Abstract: In an aspect, a method for making a metal-containing material comprises steps of: forming a metal-containing hydrogel from an aqueous precursor mixture using a photopolymerization; wherein the aqueous precursor mixture comprises water, one or more aqueous photosensitive binders, and one or more aqueous metal salts; and thermally treating the metal-containing hydrogel to form the metal-containing material; wherein the metal-containing hydrogel is exposed to a thermal-treatment atmosphere during the step of thermally treating; wherein a composition of the metal-containing material is at least partially determined by a composition of the thermal-treatment atmosphere during the thermally treating step.

Abstract: An information processing method is provided for a terminal device. The method includes obtaining an image including an AR target; recognizing the AR target, and generating a virtual scene including N virtual objects (N being an integer greater than or equal to 2); disassembling the virtual scene to obtain the N virtual objects; and generating object information that separately corresponds to the N virtual objects, which include a target virtual object to be interacted with by a user. The method also includes keeping the object information of virtual objects other than the target virtual object in the N virtual objects unchanged and updating the object information of the target virtual object in response to receiving an operation instruction inputted by the user for the target virtual object, such that the target virtual object is interacted independently rather than the virtual scene as whole by the user.

Abstract: A system may automatically conduct hygiene cycles for a confined space such an interior space of a box suitable for storing and/or carrying packaged food. The system may include a hygiene device that can be attached to the box to conduct the hygiene cycles. The system may also automatically collect information related to the hygiene cycles and transmit the collected information to a network.

Abstract: An optical imaging lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric.

Abstract: A photographing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element with refractive power. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in paraxial region. The second lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in paraxial region. The third, fourth and fifth lens elements all have refractive powers. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in off-axis region, and both of two surfaces are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in paraxial region, and both of two surfaces are aspheric.

Abstract: The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel. The first display panel includes first pixel structures having a first pixel pitch. The second display panel includes second pixel structures having a second pixel pitch. The first display panel is overlapped with the second display panel. A user would not see a moiré pattern generated by the display device by adjusting the first pixel pitch, the second pixel pitch, and an effective distance between the first display panel and the second display panel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method that utilize a surface device are provided. In an embodiment a fuse line comprises an underbump metallization which has two separate, electrically isolated parts. The two parts are bridged by an external connector, such as a solder ball in order to electrically connect the surface device. When, after testing, the surface device is determined to be defective, the fuse line may be disconnected by removing the external connector from the two separate parts, electrically isolating the surface device. In another embodiment the surface is located beneath a package within an integrated fan out package or is part of a multi-fan out package.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photoelectric sensor, an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The photoelectric sensor is used for fingerprint recognition, and includes a first electrode layer, being lighttight. The photoelectric sensor further includes a first transparent electrode layer, disposed opposite to the first electrode layer and receiving incident light, and a light sensing layer, located between the first electrode layer and the first transparent electrode layer. The light sensing layer includes a plurality of nanocrystalline silicon particles with different particle sizes.

Abstract: A testing system includes: a bilinear polarized antenna for receiving and dividing a circularly polarized radio wave associating with a horizontal and a vertical polarization path of an object-to-be-tested into a first and a second high frequency signal; a phase retarder for delaying a phase of the first high frequency signal by 90 degrees to form a first high frequency signal with a phase delay of 90 degrees; a power splitter for receiving or synthesizing the first high frequency signal with the phase delay of 90 degrees and the second high frequency signal; and a high frequency signal transceiver for measuring power of the first high frequency signal with the phase delay of 90 degrees and the second high frequency signal and determining states of the horizontal and vertical polarization paths of the object-to-be-tested based on the power. Therefore, the testing system can speed up testing of the object-to-be-tested.

Abstract: Techniques and described for wireless communication. One method includes generating a channel usage beacon signal (CUBS) at a wireless device, wherein a waveform of the CUBS is based at least in part on a scheduled uplink transmission by the wireless device; and transmitting, by the wireless device, the CUBS over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band to occupy the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band prior to the scheduled uplink transmission.

