Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming an integrated chip. The method may be performed by forming a plurality of interconnect layers within a dielectric structure over an upper surface of a substrate. A passivation structure is formed over the dielectric structure. The passivation structure has sidewalls and a horizontally extending surface defining has a recess within an upper surface of the passivation structure. A bond pad is formed having a lower surface overlying the horizontally extending surface and one or more protrusions extending outward from the lower surface. The one or more protrusions extend through one or more openings within the horizontally extending surface to contact a first one of the plurality of interconnect layers. An upper passivation layer is deposited on sidewalls and an upper surface of the bond pad and on sidewalls and the upper surface of the passivation structure.

Abstract: A display device, including a first polarizing film, a pixel array module, a second polarizing film, and a first electronically controlled phase retardation module, is provided. The pixel array module is disposed in overlap with the first polarizing film. The second polarizing film is disposed in overlap with the pixel array module. The first electronically controlled phase retardation module includes a first liquid crystal layer, two first alignment layers, and two first conductive layers. The first liquid crystal layer and the first alignment layers are disposed between the first conductive layers. The second polarizing film is located between the pixel array module and the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. One of the first polarizing film and the second polarizing film directly contacts one of the first conductive layers of the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. The display device has a switchable viewing angle and is thinner and lighter.

Abstract: A positioning method for facial images implemented by a smart mirror having a processor, a display module, and an image capturing module is disclosed and includes following steps: displaying a default positioning mask through the display module after the smart mirror is activated; capturing a facial image of a user by the image capturing module when a real-time image of the user is detected and aligned with the displayed default positioning mask; analyzing the facial image for obtaining multiple facial feature points from the same; creating multiple contour lines based on the multiple facial feature points, wherein the multiple contour lines at least depict facial contours and facial features of the user; establishing a customized positioning mask exclusively belonging to the user according to the multiple contour lines; and, storing the customized positioning mask for substituting the default positioning mask for the user.

Abstract: A projection system, a protection circuit and a current monitoring method of an image resolution enhancement device are provided. A light valve converts an illumination beam into an image beam. The image resolution enhancement device changes a transmission path of the image beam according to a driving current. The protection circuit detects the driving current. When the driving current is greater than or equal to a first current threshold, the protection circuit further compares the driving current with a second current threshold. When a duration time that the driving current is smaller than the second current threshold and greater than or equal to the first current threshold is greater than or equal to a time threshold, the protection circuit decreases the driving current to be smaller than the first current threshold to control the image resolution enhancement device. The projection lens converts the image beam into a projection beam.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a blocker plate, including a plate body having a plurality of through holes, a first zone from a center to a first radius of the plate body, having a first conductance, a second zone from the first radius to a second radius of the plate body, having a second conductance, a third zone from the second radius to a third radius of the plate body, having a third conductance, wherein the first radius is smaller than the second radius, the second radius is smaller than the third radius, and the second conductance is greater than the first conductance. A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus including the blocker plate is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motion compensation method and module, a chip, an electronic device, and a storage medium, to improve the problem of haloes easily appearing on the edges of moving objects.

Abstract: An integrated circuit disclosed here includes several cell rows extending in a first direction and a multi-bit cell having several bit cells included in the cell rows. The bit cells include M bit cells, and an output signal of a N-th bit cell of the M bit cells is an input signal of a (N+1)-th bit cell of the M bit cells, N and M being positive integers. A first bit cell of the bit cells and a M-th bit cell of the bit cells are arranged diagonally in different cell rows in the multi-bit cell, and the N-th bit cell and the (N+1)-th bit cell are arranged diagonally in different cell rows in the multi-bit cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scene detection method, a chip, an electronic device, and a storage medium, the present disclosure detects periodic scenes, which helps to improve the accuracy of motion estimation.

