Abstract: An orthodontic device with adjustable tightness includes an orthodontic base and a buckling plate. The orthodontic base includes a fixing plate fixed on the tooth and a protrusion disposed on the fixing plate. The protrusion includes a groove provided for an archwire to pass through, and a side wall adjacent to the groove. The side wall includes a plurality of clamping grooves. The heights between each of the clamping grooves and a bottom wall of the grooves are different. The buckling plate includes a pressing section located above the archwire, and the pressing section is selectively inserted into one of the clamping grooves. A vertical distance between the pressing section and the bottom wall is between a first value and a second value, wherein the first value is smaller than a thickness of the archwire, and the second value is greater than a thickness of the archwire.

Abstract: A method and device for collision predicting and readable computer storage medium. The method for collision predicting includes: obtaining a host vehicle motion track of a host vehicle; obtaining at least one host vehicle track point on the host vehicle motion track; establishing a collision prediction area around the host vehicle track point, and matching the collision prediction area to a time point where the host vehicle is located at the host vehicle track point; obtaining a target vehicle motion track of a target vehicle; obtaining at least one target vehicle track point on the target vehicle motion track, and matching the target vehicle track point to a time point where the target vehicle is located at the target vehicle track point; and calculating a projected collision time between the host vehicle and the target vehicle when a preset condition is met.

Abstract: A vehicle positioning method via data fusion and a system using the same are disclosed. The method is performed in a processor electrically connected to a self-driving-vehicle controller and multiple electronic systems. The method is to perform a delay correction according to a first real-time coordinate, a second real-time coordinate, real-time lane recognition data, multiple vehicle dynamic parameters, and multiple vehicle information received from the multiple electronic systems with their weigh values, to generate a fusion positioning coordinate, and to determine confidence indexes. Then, the method is to output the first real-time coordinate, the second real-time coordinate, and the real-time lane recognition data that are processed by the delay correction, the fusion positioning coordinate, and the confidence indexes to the self-driving-vehicle controller for a self-driving operation.

Abstract: A vehicle positioning method via data fusion and a system using the same are disclosed. The method is performed in a processor electrically connected to a self-driving-vehicle controller and multiple electronic systems. The method is to perform a delay correction according to a first real-time coordinate, a second real-time coordinate, real-time lane recognition data, multiple vehicle dynamic parameters, and multiple vehicle information received from the multiple electronic systems with their weigh values, to generate a fusion positioning coordinate, and to determine confidence indexes. Then, the method is to output the first real-time coordinate, the second real-time coordinate, and the real-time lane recognition data that are processed by the delay correction, the fusion positioning coordinate, and the confidence indexes to the self-driving-vehicle controller for a self-driving operation.

Abstract: A method for controlling movement of an autonomous vehicle includes: estimating a set of tire force margins with respect to each wheel of the vehicle and a set of dynamic chassis margins associated with a chassis module of the vehicle; based on the margins, determining whether the vehicle is capable of moving in accordance with a decision command; when the determination is negative, outputting a request for update of the decision command; and when an updated decision command has not been received, calculating a set of marginal actuating signals based on the decision command, the margins, required slip angles respectively for the wheels and a center of percussion of the vehicle so as to make the autonomous vehicle move accordingly.

Abstract: A method for controlling movement of an autonomous vehicle includes: estimating a set of tire force margins with respect to each wheel of the vehicle and a set of dynamic chassis margins associated with a chassis module of the vehicle; based on the margins, determining whether the vehicle is capable of moving in accordance with a decision command; when the determination is negative, outputting a request for update of the decision command; and when an updated decision command has not been received, calculating a set of marginal actuating signals based on the decision command, the margins, required slip angles respectively for the wheels and a center of percussion of the vehicle so as to make the autonomous vehicle move accordingly.

Abstract: A trajectory planning method for lane changing of a vehicle includes steps of: calculating a current position of a reference point of the vehicle on a preliminary lane change trajectory that is received from an LCA system of the vehicle at a current time point; based on kinematics data received from an IMU of the vehicle, calculating longitudinal and lateral displacements of the reference point moving during a unit of time from the current time point to a next time point, and a yaw angle of the vehicle at the next time point; and obtaining a calibrated lane change trajectory based on the preliminary lane change trajectory, the current position, the longitudinal and lateral displacements, and the yaw angle.

