Abstract: A handheld device casing with button module includes a shell, a button module and a handheld computer. The button module is disposed in the shell. The button module has a main portion. The main portion has a first penetrating groove, a first triggering structure and an elastic arm. The first triggering structure is disposed to one end of the first penetrating groove. The elastic arm is disposed in the first penetrating groove. A bottom surface of the elastic arm has a second triggering structure. The handheld computer is disposed in a middle of the shell. The handheld computer has a first function button and a second function button. The first triggering structure is corresponding to the first function button. The second triggering structure is corresponding to the second function button.

Abstract: A handheld device casing includes a rear cover, an optical sensing module, a frame and a shell. The optical sensing module is disposed in the rear cover. The optical sensing module includes a bracket, a circuit board, a light emitting diode, an infrared sensor and a first shading structure. The bracket has an isolating wall. An inside of the bracket is separated into a first opening and a second opening by the isolating wall. The circuit board is disposed in the bracket. The light emitting diode is disposed to a front surface of the circuit board. The infrared sensor is located in the second opening. The first shading structure is disposed to an upper portion and an outer side of the first opening. The frame is disposed to a front surface of the rear cover. The shell is disposed to a front surface of the frame.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for measuring critical dimension. The method for measuring critical dimension includes providing a substrate; forming a resist layer over the substrate; monitoring a volatile byproduct evolved from the resist layer to obtain a first amount of the volatile byproduct; exposing the resist layer to a radiation source; heating the resist layer; monitoring the volatile byproduct evolved from the resist layer to obtain a second amount of the volatile byproduct; and deducting the critical dimension according to a difference between the first amount of the volatile byproduct and the second amount of the volatile byproduct.

Abstract: A robot interference checking motion planning technique using swept volume deformation. A rapidly-exploring random tree (RRT) algorithm generates random sample nodes between a start point and a goal point. Each sample node is evaluated by checking for robot-obstacle interference along a path segment to the node. If an interference exists along the path segment, a swept volume of the segment is used to identify a critical posture where the interference is greatest, and obstacle interference points are used to define a virtual force applied to the robot links to modify the path segment to alleviate the interference condition. A swept volume of the modified path segment is computed and evaluated. If the modified swept volume is collision-free and the modified path segment motion plan meets robot joint range criteria, the modified path segment and the sample node are added to the overall robot motion program.

Abstract: A method of determining the contributions of multiple incident photons to an output of a sensor, including providing a photonic sensor having a sensor input and capable of generating an electrical signal proportional to a number of photons interacting with the photonic sensor input as a function of time, calibrating the photonic sensor such that a response of the photonic sensor to a single photon detected is in a waveform having an amplitude and a time, wherein the product of the amplitude and the time is statistically bounded, determining a probabilistic boundary between one or more of electrical, optical, and thermal sources of noise of the sensor, acquiring a response wave form from the photonic sensor through analog-to-digital conversion with a resolution in amplitude and time corresponding to accuracy required in quantifying the response wave form, storing each acquired response wave form, individually, in a format selected from the group consisting of real-time and buffered packets in digital form, and

Abstract: A semiconductor fabrication apparatus includes a processing chamber for etching, a substrate stage integrated in the processing chamber and being configured to secure a semiconductor wafer, and a gas distribution plate integrated inside the processing chamber. The processing chamber includes a sidewall and a top surface. The semiconductor fabrication apparatus further includes a heating mechanism disposed on the sidewall of the processing chamber and is operable to perform a baking process to remove a by-product generated during the etching, and a reflective mirror configured inside the processing chamber to reflect thermal energy from the heating mechanism toward the semiconductor wafer, the reflective mirror being located on the top surface of the processing chamber. The gas distribution plate defines a portion of the top surface of the processing chamber. From a top view, a portion of the reflective mirror is disposed between the heating mechanism and the gas distribution plate.

Abstract: An air-floating guide rail device includes a guide rail unit, a slider unit, and a linear motor unit. The guide rail unit includes a guide rail body and two air-floating block sets made of a material different from that of the guide rail body and each including top and side air-floating blocks. The slider unit includes a main sliding seat and two lateral sliding seats connected integrally to the main sliding seat and each having first and second guiding surfaces transverse to each other and disposed respectively adjacent to corresponding top and side air-floating blocks, and first and second air guiding passages connecting the first and second guiding surfaces to the external environment. The linear motor unit includes a stator and a mover mounted fixedly to the main sliding seat and movable relative to the stator for driving linear movement of the slider unit relative to the guide rail unit.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for measuring critical dimension. The method for measuring critical dimension includes providing a substrate; forming a resist layer over the substrate; monitoring a volatile byproduct evolved from the resist layer to obtain a first amount of the volatile byproduct; exposing the resist layer to a radiation source; heating the resist layer; monitoring the volatile byproduct evolved from the resist layer to obtain a second amount of the volatile byproduct; and deducting the critical dimension according to a difference between the first amount of the volatile byproduct and the second amount of the volatile byproduct.

