Abstract: An electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device for self-detection of an open-circuit or closed-circuit condition includes a detection chip, a power input module, a switch module, a detection module, and a determination module. The detection chip includes a channel, several driving electrodes, and a detection electrode. Each driving electrode can couple with the detection electrode to form the driving loop. The switch unit selects one of the driving electrodes to be electrically connected to the power input module for receiving a power voltage from the power input module. The detection module receives a detection voltage outputted by the detection electrode and accumulates the detection voltage to obtain an accumulated voltage. The determination module compares the accumulated voltage with a specified voltage for determining whether the driving loop is open-circuit or closed-circuit. A method for a self-detection circuit in EWOD device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An ergonomic keyboard is disclosed. The ergonomic keyboard includes a first key area, a second key area and an adjustment module. The adjustment module is pivotally connected between the first key area and the second key area. The adjustment module includes a first hearing, a second bearing, a rotary knob, an adjustment screw and a supporting base. The first and second bearings are pivotally connected to the first and second key areas respectively such that they allow adjustment of an included angle. The adjusting screw is fixedly connected to the rotary knob and can be rotated together with the rotary knob. The support base is supported on a plane, and an internal thread of the supporting base and the adjusting screw are screwed with each other. Thus, an inclination angle of the first and second key areas can be adjusted by the rotary knob.

Abstract: This invention discloses a method for controlling a wireless communication device to reduce the number of retry times of data packets during transmission. The method includes steps of: using a first packet length to generate and transmit data packets; counting retry times of data packets in a predetermined time period and generating a result accordingly; and using a second packet length smaller than said first packet length to generate and transmit data packets when said result is greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A display module for use as a front dashboard, a center console, a passenger entertainment display, or an instrument panel is described. The display module includes a display assembly that is joined to a cover lens via an optically clear adhesive layer. The display assembly is arranged as a flat planar device, and the cover lens is arranged as a curved planar surface that includes an inner laminate sheet that is joined to an outer laminate sheet via a second adhesive layer.

Abstract: A method for performing bit level management in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, transmitter and receiver are provided. The method includes: calculating respective bit counts of one or more padding fields located in one or more locations within a packet in a transmitter within the WLAN system, respectively; and according to the respective bit counts of the one or more padding field, filling one or more sets of valid data corresponding to at least one predetermined bit count into the one or more padding fields, to replace one or more sets of redundant data. In addition, when a receiver within the WLAN system receives the packet that has the one or more sets of valid data, the WLAN system utilizes the one or more sets of valid data to enhance overall performance of the WLAN system.

Abstract: A mouse device includes an operation body and a frame. The frame is engaged with the operation body and has a hollow portion. The hollow portion penetrates the mouse device from a side of the mouse device to another side of the mouse device. The frame includes two finger resting portions and a palm resting portion. The two finger resting portions are respectively located at opposite sides of the operation body. The palm resting portion is connected between the two finger resting portions. The hollow portion is formed among the two finger resting portions and the palm resting portion. In a forward-backward axial direction of the mouse device, the frame is located behind the operation body.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decoding device. The decoding device includes an iteration number computing unit and a recursive decoder. The iteration number computing unit receives multiple packet parameters corresponding to a packet and computes a codeword-number-per-symbol according to packet parameters, in which the packet includes multiple symbols. The iteration number computing unit computes an iteration number according to the codeword-number-per-symbol. The recursive decoder is coupled to the iteration number computing unit, and performs a decoding operation on a codeword within a data field of the packet according to the iteration number.

Abstract: A system for detecting an illuminance of the present invention includes a light source, a light sensor, and a signal output module. The light source includes a first A light-emitting diode, the first A light-emitting diode having a first color light; and the light source emits a first ray of light. The light sensor has a sensing face; the light sensor includes a first B light-emitting diode disposed on the sensing face, the first B light-emitting diode having the first color light; and the light sensor receives at least a portion of the first ray of light and generates a first sensing voltage. The signal output module is coupled to the light sensor to receive the first sensing voltage and output a sensing result signal according to the first sensing voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite intelligent biological phototherapy device including a base structure, a plurality of white light fluorescent tubes arranged side by side on the base structure, a plurality of LEDs disposed between the white light fluorescent tubes, a housing having an opening and configured to accommodate the base structure and the white light fluorescent tubes and the LEDs thereon, a light-transmittable plate disposed on the housing corresponding to the opening, and an control module configured to respectively control the white light fluorescent tubes and the LEDs. The base structure includes a plurality of sections, and each of the sections has a first surface facing the light-transmittable plate. The white light fluorescent tubes and the LEDs are provided on the first surfaces, and the sections are bent relative to each other so an angle between the first surfaces of adjacent sections is less than 180 degrees.

Abstract: A display module for use as a front dashboard, a center console, a passenger entertainment display, or an instrument panel is described. The display module includes a display assembly that is joined to a cover lens via an optically clear adhesive layer. The display assembly is arranged as a flat planar device, and the cover lens is arranged as a curved planar surface that includes an inner laminate sheet that is joined to an outer laminate sheet via a second adhesive layer.

