Abstract: An image adjusting method is adapted to an image adjusting circuit. The image adjusting method includes following steps. An image signal is received and up-sampled to generate a first up-sampled image signal and a second up-sampled image signal. The first up-sampled image signal includes interpolated pixels and original pixels. Values of the interpolated pixels and the original pixels are detected, and a weight value is outputted according to the detection result. Whether the values of the interpolated pixels are adjusted or not is determined based on the detection result. According to the weight value, the second up-sampled image signal and the adjusted first up-sampled image signal are mixed to output a mixed image signal. An image adjusting circuit is also provided.

Abstract: A cover glass structure includes a glass substrate, a touch-sensing structure and a decorative layer. The glass substrate has at least one cutting section, and the cutting section is polished to form a polished surface. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the glass substrate, and the decorative layer is disposed on the glass substrate.

Abstract: A method for human movement recognition comprises the steps of: retrieving successive measuring data for human movement recognition from an inertial measurement unit; dividing the successive measuring data to generate at least a human movement pattern waveform if the successive measuring data conforms to a specific human movement pattern; quantifying the at least a human movement pattern waveform to generate at least a human movement sequence; and determining a human movement corresponding to the inertial measurement unit by comparing the at least a human movement sequence and a plurality of reference human movement sequences.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including an image detecting unit, an image interpolating unit and an image blending unit is provided. The image detecting unit detects a pixel difference value of an image frame and a previous image frame or a next image frame thereof and outputs a weight value according to the pixel difference value. The image interpolating unit interpolates a pixel value of the image frame in an intra-field interpolation method and an inter-field interpolation method. The image blending unit blends the pixel value interpolated in the intra-field interpolation method and the pixel value interpolated in the inter-field interpolation method to restore the image frame according to the weight value. An image processing method is also provided.

Abstract: Architecture and method of hybrid P2P/client-server for data transmission involve using a P2P grouping method to determine the data transmission mode being a P2P mode or a client-server mode by an original source, for a plurality of peers connected to the original source. The original source further divides the plurality of peers into a P2P group and a client-server group, and dynamically determines the respective number of peers and the upstream bandwidth for the two groups. Thereby, during a data transmission procedure, it may achieve a performance balance among the propagation delay, restriction of upstream bandwidth for data sources, network throughput and system loading.

Abstract: This present disclosure provides a method and the system thereof for monitoring residential appliances, which includes: measuring electrical data in a residence and transmitting the electrical data to a local data-processing unit, the electrical data at least containing a voltage, a real power, and a reactive power; normalizing the electrical data according to the voltage; calculating a variation of the normalized electrical data when the electrical data change; and comparing the variation of the normalized electrical data to an electrical feature which is contained in appliance information of the local data-processing unit, so as to determine the appliance which causes the variation of the electrical data.

Abstract: A multicast communication method for relaying a multicast packet from a first member node to a plurality of second member nodes in a wireless network is provided, wherein the first member node and the second member nodes belong to a same group and can communicate with each other via a plurality of non-member nodes. In the multicast communication method, a number and distances of the second member nodes are recorded. The multicast packet is received from the first member node, and a waiting time is determined according to the number and the distances of the second member nodes. Whether the multicast packet is broadcasted by any other relay node is monitored during the waiting time. If the multicast packet is already broadcasted to all the second member nodes by other relay node, the multicast packet is not broadcasted; otherwise, the multicast packet is broadcasted after the waiting time elapses.

Abstract: An image transient improvement apparatus for suppressing aliasing patterns in an image is disclosed. The image transient improvement apparatus includes a limit detector for detecting a maximum gray level and a minimum gray level of a plurality of pixels of a sub-zone of the image, a filter for acquiring a frequency component of the plurality of pixels at a specific frequency, a weighted second-order derivative detector for calculating a plurality of second-order derivatives of the plurality of pixels and accordingly generating a gain, a multiplier for multiplying the frequency component by the gain to generate an amplified frequency component, an adder for adding the amplified frequency component to the plurality of pixels to generate an adding result, and a limiter for converting the adding result to a transient improved sub-zone according to the maximum gray level and the minimum gray level.

Abstract: A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric comprising a first plurality of reflective yarns knitted or woven with a second plurality of stretchable yarns. The fabric exhibits both a light transmission property and a light reflection property. The amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric changes when the fabric stretches in response to motion, such as the motion induced by physiological activity (e.g., heart rate). The system includes at least one source of radiation having wavelength(s) in the range of 400 to 2200 nanometers and at least one detector responsive to such incident radiation. The source and detector are associated with the fabric such that the reception of incident radiation by the detector is directly affected by a change in the amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric when the fabric stretches.

Abstract: An information integration system for integrating information includes: a local information receiving unit configured to receive information from a plurality of sensors; an information collecting unit configured to collect information from a plurality of remote information sources; and an information processing unit coupled to the local information receiving unit and the information collecting unit, the information processing unit being configured to process the information received by the local information receiving unit and the information collected by the information collecting unit.

