Abstract: In some embodiments, an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit may include an inner ring-shaped isolation structure that is disposed in a semiconductor substrate. Further, the inner-ring shaped isolation structure may demarcate a device region. An inner ring-shaped well is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and surrounds the inner ring-shaped isolation structure. A plurality of dummy gates are arranged over the inner ring-shaped well. Moreover, the plurality of dummy gates are arranged within an interlayer dielectric layer.

Abstract: Verification systems for testing food products or other samples include a mobile analytical device, a mobile accessory device such as a smart phone, and a remote, e.g., cloud-based, computing system. The mobile analytical device is adapted to generate a sensor output that is characteristic of the sample. The mobile accessory device may be adapted to receive the sensor output from the mobile analytical device. The remote computing system may be adapted to analyze analytical data using artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning (M-L) to make an authentication determination of the sensor output relative to a. predefined product database. The mobile accessory device may be adapted to upload the sensor output to the remote computing system by a communication network, and the remote computing system may be adapted to download the authentication determination to the mobile accessory device by the communication network.

Abstract: Provided herein are battery cells for battery packs in electric vehicles. The battery cell can include a housing having a first end, a second end, and an inner surface. The housing can define an inner region and an electrolyte can be disposed in the inner region of the housing. A gasket can couple a lid with the first end of the housing to seal the battery cell. The inner surface can include a recess and a groove. The groove can form a path from the recess to an egress point on the first end of the housing. A pressure sensor can be disposed in the recess. The pressure sensor can couple with a pressure sensor wire disposed in the groove and the pressure sensor wire can extend from the recess and past the egress point on the first end of the housing to provide sensed pressure information.

Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels each corresponding one color. Each sub-pixel includes a plurality of display units and a plurality of driving sub-circuits that are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of display units. Each driving sub-circuit is configured to drive a corresponding one of the plurality of display units to be in a bright state or a dark state. The plurality of driving sub-circuits are configured to drive at least two of the plurality of display units to display different display brightness in the bright state.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight module. The backlight module includes a back plate, a circuit layer, a light source and a plurality of connecting leads. The back plate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, wherein the back plate is provided with a plurality of through holes penetrating the first surface and the second surface. The circuit layer is disposed on the first surface to form a driving circuit for a light source. The light source is disposed on a surface of the circuit layer away from the back plate and formed integrally with the back plate. The plurality of connecting leads pass through the plurality of through holes one-to-one for connecting the circuit layer and a main circuit board.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an eye tracking device and a virtual reality imaging apparatus. The eye tracking device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward an eye, a lens having a first side surface facing the eye and a second side surface opposite the first side surface, a first reflective film on the first side surface of the lens for reflecting the electromagnetic radiation, a second reflective film on the second side surface of the lens for reflecting the electromagnetic radiation, and an imaging means configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the eye, wherein the first reflective film and the second reflective film are positioned to direct the electromagnetic radiation from the eye to the imaging means.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spiral-wound battery is provided. The method includes the following steps: performing surface plasma treatment on a current collector; coating electrode slurry on a surface of the current collector, to form an electrode foil; performing surface plasma treatment on an isolating film, to improve hydrophilia of the isolating film; arranging and electrically connecting a plurality of metal conductive handles to the electrode foil, where the electrode foil is divided into a plurality of sections, and each section of the electrode foil corresponds to a jelly roll; and sequentially winding the isolating film and the electrode foil to form the spiral-wound battery. According to the method for manufacturing a spiral-wound battery provided in the present disclosure, internal impedance of a jelly roll is effectively reduced, and advantages of a high yield and low costs of a manufacturing process of the spiral-wound battery are maintained.

Abstract: An integrated fan out package is utilized in which the dielectric materials of different redistribution layers are utilized to integrate the integrated fan out package process flows with other package applications. In some embodiments an Ajinomoto or prepreg material is utilized as the dielectric in at least some of the overlying redistribution layers.

Abstract: A method includes generating a plurality of entigen groups from a set of phrases of a statement and identifying two plausible entigen groups based on a true meaning interpretation of the statement. The method further includes identifying a related entigen group based on a phrase of the statement and interpreting each of the two plausible entigen groups in light of the related entigen group to determine whether one of the two plausible entigen groups is a more likely interpretation of the statement than the other one of the two plausible entigen groups. When the one of the two plausible entigen groups is the more likely interpretation of the statement, the method further includes updating the one of the two plausible entigen groups using the related entigen group to produce an updated entigen group and adding the statement as the updated entigen group to a knowledge database.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for repeated transmission. In one novel aspect, the RV sequence is selected from a predefined set of RV sequences for the repeated transmission. In one embodiment, the one or more RV values in the selected RV sequence are repeatedly used for the repeated transmission, by applying each RV value one by one to one block of repetitions cyclically, wherein the number of repetition in the block is determined by the repetition number and the length of the RV sequence. In another embodiment, the one or more RV values in the selected RV sequence are repeatedly used for the repeated transmission, by applying each RV value one by one to one repetition cyclically. In one embodiment, the RV value and the scrambling sequences are the same for the repetition blocks and a symbol level combination is applied.

