Abstract: Systems and methods for simulating a melt pool characteristic for selective laser melting additive manufacturing. The system includes a selective laser melting apparatus and an electronic controller configured to obtain a surface geometry of a previous layer of a component being manufactured using the selective laser melting apparatus, simulate an addition of a powder layer having a desired powder layer thickness to the component based upon the surface geometry of the previous layer, determine a melt pool characteristic based upon geometric information of the simulated powder layer and the desired powder layer thickness, determine an adjustment to the simulated powder layer based upon the melt pool characteristic, and actuate the selective laser melting apparatus based upon the simulated powder layer and the determined adjustment.

Abstract: A composite substrate structure includes a circuit substrate, a first anisotropic conductive film, a first glass substrate, a dielectric layer, a patterned circuit layer and a conductive via. The first anisotropic conductive film is disposed on the circuit substrate. The first glass substrate is disposed on the first anisotropic conductive film and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first glass substrate includes a first circuit layer, a second circuit layer and at least one first conductive via. The first circuit layer is disposed on the first surface. The second circuit layer is disposed on the second surface. The first conductive via penetrates the first glass substrate and is electrically connected to the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer. The first glass substrate and the circuit substrate are respectively located on two opposite sides of the first anisotropic conductive film.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle is in a vehicle queue, the vehicle queue includes n vehicles {vehicle 0, vehicle 1, . . . , vehicle n?1} arranged in order along a traveling direction, the method is performed by a computing device of the vehicle i, i is from 1 to n?1. A vehicle-following subsystem model is established based on the relative speed and the relative vehicle distance error between the vehicle i and a vehicle i?1, and the acceleration of the vehicle i, a state trajectory of the vehicle-following subsystem model on a ?v-?R plane is determined, a plurality of division graphs of the vehicle i?1 in a plurality of travelling phases are combined to obtain a switching control graph for the vehicle i, and the travelling phase of the vehicle i is adjusted.

Abstract: A memory management method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module, a memory control circuit unit and a memory storage apparatus are provided. The rewritable non-volatile memory module includes a plurality of super physical units, and the super physical units at least include a plurality of good super physical units and a plurality of partial good super physical units. The method includes: receiving a host write command; selecting a first super physical unit set according a number rate of the good super physical units and the partial good super physical units, and the first super physical unit set includes a plurality of first good super physical units and at least one first partial good super physical unit selected from the super physical units according to the number rate; and writing data into the good physical erasing units of the first super physical unit set, in response to the host write command.

Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed, including an LED die, a light-transmissive encapsulant and a light-transmissive wall. The light-transmissive encapsulant covers the light-emitting side surfaces and the top surface, and the light-transmissive wall surrounds the light-transmissive encapsulant and covers the side surfaces of the light-transmissive encapsulant. Furthermore, the refractive index of the light-transmissive encapsulant is not greater than the refractive index of the light-transmissive wall. A lighting module is further disclosed, including a circuit substrate and the lighting devices, as described above, which are disposed on the circuit substrate. Therefore, when lights generated from the LED die are transmitted into the light-transmissive wall from the light-transmissive encapsulant, the lights will be deflected towards the lateral direction, thereby increasing the viewing angle of the lighting device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flash memory controller including an artificial intelligence (AI) module and a microprocessor. In the operations of the flash memory controller, the AI module receives data from a host device, and determines if the data is hot data or cold data to generate a determination result. The microprocessor is configured to selectively write the data into a first block or a second block within a flash memory module according to the determination result, wherein quantity of bits stored in each memory cell within the first block is different from quantity of bits stored in each memory cell within the second block.

Abstract: A powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system includes a build platform on which a substrate is supported, an energy generator configured to generate an energy beam directed at the substrate, a roller having an actuator system configured to rotate the roller, and a controller operably connected to the roller and to the energy generator. The controller is configured to produce a build object by rotating the roller at a first rotational speed to spread powder particles at a first porosity, operating the energy generator to selectively melt the powder particles to form a first layer of the build object, rotating the roller at a second rotational speed to spread powder particles at a second porosity, and operating the energy generator to selectively melt the powder particles spread at the second porosity to form a second layer. The first and second rotational speeds are different from one another.

Abstract: A suction disc is configured for abutting against a dressing covering over a wound. The suction disc includes a base plate, a case, a negative pressure, a first sensing device and a second sensing device. The base plate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first surface abuts against the dressing. The base plate has a first opening and a second opening respectively communicating with the first surface. The case has a first chamber and a second chamber. The case communicates with the second surface. The first chamber communicates with the first opening. The second chamber communicates with the second opening. The negative pressure device communicates with the second chamber. The negative pressure device provides a negative pressure to the second chamber. The first sensing device communicates with the first chamber. The second sensing device communicates with the second chamber.

