Abstract: A waterproof structure for a press switch of a flashlight is disclosed. The flashlight to be used in water or high-moisture environments has a flashlight body formed as a whole by using a rigid plastic material and the press switch integratedly formed, by using a non-rigid plastic material, about a border between a lighting segment and a handle segment of the flashlight body, so that the press switch combined with the flashlight body as an integrated member is able to form a circuit between conductive contacts inside the flashlight body and batteries assembled between the conductive contacts or break the circuit, so as to turn on or off a light bulb of the flashlight, without the concern that external rainwater or moisture may intrude into the flashlight.

Abstract: This invention discloses a color temperature controller and a color temperature control method of a light emitting diode (LED). The color temperature controller applied in an LED lamp includes touch switches and a control element. After a color of a color pattern on any touch switch is clicked and selected by a user, a signal of the color is outputted to the control element, and the control element outputs a corresponding pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to control either the current or the voltage of a three-color LED in the LED lamp, so that the LED lamp produces a same color temperature change of the signal of the color to improve the color temperature control of a conventional LED lamp, and provides a flexible color change of the LED lamp.

Abstract: An access method of a volatile memory accesses the volatile memory via a block access fashion. The volatile memory includes a plurality of blocks. The method includes: performing a reading operation for a block having at least one known bad cell among the blocks, which includes reading a block data and an error correction code data corresponding to the block and applying the ECC data to correct data read from the at least one known bad cell to generate a corrected block data.

Abstract: A flashlight charger is disclosed, wherein a bottom plate provided with a pressing element and an electrically conducting part is fixedly connected to a top plate that partially covers the pressing element and the electrically conducting part. A flashlight to be charged is aligned and connected with the flashlight charger and then pushed backward relative to the flashlight charger to allow the charging terminals at one end of the flashlight charger to make good electrical contact with the corresponding charging ends of the flashlight while the flashlight is securely fastened with the flashlight charger. When charging is completed, the flashlight can be removed from the flashlight charger rapidly and conveniently. The flashlight charger features good and stable electrical contact in use.

Abstract: A flashlight with an angle adjustment assembly is disclosed. The angle adjustment assembly includes: arcuate receiving areas bilaterally and concavely provided on a lighting portion of the flashlight; inserts which correspond in shape to the receiving areas, are received respectively therein, and are each penetrated by plural holes; receiving cavities bilaterally and concavely provided in a pivot space of a flashlight body of the flashlight; and limiting elements which correspond in shape to the receiving cavities, are received respectively therein, and each have a projection. The holes of the inserts bilaterally provided on the lighting portion are engageable sequentially, in a forward or backward direction, with the projections of the limiting elements bilaterally provided in the pivot space, so as to adjust the lighting portion to the desired angle. Thus, the flashlight can be used horizontally or placed vertically on a desk as a desk lamp with adjustable lighting angle.

Abstract: A light emitting diode illuminator includes at least one light emitting diode, a power supply, an illumination control interface and a controller. The power supply is electrically connected to the at least one light emitting diode so as to provide a current to the at least one light emitting diode. The illumination control interface is configured to sense a touch time from a user so as to generate a control signal. The controller is electrically connected to the illumination control interface and the power supply so as to generate a modulation signal according to the control signal. The power supply adjusts strength of the current according to the modulation signal so that the at least one light emitting diode generates a corresponding illumination according to the strength of the current.

Abstract: Eyeglasses capable of being recharged and providing three-stage lighting are disclosed, wherein the front end of each of two temples of the eyeglasses has an outer side connected with a lighting device. Each lighting device includes a housing that houses a circuit board, a battery, and so on, wherein the circuit board is connected with a switch button and a light-emitting body. Each temple has a downward-facing charging hole adjacent to the corresponding battery. The circuit board of each lighting device is configured in such a way that, by pressing the corresponding switch button, the corresponding light-emitting body is switched between a constant lighting mode, an intermittent flashing mode, and an OFF mode, thus providing the desired lighting or warning via the three-stage control. In addition, the batteries in the lighting devices can be charged via the charging holes at the bottom sides of the temples.

Abstract: A slot-in optical disc drive is provided to comprise a driving element moveably disposed in the optical disc and capable of moving toward a disc loading direction and a disc unloading direction, wherein the driving element has a loading drive groove; a disc loading element pivoted in the optical disc drive, wherein the disc loading element has a loading driven pin for operating with the loading drive groove; a disc unloading element pivoted in the optical disc drive; and an elastic element used for providing an elastic force on the disc unloading element. When the driving element moves toward the disc unloading direction, the loading driven pin relatively moves in the loading drive groove and drives the disc loading element to rotate and push a disc into the optical disc drive. When the driving element moves toward the disc loading direction, the elastic force provided from the elastic element drives the disc unloading element to rotate and push the disc out of the optical disc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a single frequency fiber laser apparatus. The fiber laser apparatus includes a Faraday rotator mirror. A piece of erbium doped fiber is inside the laser cavity. A wavelength selective coupler is connected to the erbium doped fiber. A pump source is coupled via the wavelength selective coupler. At least one sub-ring cavity component and/or an absorb component are inserted into the cavity for facilitating suppressing laser side modes to create a single longitudinal mode fiber laser. A partial reflectance fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is used as the front cavity end for this fiber laser.

