Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE) for a small data transmission, includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a configuration indicating a dedicated physical resource; transmitting the small data transmission based on the dedicated physical resource; and receiving an acknowledge (ACK) indicator indicating a successful reception from the BS, wherein the UE is in an inactive state to transmit the small data transmission.

Abstract: Buffing of a footwear component allows for an alteration of the component surface to achieve an intended surface for aesthetics and/or manufacturing purposes. The buffing is performed in a system having a vision module, a sidewall buffing module, an up surface buffing module, and a down surface buffing module. Each of the buffing modules are adapted for the unique shape and sizes of a footwear component to effectively and automatically buff the footwear component.

Abstract: Provided are a non-volatile memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The non-volatile memory device includes a substrate having a memory region and a dummy region surrounding the memory region, an interconnect structure, memory cells, conductive vias and dummy vias. The interconnect structure is disposed on the substrate and in the memory region. The memory cells are disposed on the interconnect structure and arranged in an array when viewed from a top view. The memory cells include first memory cells in the memory region and second memory cells in the dummy region. The conductive vias are disposed in the memory region and between the first memory cells and the interconnection structure to electrically connect each of the first memory cells to the interconnect structure. The dummy vias are disposed in the dummy region and surround the memory region.

Abstract: A content capturing system is suitable for capturing content in an image of a document. The content capturing system includes a processor and a storage device. The processor accesses the program stored in the storage device to implement a cutting module and a processing module. The cutting module receives a corrected image. The content in the corrected image includes a plurality of text areas, and the cutting module inputs the corrected image or a first text area into a convolutional neural network. The convolutional neural network outputs the coordinates of the first text area. The cutting module cuts the first text area according to the coordinates of the first text area. The cutting module inputs the cut first text area into a text recognition system and obtains a plurality of first characters in the first text area from the text recognition system.

Abstract: A method of uplink transmission for a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a threshold; determining at least one uplink grant according to the threshold; performing a payload transmission on the at least one uplink grant while the UE is in an RRC inactive state; and not transmitting only padding bits for the payload transmission on the uplink grant.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a conductor region thereon, an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, and a conductive via electrically connected to the conductor region. The conductive via has a lower portion embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer and an upper portion protruding from a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer. The upper portion has a rounded top surface. A storage structure conformally covers the rounded top surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for buffing a shoe part includes a housing adapted to be articulated around at least a portion of the footwear part. A rotating spindle is positioned in the housing and has a buffing surface for engagement with the footwear part. A carriage is slideably connected to the housing and holds the spindle such that the buffing surface can be moved closer to and further away from the footwear part. An actuator is in the housing and in contact with the carriage. The actuator applies force to the carriage to increase the force of the buffing surface onto the footwear part. A biasing member is in the housing and in contact with the carriage. The biasing member exerts force onto the carriage in a direction opposite the force exerted by the actuator.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method for uplink (UL) transmission are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration that indicates a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set and a second SRS resource set; receiving, from the BS, Downlink Control Information (DCI) comprising at least a specific field; and determining whether to apply both or only one of the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set during Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission according to the specific field.

Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) device includes a first storage device, a controller, and a second storage device. The first storage device is configured to store input packets to be transmitted to a USB host. The controller is configured to receive the input packets of the first storage device, respectively compute hash values of the input packets, and respectively label first identifiers in the input packets according to the hash values to correspond to one of cores of a central processing unit at the USB host end. Among the input packets, the input packets with the same hash value are labeled with the same first identifier. The second storage device is configured to store the input packets that are labeled with the first identifier. The controller is further configured to allow the input packets stored in the second storage device to be transmitted to the USB host.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a hacking detection method, including: deploying a plurality of trap IP addresses in a trap IP address list; collecting access logs from a plurality of network devices to create a connection record list, wherein the connection record list includes a plurality of connection records; and comparing the trap IP address list and the connection record list to obtain a suspicious source list. The suspicious source list includes a plurality of suspicious source IP addresses. The suspicious source IP addresses match a portion of the trap IP addresses in the trap IP address list.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for management of MBS data reception is provided. The method includes receiving a DRX configuration mapped to an MBS, the DRX configuration including a timer and controlling activity of the UE for monitoring a PDCCH associated with a G-RNTI of the MBS; receiving a first DL assignment associated with the G-RNTI on the PDCCH; identifying an unsuccessful reception of a PDSCH that is scheduled by the first DL assignment and used for receiving data of the MBS; starting the timer after identifying the unsuccessful reception of the PDSCH; and enabling use of a C-RNTI to decode a second DL assignment while the timer is running. A UE using the method is also provided.

