Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes a filter, a voltage-to-current conversion circuit, a first current source, a second current source, a capacitor, a comparator, and a buffer. The filter has a first input voltage (VIN) input and a filter output. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit has a first input, a second VIN input, and a current output, the first input coupled to the filter output. The first current source is coupled between the current output and ground terminal. The second current source is coupled between a power terminal and the current output. The capacitor is coupled between the current output and ground terminal. The comparator has a comparator output, a comparator input, and a reference voltage (Vref) input, the comparator input coupled to the current output. The buffer has a buffer input and a buffer output, the buffer input coupled to the comparator output.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an open earphone, including: a sound production component including: a transducer including a diaphragm configured to generate a sound; and a housing forming a cavity used to accommodate the transducer, wherein in a wearing state, the housing is provided with a sound guiding hole on an inner side surface toward an auricle of a user for guiding a sound generated by a front side of the diaphragm out of the housing and into an ear canal, and at least two pressure relief holes are provided on one or more other side surfaces of the housing, the at least two pressure relief holes including a first pressure relief hole away from the ear canal and a second pressure relief hole near the ear canal, and a sound pressure at the first pressure relief hole being greater than a sound pressure at the second pressure relief hole.

Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a traction battery, an inverter coupled to the traction battery via positive and negative legs of a high voltage bus and operable to convert DC power from the traction battery to three-phase AC power, a capacitor connected across the positive and negative legs of the high voltage bus, an electric machine having three phases coupled to the inverter, and a controller programmed to control electric machine voltage toward zero at a first slew rate or control electric machine current to a target short circuit current at a second slew rate in response to an active short request signal and to control the inverter to actively short the three phases of the electric machine after either (a) a specified elapsed time, or (b) after the electric machine voltage is below a first threshold or the current is within a predetermined range of the target short circuit current.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an open earphone comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, a first portion of the ear hook is hung between user's auricle and head, and a second portion of the ear hook extends towards a side of the auricle away from the head and connects to the sound production component to place the sound production component in a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner side surface of the housing facing the auricle is provided with a sound outlet, one or more other side walls of the housing are provided with at least two pressure relief holes including a first pressure relief hole and a second pressure relief hole. A distance between centers of the first pressure relief hole and the second pressure relief hole is between 13.0 mm and 15.2 mm.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device of the present disclosure shows high luminous efficiency and good lifespan by comprising a specific combination of the plural kinds of host compounds and a specific hole transport compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is an open earphone, comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook may include a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion may be hung between the auricle of a user and the head of the user, the second portion may extend toward a front outer side of the auricle and connect the sound production component, and the sound production component may be located close to the ear canal but not block the opening of the ear canal; wherein the sound production component and the auricle may have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, a centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction, a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be within a range of 0.25-0.

Abstract: An earphone comprises a sound production component and an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion is hung between an auricle of a user and a head of the user, and the second portion extends toward a front outer side of the auricle and connects to the sound production component, so that the sound production component is worn at a position near an ear canal but does not block an opening of the ear canal. The sound production component and the auricle have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively. A first distance between a centroid of the first projection and a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction is within a range of 17 mm-43 mm, and an area of the first projection is within a range of 202 mm2-560 mm2.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an autonomous vehicle includes a sensor unit configured to detect surrounding environment of the vehicle, generate surrounding environment information, monitor a state of the vehicle, and generate vehicle state information. A processor is configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle based on one or both of the surrounding environment information and the vehicle state information, detect whether a failure occurs in a function required for autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the vehicle state information, determine one or both of a movable time and a movable distance, for indicating a fail-operational capability (FOC) of the vehicle, based on one or both of the vehicle state information and the surrounding environment information, and control the vehicle to be emergency stopped by performing a minimal risk maneuver based on one or both of the movable time and the movable distance.

Abstract: The earphone includes a sound generation component including a transducer; at least a portion of the sound generation component extending into a concha cavity of a user; and an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being connected to the first portion, and being connected to the sound generation component to place the sound generation component at a position near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal. The sound generation component has a first projection on a sagittal plane, and the auricle has a second projection on the sagittal plane. A centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction. A ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be in a range of 0.35-0.6.