Abstract: A slot-in disc drive is provided to comprise an ejecting lever rotated about a rotating axis; a first sensor and a second sensor, disposed on the rotating path of the ejecting lever; and a firmware, built in the disc drive for selecting a first setting or a second setting according to the size of a loaded disc, wherein the first and the second settings are respectively related to the first and the second sensors, and the firmware controls the ejecting lever to stop rotating based on the selected setting.

Abstract: A system and method corrects erroneous sections received in a memory by pre-filling at least a portion of memory with a pre-defined value. If a received data packet is valid, the valid received data packet is stored over the pre-defined values in the memory location associated with the valid data packet. Values associated with a data segment and an adjacent data segment in the memory are compared to the pre-defined value. When the values of each data segment match the pre-defined values, then each data segment is an erroneous data segment.

Abstract: A disk drive includes an insert-and-eject device and a disk guide unit. The insert-and-eject device is used for inserting and ejecting a disk. The disk guide unit includes a rack and a slide member connected to the insert-and-eject device in such a manner that reciprocal movement of the disk guide unit along a first direction permits the slide member to drive the insert-and-eject device to insert and eject the optical disk from the disk drive. An emergency release device is mounted on the slide member, and includes a horizontal element movable along a second direction. The rack is formed with a retention groove such that the movement of the horizontal element along the second direction permits a the horizontal element to extend within or exit the retention groove so as to couple the slide member with the rack or to disengage the slide member from the rack.

Abstract: An automobile wheel rim light decoration device includes a light emitting module, an adjustable rod and a pair of sensing elements. The light emitting module includes a retaining base disposed at the wheel rim and a light emitting unit fixed to the retaining base. The adjustable rod includes a fixed rod installed at the retaining base and a movable rod coupled to the fixed rod. The sensing element includes a first sensing elements fixed to an automobile brake component and a second sensing element corresponding to the first sensing element and fixed to the movable rod for detecting signals of the first sensing element. The fixed rod is moved horizontally in a through slot of the retaining base, and the movable rod is moved vertically with respect to the fixed rod, such that relative positions of the first and second sensing elements can be changed to achieve the desired sensitivity.

Abstract: An optical disc drive including an outer casing, a supporting base, a main shaft motor and a position-limiting element is provided. The outer casing has an optical disc entry. The supporting base is disposed in the outer casing. The main shaft motor is disposed on the supporting base. The position-limiting element has a first pivot portion, a position-limiting part and a second pivot portion located between the first pivot portion and the position-limiting part. The first pivot portion is connected to the supporting base, and the position-limiting element is able to be swung about the second pivot serving as a fulcrum. When the supporting base is located at an upper position, the position-limiting part is located at a first position, and when the supporting base is located at a lower position, the position-limiting part is located at a second position, wherein the first position is under the second position.

Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a channel structure in the semiconductor layer for connecting an electrode and an ohmic contact layer by means of a substrate transfer process including a wafer-bonding process and a substrate-lifting-off process. The channel structure is formed in the semiconductor stack for electrically connecting the ohmic contact layer and the electrode and driving the current into the light-emitting device. Thereby, a horizontal type or a vertical type of light-emitting device has a good ohmic contact and high light efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated system for remote monitoring home appliances by a cell phone. In the integrated system, a cell phone sends an instruction message to a computer by a wireless network. A digital control disk connected with the computer generates a control signal in accordance with the instruction message. The control signal is sent by a wireless transceiver circuit to a home appliance. Moreover, a state signal that includes information of the home appliance operation can be sent to the digital control disk. Through the computer connecting to the wireless network, the cell phone is informed of the information of the home appliance operation. Thereby, the user can control the home appliances and acquire the current operation states of the home appliances by his/her cell phone.

Abstract: A phase change memory device and a method of forming the same are provided. The phase change memory device includes a conducting electrode in a dielectric layer, a bottom electrode over the conducting electrode, a phase change layer over the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the phase change layer. The phase change memory device may further include a heat sink layer between the phase change layer and the top electrode. The resistivities of the bottom electrode and the top electrode are preferably greater than the resistivity of the phase change material in the crystalline state.

Abstract: Eyeglasses with lighting devices have a front end of each temple including a mount on the inner side and an attachment on the outer side. Each mount is fitted with a battery cover having a first electrode plate. Each attachment has battery compartments for receiving batteries. A second electrode plate is provided in the battery compartments of each attachment and in contact with each battery contained therein. Each attachment has one end formed with a second receiving cavity for receiving a switch and a front end having a curved third receiving cavity for receiving a light-emitting body whose received end is spherical. Each attachment is coupled to the corresponding mount such that a curved concave portion at the front end of each mount and the third receiving cavity of the corresponding attachment jointly form a spherical socket that allows the corresponding light-emitting body to rotate and provide multidirectional lighting.