Abstract: A sensor pattern and a capacitive touch screen are provided. The sensor pattern comprises: a plurality of unit blocks, and a first unit block of the unit blocks comprises: a first 1st-type sensor element, a first 2nd-type sensor element, and a second 2nd-type sensor element. The first 1st-type sensor element is disposed on a first patterned layer, having a border trace, two parallel main traces, a bridge, a first cell, and a second cell, wherein the first and second cells are not aligned. The first 2nd-type sensor element is disposed on a second patterned layer, having a main trace and a sub-trace, wherein the main trace surrounds the first cell of the first 1st-type sensor element. The second 2nd-type sensor element is disposed on the second patterned layer, having a main trace and a sub-trace, wherein the main trace surrounds the second cell of the first 1st-type sensor element.

Abstract: A knob device is applicable to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of panel sensors. The knob device includes a knob cover, a sensing pad, a compensation sensor and a switch. The sensing pad is arranged between the knob cover and the touch panel. The switch is configured to selectively connect the sensing pad to the compensation sensor. When a move event of the knob device occurs, the switch is turned on and the sensing pad is electrically connected to the compensate sensor through the switch, such that a feedback loop is generated by the sensing pad, the compensation sensor and the touch panel to change a quantity of electric charge of at least one of the plurality of panel sensors. When a touch and rotation event of the knob device occurs, a location of the sensing pad controls a rotation sensing signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and at least one bump structure disposed over the substrate. The at least one bump structure includes a pillar formed of a metal having a lower solderability than copper or a copper alloy to a solder alloy disposed over the substrate. A solder alloy is formed directly over and in contact with an upper surface of the metal having the lower solderability than copper or a copper alloy. The pillar has a height of greater than 10 ?m.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover lens located at top of the touch panel, plural touch sensor units, and plural sensing channels. The touch sensor units are disposed below the cover lens and arranged in rows and columns. The touch sensor units are disposed on the sensing channels. Each of touch sensor units acquires a sensing magnitude for identifying a position of the cover lens that touched by the stylus according to signals outputted by the sensing channels. The sensing magnitude of one of the touch sensor units is composed of the signals of the adjacent sensing channels located within a vertical projection of the one of the touch sensor units.

Abstract: An audio playback device receives an instruction from a user to select a target voice model from a plurality of voice models and assigns the target voice model to a target character in a text. The audio playback device also transforms the text into a speech, and during the process of transforming the text into the speech, transforms sentences of the target character in the text into the speech of the target character according to the target voice model.

Abstract: A speech synthesis system includes an operating interface, a storage unit and a processor. The operating interface provides a plurality of language options for a user to select one output language option therefrom. The storage unit stores a plurality of acoustic models. Each acoustic model corresponds to one of the language options and includes a plurality of phoneme labels corresponding to a specific vocal. The processor receives a text file and generates output speech data corresponding to the specific vocal according to the text file, a speech synthesizer, and one of the acoustic models which corresponds to the output language option.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer has transmitting electrodes arranged in transmitting channels and traces respectively coupled to the transmitting channels. The second electrode layer has receiving electrodes arranged in receiving channels. At least one of the traces, the transmitting channels and one of the receiving channels in proximity of the traces form touch detection blocks that respectively correspond to the transmitting channels. For each touch detection block, in a circle area overlapped with at least one of the traces and substantially in the touch detection block corresponding to one of the transmitting channels, a summation of areas of the corresponded transmitting channel and the trace coupled to the corresponded transmitting channel is substantially larger than a summation of areas of the other transmitting channels and the other traces.

Abstract: A touch system includes channel electrodes that are mapped to touch pixels such that a number of the channel electrodes in each dimension is lower than a number of the touch pixels in said dimension. In one embodiment, each channel electrode has different adjacent channel electrodes at different positions of the mapped touch pixel. In another embodiment, each touch pixel in said dimension is laterally extended to at least one adjacent touch pixel in said dimension. In a further embodiment, original sensing channel electrodes and mirrored sensing channel electrodes are alternately corresponded to the driving channel electrodes.

Abstract: A sensing unit in the touch panel includes a first electrode formed in a first film and a second electrode formed in a second film. The first electrode includes multiple extending portions and at least one connecting portion. The extending portions extend along a first direction. The connecting portion extends along a second direction which is different from the first direction. The extending portions are spaced from each other by a distance along the second direction, and the connecting portion connects the extending portions. The second electrode includes a circular pad having an opening. The extending portions at least partially overlap with the circular pad, and the connecting portion is formed in an area overlapping with the opening.

