Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a main body and a camera module. The camera module has a frame, a lens unit disposed in the frame, a guiding member, and a hinge. The guiding member is affixed to the main body and has a rail and a spring sheet. The hinge pivotally connects to the frame and the guiding member. When the camera module is in the retracted position, the camera module is hidden in a recess of the main body. When the camera module slides out of the recess from the retracted position along the rail into the operational position, the spring sheet is pressed by the hinge to increase the friction between the hinge and the guiding member.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for determining whether data accessed by the command in a storage system is hot or cold. An apparatus may include a first interface to be coupled to a host and a storage controller configured to: receive a command that contains an address in a data storage system; generate a set of hash addresses for the address; for each hash address of the set of hash addresses: obtain a stored hotness score associated with the hash address, update the stored hotness score to generate an updated hotness score associated with the hash address, and determine that the updated hotness score is above a hotness threshold; and determine that the address is hot.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are composite polypeptide. According to various embodiments, the composite polypeptide includes a parent polypeptide and a metal binding motif capable of forming a complex with a metal cation. The composite polypeptide may be conjugated with a linker unit having a plurality of functional elements to form a multi-functional molecular construct. Alternatively, multiple composite polypeptides may be conjugated to a linker unit to form a molecular construct, or a polypeptide bundle. Linker units suitable for conjugating with the composite polypeptide having the metal binding motif are also disclosed.

Abstract: A gate structure includes a substrate divided into an N-type transistor region and a P-type transistor region. An interlayer dielectric covers the substrate. A first trench is embedded in the interlayer dielectric within the N-type transistor region. A first gate electrode having a bullet-shaped profile is disposed in the first trench. A gate dielectric contacts the first trench. An N-type work function layer is disposed between the gate dielectric layer and the first gate electrode. A second trench is embedded in the interlayer dielectric within the P-type transistor region. A second gate electrode having a first mushroom-shaped profile is disposed in the second trench. The gate dielectric layer contacts the second trench. The N-type work function layer is disposed between the gate dielectric layer and the second gate electrode. A first P-type work function layer is disposed between the gate dielectric layer and the N-type work function layer.

Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism includes a movable assembly, a fixed assembly, and a driving assembly. The movable assembly is configured to be connected to an optical element. The movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly in a range of motion. The optical element driving mechanism further includes a positioning assembly configured to position the movable assembly at a predetermined position relative to the fixed assembly when the driving assembly is not operating.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for performing computations of a neural network using hardware computational circuitry. An apparatus may include a controller, a configuration buffer and a data buffer. The controller may be configured to dispatch computing tasks of a neural network, load configurations into the configuration buffer and load input data and parameters including weights and biases into the data buffer. The apparatus may also include a multiply-accumulate (MAC) layer. The configurations may include at least one FNN configuration. The MAC layer may apply the at least one FNN configuration, which includes settings for a FNN operation topology for the MAC layer to perform computations for at least one FNN layer. Optionally, the neural network may be a CNN and the configurations may further include at least one CNN configuration for the MAC layer to perform computations for at least one CNN layer.

Abstract: A touch pad structure includes a base, a guiding component rotatably disposed on the base, a touch pad disposed above the base, and a switch. The guiding component is located between the base and the touch pad. The touch pad has an inner surface facing the base. Here, the switch is disposed on the inner surface, and a guiding structure is disposed on the inner surface. The guiding structure is slidably connected to the guiding component. The touch pad moving toward the base drives the guiding component to rotate relative to the base through the guiding structure, and the touch pad moves along a vertical direction.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a main body and a camera module. The camera module has a frame, a lens unit disposed in the frame, a guiding member, and a hinge. The guiding member is affixed to the main body and has a rail and a spring sheet. The hinge pivotally connects to the frame and the guiding member. When the camera module is in the retracted position, the camera module is hidden in a recess of the main body. When the camera module slides out of the recess from the retracted position along the rail into the operational position, the spring sheet is pressed by the hinge to increase the friction between the hinge and the guiding member.

