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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160054776 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING SYSTEM POWER CONTROL WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing system power control within an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of: utilizing a power consumption index generator positioned in a specific subsystem to generate a power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem, where the electronic device includes a plurality of subsystems, and the specific subsystem is one of the plurality of subsystems; and triggering a power limiter protection operation for the electronic device according to the power consumption index. For example, the power consumption index corresponding to the specific subsystem may represent a power consumption value of the specific subsystem, and the method may further include: comparing the power consumption value of the specific subsystem with a peak power threshold to determine whether the power consumed by the specific subsystem reaches the peak power threshold to generate a determining result, for triggering the power limiter protection operation. | 02-25-2016 |
20150365649 | Method and Apparatus of Disparity Vector Derivation in 3D Video Coding - A method and apparatus for three-dimensional video encoding or decoding using an improved refined DV derivation process are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention first determine a derived DV (disparity vector) from temporal, spatial, or inter-view neighboring blocks, or any combination thereof of the current block in a dependent view. A refined DV is then determined based on the derived DV when the derived DV exists and is valid. When the derived DV does not exist or is not valid, the refined DV is determined based on a zero DV or a default DV. The derived DV, the zero DV, or the default DV is used respectively to locate a corresponding block in a coded view, and a corresponding depth block in the coded view is used to determine the refined DV. | 12-17-2015 |
20150358636 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SPATIAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION DERIVATION FOR DIRECT AND SKIP MODES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CODING - A method and apparatus for spatial motion vector prediction (MVP) candidate derivation for Direct mode and Skip mode in three-dimensional video coding are disclosed. The motion vector of each neighboring block is associated with a corresponding reference picture index pointing to a corresponding reference picture. For both the Direct mode and the Skip mode, the motion vector of each neighboring block is selected as the spatial MVP candidate for each neighboring block only if the corresponding reference picture index is the same as a selected target reference picture index. In one embodiment, the target reference picture index is set to 0. In another embodiment, the target reference picture index corresponds to a majority of the corresponding reference picture indexes associated with the neighboring blocks in Direct mode or Skip mode. | 12-10-2015 |
20150350964 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT - A method for inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) performance enhancement in a mobile communications device is provided. First, a first RAT is camped on to perform a first service. Thereafter, it is moved/fallen back to a second RAT from the first RAT to perform a second service. Cell information of the first RAT is then measured and collected during the performance of the second service in the second RAT. A first cell to return to the first RAT is determined according to the collected cell information of the first RAT after a call connection of the second RAT is released. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOTION DATA BUFFER REDUCTION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CODING - A method and apparatus for three-dimensional video coding, multi-view video coding and scalable video coding are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention use two stage motion data compression to reduce motion data buffer requirement. A first-stage motion data compression is applied after each texture picture or depth map is coded to reduce motion data buffer requirement. Accordingly, first compressed motion data is stored in reduced resolution in the buffer to reduce storage requirement and the first compressed motion data is used for coding process of other texture pictures or depth maps in the same access unit. After all pictures in an access unit are coded, motion data associated with the access unit is further compressed and the second compressed motion data is used during coding process of pictures in other access unit. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347203 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONFIGURING APPLICATION-DEPENDENT TASK BASED ON OPERATING BEHAVIOR OF APPLICATION DETECTED DURING EXECUTION OF APPLICATION AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device has a processing system and a management circuit. The processing system executes an application. The management circuit detects an operating behavior of the application during execution of the application, analyzes the detected operating behavior of the application to generate an application identification result, and configures an application-dependent task according to at least the application identification result. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346785 | THERMAL CONTROL METHOD AND THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a thermal control method and a thermal control system. The thermal control method comprises: detecting a temperature variance of a component of the electronic device to generate a detecting result; and determining a temperature threshold value for the integrated circuit as a throttling point according to the detecting result. The thermal control system comprises: a detecting unit, for detecting a temperature variance of a component of the electronic device to generate a detecting result; and a determining unit, for determining a temperature threshold value for the integrated circuit as a throttling point according to the detecting result. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346755 | SWITCHING CURRENT SOURCE CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A switching current source circuit is provided. A current source drains a bias current from a power supply via a first mirror transistor. A second mirror transistor has a source coupled to the power supply, a gate coupled to the gate of the first mirror transistor, and a drain for providing an output current. A switch is coupled between the gates of the first and second mirror transistors, and has a control terminal for receiving a control signal. A first capacitor is coupled between the gate of the second mirror transistor and the voltage generating unit. A second capacitor is coupled between the gate of the second mirror transistor and a ground. The voltage generating unit selectively provides a first voltage or a second voltage different from the first voltage to the first capacitor according to the control signal. | 12-03-2015 |
20150342535 | METHOD AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLLER FOR LIFE SIGN MONITORING - A method for life sign monitoring and associated controller is provided. The method includes: obtaining a video signal, performing an activity modeling on the video signal to provide an activity signal, performing a vital sign extraction on the video signal to provide a vital sign, performing a filtering on the vital sign in view of the activity signal to suppress a correlation between the activity signal and the vital sign, and accordingly providing a filtered vital sign; and, according to the filtered vital sign and whether the activity signal exceeds an activity threshold range, providing a joint decision for categorizing result of life sign monitoring to one of a plurality of predetermined episodes. | 12-03-2015 |
