Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy system creates a negative pressure environment in the opening of a wound-dressing unit and a positive pressure environment in the collecting bag. Then a positive pressure detecting procedure is proceeded in the positive pressure environment and a negative pressure detecting procedure is proceeded in the negative pressure environment. The detecting results are sent to determine whether a micro pump is stopped.

Abstract: A power management method for a computer system is provided. The power management method includes: obtaining a system power consumption; determining whether the system power consumption is greater than a first safe operating point; when the system power consumption is greater than the first safe operating point, controlling a CPU and a graphics processing unit (GPU) to activate a frequency reduction mechanism according to a first adjustment sequence; when the system power consumption is not greater than the first safe operating point, determining whether the system power consumption is smaller than a second safe operating point; and when the system power consumption is smaller than the second safe operating point, controlling the CPU and the GPU to deactivate the frequency reduction mechanism according to a second adjustment sequence. The second adjustment sequence is reverse to the first adjustment sequence.

Abstract: A combination includes an electronic device and an electrical connector. The electronic device includes a device housing with a mating area, and a device terminal set formed in the mating area. The electrical connector includes a connector casing with a mating region, a connector terminal set to mate with the device terminal set, and an auxiliary unit with an abutment part covering a part of the mating region of the connector casing. When the mating region of the electrical connector mates with the mating area of the electronic device, the abutment part of the auxiliary unit abuts against the device housing such that the electrical connector is stabilized and prevented from moving relative to the electronic device.

Abstract: A via or pillar structure, and a method of forming, is provided. In an embodiment, a polymer layer is formed having openings exposing portions of an underlying conductive pad. A conductive layer is formed over the polymer layer, filling the openings. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to form pillars in the openings. In another embodiment, pillars are formed and then a polymer layer is formed over the pillars. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In yet another embodiment, pillars are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the pillars. A planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In still yet another embodiment, bumps are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the bumps. A planarization process is performed to expose the bumps.

Abstract: A photoelectric coupling module includes a substrate, a photoelectric unit, and a lens module. The substrate defines a positioning recess. The photoelectric unit is positioned on the substrate. The lens module includes a reflection surface, a plurality of first lenses, and a plurality of second lens. Optical axes of the first lenses cross optical axes of the second lenses on the reflection surface. The lens module further includes a positioning portion extending downward from a bottom surface, and the positioning portion is received in the positioning recess. The first lenses are aligned with the photoelectric unit.

Abstract: Methods of patterning a target material layer are provided herein. The method includes steps of positioning a semiconductor wafer having the target material layer thereon in an etch chamber and of providing a flow of etch gases into the etch chamber, the flow of etch gases etchant gas comprising a plurality of gases. The semiconductor wafer has a patterned hardmask feature formed from a compound on the target material layer. The method also includes steps of etching the target material layer using the patterned hardmask feature as a mask feature, wherein one of the gases chemically alters the patterned hardmask feature and at least one of the gases chemically repairs the patterned hardmask feature so that the patterned hardmask feature retains its dimensions during the etching. Associated semiconductor wafer are also provided herein.

Abstract: A flat self-luminous touch switch, including: a self-luminous touch unit, including at least one flat self-luminous pixel and a pixel driving interface; and a switch control unit, including a first driving interface and a second driving interface, wherein, the first driving interface is coupled with the pixel driving interface to provide at least one pixel driving signal and transmit a touch detection signal; and the second driving interface provides an analog switch channel and/or at least one digital output signal according to a detection result of the touch detection signal.

Abstract: A touch display having advanced-fringe-field-switching liquid crystal structure, including a pixel cell and a multiplexer circuit, wherein the multiplexer circuit is used to couple the pixel cell with a source driver unit to provide a fringe-field-switching display function during a display period, and couple the pixel cell with a touch detection unit to provide a touch detection function during a touch detection period.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate and at least three conducting features embedded into the substrate. Each conducting feature includes a top width x and a bottom width y, such that a top and bottom width (x1, y1) of a first conducting feature has a dimension of (x1<y1), a top and bottom width (x2, y2) of a second conducting feature has a dimension of (x2<y2; x2=y2; or x2>y2), and a top and bottom width (x3, y3) of a third conducting feature has a dimension of (x3>y3). The device also includes a gap structure isolating the first and second conducting features. The gap structure can include such things as air or dielectric.

