Abstract: An method for creating a index of the data blocks is applicable in data de-duplication procedure, includes loading an index file, the index file includes a plurality of location blocks, each location block includes a plurality of storage fields, and each storage field records a primary Hash value corresponding to the data block; performing a first Hash procedure on a primary Hash value of the data block and calculating a block number; performing a second Hash procedure on the primary Hash value in the same data block and calculating a field number; loading a location conflict list; comparing the field number with the field number in the location conflict list to search whether the same field number is stored in the location conflict list; writing the primary Hash value into the corresponding block number and the field number if the field number does not exist in the location conflict list.

Abstract: The invention discloses a card socket comprising a base, a first resilient member, a holder, a second resilient member and a driving rod. The base comprises a bottom surface and a side wall with a block portion. The first resilient member is disposed on the bottom surface. The holder is pivotally connected to the base and compresses the first resilient member. The holder comprises an accommodating space, and a card member is removably accommodated in the accommodating space. The second resilient member and the driving rod are also disposed in the accommodating space. The driving rod comprises a hook and a recess. The hook is against the second resilient member and is capable of driving the card member to move. The block portion restrains the driving rod on the base. Furthermore, the restriction between the driving rod and the block portion can be removed through the recess.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a common repair structure for repairing scanning and/or data line defects in a liquid crystal display panel. In one embodiment, the common repair structure includes a plurality of “H” shaped structures, where each “H” shaped structure is placed over a corresponding segment of two neighboring scanning lines located between and associated with two neighboring pixels along the second direction or a corresponding segment of two neighboring data lines located between and associated with two neighboring pixels along the first direction.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for executing an out-of-band agent in an in-band process of a host system. An out-of-band connection is created between a service processor located on a host computer and a remote management device. The service processor receives an agent program from the remote management device over the out-of-band connection and stores the agent program in a storage area. The agent program is made available to an in-band process of the host system operating on the host computer through a standard storage device interface. The agent program is then executed out-of-band by the service processor or in-band by the process of the host system.

Abstract: An optical fingerprint recognition system has a finger board. The finger board has a plurality of micro-structures, and a plate face of the finger board is to be in contact with a finger, and the other plate face of the finger board has an image capturing element and at least one light emitting element disposed thereon. The image capturing element and the light emitting element are separated from the finger board for a distance. When the light emitting element emits a light ray towards the finger board, the light ray is guided by the plurality of micro-structures to be uniformly distributed in the finger board, so as to facilitate the image capturing element to capture the light ray applied on the finger, thus improving the recognition rate of the fingerprint.

Abstract: An illumination device includes a lamp housing component, a main bone disposed inside the lamp housing component, and at least one light emitting component. The light emitting component has a heat sink member and a light emitting member. The heat sink member is locked on the main bone, and the light emitting member is disposed on the lamp housing component and contacts the heat sink member. According to the demand for luminance, the number of light emitting components is optionally increased or decreased on the main bone, or the main bone inside the lamp housing component is replaced by an extended main bone, so as to increase the number of light emitting components.

Abstract: An input control apparatus and an interactive system using the same are disclosed. The input control apparatus comprises: a switch unit, for selecting an input mode for the input control apparatus selected from the group consisting of a mouse mode, a joystick mode, a keyboard mode and the combination thereof; an interface unit, for generating an input signal according to the input mode selected by the switch unit; a remote control unit, for generating and thus transmitting a control signal according to the input mode and the input signal. By transmitting the control signals of two aforesaid input control apparatuses to an electronic device, such as a computer, an interactive gaming device or an interactive multimedia device, two such input control apparatuses can be integrated as a handheld apparatus with a left-hand unit and a right-hand unit for meeting the control requirements of a comparatively more complicated game executing on the electronic device.

Abstract: A bidirectional shift register includes first, second, third and fourth control signal bus lines for providing first, second, third and fourth control signals, Bi1, Bi2, Bi3 and Bi4, respectively, and a plurality of shift register stages electrically coupled in serial, each shift register stage having first and second input nodes, where the shift register stages are grouped into a first section and a second section, where the first and second input nodes of each shift register stage in the first section are electrically coupled to the first and second control signal bus lines for receiving the first and second control signals Bi1 and Bi2, respectively, and the first and second input nodes of each shift register stage in the second section are electrically coupled to the third and fourth control signal bus lines for receiving the third and fourth control signals Bi3 and Bi4, respectively.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for assigning multiple frequency states within a serial I/O interface. Bits within the serial I/O stream may be placed in frequency states in addition to high and low logic states. Placing a serial I/O bit into a frequency state where the bit may be transitioned according to a set of allowed frequencies can extend the information represented by each bit slot of a cyclical data I/O bit stream beyond the typical two states of logic high and logic low. A transition counter may be provided for each bit slot of a serialized stream. Each transition counter may be incremented in response to the respective bit slot changing its state from its previous sampled state. A frequency state may be assigned to a bit slot in response to a respective transition counter range associated with that bit slot.

