Abstract: A vehicle armrest including a fabric member tensioned across a gap defined between inner and outer armrest substrates that are formed around a portion of the fabric member. At least one buckling member extends across the gap between the inner and outer armrest substrates and a cover member extends over and vertically supported by the fabric member.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door and armrest assembly using a thin plate that is vertically strong while laterally collapsible. The plate is comprised of a matrix of intersecting parallel struts forming four sided cells having a first set of opposing acute angles and a second set of opposing obtuse angles. The obtuse angles span a direction normal to the motor vehicle door and allow the plate to more easily limit force transmission from a side impact force. The struts are coupled to a frame, the coupling struts variable in cross sectional area to further determine the lateral stiffness of the plate.

Abstract: A map display apparatus and method for a navigation changes a map scale dynamically to help the driver visualize the environment of the destination when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The map scale is changed dynamically to display the destination along with at least one map attribute near the destination to provide more information to the driver. The navigation system includes, among others, a searching unit and a scale changing unit to change the map scale to display the destination along with at least one map attribute when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The navigation system also includes a priority table to prioritize the map attributes and the searching unit searches the map attributes near the destination according to order in the priority table.

Abstract: A tunable ring assembly, a plasma processing chamber having a tunable ring assembly and method for tuning a plasma process is provided. In one embodiment, a tunable ring assembly includes an outer ceramic ring having an exposed top surface and a bottom surface and an inner silicon ring configured to mate with the outer ceramic ring to define an overlap region, the inner silicon ring having an inner surface, a top surface and a notch formed between the inner surface and the top surface, the inner surface defining an inner diameter of the ring assembly, the notch is sized to accept an edge of a substrate, an outer portion of the top surface of the inner silicon ring configured to contact in the overlap region and underlying an inner portion of the bottom surface of the outer ceramic ring.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a plasma-enhanced etch process in which chamber pressure and/or RF power level is ramped throughout the etch process.

Abstract: Boron-doped carbon-based hardmask etch processing is described. In an example, a method of patterning a film includes etching a boron-doped amorphous carbon layer with a plasma based on a combination of CH4/N2/O2 and a flourine-rich source such as, but not limited to, CF4, SF6 or C2F6.

Abstract: Plasma etching of boron-doped carbonaceous mask layers with an etchant gas mixture including CxFy or CxHyFz, and at least one of COS and CF3I. Etchant gas mixtures may further include a carbon-free fluorine source gas, such as SF6 or NF3, and/or an oxidizer, such as O2, for higher etch rates. Nitrogen-containing source gases may also be provided in the etchant gas mixture to reduce sidewall bowing in high aspect ratio (HAR) feature etches.

Abstract: A method and apparatus adjusts a timing of state change of an electronics apparatus having an input device by measuring user's input speed for the input device and a distance of user's finger from the input device. The method includes the steps of measuring a current interval CI between recent two input operations in a series of input operations conducted through the input device, calculating an average interval AI of the series of input operations, calculating a reference interval RI determined from the equation: RI=K×AI, where K denotes a proportional coefficient, determining whether a current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval, and suspending an occurrence of the second system state change until a first system state has been responded in case when the current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval RI.

Abstract: A method for etching a substrate includes etching at least one first layer of the substrate with a non-uniform substrate temperature and etching at least one second layer of the substrate with uniform substrate temperatures.

Abstract: Methods of etching HAR features in a dielectric layer are described. In one embodiment, a substrate is provided into an etch chamber. The substrate has a patterned mask disposed on a dielectric layer formed thereon where the patterned mask has openings. A gas mixture is provided into the etch chamber, the gas mixture includes CO, O2, a fluorocarbon gas, and an optional inert gas. A plasma is formed from the gas mixture.

Abstract: Plasma etching of boron-doped carbonaceous mask layers with an etchant gas mixture including CxFy or CxHyFz, and at least one of COS and CF3I. Etchant gas mixtures may further include a carbon-free fluorine source gas, such as SF6 or NF3, and/or an oxidizer, such as O2, for higher etch rates. Nitrogen-containing source gases may also be provided in the etchant gas mixture to reduce sidewall bowing in high aspect ratio (HAR) feature etches.

