Abstract: A portable device has an adaptive panoramic image processor. The portable device further has a plurality of image sensors having overlapping fields of view and an input device receiving a trigger signal that triggers the plurality of image sensors to capture a plurality of images. The adaptive panoramic image processor of the portable device processes the images to form a panorama based on side information about the portable device.

Abstract: A portable device capable of building a panorama, a panoramic video or/and a panoramic audio. The portable device has a plurality of sensors with overlapping sensing areas and an input device receiving a trigger signal that triggers the sensors to sense data for generating a panoramic photo/video/audio file.

Abstract: An antenna is provided adapted to be formed on a metal housing of an electronic device. The antenna includes a first slot, a second slot, a substrate, a feed conductor and a signal source. The first slot and the second slot are formed on the metal housing. The first slot and the second slot are aligned along an axis. The substrate is disposed on the metal housing. The feed conductor is disposed on the substrate and corresponding to the first slot. The feed conductor includes a first section and a second section, the first section is extended in a first direction, the first slot is extended in the first direction toward the second slot, the second section extends in a second direction, and the second slot extends in the second direction toward the first slot. The signal source is electrically connected to the feed conductor.

Abstract: A reconfigurable interpolation filter has an L×1 parallelism integer pixel and sub-integer pixel processing filter and a filter configuration circuit. The L×1 parallelism integer pixel and sub-integer pixel processing filter calculates L filtered samples at a same pixel line in a parallel fashion, wherein L is a positive integer not smaller than one. The filter configuration circuit reconfigures the L×1 parallelism integer pixel and sub-integer pixel processing filter into an (L/M)×M parallelism integer pixel and sub-integer pixel processing filter according to a width of a prediction block. The (L/M)×M parallelism integer pixel and sub-integer pixel processing filter processes the prediction block by calculating L/M filtered samples at each of M pixel lines in a parallel fashion, wherein M is a positive integer not smaller than one, and L/M is a positive integer.

Abstract: An optoelectronic element includes an optoelectronic unit, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a conductive layer and a transparent structure. The optoelectronic unit has a central line in a top view, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The second metal layer is formed on the top surface, and has an extension portion crossing over the central line and extending to the first metal layer. The conductive layer covers the first metal layer and the extension portion. The transparent structure covers the bottom surface without covering the top surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of reusing reference data for video decoding are disclosed. Motion information associated with motion vectors for coded blocks processed after the current block are derived without storing decoded residuals associated with the coded blocks. Reuse information regarding reference data required for Inter prediction or Intra block copy of the coded blocks is determined based on the motion information. If the current block is coded in the Inter prediction mode or the Intra block copy mode, whether required reference data for the current block are in an internal memory is determined and the reference data are fetched from an external memory to the internal memory if the required reference data are not stored in the internal memory. The reference data in the internal memory is managed according to the reuse information to reduce data transferring between the external memory and the internal memory.

Abstract: A transmitter device includes a processing unit and a compression unit. The processing unit obtains a branch of data and partitions the branch of data into a plurality of snippets. Each snippet includes a group of data. The compression unit compresses each snippet into a plurality of packets according to value of each datum included in the corresponding snippet. The compression unit compares the value of each datum with a first threshold value to generate a first packet. The first packet includes first information indicating which data included in the corresponding snippet has the corresponding value not equal to the first threshold value. The compression unit further generates the remaining packets according to the first information.

Abstract: A phase-modulated optical component for the visible spectrum is provided and is capable of producing images in three primary colors. The phase-modulated optical component is primarily structured by a plurality of aluminum nanorods that are arranged in several two-dimensional arrays to form a plurality of pixels. The nanorods can yield surface plasmon resonances in red, green and blue light. By tuning the nanorod size in the arrays, the wavelength-dependent reflectance thereof can be varied across the visible spectrum, thereby realizing wavelength division multiplexing operations for the phase-modulated optical component.

Abstract: A broadband antenna includes a substrate; a grounding unit; a first radiating element, including a first segment and a second segment substantially perpendicular to each other, wherein the first segment is electrically connected to the grounding unit and the second segment extends toward a direction; a second radiating element, coupled to the first radiating element; a third radiating element having a terminal coupled to or electrically connected to the second radiating element and another terminal electrically connected to the grounding unit; and a signal feed-in element electrically connected to the third radiating element for transmitting or receiving a radio signal; where the first, the second and the third radiating elements are disposed on the substrate along the direction defined by an order of the first segment of the first radiating element, the second radiating element and the third radiating element.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses pertaining to a simulated transparent device may involve capturing a first image of a surrounding of the display with a first camera, as well as capturing a second image of the user with a second camera. The methods and apparatuses may further involve constructing a see-through window of the first image, wherein, when presented on the display, the see-through window substantially matches the surrounding and creates a visual effect with which at least a portion of the display is substantially transparent to the user. The methods and apparatuses may further involve presenting the see-through window on the display. The constructing of the see-through window may involve computing a set of cropping parameters, a set of deforming parameters, or a combination of both, based on a spatial relationship among the surrounding, the display, and the user.

