Abstract: An electronic device includes a logic body, a processing unit, and a bracket component. The logical body has a plurality of first end openings and a plurality of first bottom openings. The first end openings are disposed at a first end portion of the logic body. The first bottom openings are disposed at a bottom portion of the logic body and are adjacent to the first end portion. The processing unit is disposed in an interior of the logic body, away from the first end openings, and misaligned with the first bottom openings. The bracket component is rotatably disposed at the bottom portion. In a closed mode, the bracket component is positioned close to the bottom portion and covers the first bottom openings. In an open mode, the bracket component is unfolded from the bottom portion and exposes the first bottom openings.

Abstract: The present application relates to a polyester and the molded product thereof. Determined by aminolytic analysis, the polyester has a weight ratio of the second repeating unit of formula (ii) to the third repeating unit of formula (iii) is of 0.100 to 0.490 as determined by analysis of the polyester. The polyester of this application has ideal dyeing ability, heat resistance, and mechanical properties.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyester including residues of formulas (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): for example, terephthalic acid, for example, ethylene glycol, for example, cyclohexanedimethanol, and for example, tricyclodecane dimethanol, in which R1 is an aromatic group, R2 is a C2-C6 straight-chain hydrocarbon group, * represents a linking bond. Based on 100 mol % of a sum of the residues of the formula (ii), the formula (iii) and the formula (iv), a content of the residue of the formula (iii) ranges from 50 mol % to 85 mol %, and the residue of the formula (iv) ranges from 12 mol % to 40 mol %.

Abstract: A circuit board device includes a transition region that includes a first conductive layer at a first level, a second conductive layer at a second level, and conductive vias. The first conductive layer includes a pad connected to the solderless connector, a transmission line, and a first reference layer. The transmission line includes first and second segments. A second width of the second segment is the same as or less than a first width of the first segment. The first reference layer has a first anti-pad region for the pad and the transmission line disposed therein. In a plan view, the first anti-pad region surrounding the pad is completely located within a second anti-pad region of a second reference layer of the second conductive layer. The conductive vias are disposed between the first and second conductive layers and surround the pad.

Abstract: A system for imaging at least one of a trailer or other conveyance that is connected to a tractor and an environment proximate the tractor, wherein the trailer or other conveyance has two opposed lateral sides, the system comprising a plurality of sensors mounted to the tractor, wherein the sensors together have an active sensing area that encompasses at least the two opposed lateral sides of the trailer or other conveyance.

Abstract: A bidirectional power supply includes an alternating current (AC) port as a source in a first mode and as a load in a second mode and a line-frequency rectifier/inverter to function as a rectifier in the first mode and a set of switches to function as an inverter in the second mode. A bidirectional resonant converter is coupled to a direct current (DC) port with primary-side switches and secondary-side switches respectively arranged on a primary and secondary side of a transformer. A controller controls the primary-side switches and the secondary-side switches by controlling switching frequency based on a determined value while setting time delay between control of the primary-side and the secondary-side switches to be a predefined time delay or by controlling the time delay between control of the primary-side and the secondary-side switches based on a determined value while setting the switching frequency to be a predefined switching frequency.

Abstract: A transmission device for suppressing the glass-fiber effect includes a circuit board and a transmission line. The circuit board includes a plurality of glass fibers, so as to define a fiber pitch. The transmission line is disposed on the circuit board. The transmission line includes a plurality of non-parallel segments. Each of the non-parallel segments of the transmission line has an offset distance with respect to a reference line. The offset distance is longer than or equal to a half of the fiber pitch.

Abstract: Present invention is related to a composite modified layer attached on a current collector comprising a lithiophilic particle being covered or coated by a polymer layer. The composite modified layer further could be coated with an additional carbon layer or artificial protective film as several suitable embodiments presented in this invention. The lithiophilic particle, such as sliver nano-particle, will firstly form a lithium-silver alloys to reduce a thermodynamic instability during the growth of lithium nuclei. The sliver nano-particle is able to be attached securely on the current collector by the polymer with high adhesion ability. The fuel cell including the composite modified layer in the present invention has higher average Coulombic efficiency and higher capacity retention.

Abstract: A polyester is provided. The polyester comprises: at least one repeating unit represented by formula (i), wherein R1 is a C6-C16 aromatic hydrocarbyl; and repeating units derived from diols, wherein the repeating units derived from diols comprise at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (ii) and at least one repeating unit represented by the following formula (iii), and wherein R2 to R5 in formula (ii) are independently hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl, wherein based on the total moles of the repeating units derived from diols, the amount of the repeating unit represented by the formula (ii) is 5 mol % to 50 mol %.

Abstract: A pickup apparatus for separating a semiconductor package from an adhesive film includes a platform, a roller, a moving mechanism, and a collector element. The platform has a surface disposed with the adhesive film, where the adhesive film is disposed between the platform and the semiconductor package. The roller is disposed inside the platform and under the adhesive film, where the roller includes a body and a plurality of protrusions distributed over the body. The moving mechanism is connected to the roller to control a movement of the roller. The collector element is disposed over the platform and the adhesive film, where the collector element is configured to remove the semiconductor package from the adhesive film.

