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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637565 | Light emitting diode | 05/10/2011 |
| 7911703 | Manufacturing method for a wafer lens module and the structure thereof The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a wafer lens module including the steps of providing a plastic material with high thermal resistance, wherein the high temperature plastic material can be used at a reflow temperature above 250□; and formin... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900197 | Program initiation methods and embedded systems utilizing the same An embedded system comprises a storage device, a main memory, and an operating system (OS). The storage device stores executable files, data files, and at least one dependency tag of an application which have been installed on the embedded system. The dependency tag... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894748 | Multi-function printer with a locking device and operational method thereof A multi-function printer is provided. A trigger piece is fixed to the first module and stretched into a second module. A wedging piece is disposed in the second module and protruded from the second module. An actuating piece and a join piece are disposed in the seco... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889140 | Ultra-wide band antenna and plug-and-play device using the same An ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna and a plug-and-play (PnP) device using the same are provided. A dielectric substrate of the PnP device has a ground plane. The UWB antenna includes a radiating metal plate and a feeding portion. The radiating metal plate is in a non-... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888578 | Electronic musical score display device An electronic musical score display device comprises an electronic display panel displaying at least one page of musical score data; a manipulator that will transmit a page turn signal wirelessly, generated from a pressure contact such as the pressing of a foot; and... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7839629 | Fixture for a disk drive A fixture for fixing a disk drive inside a computer case is disclosed. The fixture includes a body, wherein at least a screw eye is set on the body to fix the body on the disk drive; at least a positioning brace and at least an elastic buckle extending from said bod... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7838896 | Light emitting apparatus with open loop control A light emitting apparatus includes a blue light emitting diode (LED), a first and second phosphor layers. The second phosphor layer is between the blue LED and the first phosphor layer. When a blue beam of a shorter wavelength excites the phosphor layers, the excit... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826104 | Handheld recording apparatus A handheld recording apparatus. A casing includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite thereto. The second sidewall includes a recording through hole. A transparent positioning window is disposed in the first sidewall and corresponds to the recording thro... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823878 | Paper conveying apparatus and method for flipping paper A paper conveying apparatus and method for flipping paper includes a paper feeding roller that can rotate in a positive direction or in a reverse direction, a motion transfer member that has one end coupled with the paper feeding roller, and a paper depressing eleme... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815836 | Packaging apparatus for optical-electronic semiconductors A packaging apparatus for optical-semiconductors includes a mold base having a longitudinal receiving space, an encapsulating module attached to the mold base, and a fixing member attached to the encapsulating module. The bottom of the mold base has at least one air... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812821 | Optical mouse with light indicating function An optical mouse with a light indicating function is provided, which includes a light source module, a reflecting mirror, and a button. The light source module is used for emitting an irradiating light. The reflecting mirror disposed on a path of the irradiating lig... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808562 | Method and device for receiving digital broadcasts The invention provides a method for receiving digital broadcast signals of a plurality of channels. The method comprises: storing a channel-parameter contrast table which includes parameter values of a plurality of parameters with which each of the plurality of chan... | 10/05/2010 |
| D624885 | LED package structure | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802908 | Light guide module and a display device with the light guide module A light guide module and a display device with the light guide module are disclosed. The light guide module includes a rigid light guide film and a soft light guide film. The soft light guide film is pasted on the rigid light guide film. The soft light guide film ha... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797026 | Portable electric device A portable electric device, to provide mobile phones and PDA functions, includes a main body and a sub-body. The main body has a first keyboard and a second keyboard that are operated in different directions. The sub-body has a large display screen on one side and a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789546 | Light-emitting device and electronic device using the same A light-emitting device and an electronic device using the same are provided. The light-emitting device includes a light-guiding plate, a circuit board, at least one light source unit and a reflective layer. The circuit board is disposed under the light-guiding plat... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7748915 | Camera module and method for forming the camera module A camera module having an inner wall installed and a method for forming the camera module are disclosed. The camera module includes a lens; a sensor component for sensing light gathered by the lens; and a fixing module, for fixing the lens. The fixing module include... | 07/06/2010 |
| D619111 | Side view type light emitting diode | 07/06/2010 |
| D619110 | LED package | 07/06/2010 |
| 7742312 | Electronic device and method of fabrication of a same An electronic device and method of fabrication are provided. The electronic device comprises a substrate, a patterned conductive layer serving as an antenna layer formed on the outer surface of the substrate, electrically connected with a printed circuit board (PCB)... | 06/22/2010 |
