Abstract: An apparatus and a method for rapidly heating cold-rolled strip steel (10). The apparatus for rapidly heating cold-rolled strip steel (10) comprises a heating zone, a soaking zone, and a cooling zone, and the heating zone is sequentially divided into a first heating section (1), a second heating section (2), a third heating section (3), and a fourth heating section (4) along a moving direction of the strip steel (10) to be heated, the first heating section (1) and the fourth heating section (4) being radiant heating sections, and the second heating section (2) and the third heating section (3) being inductive heating sections. The method for rapidly heating cold-rolled strip steel (10) uses the apparatus for rapidly heating cold-rolled strip steel (10) to heat the strip steel (10).

Abstract: A head-mounted display device including a display system and a light modulator is provided. The display system is configured to selectively display a first content to be visually recognized as being superimposed on a scenery of a surrounding environment, or not display the first content. The light modulator, positioned between the display system and the surrounding environment, includes an array of pixels, wherein a portion of the pixels is configured to modulate light to present a display of a second content, while the rest of the pixels are configured to be substantially transparent to light.

Abstract: Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and EUV lithography systems are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise an absorber including a tuning layer and a stack of absorber layers of a first material A and a second material B.

Abstract: A physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber and a method of operation thereof are disclosed. Chambers and methods are described that provide a chamber comprising an upper shield with two holes that are positioned to permit alternate sputtering from two targets.

Abstract: A physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber and a method of operation thereof are disclosed. Chambers and methods are described that provide a chamber comprising an upper shield with two holes that are positioned to permit alternate sputtering from two targets. A process for improving reflectivity from a multilayer stack is also disclosed.

Abstract: A physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber and a method of operation thereof are disclosed. Chambers and methods are described that provide a chamber comprising an upper shield with two holes that are positioned to permit alternate sputtering from two targets.

Abstract: Physical vapor deposition target assemblies, PVD chambers including target assemblies and methods of manufacturing EUV mask blanks using such target assemblies are disclosed. The target assembly includes a target shield adjacent the target and surrounding the peripheral edges of the target, the target shield comprising an insulating material and a non-insulating outer peripheral fixture to secure the target shield to the assembly.

Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) and an image generating method thereof are provided. The HMD includes a display device, an optical converter, an optical shutter and an optical engine. The display device receives an AR image and/or an external image, and transmits a display image along a projection direction. The optical converter receives the display image and adjusts an output angle to project an output image to a target area. The optical shutter opens a transmission path for the external image to the display device during a first time period, and inhibits the transmission path during a second time period, where the first time period is longer than the second time period. A first luminance of the AR image provided by the optical engine in the first time period is lower than a second luminance of the AR image provided by the optical engine in the second time period.

Abstract: An eye tracking apparatus and a light source control method thereof are provided. The eye tracking apparatus includes a plurality of light sources, an image capturer and a controller. The light sources project a plurality of light beams to a target zone. The image capturer captures a display image on the target zone. The controller turn-off light beams corresponding to a part of light sources according to a contrast ratio of the display image.

Abstract: Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a substrate; a multilayer stack of reflective layers on the substrate; a capping layer on the multilayer stack of reflecting layers; and an absorber layer on the capping layer, the absorber layer made from amorphous tantalum nitride formed by non-reactive sputtering.

Abstract: A head mounted display device, an object tracking apparatus and a method for tracking object thereof are provided. The object tracking apparatus includes a lens, a light splitting device, a programmable light source and an image extractor. The lens generates and projects a detection light beam to an object. The programmable light source has a plurality of sub-light sources. The sub-light sources respectively project a plurality of light beams to a plurality of positions of the light splitting device. The programmable light source receives a driving signal, and adjusts a light-on status of each of the sub-light sources according to the driving signal. The image extractor extracts a detection image from the object. Wherein, the light splitting device receives at least one of the light beams and generates at least one reflection light beam to the lens, and the lens generates the detection light beam accordingly.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for transmission of eye tracking information, a head mounted display and a computer device. The method includes: receiving visual content; receiving object information associated with each content object; displaying the visual content, and performing an eye tracking operation on a wearer of the head mounted display; determining, according to the object information of each content object, whether a gaze location corresponds to one of the content objects; and in response to determining that the gaze location corresponds to a first content object of the content objects, transmitting a first indicator associated with the first content object.

Abstract: A head mounted display comprises a light sensor, a first light source, a second light source, a transflective mirror, a lens, a display and a filter. The first light source is used for generating a first light beam. The second light source is used for generating a second light beam. The transflective mirror is provided on the light paths of the first light beam and the second light beam. The first light source is provided at the periphery of the lens or the light sensor. The first light beam is reflected by a first object, and enters the light sensor via the lens and the transflective mirror in sequence. The second light source is provided at the periphery of the filter. After leaving the second light source, the second light beam is reflected by a second object outside the head mounted display first, and then enters the light sensor via the filter and the transflective mirror in sequence. A using method of the head mounted display is also provided.

Abstract: A plated product includes a component and an overall layer plated on a surface of the component. The overall layer includes a copper layer, a nickel layer, a nickel-tungsten layer, an inner golden layer, a palladium layer, an outer golden layer and a rhodium-ruthenium layer. The copper layer is plated on a surface of the component. The nickel layer, the nickel-tungsten layer, the inner golden layer, the palladium layer, the outer golden layer and the rhodium-ruthenium layer are plated on a surface of the copper layer in sequence.

Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) and an image generating method thereof are provided. The HMD includes a display device, an optical converter, an optical shutter and an optical engine. The display device receives an AR image and/or an external image, and transmits a display image along a projection direction. The optical converter receives the display image and adjusts an output angle to project an output image to a target area. The optical shutter opens a transmission path for the external image to the display device during a first time period, and inhibits the transmission path during a second time period, where the first time period is longer than the second time period. A first luminance of the AR image provided by the optical engine in the first time period is lower than a second luminance of the AR image provided by the optical engine in the second time period.

Abstract: An eye tracking apparatus and a light source control method thereof are provided. The eye tracking apparatus includes a plurality of light sources, an image capturer and a controller. The light sources project a plurality of light beams to a target zone. The image capturer captures a display image on the target zone. The controller turn-off light beams corresponding to a part of light sources according to a contrast ratio of the display image.

Abstract: The invention provides a wearable device, a physiological information monitoring system and a physiological information monitoring method. The wearable device includes a device body, a measurement circuit, and a measurement trigger interface. The measurement circuit is disposed on the device body and adapted to perform a physiological information measurement operation to measure a physiological signal and generate physiological information accordingly. The measurement trigger interface is triggered to generate a measurement trigger signal. The measurement circuit performs the physiological information measurement operation in response to the measurement trigger signal.

Abstract: A hybrid detection apparatus including a detection device and a functional circuit is provided. The detection device is configured to execute a first detection function, so as to obtain first detection information. The functional circuit is suitable to be removably connected to the detection device. When the functional circuit is connected to the detection device, the detection device controls the functional circuit for performing a second detection function, so as to obtain second detection information. One of the first and the second detection functions is an image capturing function, and another one of the first and the second detection functions is a temperature detection function.

Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device and an image projection method are provided. The head mounted display device includes an optical waveguide device, an image device, an optical conversion layer and a processor. The optical waveguide device receives an image light beam and projects a projection image through a surface. The image device is used to provide the image light beam. The optical conversion layer is disposed overlapping the edge of the surface of the optical waveguide device. The optical conversion layer deflects a portion of the projection image to generate an adjusted projection image according to a command signal, so that the adjusted projection image is transmitted to a projection target. The processor generates the command signal according to a position of the projection target.