Abstract: Disclosed herein is a terminal for providing a vehicle interface to a vehicle information terminal, which may include a terminal information collection unit configured to collect a terminal information of other terminals which is able to receive and transmit a content data; a wireless communication unit configured to receive a content data reproduction request from the other terminal; a content interface generation unit configured to generate a content interface which provides through the vehicle interface based on the terminal information and the content data reproduction request; and a content data relay unit configured to control reproducing the content data received from the other terminal through the content interface and providing to the vehicle information terminal.

Abstract: A bracket assembly, a functional component, and a mobile terminal are provided. The bracket assembly configured to fix an electronic component and conduct a ground electrode includes a metal support and a plurality of conductive members. The metal support includes a mounting part and a carrier part surrounding the mounting part. The mounting part is configured to fix the electronic component. The carrier part includes a plurality of ground parts arranged circumferentially about the mounting part at intervals. Each of the conductive members is connected to a corresponding one of the ground parts and configured to conduct a corresponding one of the ground parts and the ground electrode.

Abstract: A hydraulic water wheel assembly and system where optimum results are obtained based upon factors such as the height of the channel, the distance between water wheels, the diameter of the discs, and the number, size, dimensions, and arrangement of the wing blades.

Abstract: A fuel nozzle for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a body defining an axial direction and a radial direction, an air passageway defined axially in the body, and a fuel passageway defined axially in the body radially outwardly from the air passageway. The fuel passageway has an outer wall including an exit lip at a downstream portion of the outer wall. The lip generally increases in diameter as it extends downstream.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer; an active device on the substrate; an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the active device; a first contact plug adjacent to the active device; and a second contact plug in the ILD layer and electrically connected to the active device. Preferably, the first contact plug includes a first portion in the insulating layer and the second semiconductor layer and a second portion in the ILD layer, in which a width of the second portion is greater than a width of the first portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first fin-shaped structures and second fin-shaped structures, which are separately disposed on a semiconductor substrate. Each of the first and second fin-shaped structures includes a base portion and a top portion protruding from the top portion. The base portions of the second fin-shaped structures are wider than the top portions of the second fin-shaped structures, and the top portions of the second fin-shaped structures are as wide as the top portions of the first fin-shaped structures. Each second fin-shaped structure further includes a recessed region on its sidewall.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining information for defects on a wafer are provided. One system includes an illumination subsystem configured to direct light having one or more illumination wavelengths to a wafer. The one or more illumination wavelengths are selected to cause fluorescence from one or more materials on the wafer without causing fluorescence from one or more other materials on the wafer. The system also includes a detection subsystem configured to detect only the fluorescence from the one or more materials or to detect non-fluorescent light from the wafer without detecting the fluorescence from the one or more materials. In addition, the system includes a computer subsystem configured to determine information for defects on the wafer using output generated by the detection subsystem responsive to the detected fluorescence or the detected non-fluorescent light.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to a conveyor assembly for separating and aligning parcels, packages, bags and other articles prior to processing with a singulator. The stepped wall assembly includes a low friction conveying surface having both forward and lateral conveying forces for moving articles toward a lateral sidewall and a downstream conveyor. A series of offsets disposed between straight and diverging sidewalls force parcels toward the center of the conveyor against the lateral forces of the low friction conveying surface gradually separating and converging the parcels toward a selected sidewall of the conveyor and in line with a singulator apparatus.

