Abstract: A method for link transition in a USB device includes transmitting a plurality of first RS-FEC blocks by a first transmitter, receiving an UNBOND set by a receiver, waking up a second transmitter by a LASM when the receiver receives the UNBOND set, transmitting a training sequence by the second transmitter, transmitting a specific pattern sequence by the second transmitter after finishing transmitting the training sequence, determining whether a current RS-FEC block to be transmitted by the first transmitter is a DESKEW block, stopping transmitting the specific pattern sequence if the current RS-FEC block is determined to be the DESKEW block, and transmitting a plurality of second RS-FEC blocks by the first transmitter and the second transmitter.

Abstract: A method for link transitions in a Universal Serial Bus system includes transmitting a plurality of first RS-FEC blocks by a first transmitter of the USB system, transmitting a training sequence by a second transmitter of the USB system, determining number of sets in a first RS-FEC block which have been transmitted by the first transmitter when the second transmitter completes transmitting the training sequence, generating a specific pattern sequence according to the number of sets in the first RS-FEC block which have been transmitted by the first transmitter and a total number of sets in the first RS-FEC block, and transmitting the specific pattern sequence by the second transmitter.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device is provided. The method for manufacturing the electronic device includes: providing a substrate with elements disposed thereon and transferring a portion of the elements from the substrate to a driving substrate, wherein transferring the portion of the elements from the substrate to the driving substrate includes: transferring the portion of the elements from the substrate to the driving substrate, which comprises illuminating regions of the substrate overlapped with the portion of the elements by an energy beam, wherein when the substrate is illuminated by the energy beam, the substrate and the driving substrate are separated by a gap.

Abstract: An optical filter and a matching composite layer thereof are provided. The matching composite layer includes a plurality of first refraction layers, a plurality of second refraction layers, and a plurality of third refraction layers. A refractive index of the second refraction layer is greater than that of the first refraction layer, and is less than that of the third refraction layer. Any two of the second refraction layers provided with one of the first refraction layers sandwiched there-between are sandwiched between two of the third refraction layers so as to be jointly defined as a bidirectional incremental module. A number of the bidirectional incremental module included in the matching composite layer is at least M, where M is a positive integer greater than three. The M number of the bidirectional incremental modules are stacked and connected with each other.

Abstract: A wearable accessory for a pet or animal includes a hood or head cover. The hood or head cover includes a cover region and a support member. The cover region includes an opening for receiving the pet's or animal's neck. The support member is provided on the cover region for expanding or maintaining the cover region into an expanded configuration. When the hood or head cover is worn on the pet's or animal's neck, a top portion of the cover region is configured to be positioned above the pet's or animal's head to avoid blocking or restricting the pet's or animal's sight or field of view.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring linearity of a tested circuit are provided. The method includes: utilizing a signal generator to output a first tone signal and a second tone signal, wherein the tested circuit generates an intermodulation signal according to the first tone signal and the second tone signal; utilizing a signal analyzing device to detect an intermodulation power of the intermodulation signal; utilizing the signal generator to further output a cancel tone signal and control a cancel power of the cancel tone signal according to the intermodulation power; and utilizing the signal analyzing device to detect a total power of the intermodulation signal and the cancel tone signal, and controlling a phase of the cancel tone signal according to the total power, in order to minimize the total power in response to the phase of the cancel tone signal being modified to a target phase.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a chip-enabled raised pavement marker (CERPM) that includes a transceiver, wherein said transceiver is capable of transmitting the location of the CERPM to a vehicle, wherein said CERPM is capable of being fixed on a roadway surface and has dimensions of standard raised pavement markers. Systems and aspects of the present disclosure may include a method of guiding an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle, including using an on-board receiver to receive transmissions from a chip-enabled raised pavement marker (CERPM), wherein the transmissions comprise the location of the CERPM to the receiver; indicating the position of the vehicle relative to lane lines, edges of the drivable surface and/or obstacles based on the transmitted CERPM signal.

Abstract: An optical filter includes a substrate, an adhesion layer formed on the substrate, and a matching composite layer formed on the adhesion layer and including a plurality of first refraction layers, a plurality of second refraction layers, and a plurality of third refraction layers. A quantity of the second refraction layers is less than that of the first refraction layers, and is less than that of the third refraction layers. A refractive index of the first refraction layer is greater than that of the adhesion layer. A refractive index of the second refraction layer is greater than that of the first refraction layer, and is less than that of the third refraction layer. Two of the second refraction layers sandwich one of the first refraction layers therebetween, and are sandwiched between two of the third refraction layers, so as to be jointly defined as a bidirectional incremental module.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling traffic flow on road(s). The methods comprise: obtaining, by a processor, traffic related information comprising a total number of vehicles that caused an activation of a sensor of a first detector located at a first intersection of a plurality of intersections; generating, by the processor, a predicted traffic volume at one or more downstream second intersections based on the traffic related information; generating, by the processor, a traffic light timing for at least two next cycles based on the predicted traffic volume; and controlling, by the processor, a traffic light of the one or more downstream second intersections in accordance with the traffic light timing to reduce a probability or likelihood that the vehicle will stop at a red light thereat. .

