Abstract: A digital refocusing method includes: to plurality of images corresponding to multiple views in a scene are obtained, the images include a central view image and at least one non-central view image; a pixel shift or a pixel index shift is performed to the non-central view image; a line scan along a pre-determined linear path is performed to the central view image and the non-central view images to obtain corresponding pixels of the central view image and corresponding pixels of the non-central view images; view interpolation based on the disparities defined in a disparity map is performed, target pixels corresponded to a novel view image are obtained from the corresponding pixels of the central view image and the corresponding pixels of the non-central view according to a target disparity; and a refocused novel view image is obtained by averaging and compositing the target pixels of novel views.

Abstract: A single-layer wiring package substrate and a method of fabricating the same are provided, the method including: forming on a carrier a wiring layer having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface and being in contact with the carrier; forming on the carrier and on the wiring layer a dielectric body that has a first side having a first opening, from which a portion of the wiring layer is exposed, and a second side opposing the first side and disposed at the same side as the second surface of the wiring layer; and removing the carrier, with the second side of the dielectric body and the second surface of the wiring layer exposed. Therefore, a coreless package substrate is fabricated, and the overall thickness and cost of the substrate are reduced.

Abstract: An over-current protection device comprises a PTC device and a first external lead. The PTC device comprises first and second conductive layers and a PTC material layer laminated therebetween. The first conductive layer forms an upper surface of the PTC device. The first external lead has a lower surface soldered to the first conductive layer. The lower surface is provided with a plurality of protrusions of which tops are in direct contact with the first conductive layer to form a gap between the first external lead and the first conductive layer. Solder paste fills the gap to form an electrically conductive connecting layer. The over-current protection device may further comprise a second external lead with protrusions soldered to the second conductive layer to form an axial-lead or a radial-lead type device.

Abstract: An MEMS microphone package includes a substrate, an MEMS microphone, an IC chip and an electrically conductive cover. The substrate includes a first hole, an upper surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer. The side surface has two sides connected to the upper surface and the bottom surface, respectively. The first electrically conductive layer is disposed on the upper surface. The second electrically conductive layer is disposed on the bottom surface. The MEMS microphone is electrically coupled to the substrate. The IC chip is electrically coupled to the substrate. The electrically conductive cover includes a second hole. The electrically conductive cover is bonded to the substrate to form a chamber for accommodating the MEMS microphone and the IC chip. The first hole and the second hole together form an acoustic hole.

Abstract: A negative pressure wound dressing is provided. The negative pressure wound dressing sequentially includes a backing layer, a water blocking layer, an absorbent layer and a wound contacting layer. Wherein, the backing layer includes a connecting aperture for fluidly communicating to a negative pressure source. The wound contacting layer includes a surface layer for wound contacting and a plurality of chambers containing a medication, wherein openings of the chambers are disposed on the surface layer for releasing the medication contained in the chamber. The medication can be prevented from being suctioned to the absorbent layer and can be released toward the wound to enhance the wound healing by using the negative pressure wound dressing.

Abstract: A display and a method and a system for compensating a brightness or a color of the display are provided. In the method, an image of a homogeneous frame displayed on the display is captured by an image capturing device, and a brightness or color distribution of a plurality of pixel values of the captured image is calculated to determine a target value used for adjusting the brightness or the color of the display. Based on the target value, a plurality of gain values of the pixels of the display are calculated by using the pixel values, and recorded in a gain table. The gain table is written to the display. The display inquires the gain values in the gain table to generate a translucent layer, overlap the translucent layer with a current frame to be displayed, and output the overlapped current frame to a display panel for display.

Abstract: An embodiment cell shift scheme includes abutting a first transistor cell against a second transistor cell and shifting a place and route boundary away from a polysilicon disposed between the first transistor cell and the second transistor cell. In an embodiment, the cell shift scheme includes shifting the place and route boundary to prevent a mismatch between a layout versus schematic (LVS) netlist and a post-simulation netlist.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two- and three-dimensional far infrared acupuncture device for therapy and rehabilitation, which includes: at least one tubular body including a far infrared ceramic material and having two ends respectively forming an opening and a ventilation hole and including an accommodation space formed between the opening and the ventilation hole; and at least one electrical heating unit having an end forming a handgrip section that includes a control device mounted thereto. The electrical heating unit has an end opposite to the handgrip section and insertable through the opening into the tubular body. The control device controls the temperature of the electrical heating unit in a range of 37-50 degrees Celsius so that the temperature is transmitted to the tubular body so that the tubular body emits far infrared light having a wavelength of 4-14 micrometers to stimulate the acupoints and organs of the human body.

Abstract: A power transfer circuit for achieving power transfer between stacked rechargeable battery cells is disclosed. The power transfer circuit includes an inductor, a first switch, a second switch and a controller. A loop of the rechargeable battery cell having higher power and the inductor is conducted so that the inductor stores power until the current flowing through the inductor meets the cutoff amount. Then, a loop of the rechargeable battery cell having lower power and the inductor is conducted so that the inductor releases the power saved in the inductor to the rechargeable battery cell having lower power until current flowing through the inductor changes direction. Therefore, balance between the rechargeable battery cells can be achieved.

