Abstract: A container assembly includes a container having an open top formed in an upper section of the container. The upper section of the container includes an inner peripheral surface, an outer peripheral surface and a flange formed between the inner and the outer peripheral surfaces. The open top is defined by the inner peripheral surface. A cover made by flexible material includes a skirt which includes a first lip, a second lip and a valley formed between the first and second lips. When the cover is mounted to the open top of the container, the flange of the container is engaged with the valley, the first lip is fully in contact with the inner peripheral surface, and the second lip is fully in contact with the outer peripheral surface so as to form an air-tight status. By lifting the second lip, the cover is easily removed from the container.

Abstract: A sound adjustment method is disclosed. The sound adjustment method includes the following the steps: receiving a sound adjustment command; receiving a right channel sound signal and a left channel sound signal; selecting a corresponding adjustment mode according to the sound adjustment command and processing the right channel sound signal and the left channel sound signal based on the adjustment mode to generate a right channel first sound signal and a left channel first sound signal, wherein different adjustment modes have different intensity adjustment levels; shifting the frequency of the right channel first sound signal by X Hz to generate a right channel second sound signal and shifting the frequency of the left channel first sound signal by Y Hz to generate a left channel second sound signal, wherein 0.5?|X?Y|?100; outputting the right channel second sound signal and the left channel second sound signal.

Abstract: A system for vibration-driven sensing may include a wearable dimensioned to be donned by a user of an artificial reality system. The system may also include a vibration sensor that is incorporated into the wearable and generates an electrical response that corresponds to a vibration detected at the wearable. The system may further include at least one processing device communicatively coupled to the vibration sensor. The processing device may determine, based at least in part on the electrical response generated by the vibration sensor, that the user has made a specific gesture with at least one body part. In response to this determination, the processing device may generate an input command for the artificial reality system based at least in part on the specific gesture made by the user. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A hearing assistance device and method of adjusting an output sound of the hearing assistance device are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: emitting a test sound, wherein the frequency of the test sound is higher than 15 kHz and lower than 30 kHz; receiving a response sound after the test sound is emitted; determining whether the response sound is higher than a response sound threshold; and, if yes, adjusting an output volume.

Abstract: A communication device and an output sidetone adjustment method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: receiving a far-end sound; receiving a near-end sound to form a sidetone and obtaining an average input volume of the near-end sound; detecting ambient noise of the near-end sound; analyzing an average noise volume and a noise frequency band of the ambient noise to determine whether the average noise volume of the ambient noise is higher than the average input volume; if yes, adjusting the volume of the sidetone in a specific frequency band by increasing it by a first gain value to form an adjusted sidetone, wherein the specific frequency band and the noise frequency band of the ambient noise belong to the same frequency band or different frequency bands; and outputting the adjusted sidetone and the far-end sound.

Abstract: A communication device and a sidetone volume adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The communication device includes a sound processor, a far-end sound receiver, a near-end sound receiver, a volume adjuster, and a sound player. The far-end sound receiver is configured to receive a far-end sound and transmit it to the sound processor. The near-end sound receiver is configured to receive a near-end sound such that the sound processor receives the near-end sound to form a sidetone. The volume adjustment module is configured to adjust the volume of the far-end sound and the sidetone to form the adjusted far-end sound and the adjusted sidetone, wherein the volume of the adjusted sidetone is based on the near-end sound and the adjusted far-end sound. The sound player is used to play the adjusted sidetone and the adjusted far-end sound.

Abstract: A voice wake-up apparatus used in an electronic device that includes a voice activity detection circuit, a storage circuit and a smart detection circuit is provided. The voice activity detection circuit receives an input sound signal and detects a voice activity section of the input sound signal. The storage circuit stores a predetermined voice sample. The smart detection circuit receives the input sound signal to perform a time domain and a frequency domain detection on the voice activity section to generate a syllable and frequency characteristic detection result, compare the syllable and frequency characteristic detection result with the predetermined voice sample and generate a wake-up signal to a processing circuit of the electronic device when the syllable and frequency characteristic detection result matches the predetermined voice sample to wake up the processing circuit.

Abstract: A clock and data recovery circuit includes a sampling circuit, a phase detector, a first processing circuit, a second processing circuit and an oscillator circuit. The sampling circuit is configured to sample input data according to an output clock, and generate a sampling result. The phase detector is configured to generate a detection result according to the sampling result. The first processing circuit is configured to process the sampling result to generate a first digital code. The second processing circuit is configured to accumulate a portion of the first digital code to generate a second digital code. A rate of change of a code value of the second digital code is slower than a rate of change of a code value of the first digital code. The oscillator circuit is configured to generate the output clock according to the detection result, the first digital code and the second digital code.

Abstract: An example method of enriching a storage provider of a virtualized computing system with metadata managed by a container orchestrator executing in the virtualized computing system is described. The method includes detecting, by a metadata sync service executing as an extension of the container orchestrator, metadata that is included in a persistent volume-based (PV-based) object managed by the container orchestrator, the PV-based object referencing a persistent volume; and pushing, by the metadata sync service, the metadata to the storage provider to augment a storage volume object managed by the storage provider, the storage volume object referencing a storage volume backing the persistent volume.

Abstract: An example method of enriching a storage provider of a virtualized computing system with metadata managed by a container orchestrator executing in the virtualized computing system is described. The method includes detecting, by a metadata sync service executing as an extension of the container orchestrator, metadata that is included in a persistent volume-based (PV-based) object managed by the container orchestrator, the PV-based object referencing a persistent volume; and pushing, by the metadata sync service, the metadata to the storage provider to augment a storage volume object managed by the storage provider, the storage volume object referencing a storage volume backing the persistent volume.