Abstract: A structure for attaching an ultrasound sensor to a side portion of a vehicle includes a bracket via which the ultrasound sensor is attached to face the ground under the floor of the vehicle and to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane such that water drops adhering to the ultrasound sensor flow downward.

Abstract: A method for improving touch performance of a capacitive touch screen with a non-rectangular shape is provided. The capacitive touch screen includes plural complete cells and at least one incomplete cell for sensing. The method includes: determining whether an active area of the incomplete cell is different from an active area of each of the complete cells; and performing a mutual capacitance compensation on the incomplete cell to compensate a mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell when the active area of the incomplete cell is different from the active area of each of the complete cells.

Abstract: An audio playback device receives an instruction from a user to select a target voice model from a plurality of voice models and assigns the target voice model to a target character in a text. The audio playback device also transforms the text into a speech, and during the process of transforming the text into the speech, transforms sentences of the target character in the text into the speech of the target character according to the target voice model.

Abstract: A method for improving touch performance of a capacitive touch screen with a non-rectangular shape is provided. The capacitive touch screen includes plural complete cells and at least one incomplete cell for sensing. The method includes: determining whether an active area of the incomplete cell is different from an active area of each of the complete cells; and performing a mutual capacitance compensation on the incomplete cell to compensate a mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell when the active area of the incomplete cell is different from the active area of each of the complete cells.

Abstract: A DOE module including a transparent substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first sensing wire, a sensing layer, a DOE layer, and an insulating layer is provided. The first electrode is disposed on the transparent substrate, and the second electrode is disposed on the transparent substrate. The first sensing wire is distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the first electrode. The sensing layer is distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the second electrode. The first sensing wire is insulated from the sensing layer to form a capacitance between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer. The DOE layer is disposed on the transparent substrate. The insulating layer covers the first sensing wire and the sensing layer. The insulating layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively exposing the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A reflected-capacitive touch panel of a wearable electronic device includes a center touch sensing portion composed of a plurality of mutual-capacitance sensors; a border touch sensing portion composed of a plurality of hybrid self-capacitance and mutual-capacitance sensors; and a predetermined bonding area into which channels of the center touch sensing portion and the border touch sensing portion are routed.

Abstract: A sensing unit in the touch panel includes a first electrode formed in a first film and a second electrode formed in a second film. The first electrode includes multiple extending portions and at least one connecting portion. The extending portions extend along a first direction. The connecting portion extends along a second direction which is different from the first direction. The extending portions are spaced from each other by a distance along the second direction, and the connecting portion connects the extending portions. The second electrode includes a circular pad having an opening. The extending portions at least partially overlap with the circular pad, and the connecting portion is formed in an area overlapping with the opening.

Abstract: A structure for attaching an ultrasound sensor to a side portion of a vehicle includes a bracket via which the ultrasound sensor is attached to face the ground under the floor of the vehicle and to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane such that water drops adhering to the ultrasound sensor flow downward.

Abstract: A touch sensor device provided herein includes a sensor pad disposed on a carrier, wherein the sensor pad includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a grounding electrode. The first electrode surrounds a periphery of the second electrode and a first gap is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode surrounds a periphery of the third electrode, and a second gap is formed between the first electrode and the third electrode. The grounding electrode surrounds a periphery of the pad sensor, wherein a third gap is formed between the first electrode and the grounding electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and at least one bump structure disposed over the substrate. The at least one bump structure includes a pillar formed of a metal having a lower solderability than copper or a copper alloy to a solder alloy disposed over the substrate. A solder alloy is formed directly over and in contact with an upper surface of the metal having the lower solderability than copper or a copper alloy. The pillar has a height of greater than 10 ?m.

Abstract: A voice interactive device includes a semantic analyzing module, a tone analyzing module, a speaker classification determining module and a dialogue sentence database. The semantic analyzing module is configured to analyze a semantic meaning of speaking sentence from a speaker. The tone analyzing module is configured to analyze a tone of the speaking sentence. The speaker classification determining module is configured to determine that the speaker belongs to one of a plurality of speaker classification types according to the semantic meaning and the tone. The dialogue sentence database stores a plurality of relationships between speaker classifications and response sentences. The dialogue sentence generating module is configured to generate a response sentence corresponding to the speaker according to the relationships between speaker classifications and response sentences. The voice generator is configured to output a response voice of the response sentence.