Abstract: A method for etching a substrate includes etching at least one first layer of the substrate with a non-uniform substrate temperature and etching at least one second layer of the substrate with uniform substrate temperatures.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to optimize energy consumption in a mobile phone having a navigation system is disclosed. The navigation-based method and apparatus efficiently use a smartphone battery to provide the highest possible location accuracy to the driver. When the driver is travelling from a complex route segment to a less complex route segment, current location sensor is switched to another location sensor with lower location accuracy which consumes less battery power. When the driver is travelling from a less complex route segment to a complex route segment, the navigation system continues to use a location sensor with lower accuracy until the navigation system determines that switching to higher accuracy location sensor is necessary to conserve more battery power. The navigation system can determine a best timing to switch according to the driver's familiarity with the route segment or geographical area.

Abstract: A map display apparatus and method for a navigation changes a map scale dynamically to help the driver visualize the environment of the destination when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The map scale is changed dynamically to display the destination along with at least one map attribute near the destination to provide more information to the driver. The navigation system includes, among others, a searching unit and a scale changing unit to change the map scale to display the destination along with at least one map attribute when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The navigation system also includes a priority table to prioritize the map attributes and the searching unit searches the map attributes near the destination according to order in the priority table.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a navigation system automatically assigns or allows a user to assign a brand icon to a particular location. The navigation system displays the assigned brand icon as well as generic icons on a map image. Thus, the navigation system enables the user to quickly distinguish a particular place such as a point of interest (POI) from other similar type of POIs on a map image. The user can identify a particular chain restaurant from other restaurant by the brand icon unique to the particular chain restaurant on the map image so that the user can easily specify the favorite restaurant as a destination.

Abstract: A map display apparatus and method for a navigation changes a map scale dynamically to help the driver visualize the environment of the destination when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The map scale is changed dynamically to display the destination along with at least one map attribute near the destination to provide more information to the driver. The navigation system includes, among others, a searching unit and a scale changing unit to change the map scale to display the destination along with at least one map attribute when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The navigation system also includes a priority table to prioritize the map attributes and the searching unit searches the map attributes near the destination according to order in the priority table.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus to optimize energy consumption in a mobile phone having a navigation system. More specifically, this invention relates to a navigation-based method and apparatus to efficiently use a smartphone battery to deliver the highest possible location accuracy to the driver. In one embodiment, when the driver is travelling from a complex route segment to a less complex route segment, a current location sensor is switched to another location sensor with lower location accuracy which consumes less battery power. In another embodiment, when the driver is travelling from a less complex route segment to a complex route segment, the navigation system continues to use a location sensor with lower accuracy until the navigation system determines that switching to higher accuracy location sensor is necessary to conserve more battery power. The navigation system can determine a best timing to switch according to the driver's familiarity with the route segment or geographical area.

Abstract: Methods for forming anisotropic features for high aspect ratio application in etch process are provided. The methods described herein advantageously facilitates profile and dimension control of features with high aspect ratios. In one embodiment, a method for anisotropic etching a dielectric layer on a substrate includes providing a substrate having a patterned mask layer disposed on a dielectric layer in an etch chamber, supplying a gas mixture including at least a fluorine and carbon containing gas and a silicon fluorine gas into the etch chamber, and etching features in the dielectric layer in the presence of a plasma formed from the gas mixture.

Abstract: A map display apparatus and method for a navigation changes a map scale dynamically to help the driver visualize the environment of the destination when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The map scale is changed dynamically to display the destination along with at least one map attribute near the destination to provide more information to the driver. The navigation system includes, among others, a searching unit and a scale changing unit to change the map scale to display the destination along with at least one map attribute when the vehicle is approaching the destination. The navigation system also includes a priority table to prioritize the map attributes and the searching unit searches the map attributes near the destination according to order in the priority table.

Abstract: A method and apparatus adjusts a timing of state change of an electronics apparatus having an input device by measuring user's input speed for the input device and a distance of user's finger from the input device. The method includes the steps of measuring a current interval CI between recent two input operations in a series of input operations conducted through the input device, calculating an average interval AI of the series of input operations, calculating a reference interval RI determined from the equation: RI=K×AI, where K denotes a proportional coefficient, determining whether a current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval, and suspending an occurrence of the second system state change until a first system state has been responded in case when the current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval RI.