20150341636 | Method and Apparatus of Adaptive Intra Prediction for Inter-Layer and Inter-View Coding - A method and apparatus of inter-layer and the inter-view adaptive Intra prediction (IL-AIP and IV-AIP) for a video coding system are disclosed. The video data is configured into a Base Layer (BL) and an Enhancement Layer (EL) for the inter-layer video coding system, and the video data is configured into a Base View (BV) and an Enhancement View (EV) for the inter-view video coding system. The adaptive Intra predictor for the to-be-processed block in the EL or the EV is derived based on the BL or the BV. For inter-layer and inter-view adaptive LM Intra prediction, the LM adaptive Intra predictor for the to-be-processed chroma block in the EL or the EV is derived based on the BL or the BV. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340359 | SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING CIRCUIT - A signal transceiving circuit comprising an IC including a signal transmitting part. The signal transmitting part comprises: a first I/O pad; a second I/O pad; a first output stage circuit, coupled to the first I/O pad; a second output stage circuit, coupled to the second I/O pad; and a first surge protecting device, comprising a first terminal coupled to the first output stage circuit and the first I/O pad, and comprising a second terminal coupled to the second output stage circuit and the second I/O pad. | 11-26-2015 |
20150333755 | SAMPLING CIRCUIT FOR SAMPLING SIGNAL INPUT AND RELATED CONTROL METHOD - A sampling circuit for sampling a signal input includes a signal generation circuit, a sampling switch and a control circuit. The signal generation circuit is arranged for generating a first control signal. The sampling switch has a control node, and is arranged for determining a sampling time of the signal input according to a signal level at the control node. The control circuit is arranged for controlling the signal level at the control node, wherein when the signal level at the control node corresponds to a first level, and before a signal level of the first control signal is changed in order to adjust the signal level at the control node to a second level, the control circuit couples the first control signal to the control node. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIGNAL AMPLIFYING WITH AID OF SWITCHING CONTROL - A method and an apparatus for performing signal amplifying with aid of switching control are provided, where the method may include the steps of: modulating an input signal of a gain stage based on one of several modulation schemes to generate at least one first amplified result of a first amplifying path of the gain stage; modulating the input signal of the gain stage based on one of the several modulation schemes to generate at least one second amplified result of a second amplifying path of the gain stage; and generating an amplified signal of the gain stage based on at least the first amplified result and the second amplified result. In addition, at least one switching time point of the first amplifying path for switching between the several modulation schemes and one switching time point of the second amplifying path for switching between the several modulation schemes are non-overlapped. | 11-19-2015 |
20150333623 | CHARGE PUMP WITH WIDE OPERATING RANGE - A charge pump at least includes a current source, a first switch, a second switch, a level-shift circuit, and a capacitor. The first switch is coupled between the current source and an internal node. The capacitor is coupled between the internal node and the level-shift circuit. The second switch is coupled between the internal node and an output node. The first switch performs a closing-and-opening operation and the level-shift circuit performs a level-shift operation while the second switch is kept open and the internal node is isolated from the output node. The operating range of the charge pump is effectively widened by using the proposed design. | 11-19-2015 |
20150326186 | HYBRID POWER MODULE - A hybrid power module for supplying a power to a power amplifier is provided. The hybrid power module includes a DC-DC converter and a linear regulator. The DC-DC converter provides a first current to the power amplifier via a first inductor according to an operating frequency and an envelope tracking signal. The linear regulator provides a second current to the power amplifier via a first capacitor according to the envelope tracking signal. A switch-mode power supply (SMPS) ripple voltage caused by the DC-DC converter is reduced by the linear regulator. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325549 | PACKAGE ON PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH PILLAR BUMP PINS AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A package on package (POP) structure includes at least a first package and a second package. The first package has a plurality of pillar bump pins. The second package has a plurality of pads connected to the pillar bump pins, respectively. A method of forming a package on package (POP) structure includes at least the following steps: providing a first package with a plurality of pillar bump pins; providing a second package with a plurality of pads; and forming the POP structure by connecting the pillar bump pins to the pads. | 11-12-2015 |
20150312717 | METHOD OF SELECTING A SIM FOR A LOCATION SERVICE AND MULTI-SIM DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A method of selecting a SIM for a location service and a multi-SIM device utilizing the same are disclosed. The method, adopted by a multi-SIM device, includes: acquiring Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) information from a corresponding communications network which each SIM is in connection with; determining which communications network supports a location service based on the SUPL information; and requesting the location service on a SIM that is in connection with the supported communications network. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312391 | AUTOMATIC CALL CONTROL METHOD FOR SELECTION OF CALL APPROACHES - An automatic call control method includes the steps of: receiving a mobile terminated call; checking whether the mobile terminated call matches a call rule; and if the mobile terminated call matches the call rule, rejecting the mobile terminated call, and then performing a callback according to a predetermined call approach corresponding to the call rule. | 10-29-2015 |
20150303880 | LOW PASS FILTER WITH COMMON-MODE NOISE REDUCTION - A low pass filter includes a first amplifier stage and a second amplifier stage. The first amplifier stage includes a differential operational amplifier, wherein the first amplifier stage is arranged to process a differential input signal to generate a differential intermediate signal, the differential input signal having a first input signal and a second input signal, and the differential intermediate signal having a first intermediate signal and a second intermediate signal. The second amplifier stage has no common-mode feedback and is arranged to process the differential intermediate signal to generate a differential output signal, wherein the differential output signal has a first output signal corresponding to the first input signal and a second output signal corresponding to the second input signal. Since the noisy common-mode feedback is removed from the second amplifier stage, the overall common-mode noise of the low pass filter can be decreased. | 10-22-2015 |
20150296102 | Method for Detecting Occlusion Areas - A method and apparatus for occlusion area detection based on block difference associated with a motion vector and a predicted block difference are disclosed. For each current block of a frame, motion estimation is performed based on a temporally previous frame and a temporally subsequent frame. Based on the motion vector derived, two reference blocks of the current block are located in the temporally neighboring frames. The block difference between these two reference blocks is calculated for the current block. By comparing the block difference with a predicted block difference of the current block, the current block is determined to be an occlusion block or not accordingly. The predicted block difference is updated by averaging the block difference of neighboring blocks in a non-motion boundary area. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295603 | RECEIVER APPARATUS WITH BLOCKER DETECTION PATH PARALLEL WITH RECEIVER PATH AND ASSOCIATED BLOCKER DETECTION METHOD - A receiver apparatus includes a receiver path and a blocker detection path. The receiver path includes a down-converting stage. The blocker detection path includes a sensing circuit and a blocker detection circuit. The sensing circuit is arranged to sense a received radio frequency signal which has not yet been processed by the down-converting stage and generate a sensed signal accordingly. The blocker detection circuit is arranged to detect existence of a blocker signal according to the sensed signal and generate a blocker detection result indicative of the existence of the blocker signal when receiving the sensed signal. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294179 | Method for Detecting Foreground - A method and apparatus for foreground detection by designating one of two non-occlusion areas as the foreground area according to results of position matching using two given motion vectors. The detection is performed by matching the position of the current occlusion area in the current frame with one or more positions of a previous occlusion area in a previous frame. The matching operation is based on motion vectors determined for the neighboring areas adjacent to the current occlusion area. The determination of the motion vectors are based on two neighboring frames temporally located before and after the current frame. If the position of the current occlusion area is matched with the previous occlusion area by using one of the motion vectors, the neighboring area corresponding to the motion vector is designated as a foreground area. | 10-15-2015 |