Abstract: A method for correcting a dehazed medical image is proposed to include: acquiring first saturation values of a medical image and second saturation values of a dehazed medical image in an HSV color space; acquiring a saturation difference value based on the first saturation values and the second saturation values; acquiring a correction value based on the medical image and a threshold value; acquiring a saturation correction value based on the saturation difference value and the correction value; and correcting the dehazed medical image based on the saturation correction value.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display device and method are provided. The display device includes a display panel emitting light including first and second components, wherein polarization directions of the first and second components are different first and second directions, respectively; first and second lenticulations configured to split the first and the second components, respectively, and to converge light rays in the first and the second components to first and second viewpoints, respectively, wherein the first and the second viewpoints are in first and second planes, respectively, and distances between the first and the second planes and the display panel are different; and a light selectively-transmissible layer configured to operate in first and second states, wherein in the first and the second states, the first and the second components transmit through the light selectively-transmissible layer, respectively.

Abstract: A flip-flop circuit configured to latch an input signal to an output signal is disclosed. The circuit includes a first latch circuit; and a second latch circuit coupled to the first latch circuit. In some embodiments, in response to a clock signal, the first and second latch circuits are complementarily activated so as to latch the input signal to the output signal, and the first and second latch circuits each comprises at most two transistors configured to receive the clock signal.

Abstract: A method for pilot configuration includes: a base station configuring K1 sets of pilot resources of a first type and K2 sets of pilot resources of a second type; the base station transmitting the K1 sets of pilot resources of the first type to a terminal in a first transmission mode, and transmitting the K2 sets of pilot resources of the second type to the terminal in a second transmission mode; and the base station receiving a first type of feedback information fed back by the terminal according to the measurement of the pilot resources of the first type, and receiving a second type of feedback information fed back by the terminal according to the measurement of the pilot resources of the second type, wherein K1 and K2 are integers equal to or greater than 1.

Abstract: An assembly light apparatus has a station bracket, a fixed light module, and a portable light module. The station bracket has a fixed holder, a detachable holder and a pose adjuster structure. The fixed light module is fixed on the fixed holder. The portable light module is selectively attached on the detachable holder. The pose adjuster structure is operated to rotate to change an angle and a position of the fixed holder and the detachable holder with respect to the station bracket.

Abstract: A camera module and array camera module with circuit board unit and photosensitive unit and manufacturing method thereof is provided. The array camera module comprises two or more camera lenses and a circuit unit. The circuit unit comprises a circuit board portion for electrically connecting two or more photosensitive sensors of the array camera module, and a conjoined encapsulation portion integrally encapsulated on the circuit board portion. The camera lenses are respectively arranged along the photosensitive paths of the photosensitive sensors.

Abstract: An embodiment device includes an integrated circuit die and a first metallization pattern over the integrated circuit die. The first metallization pattern includes a first dummy pattern having a first hole extending through a first conductive region. The device further includes a second metallization pattern over the first metallization pattern. The second metallization pattern includes a second dummy pattern having a second hole extending through a second conductive region. The second hole is arranged projectively overlapping a portion of the first hole and a portion of the first conductive region.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a system for reconstructing an image of a three-dimensional surface.

Abstract: A computer system and a memory access technology are provided. In the computer system, when load/store instructions having a dependency relationship is processed, dependency information between a producer load/store instruction and a consumer load/store instruction can be obtained from a processor. A consumer load/store request is sent to a memory controller in the computer system based on the obtained dependency information, so that the memory controller can terminate a dependency relationship between load/store requests in the memory controller locally based on the dependency information in the received consumer load/store request, and execute the consumer load/store request.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to object annotation, specifically to polygonal annotations of objects. Described are methods of annotating an object including steps of receiving an image depicting an object, generating a set of image features using a CNN encoder implemented on one or more computers, and producing a polygon object annotation via a recurrent decoder or a Graph Neural Network. The recurrent decoder may include a recurrent neural network, a graph neural network or a gated graph neural network. A system for annotating an object and a method of training an object annotation system are also described.