Abstract: A forklift-type automated guided vehicle includes a body and a control circuit unit received in the body, both a first fork arm and a second fork arm parallel to each other and formed on a front end of the body to forklift cargo, each of the first fork arm, the second fork arm and a bottom end of the body including at least one two-wheel differential driving assembly rotatably connected to the first and second fork arms, and the body, respectively, and electrically connected to the control circuit unit. The two-wheel differential driving assembly includes a left driving wheel and a right driving wheel formed opposite to each other which can be independently driven to realize differential rotation. The present disclosure not only can forklift cargo with a small turning radius, but also can realize left-to-right sideways movements and an in-place rotation and a U-turn movement.

Abstract: A magnetic-induced stiffness changed soft robot drive module includes magnetic-induced stiffness changed layer, two-degree-of-freedom pneumatic driver, magnetic core and sealing fixing device. The magnetic-induced stiffness changed layer and two-degree-of-freedom pneumatic driver are printed and formed. The magnetic core can be deformed together with the driver, and a magnetic field can be generated when it is energized. After the magnetic core is installed into the two-degree-of-freedom pneumatic driver, then assembled with the sealing fixing device, a soft robot drive module with one end fixed is finished. The magnetic-induced stiffness changed layer has the fast, reversible and controllable stiffness adjustment ability under the action of electromagnetic field.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a method, and an apparatus for reading partial data of a page on multiple data planes are provided. A processor core when loading and executing program code is arranged operably to: select at least two flash-memory access commands, which individually reads data whose length (e.g., 4KB or 8KB) is shorter than a length (e.g., 16KB) of one page across data planes for a logical unit number (LUN) according to the content of scheduling table; integrate the selected flash-memory access commands into one MPR-Lite command; drive a flash interface to perform a multi-page read lite (MPR-Lite) operation by executing the MPR-Lite command rather than the flash-memory access commands to read data from the LUN; and reply with read data to a host. Therefore, the time delay between the execution of selected flash-memory access commands would be reduced.

Abstract: A time-of-flight distance measuring method and TOF distance measuring system. The distance measuring method includes: intermittently transmitting a plurality of pulses from a pulse generation unit; controlling a TOF sensor to allow each pixel of a plurality of pixels in the TOF sensor to continuously perform a first signal sampling first proportion for a first predetermined time on a first proportion of a plurality of reflected signals and performs a second signal sampling second proportion for a second predetermined time on a second proportion of a plurality of reflected signals, so as to generate a plurality of sampling results corresponding to the plurality of pixels; obtaining a plurality of depth information and a plurality of luminance information corresponding to the plurality of pixels according to the plurality of sampling results; and adjusting the first proportion and the second proportion according to the plurality of depth information and the plurality of luminance information.

Abstract: A time-of-flight distance measuring system includes: intermittently transmitting a plurality of first pulses, wherein the plurality of first pulses are reflected by a target to generate a plurality of first reflected signals; using a TOF sensor to selectively perform a first signal sampling or a second signal sampling upon the plurality of first reflected signals respectively to generate a first sampling result, wherein there is a first time difference between a starting time point of the first signal sampling and a transmitting time point of the corresponding first pulse, and the first signal sampling lasts for a first predetermined time, and there is a second time difference between a starting time point of the second signal sampling and a transmitting time point of the corresponding first pulse, and the second signal sampling lasts for second predetermined time, and the first time difference is smaller than the second time difference.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a time-of-flight (TOF) distance measuring method and a TOF distance measuring system, configured to measure a distance to a target. The TOF distance measuring method includes the following steps: sensing, by an optical sensor, a reflected light signal reflected by the target and obtaining a phase shift between the reflected light signal and an incident light signal, wherein the phase shift is smaller than 2?; obtaining a plurality pieces of first depth information according to the phase shift, wherein the plurality pieces of first depth information are a plurality pieces of depth information with phase mixing; obtaining, by a processing unit, a disparity of the reflected light signal corresponding to the incident light signal using epipolar geometry; obtaining a second depth information according to the disparity; and obtaining the distance from the plurality pieces of first depth information according to the second depth information.

Abstract: A background subtraction method includes: obtaining a first background image corresponding to a first object, wherein the first object has a first reflectivity; obtaining a second background image corresponding to a second object, wherein the second object has a second reflectivity, and the first reflectivity is different from the second reflectivity; calculating a plurality of relative values of the first background image relative to the second background image so as to obtain a mask image; obtaining a target image; subtracting the second background image from the target image so as to obtain a first background-removed image; and calculating and outputting a second background-removed image according to the first background image, the second background image, the first background-removed image and the mask image.

Abstract: A therapeutic nanoparticle containing a cationic polypeptide and a polyanionic molecule, in which the cationic polypeptide, exerting antibacterial activity, forms electrostatic interaction with the polyanionic molecule, and the therapeutic nanoparticle has a diameter of less than 50 nm. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition, a treatment method, and a preparation method, all related to the therapeutic nanoparticle.

Abstract: A 3D image sensing system includes: a 3D image sensor (100), including: a light-emitting module (102), configured to emit a structured light to a target (300), the structured light has a known pattern; and a light-sensing module (104) receives a reflected structured light of the structured light that is reflected by the target; and a processor (110), configured to perform a time-of-flight distance measurement to obtain a first distance corresponding to the target based on time-of-flights of the structured light and the reflected structured light, the first distance has a global offset, the processor (110) establishes an unknown distance image based on the reflected structured light, estimates a disparity between the unknown distance image and a known distance image according to the known pattern, calculates a global compensation coefficient based on the disparity, and compensates the first distance to eliminate the global offset according to the global compensation coefficient.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a conductive plate, an opening, two feeding parts, and an electronic assembly. The opening is disposed at a side of the conductive plate. The opening has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and the first side and the second side are connected with the side of the conductive plate. The electronic assembly is located in the opening. Two feeding parts are respectively disposed on the first side and the second side of the opening. the feeding parts is used to receive a feeding signal, and the feeding signal is transmitted along the first side of the opening to the second side of the opening and generates a near field magnetic field.