Abstract: A sport guiding device and a sport guiding method using the same are provided. The sport guiding method includes the following steps. Two of a predetermined sport frequency intensity, a predetermined calorific capacity and a predetermined sport time are provided. A predetermined sport frequency curve is obtained according to two of the predetermined sport frequency intensity, the predetermined calorific capacity and the predetermined sport time. An actual sport frequency curve of a user is detected. If the actual sport frequency curve is deviated from the predetermined sport frequency curve for the predetermined level, then a tempo guiding signal is outputted.

Abstract: A video processing apparatus and methodology use a combination of a processor and a video decoding hardware block to decode video data by using a reference block cache memory to perform motion compensation decode operations in the video decoding hardware block. To improve the cache hit rate, each memory access for required reference block(s) is used to fetch one or more additional reference blocks which can be used to improve the cache hit rate with future motion compensation operations. Speculative fetch control logic selects the additional reference blocks by using a frequency history table to accumulate compared motion vector information for a current motion compensation block with motion vector information from previously processed motion compensation blocks.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a phenanthrene derivative having the following structure: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 independently are phenyl, nathphyl, heterocyclic group, polycyclic aromatic or polycyclic heterocyclic group with at least one conjugated substituent. The conjugated substituent can be an electron withdrawing group or electron donating group. The phenanthrene derivatives have semiconductor properties of electron transfer, electroluminescence (EL), and photoluminescence (PL). Intermolecular stacking can be avoided and electron-luminescent emission stability is enhanced when the derivatives are applied as a light-emitting material in organic EL devices due to the presence of the two stereo cyclopentane rings, such as a host compound or a dopant emitting blue light.

Abstract: A system and a method for vectoring service initiation, such service initiation can be data transfer, game initiation, media download, media streaming initiation, house application and the like, based on sensor assisted positioning are provided, which employ location sensors built in hand-held devices with positioning technology to provide an instinctive 2-D or 3-D user-machine interface, by that the user is able to transfer a file from a source device to a target device.

Abstract: A scheduling method for peer-to-peer data transmission suitable for a peer-to-peer system is described. The peer-to-peer system comprises a plurality of nodes, and the nodes comprise an ith and jth nodes, wherein the jth node uploads a plurality of upload files to the nodes connected thereto, and the upload files comprise an upload file Fij. The scheduling method determines a distributed upload bandwidth Uij of the upload file Fij according to at least one of a plurality of file sizes of the upload files and at least one of the time differences between a plurality of playback deadlines of the upload files and a current transmission time.

Abstract: A wireless sensing system and a method thereof are provided. The wireless sensing system includes: a data processing center; and a first sensor module for processing a first source data into a first dynamic counting sketch data structure. The first dynamic counting sketch data structure has a bit length determined based on the first source data. The data processing center estimates the first source data based on the first dynamic counting sketch data.

Abstract: A method for positioning a mobile device includes following steps. Based on a prior location point of the mobile device, many sample particles are generated according to a prior probability distribution associated with the prior location point. A current moving track or a current behavior mode of the mobile device is obtained, and the sample particles are moved according to at least one of the current moving track and the current behavior mode. A current supposed status is obtained based on a radio frequency signal received by the mobile device. A current probability distribution of the sample particles corresponding to the radio frequency signal or the current supposed status is generated to obtain corresponding weights of the moved sample particles. A current location point of the mobile device is obtained according to the weights and distribution of the sample particles.

Abstract: A wireless transmitter includes a first filtering unit coupled to a first cable for outputting a first DC source transmitted on the first cable, a first power converting unit for converting the first DC source into a second DC source, a second filtering unit for eliminating noise in the second DC source, a first DC blocking unit for blocking the second DC source and outputting a second frequency modulation (FM) signal, an amplifier for amplifying the second FM signal to generate a first FM signal, and a second DC blocking unit coupled to the amplifier and the first cable, for outputting the first FM signal to the first cable, such that the first FM signal is transmitted to the air through the first cable as a transmitting antenna.

Abstract: A system configured for parking management in a parking facility, the system comprising a plurality of parking spaces, and a plurality of sensor units corresponding to the plurality of parking spaces, each of the plurality of sensor units being configured to detect a parking status of a corresponding one of the plurality of parking spaces and transmit a first message including the parking status of the corresponding one parking space in a wireless communication network.

Abstract: A circuit and a method for processing an image are provided. The circuit includes a weighting circuit and a sharpening circuit. The weighting circuit includes at least two adapters and a weight decider. The weighting circuit receives an input image. Each of the adapters respectively generates a weight according to an image property of the input image. The weight decider performs a logical calculation according to the weights generated by the adapters to generate a total weight. The sharpening circuit performs an image sharpening process on the input image according to the total weight to generate an output image.