Abstract: A thermal printer having a printhead, a printhead arm to engage and disengage the printhead, a platen roller, a user interface, and a printhead pressure adjustment mechanism is provided. The improvement consists of at least one force sensor adapted to sense the pressure between the printhead and the platen roller in real-time. The force sensor is communicatively linked to the user interface. The user interface is configured to display the pressure measured by the force sensor in real-time.

Abstract: A 3D auto-focusing display method comprises executing an eye-tracking step on a 3D image to obtain focal point coordinates (x1, y1) of viewers of the image, mapping the focal point coordinates (x1, y1) of viewers to a coordinate location of a display to obtain display coordinates (x2, y2) for defining the coordinate location of the display corresponding to a depth diagram of the 3D image, determining a region where the image is located by using the display coordinates (x2, y2) as an input parameter and by use of the depth diagram of the image, determining whether the image is 3D stereoscopic images according to the region and executing a depth map step to revise the 3D image based on the image and a plurality of depth data of the region to reflect the display coordinates (x2, y2) as a focused image, and outputting the revised focused image to the display.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a substrate including a device region and an ESD protection structure formed on the substrate in the device region. The device region includes a center region and edge regions separated by the center region, while the ESD protection structure includes a plurality of gate structures. The ESD protection device also includes a dielectric layer formed to cover the plurality of gate structures and a plurality of heat dissipation structures formed on the dielectric layer with each heat dissipation structure aligned with a corresponding gate structure along a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. The area size of each heat dissipation structure aligned with a corresponding gate structure in the center region is larger than the area size of each heat dissipation structure aligned with a corresponding gate structure in the edge region.

Abstract: A phase detecting device and a clock data recovery circuit are provided. The phase detecting device includes a decision feedback equalizer having first and second sample-hold sub-circuits, an edge detector having a third sample-hold sub-circuit, a first XOR gate, and a second XOR gate. The first sample-hold sub-circuit, the second sample-hold sub-circuit and the third sample-hold sub-circuit obtain first sample data, second sample data and transition data, respectively. The first XOR gate executes an XOR operation for the first sample data and the transition data to generate first clock phase shift information. The second XOR gate executes the XOR operation for the second sample data and the transition data to generate second clock phase shift information. Therefore, high-frequency noise disturbance generated from conventional clock data recovery circuit and decision feedback equalizer can be avoided.

Abstract: A gesture control system capable of interacting with three-dimensional (3D) images comprises a 3D image display device, a gesture recognition device, and a data processing unit. The 3D image display device displays a 3D image. The gesture recognition device captures a hand(s) and finger(s) image of a user and then calculates a hand(s) and finger(s) coordinate. The hand(s) and finger(s) coordinate is transmitted to the data processing unit and is matched with an image 3-dimensional spatial coordinate for being output via the 3D image display device in order to achieve advantages of interacting with 3D images.

Abstract: A method includes: generating an active route (AR) between a first network element (NE) and a second NE, the AR includes a first route between an active core device (ACD) and the first NE and a second route between the ACD and the second NE, transmitting data between the first NE and the second NE through the AR; sending an identity and a state of a first gateway interface that is connected to the first NE and is included in the ACD to a standby core device (SCD), the SCD generates a standby route (SR) between the first NE and the second NE, the SR includes a third route between the SCD and the first NE and a fourth route between the SCD and the second NE; and when a fault occurs on the first route, transmitting the data between the first NE and the second NE through the SR.

Abstract: The present disclosure directs to method, device, system for creating virtual credit card. The method may include: acquiring a subset of real-name information from a user interface of a terminal device; searching the real-name information stored in the first server with the subset of the real-name information; upon the real-name information is found in the first server, sending the real-name user information to a second server; finding whether the real-name information associates with a credit card account stored in the second server; after finding the credit card account is stored in the second server, creating, by the second server, a virtual credit card account; and storing the virtual credit card associated with the virtual credit card account in the data storage of the first server.

Abstract: A display system for automatic detection and switch of 2D/3D display modes thereof comprises a display device comprising a built-in display mode control chip, and a recording and playback device electrically connected to the display device. The recording and playback device comprises a built-in auto-detection software. The recording and playback device loads a playback data to be compared by the auto-detection software, and transmits a signal to the display mode control chip of the display device to achieve advantages of automatic detection and switching of 2D/3D display modes of the display device.

Abstract: A phase detecting device and a clock data recovery circuit are provided. The phase detecting device includes a decision feedback equalizer having first and second sample-hold sub-circuits, an edge detector having a third sample-hold sub-circuit, a first XOR gate, and a second XOR gate. The first sample-hold sub-circuit, the second sample-hold sub-circuit and the third sample-hold sub-circuit obtain first sample data, second sample data and transition data, respectively. The first XOR gate executes an XOR operation for the first sample data and the transition data to generate first clock phase shift information. The second XOR gate executes the XOR operation for the second sample data and the transition data to generate second clock phase shift information. Therefore, high-frequency noise disturbance generated from conventional clock data recovery circuit and decision feedback equalizer can be avoided.