Abstract: The invention discloses a convolutional code decoder and a convolutional code decoding method. The convolutional code decoder performs decoding operation according to a received data and an auxiliary data to obtain a target data and includes an error detection data generation circuit, a channel coding circuit, a selection circuit, and a Viterbi decoding circuit. The error detection data generation circuit performs an error detection operation on the auxiliary data to obtain an error detection data. The channel coding circuit, coupled to the error detection data generation circuit, performs channel coding on the auxiliary data and the error detection data to obtain an intermediate data. The selection circuit, coupled to the channel coding circuit, generates a to-be-decoded data according to the received data and the intermediate data. The Viterbi decoding circuit, coupled to the selection circuit, decodes the to-be-decoded data to obtain the target data.

Abstract: A bandwidth detection device comprises a receiving circuit, for receiving a first plurality of frequency-domain signals on a first subchannel; a filter circuit, coupled to the receiving circuit, for transferring the first plurality of frequency-domain signals to a first plurality of filtered frequency-domain signals according to a filter function; and a processing circuit, coupled to the filter circuit, for comparing the first plurality of frequency-domain signals with the first plurality of filtered frequency-domain signals, to determine whether the first subchannel comprises first transmitted data.

Abstract: A wireless communication method applied to a beamformer includes: receiving a plurality of reference information corresponding to a plurality of stations, respectively; calculating an evaluation value for each of the stations according to at least one reference information of the plurality of reference information; and comparing a plurality of evaluation values respectively corresponding to the plurality of stations, to select specific stations from the plurality of stations for performing beamforming.

Abstract: The invention discloses a convolutional code decoder and a convolutional code decoding method. The convolutional code decoder and the convolutional code decoding method of the present invention perform decoding using predictive information, and therefore can demodulate/decode signals more quickly. Earlier completion of demodulation/decoding of signals can terminate the operation earlier and thereby achieve the effect of power savings. The convolutional code decoder performs decoding according to received data and auxiliary data to obtain target data, and includes a first error detection data generation circuit, a channel coding circuit, a first selection circuit, a first Viterbi decoding circuit, a second error detection data generation circuit, a comparison circuit, a second selection circuit, and a second Viterbi decoding circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a symbol timing determining device including: a symbol timing detecting circuit detecting a reception signal to obtain a first symbol timing, and shifting the first symbol timing to obtain a second symbol timing; an estimation signal generating circuit processing the reception signal according to the first and the second symbol timings respectively, so as to obtain a first and a second channel estimation frequency-domain signals; a channel estimation impulse response signal generating circuit generating a first and a second channel estimation impulse response time-domain signals according to the first and the second channel estimation frequency-domain signals respectively; a power measuring circuit measuring the energy of the first and the second channel estimation impulse response time-domain signals according to a predetermined signal region respectively; and a decision circuit selecting one of the first and the second symbol timings according to a relation of the measured energy.

Abstract: This invention discloses a method for controlling a wireless communication device to reduce the number of retry times of data packets during transmission. The method includes steps of: using a first packet length to generate and transmit data packets; counting retry times of data packets in a predetermined time period and generating a result accordingly; and using a second packet length smaller than said first packet length to generate and transmit data packets when said result is greater than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A method for performing bit level management in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, transmitter and receiver are provided. The method includes: calculating respective bit counts of one or more padding fields located in one or more locations within a packet in a transmitter within the WLAN system, respectively; and according to the respective bit counts of the one or more padding field, filling one or more sets of valid data corresponding to at least one predetermined bit count into the one or more padding fields, to replace one or more sets of redundant data. In addition, when a receiver within the WLAN system receives the packet that has the one or more sets of valid data, the WLAN system utilizes the one or more sets of valid data to enhance overall performance of the WLAN system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decoding device. The decoding device includes an iteration number computing unit and a recursive decoder. The iteration number computing unit receives multiple packet parameters corresponding to a packet and computes a codeword-number-per-symbol according to packet parameters, in which the packet includes multiple symbols. The iteration number computing unit computes an iteration number according to the codeword-number-per-symbol. The recursive decoder is coupled to the iteration number computing unit, and performs a decoding operation on a codeword within a data field of the packet according to the iteration number.

Abstract: This invention discloses a method for controlling a wireless communication device to transmit data packets. The method includes steps of: transmitting data packets; counting retry times of data packets in a predetermined time period and generating a result accordingly; comparing said result with a predetermined value and generating a comparison result accordingly; and reducing transmission time of data packets according to said comparison result.

Abstract: A bandwidth detection device comprises a receiving circuit, for receiving a first plurality of frequency-domain signals on a first subchannel; a filter circuit, coupled to the receiving circuit, for transferring the first plurality of frequency-domain signals to a first plurality of filtered frequency-domain signals according to a filter function; and a processing circuit, coupled to the filter circuit, for comparing the first plurality of frequency-domain signals with the first plurality of filtered frequency-domain signals, to determine whether the first subchannel comprises first transmitted data.