Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing extending in a horizontal direction, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing, a metallic stiffener surrounding the insulative housing, a load plate pivotally mounted upon the metallic stiffener and moveable between an open position and a closed position, and a carrier frame used for retaining and receiving a central processing unit (CPU) and carrying the CPU to the insulative housing. After retaining the CPU, the carrier frame is mounted on the insulative housing along a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. The load plate is rotated to the closed position to fix the CPU on the insulative housing.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming a fin protruding above a substrate, where a top portion of the fin comprises a layer stack that includes alternating layers of a first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor material; forming a dummy gate structure over the fin; forming openings in the fin on opposing sides of the dummy gate structure; forming source/drain regions in the openings; removing the dummy gate structure to expose the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material under the dummy gate structure; performing a first etching process to selectively remove the exposed first semiconductor material, where after the first etching process, the exposed second semiconductor material form nanostructures, where each of the nanostructures has a first shape; and after the first etching process, performing a second etching process to reshape each of the nanostructures into a second shape different from the first shape.

Abstract: A fish identification method is provided. The fish identification method includes capturing an image through a processor, wherein the image includes a fish image. The fish identification method includes identifying a plurality of feature points of the fish image through a coordinate detection model and obtaining a plurality of sets of feature-point coordinates. Each of the plurality of sets of feature-point coordinates corresponds to each of the plurality of feature points. The fish identification method further includes calculating a body length or an overall length of the fish image according to the plurality of sets of feature-point coordinates of the image.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: An image recognition method includes the following steps. An original image with a first resolution is received, and the first resolution of the original image is reduced to generate a low-resolution image with a second resolution. The first resolution is higher than the second resolution. The position of a target object in the low-resolution image is identified using an object detection model to obtain the target object coordinates in the low-resolution image. A target object image is segmented from the original image according to the target object coordinates in the low-resolution image, and the target object image is input into the image classification model. The target object type that corresponds to the target object image is determined using the image classification model.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing extending in a horizontal direction, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing, a metallic stiffener surrounding the insulative housing, a load plate pivotally mounted upon the metallic stiffener and moveable between an open position and a closed position, and a carrier frame used for retaining and receiving a central processing unit (CPU) and carrying the CPU to the insulative housing. After retaining the CPU, the carrier frame is mounted on the insulative housing along a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. The load plate is rotated to the closed position to fix the CPU on the insulative housing.

Abstract: An OLED touch display operation method is disclosed. The OLED touch display operation method includes the following steps: controlling a touch scan transition timing and a display multiplexer switching timing to maintain a specific equidistant relationship; when the OLED touch display performs display function, the OLED touch display performs touch scanning only for a part of display time, and stops touch scanning or performs touch voltage compensation scanning for another part of display time; and when being interfered by external noise, the OLED touch display performs touch scanning only in a blanking period out of the display time and the touch scanning frequency can be adjusted to avoid interference of external noise.

Abstract: A touch display apparatus is disclosed. The touch display apparatus includes a touch display panel, a chip on film (COF) layer and a driving circuit. The touch display panel includes a display module and a touch sensor. The touch sensor is disposed on the display module. The COF layer includes a connecting portion and an extending portion connected to each other. The connecting portion is coupled to the display module and the extending portion is coupled to the touch sensor. The driving circuit is disposed on the COF layer. The driving circuit transmits touch signals with the touch sensor through the COF layer and its extending portion.

Abstract: An OLED touch display operation method is disclosed. The OLED touch display operation method includes the following steps: controlling a touch scan transition timing and a display multiplexer switching timing to maintain a specific equidistant relationship; when the OLED touch display performs display function, the OLED touch display performs touch scanning only for a part of display time, and stops touch scanning or performs touch voltage compensation scanning for another part of display time; and when being interfered by external noise, the OLED touch display performs touch scanning only in a blanking period out of the display time and the touch scanning frequency can be adjusted to avoid interference of external noise.

Abstract: A capacitive touch panel is disclosed. The capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of pixels. A laminated structure of each pixel includes a substrate, a self-emissive layer, an encapsulation layer, a loading reduce layer and a conductive layer from bottom to top. The self-emissive layer is disposed above the substrate. The encapsulation layer opposite to the substrate is disposed above the self-emissive layer. The loading reduce layer is disposed above the self-emissive layer. The conductive layer is disposed above the loading reduce layer.

