Abstract: An electronic showerhead device for automatically controlling water flow includes a showerhead body, a presence detector located within the showerhead body, a first water channel providing a primary water stream exiting the showerhead body, and a second water channel providing a secondary water stream exiting the showerhead body. Turning on a main water valve turns on the second water channel, while the first water channel remains off. Interruption of the presence interrogation beam area by a person or an object turns on the first water channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a socially based platform for rating routes of travel based on member user experience.

Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame, a charging circuit carried by the frame and configured to capture energy associated with movement of the bicycle, a power module carried by the frame, and a switch disposed electrically between the charging circuit and power module. The power module, in response to an indication that the bicycle is travelling downhill, closes the switch to enable energy transfer between the charging circuit and power module.

Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame, a charging circuit carried by the frame and configured to capture energy associated with movement of the bicycle, a power module carried by the frame, and a switch disposed electrically between the charging circuit and power module. The power module, in response to an indication that the bicycle is travelling downhill, closes the switch to enable energy transfer between the charging circuit and power module.

Abstract: An example mobile device case is described. In one implementation, the mobile device case includes a housing that surrounds at least a portion of a mobile device. A capacitive touch button is disposed on the housing and associated with a vehicle function. A user activation sensor initiates monitoring of the capacitive touch button in response to a user contact. A vehicle control module senses activation of the capacitive touch button and, in response to sensing the activation, initiates the associated vehicle function.

Abstract: Example motorized camera mounts are described. In one implementation, an apparatus for mounting a camera to a vehicle includes a motor and a rotatable shaft operatively coupled to the motor. The rotatable shaft includes a mechanism for mounting a camera. A controller is coupled to the motor and configured to control rotation of the rotatable shaft based on a desired orientation of the camera.

Abstract: Example event tagging systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a system includes a button that can be activated by a user in response to an event. An event tagging manager identifies user-activation of the button and determines a geographic location of the button and a time of button activation. The event tagging manager also stores the geographic location and the time of button activation. An annotation manager is capable of accessing the stored geographic location and time associated with the event, and supports user-annotation of the event.

Abstract: An example mobile device case is described. In one implementation, the mobile device case includes a housing that surrounds at least a portion of a mobile device. A capacitive touch button is disposed on the housing and associated with a vehicle function. A user activation sensor initiates monitoring of the capacitive touch button in response to a user contact. A vehicle control module senses activation of the capacitive touch button and, in response to sensing the activation, initiates the associated vehicle function.

Abstract: A data transmission method applied in a display, which includes a display panel, is provided. The data transmission method includes the following steps of: providing a host controller and n display drivers, n is a natural number greater than 1; providing a communication link under mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), connecting the host controller to the n display drivers; determining n virtual channel values Vc1-Vcn corresponding to the respective n display drivers; employing the host controller for providing a command with a virtual channel parameter through the communication link under MIPI; when the virtual channel parameter corresponds to an ith virtual channel values Vci, an ith display driver executing corresponding operations in response to the command, while the rest n?1 display drivers ignoring the command, wherein i is a natural number smaller than or equal to n.

Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame, a charging circuit carried by the frame and configured to capture energy associated with movement of the bicycle, a power module carried by the frame, and a switch disposed electrically between the charging circuit and power module. The power module, in response to an indication that the bicycle is travelling downhill, closes the switch to enable energy transfer between the charging circuit and power module.

Abstract: In calibration mode, a clock signal and a data signal are respectively transmitted via a clock lane and a data lane of an MIPI. A test clock signal is provided by adjusting the phase of the clock signal, and a test data signal is provided by adjusting the phase of the data signal. By latching the test data signal according to the test clock signal, a latched data may be acquired for determining an optimized phase relationship corresponding to the clock lane and the data lane. When transmitting the clock signal and the data signal in normal mode, the signal delays of the clock lane and the data lane may be adjusted according to the optimized phase relationship.

