Abstract: A semiconductor switch comprising a first main terminal, a second main terminal, and a control terminal, the semiconductor switch further comprising: a III-nitride high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT), the III-nitride HEMT comprising a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, and a first gate terminal; a first interface circuit operatively connected to the control terminal and to the first gate terminal; and a short-circuit detection circuit operatively connected to the first drain terminal and the first source terminal, the short-circuit detection circuit being configured to: sense a short-circuit across the first drain terminal and the first source terminal; and transmit a short-circuit detection signal to the first interface circuit, the first interface circuit being configured, upon receipt of the short-circuit detection signal, to cause the III-nitride HEMT to turn off, and/or to cause a voltage across the first gate terminal to be reduced.

Abstract: The subject application is directed to a variable-capacity storage container including: a bottom wall and a sidewall connected to an edge of the bottom wall, with the bottom wall and the sidewall being configured to enclose together an accommodation space for accommodating objects; and, an opening part, connected to a side of the sidewall away from the bottom wall. The sidewall is elastic. The opening part, when subjected to pressure, is able to be pushed and moved towards the bottom wall to deform the sidewall; when the sidewall is deformed, at least a part of the sidewall changes from a direction towards the outside of the storage container to a direction towards where the opening part is located. The variable-capacity storage container provided in the present application has an advantage of a simple structure, with high-capacity occupancy rate, volume variation rate, and ease of operation.

Abstract: An enclosure for an electronic device includes a titanium-aluminum clad substrate and an anodic oxide coating disposed on the titanium-aluminum clad substrate. The anodic oxide coating includes a density of between about 2.1 g/cm3 and about 2.4 g/cm3 or includes a maximum porosity between about 21% and about 31% and can be exposed to a temperature of over 150° C. without cracking or crazing.

Abstract: A chemical treatment process has been identified as a simple and effective means of improving the bonding of injection-molded polymer to stainless steel surfaces. This process forms an oxide layer on a stainless steel surface that includes a layered double hydroxide. The layered double hydroxide both raises the bond strength and minimizes air or water leakage. The process enables the use of stainless steel alloys with injection molded polymer structural bonds in strong, lightweight, and water-resistant enclosures for consumer electronics.

Abstract: An enclosure for an electronic device includes a titanium-aluminum clad substrate and an anodic oxide coating disposed on the titanium-aluminum clad substrate. The anodic oxide coating includes a density of between about 2.1 g/cm3 and about 2.4 g/cm3 or includes a maximum porosity between about 21% and about 31% and can be exposed to a temperature of over 150° C. without cracking or crazing.

Abstract: A metal product includes a metal substrate, at least one first hole, at least one second hole, and at least one third hole. The first hole is formed in a surface of the metal substrate. The second hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and an inner surface defining the first hole. The third hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and without the second hole, a portion of the inner surface defining the first hole without the second hole, and an inner surface defining the second hole. The first, second, and third holes enhance a bonding strength between the metal product and a material product. The disclosure also provides a metal composite and a method for manufacturing the metal product.

Abstract: The subject application is directed to a variable-capacity storage container including: a bottom wall and a sidewall connected to an edge of the bottom wall, with the bottom wall and the sidewall being configured to enclose together an accommodation space for accommodating objects; and, an opening part, connected to a side of the sidewall away from the bottom wall. The sidewall is elastic. The opening part, when subjected to pressure, is able to be pushed and moved towards the bottom wall to deform the sidewall; when the sidewall is deformed, at least a part of the sidewall changes from a direction towards the outside of the storage container to a direction towards where the opening part is located. The variable-capacity storage container provided in the present application has an advantage of a simple structure, with high-capacity occupancy rate, volume variation rate, and ease of operation.

Abstract: A metal article comprises two metals, and a first hole and an oxide layer are set correspondingly on the surfaces of the two metals. To avoid the electrolytic corrosion on the interface between the two metals during the formation of the first hole, the disclosure provides a method of manufacturing the metal article. By putting a metal substrate in a first electrolyte including an etching agent and a passivating agent and applying electricity on the metal substrate, the metal article with the first hole is formed without electrolytic corrosion. The disclosure also provides a metal composite, which is formed by setting a material part in the first hole of the metal article.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dithering and directional modulation-based frame rate conversion apparatus comprising: a directional delta modulation generator configured to receive a plurality of input color data representing a plurality of input color components of an input pixel color and generate a plurality of modulated data for the plurality of input color data respectively; and a plurality of dithering modules configured to perform K-bit dithering conversion on the plurality of input color data respectively to generate a plurality of output color data for representing a plurality of output color components of an output pixel color with a color depth of K bits per component, where K is an integer equal to or great than 1. The present invention can allow display to support frame rates higher than its standard configuration without observable color depth degradation.

Abstract: A metal product includes a metal substrate, at least one first hole, at least one second hole, and at least one third hole. The first hole is formed in a surface of the metal substrate. The second hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and an inner surface defining the first hole. The third hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and without the second hole, a portion of the inner surface defining the first hole without the second hole, and an inner surface defining the second hole. The first, second, and third holes enhance a bonding strength between the metal product and a material product. The disclosure also provides a metal composite and a method for manufacturing the metal product.

