Abstract: A control method for an optical fingerprint sensor and a touch controller are provided for canceling or reducing capacitive loading. The optical fingerprint sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixels has a first control signal line and a second control signal line. Each of the pixels is further coupled to a first voltage source line, a second voltage source line and a sensing line. The control method includes the step of applying an anti-loading driving (ALD) signal on at least one of the first control signal line, the second control signal line, the first voltage source line, the second voltage source line and the sensing line when the touch controller is in a touch operation period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medical image processing method, which comprises following steps of: receiving a three-dimensional model image file and at least one medical record data by a medical image processing device; creating a three-dimensional medical file based on the three-dimensional model image file and the at least one medical record data, wherein the three-dimensional medical file conforms to a digital imaging and communications in medicine standard; transmitting the three-dimensional medical file to a medical picture archiving and communication system; retrieving the three-dimensional medical file from the medical picture archiving and communication system by a three-dimensional medical image browsing device which is a non-workstation computer device loaded with a viewer software; and displaying the three-dimensional medical file.

Abstract: A control method for an optical fingerprint sensor is provided for canceling or reducing capacitive loading. The optical fingerprint sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixels has a first control signal line and a second control signal line. Each of the pixels is further coupled to a first voltage source line, a second voltage source line and a sensing line. The control method includes a plurality of steps, and the steps are applying a first anti-loading driving (ALD) signal on the second control signal line, and applying a second ALD signal on at least one of the first control signal line, the first voltage source line, the second voltage source line and the sensing line.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are included for a providing a customized medical treatment. An example method can include receiving, at a medical system, patient data associated with a patient; detecting, at the medical system, a health condition of the patient based on the patient data associated with the patient; comparing, at the medical system, the patient data and the health condition of the patient with similar health conditions of a general population; determining, at the medical system, whether the health condition of the patient is actionable based on the comparing of the patient data and the health condition of the patient with the similar health conditions of the general population; and providing, by the medical system, a customized medical treatment plan to the patient based on the determining of whether the health condition of the patient is actionable.

Abstract: Methods and systems for decoding raw data may include determining a sequence of a plurality of read-level voltages based on previous decoding data and executing a multi-stage decoding operation to decode raw data read from the plurality of memory cells using the determined sequence of the plurality of read-level voltages. Decoded data is returned from the multi-stage decoding operation upon completion of the multi-stage decoding operation and the previous decoding data is updated based on results of the multi-stage decoding operation.

Abstract: A fastening device including a case unit, a knob and an engaging unit is provided. The case unit includes a wall forming a receiving space and a plurality of mounting teeth. The knob covers on the case unit. The engaging unit is within the receiving space. The engaging unit corresponds to the mounting teeth and is selectively coupled to the knob. The knob is switched between a first position and a second position. When the knob is in the first position to couple to the engaging unit, the engaging unit is linked up with the knob and the engaging unit is engaged with the mounting teeth to prohibit the knob from rotating in a first direction, and when the knob is in the second position to disengage from the engaging unit, the engaging unit does not prohibit the knob from rotating in the first direction.

Abstract: An educational gaming system includes control cards, road pieces and a robotic device. Each of the control cards has a graphic corresponding to an instruction. The road pieces are arranged to form a road on which the robotic device is configured to move. The robotic device is communicable with an electronic device that executes an application program. The electronic device captures an image of the graphic of the control card, conducts a machine learning algorithm based on the image to obtain the instruction, and transmits the instruction to the robotic device. The robotic device obtains a road-piece signal value that is generated by scanning one of the road pieces, and performs movement based on the instruction and the road-piece signal value.

Abstract: An antenna for suppressing the gain of side lobes is disclosed, including a substrate, tandem antenna units arranged on the substrate and each including a first feed line and radiating elements, and the width of the radiating elements decreasing gradually from the middle of the first feed line to the two ends; and a power divider disposed on the substrate and including a feed port, a second feed line with middle connected to the fed port, and transmission lines, connected to the second feed line respectively. The output powers of the transmission lines decrease gradually from the middle of the second feed line to the two ends, and the transmission lines are respectively connected to the first feed lines. Thereby, the present invention can effectively suppress the gain of the side lobe both in YZ plane and the XZ plane, and improve target detection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Lactobacillus fermentum GKF3, a composition comprising the strain and their use, in which the aforementioned Lactobacillus fermentum GKF3, deposited with accession numbers of BCRC 910824 and CGMCC 15203, can increase the levels of dopamine or/and serotonin in brain tissues, thereby improving the symptoms of the psychataxia such as decreased focus.

Abstract: This invention provides devices and systems and methods therefrom for properly controlling negative pressure applied to oral cavity, facilitating breathing and treating sleep apnea and snoring. The systems comprise a negative pressure system providing a vacuum source and an oral device comprising a shield, a tube passing through the shield, a flexible negative pressure deliverable part connected to the shield or the tube, an optional tongue protector, where the negative pressure deliverable part is conformable to the contour of the upper palate. Negative pressure is delivered to the front and back zones inside the oral cavity via the negative pressure deliverable part to eliminate air space in the oral cavity.