| D616575 | LED lamp | 05/25/2010 |
| D616574 | LED lamp | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719732 | Light sensing element having two functions A light sensing element having two functions is provided for a high-speed image scanning system to scan a document, including a set of matrix light-sensing cells for detecting a scanning location for the scanned document, thereby feeding the sensed signals to contro... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7707454 | Method for protecting backup data of a computer system from damage Methods for protecting backup data of a computer system from damage are disclosed. A first storage device is provided for storing the backup data of the computer system, wherein the first storage device is ordinarily disabled to prevent the operating system of the c... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7692599 | Ultra-wideband shorted dipole antenna An ultra-wideband shorted dipole antenna includes a coaxial cable line and first and second open-loop radiating metal plates with substantially the same shape. The coaxial cable line has a central conducting wire and an outer grounder sheath. The first and second op... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681827 | Line-arranging mechanism An arranging-line mechanism comprises a cam, an axle connecting to the cam, a sliding element and a transmitting mechanism to drive the cam and the axle. The cam comprises an inclined surface and the sliding element to slide thereon. When the axle revolves, the tran... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680293 | Loudspeaker apparatus A loudspeaker apparatus includes a speaker unit and a front cover. The speaker unit generates acoustic waves according to an external electronic signal. The front cover located in front of the speaker unit includes a plurality of elastic spacers and a diaphragm, and... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7674029 | Light guide device and light guide plate using the same A light guide device and a light guide plate using the same are provided. The light guide device has a first surface, a second surface, and a bottom surface. The first surface, the second surface, and the bottom surface define the internal part of the light guide de... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7669849 | Follower roller mounting mechanism for paper feeding apparatus A follower roller mounting mechanism for a paper feeding apparatus is provided, which has at least one follower roller and a shaft passing through the follower roller. The follower roller mounting mechanism includes a base having a trough and a hole on a top surface... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7667661 | Electronic device and short-circuited dipole antenna thereof An electronic device and short-circuited dipole antenna thereof are provided. The short-circuited dipole antenna comprises a first radiation unit, a second radiation unit and a short-circuited unit. The short-circuited unit comprises a first terminal connected to th... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660979 | Multi-mode computer systems and operating methods thereof Multi-mode computer systems and operating methods thereof. The computer system comprises a storage device and a boot program. The storage device includes a single disk partition comprising a first operating system corresponding to PC mode, and a second OS image and ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658564 | Palm rest with detachable assembly mechanism A palm rest with a detachable assembly mechanism attaches to a keyboard via the detachable assembly mechanism. The palm rest has a shell and at least one assembly mechanism. The shell forms a concave portion. The assembly mechanism has a base and a joint arm. The ba... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656563 | Method for controlling the on/off function of an LED in a scanner A method for controlling ON/OFF of LED in a scanner which replaces CCFL with LED as a light source is provided so as to solve the problem of excessively long warm-up time of CCFL in the prior art. Meanwhile, to achieve intermittent heat dissipation, LED is switched ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7636182 | Scanning table and scanning device of the same The present invention provides a scanning table and a scanning device of the same. The scanning table comprises a table surface and two sides. The scanning device comprises a first transparent case provided on the table surface, a second transparent case provided on... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7633931 | Method for dynamically handling the data path of a wireless IP phone A method for dynamically handling the data path of a wireless IP phone is provided. The method comprises establishing a first communication link between the wireless IP phone and a wireless local area network (WLAN), establishing a second communication link between ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631983 | All-in-one adapter container An all-in-one adapter container. The all-in-one adapter container comprises a space, a cover covering the space, at least one power line, a printed circuit board (PCB) and at least one line-arranging mechanism. The line-arranging mechanism provides arrangement for t... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630781 | Media data reproduction methods and embedded systems utilizing the same A media data reproduction method is implemented in an embedded system comprising a media reader, a storage device, and a converter. First, a reproduction request is received. Media data is automatically copied from storage media read by the media reader to the stora... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7609421 | Scanning apparatus A scanning apparatus for scanning an image of a document includes a housing, a reflecting plate, a light emitting element having a substrate and a plurality of point light sources, and an image sensor. The housing has a slit formed on a top surface thereof. The refl... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7595990 | Scanning apparatus with heat dissipating ability A scanning apparatus with heat dissipating ability includes a housing having an opening formed thereon. A cover having a slit, a heating dissipating portion, and supporting portion connected to the heat dissipating portion covers the opening, wherein the supporting ... | 09/29/2009 |