Abstract: The method includes preparing a plurality of light-emitting units, one of the plurality of light-emitting units comprising an electrode, a light-emitting stack, and a protection layer with a first part covering the electrode and a second part which comprises a portion surrounding the electrode and covers the light-emitting stack; removing the portion without removing the first part; forming a wavelength conversion layer on the first part and the light-emitting stack not covered by the second part; and removing the first part to substantially expose the electrode.

Abstract: A handheld device and a frequency tracking method thereof are provided. The handheld device comprises an oscillator, a radio frequency (RF) chip, a modem module, a first thermal sensor and a thermal module. The oscillator generates an oscillation signal with an oscillation frequency. The RF chip is electrically connected to the oscillator and configured to receive a paging signal from a paging channel and an RF signal from a non-regular channel based on the oscillation signal. The modem module is electrically connected to the RF chip. The first thermal sensor disposed close to the oscillator measures a heat source temperature. The thermal module electrically connected to the modem module and the first thermal sensor enables the modem module to execute a frequency compensation process by using the RF signal of both the paging signal and the RF signal according to the heat source temperature.

Abstract: At a method for extracting content relating to a commodity which is executable on a server, the server including at least one processor and a storage device. The method includes acquiring a plurality of web articles from Internet; web articles associated with a commodity from the acquired web articles are recognized, a name for the commodity from the recognized web articles is extracted; and a representative picture for the commodity from all pictures in the recognized web articles is selected, the extracted content being extractable and returnable to a user upon input of a keyword.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for loop filter processing, a sample adaptive offset (SAO) process is applied to DF (deblocking filter)-processed pixels of current image unit according to one or more SAO parameters. Pixels within SAO parameter boundary of current image unit share the same SAO parameters. SAO parameter boundary is shifted according to a respective goal to reduce both line buffer requirement and parameter switching, where the vertical SAO parameter boundary of current image unit is shifted-left by xs lines from a vertical boundary of current image unit and the horizontal SAO parameter boundary of current image unit is shifted-up by ys lines from a horizontal boundary of current image unit. To reduce the requirement of line buffer, xs is always greater than m that corresponds to the number of pixels at each side of a horizontal edge modified by DF, ys is greater than or equal to 0.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for loop filter processing of reconstructed video data for a video coding system are disclosed. The system receives reconstructed video data for an image unit. The loop filter processing is applied to reconstructed pixels above a deblocking boundary of the current CTU. In order to reduce line buffer requirement and/or to reduce loop filter switching for image units, the sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameter boundary and spatial-loop-filter restricted boundary for the luma and chroma components are determined by global consideration. In one embodiment, the SAO parameter boundary and the spatial-loop-filter restricted boundary are aligned for the luma and chroma components respectively. In another embodiment, the SAO parameter boundary and the spatial-loop-filter restricted boundary for the luma and chroma components are all aligned.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer readable medium storing a corresponding computer program for decoding a video bitstream based on multiple decoder cores are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method arranges multiple decoder cores to decode one or more frames from a video bitstream using mixed level parallel decoding. The multiple decoder cores are arranged into groups of multiple decoder cores for parallel decoding one or more frames by using one group of multiple decoder cores for said one or more frames, wherein each group of multiple decoder cores comprises one or more decoder cores. The number of frames to be decoded in the mixed level parallel decoding or which frames to be decoded in the mixed level parallel decoding is adaptively determined.

Abstract: A multi-core decoder system and an associated method use a decoding progress synchronizer to reduce bandwidth consumption for decoding a video bitstream is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the multi-core decoder system includes a shared reference data buffer coupled to the multiple decoder cores and an external memory. The shared reference data buffer stores reference data received from the external memory and provides the reference data the multiple decoder cores for decoding video data. The multi-core decoder system also includes one or more decoding progress synchronizers coupled to the multiple decoder cores to detect decoding-progress information associated with the multiple decoder cores or status information of the shared reference data buffer, and to control decoding progress for the multiple decoder cores.

Abstract: A projection display component of an electronic device includes a carrier and a first cover. The carrier is arranged to carry the electronic device. The first cover is arranged to partially reflect a projected image from the electronic device. The first cover is attached to the carrier via a first hinge set.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic system with a thermal control mechanism, comprising: an image/video processing module (101), configured to process at least one image or video data; a parameter acquiring device (103), configured to acquire at least one device parameter corresponding to a first device of the image/video processing module (101); and a thermal management device (105), configured to adjust at least one operating parameter for a second device of the image/video processing module (101) according to the device parameter to control a temperature of the image/video processing module (101).

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal management method for controlling a temperature of a graphic processing module. The method comprises: (a) acquiring at least one device parameter corresponding to a first device of a graphic processing module; and (b) adjusting at least one operating parameter for a second device of the graphic processing module according to the device parameter to control a temperature of a graphic processing module.