Abstract: Providing an end-to-end citizen engagement, in one aspect, may comprise obtaining data of multiple disintegrated sources from one or more of communication and social computing channels via one or more adapters. Data refactoring and management, integration and process orchestration of the data according to a data model as data attributes of the data model may be provided. One or more analytics may be performed based on the data attributes stored according to the data model and input specified to the one or more analytics. One or more results computed by performing the one or more analytics may be provided. One or more application logics supporting one or more front-end applications may be produced. One or more front-end applications for automated sensing of user activities and sensor-based personal assistant capability may be provided.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for dynamic indication of Time Division Duplex (TDD) Uplink (UL)/Downlink (DL) subframe configuration to User Equipments. A base station may identify one or more anchor subframes and one or more non-anchor subframes in a frame. The base station may dynamically change a UL/DL configuration of the frame used for communicating with a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) and signal the changed configuration using a common downlink control channel capable of being interpreted by the plurality of UEs in at least one of the one or more anchor subframes of the frame.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor, a Through Silicon Via (TSV) template wafer and production wafers form a sandwich structure, in which the TSV template wafer has TSV structures uniformly distributed therein, for providing electrical connection between the production wafers to form 3D interconnection. The TSV template wafer is obtained by thinning a semiconductor wafer, which facilitates reducing the difficulty in etching and filling. Connection parts are provided on the TSV template wafer, for convenience of interconnection between the overlying and underlying production wafers, which facilitates reducing the difficulty in alignment and improving the convenience of design of electrical connection for 3D devices.

Abstract: A lens driving apparatus with a lens portion having at least one lens, a base portion on which an image sensor detecting light coming through said lens portion can be fixed, a driving portion capable of relatively moving said lens portion in a vertical direction to a light axis of said lens portion and in a parallel direction to the light axis of said lens portion with respect to said base portion, and at least three suspension wires connecting a focus portion including said lens portion and said base portion so as to allow a relative movement. The suspension wires are arranged outside a magnet of said driving portion along the vertical direction to the light axis.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a carrier selection method and device for multicarrier, to implement that an optimal carrier combination is obtained by searching. The method includes: acquiring an absolute radio frequency channel number ARFCN that is of each carrier of N carriers allocated to a receiving end and in each frame of a radio block, where N is a positive integer, and N?2; respectively selecting, from the N carriers, a different carrier as an anchor carrier, and searching within a search range of the anchor carrier according to the ARFCN of each carrier in each frame of the radio block and a maximum carrier frequency spacing supported by the receiving end, to determine a carrier set of the anchor carrier; and selecting, from the carrier sets of anchor carriers of the N carriers, at least one carrier set as a carrier selection result.

Abstract: A preparation method of a fiber is provided. In the preparation method of the fiber, a polymer is dissolved in a mixing solution of an ionic liquid and a salt to form a spinning viscose, wherein the salt includes KCl, KBr, KOAc, NaBr, ZnCl2 or a combination thereof. Afterwards, the spinning viscose is used as a material to perform a spinning process so as to form a fiber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Doherty power amplifier. At least one power amplification tube and other power amplification tubes in the Doherty power amplifier are located in different planes.

Abstract: A multi-class object classifying method and system are disclosed herein, where the multi-class object classifying method includes the following steps: classes, first training images and second training images are received and stored, and first characteristic images and second characteristic images are respectively extracted from the first training images and the second training images; the first training images is used to generate classifiers through a linear mapping classifying method; a classifier and the second characteristic images are used to determine parameter ranges corresponding to the classes and a threshold corresponding to the classifier.

Abstract: The application discloses a control system of a fire fighting truck for high-rise and super high-rise building firefighting, comprising: a command control equipment (2), a launch control equipment (3), a turret control apparatus (8), and a photoelectric detection equipment (9), wherein, the photoelectric detection equipment (9) comprises: an installing shell, a power supply, a white light zoom camera, an infrared camera, a laser rangefinder, and an integrated processing unit, wherein the white light zoom camera is connected to the installing shell via screws, the infrared camera is connected to the installing shell by using a screw, the laser rangefinder is connected to the installing shell by using a screw, the power supply interface of the white light zoom camera is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the power supply interface of the infrared camera is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the power supply interface of the laser rangefinder is connected to the power supply by using a wi

Abstract: A block-based digital refocusing method includes a capturing step, a dividing step, a selecting step, a refocusing step and a combining step. The capturing step is for capturing at least one picture datum. The dividing step is for dividing the picture datum into a plurality of block data. The selecting step is for defining a regional datum according to each of the block data. The refocusing step is for conducting a refocusing computation to obtain a refocused block datum according to each of the regional data. The combining step is for combining each of the refocused block data based on each of the regional data to form a refocused picture datum.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for classifying materials in a scene obtain spectral-BRDF material samples; learn feature-vector representations for the spectral-BRDF material samples based on the obtained spectral-BRDF material samples; train classifiers using the learned feature-vector representations; and generate a material classification using the trained classifiers and a new material sample.