Abstract: A trajectory planning method for lane changing of a vehicle includes steps of: calculating a current position of a reference point of the vehicle on a preliminary lane change trajectory that is received from an LCA system of the vehicle at a current time point; based on kinematics data received from an IMU of the vehicle, calculating longitudinal and lateral displacements of the reference point moving during a unit of time from the current time point to a next time point, and a yaw angle of the vehicle at the next time point; and obtaining a calibrated lane change trajectory based on the preliminary lane change trajectory, the current position, the longitudinal and lateral displacements, and the yaw angle.

Abstract: A positioning guidance method for tooth brackets is provided. The positioning guidance method includes: obtaining, via an image capturing unit, an oral image; obtaining, via a processor, a position of a candidate tooth according to the contour of a plurality of teeth in the oral image; obtaining, via the processor, a bracket setting position corresponding to the candidate tooth by accessing dental model information from a storage device according to the position of the candidate tooth; obtaining, via the processor, a bracket image corresponding to a bracket from the oral image; and displaying, via the processor, guidance indication on a display unit according to a bracket position corresponding to the bracket image and the bracket setting position.

Abstract: A lane tracking method is proposed for use by an autonomous vehicle running on a lane. A future location of the autonomous vehicle that corresponds to a future time point is estimated based on a current location and a measurement result of an inertial measurement unit of the autonomous vehicle. The future location of the autonomous vehicle, and a reference lane line data and a reference past location that correspond to a reference past time point are used to estimate a future lane line data that corresponds to the future time point.

Abstract: A lane tracking method is proposed for use by an autonomous vehicle running on a lane. A future location of the autonomous vehicle that corresponds to a future time point is estimated based on a current location and a measurement result of an inertial measurement unit of the autonomous vehicle. The future location of the autonomous vehicle, and a reference lane line data and a reference past location that correspond to a reference past time point are used to estimate a future lane line data that corresponds to the future time point.

Abstract: A positioning guidance method for tooth brackets is provided. The positioning guidance method includes: obtaining, via an image capturing unit, an oral image; obtaining, via a processor, a position of a candidate tooth according to the contour of a plurality of teeth in the oral image; obtaining, via the processor, a bracket setting position corresponding to the candidate tooth by accessing dental model information from a storage device according to the position of the candidate tooth; obtaining, via the processor, a bracket image corresponding to a bracket from the oral image; and displaying, via the processor, guidance indication on a display unit according to a bracket position corresponding to the bracket image and the bracket setting position.

Abstract: An orthodontic bracket and an orthodontic assembly are provided. The orthodontic bracket includes a bottom base, a first sidewall, a second sidewall and two blocks. The bottom base has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first sidewall is disposed on the first surface. The second sidewall is disposed on the first surface and is opposite to the first sidewall. The blocks are disposed on the first surface between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. A bending space is defined and formed between the blocks, a first path is defined and formed between the first sidewall and the blocks, and a second path is defined and formed between the second sidewall and the blocks. An orthodontic wire is configured to be disposed in the first path or the second path, or to extend through the first path, the bending space and the second path.

Abstract: The invention discloses a capacitive touch panel and a coordinate detecting method thereof. The capacitive touch panel according to the invention includes N first electrodes extending along a first direction, M second electrodes extending along a second direction non-parallel with the first direction, and a controlling/processing device, where N and M respectively are an integer larger than 1. In particular, the controlling/processing device simultaneously outputs a frequency signal to each of the first electrodes, simultaneously outputs another frequency signal to each of the second electrodes, and monitors a respective third frequency signal outputted by each first electrode and a respective fourth frequency signal outputted by each second electrode. Moreover, the controlling/processing device judges at least one touch coordinate in accordance with the monitored third frequency signals and the monitored fourth frequency signals.

Abstract: An adhesive method of adhering a first optical component to a second optical component includes applying a resin on a first predetermined area of the first optical component and a second predetermined area of the second optical component, and then arranging the first and second predetermined areas to correspond to each other, and then shortening the distance between the first and the second predetermined areas until a resin bridge being formed between the first and second optical components, and then lightly shortening the distance between the first and second predetermined areas for the resin being spread over the first and second predetermined areas, and then the resin being spread to be fully filled between the first and second optical components through the second optical component being released and pressing the resin, finally illuminating the resin through ultraviolet ray for engaging with the first and second optical components.