Abstract: A brain computer interface system includes a wearable interface, an eye tracking device, and a client device for determining what object a user is looking at on an electronic display. The client device determines a region on the electronic display based on an estimated user gaze direction received from the eye tracking device. For each virtual object in the gaze region, the client device displays a visual stimulus with a unique frequency. The client device receives from the wearable interface an electrical potential signal measured at the user's brain and evoked by a visual stimulus on the electronic display. The client device identifies the object in the gaze region with a stimulus frequency matching a frequency derived from the potential signal, and executes instructions relating to the object.

Abstract: A package includes a first dielectric layer, a device die over and attached to the first dielectric layer, an active through-via and a dummy through-via, and an encapsulating material encapsulating the device die, the active through-via, and the dummy through-via. The package further includes a second dielectric layer over and contacting the device die, the active through-via, and the dummy through-via. An active metal cap is over and contacting the second dielectric layer and electrically coupling to the active through-via. The active metal cap overlaps the active through-via. A dummy metal cap is over and contacting the second dielectric layer. The dummy metal cap overlaps the dummy through-via. The dummy metal cap is separated into a first portion and a second portion by a gap. A redistribution line passes through the gap between the first portion and the second portion of the dummy metal cap.

Abstract: An emergency alarm control circuit comprising: a processing circuit; and an emergency decoder, coupled to the processing circuit. The processing circuit is active, the emergency decoder is non-active when the emergency alarm control circuit operates in a standby mode. The processing circuit activates the emergency decoder to detect an emergency message for an active time period at least one time in the standby mode, and de-activates the emergency decoder when the emergency decoder does not receive the emergency message in the standby mode. The emergency alarm control circuit switches to an active mode when the emergency decoder receives the emergency message in the standby mode, and the processing circuit controls an emergency alarm system to generate an emergency alarm in the active mode.

Abstract: The memory structure includes a substrate, an isolation structure disposed in the substrate; a word line trench; and a word line disposed in the word line trench. The word line has an upper gate and a lower gate. The upper gate includes an upper gate dielectric layer; an upper gate liner disposed on the upper gate dielectric layer; and an upper gate electrode disposed on the upper gate liner. The lower gate includes a lower gate dielectric layer; a lower gate liner disposed on the lower gate dielectric layer; and a lower gate electrode disposed on the lower gate liner. The vertical distance between the top surface of the upper gate dielectric layer and the bottom surface of the word line trench is not greater than that between the top surface of the upper gate electrode and the bottom surface of the word line trench.

Abstract: An emergency alarm control circuit comprising: a processing circuit; and an emergency decoder, coupled to the processing circuit. The processing circuit is active, the emergency decoder is non-active when the emergency alarm control circuit operates in a standby mode. The processing circuit activates the emergency decoder to detect an emergency message for an active time period at least one time in the standby mode, and de-activates the emergency decoder when the emergency decoder does not receive the emergency message in the standby mode. The emergency alarm control circuit switches to an active mode when the emergency decoder receives the emergency message in the standby mode, and the processing circuit controls an emergency alarm system to generate an emergency alarm in the active mode.

Abstract: An external air baffle nozzle has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of sidewalls separating the top surface from the bottom surface. An end of the pair of sidewalls, an end of the top surface and an end of the bottom surface define an inlet. An opposite end of the pair of sidewalls, an opposite end of the top surface, and an opposite end of the bottom surface define an outlet. The outlet has a smaller cross section than a cross section of the inlet.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure including an encapsulating layer, a package substrate, and a conductive shielding layer is provided. The package substrate has a device region covered by the encapsulating layer and an edge region surrounding the device region and exposed from the encapsulating layer. The package substrate includes an insulating layer and a patterned conductive layer in a level of the insulating layer. The patterned conductive layer includes conductors in and along the edge region. The edge region is partially exposed from the conductors, as viewed from a top-view perspective. The conductive shielding layer covers and surrounds the encapsulating layer and is electrically connected to the conductors.

Abstract: The invention provides a method to generate a personalized phonation monitoring module, and a system thereof. The method comprises collecting, by a recorder, a voice from an individual; converting, by a processor, the voice to a voice signal; extracting a signal feature from the voice signal; providing a trained individualized speech recognition neural network; generating, by applying the signal feature to the trained speech recognition neural network, a voice marker; and generating a personal phonation recognition module including the voice marker. The invention is capable of providing real-time, delayed, or summary feedback of phonation when the analysis result is higher or lower than the pre-set value.

Abstract: A sound adjustment method is disclosed. The sound adjustment method includes the following the steps: receiving a sound adjustment command; receiving a right channel sound signal and a left channel sound signal; selecting a corresponding adjustment mode according to the sound adjustment command and processing the right channel sound signal and the left channel sound signal based on the adjustment mode to generate a right channel first sound signal and a left channel first sound signal, wherein different adjustment modes have different intensity adjustment levels; shifting the frequency of the right channel first sound signal by X Hz to generate a right channel second sound signal and shifting the frequency of the left channel first sound signal by Y Hz to generate a left channel second sound signal, wherein 0.5?|X?Y|?100; outputting the right channel second sound signal and the left channel second sound signal.

Abstract: A method for eliminating sound is disclosed. The method is applied to an electronic device capable of connecting with a sound playback device and includes a microphone. The method includes the following steps of: receiving a previous input sound via the microphone to generate a previous input sound signal; transmitting the previous input sound signal to the sound playback device; receiving a current input sound via the microphone to generate a current input sound signal; filtering the current input sound signal by removing the previous input sound from the current input sound signal; playing the filtered current input sound signal.