Abstract: A method of inspecting an outer surface of a mask pod includes moving a stage holding a mask pod such that the stage stops at each location of a plurality of locations under an outer surface of the mask pod for a predefined amount of time. At each location of the plurality of locations, the method further includes directing a stream of air to the outer surface of the mask pod, capturing an image of scattered air from each location of the plurality of locations of the outer surface of the mask pod, and determining a number of particles in the scattered air as a sampled number of particles based on the captured image. The method also includes generating a map of particles on the outer surface of the mask pod based on the sampled number of particles at each of the plurality of locations.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal polymer resin and a formed material comprising the same. The liquid crystal polymer resin comprises a structure unit represented by Formula (I). The thermal weight loss of the liquid crystal polymer resin is greater than 0.038% and less than 0.108%. The formed material made from the liquid crystal polymer resin has tensile strength of 1300 kgf/cm2 or more, tensile modulus of 5000 MPa or more, and elongation at break of 8.0% or less. Besides, the formed material made from the recycled liquid crystal polymer resin contains similar mechanical properties as the formed material made from the one before recycling, which indicates that the recycled liquid crystal polymer resin has potential to product reprocessing and meet the requirement of green process.

Abstract: A resonant converter includes a first conversion circuit, a resonant transformer circuit, a second conversion circuit and a switching circuit. The resonant transformer circuit is coupled to multiple first bridge arm units of the first conversion circuit, and is configured to convert a first voltage into a second voltage. The second conversion circuit includes multiple second bridge arm units and multiple multi-level switching elements. The switching circuit is coupled to the second conversion circuit to selectively change connection positions of the second bridge arm units, so that the second conversion circuit converts the second voltage into a first DC (direct current) power by the second bridge arm units instead of by the multi-level switching elements, or the second conversion circuit converts the second voltage into a second DC (direct current) power by the second bridge arm units and multi-level switching elements.

Abstract: Some embodiments product identifying systems comprising: a scanner control circuit; an imaging system; a display; and a memory storing a product identifier module executed by the control circuit to: detect, through a series of images, a machine-readable identifier pattern; control the display to render the series of images on the display; activate a scan timer having a scan duration; render, on the display, a scan timer graphic overlaid on a subset of the series of images and corresponding to a changing remaining time of the scan duration as the remaining time expires; confirm that the identifier pattern was maintained within a threshold distance of the center of the field of view over at least a threshold read duration of the scan duration; extract identifying information; and obtain a product identifier corresponding to the identifying information and add the product identifier to a virtual shopping cart.

Abstract: A method for laminating a film to a wafer and apparatus for performing the lamination process are disclosed. The method includes providing the wafer and the film in a process chamber where the wafer and the film are separated from each other, achieving a vacuum state and a process temperature in the process chamber, and laminating the film to contact a surface of the wafer.

Abstract: In a method of inspecting an outer surface of a mask pod, a stream of air is directed at a first location of a plurality of locations on the outer surface. One or more particles are removed by the directed stream of air from the first location on the outer surface. Scattered air from the first location of the outer surface is extracted and a number of particles in the extracted scattered air is determined as a sampled number of particles at the first location. The mask pod is moved and the stream of air is directed at other locations of the plurality of locations to determine the sampled number of particles in extracted scattered air at the other locations. A map of the particles on the outer surface of the mask pod is generated based on the sampled number of particles at the plurality of locations.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing face images. The method includes: obtaining a face image, and determining whether the face image belongs to a frontal direction or a side direction; transforming the face image into a feature vector; performing a facial attribute editing algorithm according to the feature vector to generate a first generation vector which is different from the face image in at least one attribute; if the face image belongs to the side direction, performing a facial pose conversion algorithm according to the feature vector to generate a second generation vector which is different from the face image in pose directions; inputting the first generation vector or the second generation vector to a generative adversarial network to output at least one generated face image; and adding the face image and the generated face image into a database.

Abstract: Techniques for safe non-conservative planning include: obtaining a risk budget constraining a plan for an autonomous vehicle to satisfy an objective; based at least on the risk budget and the objective, planning a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle toward the objective, at least by: (a) determining a risk cost associated with an initial planned action of the trajectory, (b) based at least on the risk cost, determining whether the trajectory is feasible or infeasible within the risk budget, and (c) responsive to determining that the trajectory is feasible within the risk budget, executing the initial planned action; decreasing the risk budget by the risk cost, to obtain a remaining risk budget; obtaining state data corresponding to a state of the autonomous vehicle after executing the initial planned action; and based at least on the state data, the remaining risk budget, and the objective, planning another trajectory toward the objective.

Abstract: A projection device includes a casing, a light source module, a light valve module, a projection lens, a heat dissipation module, and a fan disposed in the casing. The casing has at least one air inlet, a first air outlet, and a second air outlet. The heat dissipation module is coupled to the light source module and the light valve module and configured to cool the light source module and the light valve module. The fan has a first air exhaust and a second air exhaust. The first air exhaust and the second air exhaust are respectively disposed at positions adjacent to the first air outlet and the second air outlet of the casing.

Abstract: A transmission device includes a daisy chain structure composed of at least three daisy chain units arranged periodically and continuously. Each of the daisy chain units includes first, second and third conductive lines, and first and second conductive pillars. The first and second conductive lines at a first layer extend along a first direction and are discontinuously arranged. The third conductive line at a second layer extends along the first direction and is substantially parallel to the first and second conductive lines. The first conductive pillar extends in a second direction. The second direction is different from the first direction. A first part of the first conductive pillar is connected to the first and third conductive lines. The second conductive pillar extends in the second direction. A first part of the second conductive pillar is connected to the second and third conductive lines.