Abstract: A de-interlacing method includes the following steps. A de-interlacing pixel datum of a target pixel is obtained according to a current field and multiple correlated fields. A caption region of the current field is defined according to the fields, and a region motion vector and a region confidence are correspondingly obtained. When the target pixel belongs to the caption region, a compensation pixel datum of the target pixel is obtained by motion compensation according to at least a part of the fields and the region motion vector, and the target pixel is judged as a foreground pixel or a background pixel to output a compensation select signal according to the region motion vector and the region confidence. The de-interlacing pixel datum or the compensation pixel datum is outputted as a correlated pixel datum of the target pixel according to the compensation select signal.

Abstract: An embroidery thread organizing card including a thread organizing structure having a front panel and a back panel, a barcode provided on a front side of the front panel near one corner thereof for material management, and instruction information provided on a rear side of the back panel showing things to be noted during embroidering, a plurality of information zones provided on the front side of the front panel, and a plurality of embroidery thread groups having a number and a location corresponding to that of the information zones and being clamped at an end to the thread organizing structure. Each of the information zones shows a thread color sample and information related to the use of the corresponding embroidery thread group. A user picking a thread for embroidery can at the same time obtain information related to the picked thread, so as to avoid using a wrong thread and to embroider efficiently.

Abstract: A vehicle control device simplifies input work of a password that puts a vehicle in a usable state, on an emergency occasion, in which a portable equipment (smart key) cannot be used. A system display unit flashes on an emergency occasion when a password is input without the use of the smart key. A hazard switch is operated to enter a character of the password corresponding to a number of times that the system display unit flashes.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image correction method of correcting an image including a number of horizontal image scan lines each corresponding to a number of pieces of image data. The method includes the following steps: segmenting each of the horizontal image scan lines into a plurality of segments according to a plurality of nodes, each of the segments having an original segment length; looking up a table to generate at least one correction parameter according to a selection signal; generating a gain value according to a control signal; correcting the original segment length to generate an adjusted segment length according to the gain value and the correction parameter; and altering positions of the plurality of nodes to correct the image according to the adjusted segment length.

Abstract: A tamper resistant enclosure for an electronic circuit includes an inner copper case, a tamper sensing mesh wrapped around the inner case, an outer copper case enclosing the inner case and the tamper sensing mesh, and a venting device forming a vent channel from inside the inner case to outside the outer case, the vent channel passing between overlapping layers of the tamper sensing mesh and having at least one right angle bend along its length. The venting device consists of two strips of a thin polyamide coverlay material laminated together along their length, and a length of wool yarn sandwiched between the two thin strips and extending from one end of the strips to the other end of the strips to form the vent channel. The length of yarn follows a zig-zag path between the first and second strips, the zig-zag path including at least one right angle bend.

Abstract: An electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) pattern structure includes a nonconductive substrate and a pattern assembly formed on the substrate. The EBG pattern structure also includes regularly arranged closed-loop patterns and open-loop patterns, both of which are made of a conductive material. The EBG pattern structure can be used to manufacture new security products by applying its frequency characteristics to securities or IDs and variously used in security technologies for preventing forgery and alteration because various security codes can be created by adjusting the variables of its EBG pattern.

Abstract: Provided is a device for tracking polarizations. A receiving polarization tracking device includes a feeder for finding vertical and horizontal vector components by receiving vertical and horizontal polarizations, a polarization estimator for estimating distortion of polarizations using the vertical and horizontal vector components outputted from the feeder, a polarization controller for controlling amplitudes and phases of vertical and horizontal polarizations based on information about the estimated distortion from the polarization estimator and an output signal from the receiving polarization tracking device, and a combiner for combining the vertical and horizontal polarizations controlled from the polarization controller.

Abstract: A stacked inductor with combined metal layers is represented in this invention. The stacked inductor includes: a top layer metal coil, and at least two lower layer metal coils, the metal coils being aligned with each other; adjacent metal coils being connected at the corresponding ends through a via; wherein, each of the lower layer metal coils is consisted of plural layers of metal lines which are interconnected. With the same chip area, the stacked inductor of the present invention can achieve higher inductance and Q factor because of the mutual inductance generated from the plural layers of metal lines and the reduced parasitic resistance.

Abstract: A backplane connector has a housing and multiple terminal assemblies. The housing has a top, a bottom and an expansion slot defined in the top. The terminal assemblies are mounted in the bottom of the housing and each terminal assembly has a first insulating base, a second insulating base and two pairs of signal transmission terminals. The first and second insulating bases are connected to each other. The pairs of the signal transmission terminals are mounted respectively through the first and second insulating bases. Each signal transmission terminal has a curved guide element and an angled protruding element. The curved guiding elements smoothly contacts and guides an electrical connecting portion of a PCB expansion card to move so that the PCB expansion card is installed easily in the expansion slot of the backplane connector.