Abstract: A touch display driving circuit capable of responding to CPU commands, including: a first interface receiving touch configuration data from a CPU and outputting touch report data to the CPU; a second interface coupling with a touch display module; a control unit executing a touch detection procedure on the touch display module via the second interface to derive touch detected data, and processing the touch detected data to generate the touch report data, wherein the touch detection procedure is determined according to the touch configuration data determining a connection configuration of at least one multiplexer and a weighting configuration of at least one touch point, and the content of the touch report data include a sensed pressure profile, a finger print, a palm print, an ear image, characteristics of a finger print, characteristics of a palm print, or characteristics of an ear image.

Abstract: A miniature projection device includes a rotatable bracket assembly, a rotating plate, a driving device, and a light source unit. The rotating plate is rotatably mounted to the rotatable bracket assembly. The driving device is configured to drive the rotatable bracket assembly to rotate in a first direction, and to drive the rotatable plate to rotate in a second direction. The first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction. The light source unit is mounted on the rotatable plate and is capable of rotating together with the rotating plate. The light source unit is configured to emit laser beams and to project the laser beams onto a screen.

Abstract: Provided are antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, which specifically bind to argininosuccinate synthase, and related compositions, kits, and methods of use thereof, for instance, as companion diagnostics to identify suitable subjects for arginine deprivation or depletion therapies such as ADI-PEG 20 and other arginine deiminase (ADI) polypeptide-based therapies.

Abstract: Embodiments of a battery charger and methods for operating same are disclosed. The charger has a plurality of charging pins, and a device to be charged may be plugged into the charger in multiple orientations. The charger detects the device's orientation and sets the states of its charging pins appropriately to charge the device. Optionally, the charger may have additional pins, likewise settable according to a device's orientation, for supplying power and/or communications to the device during charging.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting and tracking multiple catheters in a fluoroscopic image sequence in an integrated central processing unit and graphics processing unit framework is disclosed. A catheter electrode model is initialized in a first frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence. The catheter landmark candidates are detected, by a graphics processing unit, in the first frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence. The catheter electrode model is tracked, by a central processing unit, and is detected by the graphics processing unit, in subsequent frames of the fluoroscopic image sequence by detecting catheter landmark candidates in the subsequent frames of the fluoroscopic image sequence using at least one trained catheter landmark detector, and outputting the catheter model tracking and landmark detection results of for each frame of the fluoroscopic image sequence.

Abstract: A light guide device having touch function, including: a reflective plate having one or more conductive areas; a light source unit having a light output side; a light guide plate, located above the reflective plate and having a light input side and a light output face, wherein the light input side is adjacent to the light output side of the light source unit; and a control circuit having a touch detection unit, wherein, the touch detection unit is coupled with the one or more conductive areas of the reflective plate for detecting a touch event on the light output face.

Abstract: A method includes aligning a first electrical connector of a first package component to a second electrical connector of a second package component. With the first electrical connector aligned to the second electrical connector, a metal layer is plated on the first and the second electrical connectors. The metal layer bonds the first electrical connector to the second electrical connector.

Abstract: An exemplary laser projection device includes a substrate, a first laser diode, a second laser diode, a third laser diode, and a triangular spectroscope located among the first, second and third laser diodes. The first, second and third laser diodes are located at vertices of a triangle, respectively. The spectroscope is located on light paths of the laser diodes. The spectroscope includes a first lateral face, a second lateral face, and a third lateral face interconnecting the first lateral face and the second lateral face. Each lateral face of the spectroscope is corresponding with one respective laser diode. A first and a second light splitting films are formed on two of the lateral faces of the spectroscope respectively. Light emitted from the laser diodes is adjusted by the first and second light splitting films to transmit along a common direction and be mixed with each other.

Abstract: A coupling element, an injection molding object with the coupling element implanted therein are provided. The coupling element has two reversely extended fixing ribs. The injection mold has a first mold and a second mold. The first mold has a first molding cavity and two positioning blocks separated by the first molding cavity. The second mold has a second molding cavity. When the first mold and the second mold are shut together and their molding cavities combine to define a closed room, the positioning blocks hold the coupling element by clamping the fixing ribs so the coupling element is suspended in midair of the closed room.

Abstract: An isolated biologically pure culture of Clostridium tyrobutyricum ITRI04001 or an isolated biologically pure culture of Clostridium tyrobutyricum having the genotypic characteristics of ITRI04001 useful for syngas fermentation. Volatile free acids are produced by a method comprising culturing a microorganism having the genotypic characteristics of ITRI04001 in a medium; providing at least one substrate comprising at least one carbon source chosen from CO and CO2 to the microorganism; and recovering at least one free volatile free acid. Syngas can be the at least one substrate in these processes for producing volatile free acids.