Abstract: A method includes: providing a photomask, wherein the photomask includes a multilayer stack, a light-absorption layer, an anti-reflection coating and a light-absorption layer. The method further includes: receiving information on the photomask; determining a bias voltage according to the information; determining a scan recipe of an electron beam writer system based on the bias voltage; and performing a repairing operation on at least one of the anti-reflection coating and the light-absorption layer by the electron beam writer system with the scan recipe.

Abstract: A power converter includes a voltage control unit, a current control unit and a hysteresis control unit. The voltage control unit generates a first current command. The hysteresis control unit couples the voltage control unit with the current control unit and is configured to: in the first mode, decouple the voltage control unit and the current control unit and generate a second current command to be transmitted to the current control unit when the detection current reaches the first threshold value, and couple the voltage control unit with the current control unit and transmit the first current command generated by the voltage control unit to the current control unit when the first current command reaches a second threshold value for switching to a second mode from the first mode. The current control unit outputs a mode control signal according to the first current command and the second current command.

Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor includes a substrate. A channel layer is disposed on the substrate. An active layer is disposed on the channel layer. The active layer includes a P-type aluminum gallium nitride layer. A P-type gallium nitride gate is disposed on the active layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are disposed on the active layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a channel layer disposed on the buffer layer, a barrier layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a passivation layer disposed on the barrier layer. The semiconductor device further includes a device isolation region that extends through the passivation layer, the barrier layer, and at least a portion of the channel layer, and encloses a first device region of the semiconductor device. A damage concentration of the device isolation region varies along a depth direction, and is highest near a junction between the barrier layer and the channel layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth a method to determine an operation pathway for a patient. The method includes constructing a three-dimensional model of the patient; obtaining image information of the patient; selecting a first set of two-dimensional feature points associated with the three-dimensional model and a second set of two-dimensional feature points associated with the image information; transforming the first set of two-dimensional feature points to a first set of three-dimensional feature points and the second set of two-dimensional feature points to a second set of three-dimensional feature points, respectively; matching between the first set of three-dimensional feature points and the second set of three-dimensional feature points to determine a relationship that aligns the first set of three-dimensional feature points and the second set of three-dimensional feature points; and determining the operation pathway in a coordinate system associated with a robotic arm.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a neural processor circuit that includes a first number of neural engine circuits, a second number of channels and a data processor circuit. The first number of neural engine circuits are pipelined into the second number of chains smaller than the first number. Each of the chains is configured to generate output data of a first size. Each of the channels is coupled to each of the chains and configured to transmit the output data from each of the neural engine circuits in the chains sequentially. The data processor circuit is coupled to the channels to receive the output data. The data processor circuit aggregates the output data of each of the chains into aggregated data of a second size larger than the first size and writes the aggregated data of the second size into a buffer memory of the data processor circuit.

Abstract: A dental implantation system and navigation method are provided. The dental implantation system includes: a multi-axis robotic arm having an action end connected to a dental implantation device; and at least one optical device coupled to the multi-axis robotic arm to capture a real-time image information about an implant-receiving region of an implant-receiving patient during a dental implantation process. The multi-axis robotic arm drives the dental implantation device moving along a predetermined path in the implant-receiving region according to association result of a pre-implantation plan and the real-time image information. The pre-implantation plan is associated with a 3D model of the implant-receiving region and includes a predetermined entry point associated with the predetermined path, at least one predetermined relay point associated with the predetermined path, and a predetermined target point associated with the predetermined path.

Abstract: An accessory is provided for a mobile device to measure characteristics of a test strip. The accessory includes a test strip adapter and a phone adapter. The test strip adapter includes a sheath and a first interlock. The phone adapter inclues a second interlock, wherein the first interlock is configured to frictionally lock to the second interlock.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention set forth a method to update an operation pathway for a robotic arm assembly in response to a movement of a patient. The method includes processing a two-dimensional image associated with a tag having a spatial relationship with the patient. A corresponding movement of the tag in response to the movement of the patient is determined based on the spatial relationship. The tag includes a first point and a second point and the two-dimensional image includes a first point image and a second point image. The method also includes associating the first point image with the first point and the second point image with the second point and updating the operation pathway based on a conversion matrix of the first point and the second point, and the first point image and the second point image.

Abstract: A touch sensor panel can include a silver nanowire touch electrodes formed in a silver nanowire layer on the substrate. In some examples, the touch sensor panel can include one or more anticorrosion layers to protect silver nanowire layer from ionization. In some examples, the silver nanowires include electrochemically stable outer shells that protect the silver nanowires from ionization. Additionally or alternatively, the touch sensor panel can including one or more anti-static layers to protect against electrostatic discharge (ESD). Additionally or alternatively, one or more anticorrosion layers and/or one or more antistatic layers can be formed with a passivation layer therebetween. The passivation layer, one or more anticorrosion layers and/or one or more antistatic layers can then be laminated to the silver nanowire layer to prevent corrosion and/or ESD events in the silver nanowire layer during the fabrication of the touch sensor panel.