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the speed of a vehicle traveling over a terrain. The methods comprise: predicting, by a mobile device (MD), a queue length defined by the number of vehicles in a queue at a downstream intersection based on a traffic volume and vehicle speeds that were detected during a past period of time by a detector located at or near an upstream intersection; sensing, by MD's sensor(s), the vehicle's velocity and location; computing a distance to a downstream intersection from the vehicle's location; generating a desired speed for the vehicle based on the traffic volume and vehicle speeds, signal phase and timing data for at least the next two cycles, the predicted queue length at the downstream intersection, the vehicle's velocity and location, the distance to the downstream intersection, and a current time; and using the desired speed to facilitate control of the speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of synchronization in a training state of Universal Serial Bus (USB) includes sending SLOS1 ordered sets by a transmitter in a LOCK1 state, receiving the SLOS1 ordered sets by a receiver in the LOCK1 state, stopping the transmitter from sending training ordered sets according to a lane adapter state machine (LASM) if the transmitter sends the training ordered sets in the LOCK1 state continuously in an infinite loop. The training ordered sets include the SLOS1 ordered sets. The method further includes sending new SLOS1 ordered sets by the transmitter, receiving the new SLOS1 ordered sets by a receiver, and the transmitter and the receiver entering a LOCK2 state. The length of the new SLOS1 ordered sets is different from the length of the SLOS1 ordered sets.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound image enhancement processing system and method thereof. The ultrasound image enhancement processing system includes at least one first ultrasound device and at least one server apparatus. The server apparatus receives a first ultrasound original image file, processes the first ultrasound original image file through a speckle reduction algorithm to generate a first processed image file, and performs a deep learning training on the first ultrasound original image file and the first processed image file to generate a first neural network model. The first neural network learning module is used to output a first speckle reduction enhancement image file. The image content of the first speckle reduction enhancement image file is approximating to the image content of the first processed image file.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyester including residues of formulas (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): for example, terephthalic acid, for example, ethylene glycol, for example, cyclohexanedimethanol, and for example, tricyclodecane dimethanol, in which R1 is an aromatic group, R2 is a C2-C6 straight-chain hydrocarbon group, * represents a linking bond. Based on 100 mol % of a sum of the residues of the formula (ii), the formula (iii) and the formula (iv), a content of the residue of the formula (iii) ranges from 50 mol % to 85 mol %, and the residue of the formula (iv) ranges from 12 mol % to 40 mol %.

Abstract: An electronic package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, in which an electronic element stacking structure is disposed on a carrier structure to integrate multiple chips into a single package, so that the electronic package can meet with the requirements of miniaturization without increasing the layout area of the carrier structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a license plate identification system and method thereof. The license plate identification system comprises at least a server apparatus storing at least one license plate picture file to be identified and a plurality of license plate sample picture files. Each of the license plate sample picture files has a double-row of character. Through deep learning training, the system generates a neural network model, inputs the license plate picture file to be identified into the neural network model for outputting analysis result information, and decodes the analysis result information through a decoding algorithm to obtain an identification license plate character content.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling traffic flow along an arterial. The systems comprise a data processing apparatus configured to: monitor traffic light control signals (TLCSs) used to control traffic lights at intersection(s) and traffic delays occurring at intersection(s) at a time when the traffic lights are being controlled by TLCSs; access a hybrid model comprising a first linear term corresponding to an instance of traffic delays, a second linear term corresponding to a concurrent instance of TLCSs, and a nonlinear function defining a nonlinear relationship between the instance of the traffic delays and a previous instance of TLCSs; use the hybrid module to predict traffic delays at intersection(s) based on the traffic control signals and the traffic delays; determine, based on TLCSs and the traffic delays, traffic control signals that cause the predicted traffic delays to decrease; and cause the traffic lights to be controlled using the traffic control signals.

Abstract: A method for forming an indium gallium nitride quantum well structure is disclosed. The method includes forming a gallium nitride microdisk on a substrate, with the gallium nitride microdisk having an inverted pyramid form and an end face; and forming multiple quantum well layers on the end face, with each quantum well layer including an indium gallium nitride quantum well and a barrier layer. The indium gallium nitride quantum well is grown at a growth temperature adjusted using a trend equation within a temperature range of 480° C. to 810° C.

Abstract: A semiconductor device assembly is provided, which comprises a vertical stack of semiconductor devices, the vertical stack including a plurality of electrical interconnects, a plurality of retention structures, and a non-conductive film (NCF) between each adjacent pair of semiconductor devices of the vertical stack. The plurality of retention structures between each adjacent pair of semiconductor devices is disposed peripherally to the corresponding plurality of electrical interconnects. Each of the plurality of retention structures has a height less than a space between the corresponding adjacent pair of semiconductor devices, and the plurality of retention structures between each adjacent pair of semiconductor devices has a smaller first average pitch between adjacent ones of the plurality of retention structures than a second average pitch between adjacent ones of the corresponding plurality of electrical interconnects.

Abstract: Provided are a gate structure and a method of forming the same. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer, a metal layer, and a cluster layer. The metal layer is disposed over the gate dielectric layer. The cluster layer is sandwiched between the metal layer and the gate dielectric layer, wherein the cluster layer at least includes an amorphous silicon layer, an amorphous carbon layer, or an amorphous germanium layer. In addition, a semiconductor device including the gate structure is provided.

Abstract: A wireless charging control method and a wireless charging system employing the same are provided. The wireless charging control method is applicable for the wireless charging system including a transmitter module and a receiver module and includes steps of: (a) by the transmitter module, when an input power is higher than a threshold power or a component temperature is higher than a threshold temperature, determining a target output power according to the input power or the component temperature; (b) by the transmitter module, modulating information of the target output power into an input electric energy; (c) by the receiver module, receiving and sampling the input electric energy to demodulate the information of the target output power; and (d) by the receiver module, converting the input electric energy into the target output power according to the information of the target output power.