a plurality of sub-units of an encoded transport block of data in a plurality of time-divided units within frequency resources of a wireless access interface allocated to the mobile terminal, each of the sub-units being received a repeated number of times within a repetition cycle; and circuitry configured to combine a same sub-unit received the repeated number of times to form a composite sub-unit to recover the transport block.

A method of generating an acceleration structure for ray tracing, the method including, using a processor, dividing a three-dimensional (3D) space including primitives into bounding boxes, obtaining position information of where the bounding boxes overlapping each other, and generating an acceleration structure representing the position information and an inclusion relation between the bounding boxes. Also disclosed is a related method of traversing an acceleration structure.

A method for automatically focusing a camera including the steps of (A) recording a first topology and a second topology, where the second topology occurs temporally after the first topology, and (B) comparing the first topology with the second topology. A focus of the camera is automatically adjusted based upon one or more similarities between the first topology and the second topology.

A communications device including a receiver configured to receive a plurality of sub-units of an encoded transport block of data in a plurality of time-divided units within frequency resources of a wireless access interface allocated to the mobile terminal, each of the sub-units being received a repeated number of times within a repetition cycle; and circuitry configured to combine a same sub-unit received the repeated number of times to form a composite sub-unit to recover the transport block.