Abstract: An airflow heating module for an equipment front-end module, including: a first perforated plate including a first plurality of holes used as airflow inlets; a second perforated plate including a second plurality of holes used as airflow outlets; a plurality of heaters provided between the first and the second perforated plates; and an active air intake device provided on the first perforated plate to accelerate airflow flowing through the first plurality of holes and past the plurality of heaters, such that the airflow carries heat generated by the heaters and passes through the second plurality of holes. Each of the heaters includes a heating tube and a fin. The fin is formed helically around the heating tube and attached thereto.

Abstract: A power budget allocation method includes: obtaining a system setting associated with a multi-core processor system, obtaining a target power budget, and checking, by a power management controller, at least one power management table according to the system setting and the target power budget to generate a power management output for the multi-core processor system. The system setting includes a core combination setting of the multi-core processor system, and further includes a frequency setting of each processor core selected by the core combination setting.

Abstract: A positioning method and a positioning system based on light intensity are provided. The positioning system comprises a lighting system, a sense feedback device and a positioning module. The lighting system comprises at least three point light sources and sequentially adjusts luminance of these point light sources to light up a target. The sense feedback device is disposed on the target and used to collect light intensity information of the light projected on the target by the lighting system. The positioning module calculates a distance between the target and each of the point light sources based on the light intensity information and calculates a positioning location of the target based on the locations of the point light sources and the distances between the target and the point light sources.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label controlling system, an electronic shelf label installing method and an electronic shelf label updating method are provided. The electronic shelf label controlling system of the electronic shelf label includes at least an electronic shelf label, a controlling device, a deploying device, and a communication gateway device. The electronic shelf label is disposed on a shelf. The controlling device stores a label location table. The label location table records a relationship between a label identifying information and a label location information of the electronic shelf label. The deploying device is used for obtaining the label identifying information. The communication gateway device is used for communicating the controlling device, the deploying device and the electronic shelf label.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a system for updating electronic shelf labels (ESLs) comprises multiple ESLs, and a gateway connected to the multiple ESLs to update data of the multiple ESLs. Each ESL comprises a transceiver having a media condition detector to detect whether other ESL(s) perform an update at the time slot, a controller, a memory, and a random number generator randomly selecting one of multiple time slots of a frame when an ESL update procedure begins, wherein the time slot corresponds to an index stored in the memory by the controller. The ESL performs the update at this time slot when none of said other ESL(s) performs the update at the time slot. When said other ESL(s) performs the update at the time slot, the controller enables the random number generator to randomly select another time slot from a next time frame.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label controlling system, an electronic shelf label installing method and an electronic shelf label updating method are provided. The electronic shelf label controlling system of the electronic shelf label includes at least an electronic shelf label, a controlling device, a deploying device, and a communication gateway device. The electronic shelf label is disposed on a shelf. The controlling device stores a label location table. The label location table records a relationship between a label identifying information and a label location information of the electronic shelf label. The deploying device is used for obtaining the label identifying information. The communication gateway device is used for communicating the controlling device, the deploying device and the electronic shelf label.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a system for updating electronic shelf labels (ESLs) comprises multiple ESLs, and a gateway connected to the multiple ESLs to update data of the multiple ESLs. Each ESL comprises a transceiver having a media condition detector to detect whether other ESL(s) perform an update at the time slot, a controller, a memory, and a random number generator randomly selecting one of multiple time slots of a frame when an ESL update procedure begins, wherein the time slot corresponds to an index stored in the memory by the controller. The ESL performs the update at this time slot when none of said other ESL(s) performs the update at the time slot. When said other ESL(s) performs the update at the time slot, the controller enables the random number generator to randomly select another time slot from a next time frame.

Abstract: The method for binding a sensor and an actuator can be categorized into three types: manual binding, automatic binding and semi-automatic binding. Manual binding methods increase users' operational burden when a great number of sensors and actuators are to be bound. The current hard-coded automatic binding method suffers from lack of versatility. The template-based semi-automatic binding method still requires users to input some information manually. The disclosure provides an automatic binding method, which can automatically and reasonably bind the functions of a sensor and an actuator without user input, in a sensor network comprising a plurality of sensors and actuators.

Abstract: The method for binding a sensor and an actuator can be categorized into three types: manual binding, automatic binding and semi-automatic binding. Manual binding methods increase users' operational burden when a great number of sensors and actuators are to be bound. The current hard-coded automatic binding method suffers from lack of versatility. The template-based semi-automatic binding method still requires users to input some information manually. The disclosure provides an automatic binding method, which can automatically and reasonably bind the functions of a sensor and an actuator without user input, in a sensor network comprising a plurality of sensors and actuators.

Abstract: A positioning method includes: first, receiving wireless signals respectively at the positions of a number of training positions so as to extract a number of signal characteristics; next, establishing a positioning database according to the relationship between the training positions and the corresponding positioning module; then, classifying the training positions and the corresponding signal characteristics into a plurality of clusters, wherein when conducting positioning on a positioning node, a characteristic matching is conducted to find out a major cluster most similar to the positioning node; after that, conducting the characteristic matching between the positioning node and the training positions in the major cluster to decide a most-likely position of the positioning node. In addition, the present invention also provides a positioning system using the above-mentioned method.