Abstract: Provided is a field shaping multi-well detector and method of fabrication thereof. The detector is configured by depositing a pixel electrode on a substrate, depositing a first dielectric layer, depositing a first conductive grid electrode layer on the first dielectric layer, depositing a second dielectric layer on the first conductive grid electrode layer, depositing a second conductive grid electrode layer on the second dielectric layer, depositing a third dielectric layer on the second conductive grid electrode layer, depositing an etch mask on the third dielectric layer. Two pillars are formed by etching the third dielectric layer, the second conductive grid electrode layer, the second dielectric layer, the first conductive grid electrode layer, and the first dielectric layer. A well between the two pillars is formed by etching to the pixel electrode, without etching the pixel electrode, and the well is filled with a-Se.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for manufacturing metal contacts under ground-up contact pads within a device. A device may comprise a bottom metal layer with a bottom metal contact, a top metal layer with a top metal contact, and a plurality of middle metal layers. Any given metal layer of the plurality of middle metal layers comprises a metal contact, the metal contact is substantially vertically below the top metal contact, substantially vertically above the bottom metal contact, and substantially vertically above a metal contact in any metal layer that is below the given metal layer. The metal contacts may be of various and different shapes. All the metal contacts in the plurality of middle metal layers and the bottom metal contact may be smaller than the top metal contact, therefore occupying less area and saving more area for other functions such as device routing.

Abstract: An imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The second lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The third lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region and having a convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.

Abstract: A dual view display device is disclosed. The dual view display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of first display regions and a plurality of second display regions, each of the first display regions and each of the second display regions are alternately arranged along an arbitrary direction of the display panel; a parallax barrier disposed on a light emitting side of the display panel and including a plurality of light-transmitting regions and a plurality of light-shielding regions, each of the light-transmitting regions and each of the light-shielding regions are alternately arranged along a direction identical with the arbitrary direction of the display panel; and a light refracting element, wherein the light refracting element is provided on a side of at least one of the light-transmitting regions which is away from the display panel, the light refracting element at least overlays the light-transmitting region.

Abstract: A data routing method and apparatus resolve a problem that data packet forwarding efficiency is greatly reduced because a service function instance sequence needs to be retrieved for each data packet according to a 5-tuple of a data flow to which the data packet belongs. The data routing method includes: receiving, by a traffic classifier, a data packet, where the data packet belongs to a first data flow; allocating, by the traffic classifier, a first data route identifier to the first data flow, where the first data route identifier is used to identify a service function chain of the first data flow and is used to identify the first data flow; adding, by the traffic classifier, the first data route identifier to the data packet; and sending, by the traffic classifier, the data packet to a service function forwarding device.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes providing a substrate having a structure formed on the substrate, and forming a spacer layer on the structure. Then, the method includes forming a mask layer over the spacer layer. The mask layer includes a first layer, a second layer over the first layer, and a third layer over the second layer. Further, the method includes patterning the third layer of the mask layer, and etching the first layer and the second layer of the mask layer with a dry etching process using the third layer as an etch mask to form an opening that exposes a portion of the spacer layer. Then, the method includes removing the second layer using a wet etchant before a formation of a backfill material layer in the opening and over the first layer.

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistor circuitry. Each pixel may include organic layers interposed between an anode and a cathode. The organic layers may emit out-coupled light that escapes the display and waveguided light that is waveguided within the organic layers. A reflector may be placed at the edge of the organic layers to reflect the waveguided light out of the display. The reflector may be located within a pixel definition layer and may be formed from metal or may be formed from one or more interfaces between high-refractive-index material and low-refractive-index material. The reflector may be formed from an extended portion of the pixel anode. The reflector may be formed from light-reflecting particles that are suspended in the pixel definition layer.

Abstract: A method performed by an MEC orchestrator includes: acquiring MEC computation-related information and User Equipment (UE) mobility-related information from an MEC system including a plurality of MEC entities, performing a classification procedure, based on the MEC computation-related information and the UE mobility-related information, to determine a behavior type of a UE, wherein the behavior type indicates whether to trigger a handover (HO) in the MEC system and whether to trigger a Virtual Machine (VM) migration in the MEC system, and providing an instruction table in response to the behavior type, wherein the instruction table including routing information for routing MEC traffic among one or more of the plurality of MEC entities.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, systems, and storage media for generating a performance profile of a node profile. First electronic activities linked to a first node profile can be accessed. For each first electronic activity, a type of the first electronic activity can be determined. A feature extraction policy can be selected to generate a first feature array for the first electronic activity. The first feature array for the first electronic activity can be generated based on the type of the first electronic activity. A first performance profile of the first node profile can be generated for the time period by providing the generated first feature array for each first electronic activity to one or more models trained using second feature arrays corresponding to second electronic activities of second node profiles. An association between the first node profile and the first performance profile can be stored.