Abstract: A fixing tube suitable for accommodating a battery and fixing the battery in a body of an electronic apparatus. The fixing tube includes a tube body. The tube body has an accommodating space, and the tube body is made of a breakable material. The battery is suitable for being accommodated in the accommodating space, and the tube body is suitable for being adhered to the body, so as to fix the battery in the body. An electronic apparatus including the fixing tube is also provided.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus comprises a processor which divides an original image into a plurality of group images and rotates each of the group images by an angle to generate an output image.

Abstract: Portable apparatus using multi-core storage mechanism and data access method therefor are provided. The portable apparatus includes a host circuit for controlling the portable apparatus, having a plurality of channels for being coupled to a multi-core storage unit so as to perform write or read operation.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a main antenna and a hairpin element. The hairpin element is disposed adjacent to the main antenna, and substantially has a U-shape. The hairpin element is configured to increase bandwidth and antenna efficiency of the main antenna.

Abstract: A touch display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first flexible substrate and a sensing circuit. The first flexible substrate includes a body disposed on the display panel and an extension portion located outside the display panel, in which the extension portion is connected to the body and adapted to bend relatively to the body. The sensing circuit includes a plurality of first connection lines disposed on the first flexible substrate. In addition, the disclosure also discloses a handheld electronic device with the above-mentioned touch display device.

Abstract: A cover, an electronic device and a method for manufacturing the cover are provided. The electronic device includes a body and a cover. The cover is disposed on the body, and includes a substrate, an adhesive layer and a color layer. The substrate has a thinning region. The color layer is disposed in the thinning region and is located between the substrate and the adhesive layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a calendar application or widget for use on a handheld electronic mobile device. This calendar application is able to post birthday greets on a web page of a social network without having to launch the application of the social network. The calendar application is able to synchronize with external data storages from the cloud storage. Upon synchronizing the data, a user is able to obtain information regarding events and be reminded by the event. When a reminder is triggered, a user is able to respond by sending greetings to personal contacts or to invite contacts to the event, and the response can be synchronized with external servers.

Abstract: An electronic device and methods for image stabilization for use in an electronic device are provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of motion data, at least a portion of the plurality of motion data corresponding to a first image frame, determining a motion value corresponding to the first image frame according to the portion of motion data, determining a display offset between the first image frame to a reference image frame according to the motion value and providing a portion of the first image frame for display according to the display offset. The reference image frame is displayed prior to the first image frame and is stored in a storage unit.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The electronic apparatus with a touch screen display executes the following steps: a list of scrollable items on the touch screen display is displayed; a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected; in response to an edge of the list being reached, one or more items in a first direction is moved to display one or more gaps, wherein each gap is between the adjacent items and no gap is formed outside of the edge of the list; and the one or more items in a second direction is moved until the one or more gaps are no longer displayed.

Abstract: A method, a handheld electronic apparatus, and a car system for activating an application are provided. The handheld electronic apparatus obtains identification information from a car apparatus when the handheld electronic apparatus is connected to the car apparatus. Herein, the car apparatus is coupled to a power connection unit of a vehicle. The handheld electronic apparatus activates an application corresponding to the identification information after obtaining the identification information.

Abstract: By adjusting focal distance of a lens unit of an image capture system and/or adjusting a luminance of a flashlight generator of the image capture system according to the focal distance, better luminance performance is fulfilled on an image captured by the image capture system.

Abstract: A handheld device and a power saving method are provided. The handheld device comprises a transceiver and a processor electrically connected to the transceiver. The processor executes a sync procedure every a sync period to enable the transceiver to establish an internet connection with a mail server to receive a mail data, determine that the handheld device works in an idle mode, and automatically adjust the sync period by extending the sync period gradually.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a casing of electronic device including the following steps is provided. A casing body is provided, and the material of the casing body being metal. An oxide ceramic layer is formed on a surface of the casing body, wherein the step of forming the oxide ceramic layer on the surface of the casing body is a Micro Arc Oxidation (MAO) process. A casing of electronic device including a casing body and an oxide ceramic layer is also disclosed. The material of the casing body is metal. The oxide ceramic layer is located on a surface of the casing body.

Abstract: An image alignment method includes steps of receiving a first image and a second image; scaling the first image and the second image by a ratio to generate a first downsized image and a second downsized image respectively; determining a first offset between the first downsized image and the second downsized image; selecting a first saliency region and a second saliency region from the first downsized image and the second downsized image; determining a second offset between a first sub-region within the first image and a second sub-region within the second image, the first sub-region and the second sub-region corresponding to the first saliency region and the second saliency region respectively; determining a final offset according to the ratio, the first offset and the second offset; and aligning the first image and the second image by the final offset.

Abstract: Electronic device, accessory, and method for detecting an accessory are provided. The electronic device includes a connector, a control unit, and an audio processing unit. The connector is configured to connect to an accessory and has an audio contact. The control unit has first and second terminals, which are coupled to the audio contact. The control unit is configured to send a command, which is represented by a first serial digital signal, to the accessory through the first terminal and audio contact when the accessory is electrically connected to the connector, and to receive accessory data, which is represented by a second serial digital signal and generated by the accessory in response to the command, through the second terminal and audio contact. The audio processing unit is coupled between the audio contact and control unit, and configured to receive an audio signal from the accessory through the audio contact.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for displaying a dual time zone view on a portable electronic device with a touch screen is provided. The method has the following steps of: executing a calendar application to display a calendar view including multiple calendar items scheduled in a first time zone and a second time zone; and displaying a time zone bar including a first column and a second column, wherein the time of the first time zone and the second time zone is displayed on the first column and the second column, respectively.

Abstract: A method for uploading a media file to an online service, an electronic device using the same, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided. In the present method, a plurality of upload rules corresponding to an online service are obtained. A media capture application is initiated on an electronic device. A media file captured by using the media capture application is automatically uploaded to the online service in accordance with the upload rules. Accordingly, the user only has to launch the media capture application to capture the media file, then the captured media file is automatically uploaded to the specific online service without launching an application of the online service.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image capture method comprises capturing a sequence of image frames; providing the sequence of image frames for preview along a first path and buffering the sequence of image frames into a buffer along a second path separately and concurrently; receiving an input command via an input interface unit; and in response to the input command, extracting a portion of the sequence of image frames from the buffer and encoding the portion of image frames along the second path; and storing the portion of encoded image frames in a memory unit.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a ground plane, a grounding trace, and a feeding trace. The grounding trace defines a notch, and has a shorted end coupled to the ground plane. The feeding trace is disposed adjacent to the grounding trace, and has a feeding end and an open end. An antenna structure is formed by the grounding trace and the feeding trace. The feeding end of the feeding trace is coupled to a signal source. The open end of the feeding trace substantially extends into the notch of the grounding trace.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a casing of a handheld electronic device includes following steps. A casing body and an oxidation metal layer are provided. The casing body is made of metal; the oxidation metal layer is located on a surface of the casing body. The oxidation metal layer is dyed by at least one dye and has an appearance with a color gradient through controlling the velocity of dyeing the oxidation metal layer by the dye. A casing of a handheld electronic device including a casing body and an oxidation metal layer is also provided. The casing body is made of metal. The oxidation metal layer is located on a surface of the casing body and dyed by at least one dye, so that an appearance of the oxidation metal layer has a color gradient.