Abstract: A computer-vision based automatic inserting and playing method for advertisement analyzes a video for obtaining multiple shots of the video, and obtaining semantic information related to targets appearing in each shot and low-level information related to vision of each shot. Next, the method matches the semantic information and the low-level information of each two adjacent shots with other semantic information and other low-level information of candidate advertisements, so as to determine one or more insertion time points of the video, and one or more inserting advertisements respectively related to each of the insertion time points. The matching of the semantic information ensures the inserting advertisement and a front shot and a rear shot of the insertion time point are all related with each other, and the matching of the low-level information enhances visual fluency in playing and switching among the front shot, the inserting advertisement and the rear shot.

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a first conductive line, a dielectric layer over the first conductive line, a diffusion barrier layer in the dielectric layer, and a second conductive line in the dielectric layer. The second conductive line includes a first portion of the diffusion barrier layer. A via is underlying the second conductive line and electrically couples the second conductive line to the first conductive line. The via includes a second portion of the diffusion barrier layer, with the second portion of the diffusion barrier layer having a bottom end higher than a bottom surface of the via.

Abstract: An optical probe for detecting a biological tissue includes a surface imaging module and a tomography capturing module. The surface imaging module captures and creates a surface image of the biological tissue, and at least includes a light source emitting a first detecting light. The tomography capturing module captures a tomography image of the biological tissue and receives a second detecting light. The first detecting light passes via a first optical path from the light source to an imaging sensor through the biological tissue, a telecentric lens, a first optical mirror, and a lens assembly in sequence. The second detecting light passes via a second optical path from a first collimator to the first collimator through a scanner, the first optical mirror, the telecentric lens, the biological tissue, the telecentric lens, the first optical mirror, the scanner, and the first collimator in sequence.

Abstract: Techniques are described for leveraging column dictionaries of tables for join, group-by and expression evaluation operations. In an embodiment, a table is stored in one or more data units, each data unit's metadata containing dictionaries for stored columns. Rather than storing unencoded column values, the data units may store columns as column vectors of dictionary-encoded values, in an embodiment. When performing a join operation, a matching of values may be performed on the build-side table using the unencoded, unencoded, values stored in the join-key dictionary(s) of the probe-side table, thus, significantly reducing the number of searching and matching operations. In an embodiment, a group-by operation may be executed by performing partial aggregations based on unique group-by key values as stored in the one or more group-by key dictionaries.

Abstract: An automatic cleaning device includes a main body and a sensor. The main body includes a charging unit and a battery unit. The charging unit is arranged on a side of the main body. The automatic cleaning device is configured to decide whether to enter an auto charging mode, so as to sequentially perform a walking-along-the-wall operation and a reset charging operation. During the walking-along-the-wall operation of the automatic cleaning device, when the sensor senses a signal, the automatic cleaning device stops the walking-along-the-wall operation, and performs the reset charging operation after the main body turns a preset angle. During the reset charging operation of the automatic cleaning device, after the main body moves to the charging base, whether the charging unit contacts a charging base is determined, so as to charge the battery unit.

Abstract: A computer-vision based automatic inserting and playing method for advertisement analyzes a video for obtaining multiple shots of the video, and obtaining semantic information related to targets appearing in each shot and low-level information related to vision of each shot. Next, the method matches the semantic information and the low-level information of each two adjacent shots with other semantic information and other low-level information of candidate advertisements, so as to determine one or more insertion time points of the video, and one or more inserting advertisements respectively related to each of the insertion time points. The matching of the semantic information ensures the inserting advertisement and a front shot and a rear shot of the insertion time point are all related with each other, and the matching of the low-level information enhances visual fluency in playing and switching among the front shot, the inserting advertisement and the rear shot.

