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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047420 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING CHIPS A chip operating method is provided which includes enabling a transmission mechanism or a receiving mechanism of the chip while normally operating the chip. The method further includes enabling both of the transmission mechanism and the receiving mechanism of the chip w... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047131 | MEDIA PLAYBACK METHOD FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE AND PORTABLE DEVICE THEREOF Before a portable device playbacks the media files or during the playback of one media file, a rule of generating a playlist is selected first by operating a user's interface of the portable device or by the portable device's default setting. The playlist including some... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045830 | METHOD OF MANAGING HOME CELL SELECTION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE A method of managing home cell selection for a user equipment of a wireless communication system including a whitelist capable of providing a list of accessible home cells includes utilizing a flag for storing a preference list of at least one of home cells and macro ce... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045607 | PROBE COMPOSITE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, METHOD FOR USING THE SAME, AND CONTRAST AGENT INCLUDING THE SAME A probe composite for photoacoustic imaging includes a first probe and the second probe mixed with each other. The first probe includes a first ligand and a first nanorod conjugated to the first ligand. The first ligand specifically interacts with a first target. The se... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044516 | CONTRAST IMPROVEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING A contrast improvement method and system for photoacoustic imaging decomposes a photoacoustic image into a plurality of subband images using a set of filters, and integrates the subband images to form an integrated image. The subband images may be pseudo colored and wei... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044423 | SHIFT REGISTER A shift register includes a plurality of electrically connected shift units. Each shift unit includes a pull-up circuit, a pull-up driving circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a pull-down driving circuit. The pull-up circuit outputs a first signal to an output node accordi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044109 | NON-VOLATILE STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (NVSRAM) DEVICE A non-volatile static random access memory (NVSRAM) device includes a volatile circuit and a non-volatile circuit. Under normal operations when an external power is supplied, the volatile circuit can provide fast data access. When the power supply is somehow interrupted... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043989 | MOTHERBOARD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME This invention provides a motherboard and a portable electronic device using the same. The motherboard includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The first circuit board includes a first connector, an input/output controller, and a plurality of periphera... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043985 | KEYBOARD MECHANISM FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RELATED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A keyboard mechanism includes a keyboard, a first engaging part, a support frame, and a second engaging part. The first engaging part is disposed on the keyboard. The support frame is installed on a case of a portable electronic device. The support frame is used for sup... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043953 | ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH MERGED TRIGGERING MECHANISM An ESD protection circuit has a merged triggering mechanism. The ESD protection circuit comprises: an ESD detection circuit, for detecting an ESD voltage to generate a control signal; a first type ESD protection device, for outputting a first trigger current; a second t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043734 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has a flat plate, an active area, ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043534 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF An image processing apparatus and related method determine an ambient luminance value. Ambient luminance value is analyzed under three conditions: static, dynamic and backed-lighted. Image(s) are received in an image stream and different parts of pixel luminance values ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043506 | Device for Driving LCD panel and Related Display Device A driving device for driving an LCD panel is disclosed. The LCD panel includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged as a matrix on the substrate. The driving device includes a gate driver for generating a plurality of scanning signals, each for driving pi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043462 | TOUCHSCREEN APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR A method for identifying multiple touch user interaction with a touchscreen device. The method includes receiving an indication that a touch has been detected on the touchscreen device, applying a first voltage across a first conductive layer of the touchscreen device a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING TRANSFORMATION INFORMATION PARAMETERS USED IN GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM A method for updating a set of transformation information parameters used in a global navigation satellite system includes: obtaining at least one satellite navigation information for a satellite; and updating the set of transformation information parameters according t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043287 | ADAPTIVE BIAS CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM THEREOF An adaptive bias circuit which provides a more sensitive adaptive bias current with respect to power level is used for biasing an electronic circuit. The adaptive bias circuit has a first transistor coupled to a power supply, a voltage bias circuit coupled to the first ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043178 | Electronic Device with Power Switch Capable of Regulating Power Dissipation An electronic device with a power switch capable of regulating power dissipation includes a power supply device; a power switch, for providing an output voltage; and a current regulating circuit, which includes an adaptive control unit, for outputting a regulating signa... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043138 | Light Emitting Device Capable of Dynamically Regulating Output Voltage and Related Control Method A light-emitting diode (LED) device capable of dynamically regulating output voltage is disclosed. The LED device includes a plurality of LED chains, a voltage converter, a current driving unit, a loop control unit. The loop control unit is coupled to the LED chains and... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043114 | LED Device with Simultaneous Open and Short Detection Function and Method Thereof An LED device with simultaneous open and short detection function includes a plurality of LED strings, a voltage converter, a current driving unit, a loop control unit, an open detector, a short detector and a voltage detector. The open detector and the short detector a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043021 | BACKREST SAFETY MECHANISM FOR CAR SEAT A backrest safety mechanism is disclosed. The backrest safety mechanism includes a backrest frame, a seat frame, and an angle adjusting device. A side of the angle adjusting device is connected to the backrest frame, and another side of the angle adjusting device is con... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042794 | QFN SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND CIRCUIT BOARD STRUCTURE ADAPTED FOR THE SAME A QFN package includes a die attach pad having a recessed area; a semiconductor die mounted inside the recessed area; an inner terminal lead disposed adjacent to the die attach pad; a first wire bonding the inner terminal lead to the semiconductor die; an outer terminal... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042777 | Deep trench isolation structure A deep trench isolation structure including a deep trench disposed within a substrate to surround an active area on the substrate and a dielectric material filled within the deep trench. The deep trench comprises at least a corner in an arc shape layout or in a polygona... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042716 | ESD protection device structure An ESD protection device structure includes a well having a first conductive type, a first doped region having a second conductive type disposed in the well, a second doped region having the first conductive type, and a third doped region having the second conductive ty... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041020 | SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT A shift register circuit for providing plural scan signals and plural emission signals includes a plurality of shift register stages. Each shift register stage includes a scan signal generation module and an emission signal generation module. The scan signal generation ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040928 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A PAGE OF A BLOCK OF FLASH MEMORY, AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE A memory device includes a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory includes a plurality of blocks, and each block includes a plurality of pages. The controller is utilized for reading a plurality of bits from an identification region of a page, and determining w... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040563 | Voice Control Device and Voice Control Method and Display Device A voice control device for a display device includes a voice receiver for receiving a voice signal, a voice recognition unit coupled to the voice receiver for recognizing the voice signal to generate a recognition result, a function decision unit coupled to the voice re... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040505 | Testing System and Method for Testing Charging Circuit A testing system for testing a charging circuit includes a setting unit, a virtual battery, and a control device. The setting unit is utilized for setting a charging configuration of the charging circuit according to a battery status message, to make the charging circui... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039444 | CONNECTING MODULE WITH OPTICAL INDICATION A connecting module with optical indication for being disposed on an electronic device is disclosed. The connecting module includes multiple first connectors disposed adjacently, and each first connector includes a base, a switch and an optical indicator. The base has a... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039415 | METHOD OF FABRICATING DUAL DAMASCENE STRUCTURE A semiconductor wafer includes a substrate, a conductive layer, a dielectric layer having a via, a hard mask defined a trench pattern, and a sacrificial layer. Then a sequential of etching processes is performed upon the semiconductor wafer in a chamber to form a trench... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038404 | Method and Apparatus for Estimating Channel Length in Wired Communication System A method for estimating a length of a channel in a wired communication system includes receiving a plurality of signals transmitted continuously via the channel, determining relation between a signal and at least one signal in the of the plurality of signals, to generat... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038245 | DATA COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION METHOD, DATA DECOMPRESSION METHOD, AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE UTILIZING THE METHOD A data compression/decompression method for operation of an optical disc drive is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining data; and compressing at least one part of the data to generate compressed data, when the part of the data meets a predefined rule.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038243 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OFFSET OF MICRO ACTUATOR A method for calibrating the offset of a micro actuator includes: setting a reference reflective plane with different focus voltage levels; focusing on test points on the reference reflective plane and recording the tracking voltages; selecting a standard focus voltage ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038202 | CONTROL DRIVER FOR MEMORY AND RELATED METHOD A control driver for non-volatile memory includes a driving circuit, a level shift up circuit, and a select circuit. The select circuit receives a plurality of decoding signals, asserts a select signal when all of the decoding signals are asserted, and does not assert t... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038107 | BUTTON LOCKING MECHANISM FOR PREVENTING A BUTTON FROM BEING PRESSED DOWN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF A button locking mechanism includes a latch for being pushed in a first direction by a driving component, and a blocking component connected to the latch. A first incline structure is formed on the blocking component for contacting against a button when the blocking com... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037956 | LIGHT PIPE AND PROTECTING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE LIGHT PIPE A light pipe comprises a solid light guiding portion and a hollow light guiding portion. The solid light guiding portion includes a receiving end and an output end, receives a light beam at the receiving end, and transmits the light beam to the output end via total refl... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037896 | Electronic Device and Method for Simultaneously Displaying Widget Window and Video Signal in Display Device An electronic device for simultaneously displaying a widget window and a video signal in a display device includes a dividing unit for dividing a display area of the display device into a major display area and a minor display area, a first display unit for scaling the ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037867 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An image processing system includes: an image sensor for sensing a scene to generate image data, an image receiver, and an image interface coupled between the image sensor and the image receiver for receiving the image data generated by the image sensor and detecting a ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037774 | Control Method for Improving Luminous Uniformity and Related Luminosity Calibrating Controller and Display Device A control method for improving the luminous uniformity of a display device includes a panel which includes a plurality of sampling pixels, wherein each sampling pixel corresponding to a coordinate of the panel. The control method includes receiving an input pixel, deter... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037729 | OLED TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME A displaying region and a sensing region are defined in each pixel region of the OLED touch panel of the present invention. The readout thin film transistor of the sensing region is formed by the same processes with the drive thin film transistor of the displaying regio... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037708 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE HAVING HIGH TOUCH SENSITIVITY AND TOUCH POSITIONING METHOD THEREOF A touch panel device having high touch sensitivity includes sensing capacitors, switches, storage capacitors, a differential amplifier and a signal processing unit. During a sense period, the switches are periodically turned on alternately for periodically transferring ... | 02/17/2011 |