Abstract: An embodiment involves a hybrid machine learning classifier that uses a random forest of decision tree classifiers to predict a tariff code prefix, and uses a plurality of expert trees to predict a tariff code suffix from properties related to chemical components associated with the respective tariff code prefixes. The embodiment also involves: determining a proportion of a dominant chemical component in comparison to other chemical components in a new set of chemical components; calculating similarity scores for the new set of chemical components and words associated with the tariff code prefixes; generating a feature vector from the proportion and the similarity scores; and obtaining a predicted tariff code including a predicted tariff code prefix determined by applying the random forest to the feature vector, and a predicted tariff code suffix determined by traversing a particular expert tree in accordance with properties related to the new set of chemical components.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes gathering data samples into a data set, correcting for imbalance in the data set to produce a corrected data set by applying active learning to the data set to increase a number of double barreled question data samples occurring in the data set, selecting an optimal machine learning model for the corrected data set, training the optimal machine learning model using the corrected data set, operating the optimal machine learning model on new data to produce a prediction result, and generating a visual representation of at least one prediction results.

Abstract: A static identification area detecting method and module, chip, electronic device and medium, which can improve the accuracy of static identification area detection.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motion estimation method, a chip, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The present disclosure is beneficial to improving the accuracy of motion estimation.

Abstract: A first station (STA) and a second STA perform bandwidth negotiation with a bandwidth extension indication. Then the first STA and the second STA communicate wirelessly according to the bandwidth negotiation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified chromium-dpoed zinc gallate (ZGC) nanocubes, which are characterized in respectively having a concave surface that is modified with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES). The modified ZGC nanocubes produce long lasting luminescence (LLL) that lasts for at least 1.5 hours under X-ray or UV excitation. Also disclosed herein are methods for the preparation of the modified ZGC nanocubes; and methods for imaging an area of interest (e.g., cancer) in a live subject using the modified ZGC nanocubes as an imaging agent.

Abstract: An alarming and measuring method for a volume measuring apparatus including a processor, a button, a first camera, and a second camera, the method includes: controlling the first and second cameras to capture a left image and a right image when the button is pressed; generating a depth graphic by the processor according to the left and right image; scanning the depth graphic to determine an existence of a target box; calculating a capturing angle of the apparatus with respect to the target box based on contour lines of the target box; alarming when the target box is not in the depth graphic or the capturing-angle does not match a measuring condition; and, calculating volume related data of the target box according to the contour lines when the target box exists and the capturing angle matches the measuring condition.

Abstract: An integrated circuit disclosed here includes a first plurality of cell rows, a second plurality of cell rows, first and second clock inverters, and a plurality of flip-flops. The second plurality of cell rows are arranged abutting the first plurality of cell rows. A first number of fins in the first plurality of cell rows is different from a second number of fins in the second plurality of cell rows. The first and second clock inverters are arranged in the second plurality of cell rows. The plurality of flip-flops are arranged in the first plurality of cell rows and the second plurality of cell rows. The plurality of flip-flops include a first plurality of flip-flops configured to operate in response to the first clock and second clock signals.

Abstract: An apparatus (e.g., an access point (AP) or a non-AP station (STA)) detects a non-primary subband of an operating bandwidth comprising a primary subband and the non-primary subband to be idle. The apparatus controls a transmit power in performing transmission on at least the non-primary subband.

Abstract: A moisture-permeable waterproof shoe includes an upper unit, an inner sleeve unit, and an outsole unit. The upper unit defines an inner space having a top open end and a bottom closed end. The inner sleeve unit is fixedly disposed in the inner space, and includes a moisture-permeable waterproof shoe-like inner sleeve and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) sheet. The moisture-permeable waterproof shoe-like inner sleeve has an inner sleeve bottom surface and defines a wearing space having a top open end and a bottom closed end. The TPU sheet has a top surface fixedly connected to the inner sleeve bottom surface by a high-frequency welding method. The outsole unit is fixedly connected to an underside of the upper unit.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques are presented to synthesize consistent images or video. In at least one embodiment, one or more neural networks are used to generate one or more second images based, at least in part, on one or more point cloud representations of one or more first images.

Abstract: A volume measuring apparatus is disclosed and includes a body having a working part and a holding part extended downward from the bottom of the working part, a processor arranged in the body, a first camera, a second camera, and a barcode capturing unit arranged on a front end of the working part, a first button arranged on one side of the holding part, and a second button arranged on a top of the working part. The first button and the second button are different types of button. By respectively operating the first button and the second button, the processor is controlled to perform a measuring action of the volume of a target box or to perform a decoding action of a target barcode based on the image captured by at least one of the first camera, the second camera, and the barcode capturing unit.