Abstract: A metal article comprises two metals, and a first hole and an oxide layer are set correspondingly on the surfaces of the two metals. To avoid the electrolytic corrosion on the interface between the two metals during the formation of the first hole, the disclosure provides a method of manufacturing the metal article. By putting a metal substrate in a first electrolyte including an etching agent and a passivating agent and applying electricity on the metal substrate, the metal article with the first hole is formed without electrolytic corrosion. The disclosure also provides a metal composite, which is formed by setting a material part in the first hole of the metal article.

Abstract: A passive matrix organic light emitting diode (PMOLED) display which includes a plurality of lower electrode patterns arranged in parallel, a plurality of transparent electrode patterns arranged in parallel in a direction and being perpendicular to the lower electrode pattern, and an organic compound layer interposed between the lower electrode pattern and the transparent electrode pattern and by time-sharing control period into a display control period and a touch sensor control period for each display frame to implement image output and touch sensing; the display includes: a plurality of mutual electrode patterns provided to the vicinity of a display area defined by the lower electrode pattern and the transparent electrode pattern; a display driving circuit; a multiplexer; and a touch driving circuit connected to the lower electrode pattern or the transparent electrode pattern through the multiplexer in the touch sensor control period.

Abstract: A metal product capable of firmly combing a component of different materials with the metal to form a metal composite article includes a metal substrate. One or more surfaces of the metal substrate have a hole therein, the hole decreases in size towards an opening on the surface. A is the longest distance between any two points on a periphery of the opening. A plane of the opening is defined by the two points and a third point on the periphery of the opening. A periphery of an inner wall of the hole is defined on an intersection of the section plane and the inner wall of the hole. B is the longest distance between any two points on the periphery of the inner wall of the hole, and B is greater than A. The disclosure further provides a metal composite article and a method of manufacture.

Abstract: A computing device for interacting with a user, comprising: a touch-sensing enabled display panel comprising one or more touch sensors for sensing an on-screen touch and one or more physical keys being positioned adjacent to edges of the display panel and configured to serve as off-screen keys for sensing an off-screen touch. The touch-sensing functionality is extended by coupling the touch screen with proximally positioned physical keys for detecting touch gesture such that additional gestures can be detected and in turn enhancing the computing device's user experience.

Abstract: A computing device for interacting with a user, comprising: a touch-sensing enabled display panel comprising one or more touch sensors for sensing an on-screen touch and one or more physical keys being positioned adjacent to edges of the display panel and configured to serve as off-screen keys for sensing an off-screen touch. The touch-sensing functionality is extended by coupling the touch screen with proximally positioned physical keys for detecting touch gesture such that additional gestures can be detected and in turn enhancing the computing device's user experience.

Abstract: Provided is a method of sensing an illuminance in a passive matrix organic light emitting diode display, the display including a plurality of lower electrode patterns arranged in parallel, a plurality of transparent electrode patterns arranged in parallel and being perpendicular to the lower electrode patterns, and an organic compound layer interposed between the lower electrode pattern and the transparent electrode pattern, the method comprising steps of: (a) forming a predetermined voltage difference between at least one electrode patterns of the transparent electrode patterns as anodes and the lower electrode patterns as cathodes; (b) measuring the magnitude of current formed by the transparent electrode pattern and the lower electrode pattern in the step (a); and (c) measuring an illuminance using the measured current, in which a voltage supplied to the lower electrode pattern is relatively higher than that of the transparent electrode pattern in the step (a).

Abstract: A passive matrix organic light emitting diode (PMOLED) display which includes a plurality of lower electrode patterns arranged in parallel, a plurality of transparent electrode patterns arranged in parallel in a direction and being perpendicular to the lower electrode pattern, and an organic compound layer interposed between the lower electrode pattern and the transparent electrode pattern and by time-sharing control period into a display control period and a touch sensor control period for each display frame to implement image output and touch sensing; the display includes: a plurality of mutual electrode patterns provided to the vicinity of a display area defined by the lower electrode pattern and the transparent electrode pattern; a display driving circuit; a multiplexer; and a touch driving circuit connected to the lower electrode pattern or the transparent electrode pattern through the multiplexer in the touch sensor control period.

Abstract: A method is provided that allows the use of monochrome PMOLED display driver to generate grayscale patterns without the need to change the resolution of the 1-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) on the data line (SEG). The method further allows the elimination of extra frame buffer display memory needed by conventional techniques. This is achieved by swapping display memory space for display image pixel color (grayscale) depth in the expense of display resolution. The method further allows grayscale pattern data to be written into frame buffer only once without additional control from the host controller. The method further allows the dynamic application of grayscale on selectable whole or portion of a scan line such that full grayscale image display or a mixture of monochrome and grayscale image display in a single display panel is possible.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an off-axis hologram is provided. The off-axis hologram creates two, conjugate images which are on either side (off-axis) of the 0-order beam. A Multiple Beam Grating (MBG) is used to both duplicate the conjugate images and to redirect the images along the axis. The 0-order beam is blocked before or at the MBG. The MBG projects the images onto a 3D surface, such as a person's face.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an optical projector is provided with a laser array. Each laser is either collimated or focused to a fixed distance. At least one multiple beam grating (MBG) is placed in front of the laser array. The light pattern from the laser array is duplicated by the MBG, and cast on an object to be measured. The pattern on the object is changed by rotating the MBG. As a result, the number of patterns of structured dots that can be projected on the object is nearly unlimited. The optical projector can be used to provide depth perception to motion detection systems, to vehicle self-driving systems, and for many other uses.