Abstract: A receiving method and apparatus is disclosed. The method comprising steps of: receiving a plurality of data according to a symbol clock signal, and reading out the plurality of data according to a first clock signal and generating a water level; receiving a second clock signal so as to generate a third clock signal, and adjusting the speed of the third clock signal according to the water level; determining a sampling frequency of the plurality of data according to a data amount of the plurality of data during a unit time period or parameters of the plurality of data; and dividing the third clock signal by a dividing value or multiplying the third clock signal by a multiplying value so as to obtain the first clock signal and adjust the water level by a clock generator.

Abstract: This invention provides a photographing module with optical zoom, which at least includes a focusing lens assembly, a zoom lens assembly, a focusing lens actuator, a zoom lens actuator, a photo sensor and a vibration sensor. The focusing lens actuator at least includes a first movable member, a first fixed member and a first electric unit, wherein the first electric unit can drive the first movable member to proceed axial displacement and incline at an angle with respect to at least one axis. The zoom lens actuator at least includes a second movable member, a second fixed member and a second electric unit, wherein the second electric unit can drive the second movable member to proceed axial displacement. Alternatively, the axial inclination driven by the first electric unit of the focusing lens actuator may be driven by the second electric unit of the zoom lens actuator.

Abstract: A fast focusing method for a digital camera is applied in an auto focusing stage for judging whether the digital camera needs to be refocused. The fast focusing method includes recording a system time after a previous focusing (defined as a first time); capturing a system time before a current focusing (defined as a second time); performing a fuzziness detection procedure to acquire a focus value when a difference obtained by subtracting the first time from the second time is greater than a focusing time threshold; setting a focusing focal length range covering a reference focal length when the focus value is between a lower limit focusing threshold and an upper limit focusing threshold; capturing images at different focusing focal lengths respectively in the focusing focal length range; calculating a contrast value of each image; calculating a target focal length from the contrast values through a quadratic curve approximation method.

Abstract: A variable length encoding (VLE) device of an image compression system is suitable for encoding transformed and quantized block image signals. The VLE device includes a plurality of encoding modules, for performing VLE on the block image signals; and a selection module (VLE module start controller), for selecting a number of the encoding modules in turn to encode the block image signals. The encoding modules are configured for parallel processing, and an operating frequency of each of the encoding modules is a fractional frequency of a throughput rate of the image compression system. The VLE device is not affected by the time consumed by the VLE in the image compression process, and enables the entire image compression system to operate as desired and achieve the required throughput rate.

Abstract: A method for driving an active matrix liquid crystal display device of the invention is provided to drive a common voltage applied on a common electrode facing a pixel electrode by inversion for displaying a part of the display area, wherein the common voltage is controlled by synchronizing the polarity inversion timing of the common electrode with the scan timing of the pixel electrode in an initial position of the displayed area.

Abstract: The present invention in one aspect relates to an acoustic wave resonator having an acoustic reflector, a piezoelectric layer, a composite structure having a first electrode, a temperature compensation layer formed on the first electrode, having one or more vias or trenches formed therein, and a second electrode formed on the temperature compensation layer and electrically connected to the first electrode at least through the one or more vias or trenches, and a third electrode, where the composite structure is disposed under the piezoelectric layer, on the piezoelectric layer, or inside the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: A thermal error compensation method for machine tools is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: disposing at least a thermal sensor at positions neighboring to the at least one heat source of a machine tool; driving the machine tool to operate under a specific operation condition for enabling the at least one heat source to generate heat; generating a thermal signal according to the temperature detected by the at least one thermal sensor; using a heat conducting calculation unit to access the thermal signal and the information relating to the specific operation condition to be used in a calculation for obtaining and thus outputting at least a node temperature; and using an error compensation unit to access the at least one node temperature to be used in a calculation for obtaining thermal error compensation values for the machine tool.

Abstract: The invention provides an outer cover adapted to a communication device, a communication device including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. The outer cover according to the invention includes a cover body and an antenna. The cover body has a bottom surface. Particularly, the antenna is fixed at a predetermined position on the bottom surface by an insert molding process.

Abstract: A system and apparatus are provided for selectively terminating an analog video signal depending on whether or not a terminating device is present. A conditional terminator receives an analog video signal from a video input and terminates the video signal in the absence of a terminating device and does not terminate the video signal when a terminating device is connected to the analog video signal. A conditional terminator may comprise a resistor and transistor connecting the video signal to ground when a ground signal from a terminating device is not present and disconnecting the signal from ground as a result of the presence of a ground signal from a connected terminating device. The conditional termination may occur in a video input device or alternatively in a video cable connector.

Abstract: This invention provides an optical photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a second lens with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a third lens with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens with negative refractive power; and a fifth lens with positive refractive power; wherein the optical photographing lens assembly further comprises a stop disposed between the second and third lenses; and wherein the distance on the optical axis between the fourth and fifth lenses is T45, the focal length of the optical photographing lens assembly is f, the number of the lenses with refractive power is N, and they satisfy the relations: 0.10<(T45/f)*10<6.00, 5?N?6.