20150281929 | METHOD OF SELECTING AN ACTIVE SIM FOR AN EMERGENCY SERVICE AND MULTI-SIM DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A method of selecting an active SIM for an emergency service and a multi-SIM device utilizing the same are disclosed. The method, adopted by the multi-SIM device, includes: receiving a request for an emergency call on a first SIM camping on an LTE network; determining whether a second SIM camps on a second communications network which supports an emergency service; and when the second communications network supports the emergency service, performing the emergency call from the second SIM. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN VIDEO CODING - A method and apparatus for three-dimensional and scalable video coding are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention determine a motion information set associated with the video data, wherein at least part of the motion information set is made available or unavailable conditionally depending on the video data type. The video data type may correspond to depth data, texture data, a view associated with the video data in three-dimensional video coding, or a layer associated with the video data in scalable video coding. The motion information set is then provided for coding or decoding of the video data, other video data, or both. At least a flag may be used to indicate whether part of the motion information set is available or unavailable. Alternatively, a coding profile for the video data may be used to determine whether the motion information is available or not based on the video data type. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280723 | OSCILLATING SIGNAL GENERATOR, PHASE-LOCK LOOP CIRCUIT USING THE OSCILLATING SIGNAL GENERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE OSCILLATING SIGNAL GENERATOR - An oscillating signal generator includes: a controllable oscillator arranged to output an oscillating signal according to a control signal and a band adjusting signal; a control circuit arranged to generate a continuous signal having a specific slew-rate when the control signal reaches a boundary of a control signal interval; and a current mirror arranged to generate the band adjusting signal according to at least the continuous signal. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279522 | FEEDTHROUGH SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND METHOD UTILIZING PERMANENTLY ON BUFFER AND SWITCHABLE NORMAL BUFFER - A feedthrough signal transmission circuit includes a first permanently on cell and a cell controlling unit. The first permanently on cell is arranged to transmit a first control signal. The cell controlling unit is coupled to the first permanently on cell, and includes a power switch and a plurality o buffers. The power switch is coupled to the first permanently on cell, arranged to receive a switch control signal and the first control signal, and selectively output the first control signal according to the switch control signal. The plurality of buffers is coupled to the power switch. Each of the buffers is arranged to buffer a data input only when powered by the first control signal output from the power switch. | 10-01-2015 |
20150277401 | LOW-POWER MECHANISM FOR WEARABLE CONTROLLER AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD - A low-power wearable controller and associated control method are provided. The wearable controller includes: a processing unit; a memory unit; a peripheral interface unit including a plurality of peripheral interfaces; and a control module, coupled to the processing unit, the memory unit and the peripheral interface unit, wherein the control module is enabled when the wearable controller is operated in a first operation mode, and the control module is disabled when the wearable controller is operated in a second operation mode. | 10-01-2015 |
20150264814 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING BASE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - The invention provides a semiconductor package and a method for fabricating a base for a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a base. The base has a device-attach surface. A radio-frequency (RF) device is embedded in the base. The RF device is close to the device-attach surface. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261280 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR WAKING A DISPLAY WITH AN ADJUSTABLE POWER LEVEL TO DETECT TOUCHES THEREON - A portable electronic device including a touch sensor and a processing unit is provided. The touch sensor is disposed on or under a display, and uses a power level to generate first touch data for a touch detected thereon when the display is in a sleep state. The processing unit configures the touch sensor to increase the power level to generate second touch data for the touch when determining that the touch corresponds to a predetermined gesture with a first similarity probability greater than a first threshold according to the first touch data, and wakes the display from the sleep state when determining that the touch corresponds to the predetermined gesture with a second similarity probability greater than a second threshold according to the second touch data, wherein the second threshold is greater than the first threshold. | 09-17-2015 |
20150257110 | METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION POWER SHAPING AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus. The RF signal processing device is capable of supporting carrier aggregation and configured to process RF signals. The baseband signal processing device is configured to process baseband signals. The processor is configured to control operations of the RF signal processing device and the baseband signal processing device. The processor further receives a power control signal from a peer communications apparatus, obtains an assigned transmission power which is assigned by the peer communications apparatus for the communications apparatus to transmit a reference signal according to information carried in the power control signal, determines a spectral efficiency estimation value of the communications apparatus and directs the RF signal processing device to transmit the reference signal with a reduced transmission power which is smaller than the assigned transmission power when the spectral efficiency estimation value is smaller than a predetermined threshold. | 09-10-2015 |
20150257090 | METHODS FOR ONE RADIO MODULE TO LISTEN TO PAGING SIGNALS WITHOUT BREAKING THE DATA TRANSMISSION OF THE OTHER RADIO MODULE OPERATING IN THE CONNECTED MODE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus. A first radio module communicates with a first wireless network and provides wireless communications services. A second radio module communicates with a second wireless network and provides wireless communications services. At least two antennas shared by the first radio module and the second radio module. When the first radio module operates in a connected mode and when the timing of the first radio module performing the first receiving activity coincides with the timing of the second radio module performing a second receiving activity, the first radio module reports a value of 1 for a Rank Indicator to the first wireless network at least once before the second radio module is to perform the second receiving activity, and then the second radio module uses one of the antennas to perform the second receiving activity. | 09-10-2015 |
20150243595 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PACKAGE - A semiconductor chip is provided. The semiconductor chip includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, a first signal path and a second signal path. The first circuit provides a reference signal. The first signal path includes a first conductive trace and transmits the reference signal from the first circuit to the second circuit. The second signal path transmits the reference signal from the first circuit to the third circuit. Timing skews of the first and second signal paths are balanced and the first and second signal paths are routed globally. | 08-27-2015 |