Abstract: A method for a new node to join an ad-hoc network is provided. The method includes two basic functions. When the new node is allowed to join the network, the indicating device of the node being joined generates an indication. When the new node joins the network, the indicating device of the new node also generates an indication. The method further includes two commands, the join-rejection command and the joined-rejection command, to cancel the join procedure when the indicating device of the new node and the node being joined do not indicate correspondingly. Accordingly, the method efficiently reduces the possibility of joining an unanticipated node.

Abstract: An algorithm of collecting and constructing training location data is provided as it is applied to a test space of a plurality of beacons and training locations. The signal patterns of beacons adjacent to each training location are detected. The signal pattern is converted into a signal vector and each signal vector is integrated for calculating a feature vector of each training location. The coordinate and the feature vector of each training location, after being recorded, are introduced into a numerical data fitting model for constructing the signal pattern function of each beacon. For positioning, the current signal patterns of the beacons adjacent to the user location are detected and converted to a discriminant function. Thereafter, the minimum of the discriminant function is computed so as to find the position of the user location.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two-way wireless communication apparatus. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the two-way wireless communication apparatus mainly includes a mobile communication module and a femtocell module. The mobile communication module has a first antenna for extending wireless signals, especially for extending the outdoor mobile communication signals. The femtocell module has a second antenna for providing a mobile coverage, especially for the end devices that user uses indoor. More particularly, the claimed two-way wireless communication apparatus uses a signaling means to link the mobile communication module and the femtocell module, and to exchange the downlink and uplink signals there-between. The two-way wireless communication apparatus is preferably capable of bridging at least two mobile communication networks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless repeater device, a method and a system for implementing control of the device remotely over a wireless network. It is featured that the wireless repeater device is able to be configured by a direct control mode, an on-site mode and a remote control mode. Through the claimed system, a remote operator may access the wireless repeater device over a wireless network. The wireless repeater device particularly has a control modem circuit which is enabled by a mobile identification scheme, and the configuration can be performed over a mobile communication network. The signals carried with the control parameters from an operator end may be delivered in the form of SMS messages.

Abstract: A communication system for supporting a positioning operation within a specific area includes a system server and a communication device. The system server receives training location data corresponding to m training locations, wherein m is a natural number greater than 1, and obtains a first set and a second set of parameters according to m sets of training location data respectively corresponding to m training locations by way of conversion. The communication device downloads a part or an entire of the first set and the second set of parameters from the system server, establishes a positioning function according to the downloaded part or entire of the first set and the second set of parameters, determines to-be-positioned location data of a to-be-positioned location, and substitutes the to-be-positioned location data into the positioning function to generate positioning result data corresponding to the to-be-positioned location of communication device.

Abstract: An automatic lighting control system includes at least a lighting device, at least a sensor, and a decision module. Each lighting device is adjustable and has a remote control function. A wireless sensor network is configured by the one or more sensors. Each sensor may sense a corresponding luminance and returns the luminance to the decision module in a wireless manner. The decision module may dynamically adjust one or more lighting devices to a suitable luminance by referring to system information, the returned luminance and user's demands.

Abstract: A search method of a roaming service for registering a mobile station to a network service is provided. The search method comprises the step of searching for a registered public land mobile network (RPLMN) and registering to the RPLMN when the record of the RPLMN is existing and the RPLMN is found and the location registration is necessary. When the record of RPLMN is not existing, or the mobile station can not find an available base station, or the location registration is unsuccessful, or a scan timer expires, the steps of updating an available public land mobile network (PLMN) list and performing a location registration according to the available PLMN list is performed. The step of updating the PLMN list further comprises sorting the available PLMNs according to an order of preferred PLMNs corresponding to a current location of the mobile station, or according to a data transfer speed.

Abstract: A positioning method and a positioning system based on light intensity are provided. The positioning system comprises a lighting system, a sense feedback device and a positioning module. The lighting system comprises at least three point light sources and sequentially adjusts luminance of these point light sources to light up a target. The sense feedback device is disposed on the target and used to collect light intensity information of the light projected on the target by the lighting system. The positioning module calculates a distance between the target and each of the point light sources based on the light intensity information and calculates a positioning location of the target based on the locations of the point light sources and the distances between the target and the point light sources.

Abstract: A method for a new node to join an ad-hoc network is provided. The method includes two basic functions. When the new node is allowed to join the network, the indicating device of the node being joined generates an indication. When the new node joins the network, the indicating device of the new node also generates an indication. The method further includes two commands, the join-rejection command and the joined-rejection command, to cancel the join procedure when the indicating device of the new node and the node being joined do not indicate correspondingly. Accordingly, the method efficiently reduces the possibility of joining an unanticipated node.

Abstract: An algorithm of collecting and constructing training location data is provided as it is applied to a test space of a plurality of beacons and training locations. The signal patterns of beacons adjacent to each training location are detected. The signal pattern is converted into a signal vector and each signal vector is integrated for calculating a feature vector of each training location. The coordinate and the feature vector of each training location, after being recorded, are introduced into a numerical data fitting model for constructing the signal pattern function of each beacon. For positioning, the current signal patterns of the beacons adjacent to the user location are detected and converted to a discriminant function. Thereafter, the minimum of the discriminant function is computed so as to find the position of the user location.