Abstract: The invention introduces a method for controlling data access to a flash memory, performed by a processing unit, including steps of: obtaining a logical address associated with a data read operation; determining whether a group table corresponding to the logical address is queued in a locked queue, or a hot zone of a swap queue; and prohibiting content of the locked queue and the swap queue from being modified when the group table corresponding to the logical address is queued in the locked queue, or the hot zone of the swap queue.

Abstract: The present application provides a fingerprint image processing method, applied in an optical fingerprint identification system of an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a display pixel array. The optical fingerprint identification system comprises an image sensing array. The image sensing array is disposed under the display pixel array. The fingerprint image processing method comprises obtaining a background image and obtaining at least an interfering frequency when the display panel is not pressed by a finger of a user; receiving a received image when the display panel is pressed by the finger of the user; performing a subtracting operation on the received image and the background image to obtain a difference image; and performing a filtering operation on the difference image at the at least an interfering frequency to obtain an operational result.

Abstract: An improved system and method for inspection of a sample using a particle beam inspection apparatus, and more particularly, to systems and methods of scanning a sample with a plurality of charged particle beams. An improved method of scanning an area of a sample using N charged particle beams, wherein Nis an integer greater than or equal to two, and wherein the area of the sample comprises a plurality of scan sections of N consecutive scan lines, includes moving the sample in a first direction. The method also includes scanning, with a first charged particle beam of the N charged particle beams, first scan lines of at least some scan sections of the plurality of scan sections moving towards a probe spot of the first charged particle beam. The method further includes scanning, with a second charged particle beam of the N charged particle beams, second scan lines of at least some scan sections of the plurality of scan sections moving towards a probe spot of the second charged particle beam.

Abstract: A method includes forming a semiconductor capping layer over a first fin in a first region of a substrate, forming a dielectric layer over the semiconductor capping layer, and forming an insulation material over the dielectric layer, an upper surface of the insulation material extending further away from the substrate than an upper surface of the first fin. The method further incudes recessing the insulation material to expose a top portion of the first fin, and forming a gate structure over the top portion of the first fin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a slanting-bed feed processing machine tool of a large propeller. The machine tool comprises a slanting column feed bed, a machine tool spindle, a workpiece rotary worktable, a large propeller and a bed feed mechanism. The present invention coordinates the geometrical relationship between the machine tool and the large propeller to ensure that the slanting column feed bed moves between two blades, thereby reducing the overhang length of the spindle. Different forms of workpiece rotary worktables and bed feed mechanisms are selected according to different slanting column feed beds. Four types of slanting column feed beds are designed, which can be selected, optimized and applied for different processing objects. The present invention enhances the processing stiffness of the spindle and solves the problem of poor processing quality of the large propeller caused by machine tool vibration.

Abstract: A 3D image sensing system includes: a 3D image sensor (100), including: a light-emitting module (102), configured to emit a structured light to a target (300), the structured light has a known pattern; and a light-sensing module (104) receives a reflected structured light of the structured light that is reflected by the target; and a processor (110), configured to perform a time-of-flight distance measurement to obtain a first distance corresponding to the target based on time-of-flights of the structured light and the reflected structured light, the first distance has a global offset, the processor (110) establishes an unknown distance image based on the reflected structured light, estimates a disparity between the unknown distance image and a known distance image according to the known pattern, calculates a global compensation coefficient based on the disparity, and compensates the first distance to eliminate the global offset according to the global compensation coefficient.

Abstract: An application method of the thermal error-temperature loop in the spindle of a CNC machine tool. This uses a bar and two displacement sensors to determine radial thermal errors of the spindle. Meanwhile two temperature sensors are used to determine the temperature of the upper and lower surfaces of the spindle box. Then, the thermal error-temperature loop is drawn with the temperature difference between two temperature sensors as the abscissa and the radial thermal error of the spindle as the ordinate. Finally, the loop is employed to analyze the mechanism of the radial thermal deformation of the spindle and the thermal error level is evaluated. Since the method is based on measured data, the results of the analysis are closer to the reality, compared to those from the numerical simulations.

Abstract: An automatic cleaning apparatus is configured to clean a floor and emit ultraviolet light for sterilizing the floor in a cleaning mode. Upon detecting that a wall is nearby, the automatic cleaning apparatus emits ultraviolet light toward a corner formed by the floor and the wall for sterilization.

Abstract: An integrated circuit design method includes receiving an integrated circuit design, and determining a floor plan for the integrated circuit design. The floor plan includes an arrangement of a plurality of functional cells and a plurality of tap cells. Potential latchup locations in the floor plan are determined, and the arrangement of at least one of the functional cells or the tap cells is modified based on the determined potential latchup locations.

Abstract: A fingerprint image enhancement method, comprising: receiving a fingerprint image; computing a horizontal variation image and a vertical variation image of the fingerprint image (300); computing a weighted image, wherein a weighted value of a first pixel corresponding to a finger ridge in the weighted image is greater than a weighted value of a second pixel corresponding to a finger valley (304); multiplying the horizontal variation image with the weighted image to generate a weighted horizontal variation image, and multiplying the vertical variation image with the weighted image to generate a weighted vertical variation image (306); computing a fingerprint orientation image according to the weighted horizontal variation image and the weighted vertical variation image (308); and performing fingerprint image enhancement on the fingerprint image according to the fingerprint orientation image (310).