Abstract: A self-capacitive touch and force sensing apparatus includes a metal layer, a sensing component layer, an air gap layer and a processing module. The sensing component layer is disposed above metal layer. The air gap layer is formed between metal layer and sensing component layer. When the self-capacitive touch and force sensing apparatus is operated in a self-capacitive touch sensing mode, metal layer is driven and synchronized with a touch signal, so that no capacitive effect between sensing component layer and metal layer and a first capacitance change is sensed; when the self-capacitive touch and force sensing apparatus is operated in a self-capacitive force sensing mode, metal layer is grounded, so that there is a capacitive effect between sensing component layer and metal layer and a second capacitance change is sensed. The processing module obtains a third capacitance change according to first capacitance change and second capacitance change.

Abstract: A self-capacitive touch and force sensing apparatus includes a metal layer, a sensing component layer, an air gap layer and a processing module. The sensing component layer is disposed above metal layer. The air gap layer is formed between metal layer and sensing component layer. When the self-capacitive touch and force sensing apparatus is operated in a self-capacitive touch sensing mode, metal layer is driven and synchronized with a touch signal, so that no capacitive effect between sensing component layer and metal layer and a first capacitance change is sensed; when the self-capacitive touch and force sensing apparatus is operated in a self-capacitive force sensing mode, metal layer is grounded, so that there is a capacitive effect between sensing component layer and metal layer and a second capacitance change is sensed. The processing module obtains a third capacitance change according to first capacitance change and second capacitance change.

Abstract: A self-capacitive touch operation method and a self-capacitive touch sensing apparatus applied to a self-capacitive touch panel are disclosed. The self-capacitive touch operation method disposes program-controllable touch sensing nodes and selectively controls each touch sensing node to operate independently or combines at least two touch sensing nodes of the touch sensing nodes to operate together under different operation modes. The self-capacitive touch sensing apparatus includes program-controllable touch sensing nodes and a control module. Under different operation modes, the control module selectively controls each touch sensing node to operate independently or combines at least two touch sensing nodes of the touch sensing nodes to operate together.

Abstract: A capacitive force sensing touch panel is disclosed. The capacitive force sensing touch panel includes pixels. A laminated structure of each pixel includes a first substrate, an anode layer, an OLED layer, a cathode layer, a second substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The anode layer is disposed above the first substrate. The OLED layer is disposed above the anode layer. The cathode layer is disposed above the OLED layer. The second substrate is disposed above the cathode layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are disposed on a first plane and a second plane above the OLED layer respectively and selectively driven to be a touch sensing electrode or force sensing electrode.

Abstract: An in-cell touch panel driving method for driving an in-cell touch panel is disclosed. The in-cell touch panel driving method includes a step of driving a touch sensing mode and a display mode of the in-cell touch panel in a time-sharing way and operating the in-cell touch panel in the touch sensing mode during a blanking interval of a display period of the in-cell touch panel.

Abstract: The invention provides a network of devices and a set of processors which control and/or monitor these devices by executing code defining a data-model for the network. This data-model incorporates a set of logical-nodes encapsulating network function and/or network devices, and are arranged in a hierarchy for centralised control and/or monitoring. Each logical-node includes a service-module having a set of connections for service-events and can store and/or update service-data objects, with service-events and service-data objects conforming to types defined by a network standard. Each logical-node also includes an intelligence-module having connections to exchange intelligence-events with other intelligence-modules and being operable to participate in intelligence-operations distributed across multiple intelligence-modules, and may generate service-intelligence-data defining service-events for one or more service-modules.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus sensing a touch point on a touch panel through an ITO sensor is disclosed. The ITO sensor includes first lines arranged along a first direction and second lines arranged along a second direction. The touch sensing apparatus includes first pins, second pins, a driving/sensing control module, and a data processing module. The first pins are coupled to the first lines, and the second pins are coupled to the lines. At a first time, the driving/sensing control module outputs a driving voltage to the first pins and receives a first sensing signal from the second pins; at a second time, the driving/sensing control module outputs a driving voltage to the second pins and receives a second sensing signal from the first pins. The data processing module computes the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal to generate a touch point sensing result.

Abstract: A touch panel and a plurality of touch pads thereof are disclosed. Each touch pad includes a plurality of the same edges. Each edge includes two edge ends, an edge center, at least one convex, and at least one concave. A line between the two edge ends is defined as a reference line. The edge center is located at the center of the reference line. A first region is surrounded by the at least one convex and the reference line. A second region is surrounded by the at least one concave and the reference line. The at least one convex and the at least one concave are symmetrical to the edge center.