20150236877 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING SYSTEM - A communication unit comprises a radio frequency, RF, transmitter comprising: a power amplifier, PA, module; an envelope tracking system operably coupled to the PA module and arranged to variably control a supply voltage for the PA module; and a load control system operably coupled to an output of the PA module and arranged to control a power amplifier output load. | 08-20-2015 |
20150236729 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING SYSTEM - A communication unit comprises a radio frequency, RF, transmitter comprising: a power amplifier, PA, module; an envelope tracking system operably coupled to the PA module and arranged to variably control a supply voltage for the PA module; and a load control system operably coupled to an output of the PA module and arranged to control a power amplifier output load. | 08-20-2015 |
20150234662 | APPARATUS FOR MUTUAL-TRANSPOSITION OF SCALAR AND VECTOR DATA SETS AND RELATED METHOD - An apparatus for processing a plurality of data sets is disclosed, wherein one data set of the plurality of data sets includes N components and has a data type of one of a scalar type and a vector type, wherein N is a positive integer number. The apparatus includes a memory module and a data accessing module. The memory module comprises N memory units configured to store the plurality of data sets. The data accessing module is configured to write the data set into the memory module according to a write data index corresponding to the data set and one of a first writing mapping information and a second writing mapping information, wherein the first writing mapping information is employed when the data type is one of the scalar and the vector type and the second writing mapping information is employed when the data type is the other of the scalar and the vector type. | 08-20-2015 |
20150229383 | COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND APPARATUS - A communications apparatus and method are provided. The communications method for an apparatus capable of Carrier Aggregation (CA), wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of processing engines and antennas, includes the steps of determining whether the apparatus is configured in a single component carrier for a first group of the antennas; and activating a second group of the antennas if the apparatus is configured in the single component carrier. | 08-13-2015 |
20150214773 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS CHARGING CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AID OF PREDETERMINED DATA IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing wireless charging control of an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes: performing at least one detection operation at a direct current (DC) output terminal of a rectifier of the electronic device to generate at least one detection result, wherein two alternating current (AC) input terminals of the rectifier are coupled to two terminals of a power input coil of the electronic device, and the at least one detection operation is not performed at the power input coil; and estimating input power of the power input coil according to the at least one detection result with aid of a set of predetermined data, and sending a packet carrying information corresponding to the estimated input power, for performing wireless charging foreign object detection (FOD), wherein the set of predetermined data is stored in a non-volatile (NV) memory of the electronic device. | 07-30-2015 |
20150200693 | TRANSMITTER HAVING INTEGRATED DESIGN OF MULTIPLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULES - A transmitter includes a first wireless communication module, a second wireless communication module, a multiplexer, a digital-to-analog converter and a filter. The multiplexer selectively outputs a first digital signal derived from a digital output of the first wireless communication module or a second digital signal derived from a digital output of the second wireless communication module as a selected output. The digital-to-analog converter converts the selected output into an analog signal. The filter processes the analog signal and includes an adjustable resistive element. When the multiplexer selects the first digital signal as the selected output, the adjustable resistive element is adjusted to have a first resistance value such that the filter has a first bandwidth. When the multiplexer selects the second digital signal as the selected output, the adjustable resistive element is adjusted to have a second resistance value such that the filter has a second bandwidth. | 07-16-2015 |
20150195506 | Method of Reference Picture Selection and Signaling in 3D and Multi-view Video Coding - A method of video coding utilizing ARP (advanced residual prediction) by explicitly signaling the temporal reference picture or deriving the temporal reference picture at the encoder and the decoder using identical process is disclosed. To encode or decode a current block in a current picture from a dependent view, a corresponding block in a reference view corresponding to the current block is determined based on a DV (disparity vector). For the encoder side, the temporal reference picture in the reference view of the corresponding block is explicitly signaled using syntax element(s) in the slice header or derived using an identical process as the decoder. For the decoder side, the temporal reference picture in the reference view of the corresponding block is determined according to the syntax element(s) in the slice header or derived using an identical process as the decoder. The temporal reference picture is then used for ARP. | 07-09-2015 |
20150194988 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING SYSTEM - A communication unit includes a radio frequency, RF, transmitter having: a power amplifier, PA, module; and an envelope tracking system operably coupled to the PA module and having a supply modulator arranged to variably control a supply voltage for the PA module in response to a number of input samples of an envelope signal; wherein the envelope tracking system further includes at least one slew rate module arranged to re-distribute a maximum slew rate across the number of input samples in a provision of a variable power supply to the PA module. | 07-09-2015 |
20150194980 | HIGH-SPEED SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) for high-speed applications. The SAR ADC uses at least one set of capacitors. Each set of capacitors is formed by 2 | 07-09-2015 |
20150189321 | Method of Binarization and Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding of Depth Coding Syntax - A method for improved binarization and entropy coding process of syntax related to depth coding is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first value associated with the current depth block is bypass coded, where the first value corresponds to the residual magnitude of a block coded by an Intra or Inter SDC mode, the delta magnitude of a block coded by a DMM mode, or a residual sign of a block coded by the Inter SDC mode. In another embodiment, a first bin of a binary codeword is coded using arithmetic coding and the rest bins of the binary codeword are coded using bypass coding. The codeword corresponds to the residual magnitude of a block coded by the Intra or Inter SDC mode, or the delta DC magnitude of a block coded by the DMM mode. | 07-02-2015 |
20150188499 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LOADING VARIATION OF POWER AMPLIFIER THEREOF - A communication system is provided. The communication system includes an antenna, a power amplifier, a detector and a signal-processing module. The power amplifier provides an output signal to the antenna according to an input signal. The detector provides power information and voltage information according to the output signal. The signal-processing module obtains a loading variation according to the power information and the voltage information, and provides the input signal according to the loading variation. When the loading variation exceeds a threshold value, the signal-processing module performs a digital pre-distortion calibration for the input signal. | 07-02-2015 |