Abstract: Various schemes pertaining to generating a full-frame color image using a hybrid sensor are described. An apparatus receives sensor data from the hybrid sensor, wherein the sensor data includes partial-frame chromatic data of a plurality of chromatic channels and partial-frame color-insensitive data. The apparatus subsequently generates full-frame color-insensitive data based on the partial-frame color-insensitive data. The apparatus subsequently generates the full-frame color image based on the full-frame color-insensitive data and the partial-frame chromatic data. The apparatus provides benefits of enhancing image quality of the full-frame color image especially under low light conditions.

Abstract: A non-intrusive detection method for detecting at least one pop-up window button of the pop-up window includes the following steps: retrieving a screen image on a display device; comparing the screen image with a preset screen image and generating a differential image area according the screen image and the preset screen image; determining the differential image area as the pop-up window when the differential image area is greater than an image area threshold value; selecting a plurality of contour lengths of the pop-up window matching up with a contour length threshold value by Canny edge detector; and analyzing the contour lengths according to Douglas-Peucker algorithm and an amount of endpoints to generate a contour edge corresponding to the pop-up window button.

Abstract: A data box generates an output signal to control a light strand comprising a plurality of lights. The data box is configured to receive an input signal comprising a first instruction packet having a first, second, and third color value. The data box is further configured to determine an output color based on the first, second, and third color values. The data box then generates the output signal, which comprises a second instruction packet. The second instruction packet comprises a first, second, and third color value as well as a white value. The combination of the first, second, third, and white values is configured to match the output color of the first instruction packet. The data box is further configured to transmit the second instruction packet to a light of the plurality of lights.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming, over a substrate, alternating layers of a first semiconductor layer formed of a first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor layer formed of a second semiconductor material, the first semiconductor layers including a first, a second, and a third sub-layers; patterning the alternating layers of the first and the second semiconductor layers to form stacks of the alternating layers; and exposing, under etch conditions, lateral edges of the alternating layers to an etchant to selectively etch recesses in the lateral edges of the first, the second, and the third sub-layers, such that a first lateral depth of the first sub-layer is greater than a second lateral depth of the second sub-layer, and the second lateral depth of the second sub-layer is greater than a third lateral depth of the third sub-layer.

Abstract: A method and system for robot motion control using a model predictive control (MPC) technique including torque rate control and suppression of end tooling oscillation. An MPC module includes a robot dynamics model which inherently reflects response nonlinearities associated with changes in robot configuration, and an optimization solver having an objective function with a torque rate term and inequality constraints defining bounds on both torque and torque rate. The torque rate control in the MPC module provides an effective means of controlling jerk in robot joints, while accurately modeling robot dynamics as the robot changes configuration during a motion program. End tooling oscillation dynamics may also be included in the MPC objective function and constraints in order to automatically control end tooling vibration in the calculations of the MPC module.

Abstract: A headphone includes an arc-shaped headband, a sliding bar slidably arranged at a tail end of the headband, a hanger pivotally arranged at a tail end of the sliding bar, an earphone unit hanged to the hanger, and a light emitting unit. The earphone unit is fastened to the hanger. The earphone unit includes a housing. A peripheral edge of an outer surface of the housing protrudes outward to form a protruding ring. The light emitting unit is fastened to the housing. The light emitting unit includes a light guiding module and a light emitter. The light guiding module includes a light guider and a light blocker. An inner end of the light blocker is provided with a contacting portion which is closely cooperated with the protruding ring, and an inner end of the light guider closely abuts against the protruding ring.

Abstract: A method and system for calculating a minimum distance from a robot to dynamic objects in a robot workspace. The method uses images from one or more three-dimensional cameras, where edges of objects are detected in each image, and the robot and the background are subtracted from the resultant image, leaving only object edge pixels. Depth values are then overlaid on the object edge pixels, and distance calculations are performed only between the edge pixels and control points on the robot arms. Two or more cameras may be used to resolve object occlusion, where each camera's minimum distance is computed independently and the maximum of the cameras' minimum distances is used as the actual result. The use of multiple cameras does not significantly increase computational load, and does require calibration of the cameras with respect to each other.