Abstract: A golfing aid device capable of displaying and setting points-of-interest includes a processor, a screen, an input mechanism, a memory, a GPS module and a software program stored in the memory. The software program includes a points-of-interest setting interface and a points-of-interest displaying interface. A characteristic of the points-of-interest displaying interface are left-side, central and right-side displaying areas. When a point-of-interest with a left-side/right-side attribute is displayed, it is displayed in the left-side/right-side displaying area. On the other hand, a point-of-interest without a left-side/right-side attribute is displayed in the central displaying area. Therefore, the user can easily read the information displayed on the points-of-interest displaying interface.

Abstract: An On-Off control circuit between the IEEE1394a and IEEE1394b compliant physical layer (PHY) output driver circuitry and the glass fiber optical physical medium dependent (PMD) sub-layer within the architecture of the IEEE 1394b standard addresses the stability issue incurred by electronic circuit's inherent noise that interferes with the connection detecting procedure defined by the connection management protocol (CMP) of the IEEE 1394b standard. The circuit includes of a voltage divider to provide a reference voltage of about 50% of the output common mode voltage, a voltage comparator, and a feedback coupled to the positive input of the comparator to eliminate possible oscillation. The negative input of the comparator may be connected to the mid point of TPB termination network and the positive input of the comparator may be connected to the output of the voltage dividing circuit. The output of the comparator may be connected to the transmission enable bar input of the optical transceiver.

Abstract: A video bit stream having a constant frame rate is generated from an input having a frame rate that is different than the constant frame rate. Zero-motion difference frames are added to the bit stream to achieve the constant frame rate. Bit rate control may include using a state transition model to determine a noise masking factor for the frame; and assigning a number of bits as a function of the noise masking factor.

Abstract: In a system utilizing double wide communication channels, if a particular CPE requires a sustained rate that is greater than the bandwidth of a single channel, data to and from the CPE may be split across Channels A and B. Also, when the bandwidth requirements of a particular CPE peaks at a data rate greater than the capacity of a single channel, the CPE's data may be split across the two channels. In one embodiment, a single-wide CPE may communicate with the base station without knowing that it is communicating with a base station configured to communicate using a double wide channel.

Abstract: An On-Off control circuit between the IEEE1394a and IEEE1394b compliant physical layer (PHY) output driver circuitry and the glass fiber optical physical medium dependent (PMD) sub-layer within the architecture of the IEEE 1394b standard addresses the stability issue incurred by electronic circuit's inherent noise that interferes with the connection detecting procedure defined by the connection management protocol (CMP) of the IEEE 1394b standard. The circuit includes of a voltage divider to provide a reference voltage of about 50% of the output common mode voltage, a voltage comparator, and a feedback coupled to the positive input of the comparator to eliminate possible oscillation. The negative input of the comparator may be connected to the mid point of TPB termination network and the positive input of the comparator may be connected to the output of the voltage dividing circuit. The output of the comparator may be connected to the transmission enable bar input of the optical transceiver.