Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die having a photonic layer, and an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) die bonded to the PIC die. The EIC die includes an optical region that allows the transmission of optical signals through the optical region towards the photonic layer, and a peripheral region outside of the optical region. The optical region includes optical concave/convex structures, a protection film and optically transparent material layers. The optical concave/convex structures are formed in the semiconductor structure. The protection film is conformally disposed over the optical concave/convex structures. The optically transparent material layers are disposed over the protection film and filling up the optical region. The peripheral region includes first bonding pads bonded to the photonic integrated circuit die, and via structures connected to the first bonding pads, wherein the protection film is laterally surrounding sidewalls of the via structures.

Abstract: In a method for counting embryos developing in a uterus of Caenorhabditis elegans, a complete set of experimental procedures are designed to count embryos in the uterus of Caenorhabditis elegans by using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism. The method is applicable to Caenorhabditis elegans exposed from an L1 stage to a final stage of pregnancy, and can provide an easy-to-observe, fast, simple, accurate and reliable experimental method to apply Caenorhabditis elegans to research of reproductive ability, detection results of which are highly accurate and reliable, and the experimental method is suitable for promotion.

Abstract: A vibration-absorbing structure for packaging a crystal resonator includes a package base, a resonant crystal blank, and a top cover. The top of the package base has a recess. The sidewall of the package base surrounds the recess. The resonant crystal blank has a border area, at least one serpentine connection area, and a resonant area. The serpentine connection area is connected between the border area and the edge of the resonant area. The border area is arranged on the sidewall. The top cover, arranged on the border area, covers the recess, the at least one serpentine connection area, and the resonant area.

Abstract: The application discloses a method, apparatus and system for scanning an animal. The method includes obtaining a species of an animal to be scanned, identifying a type of an animal cabin where the animal to be scanned is located, and determining whether the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, determining and presenting a corresponding scanning protocol that matches the species of the animal to be scanned if the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, and perform a scan according to the corresponding scanning protocol, or according to a user-defined scanning protocol.

Abstract: A system for providing medication to a customer includes a movable structure with a robotic arm including one or more joints, actuators, and segments, each of which is structured to move a robotic manipulator coupled to an end of the robotic arm. The robotic manipulator is configured to retrieve and release a container containing the medication. The robotic arm further includes a camera and microphone, as well as a computing system that includes at least one processor coupled to a memory storing instructions. When executed by the at least one processor, the memory causes the computing system to capture identifying data regarding a customer; identify the customer based on the identifying data; associate the customer with a medication order; and retrieve.

Abstract: An image distortion correction method and an apparatus, where the method includes: performing optical distortion correction on a collected source image to obtain a first corrected image, where the first corrected image includes a background region and a portrait in which stretching deformation occurs, and where the portrait in which stretching deformation occurs includes at least a first human body region in which stretching deformation occurs and a second human body region in which stretching deformation occurs; and performing algorithm constraint correction on the first human body region, the second human body region, and the background region to obtain a second corrected image, where constraint terms used for the algorithm constraint correction respectively constrain the first human body region, the second human body region, and the background region.

Abstract: A method for implementing a real-time soft bus oriented to an intelligent rail transit system includes: defining a data type for interaction between a server and a communication front-end processor, where the defined data type is a message structure body which includes a message header and a message body; enabling professional subsystems to construct at least one publisher entity and/or at least one subscriber entity, respectively, where the data type of the communication between the publisher entity and the subscriber entity corresponding thereto is a message structure body. The subsystems choose to subscribe to the data of its interest, or to publish the data that it can provide.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor package is provided. The method includes forming a micro lens recessed from the top surface of a substrate. A concave area is formed between the surface of the micro lens and the top surface of the substrate. The method includes depositing a first dielectric material that fills a portion of the concave area using a spin coating process. The method includes depositing a second dielectric material that fills the remainder of the concave area and covers the top surface of the substrate using a chemical vapor deposition process. The method includes planarizing the second dielectric material. The method includes forming a bonding layer on the planarized second dielectric material and over the top surface of the substrate. The method includes bonding a semiconductor wafer to the substrate via the bonding layer.

Abstract: A sensor package structure includes a substrate, a sensor chip and a ring-shaped solder mask frame those are disposed on the substrate, a ring-shaped support disposed on a top side of the annular solder mask frame, and a light permeable member that is disposed on the ring-shaped support. The sensor chip is electrically coupled to the substrate. A top surface of the sensor chip has a sensing region, and the sensing region is spaced apart from an outer lateral side of the sensor chip by a distance less than 300 ?m. The ring-shaped solder mask frame surrounds and contacts the outer lateral side of the sensor chip. The light permeable member, the ring-shaped support, and the sensor chip jointly define an enclosed space.

Abstract: A monitoring method and a monitoring system for a machine tool to machine a workpiece are provided. The monitoring method includes the following steps. First, a vibration signal of a spindle of the machine tool is detected. Next, a vibration feature value of the vibration signal is obtained. Whether the vibration feature value exceeds a threshold condition is determined, wherein the threshold condition is determined by a training model based on a predetermined surface quality of the workpiece. When the vibration feature value exceeds the threshold condition, a machining parameter of the machine tool is adjusted.

