Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first set of nanostructures stacked over a substrate in a vertical direction, and each of the first set of nanostructures includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and a first middle portion laterally between the first end portion and the second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion are thicker than the first middle portion. The semiconductor device also includes a first plurality of semiconductor capping layers around the first middle portions of the first set of nanostructures, and a gate structure around the first plurality of semiconductor capping layers.

Abstract: In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a solid dispersion is provided, comprising: lurasidone or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt and a carrier. The material of the carrier comprises polyvinyl acetate phthalate (PVAP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP), mesoporous silica, hydroxypropyl methycellulose (HPMC), polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer, acrylic resin, hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), povidone, copovidone, ethyl cellulose, polyoxyethylene glycol, hypromellose acetate succinate (HPMCAS), hypromellose phthalate (HPMCP), or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A scenario-based security method and system are provided. The scenario-based security method includes a) establishing a correspondence table, the correspondence table records an account related to a first feature code and a second feature code; b) programming a standard process and a scenario-based process, the first feature code is assigned to the standard process, and the second feature code is assigned to the scenario-based process; c) a security processing module connected to the correspondence table; and d) the standard process is performed after the security processing module receiving the first feature code, or the scenario-based process is performed after the security processing module receiving the second feature code. The present invention is to provide at least one of two scenario-based feature codes related with a single account to perform a part of normal process, thereby preventing a person held the account is maliciously attacked by a ruffian.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dynamic calibration method for a single and multiple video capture devices. The present invention can acquire the variations of the pan angle and tilt angle of a single video capture device according to the displacement of the feature points between successive images. For a plurality of video capture devices, the present invention includes the epipolar-plane constraint between a plurality of video capture devices to achieve the goal of dynamical calibration. The calibration method in the present invention does not require specific calibration patterns or complicated correspondence of feature points, and can be applied to surveillance systems with wide-range coverage.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dynamic calibration method for a single and multiple video capture devices. The present invention can acquire the variations of the pan angle and tilt angle of a single video capture device according to the displacement of the feature points between successive images. For a plurality of video capture devices, the present invention includes the epipolar-plane constraint between a plurality of video capture devices to achieve the goal of dynamical calibration. The calibration method in the present invention does not require specific calibration patterns or complicated correspondence of feature points, and can be applied to surveillance systems with wide-range coverage.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dynamic calibration method for a single and multiple video capture devices. The present invention can acquire the variations of the pan angle and tilt angle of a single video capture device according to the displacement of the feature points between successive images. For a plurality of video capture devices, the present invention includes the epipolar-plane constraint between a plurality of video capture devices to achieve the goal of dynamical calibration. The calibration method in the present invention does not require specific calibration patterns or complicated correspondence of feature points, and can be applied to surveillance systems with wide-range coverage.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dynamic calibration method for a single and multiple video capture devices. The present invention can acquire the variations of the pan angle and tilt angle of a single video capture device according to the displacement of the feature points between successive images. For a plurality of video capture devices, the present invention includes the epipolar-plane constraint between a plurality of video capture devices to achieve the goal of dynamical calibration. The calibration method in the present invention does not require specific calibration patterns or complicated correspondence of feature points, and can be applied to surveillance systems with wide-range coverage.

Abstract: A calibration system and a method to be used in an image capture apparatus are disclosed. The calibration system includes a calibration appliance, a feature extraction unit and a processor. The calibration appliance has a plurality of mark points. The plurality of mark points is on the same plane to form a line segment with a known length. The image capture apparatus captures an image. Then based on the captured image, the feature extraction unit extracts at least three image feature points corresponding to the mark points. The processor calculates the inclination angle of the image capture apparatus, and the height between the image capture apparatus and the plane. Besides a line segment with a known length, the mark points corresponding to the image feature points may form a corner with a known angle, two corners with unknown but equal angles, or two line segments with unknown but equal lengths. Convenience for the calibration system is therefore improved.

Abstract: The invention allows the inclusion of cross-talk coupling and other noise in circuit simulation by considering a resultant glitch in more detail than just its peak value. A set of parameters represents the noise, with an exemplary embodiment using a triangle approximation to a glitch based on a set of three parameters: the peak voltage value, the leading edge slope and the trailing edge slope. These values are then used as the input stimulus to a given cell instance in the network in which the resulting propagated noise values, also in a triangle approximation, are determined by a simulation. The results can be stored as a library so that, given the parameters of the input noise and the particular cell, a simulation can determine the propagated noise through a look-up process. To reduce the space requirements of the library, the dimensionality of the look-up tables can be reduced through the introduction of a set of auxiliary functions to offset error from this reduction.

Abstract: The present invention presents techniques for considering whether the effects of cross-talk coupling and other noise exceed the noise tolerance of a circuit. One aspect of the present invention uses a set of parameters to represent this noise. An exemplary embodiment uses a triangle or trapezoidal approximation to a glitch based on a set of parameters: the peak voltage value, the width, the leading edge slope and the trailing edge slope. These values are then used as the input of a library to look up the corresponding noise tolerance parameter set values. In a variation, a set of formulae can provide the noise tolerance parameter set values. In an exemplary embodiment, the noise tolerance parameter set is taken to include the minimum peak value for the noise to be possibly harmful and the minimum width value for the noise to be possibly harmful.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a dispensing device comprising a dispenser having an upper channel and a bottom opening for storing liquid cleaner; a connecting cup extended downward from the dispenser including at least one aperture on a bottom thereof; and a float in the connecting cup opposite the bottom opening. While the dispenser is mounted in a toilet tank, the float is adapted to either engage with or move away from the bottom opening as the water level in the toilet tank rises or falls. As such, the dispenser is adapted to automatically dispense liquid cleaner to the toilet tank or stop dispensing liquid cleaner to the toilet tank as the float falls or rises.

Abstract: The present invention presents techniques for considering whether the effects of cross-talk coupling and other noise exceed the noise tolerance of a circuit. One aspect of the present invention uses a set of parameters to represent this noise. An exemplary embodiment uses a triangle or trapezoidal approximation to a glitch based on a set of parameters: the peak voltage value, the width, the leading edge slope and the trailing edge slope. These values are then used as the input of a library to look up the corresponding noise tolerance parameter set values. In a variation, a set of formulae can provide the noise tolerance parameter set values. In an exemplary embodiment, the noise tolerance parameter set is taken to include the minimum peak value for the noise to be possibly harmful and the minimum width value for the noise to be possibly harmful.

Abstract: The invention allows the inclusion of cross-talk coupling and other noise in circuit simulation by considering the details a resultant glitch in more detail than just its peak value. A set of parameters represents the noise, with an exemplary embodiment using a triangle approximation to a glitch based on a set of three parameters: the peak voltage value, the leading edge slope and the trailing edge slope. These values are then used as the input stimulus to a given cell instance in the network in which the result propagated noise values, also in a triangle approximation, are determined by a simulation. The results can be stored as a library so that, given the parameters of the input noise and the particular cell, a simulation can determine the propagated noise through a look-up process. To reduce the space requirements of the library, the dimensionality of the look-up tables can be reduced through the introduction of a set of auxiliary functions to offset error from this reduction.

Abstract: An approach for simulating hot carrier effects in an integrated circuit (IC) at the circuit level includes generating a hot carrier library of delay data for each cell in the IC, using the hot carrier library data to generate a set of scaled timing data for the IC and using the scaled timing data with a IC performance simulator to simulate the IC operation. The scaled timing data is based upon the cell delay data and time-based switching activity of each cell in the IC.