Abstract: A gesture control system capable of interacting with three-dimensional (3D) images comprises a 3D image display device, a gesture recognition device, and a data processing unit. The 3D image display device displays a 3D image. The gesture recognition device captures a hand(s) and finger(s) image of a user and then calculates a hand(s) and finger(s) coordinate. The hand(s) and finger(s) coordinate is transmitted to the data processing unit and is matched with an image 3-dimensional spatial coordinate for being output via the 3D image display device in order to achieve advantages of interacting with 3D images.

Abstract: A low voltage quadrature phase wideband relaxation oscillator. An ultra-wideband tuning range from Mega to Giga Hz order is also realized by tuning the I/Q coupling factor, zeros and poles. Preferably, a novel synchronous quadrature injection lock is proposed to validate low noise performance.

Abstract: A display system for automatic detection and switch of 2D/3D display modes thereof comprises a display device comprising a built-in display mode control chip, and a recording and playback device electrically connected to the display device. The recording and playback device comprises a built-in auto-detection software. The recording and playback device loads a playback data to be compared by the auto-detection software, and transmits a signal to the display mode control chip of the display device to achieve advantages of automatic detection and switching of 2D/3D display modes of the display device.

Abstract: The invention discloses a flexible photovoltaic apparatus including a composite fabric structure, a thin film photovoltaic device and a protection layer. The thin film photovoltaic device is bonded on an upper surface of the composite fabric structure. The protection layer is transparent, and is bonded on the thin film photovoltaic device and the upper surface of the composite fabric structure such that two terminals of the thin film photovoltaic device are exposed. A lower surface of the composite fabric structure serves as a decorative surface.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an image capture module, an image processing module, and a display module. The image capture module includes a first capture unit for capturing a first image and a second capture unit for capturing a second image. The first capture unit is simultaneously enabled with the second capture unit. The second image has an overlapping view with the first image. The image processing module includes an image cropping unit and an image stitching unit. The image cropping unit crops the first image to keep a first section of the first image, and further crops the second image to keep a second section of the second image. The first section is different from the second section. The image stitching unit stitches the first section and the second section into an integrated image. The display module displays the integrated image.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a main display screen and a touch screen. The touch screen is used for being touched by users to define a touch track and generating an input signal corresponding to the attributes of the touch track. Programs may be activated and control functions performed in response to how a user touches the touch screen.

Abstract: A computer system includes a mouse and a computer for selecting a left-handed mode and a right-handed mode as a current operation mode of the mouse. When a right hand operates the mouse, the mouse automatically generates a first mode-setting signal, and the computer shifts the current operation mode to the right-handed mode according to the first mode-setting signal. When a left hand operates the mouse, the mouse automatically generates a second mode-setting signal different from the first mode-setting signal, and the computer shifts the current operation mode to the left-handed mode according to the second mode-setting signal.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an image capture module, an image processing module, and a display module. The image capture module includes a first capture unit for capturing a first image and a second capture unit for capturing a second image. The first capture unit is simultaneously enabled with the second capture unit. The second image has an overlapping view with the first image. The image processing module includes an image cropping unit and an image stitching unit. The image cropping unit crops the first image to keep a first section of the first image, and further crops the second image to keep a second section of the second image. The first section is different from the second section. The image stitching unit stitches the first section and the second section into an integrated image. The display module displays the integrated image.

Abstract: A method of generating and detecting confusing phones/syllables is disclosed. The method includes a generating stage and a detecting stage. The generating stage includes: (a) input a Mandarin utterance; (b) partition the Mandarin utterance into segmented phones/syllables and generate the most likely route in a recognition net via Forced Alignment of Viterbi decoding; (c) compare the segmented phones/syllables with a Mandarin acoustic model; (d) determine whether a confusing phone/syllable exists; (e) add the confusing phone/syllable into the recognition net and repeat step (b), (c), and (d) when the confusing phone/syllable exists; (f) stop and output all generated confusing phones/syllables to a confusing phone/syllable file when a confusing phone/syllable does not exist.

Abstract: A method of generating and detecting confusing phones/syllables is disclosed. The method includes a generating stage and a detecting stage. The generating stage includes: (a) input a Mandarin utterance; (b) partition the Mandarin utterance into segmented phones/syllables and generate the most likely route in a recognition net via Forced Alignment of Viterbi decoding; (c) compare the segmented phones/syllables with a Mandarin acoustic model; (d) determine whether a confusing phone/syllable exists; (e) add the confusing phone/syllable into the recognition net and repeat step (b), (c), and (d) when the confusing phone/syllable exists; (f) stop and output all generated confusing phones/syllables to a confusing phone/syllable file when a confusing phone/syllable does not exist.