20150187053 | Method and Apparatus for Image Denoising with Three-Dimensional Block-Matching - A method for denoising images by block-matching three-dimensional (BM3D) method is disclosed in the present invention. Embodiments of the present invention are used to improve the quality of captured images. Instead of using the same noise variance to denoise all patches of an image, each patch is processed based on a particular assessed noise variance. The assessed noise variance of one reference patch is determined based on noise variance associated with the patch set or based on content characteristics associated with the patch set. The patch set is obtained by block-matching to find similar patches of the reference patch. Noise reduction in frequency domain is applied to the patch set according to the assessed noise variance of the reference patch. The determining of the assessed noise variance can be performed in spatial domain or in frequency domain. | 07-02-2015 |
20150187045 | Methods of Multiple-Slice Coding for Frame Buffer Compression - Method is disclosed for reducing frame buffer, stream buffer, reconstruction buffer, or latency associated with frame buffer compression in an encoder or decoder with multiple slices of an image frame. The image frame is divided into multiple slices vertically, horizontally or both. One core compressor or decompressor can be used to process two or more slices. The encoding and decoding of two or more slices may be performed in parallel. Instead of encoding an entire slice, the encoder compresses only partial data of one slice before encoding another slice. According to one embodiment, each slice is divided into two or more partitions. The encoder is switched to another slice after encoding one partition of one slice. In another embodiment, the encoder is switched to another slice based the information related to the coding status. The decoding order may be same as the encoding order. | 07-02-2015 |
20150181239 | Method and Apparatus for frame rate control in Transmitter of Wireless Communications System - A method for frame rate control in a transmitter of a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises generating a frame and a first information corresponding to a first expiration time of the frame by a frame generating module; handling the frame according to the first expiration time by the driver module; and informing the frame generating module an adjusting information according to a first pre-determined rule by the driver module. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178417 | METHOD FOR SHOWING HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE FOR A GIVEN POWER INTENT DESCRIBED IN A POWER INTENT DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE WITH A DESIGN DESCRIBED IN A HARDWARE DESIGN DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for showing hierarchical structure for a given power intent described in a power intent description language (e.g. a formal power intent description language) with a design described in a hardware design description language, an associated apparatus, and an associated computer program product are provided, where the method includes: retrieving hardware design description contents written in the hardware design description language from a hardware design description file, and retrieving power intent description contents written in the power intent description language from a power intent description file; and controlling a display module to display a power domain hierarchy associated with the power intent description contents and the hardware design description contents respectively retrieved from the power intent description file and the hardware design description file, wherein the power domain hierarchy includes at least one power domain. For example, the power intent description language is the unified power format (UPF) language. | 06-25-2015 |
20150163509 | Method and Apparatus for Fine-grained Motion Boundary Processing - A method and apparatus for deriving fine-grained motion compensated prediction of boundary pixels in a video coding system are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention determine one or more neighboring coding units (CUs) adjacent to a current coding unit (CU). For each neighboring CU, motion-compensated prediction is derived for each neighboring CU using the MV of the neighboring CU. The pre-generated predictors at a bottom side or a right side of each neighboring CUs are derived and stored on a smallest CU (SCU) basis. The pre-generated predictors and the motion compensated predictor for a current boundary pixel are combined using weighting factors to form a final predictor for the current pixel. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161989 | SYSTEM FOR SPEECH KEYWORD DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The invention provides a system for speech keyword detection and associated method. The system includes a speech keyword detector, an activity predictor and a decision maker. The activity predictor obtains sensor data provided by a plurality of sensors, and processes the sensor data to provide an activity prediction result indicating a probability for whether a user is about to give voice keyword. The decision maker processes the activity prediction result and a preliminary keyword detection result of the speech keyword detection to provide a keyword detection result. | 06-11-2015 |
20150139325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF BI-DIRECTIONAL PREDICTION FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - A method and apparatus for inter-layer prediction for scalable video coding are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention utilize weighted prediction for scalable coding. The weighted prediction is based on the predicted texture data and the inter-layer Intra prediction data derived from BL reconstructed data. The inter-layer Intra prediction data corresponds to the BL reconstructed data or up-sampled BL reconstructed data. The predicted texture data corresponds to spatial Intra prediction data or motion-compensated prediction data based on the second EL video data in the same layer as the current EL picture. Embodiments of the present invention also utilize the reference picture list including an inter-layer reference picture (ILRP) corresponding to BL reconstructed texture frame or up-sampled BL reconstructed texture frame for Inter prediction of EL video data. The motion vector is limited to a range around (0,0) when the ILRP is selected as a reference picture. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139181 | Methods for Call Management with Multiple Subscriber Identity Cards and Apparatuses Using the Same - An embodiment of a method for call management, performed by a processing unit of a UE (user equipment), is disclosed. The method is employed in a hardware configuration of at least two subscriber identity cards sharing a radio resource. A PS (packet-switched) service is first provided for the first subscriber identity card. Packet data transmission and reception is handed over to a second PS service with the second subscriber identity card from the first PS service after receiving a call request requesting a CS (circuit-switched) service with the second subscriber identity card. | 05-21-2015 |
20150124869 | Apparatus and Method of Sample Adaptive Offset for Video Coding - An apparatus and method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) to restore intensity shift of processed video data are disclosed. In an encoder side, the processed video data corresponding to reconstructed video data, deblocked-reconstructed video data, or adaptive loop filtered and deblocked-reconstructed video data are partitioned into regions smaller than a picture. The region partition information is signaled in a video bitstream located in a position before intensity offset values syntax. At the decoder side, the processed video data is partitioned into regions according to the partition information parsed from the bitstream at a position before intensity offset values syntax. Region-based SAO is applied to each region based on the intensity offset for the category of the region-based SAO type selected. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124866 | Apparatus and Method of Efficient Sample Adaptive Offset - A method and apparatus for sample adaptive offset (SAO) compensation of reconstructed video data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the relation between the current pixel and said one or more neighboring pixels is stored so that the SAO compensated current pixel can replace the current pixel without buffering the to-be-processed pixels for classification. The SAO process may be performed on a region by region basis to adapt to the local characteristics of the picture. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124783 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMISSION CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing uplink (UL) transmission control of an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes the steps of: determining a set of UL transmission patterns for a dedicated physical data channel (DPDCH) and a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), wherein one of the set of UL transmission patterns indicates whether UL transmission of a plurality of slots of one of the DPDCH and the DPCCH in at least one transmission time interval (TTI) is required, respectively; and performing UL transmission of the DPDCH and the DPCCH according to the set of UL transmission patterns, wherein with aid of a UL transmission pattern for the DPDCH within the set of UL transmission patterns, UL transmission of at least one slot of the DPDCH is prevented in the at least one TTI. The method may include selecting one of multiple sets of UL transmission patterns. | 05-07-2015 |
