Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a first conductive base, a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The first conductive base has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a lateral surface extended between the first surface and the second surface. The lateral surface includes a first portion adjacent to the first surface and a second portion adjacent to the second surface. The first insulation layer comprises a first insulation material. The first insulation layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first insulation layer covers the first portion of the lateral surface of the first conductive base. The second insulation layer comprises a second insulation material and covers the second portion of the lateral surface of the first conductive base. The first insulation material is different from the second insulation material.

Abstract: A high-voltage semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a T-shaped gate, a dielectric neck support, an etch stop feature, a pair of drift regions, and a pair of source/drain regions. The semiconductor substrate has a high-voltage well region. The gate dielectric layer is on the semiconductor substrate. The T-shaped gate is on the gate dielectric layer. The T-shaped gate includes overhangs that extend beyond the neck portion of the T-shaped gate. The dielectric neck support is disposed underneath the overhangs of the T-shaped gate. The etch stop feature is disposed underneath the dielectric neck support. The drift regions are disposed on opposite sides of the T-shaped gate in the high-voltage well region. The source/drain regions are disposed in the pair of drift regions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a first conductive base, a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The first conductive base has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a lateral surface extended between the first surface and the second surface. The lateral surface includes a first portion adjacent to the first surface and a second portion adjacent to the second surface. The first insulation layer comprises a first insulation material. The first insulation layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first insulation layer covers the first portion of the lateral surface of the first conductive base. The second insulation layer comprises a second insulation material and covers the second portion of the lateral surface of the first conductive base. The first insulation material is different from the second insulation material.

Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator includes a first inductor, a second inductor, a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor, a second MOS transistor, and an inductor-capacitor (LC) tank circuit. A first end of the first inductor and a first end of the second inductor are coupled to a first power rail. A drain node of the first MOS transistor is coupled to a second end of the first inductor. A drain node of the second MOS transistor is coupled to a second end of the second inductor. Source nodes of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor are coupled to a second power rail. The LC tank circuit is coupled to gate nodes of the first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor, wherein energy is magnetically pumped into the LC tank circuit through the first inductor and the second inductor.

Abstract: A palette decoding apparatus includes a palette color storage device which stores palette colors, a color index storage device which stores color indices of pixels, and a palette value processing circuit which generates a palette value for each pixel by reading data from the color index storage device and the palette color storage device. A frame is divided into first coding units, and each first coding unit is sub-divided into one or more second coding units. Before a palette value of a last pixel in a first coding unit is generated by the palette value processing circuit, a palette value of a non-last pixel in the first coding unit is generated by the palette value processing circuit and used by a reconstruction circuit of the video decoder.

Abstract: Example methods are provided to improve placement of an adaptor (210,220) to a mobile computing device (100) to measure a test strip (221) coupled to the adaptor (220) with a camera (104) and a screen (108) on a face of the mobile computing device (100). The method may include displaying a light area on a first portion of the screen (108). The first portion may be adjacent to the camera (104). The light area and the camera (104) may be aligned with a key area of the test strip (221) so that the camera (104) is configured to capture an image of the key area. The method may further include providing first guiding information for a user to place the adaptor (210,220) to the mobile computing device (100) according to a position of the light area on the screen (108).

Abstract: A light emitting module including a working piece and a light emitting film is provided. The light emitting film is disposed on a surface of the working piece and emits lights according to a voltage difference. The light emitting film includes a bottom layer, a pattern layer and a colour layer. The bottom layer is disposed on the surface of the working piece. The pattern layer is disposed on the bottom layer for providing a pattern. The colour layer is disposed on the bottom layer for providing a colour. The pattern layer and the colour layer are overlapped with each other over the bottom layer, so that the light emitting film forms a light emitting pattern with the pattern and the colour on the working piece.

Abstract: A gesture recognition method includes performing a binarization process on an image to obtain a binarized image, wherein the binarized image includes a plurality of foreground pixels and a plurality of background pixels; determining whether the plurality of foreground pixels surrounds at least a first background pixel; and determining a gesture complying with a predefined gesture in response to determination that the plurality of foreground pixels surrounds the at least a first background pixel.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device applying the same are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a display medium disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first conductive layer having a first line width and a second conductive layer having a second line width smaller than the first line width. A first spacing is defined by a first sidewall of the second conductive layer and a second sidewall, located on the same side as the first sidewall, of the first conductive layer. A second spacing is defined by a third sidewall of the second conductive layer opposite to the first sidewall and a fourth sidewall, located on the same side as the third sidewall, of the first conductive layer. The first spacing is greater than the second spacing.

Abstract: The application discloses a support device, mounted in a portable electronic device, including an upper-cover shell, a base shell, and a pivot. The support device includes a cam structure, a first rod member, a second rod member, and a support member. The cam structure is connected to the pivot. The first pivot portion and the second pivot are pivotally connected to the base shell. The first rod member is in contact with the cam structure, and includes a first slide portion. The second rod member includes a second slide portion, movably connected to the first slide portion. The support member penetrates through an opening of the base shell, where a top surface of the support member and the second rod member are in contact with each other.