Abstract: An accessory (800) is provided for a mobile device (102) to measure characteristics of a test strip (808). The accessory (800) includes a test strip adapter (806), a phone adapter (802), and a coupler (804). The test strip adapter (806) includes a test strip attachment for a test strip type and a first interlock shared with other test strip adapters for other test strip types. The phone adapter (802) includes a phone attachment for a mobile device model and a second interlock shared with other phone adapters for other mobile device models. The coupler (804) includes a third interlock that forms a first mating pair with the first interlock of the test strip adapter (806), and a fourth interlock that forms a second mating pair with the second interlock of the phone adapter (802).

Abstract: A determination apparatus and method for gaze angle are provided. The apparatus analyzes an image to generate a plurality of facial triaxial positioning values and a plurality of facial landmark points. The apparatus obtains a plurality of specific facial landmark points from the facial landmark points to generate a heatmap, and compares the heatmap with a standard heatmap to generate an image compensation value. The apparatus performs a facial correcting process based on the image and the image compensation value to generate a virtual corrected image. The apparatus analyzes the virtual corrected image to obtain a displacement of pupil. The apparatus determines a gaze angle of a user according to a determination model for gaze angle, the facial triaxial positioning values and the displacement of pupil.

Abstract: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel can include a first substrate layer; a first electrode layer comprising one or more of a touch electrode and a trace configured to couple the touch electrode to sense circuitry, the first electrode layer located on a first side of the first substrate layer; a second electrode layer located on the first side of the first substrate layer; a passivation layer disposed in between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and a third electrode layer located on a second side of the first substrate layer, different from the first side of the first substrate layer. The first electrode layer can be comprised of a first conductive material, the second electrode layer can be comprised of a second conductive material, and the third electrode layer can be comprised of a third conductive material. The touch sensor panel may not include a second substrate layer between the first substrate layer and the second electrode layer.

Abstract: An example peripheral device to be placed over an image sensor and a light source of a portable computing device to assist the portable computing device in reading a reaction area on a test strip in the peripheral device is disclosed. The peripheral device includes a light guide to direct light from the light source to the test strip, and an alignment feature to aid placement of the peripheral device relative to the image sensor and the light source on the portable computing device.

Abstract: A determination apparatus and method for gaze angle are provided. The apparatus analyzes an image to generate a plurality of facial triaxial positioning values and a plurality of facial landmark points. The apparatus obtains a plurality of specific facial landmark points from the facial landmark points to generate a heatmap, and compares the heatmap with a standard heatmap to generate an image compensation value. The apparatus performs a facial correcting process based on the image and the image compensation value to generate a virtual corrected image. The apparatus analyzes the virtual corrected image to obtain a displacement of pupil. The apparatus determines a gaze angle of a user according to a determination model for gaze angle, the facial triaxial positioning values and the displacement of pupil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bathing seat structure for use in a bathtub, wherein the legs frame enables fixed positioning of the base, and the base enables fixed positioning of the seat cushion. The base is provided with two freeing mechanisms, a lever, and a rolling device. After pulling open the lever, the rolling device enables the seat cushion to rotate. The two freeing mechanisms must be pressed to a predetermined depth and must be pressed simultaneously, only then can the seat cushion be shifted laterally, thus preventing inadvertent contact and causing displacement of the seat cushion. The rolling device uses a two-tier centrifugal configuration, thereby supporting equal distribution of a person's weight to achieve smooth rotation with no inclining of the seat cushion, and thus extending the serviceable life of the rolling device.

Abstract: A system and method for simulating facial expression of a virtual facial model are provided. The system stores a plurality of three-dimensional facial models corresponding to a plurality of preset sentiments one-to-one. The system identifies a present sentiment according to an acoustic signal and selects a selected model from the three-dimensional facial models according to the present sentiment, wherein the preset sentiment corresponding to the selected model is same as the present sentiment. The system predicts an upper half face image according to a lower half face image, combines the lower half face image and the upper half face image to form a whole face image, and generates a plurality of feature relationships by matching the facial features of the whole face image with the facial features of the selected model so that a virtual facial model can simulate an expression based on the feature relationships.

Abstract: A method for a mobile computing device with a camera and a screen to measure a test strip in a test strip module includes, in a calibration phase before a sample is introduced to a reaction area on the test strip, detecting with the camera an ambient light effect when the test strip module is mounted on the face of the mobile computing device. In a measurement phase after the sample is introduced to the reaction area on the test strip, the method also includes illuminating the test strip with a light provided by a light source area on the screen, detecting with the camera one or more colors of the reaction area, correcting the detected one or more colors for the ambient light effect, correlating the corrected one or more colors to an analyte property, and displaying a value of the analyte property on the screen.

Abstract: An assembled industrial tablet is provided. A first floating connector, which is disposed on a screen assembly, and a second floating connector, which is disposed on a tablet assembly, are assembled, and the tablet assembly is limited in an assembly space of the screen assembly through limiting structures of the screen assembly, so that the industrial tablet is assembled. Therefore, the technical efficiency of assembling the industrial tablet conveniently may be achieved.

Abstract: A method for establishing relational data includes: providing, by a positioning system, user device identity data, user device location data, and user device time data of a user device; capturing, by a camera, an image corresponding to type-of-product data, image location data, and image time data; identifying, by the computer device, a human activity of a person in the image; and producing, by the computer device, relational data for associating the user device identity data and the type-of-product data according to the human activity of the person, the user device identity data, the user device location data, the user device time data, the type-of-product data, the image location data, and the image time data.