Abstract: Various embodiments set forth eye tracking systems. In some embodiments, an eye tracking system includes a polarization volume hologram (PVH) combiner having a rolling k-vector design that provides relatively wide coverage of users whose eyeglasses prescriptions can vary. The PVH combiner can further include (1) fiducial regions created by differential patterning that generate dark regions in images captured of an eye, and/or (2) multiple regions that diffract light at angles to produce different perspectives in the captured images. The dark regions and/or different perspectives can be used to calibrate eye tracking. In addition, the PVH combiner can include off-axis lens regions that generate glints for the eye tracking.

Abstract: A gate oxide layer for a high voltage transistor is formed using methods that avoid thinning in the corners of the gate oxide layer. A recess is formed in a silicon substrate. The exposed surfaces of the recess are thermally oxidized to form a thermal oxide layer of the gate oxide layer. A high temperature oxide layer of the gate oxide layer is then formed within the exposed surfaces of the recess by chemical vapor deposition. The combination of the thermal oxide layer and the high temperature oxide layer results in a gate oxide layer that does not exhibit the double hump phenomenon in the drain current vs. gate voltage curve. The high temperature oxide layer may include a rim that extends out of the recess.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit device incorporating an etched recessed gate dielectric region. The integrated circuit device includes a substrate including a first upper surface, a gate dielectric region disposed at the first upper surface of the substrate and extending into the substrate, and a gate structure disposed over the gate dielectric region. The gate dielectric region includes a second upper surface and forms a recess extending below the second upper surface. The second upper surface includes a perimeter portion surrounding the recess. The gate structure completely covers the second upper surface of the gate dielectric region and extends into the recess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent anode active material having excellent light transmittance and electrical conductivity characteristics and a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium ion battery and an all-solid-state lithium thin-film battery based on the same and having excellent charge/discharge capacity and charge/discharge rate, wherein the transparent anode active material according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a material of the following Chemical Formula 1: AgxSiOyN wherein x is 0<x?0.8 and y is 0<y?1.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a connection pad including a recessed portion disposed on one surface of the package substrate, and an insulating pattern disposed on the one surface of the package substrate to be spaced apart from the connection pad. The connection pad includes an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall in the recessed portion inclining in an inward direction from an upper portion, and a groove pattern formed on the inner sidewall.

Abstract: This application relates generally to robotic control/navigation and is specifically directed to a Torso-dynamics Estimation System (TES) for estimating leaning and twisting torso motions of a seated user and using such estimation or measurement signals to control movement of physical or virtual robotic devices or avatars solely using the user's upper body motion. For example, these signals can be used in lean-to-steer scenarios where the seated user is a rider/driver in a personal mobility device (e.g., powered chair or scooter), vehicle (e.g., car or drone), industrial equipment (e.g., excavator), or humanoid robot/avatar that could be in the physical or virtual worlds. Thus, TES offers a hands-free human-robot interaction for controlling a mobile device.

Abstract: A system includes a display element configured to output an image light. The system also includes an image combiner configured to guide the image light toward an eye-box region of the system. The system also includes a dimming device disposed at a side of the image combiner. The dimming device includes a dimming material layer including a mixture of liquid crystal (“LC”) molecules and dye molecules, and pretilt angles of the LC molecules and the dye molecules are configured with a predetermined variation in at least two opposite in-plane directions from a center to two opposite peripheries of the dimming material layer.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for an all-solid-state battery of the present exemplary embodiments may include: a core including a lithium nickel-based oxide; a first coating layer containing cobalt which is placed on a surface of the core; and a second coating layer containing a lithium transition metal oxide which is placed on a surface of the first coating layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high energy density lithium secondary battery having significantly improved high-temperature storage characteristics and lifespan characteristics, which are problematic when a silicon-based negative electrode active material is applied. Specifically, a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode facing the positive electrode and including a silicon-based negative electrode active material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a non-aqueous organic solvent including a di-fluoro-based organic solvent and a lithium salt, wherein a content of the di-fluoro-based organic solvent is 5 to 20 vol % with respect to a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent.