20150121120 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS HAVING FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER WITH INTEGER DIVISION FACTOR, CORRESPONDING METHOD, AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A data transmission apparatus disposed within two network layers operative at different data rates is provided. The data transmission apparatus is coupled to a clock generator which provides a reference clock for a lower network layer and is coupled to a frequency synthesizer with an integer division factor that generates a divided clock for an upper network layer according to the reference clock and the integer division factor. The data transmission apparatus includes a first processing circuit and a second processing circuit. The first processing circuit corresponding to the upper network layer receives and transmits data by using the divided clock as its operation frequency. The second processing circuit corresponding to the lower network layer receives and transmits data from the first processing circuit by using the reference clock as an operation frequency for encoding data. The divided clock is generated from the frequency synthesizer with the integer division factor. | 04-30-2015 |
20150119066 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING POSITIONING MEASUREMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus is disclosed. A receiving module receives an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) request and a search list of cells provided by a network at a second time point. A comparing module compares the received search list to a stored search list of cells which is received at a first time point and stored in a database. A searching module searches at least one of the cells from the received search list by using different search ranges adjusted according to the comparison result, and stores the at least one of the cells in the database. A measuring module performs OTDOA measurements by detecting positioning reference signals (PRS) from the at least one of the cells. | 04-30-2015 |
20150115406 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - The invention provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate. A first passivation layer is disposed on the substrate. A conductive pad is disposed on the first passivation layer. A second passivation layer is disposed on the first passivation layer. A passive device is disposed on the conductive pad, passing through the second passivation layer. An organic solderability preservative film covers the passive device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150110170 | Method and Apparatus for Simplified Depth Coding with Extended Prediction Modes - A method and apparatus for Simplified Depth Coding (SDC) with extended Intra prediction modes are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention use an extended Intra prediction mode set including Horizontal mode and Vertical mode. When the Horizontal mode is selected, the prediction samples for the current depth block are derived based on a reconstructed neighboring depth column adjacent to a left block boundary of the current depth block by generating rows of the prediction samples from the reconstructed neighboring depth column. When the Vertical mode is selected, the prediction samples for the current depth block are derived based on a reconstructed neighboring depth row adjacent to a top block boundary of the current depth block by generating columns of the prediction samples from the reconstructed neighboring depth row. | 04-23-2015 |
20150106674 | HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR IMPROVING TRANSMISSION QUALITY - The present invention to provide methods and related controllers that manage HARQ processes in a wireless communications system. The present invention provides a method and related controller to map data units (e.g. PDU) of importance that is to be transmitted to a HARQ process having a higher transmission success rate to prevent the data units from being transmitted via a HARQ process having more transmission failures. In addition, the present invention also provides a method and a related controller to force a HARQ process to retransmit a data unit that has been correctly received by a receiving end to reduce the latency of retransmission caused by a possible transmission failure occurring between a MAC layer and a RLC layer at the receiving end. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103752 | HARQ Memory Space Management for LTE Carrier Aggregation - A user equipment (UE) receives and decodes a first erroneous transport block (TB) from a base station in a mobile communication network. The UE allocates a first soft buffer having a first buffer size. The first soft buffer is associated with a first HARQ process for storing the first TB. The UE then receives and decodes a second erroneous TB from the base station. The UE allocates a second soft buffer having a second buffer size. The second soft buffer is associated with a second HARQ process for storing the second TB. The UE releases a portion of the first soft buffer to be allocated as part of the second soft buffer. The dynamic buffer allocation method reduces mismatch between rate matching and soft buffer storing when the total number of HARQ processes is small. In addition, more HARQ processes can be supported when the corresponding TB size is small. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103016 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHOD FOR NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a proximity sensor and a processor. The touch screen includes transmitting electrodes and receiving electrodes configured for sensing touch events on the touch screen. The proximity sensor is configured for sensing approach of an external object. The processor is coupled to the touch screen and the proximity sensor. When the proximity sensor senses a distance to the external object is under a predetermined threshold, the processor generates a request, transmits the request to the external object via the transmitting electrodes, receives a response from the external object via the receiving electrodes, and performs an action after receiving the response. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102495 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first pad, a second, a first conductive element, a surface mount device, a first bonding wire and a molding compound layer. The first pad, the second pad, and the first conductive element are formed on the substrate. The surface mount device is mounted on the first pad and the second pad. The first bonding wire electrically connects the first conductive element and the first pad. The molding compound layer encapsulates the substrate, the first pad, the second pad, the first conductive element, the bonding wire and the surface mount device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150099957 | ECG DEVICE, ECG LEAD SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT, AND RELATED METHOD - Embodiments of the invention disclose an ECG device, an ECG signal processing method, an ECG lead signal generating circuit, an ECG signal generating method, another ECG device, another ECG signal processing method, and an ECG electrode assembly. The ECG device has an electrode assembly and an ECG lead signal generating circuit. The electrode assembly has three cardio enclosure electrodes for acquiring three cardio enclosure voltages, respectively. The ECG lead signal generating circuit has a first precordial lead generator. The first precordial lead generator is configured to generate a first modified precordial lead according to the three cardio enclosure voltages, wherein the three cardio enclosure voltages are sufficient for generating the first modified precordial lead. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098376 | METHODS FOR ONE RADIO MODULE TO LISTEN TO PAGING SIGNALS WITHOUT BREAKING THE DATA TRANSMISSION OF THE OTHER RADIO MODULE OPERATING IN THE CONNECTED MODE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus. A first radio module communicates with a first wireless network and provides wireless communication services in compliance with a first RAT. A second radio module communicates with a second wireless network and provides wireless communication services in compliance with a second RAT. At least two antennas are shared by the first radio module and the second radio module. When the first radio module operates in an idle mode and when the timing of the first radio module performing a first receiving activity coincides with the timing of the second radio module performing a second receiving activity, the second radio module uses the antennas to perform the second receiving activity when a DRX cycle duration of the first radio module in the idle mode is shorter than a DRX cycle duration of the second radio module. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097277 | FAN-OUT SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH COPPER PILLAR BUMPS - A system-in-package includes a package carrier; a first semiconductor die having a die face and a die edge, the first semiconductor die being assembled face-down to a chip side of the package carrier, wherein a plurality of contact pads are situated on the die face; a second semiconductor die mounted on the package carrier and adjacent to the first semiconductor die; a rewiring laminate structure between the first semiconductor die and the package carrier, the rewiring laminate structure comprising a re-routed metal layer, wherein at least a portion of the re-routed metal layer projects beyond the die edge; and a plurality of copper pillar bumps arranged on the rewiring laminate structure for electrically connecting the first semiconductor die with the package carrier. | 04-09-2015 |
20150094557 | PATCHES FOR BIO-ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING - An embodiment of the invention provides a patch for bio-electrical signal processing. The patch for bio-electrical signal processing includes a patch main body, a set of electrodes, and a lead signal generator. The patch main body has a folded state and an unfolded state. In each of the folded state and the unfolded state the patch main body is configured to be adhered to a living subject. The set of electrodes is disposed on the patch main body, and is configured to collect a set of skin voltages from the living subject. The lead signal generator is coupled to the set of electrodes, housed in the patch main body, and configured to receive the set of skin voltages from the set of electrodes and to generate a set of lead signals. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094113 | METHODS USED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM HAVING EARLY TERMINATION CAPABILITY - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of methods to avoid abnormal transmit power control (TPC) behaviors occurring in a telecommunications system. Disclosed embodiments reduces the probability of misjudging an early termination indicator to avoid a telecommunications device from deriving improper TPC commands or alleviates the influence caused by improperly power control when a telecommunications device derives improper TPC commands. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091540 | REGULATOR AND REGULATING METHOD - A regulator applied to regulate a first reference voltage on an output terminal, the regulator includes: a sensing circuit, arranged to sense a variation of the first reference voltage on the output terminal to generate a sensing signal; and a gain stage, arranged to provide an adjusting current to the output terminal in response to the sensing signal for reducing the variation of the first reference voltage, and the gain stage is coupled in parallel to a loading circuit powered by the first reference voltage. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091158 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE - A package structure, comprising: a substrate, having at least one conductive units provided at a first surface of the substrate; at least one first die, provided on a second surface of the substrate; a connecting layer; a second die, provided on the connecting layer, wherein the connecting layer comprises at least one bump for connecting the first die to the second die such that the first die and the second die are electrically connected; and at least one bonding wire, for electrically connecting the first die to the conductive units or the substrate. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091085 | MOS DEVICE WITH ISOLATED DRAIN AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A MOS device with an isolated drain includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type; a first well region embedded in a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, having a second conductivity type; a second well region disposed in a second portion of the semiconductor substrate, overlying the first well region and having the first conductivity type; a third well region disposed in a third portion of the semiconductor substrate, overlying the first well region having the second conductivity type; a fourth well region disposed in a fourth portion of the semiconductor substrate between the first and third well regions, having the first conductivity type; a gate stack formed over the semiconductor substrate; a source region disposed in a portion of the second well region, having the second conductivity type; and a drain region disposed in a portion of the fourth well region, having the second conductivity type. | 04-02-2015 |
20150077569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IMAGE PROCESSING OPERATION BASED ON FRAME/ALGORITHM SELECTION - One image processing method has at least the following steps: receiving an image input in a device, wherein the image input is composed of at least one source image; receiving image selection information; regarding a source image included in the image input, checking the image selection information to determine whether the source image is selected or skipped; and performing an object oriented image processing operation upon each selected source image. Another image processing method has at least the following steps: receiving an image input in a device, wherein the image input is composed of at least one source image; receiving algorithm selection information; and regarding a source image included in the image input, checking the algorithm selection information to determine a selected image processing algorithm from a plurality of different image processing algorithms, and performing an image processing operation upon the source image based on the selected image processing algorithm. | 03-19-2015 |
20150073799 | VOICE VERIFYING SYSTEM AND VOICE VERIFYING METHOD - A voice verifying system, which comprises: a microphone, which is always turned on to output at least one voice signal; a speech determining device, for determining if the voice signal is valid or not according to a reference value, wherein the speech determining device passes the voice signal if the voice signal is valid; and a verifying module, for verifying a speech signal generated from the voice signal and for outputting a device activating signal to activate a target device if the speech signal matches a predetermined rule; and a reference value generating device, for generating the reference value according to speech signal information from the verifying module. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070239 | ANTENNA - The invention provides an antenna for a wireless device, e.g., a cellular phone for wireless mobile telecommunication. The antenna includes a conductive feed strip and a conductive ground component. The ground component is for connecting a ground voltage, and comprises a portion along a surface of the device. The feed strip has a feed port for relaying a feed signal, and does not physically contact the ground component, so as to feed the ground component by noncontact electrical coupling, instead of physical contact. | 03-12-2015 |