Abstract: A device for controlling access to a vehicle, the device including: a housing, the housing including a transmitter, a receiver, a microcontroller and an unlocking mechanism, wherein the housing is configured to be mounted to a vehicle and, in response to a triggering event at the unlocking mechanism, the microcontroller is configured to advertise itself to allow a previously linked remote device to connect and, once a connection is established with the remote device, the transmitter is configured to send an unlock signal to an electronic control unit inside the vehicle to unlock a door of the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of patella arthroplasty. A navigated patella clamp used in an arthroplasty procedure includes first and second movable jaw members and an actuation member coupled to the first and second jaw members for moving the first and second jaw members along a plane toward and away from one another. The patella clamp further includes a tracker and adjustable stylus for positioning the clamp on a patient's patella below a desired resection plane. The adjustable stylus coupled to the clamp is used to check the position and orientation of the clamp with respect to the patella to ensure the correct amount of bone will be resected from the patella corresponding to the thickness of a patella component that will be implanted on the resected patella.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wafer leveling device which comprises a carrier module, a fixture module and a dynamic module. A wafer, which is conveyed to and stays above a claw component of the carrier module by a robotic arm, is further carried by the lifted claw component for a continuous ascent until the wafer is contacted by a ring component of the fixture module; the clamp component of the fixture module releases the ring component; the claw component, the ring component and the wafer, all of which keep stabilized mutual positions, are lowered so that several protrudent structures on a base component of the carrier module contact the wafer; the claw component, the ring component and the wafer which completes a manufacturing process are lifted; the carrier module and the wafer are lowered with the clamp components stabilizing the ring component.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a motor, which begins with robotically positioning a flexible insulating sleeve over a first motor sub-assembly to produce a second motor sub-assembly. The first motor sub-assembly includes a motor assembly and an end-cap. The motor assembly includes a stator, a rotor, and wiring connected to the stator. The end-cap includes an electrical fitting for feeding the wiring externally of the motor. The method continues with robotically positioning a flexible enclosure, that includes a formed housing section and a connecting section, loosely over the second motor sub-assembly. The method continues with tightening the connecting section until the formed housing section tightly fits over the second sub-assembly compressing the flexible insulating sleeve to produce an insulating seal.

Abstract: Systems and methods of generating and using a bitmap index are disclosed. The bitmap index stores bit strings. In a particular implementation, each bit string in the bitmap index corresponds to an attribute. Each location in each bit string corresponds to the same source. The bitmap index supports parallelized and distributed execution of queries with respect to data indexed by the bitmap index. For example, the described bitmap index can be used to index advertising data, healthcare data, financial data, etc.

Abstract: Differing from conventional ambient light sensors at least having drawbacks of huge circuit area and high manufacturing cost, the present invention discloses an ambient light sensor showing advantages of small circuit area and low manufacturing cost. This ambient light sensor has functionality of photodiode leakage current compensation, and comprises: a temperature sensing unit, a microprocessor unit, a conversion unit, and a lookup table unit. The microprocessor unit is configured to find out a reference parameter for a first dark current from the lookup table unit according to a measured data of ambient temperature. Subsequently, the conversion unit is controlled to apply a current amplifying process to a second dark current. Therefore, after subtracting an output current of the first photodiode from the second dark current been treated with the current amplifying process, the output current been treated with a leakage current compensating process is produced and outputted.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention relate to a high accuracy phase shift apparatus. The phase shift apparatus comprises a voltage controlled analog phase shifter, a microcontroller unit (MCU) and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The MCU generates a digital control signal, which is converted into an analog control signal by the DAC to control the voltage controlled analog phase shifter to achieve desired phase shift angle. The phase shift apparatus may further incorporate a temperature sensor for temperature compensation. The output from the temperature sensor may be used to modify the reference voltage of the DAC, or alternatively be used to modify the digital control signal from the MCU. By incorporation digitalized control and temperature compensation to an analog phase shifter, the disclosed phase shift apparatus achieves high accuracy digitalized control, a flat phase shift over a wide bandwidth, and a stable phase shift over temperature variation.

Abstract: A system comprises two or more item storage bins, each item storage bin comprising: a wireless communication tag emitting a wireless signal having data identifying the item storage bin on which the wireless communication tag is positioned, and an indicator activated by receiving a feedback signal identifying the item storage bin on which the indicator is positioned; and a personal device comprising: a wireless communicator configured to communicate with the wireless communication tags, and a controller coupled to the wireless communicator and configured to identify one of the item storage bins from the wireless signal, and in response to identifying the one item storage bin, sending the feedback signal through the wireless communicator to the indicator.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a charging system and method, and a power adapter. The system includes a power adapter and a terminal. The power adapter includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer, a compositing unit, a sampling unit, and a control unit. The control unit outputs a control signal to the switch unit, and adjusts a duty ratio of the control signal according to a current sampling value and/or a voltage sampling value, such that a second alternating current outputted by the compositing unit meets a charging requirement. The terminal includes a battery.