Abstract: A de-interleaving circuit that performs a time de-interleaving process on an interleaved block of an interleave signal includes: an input buffer, buffering multiple information units included in a time interleaved block; a writing address generator, generating multiple writing addresses according to a predetermined rule to write the information units buffered in the input buffer to a memory; a reading address generator, generating multiple reading addresses according to the predetermined rule to read the information units from the memory; and an output buffer, buffering the information units read from the memory. The information units are stored in multiple tiles of the memory. The tiles correspond to multiple regions of the time interleaved block, the multiple regions include a first region and a second region, and the dimensions of each tile in the first region are different from the dimensions of each tile in the second region.

Abstract: A time de-interleaving circuit is located at a signal receiver of a communication system to perform a time de-interleaving process on an interleaved signal. The interleaved signal includes a plurality of information units, which include a plurality of data units and a plurality of common units. The time de-interleaving circuit includes: a data unit access address generator, generating a plurality of data unit access addresses according to a first address sequence to accordingly access the plurality of data units in a memory; and a common unit access address generator, generating a plurality of common unit access addresses according to a second address sequence to accordingly access the plurality of common units in the memory. The second address sequence is a reverse sequence of the first address sequence.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a gate driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The gate driving circuit may scan the scan-lines during a plurality of scan-line periods within a frame period. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. A corresponding scan-line period of the scan-line periods is divided into a test data period and a display data period. In the test data period, the sensing circuit controls a corresponding pixel circuit to receive the test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the display data period, the sensing circuit controls the corresponding pixel circuit to receive the display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.

Abstract: A visible advertising system includes steps of: receiving a searching keyword; searching for videos according to the searching keyword in order to obtain multiple frames of the searched videos which include a target corresponding to the searching keyword; analyzing the multiple frames in order to filter more than one worth-to-advertise advertising points; selecting one of the advertising points for advertising an advertisement; setting a content of the advertisement and audience conditions for a target audience of the advertisement; bidding for the selected advertising point after being triggered; and assigning the advertisement to the selected advertising point once the bidding is wining.

Abstract: A femur supporting device includes a femoral stem having a plurality of inclined passages. The femoral stem includes an inner side and an outer side. Each inclined passage includes an outlet in the inner side and an inlet in the outer side. Each inclined passage inclines upward from the inlet to the outlet. A plurality of supporting rods extends through the inclined passages. A first engaging end of each supporting rod extends out of the outlet of one of the inclined passages. A second engaging end of each supporting rod extends out of the inlet of one of the inclined passages. The first engaging end of each supporting rod is engaged with one of a plurality of first engaging portions in a trochanter head. The second engaging end of each supporting rod is engaged with one of a plurality of second engaging portions of a fixing unit.

Abstract: An image sensor structure that includes a first semiconductor substrate having a plurality of imaging sensors; a first interconnect structure formed on the first semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor substrate having a logic circuit; a second interconnect structure formed on the second semiconductor substrate, wherein the first and the second semiconductor substrates are bonded together in a configuration that the first and second interconnect structures are sandwiched between the first and second semiconductor substrates; and a backside deep contact (BDCT) feature extended from the first interconnect structure to the second interconnect structure, thereby electrically coupling the logic circuit to the image sensors.

Abstract: A power supply system using an energy storage cell includes at least one lithium cell module; a voltage balance device, received and built in the lithium cell module, for performing voltage balance; and a cell module voltage monitoring device, disposed between a load and the lithium cell module, for monitoring and controlling working voltage ranges of all the lithium cell modules. The voltage balance device built in each lithium cell module performs charging correction on a lithium cell unit in which a capacitance difference is caused by a fabrication process or caused subsequently, to prevent overcharge damage of the lithium cell unit caused by the capacitance difference. The cell module voltage monitoring device is provided on an external line, and only a correct total charge voltage needs to be provided to charge the lithium cell module.