Abstract: A light emitting module including a working piece and a light emitting film is provided. The light emitting film is disposed on a surface of the working piece and emits lights according to a voltage difference. The light emitting film includes a bottom layer, a pattern layer and a colour layer. The bottom layer is disposed on the surface of the working piece. The pattern layer is disposed on the bottom layer for providing a pattern. The colour layer is disposed on the bottom layer for providing a colour. The pattern layer and the colour layer are overlapped with each other over the bottom layer, so that the light emitting film forms a light emitting pattern with the pattern and the colour on the working piece.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body, an upper cover, and a pair of piezoelectric speaker units. The main body has a signal generator, and the signal generator provides a voltage signal. The upper cover is rotatably connected to the main body, to be opened or overlapped relative to the main body. The pair of piezoelectric speaker units are disposed at two opposite sides of the upper cover and electrically connected to the signal generator. The pair of piezoelectric speaker units generates an audio signal by using the voltage signal provided by the signal generator.

Abstract: An oscillator for generating oscillation signals at two output terminals includes an inductor coupled between the two output terminals, a capacitor coupled between the two output terminals, two P-type transistors and two N-type transistors. Source electrodes of the two P-type transistors are coupled to a supply voltage, and gate electrodes of the two P-type transistors are coupled to the two output terminals, respectively. Source electrodes of the two N-type transistors are coupled to a supply voltage, gate electrodes of the two N-type transistors are coupled to the two output terminals, respectively, and drain electrodes of the two N-type transistors are coupled to drain electrodes of the two P-type transistors, respectively. In addition, the drain electrodes of the two N-type transistors are coupled to two internal nodes of the inductor.

Abstract: A gesture recognition method includes determining whether an object stays within a plurality of video frames for more than a specific time; determining a finger number corresponding to the object to generate a finger number determination result, and determining whether or not the object moves away from a light sensing unit to generate an object moving-away determination result, when the object stays within the plurality of video frames for more than the specific time; and determining a gesture of a user according to the finger number determination result and the object moving-away determination result.

Abstract: A palette decoding apparatus includes a palette color storage device which stores palette colors, a color index storage device which stores color indices of pixels, and a palette value processing circuit which generates a palette value for each pixel by reading data from the color index storage device and the palette color storage device. A frame is divided into first coding units, and each first coding unit is sub-divided into one or more second coding units. Before a palette value of a last pixel in a first coding unit is generated by the palette value processing circuit, a palette value of a non-last pixel in the first coding unit is generated by the palette value processing circuit and used by a reconstruction circuit of the video decoder.

Abstract: The application discloses a support device, mounted in a portable electronic device, including an upper-cover shell, a base shell, and a pivot. The support device includes a cam structure, a first rod member, a second rod member, and a support member. The cam structure is connected to the pivot. The first pivot portion and the second pivot are pivotally connected to the base shell. The first rod member is in contact with the cam structure, and includes a first slide portion. The second rod member includes a second slide portion, movably connected to the first slide portion. The support member penetrates through an opening of the base shell, where a top surface of the support member and the second rod member are in contact with each other.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for estimating an object distance is used by an electronic device including a light sensor. The method includes: detecting, by the light sensor, a light reflected from an object; establishing an object brightness table according to the detected light, where the object brightness table records brightness information of the light corresponding to a plurality of pixel locations; analyzing the object brightness table and a plurality of base brightness tables to obtain differential quantitative information and obtaining a target base distance corresponding to a target base brightness table among the base brightness tables according to the differential quantitative information; and determining a distance between the electronic device and the object according to the target base distance.

Abstract: An impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blade plates. The hub includes a hub body and a plurality of installation portions disposed on the hub body. Each blade plate includes a plurality of fan blades and a folding portion. The folding portion is connected to one end of each fan blade. The folding portions are respectively installed at the installation portions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video encoding or decoding used by an AVS2 (Second Generation of Audio Video Coding Standard) video encoder or decoder respectively are disclosed. According to this method, first motion vectors associated with spatial neighboring blocks of a current block are determined. For each spatial neighboring block, a value of 1 is assigned to a first BlockDistance associated with the spatial neighboring block if a corresponding first reference picture is a G picture or GB picture. Motion vector predictor candidates are derived from the first motion vectors by scaling each first motion vector according to a corresponding first BlockDistance and a current BlockDistance. A final motion vector predictor is determined among the motion vector predictor candidates.

Abstract: A decoding apparatus is used for decoding region of interest (ROI) regions in an image, and includes a storage device, a pre-processing circuit, a decoding circuit, and an information fetching circuit. The pre-processing circuit performs a syntax pre-parsing operation upon a bitstream to obtain necessary information of the ROI regions, and stores the necessary information into the storage device. The decoding circuit performs a decoding operation upon the bitstream to decode the ROI regions, wherein the decoding operation includes syntax parsing of the bitstream. The information fetching circuit reads and analyzes the necessary information, and delivers at least a portion of the necessary information to the decoding circuit. A processing time of obtaining necessary information of one ROI region at the pre-processing circuit overlaps a processing time of decoding another ROI region at the decoding circuit.