Abstract: A micro light-emitting device includes a semiconductor epitaxial structure having a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to each other, and including a first cladding layer, an active layer, and a second cladding layer disposed sequentially in such order in a direction from the bottom surface to the top surface. At least one of the first and second cladding layers has a super-lattice structure. The super-lattice structure of the first cladding layer includes first sublayers and second sublayers stacked alternately. Each first sublayer includes Alx1Ga1-x1InP, and each second sublayer includes Alx2Ga1-x2InP, where 0<x1<x2?1. The super-lattice structure of the second cladding layer including third sublayers and fourth sublayers stacked alternately. Each third sublayer includes Alz1Ga1-z1InP, and each fourth sublayer includes Alz2Ga1-z2InP, where 0<z1<z2?1.

Abstract: A computing system generates recommendations for users within the context of a network service. To account for objectives of various users associated with the network service, some of which may not reach optimality at the same time, the computing system generates values associated with each of the objectives separately. For example, for each objective, the system may train a computer model to produce a representative value. To generate a recommendation of an entity for a user, the system uses the generated objective values as inputs to an optimization algorithm. The optimization step may use linear programming or quadratic programming to generate a recommendation score, for example. This two-step process allows the system to account for multiple objectives and makes the system easily adaptable to change when the set of objectives is updated.

Abstract: A display substrate is provided, including: pixel units on a base substrate; and a first conductive layer, a buffer layer, a semiconductor layer, a first insulation layer, and a second conductive layer which are arranged on the base substrate in a direction away from the base substrate. The display substrate further includes at least one conductive via hole passing through at least the first insulation layer, and at least one conductive plug through which the second conductive portion is electrically connected to the first conductive portion. The first conductive portion includes first and second conductive sub-portions, an orthographic projection of the first conductive sub-portion on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with that of the at least one conductive via hole on the base substrate, and in a third direction, a thickness of the first conductive sub-portion is greater than that of the second conductive sub-portion.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are provided for robotically assisting the harvest of a crop. Instrumented picker carts include sensors for detecting amounts of harvested crop (e.g., fill ratios) of containers carried by the carts, communication modules for communicating their locations and detected crop amounts to a field computer, and components for signaling for robotic service. The field computer predicts when a cart that requests service will have a full container and where it will be located at that time, then decides whether to approve the request. If the request is approved, a robot is assigned and is given (or generates) a path to the cart's predicted location, and begins moving toward the location so as to arrive near (and preferably before) the predicted time. Robots include means for moving (e.g., wheels, motors, steering components, power sources), navigation modules, computing components for controlling their movement, and communication modules.

Abstract: A vehicle auxiliary apparatus and a vehicle auxiliary method are provided. The vehicle auxiliary apparatus includes: a first optical sensor disposed on a first side in a moving direction of a vehicle, a second optical sensor disposed on a second side different from the first side in the moving direction of the vehicle, a projection system, and a processor. The processor is configured to measure a first vehicle speed of a first moving vehicle other than the vehicle through the first optical sensor, measure a second vehicle speed of a second moving vehicle other than the vehicle through the second optical sensor, and control the projection system to perform a warning projection within a projection range based on the first vehicle speed, the second vehicle speed, and a vehicle speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A computing system generates recommendations for users within the context of a network service. To account for objectives of various users associated with the network service, some of which may not reach optimality at the same time, the computing system generates values associated with each of the objectives separately. For example, for each objective, the system may train a computer model to produce a representative value. To generate a recommendation of an entity for a user, the system uses the generated objective values as inputs to an optimization algorithm. The optimization step may use linear programming or quadratic programming to generate a recommendation score, for example. This two-step process allows the system to account for multiple objectives and makes the system easily adaptable to change when the set of objectives is updated.

Abstract: A probe card is provided. The probe card includes a circuit board, a base board and a plurality of probing tips. The base board is disposed on the circuit board, wherein the base board includes at least three probe regions respectively disposed at at least three corners of the base board. The plurality of probing tips are disposed on the base board and electrically connected with the circuit board.

Abstract: A data protection method is provided. The method includes resetting a system, performing a security boot operation to check whether a malware is installed in the system, inputting a first key to access initial data, storing the initial data to a volatile memory of the system, and running a predetermined program in the system with the initial data.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for optimizing product recommendations are disclosed and may be configured to receive a request to generate a list of one or more product identifiers mapped to one or more candidate customer identifiers, generate a seed customer identifier list based on retrieved seed data, input the seed customer identifier list and retrieved attribute data into a first engine including a machine learning model, generate a plurality of values to select one or more attributes of the attribute data, generate a plurality of feature vectors, calculate a similarity score for a set of the plurality of feature vector pairs, generate a set of customer identifier pairs, and generate the list of one or more product identifiers mapped to one or more candidate customer identifiers based on the generated set of customer identifier pairs, the seed customer identifier list, and one or more predetermined rules.