Abstract: An integrated circuit chip includes a core circuit, a first bond pad, a first switch circuit, a second configuration resistor, a control circuit, and a storage unit. The first bonding pad is coupled to a first external reference voltage through a first node, and the first node is coupled to the first external reference voltage through a bonding wire or a first configuration resistor. The first switch circuit is coupled between a first internal reference voltage and the first node. The second configuration resistor is coupled between the first internal reference voltage and the first switch circuit or between the first switch circuit and the first node. In a first mode, the control circuit turns on the first switch circuit, and writes a configuration state of the first bonding pad to the storage unit. In a second mode, the control circuit turns off the first switch circuit.

Abstract: A main Bluetooth circuit for use in a multi-member Bluetooth device is disclosed including: a first Bluetooth communication circuit, a first packet parsing circuit, and a first control circuit. In a period during which the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit operates at the sniffing mode, the first control circuit utilizes the first Bluetooth communication circuit to receive packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device. In a situation of that a throughput of packets sniffed from the remote Bluetooth device by the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit is lower than a predetermined threshold, the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit switches from the sniffing mode to the relay mode. In a period during which the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit operates at the relay mode, the first control circuit utilizes the first Bluetooth communication circuit to receive the packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device and to forward received packets to the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit.

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device includes an ADC circuitry and a digital slope ADC circuitry. The ADC circuitry is configured to generate first bits and a first voltage according to an input signal. The digital slope ADC circuitry is configured to generate a second voltage at a node according to the first voltage and to gradually adjust the second voltage to generate second bits. After the second bits are generated, the digital slope ADC circuitry is further configured to perform a noise shaping function according to a first residual signal of the node.

Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) networking authentication system and a method thereof are provided. The IoT networking authentication system includes an idle IoT apparatus and a networked IoT apparatus. The idle IoT apparatus encrypts a connection request according to a key to generate a connection request ciphertext and sends the connection request ciphertext. The networked IoT apparatus receives the connection request ciphertext and decrypts, according to the key, the connection request ciphertext to obtain the connection request. The networked IoT apparatus authenticates the idle IoT apparatus according to the connection request to generate an authentication result. The networked IoT apparatus determines, according to the authentication result and a networking condition, whether to allow the idle IoT apparatus to join an IoT network, so as to generate a connection response. The networked IoT apparatus outputs the connection response to the idle IoT apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing method is provided, wherein the image processing method includes the steps of: receiving raw image data from an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is a four-cell Bayer sensor, the raw image data includes color information of each pixel, and the color information of each pixel only corresponds to a single color; for a specific pixel to be processed, selecting a region including the specific pixel; referring to a position of the specific pixel to determine whether to flip color information within the region to generate a flipped region; and using color information of at least one portion of pixels within the region or the flipped region to perform an interpolation operation, to generate color information that the specific pixel lacks.

Abstract: A circuit includes: a first interface circuit supporting multiple first interface operating modes respectively corresponding to different versions of a first data transmission protocol; a second interface circuit supporting multiple second interface operating modes respectively corresponding to different versions of a second data transmission protocol; a control circuit configured to operably instruct the first interface circuit to operate in a first target operating mode selected from the multiple first interface operating modes, and configured to operably instruct the second interface circuit to operate in a second target operating mode selected from the multiple second interface operating modes; wherein a difference between a nominal data rate of the first target operating mode and a nominal data rate of the second target operating mode is less than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A filter can perform two filtering processes. The filter includes a switching circuit, a first filter circuit, and a second filter circuit. The first filter circuit is coupled to the switching circuit. The second filter circuit is coupled to the switching circuit. The first filter circuit performs a first filtering process on an input signal according to a state of the switching circuit. The first filter circuit and the second filter circuit work together to perform a second filtering process on the input signal according to the state of the switching circuit.

Abstract: A display device configured to receive an input image of an electronic device. The display device comprises a display panel, a scanning circuit, and an adjusting circuit. The display panel comprises an active zone. The scanning circuit is configured to determine a display region of the active zone in which the input image is displayed. The adjusting circuit is coupled to the scanning circuit. The adjusting circuit is configured to capture an image of the display region when an adjusting signal associated with the display panel is received in order to display the image of the display region on the active zone correspondingly.

Abstract: A chip package assembly and a chip function execution method thereof are provided. The chip package assembly includes a plurality of pins, and one of the plurality of pins is configured to receive a voltage signal. A processing circuit is configured to receive the voltage signal, where the processing circuit determines whether a voltage level of the voltage signal is a first level or a second level, to generate a first control signal according to the first level, and generate a second control signal according to the second level. A first functional circuit of a plurality of functional circuits executes a first function according to the first control signal, and a second functional circuit of the plurality of functional circuits executes a second function according to the second control signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing circuit including a region type determination circuit and a filtering circuit. In the operations of the image processing circuit, the region type determination circuit receives pixel values of a plurality of pixels within a region of an image frame, and uses a high-pass filter to filter the pixel values many times to generate a plurality of filtered pixel values, and determines if the region is an edge region, a non-edge region or a mosquito noise region to generate a determination result. The filtering circuit generates a plurality of weights according to the determination result, and uses the plurality of weights to filter a center pixel of the plurality of pixels within the region to generate an adjusted pixel value.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dual-path analog-front-end (AFE) circuit and a dual-path signal receiver characterized by high linearity. The dual-path AFE circuit includes a first reception circuit, a second reception circuit and a multiplexer. The first reception circuit is configured to generate a first analog input signal according to a reception signal in a first mode and configured to be coupled to a first constant-voltage terminal via a first switch circuit in a second mode. The second reception circuit is configured to generate a second analog input signal according to the reception signal in the second mode and configured to be coupled to a second constant-voltage terminal via a second switch circuit in the first mode. The multiplexer is configured to output the first analog input signal in the first mode and output the second analog input signal in the second mode.

Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) network system and a networking method thereof are provided. The IoT network system is connected to a wireless access point and includes a plurality of network nodes and an idle node. The plurality of network nodes are communicatively connected to the wireless access point through a tree topology to form a first tree structure. In order to join the IoT network, when communication signal quality of the idle node with respect to the wireless access point is greater than a preset value, the idle node is communicatively connected to the wireless access point to form a root node of a second tree structure. When the communication signal quality of the idle node with respect to the wireless access point is not greater than the preset value, the idle node joins the IoT network by using one of network nodes in the first tree structure as a parent node.

Abstract: An asymmetric image transmission method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The asymmetric image transmission method is applicable to transmission of an image signal from a transmitter to a receiver and includes: modifying, by the transmitter, a first image pixel length in the image signal that conforms to a four-byte mode to a second image pixel length of a three-byte mode; transmitting a plurality of image pixels of the second image pixel length in the three-byte mode respectively through three transmission lanes of a transmission interface; and modifying, by the receiver, the second image pixel length of the image pixels to the first image pixel length of the four-byte mode to obtain the image signal.

Abstract: A regulator device includes a first switch, a second switch, and a controlling circuit. A control terminal of the first switch is configured to receive a first control signal. A first terminal of the second switch is coupled with a second terminal of the first switch at a node. A control terminal of the second switch is configured to receive a second control signal. The controlling circuit is coupled to the control terminal of the first switch, the control terminal of the second switch, and the node. The controlling circuit outputs the first control signal with a first slope to the first switch during a first period, and outputs the first control signal with a second slope to the first switch during a second period. The first period is less than the second period, and the first slope is larger than the second slope.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a semiconductor die including a first I/O (input/output) pad, a second I/O pad, a switch, and an internal processor, wherein the switch is configured to short the first I/O pad to the second I/O pad when a control signal is asserted; and a semiconductor package including a first bond pad configured to electrically connect to the first I/O pad, a second bond pad configured to electrically connect to the second I/O pad, a first port configured to electrically connect to a high-speed pin of a multi-mode connector, a second port configured to electrically connect to an external processor, a first routing path configured to electrically connect the first port to the first bond pad, and a second routing path configured to electrically connect the second port to the second bond pad.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for motion estimation of isolated objects are provided. The apparatus includes a dividing circuit, a flag circuit, an analyzing circuit, a calculating circuit and a determination circuit. The dividing circuit divides each of a first image and a second image into a plurality of blocks. The flag circuit adds a flag to each block within the blocks having image information different from background information. The analyzing circuit analyzes continuity of the flag to find a target isolated object having a size less than or equal to a predetermined size. The calculating circuit obtains an initial motion vector of the target isolated object according to locations of the target isolated object in the first image and the second image. The determination circuit determines whether the initial motion vector is correct according to a sum of absolute differences corresponding to the initial motion vector.

Abstract: A multimedia streaming and network apparatus that includes a flash memory, a network module, an access module and a multimedia streaming module is provided. The network module includes a network processing circuit. The access module includes a flash memory controller and an access circuit. The flash memory controller controls and accesses the flash memory. The access circuit includes a network processing storage circuit, a command and data transmission circuit and an interface converting circuit. The command and data transmission circuit performs transmission of command and data between the processing storage circuit and the network processing circuit. The interface converting circuit performs transmission and interface conversion between the network processing storage circuit and the flash memory controller. The multimedia streaming module accesses the flash memory through the flash memory controller.

Abstract: An image noise reduction device and method thereof are provided. The method includes: receiving an original image, where the original image includes a plurality of image pixels, each of the image pixels has an image pixel value and a fixed noise value, and the fixed noise value includes a decimal; obtaining a bit-shifted image pixel value, a bit-shifted fixed noise value, and a random number according to a number of bits of the decimal, the image pixel values, and the fixed noise values; obtaining a bit-shifted noise-reduced image pixel value according to the bit-shifted image pixel value, the bit-shifted fixed noise value, the random number, and a reduction equation; obtaining a noise-reduced image pixel value according to the number of bits of the decimal and the bit-shifted noise-reduced image pixel value; and obtaining a noise-reduced image according to the noise-reduced image pixel value.

Abstract: A data communication and processing method of a master device and a slave device is provided, wherein the method includes the steps of: using the master device to transmit a frame to the slave device via a communication medium, wherein the frame includes a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields includes a bursting size field and a data field, and contents within the bursting size field indicate a data amount of the data field; and using the slave device to receive the frame and store contents of the data field, or output data to the data field according to the data amount indicated by the contents within the bursting size field of the frame. In addition, a method for replacing preamble bits with a postamble bit to improve transmission efficiency is provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing dynamic statistical period adjustment regarding rate adaption (RA) are provided. The method includes: collecting respective transmission results of multiple data packets to perform parallel processing, where the parallel processing includes statistical period control and RA control. The statistical period control includes: determining whether a first loop index reaches a monitored period threshold; performing first transmitting (TX) information statistics; calculating variance of TX information statistics results; and selectively adjusting a statistical period threshold. The RA control includes: determining whether a second loop index reaches the statistical period threshold; performing second TX information statistics; and performing the RA. The statistical period control may dynamically adjust the statistical period of the RA control, to enhance transmission efficiency of the wireless communications device.