Abstract: A touch pad structure includes a base, a guiding component rotatably disposed on the base, a touch pad disposed above the base, and a switch. The guiding component is located between the base and the touch pad. The touch pad has an inner surface facing the base. Here, the switch is disposed on the inner surface, and a guiding structure is disposed on the inner surface. The guiding structure is slidably connected to the guiding component. The touch pad moving toward the base drives the guiding component to rotate relative to the base through the guiding structure, and the touch pad moves along a vertical direction.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for determining whether data associated with a command in a storage system is hot or cold. An apparatus may comprise a first interface to be coupled to a host and circuitry configured to receive a command via the first interface from the host. The command may contain an address for data storage in a data storage system and a length for a size of data associated with the command. The circuitry may be further configured to classify the command into a cluster of a plurality of clusters, obtain a plurality of historical commands in the cluster and determine whether the data associated with the command is hot or cold using a machine learning model. The address and the length of the command and addresses and lengths of the plurality of historical commands may be used as input features to the machine learning model.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for compressing data. A method may include receiving an input data block to be compressed, determining numbers of occurrences for distinct symbols in the input data block, generating reduced numbers of occurrences for the distinct symbols based on the numbers of occurrences for the distinct symbols and encoding the input data block using the reduced numbers of occurrences as probability distribution of the distinct symbols in the input data block.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for compressing data. A method may comprise receiving an input data block to be compressed, determining numbers of occurrences for distinct symbols in the input data block, generating reduced numbers of occurrences for the distinct symbols based on the numbers of occurrences for the distinct symbols and encoding the input data block using the reduced numbers of occurrences as probability distribution of the distinct symbols in the input data block.

Abstract: A double-frequency antenna structure with a high degree of electrical isolation between long distance and short distance antennas includes a dielectric substrate having at least two corners and a center area. A first set of antenna arrays is positioned at the corners. A second set of antenna arrays is positioned at the center area. At least one first folded isolation plate is mounted on the dielectric substrate, and positioned between the first set of antenna arrays and the second set of antenna arrays. At least one second folded isolation plate each is mounted on one first folded isolation plate.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for compressing data and decompressing compressed data. A method may comprise receiving an input data block to be compressed, generating a number of occurrences table and a cumulative occurrences table for distinct symbols in the input data block, for each symbol in the input data block, based on the number of occurrences table and the cumulative occurrences table, dynamically obtaining a number of shifts for right-shifting a current state “x” to encode a current symbol, outputting right-shifted bits to encoded data and obtaining a next state “x” and obtaining a final state “X” from a last state “x” generated in a final loop.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for decompressing compressed data. A method may include receiving encoded data to be decompressed, obtaining a “Stotal” of a total number of symbols, numbers of occurrences for distinct symbols in the encoded data, and a final state generated during an encoding process as a first state for decoding, building a decoding table containing a row of the distinct symbols, a row of substitutes for numbers of bits to be recovered and a row of substitutes for new states corresponding to encoding states, decoding using the decoding table including: obtaining a current symbol from the decoding table based on a current state X, dynamically determining a current number of bits to be recovered from the encoded data and a new state X based on corresponding substitutes and outputting symbols recovered. L may be a sum of the numbers of occurrences for the distinct symbols.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for decoding a codeword encoded by a linear block code. A method may comprise performing a hard decision decoding on a codeword, determining which check nodes are satisfied and which check nodes are unsatisfied after the hard decision decoding, scheduling a check node processing order by moving at least one unsatisfied check node to be processed ahead of at least one satisfied check node and performing a soft decision decoding on the codeword according to the check node processing order.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for compressing data and decompressing compressed data. A method may include receiving encoded data to be decompressed, obtaining a size “Stotal” of a total number of symbols in the encoded data, numbers of occurrences for distinct symbols in the encoded data, a number L of sum of the numbers of occurrences for the distinct symbols, and a final state generated during an encoding process as a first state for decoding, building a decoding table containing the distinct symbols corresponding to L encoding states, decoding the encoded data using the decoding table including: obtaining a current symbol from the decoding table based on a current state X, dynamically determining a current number of bits to be recovered from the encoded data and a new state X, and outputting symbols recovered from the encoded data.