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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D640405 | Spotlight | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961801 | Transmitter identification information signal detection apparatus and method A transmitter identification information (TII) signal detection circuit is suitable for an orthogonal frequency division modulation system. A TII signal detection circuit receives a TII signal and conducts a cross-correlation calculation on the TII signal and a phas... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961787 | Method of video content complexity estimation, scene change detection and video encoding Methods of video content complexity estimation, scene change detection and video encoding are provided. The video content complexity estimation and the scene change detecting are performed before a video encoding loop is processed. The method of video content comple... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960214 | Chip package A fabricating process of chip package structure is provided. First, a first substrate having a plurality of first bonding pads and a second substrate having a plurality of second bonding pads are provide, wherein a plurality of bumps are formed on the first bonding ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959204 | Electric opening/closing device for vehicle An electric opening/closing device for vehicle, which has good layout characteristic of the vehicle and is provided with a highly-rigid attachment part, is provided. The vehicle electric opening/closing device comprises: a worm wheel meshed with a worm provided on a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958345 | Method for adjusting setup default value of BIOS and main board thereof A method for adjusting setup default value of a basic input output system (BIOS) and a main board are provided. The main board offers a BIOS memory which includes a boot block and a main block. The boot block includes an adjusting table, and the main block includes ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958344 | Method for adjusting set-up default value of bios and mainboard using the same method A method for adjusting a set-up default value of a BIOS and a mainboard using the method are provided. The adjusting method used by the mainboard includes providing an original set-up default value and an adjusting table. The original set-up default value is adjuste... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957923 | Device for jitter measurement and method thereof The device for jitter measurement and a method thereof are provided. The device for jitter measure includes a signal retrieving module, a signal amplifying module, an edge detecting module, and a time-to-digital converting module. The signal retrieving module receiv... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957787 | Method of examining dynamic cardiac electromagnetic activity and detection of cardiac functions using results thereof A method of examining cardiac electromagnetic activity over a heart for diagnosing the cardiac functions of the heart is disclosed. The method includes collecting a plurality of sets of spatially distributed, time-varying magnetic field signals of the heart of a sub... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956963 | Pixel structure for transflective LCD panel having a reflective structure formed in a depression on the TFT substrate A pixel structure for a transflective LCD having a transparent region and a reflective region is provided. The pixel structure includes a transparent substrate, a TFT, at least one reflective structure, a passivation layer, a pixel electrode and a reflective layer. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956937 | Projection apparatus and color-level correcting method therefor A projection apparatus, an illumination module and a color-level correcting method therefor are provided. The projection apparatus comprises a projection lens, an imaging unit and an illumination module. The illumination module comprises a light source, a color whee... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956811 | Antenna and antenna set with lower height An antenna and an antenna set are provided. The antenna is composed of a horseshoe sheet member and two rectangular sheet members. The horseshoe sheet member and the two rectangular sheet members are all made of a metal material. The antenna is made of a metal mater... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956526 | Organic electro-luminescence device with organic light emitting layer having particular ratio of contents An organic electro-luminescence device including an anode, a cathode, an organic light emitting layer and a hole-transporting layer is provided. The cathode has a calcium electrode and an aluminum electrode adjacent thereto. The organic light emitting layer is dispo... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954541 | Heat dissipation module A heat dissipation module for being assembled to a circuit board with a first heat-generating element and a second heat-generating element is provided. A heat generation rate of the first heat-generating element is higher than that of the second heat-generating elem... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954237 | Method for manufacturing heat pipe and capillary structure thereon A method for manufacturing a heat pipe and a capillary structure thereon is provided, and the steps of the method are as follows. A hollow pipe which has an open end and a closed end is provided. A mold is placed into the hollow pipe through the open end. The mold i... | 06/07/2011 |
| D639497 | Lens for light emitting diode | 06/07/2011 |
| D639496 | Lens for light emitting diode | 06/07/2011 |
| D639488 | Lighting fixture | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954103 | Method for preventing process collision of micro controller A method for preventing process collision of a micro controller is disclosed. The method includes the following steps. At least a first process and a second process are provided, wherein the first process is executed by the micro controller in every first period, th... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7954019 | Flash storage device and method and system for testing the same A flash storage device and a testing method and a testing system for the flash storage device are provided. The testing system includes a testing apparatus and the flash storage device. The flash storage device includes a controller, a flash memory module, a plurali... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953041 | Method for optimizing a wireless distribution system A method for configuring a wireless distribution system is provided. In the method, a target node starts a building procedure and begins to broadcast a building information. A joining node starts a scanning procedure for scanning all channels available and locks one... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952864 | Motherboard module A motherboard module adapted for connecting pluggably to a case includes a tray, a motherboard, a hard disk cage, and at least one hard disk drive. The tray has a bottom board, a plurality of fixing portions, and a front board. The front board is disposed at a side ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952593 | Method and apparatus of image morphing by edges mapping and computer accessible storage medium thereof An image morphing method is suitable for generating an intermediate image sequence. First, a control point CP={(pi,qi)}i=1 . . . N is specified and marked in a source image Is({right arrow over (x)}) and a destination imag... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951433 | Five-ring liquid crystal compound having CFO bonding group, liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal display device The invention provides a five-ring liquid crystal compound having a CF2O bonding group as a new compound having a general physical properties necessary for compounds, stability to heat, light and so forth, a wide temperature range of liquid crystal phases... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951432 | Five-ring liquid crystal compound having cyclohexane ring, liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal compound represented by formula (1), a liquid crystal composition comprising the compound, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the composition: For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 20;... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951305 | Compound having hydrocoumarin skeleton, liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal compound is to be obtained that has stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, and excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds. A liquid crysta... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950752 | Electronic device and case thereof A case including a holding portion and a rotary part is used to fix a drawer device. A first sidewall of the drawer device has a first hole. The holding portion has a second sidewall and the drawer device is disposed in the holding portion. A second hole is located ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950565 | High speed ball shear machine A high speed ball shear machine is adapted for removing a metal bump fixed on a substrate. The high speed ball shear machine includes a fixing base, a shear tool, and a metal bump catcher. The substrate is fixed on the top surface of the fixing base. The shear tool ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948772 | Memory card with electrostatic discharge protection and manufacturing method thereof A memory card with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The memory card includes a circuit board, a set of contacts, at least one chip and an ESD protection path. The signal paths of the board is not exposed at th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948482 | Apparatus for testing driving circuit for display An apparatus for testing a driving circuit for a display is disclosed. The apparatus includes a selecting circuit, a reference voltage generator and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The selecting circuit includes many input terminals and an output terminal. The... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947565 | Forming method of porous low-k layer and interconnect process A method of forming a porous low-k layer is described. A CVD process is conducted to a substrate, wherein a framework precursor and a porogen precursor are supplied. In an end period of the supply of the framework precursor, the value of at least one deposition para... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946770 | Hydrodynamic bearing device A hydrodynamic bearing device has favorable bearing performance and long endurance life. A thrust bearing part of the hydrodynamic bearing device has a second thrust surface. In the second thrust surface, a dynamic pressure generating groove area having a plurality ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941034 | Method for encoding the flag of the image The present invention discloses a method for encoding a flag of an image while encoding an I Frame, firstly setting a start code of an I Frame picture to be coded, for marking a start of the I Frame; setting a flag for indicating whether to code an identification fi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940571 | Memory apparatus and method thereof for operating memory A memory apparatus and a method thereof for operating a memory are provided herein. The apparatus has the memory and a controller. The memory has a plurality of memory cells, and each the memory cells has a first side and the second side. Each of the first side and ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940157 | Resistor layout structure and manufacturing method thereof A resistor layout structure and a manufacture method thereof are provided. The resistor layout structure includes a substrate, a plurality of metals, and a plurality of resistor lumps. The plurality of metals is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of first resi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940035 | Control circuit having an impedance modulation controlling power converter for saving power A standby circuit is provides to on/off a power converter for power saving. The standby circuit includes a comparison circuit. The comparison circuit is coupled to a feedback loop of the power converter to generate a mode signal when a feedback signal of the feedbac... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939921 | Leadframe A leadframe including a chip supporting plate, a lead forming plate, and solder points is provided. A notch is formed on an edge of the chip supporting plate. The thickness of the lead forming plate is less than the thickness of the chip supporting plate. The lead f... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939875 | Pixel structure of a thin film transistor liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof A method of fabricating a pixel structure of a thin film transistor liquid crystal display is provided. A transparent conductive layer and a first metallic layer are sequentially formed over a substrate. The first metallic layer and the transparent conductive layer ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939451 | Method for fabricating a pattern A method for fabricating a patter is provided as followed. First, a material layer is provided, whereon a patterned hard mask layer is formed. A spacer is deposited on the sidewalls of the patterned hard mask layer. Then, the patterned hard mask layer is removed, an... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939432 | Method of improving intrinsic gettering ability of wafer A method of improving the intrinsic gettering ability of a wafer is described. A first annealing step is performed to the wafer at a first temperature in an atmosphere containing at least one of oxygen gas and nitrogen gas. A second annealing step is performed to th... | 05/10/2011 |