Abstract: A data transmission method applied in a display, which includes a display panel, is provided. The data transmission method includes the following steps of: providing a host controller and n display drivers, n is a natural number greater than 1; providing a communication link under mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), connecting the host controller to the n display drivers; determining n virtual channel values Vc1-Vcn corresponding to the respective n display drivers; employing the host controller for providing a command with a virtual channel parameter through the communication link under MIPI; when the virtual channel parameter corresponds to an ith virtual channel values Vci, an ith display driver executing corresponding operations in response to the command, while the rest n?1 display drivers ignoring the command, wherein i is a natural number smaller than or equal to n.

Abstract: A data transmission method applied in a display, which includes a display panel, is provided. The data transmission method includes the following steps of: providing a host controller and n display drivers, n is a natural number greater than 1; providing a communication link under mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), connecting the host controller to the n display drivers; determining n virtual channel values Vc1-Vcn corresponding to the respective n display drivers; employing the host controller for providing a command with a virtual channel parameter through the communication link under MIPI; when the virtual channel parameter corresponds to an ith virtual channel values Vci, an ith display driver executing corresponding operations in response to the command, while the rest n?1 display drivers ignoring the command, wherein i is a natural number smaller than or equal to n.

Abstract: In calibration mode, a clock signal and a data signal are respectively transmitted via a clock lane and a data lane of an MIPI. A test clock signal is provided by adjusting the phase of the clock signal, and a test data signal is provided by adjusting the phase of the data signal. By latching the test data signal according to the test clock signal, a latched data may be acquired for determining an optimized phase relationship corresponding to the clock lane and the data lane. When transmitting the clock signal and the data signal in normal mode, the signal delays of the clock lane and the data lane may be adjusted according to the optimized phase relationship.

Abstract: A signal calibration method for synchronizing a clock signal and at least one data signal in a transmission system is disclosed. The signal calibration method comprises detecting at least one transmission time difference between the clock signal and the at least one data signal transmitted in the transmission system, calculating a plurality of delay periods of the clock signal and the at least one data signal according to the at least one transmission time difference, and respectively delaying the clock signal and the at least one data signal for the plurality of delay periods to synchronize the clock signal and the at least one data signal.

Abstract: A display driver apparatus and an inversion method thereof are provided. The display driver apparatus includes a gate drive unit, a source drive unit, a multiplexer unit and a common voltage generation unit. The gate drive unit is used to generate a gate signal for turning on/off sub-pixels. The source drive unit is used to generate a source signal required by the display panel. The multiplexer unit is used to regulate the sequence for the source signal to be delivered to the sub-pixels. The common voltage generation unit is used to generate a common voltage and switch the level of the common voltage during the enable period of the gate signal.

Abstract: A data transformation method for a testing system includes using a reception end for receiving a test signal comprising a test data and a timing information corresponding to the test data, and using a transformation unit for transforming the test data according to the timing information, so as to generate a test pattern utilized for testing a communication device.

Abstract: A system and a method for estimating a state of a carrier are provided. The system includes the carrier, an electromagnetic wave sensing device, a motion sensing device, and a controller. The electromagnetic wave sensing device detects an electromagnetic wave emitted by at least one feature object in an environment around the carrier. The motion sensing device detects motion information of the carrier moving in the environment. The controller estimates state information of the carrier in the environment through a probabilistic algorithm according to the electromagnetic wave and motion information detected by aforementioned sensing devices. Thereby, in the present invention, the location and posture of the carrier in the environment can be precisely estimated according to the motion information of the carrier and existing information of the environment around the same.

Abstract: In embodiments of the invention, multiple sensors, which are complementary, are used in localization and mapping. Besides, in detecting and tracking dynamic object, the sense results of sensing the dynamic object by the multiple sensors are cross-compared, to detect the location of the dynamic object and to track the dynamic object.

Abstract: A data description method for a serial transmission interface includes generating a low-speed data and a high-speed data simultaneously, sampling the low-speed data to generate a first sampling result according to a first sampling rate within a specified duration, sampling the high-speed data to generate a second sampling result according to a second sampling rate within the specified duration, and combining the first sampling result and the second sampling result to describe contents of the low-speed data and the high-speed data within the specified duration.