Abstract: A cathode active material for an all-solid-state battery includes: active material particles; and a coating layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the active material particles, wherein the coating layer includes lithium (Li), niobium (Nb), and at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium (V), zirconium (Zr) and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to polymers used as polymeric polyvalent hubs for liquid phase oligonucleotide synthesis. Methods for making an oligonucleotide by liquid phase oligonucleotide synthesis using the polymers are also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for sensing objects are provided. A sensing apparatus can include a sensor comprising a photo-detecting unit configured to absorb (i) a first incident light having a first wavelength to generate a first detecting signal and (ii) a second incident light having a second wavelength to generate a second detecting signal. The sensing apparatus can further include a calculation circuit coupled to the sensor. The calculation circuit can be configured to output a calculating result according to the first detecting signal and the second detecting signal. The sensing apparatus can further include an adjustment circuit coupled to the calculation circuit. The adjustment circuit can be configured to perform an adjustment to one or more functionalities associated with the sensing apparatus according to the calculating result.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microneedle patch system for continuously administering a large amount of drug to the skin. A microneedle patch provided by one aspect of the present invention may have increased drug content per unit area (1 cm2) to maximum of 100 mg unlike existing microneedles and thus has a higher drug content per unit area than an existing transdermal absorption agent, and is capable of delivering the drug into the body for a short time (within 24 hours) and a long time (approximately three days or more) via micropores formed by means of microneedles.

Abstract: Provided herein are chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that include a spacer sequence that provides for a cell-to-cell distance between a cell expressing the CAR and a target cell. Embodiments are provided in which an extracellular element of CARs include a spacer sequence, wherein, when the CAR is expressed on the surface of a cell, a cell-to-cell distance between the CAR expressing cell and a target expressing cell is between about 17 nm to about 25 nm, inclusive of the endpoints.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for measuring and assessing limb movement properties. The method includes conducting a test protocol with a position, velocity, and resistance meter (PVRM); and obtaining raw data from the PVRM and transmitting the raw data from the PVRM to an electronic device. The method includes processing the raw data to obtain processed data; and obtaining a set of parameters based on the processed data. The method includes obtaining a classification result according to a classifying algorithm based on the set of parameters; and assessing, recording, and displaying a limb movement property according to the classification result.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polynucleotides encoding a chimeric polypeptide comprising a c-Jun polypeptide, a ROR1-binding protein, and a truncated EGF receptor. Also provided are cells (e.g., T cells) expressing CARs comprising a ROR1-binding protein and overexpressing a c-Jun polypeptide. Overexpression of c-Jun in CAR T cells confers improved properties, e.g., reducing or preventing exhaustion.

Abstract: A mask case includes a lower case including a first side surface and a second side surface opposite each other, a first rail on the first side surface, and a second rail on the second side surface, an upper case separable from the lower case, and includes third and fourth side surfaces corresponding to the first and second side surfaces, a third rail on the third side, and a fourth rail on the fourth side, a first sliding lock member slidable along the first and third rails, and a second sliding lock member slidable along the second and fourth rails, first and second holes for coupling first and second pins of first and second locking open and close devices are in the first and second sliding lock members, and the first and second sliding lock members are slid by the first and second locking open and close devices.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a low-profile, high-load, and hands-free ball-balancing omnidirectional rolling system with multiple human-robot interfaces for modular and adaptive design configurations and input control interfaces. The disclosed platform uses a self-balancing ball-based robot to allow for a safe, compact, high-load, self-balancing and intuitive mobility device for a person with lower-limb disability. Advanced driving assistance such as obstacle avoidance and semi-autonomous navigation between predefined locations is also disclosed.

Abstract: An intelligent automobile networking system, which includes a cloud server, a dash camera installed on a vehicle communicatively coupled to the cloud server for recording the video and position information related to the driving of the vehicle, an IP camera installed on a place exclude the dash camera and the cloud server to record surveillance images of that place, and a mobile device is communicatively coupled to the cloud server, the dash cam and the IP camera, wherein, two-way information between the vehicle and the field installed with the IP camera can be received, shared and commonly managed, and the system App is cross-platform installed on the cloud server, the mobile terminal and the dash camera.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treatment of peroxisomal biogenesis disorders (PBDs). More particularly, recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAV) provided in the form of compositions are used to deliver a nucleic acid encoding human PEX1 to host cells. The rAAVs comprise a AAV capsid, and packaged therein a vector genome comprising an AAV 5? inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequence; a promoter; a coding sequence encoding a human PEX1; and an AAV 3? ITR.