Abstract: An electrically-conductive film that includes a substrate and a plurality of metal nanostructures supported on the substrate, with the nanostructures connecting to provide a network having electrical conductivity along the network. The film includes a first overcoat matrix on the nanostructures and the substrate, and can includes a second overcoat matrix on the nanostructures and the first overcoat matrix. The second overcoat matrix can have a thickness sufficient to cover the nanostructures and the first overcoat matrix. The film allows an electrical contact material that extends through the second overcoat matrix to electrically connect to the nanostructures at a contact area. The first overcoat matrix can have a thickness within a range of 1 to 3 average diameter of the nanostructures. The combination of the first overcoat matrix and second overcoat matrix can fully cover the nanostructures.

Abstract: Systems and methods for arbitrating access of a shared resource are disclosed. Data is received from various sources and stored in various queues. A first data structure is generated based on the stored data. The first data structure may be associated with two dimensions (e.g. a first dimension associated with sources and a second dimension associated with destinations). A second data structure is generated based on the first data structure. The second data structure may be associated with one dimension. The one dimension may include the second dimension. A first arbitration is performed based on the second data structure for selecting a destination. A second arbitration is performed based on the first data structure and the selected destination for selecting a source. Data stored in one of the queues associated with the selected source and the selected destination is retrieved, and the retrieved data is provided to the shared resource.

Abstract: An electrical connection assembly includes a main body and a spring. One end of the main body is configured to be in contact with a device under test. The spring is sleeved around the main body. Two ends of the spring are respectively defined as a first end and a second end. The first end is abutted against a limiting protrusion, and a concealed section of the main body is correspondingly arranged inside of the spring. The spring has a first tightly-coiled section, an elastic section, and a second tightly-coiled section in sequence from the first end to the second end. A pitch of the spring within the elastic section is greater than a pitch of the spring within the first tightly-coiled section, and the pitch of the spring within the elastic section is greater than a pitch of the spring within the second tightly-coiled section.

Abstract: A calibration apparatus is used for calibrating characteristics of a power amplifier (PA) in a transmitter. The calibration apparatus includes an adaptive bias generator circuit that is used to track an envelope of an input signal received by control terminals of transistors of the PA and generate an adaptive bias voltage to the control terminals of the input transistors in response to the envelope of the input signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet having an elastomer layer having a Shore A hardness of less than 40, wherein the elastomer layer has an adhesion force to stainless steel of not more than 11 oz/in at 90 degree peel strength.

Abstract: Methods and systems for decoding raw data may include determining a sequence of a plurality of read-level voltages based on previous decoding data and executing a multi-stage decoding operation to decode raw data read from the plurality of memory cells using the determined sequence of the plurality of read-level voltages. Decoded data is returned from the multi-stage decoding operation upon completion of the multi-stage decoding operation and the previous decoding data is updated based on results of the multi-stage decoding operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active substance of Lactic Acid Bacteria, a composition comprising thereof and its use for promoting longevity, especially for increasing Cisd2 gene expression, reducing mitochondrial damage and delaying aging conditions such as nerve degeneration and sarcopenia.

Abstract: The present invention discloses uses of treating, preventing or improving bone diseases by Lactobacillus or a composition including the Lactobacillus. The Lactobacillus and compositions can increase the blood calcium concentration, the trabecular bone volume density, the trabecular thickness, the trabecular number and the bone mineral density of a subject, and reduce trabecular spacing of the subject. Further, the present invention discloses a method for treating a subject diagnosed with a bone disease, through identifying the subject having the bone disease and administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition including at least one of Lactobacillus plantarum GKM3 and Lactobacillus paracasei GKS6, wherein the Lactobacillus plantarum GKM3 is deposited in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) with a deposition number of CGMCC 14565 on Aug. 25, 2017, and the Lactobacillus paracasei GKS6 is deposited in CGMCC with a deposition number of CGMCC 14566 on Aug. 25, 2017.

Abstract: A voltage setting value adjusting device includes a controller, a plurality of laser light sources and a voltage setting value adjusting circuit. The controller has a voltage setting value input end and a driving voltage output end. The laser light sources are coupled to the driving voltage output end, and the controller outputs a driving current to the laser light sources according to a voltage setting value. The voltage setting value adjusting circuit is coupled between the voltage setting value input end and the driving voltage output end to detect a driving voltage of the laser light sources and adjust the voltage setting value according to the driving voltage.

Abstract: Apparatus, media, methods, and systems are disclosed for improved data relocation based on read-level voltages. A data storage system may include a non-volatile memory device including a source region and a destination region. The destination region may include a first destination block and a second destination block. A controller may read first data in the source region using a first read-level voltage, and read second data in the source region using a second read-level voltage. The controller may associate, based on the first and second read-level voltages, each of the first data and the second data with a respective one of the first and the second destination blocks. The controller may cause each of the first and second data to be stored in the associated one of the first and second destination blocks.