Abstract: A micro-needle device is applicable for a target tissue with a first area having a first parameter and a second area having a second parameter. The micro-needle device includes a substrate and a micro-needle array connected to the substrate. The micro-needle array includes a first micro-needle corresponding to the first area and a second micro-needle corresponding to the second area. One of the surfaces of the substrate having the micro-needle array corresponds to the surface curvature of the target tissue. The first micro-needle has a first configuration corresponding to the first parameter, and the second micro-needle has a second configuration corresponding to the second parameter and different from the first configuration. The configuration includes at least one selected from a group consisting of length, distribution density, diameter, and medicine-carrying amount of micro-needle. A method for manufacturing a micro-needle device and a method for manufacturing a micro-needle mold are also provided.

Abstract: A memory management method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module, a memory control circuit unit and a memory storage apparatus are provided. The rewritable non-volatile memory module includes a plurality of super physical units, and the super physical units at least include a plurality of good super physical units and a plurality of partial good super physical units. The method includes: receiving a host write command; selecting a first super physical unit set according a number rate of the good super physical units and the partial good super physical units, and the first super physical unit set includes a plurality of first good super physical units and at least one first partial good super physical unit selected from the super physical units according to the number rate; and writing data into the good physical erasing units of the first super physical unit set, in response to the host write command.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for controlling a motion of a vehicle, and a vehicle. A power system of the vehicle includes an engine, a first motor and a second motor, the method includes: receiving a cruise speed, a speed fluctuation quantity and a preset traveling mileage of the vehicle, and obtaining an upper speed bound and a lower speed bound of the vehicle based on the cruise speed and the speed fluctuation quantity; adjusting a current speed of the vehicle to the lower speed bound, and controlling the vehicle to enter a first cruise phase of a two-phase cruise mode; and controlling the vehicle to enter a second cruise phase of the two-phase cruise mode when the current speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to the upper speed bound and a current traveling mileage is less than the preset traveling mileage.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a substrate, a light sensing device and a light-guiding structure is provided. The light sensing device is disposed in the substrate. The light-guiding structure is located above the light sensing device. The light-guiding structure has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, and the bottom surface is closer to the substrate than the top surface. A position of a minimum width of the light-guiding structure is located between the top surface and the bottom surface.

Abstract: A device for growing large-sized monocrystalline crystals, including a crucible adapted to grow crystals from a material source and with a seed crystal and including therein a seed crystal region, a growth chamber, and a material source region; a thermally insulating material disposed outside the crucible and below a heat dissipation component; and a plurality of heating components disposed outside the thermally insulating material to provide heat sources, wherein the heat dissipation component is of a heat dissipation inner diameter and a heat dissipation height which exceeds a thickness of the thermally insulating material.

Abstract: A memory management method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The memory management method includes: recording sorting information corresponding to a plurality of first physical units of the rewritable non-volatile memory module according to a data storage status of the first physical units; receiving at least one command, and the command is configured to change the data storage status of the first physical units; updating the sorting information according to the command; and copying data stored in at least one physical unit among the first physical units to at least one second physical unit of the rewritable non-volatile memory module according to the updated sorting information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative pressure wound therapy device, system and method. The negative pressure wound therapy device is connected with a dressing, and comprises a housing, a control circuit board, a pump, and an aspiration conduit. The pump generates negative pressure. The pump may comprise a voltage-actuated deformation element (such as piezoelectric vibration element) to push fluid from an aspiration end to a discharge end. The aspiration conduit has a pump end and a dressing end. The pump end is fluidly connected to the aspiration end of the pump, and the dressing end is fluidly connected to the dressing used for covering a wound. The control circuit board is disposed in the housing, controls the pump to generate the negative pressure in the aspiration conduit, and applies negative pressure to the wound covered by the dressing via the aspiration conduit.

Abstract: A data writing method, a memory control circuit unit, and a memory storage apparatus are provided. The method includes recording a flush command counting (FCC) value, and updating the FCC value whenever receiving a flush command from a host system. The method further includes getting a first physical erasing unit as an active physical unit and determining whether the FCC value is greater than a FCC value threshold. The method further includes setting a writing mode of the active physical unit as a first writing mode if the FCC value is greater than the FCC value threshold, and setting the writing mode of the active physical unit as a second writing mode if the FCC value is not greater than the FCC value threshold.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory unit configured to store nonzero entries of a first array and nonzero entries of a second array based on a sparse matrix format; and an index module configured to select the common nonzero entries of the neurons and the corresponding weights. Since the values of the nonzero entries of the neurons and corresponding weights are selected and accessed, the data load and movement from the memory unit can be reduced to save power consumption. In addition, for a sparse neuronal network model with a large scale, through the operations of the index module, the computation regarding a great amount of zero entries can be scattered to improve overall computation speed of a neural network.

Abstract: A novel electromagnetic actuator designed to operate at system resonance, used in the construction of a unique vehicle system, is presented herein. An exemplary embodiment of the vehicle system is based on an electromagnetic actuator coupled to a plurality of actuating members of a micro aerial vehicle. Attributes of this type of actuation offer several enhancements over traditional approaches. The unique use of an electromagnetic actuator lends itself to a near unlimited number of coil cross-sectional designs that can be optimized to meet performance requirements while maintaining minimal costs of fabrication.