Abstract: The present invention relates to GPCR ligand collagen peptides produced through microbial fermentation, and in particular, to a method of preparing collagen peptides obtained by culturing a microorganism, peptides prepared by the method, and a composition including the peptide as an active ingredient; and a composition for improving intestinal function, relieving inflammation, and/or promoting wound healing, and a method of preparing the composition.

Abstract: A speaker includes a diaphragm, a magnetic circuit component, a coil, and a bracket arranged around the magnetic circuit component. At least part of the coil is arranged in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit component. The coil drives the diaphragm to vibrate to generate sound after the coil is energized. The diaphragm includes a main-body region and a folded-ring region surround the main-body region. A first part of the bracket is connected to the folded ring region. A thickness of the first part of the bracket is within a range of 0.3 mm-3 mm. The thickness of the first part is a minimum distance between a connection region and an attaching region. The connection region is a region where the bracket and the folded-ring region connect. The attaching region is a region where the bracket directly attaches to the magnetic circuit component in a vibration direction of the diaphragm.

Abstract: Methods and semiconductor devices are provided. A method includes determining a location of a polyimide opening (PIO) corresponding to an under-bump metallization (UBM) feature in a die. The die includes a substrate and an interconnect structure over the substrate. The method also includes determining a location of a stacked via structure in the interconnect structure based on the location of the PIO. The method further includes forming, in the interconnect structure, the stacked via structure comprising at most three stacked contact vias at the location of the PIO.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light emitting diode (LED) driving device that may expand a usable range of LED current and battery voltage by reducing heat generation of an integrated circuit, and an LED lighting device including the same, which may include a current controller that constantly controls an LED current flowing through an LED string and an IC heat dissipation part connected to a node between the LED string and the current controller to dissipate IC heat of the current controller, wherein when a battery voltage supplied to the LED string increases, the IC heat dissipation part reduces a first LED current flowing from the LED string to the current controller and simultaneously increases a second LED current flowing from the LED string to the current controller via the IC heat dissipation part, thereby reducing the IC heat generation of the current controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating sarcopenia, containing D-ribo-2-hexulose as an active ingredient. D-ribo-2-hexulose of the present invention is a sweetener capable of replacing sugar, is harmless to the human body and does not cause side effects in normal cells so as to be safe for the human body, inhibits the degradation of myoproteins, and can exhibit muscle strengthening effects by increasing muscle mass, and thus the present invention is expected to be effectively usable in the prevention, alleviation or treatment of sarcopenia.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit board including, a first insulating layer, a first metal layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a bridge disposed on the first metal layer and including a bridge insulating layer and a bridge circuit layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and covering at least a portion of the bridge, a second metal layer disposed on the second insulating layer, and a connecting via penetrating the bridge and the second insulating layer to connect the first metal layer to the second insulating layer. The connecting via is spaced apart from the bridge circuit layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a composition for increasing cognitive function.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, the ear hook is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner contour of the ear hook's projection on a user's sagittal plane includes a first curve having an extremum point in a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component on the sagittal plane. The extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane, and the upper vertex is a highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along the user's vertical axis. An inclination angle of the long-axis direction relative to a horizontal direction is within a range of 13°-21°.

Abstract: A method of controlling injection of a drug includes receiving a captured medical image of an object, identifying an object of interest from the medical image, based on a position and a shape of the object of interest, determining a drug injection position, based on the position and the shape of the object of interest, determining a plurality of electrode insertion positions, the plurality of electrodes being configured to supply a current to move the drug, defining a drug movement path based on a shape of the identified object of interest, generating current sequence information to move the drug along the drug movement path, the current sequence information defining a current applied over time to each of the plurality of electrodes, and outputting the current sequence information to a current source apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is an open earphone, comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook may include a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion may be hung between the auricle of a user and the head of the user, the second portion may extend toward a front outer side of the auricle and connect the sound production component, and the sound production component may be located close to the ear canal but not block the opening of the ear canal; wherein the sound production component and the auricle may have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, a centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction, a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be within a range of 0.25-0.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a teaching method for teaching a transfer position of a transfer robot. The teaching method includes: searching for an object on which a target object to be transferred by the transfer robot is placed, based on a 3D position information acquired by a first sensor; and acquiring coordinates of a second direction and coordinates of a third direction of the object based on a data acquired from a second sensor which is a different type from the first sensor.