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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185782 | Test device and method for hierarchical test architecture A test device for a hierarchical test architecture is disclosed. The architecture includes cores for plural test layers, a top-level data register, and a top-level test controller. Cores for each test layer are hierarchical test circuits. The top-level test controll... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184726 | Method and apparatus for multi-rate control in a multi-channel communication system An apparatus for data processing in a multi-channel communication system is provided. The apparatus includes an encoder configured to encode a number of bits for transmission via channels in the multi-channel communication system into coded bits and split the coded ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184491 | Method for reading memory cell Methods for reading a memory cell are provided. The method for reading a memory cell includes applying a first read pulse to a memory cell, heating the memory cell to a first temperature and obtaining a first read data. The first read data is converted to a first di... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184131 | System for dynamic gamma correction of non-uniform frequency clocks and method therefor A system for dynamic gamma correction of multi-scaled clocks and method therefor are provided, wherein multi-scaled clocks are applied to control the grayscale upon only one set of ramp voltage, so that the linearity of the gamma curve can be adjusted freely or to a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183838 | Charging method and system utilizing the same A charging method for a rechargeable battery is disclosed. A preset power is provided to the rechargeable battery when the rechargeable battery is connected to a charger for execution of a first charge process. A use state of the rechargeable battery is obtained. A ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183519 | Light concentrating module A light concentrating module includes an optical film having a light incident surface and a light outgoing surface facing the light incident surface, an optical wedge element having a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface and having an angle with ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183042 | Multi-layered implant prepared by a method of tissue repair using a multi-layered matrix A multi-layered matrix, a method of tissue repair using the same, and multi-layered implant prepared thereof are provided. The multi-layered matrix comprises a first element and a second element connected thereto, and the second element comprises a hollow cavity. Th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183041 | Method of tissue repair using a multi-layered matrix A multi-layered matrix, a method of tissue repair using the same, and multi-layered implant prepared thereof are provided. The multi-layered matrix comprises a first element and a second element connected thereto, and the second element comprises a hollow cavity. Th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182892 | Substrate structures applied in flexible electrical devices and fabrication method thereof A substrate structure applied in flexible electrical devices is provided. The substrate structure includes a carrier, a flexible substrate opposed to the carrier, a release layer formed on a surface of the flexible substrate opposed to the carrier, and an adhesive l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180145 | Method for producing image with depth by using 2D images A method for producing an image with depth by using 2D image includes obtaining a set of internal parameters of a camera. The camera takes at least a first and a second 2D images with a small shift. The first 2D image has N depths, and N≧2. Several sets of externa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179985 | Method and apparatus for providing time-frequency diversity in OFDM wireless communication systems A method for transmitting signals using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a wireless communication system, includes: selecting a plurality of OFDM symbols as a symbol group in time dimension; and multiplying a scrambling pattern with the s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179919 | Method and apparatus for data package in broadcast networks Disclosed relates to a method and apparatus for data transmission in broadcast networks, in which N×K pieces of inputted application data are segmented into a matrix BN×K formed by N blocks B1-BN. Each of N blocks contains K pieces... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179695 | Mirror image shielding structure A mirror image shielding structure is provided, which includes an electronic element and a ground shielding plane below the electronic element. The shape of the ground shielding plane is identical to the projection shape of the electronic element, and the horizontal... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179181 | Power-mode-aware clock tree and synthesis method thereof A power-mode-aware (PMA) clock tree and a synthesis method thereof are provided. The clock tree includes a sub clock tree and a PMA buffer. The sub clock tree transmits a delayed clock signal to a function module, wherein a power mode of the function module is deter... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178892 | LED chip having micro-lens structure A light-emitting diode (LED) chip having a micro-lens structure includes a light-emitting structure and a light guide lens. The light-emitting structure emits a light from a light-emitting surface upon being applied with a current, and the light guide lens is stacke... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178890 | Light emitting diode package structure A light-emitting diode (LED) package structure including a carrier substrate, at least one LED chip, an optical element and a highly thermal-conductive transparent liquid is provided. The LED chip is disposed on the carrier substrate and has an active layer. The opt... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178288 | Method for fabricating display substrate and liquid crystal display A method for fabricating a display substrate is provided. A substrate is provided first. After that, an alignment film coating and an alignment treatment are performed to the substrate, and a layer of photoreactive monomer material is coated on the surface of the su... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178157 | Gas sensor and manufacturing method thereof A gas sensor and manufacturing method thereof. The gas sensor includes a substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on the substrate, and a gas sensing thin film covering the electrodes, the gas sensing thin film is made up of carbon nanotubes and tin oxide. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177521 | System and method for monitoring and controlling oil return to compressor A system and method for monitoring and controlling oil return to a compressor, characterized by monitoring and controlling oil level, oil temperature, and compressor outlet pressure, so as to determine whether the oil level is lower than a predetermined level thresh... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176192 | Networked transmission system and method for stream data Disclosed is a networked transmission system and method for stream data. The system comprises a network, a streaming server and an ordered series of a first up to n-th cooperative-sharing groups. There is a cooperative relationship among all users' terminals in a co... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175865 | Method and apparatus of generating text script for a corpus-based text-to speech system A method of text script generation for a corpus-based text-to-speech system includes searching in a source corpus having L sentences, selecting N sentences with a best integrated efficiency as N best cases, and setting iteration k to be 1; for each case n of the N b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175180 | Pre-encoding and pre-decoding apparatuses and methods thereof A pre-encoding apparatus and a pre-decoding apparatus are provided. The pre-encoding apparatus adopts a cascade structure constituted by a plurality of pre-encoding units and a plurality of interleavers for pre-encoding, and the pre-decoding apparatus adopts a casca... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175151 | Encoders and image encoding methods An encoder. A first encoding unit discrete cosine transforms an input frame, quantizes the transformation result, and generates a first frame according to a motion vector. The first encoding unit includes a first feedback unit dequantizing the transformation result,... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174840 | Multi-functional composite substrate structure A multi-functional composite substrate structure is provided. The first substrate with high dielectric constant and the second substrate with low dielectric constant and low loss tangent are interlaced above the third substrate. One or more permeance blocks may be f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174649 | Liquid crystal display and biaxial compensation film A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel and a biaxial compensation film is provided. The liquid crystal panel has a first surface and a second surface. The biaxial compensation film is disposed on the first surface and includes a C-plate compensati... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174630 | Reflective liquid crystal display panel capable of being photo-programmed and restored by polarized lights A reflective liquid crystal display panel capable of performing data programming and/or data erasing via a polarized light is provided. The reflective liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a transflectiv... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174023 | Method of fabricating memory cell A method of fabricating a memory cell includes following steps. First, a substrate is provided, and a control gate is formed on the substrate. Then, a dielectric layer is formed to cover the control gate and the substrate. Afterward, an α-SiGe layer is formed on th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173724 | Fire resistant material and formulation thereof The invention provides a fire resistant material and a formulation thereof. The formulation comprises a liquid suspension of a modified inorganic particle and an organic component. The modified inorganic particle comprises an inorganic particle with hydroxyl groups ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173456 | Method of manufacturing a light emitting diode element A method of manufacturing a light emitting diode element is provided. A first patterned semi-conductor layer, a patterned light emitting layer, and a second patterned semi-conductor layer are sequentially formed on an epitaxy substrate so as to form a plurality of e... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173078 | Gravity-driven micropump A microfluidic chip with a built-in gravity-driven micropump is provided. The gravity-driven micropump comprises a winding channel, an inert fluidic material placed inside the winding channel, and a suction channel that links the winding channel to the microfluidic ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173035 | Surface texturization method A surface texturization method is provided. First, a polymer film is formed on a substrate. Thereafter, a heating treatment is performed on the substrate. The heating treatment results in a textured polymer film having island-shaped and/or microcrack-shaped patterns... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172387 | Supply system and injection-head structure thereof A supply system capable of providing a working fluid is provided. The supply system includes an access device, a first energizer, a second energizer, a third energizer and an output device. The access device utilized to access the working fluid includes a connecting... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171129 | Smart endpoint and smart monitoring system having the same A smart endpoint and a smart monitoring system having the smart endpoint are provided. The smart endpoint includes a central processing unit (CPU), an interface module, a digital signal processing unit, and a memory module. The interface module is coupled to the CPU... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170747 | Fleet maintenance method and in-vehicle communication system A fleet maintenance method for generating a suggested speed for each vehicle in a fleet to maintain the vehicle in the fleet is provided. In the fleet maintenance method, vehicles are clustered into a plurality of sub-fleets, and in each sub-fleet, one vehicle is se... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170124 | MPEG-4 streaming system with adaptive error concealment An MPEG-4 system with error concealment is provided for video service under the network with packet loss. The MPEG-4 system includes an encoder and a decoder. The encoder uses an intra-refreshment technique is used to make coded bitstream more robust against noise i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169972 | System and method for providing service continuity of multicast and broadcast services in a wireless communication system There is provided a method of handing over a provided service from a serving base station to a target base station, the service including streaming content sent to a mobile station. The method includes receiving, at the target base station, a handover request from t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169887 | Apparatuses and methods for wireless communications using a permutation sequence A method for data transmissions in a wireless communication system includes: allocating resources for data to be transmitted; providing a seed number from the communication system; setting, based on the seed number, at least one parameter for a pseudo-random mapper ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169761 | ESD clamp circuit applied to power amplifier An ESD clamp circuit applied to a power amplifier is provided. The ESD clamp circuit includes a first line, a second line, a first circuit, a second circuit, an ESD detecting unit, a buffer unit, and an ESD clamp unit. The first line is coupled to the output termina... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168689 | High optical contrast pigment and colorful photosensitive composition employing the same and fabrication method thereof A high optical contrast pigment and colorful photosensitive composition employing the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a solvent, an alkali-soluble resin, reactive monomer, and a modified pigment which has low crystallization. The low crystallization de... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165198 | Apparatus and method for performing video decoding processes in parallel An apparatus and a method for performing video decoding processes in parallel are provided. The method is adapted for utilizing a first cluster and a second cluster of a processor to perform the video data decoding process in parallel. The method includes performing... | 04/24/2012 |