Abstract: A method for adjusting weighting values in light metering is provided. An input image is divided into multiple metering zones. The input image includes a number of pixel data, and the metering zones correspond to a number of exposure weighting values. It is determined whether the color of each pixel datum of the input image is skin color. For each metering zone, an amount of the pixel data determined as the skin color is calculated. The corresponding exposure weighting values of the metering zones are adjusted according to the calculated results.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first conduction type semiconductor layer; a second conduction type element forming region formed above the first conduction type semiconductor layer and formed with at least one semiconductor element formed on a surface region of the second conduction type element forming region; a first conduction type element-isolation region insulating and segregating the second conduction type element forming region from the exterior; and a second conduction type buried region formed at the interface of the first conduction type semiconductor layer and the second conduction type element forming region, formed separated from the first conduction type element-isolation region. In the semiconductor device a second conduction type high concentration region is buried in the surface of the second conduction type element forming region and formed to surround the semiconductor element and separated from the first conduction type element-isolation region.

Abstract: Provided is a nanowire memory including a source and a drain corresponding to the source, and a nano channel formed to connect the source to the drain. Here, the nano channel includes a nanowire electrically connecting the source to the drain according to voltages of the source and drain, and a nanodot formed on the nanowire and having a plurality of potentials capturing charges. Thus, the nanowire memory has a simple structure, thereby simplifying a process. It can generate multi current levels by adjusting several energy states using gates, operate as a volatile or non-volatile memory by adjusting the gates and the energy level, and include another gate configured to adjust the energy level, resulting in formation of a hybrid structure of volatile and non-volatile memories.

Abstract: An auxiliary fastening apparatus for engaging with tablet electronic device is provided, including a receiving unit, an angle adjustment mechanism and a support unit. The apparatus may further include an auxiliary belt. The receiving unit is for placing the tablet PC on, and the angle adjustment mechanism and the support unit are to enable the receiving unit to stand in either portrait or landscape mode. The auxiliary belt can be wrapped around the wrist to prevent the handheld tablet PC from slipping and falling to the ground. The unique structure of the support unit allows the tablet PC to tilt a small angle when placed on a desk top for convenient use. The auxiliary fastening apparatus of the present invention provides convenient use of the tablet PC in various occasions.

Abstract: Provided are an environmental gas sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The environmental gas sensor includes an insulating substrate, metal electrodes formed on the insulating substrate, and a sensing layer in which different kinds of nanofibers are arranged perpendicular to each other on the metal electrodes. Thus, the environmental gas sensor can simultaneously sense two kinds of gases.

Abstract: A turbo-machine including a volute casing, a rotating shaft, an impeller, seals, an axial thrust control member and a bellows unit. The volute casing defines therein a fluid passage. The rotating shaft is rotatably provided in the volute casing. The impeller is coupled to the rotating shaft to draw fluid using centrifugal force. The seals are provided around the front and rear ends of the impeller to prevent leakage of fluid. The axial thrust control member is installed in the volute casing behind the impeller. The bellows unit includes the piston installed in the volute casing in a shape surrounding a circumferential outer surface of the axial thrust control member; and a bellows connected with one surface of the piston, the bellows having the predetermined elasticity; and an internal space, between the piston and the volute casing, isolated from the fluid drawn behind the impeller.

Abstract: A liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display panel and an electronic device using the same are provided. The electronic device comprises the LCOS display panel and a circuit board. The LCOS display panel comprises a silicon substrate, a transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The transparent substrate has a base plate and a mask layer. The circuit board is electrically connected to the display panel. The transparent substrate is disposed opposite to the silicon substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned between the silicon substrate and the transparent substrate. The base plate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface that faces the silicon substrate. The mask layer is disposed on the second surface and has at least one opening to form at least one light-transmitting region and one light-blocking region, and the light-transmitting region is a displaying region of the transparent substrate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing devices. Each developing devices performs an electrophotographic process to form an image. The image forming apparatus comprises a first developing device and a second developing device. The first developing device holds a black developer containing a first black coloring agent. The second developing device holds a gray developer. The gray developer contains a second black coloring agent and a coloring agent of a chromatic color. The chromatic color is a complementary color to the second black coloring agent.

Abstract: A first wavelength converter of a wavelength-conversion device includes: an optical amplifier amplifying an incident light beam; a first dispersion flat fiber spreading the wavelength spectrum width of the amplified beam; and a first wavelength filter transmitting a predetermined wavelength bandwidth of the first fiber output beam. A center wavelength of the first wavelength converted beam is shifted by ??1 from that of the incident light beam. A second wavelength converter of the device does not include an optical amplifier and includes: a second dispersion flat fiber spreading the wavelength spectrum width of the first wavelength converted beam; and a second wavelength filter transmitting a predetermined wavelength bandwidth of the second fiber output beam. A center wavelength of the second wavelength converted beam is shifted by ??2 from that of the first wavelength converted beam. The ??1 and ??2 satisfy ??1+??2=??, ??1×??2<0, and |??1|<|??2|.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit having an internal circuit group, which includes at least one internal circuit, includes a plurality of process monitoring circuits, each of which is disposed at a different location in the internal circuit group, each of the process monitoring circuits, which is operated in response to a power supply voltage, detecting monitoring data in the area where one of the process monitoring circuits is disposed, and a power supply voltage generating circuit generating the power supply voltage corresponding to the monitoring data, and supplying the power supply voltage to the internal circuit group.