Abstract: A pressure sensing device (1000) comprises first and second electrodes (10, 20) spaced from each other by a distance. At least one of the electrodes is formed of/comprises a unitary piece of non-metallic conductive material. The distance is changeable in response to a pressure/force applied to the first and/or second electrode. The device comprises a measurement module (500) connected to the first/second electrode at a plurality of sensing points (S1 . . . ). The measurement module is configured to measure a change in capacitance between the first and second electrodes, in response to a change in the distance when a pressure/force is applied to the first and/or second electrode, at each sensing point individually and/or at all sensing points simultaneously. The measurement module is configured to determine the location, area and amount of applied pressure on the first and/or second electrode from the individual measurements, and/or the amount of the applied pressure from the simultaneous measurement.

Abstract: An apparatus for buffing a shoe part includes a housing adapted to be articulated around at least a portion of the footwear part. A rotating spindle is positioned in the housing and has a buffing surface for engagement with the footwear part. A carriage is slideably connected to the housing and holds the spindle such that the buffing surface can be moved closer to and further away from the footwear part. An actuator is in the housing and in contact with the carriage. The actuator applies force to the carriage to increase the force of the buffing surface onto the footwear part. A biasing member is in the housing and in contact with the carriage. The biasing member exerts force onto the carriage in a direction opposite the force exerted by the actuator.

Abstract: A sensor device for determining a position of an operator's finger/hand, comprises a handle portion comprising one or more touch sensing electrode portions. Each touch sensing electrode portion is configured to provide an electrical signal in response to the operator's finger/hand being on or near the one or more touch sensing electrode portions. The sensor device also comprises a measurement module configured to receive the or each electrical signal from the touch sensing electrode portion(s) and determine a position of the operator's finger/hand relative to one or more of the touch sensing electrode portions based on the or each electrical signal. The or each touch sensing electrode portion is formed of or comprises a non-metallic conductive material.

Abstract: A vision inspection and correction method, which mainly uses an image adjustment software/device to separate the eyes of the inspected person on an independent display screen, and the visual mark seen by the same vision is designed to be misaligned; through the guidance and interaction of the inspector and the inspected person, the inspector can adjust the image operation to zoom in/out/shift/focus/diverge/rotate, etc., so that the inspected person's binocular images can be clearly distinguished and adjusted.

Abstract: A stacked semiconductor package has a substrate, a first chip, at least one spacer, a second chip and an encapsulation. The first chip and the second chip are intersecting stacked on the substrate. The at least one spacer is stacked on the substrate to support the second chip. The encapsulation is formed to encapsulate the substrate, the first chip, the at least one spacer and the second chip. The at least one spacer is made of the material of the encapsulation. Therefore, the adhesion between the at least one spacer and the encapsulation is enhanced to avoid the delamination during the reliability test and enhances the reliability of the stacked semiconductor package.

Abstract: A system for synthesizing signal of user equipment and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a physical channel modeler and a physical channel training module. The physical channel modeler receives geo information of a field under test of and a sparse real physical field channel feature to build a physical channel model. The physical channel modeler estimates a plurality of predefined positions of the geo information to obtain a plurality of simulated physical field channel features corresponding to the predefined positions. The physical channel training module receives and performs training on the geo information, the sparse real physical field channel feature and the simulated physical field channel features by using an AI algorithm to perform an inference of a fully real physical field channel feature.

Abstract: A product substance inspection system includes an expansion module, an inspection module, and a preference-setting module. The expansion module expends regulatory information into a plurality of substance thresholds. The inspection module obtains material composition corresponding to a constituent from the aggregate material composition stored in a database, and compares each element in the material composition with the corresponding substance threshold. When the inspection module determines that the value of a specific element in the material composition exceeds the corresponding substance threshold, the preference-setting module replaces the constituent to which the specific element belongs according to the preference settings.

Abstract: A sensor device has a plurality of electrode portions configured to provide one or more electrical signals and a non-conductive material provided on or over the plurality of electrode portions. The one or more electrical signals are provided in response to a change in capacitance between (i) at least one of the plurality of electrode portions and a conductive object being near to or in contact with the non-conductive material, and/or (ii) at least one of the plurality of electrode portions and at least one other of the plurality of electrode portions. A system comprising the sensor device and method of manufacturing the sensor device are also provided.

Abstract: An AI decision based multiple telecommunication endpoints system is provided, including a telecommunication endpoint device and an artificial intelligence decision controller. The telecommunication endpoint device performs a communication test with the radio frequency communication device under test. The artificial intelligence decision controller is electrically connected to the telecommunication terminal device to control the communication test, and performs an efficiency analysis on the result of the communication test, and generates a decision instruction according to the result of the efficiency analysis.