Abstract: A time de-interleaving circuit and a time de-interleaving method perform a time de-interleaving process through writing and reading a plurality of sets of time interleaved data into and from a first memory and a second memory. The time de-interleaving method includes: selecting a set of first time interleaved data and a set of second time interleaved data from the plurality of sets of time interleaved data, the set of first time interleaved data and the set of second time interleaved data having the same delay length; writing the set of first time interleaved data into the first memory; and writing the set of second time interleaved data into the second memory. The first memory utilizes a bit length as an access unit, and the second memory has an access unit smaller than the bit width.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for forming the same are provided. The method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming an N-well region in a substrate and forming a first protection layer over the N-well region. The method for forming a semiconductor structure further includes forming a P-well region in the substrate and forming a second protection layer over the P-well region. The method for forming a semiconductor structure further includes growing a first channel layer over the first protection layer and a second channel layer over the second protection layer and forming a first gate structure over the first channel layer and a second gate structure over the second channel layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, a first insulating layer, a gate metal layer, a via, a first source metal layer, a drain metal layer, and a second source metal layer. The source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode are present on the active layer. The first insulating layer is present on the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode. The gate metal layer, the first source metal layer, the second source metal layer, and the drain metal layer are present on the first insulating layer. The gate metal layer includes a narrow portion and a wider portion. The via is present between the metal gate layer and the gate electrode. The second source metal layer is present between the gate metal layer and the drain metal layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an element layer, plural source electrodes, plural drain electrodes, plural gate electrodes, a source bus bar, a drain bus bar, a first gate bus bar, and a second gate bus bar. The source electrodes, the drain electrodes, and the gate electrodes are disposed on the element layer and extend along a first direction. The gate electrodes are respectively disposed between the source and drain electrodes. The source and drain bus bars and the first and second gate bus bars extend along a second direction interlaced with the first direction. The source bus bar and the drain bus bar are electrically connected to the source electrodes and the drain electrodes, respectively. The first and second gate bus bars are connected to the gate electrodes. The first bus bar is disposed at one end of the source electrodes. The source electrode crosses the second gate bus bar.

Abstract: Methods for improving hybrid bond yield for semiconductor wafers forming 3DIC devices includes first and second wafers having dummy and main metal deposited and patterned during BEOL processing. Metal of the dummy metal pattern occupies from about 40% to about 90% of the surface area of any given dummy metal pattern region. High dummy metal surface coverage, in conjunction with utilization of slotted conductive pads, allows for improved planarization of wafer surfaces presented for hybrid bonding. Planarized wafers exhibit minimum topographic differentials corresponding to step height differences of less than about 400 ?. Planarized first and second wafers are aligned and subsequently hybrid bonded with application of heat and pressure; dielectric-to-dielectric, RDL-to-RDL. Lithography controls to realize WEE from about 0.5 mm to about 1.5 mm may be employed to promote topographic uniformity at wafer edges.

Abstract: A system for suggesting autocompletion terms during text entry of a report. A text entry unit (2) for enabling a user to enter a text into a current report (1). A term selector (11) for selecting at least one frequently co-occurring term (12), based on an extracted term (8), the extracted term section (9), the current section (10), and a co-occurrence statistic (7). An indicator (13) provides an indication of the at least one frequently co-occurring term (12) to the user. A system for analyzing reports comprises a co-occurrence statistics generator (26) for generating a plurality of co-occurrence statistics, a co-occurrence statistic being indicative of a first term, a first section, a second term, a second section, and a frequency in which reports contain the first term in the first section in combination with the second term in the second section.

Abstract: An image-sensor device includes a substrate including a pixel region and a logic region. A logic transistor is disposed in the logic region and is surrounded by a logic isolation feature. A radiation-sensing region is disposed in the pixel region of the substrate. An epitaxial pixel isolation feature is disposed in the pixel region and surrounds the radiation-sensing region. A doped region with a same doping polarity as the radiation-sensing region is located between a bottom of the radiation-sensing region and the back surface of the substrate. The epitaxial pixel isolation feature is in direct contact with the doped region. The doped region extends continuously under the pixel region and the logic region. The epitaxial pixel isolation feature is in direct contact with the doped region, and the logic isolation feature is spaced apart from the doped region.