20150061758 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - Embodiments of the invention disclose a signal processing device and a signal processing method and a device and a method for signal processing. The signal processing device includes a sampling module, a first segmentation module, a second segmentation module, and a detection module. The sampling module samples an input signal to generate a sample signal. The first segmentation module calculates a first segment value according to the sample signal during a first time interval. The second segmentation module calculates a second segment value according to the sample signal during a second time interval different in length from the first time interval. The detection module generates a detection signal according to the determination of whether the first segment value lies out of a first range, and whether the second segment value lies out of a second range. | 03-05-2015 |
20150061117 | CHIP PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a chip package is provided. The chip package includes: a patterned conducting plate having a plurality of conducting sections electrically separated from each other; a plurality of conducting pads disposed on an upper surface of the patterned conducting plate; a chip disposed on the conducting pads; a plurality of conducting bumps disposed on a lower surface of the patterned conducting plate, wherein each of the conducting bumps is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the conducting sections of the patterned conducting plate; and an insulating support layer partially surrounding the conducting bumps. | 03-05-2015 |
20150056996 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO PERFORM CELL MEASUREMENT ON A PREDETERMINED NEIGHBOR CELL AND FOR PING-PONG AVOIDANCE DURING CELL RESELECTION AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes a radio frequency signal processing device, a baseband signal processing device, a memory device and a processor. The RF signal processing device processes RF signals to generate baseband signals. The baseband signal processing device processes the baseband signals. The processor determines whether a first predetermined threshold value related to cell reselection is greater than a second predetermined threshold value related to cell measurement, and performs cell measurement on a predetermined neighbor cell when the first predetermined threshold value is greater than the second predetermined threshold value. | 02-26-2015 |
20150054584 | CLASS AB SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS - A signal generation apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter, a bias stage and a class AB output stage. The digital-to-analog converter is arranged for outputting a current as an input signal. The bias stage is coupled to the digital-to-analog converter, and is arranged for generating a bias signal according to at least the input signal. The class AB output stage is coupled to the bias stage, and is arranged for generating an output signal at an output node of the signal generation apparatus according to the bias signal, wherein the output signal includes a first signal component and a second signal component, both the first signal component and the second signal component correspond to the input signal, and there is a linear relation between the output signal and the input signal. | 02-26-2015 |
20150049819 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYMBOL BINARIZATION AND DE-BINARIZATION - A method of binarizing an input symbol using a hybrid Truncated Rice/k-th order exp-Golomb binarization scheme with a Rice Parameter includes: determining a threshold; comparing the input symbol with the threshold; constructing a codeword using a Truncated Rice (TR) binarization process for the input symbol when a comparison result belongs to a first type of comparison result; and constructing a codeword with an initial prefix and a suffix for the input symbol when the comparison result belongs to a second type of comparison result; wherein the suffix is constructed using an exp-Golomb binarization process. | 02-19-2015 |
20150043440 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES SUPPORTING WIFI AND LTE COMMUNICATIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMISSION CONTROL THEREOF - A mobile communications device supporting operation on a first wireless technology and a second wireless technology with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transceiving to and from a first base station of a first wireless technology and a second base station of a second wireless technology. The controller module transmits a control message prior to the starting of a uplink transmission period of the first wireless technology via the wireless module to occupy the uplink transmission period of the first wireless technology so as to allow transmission of signals of the second wireless technology during the uplink transmission period of the first wireless technology, wherein the first wireless technology is a long term evolution (LTE) technology and the second wireless technology is a WiFi technology. | 02-12-2015 |
20150039923 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SDIO DEVICE AND RELATED SDIO SYSTEM AND SDIO DEVICE - Described in embodiments herein are techniques for placing a secure digital input output (SDIO) device in a sleep mode and waking up the SDIO device from the sleep mode. In accordance with an embodiment, a method of controlling the SDIO device comprising: writing a control value into a register of the SDIO device; allowing the SDIO device to switch to a first operation mode based on the control value written into the register; sending a first signal to the SDIO device through a first data terminal of the SDIO device; and allowing the SDIO device to switch to a second operation mode based on the first signal. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039823 | TABLE LOOKUP APPARATUS USING CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE MEMORY BASED DEVICE AND RELATED TABLE LOOKUP METHOD THEREOF - A table lookup apparatus has a content-addressable memory (CAM) based device and a first cache. The CAM based device is used to store at least one table. The first cache is coupled to the CAM based device, and used to cache at least one input search key of the CAM based device and at least one corresponding search result. Besides, the table lookup apparatus may further includes a plurality of second caches and an arbiter. Each second cache is used to cache at least one input search key of the CAM based device and at least one corresponding search result. The arbiter is coupled between the first cache and each of the second caches, and used to arbitrate access of the first cache between the second caches. | 02-05-2015 |
20150038108 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING EMERGENCY CALL AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes a baseband signal processing device, an RF signal processing device, a memory device, and a processor. The processor transmits a normal call-establishment signal with a remote identifier to a network to originate a normal call in response to a first call-origination request with the remote identifier, receives an indication message indicating that the normal call is routed as an emergency call from the network, records the remote identifier in the memory device, and when receiving a second call-origination request with the remote identifier, transmits an emergency call-establishment signal with the remote identifier to the network to originate an emergency call in response to the second call-origination request. | 02-05-2015 |
20150033157 | 3D DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND THE METHOD THEREOF - A 3D displaying method, comprising: acquiring distance information map from at least one image; receiving control information from a user input device; modifying the distance information map according to the control information to generate modified distance information map; generating an interactive 3D image according to the modified distance information map; and displaying the interactive 3D image. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029311 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method comprising: (a) receiving at least one input image; (b) acquiring depth map from the at least one input image; and (c) performing a defocus operation according to the depth map upon one of the input images, to generate a processed image. | 01-29-2015 |
20150022243 | DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR SIGNAL TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD OF DRIVER CIRCUIT - A driver circuit for receiving a data input and generating an output signal according to at least the data input is provided. The driver circuit includes a pair of differential output terminals, a current mode drive unit and a voltage mode drive unit. The pair of differential output terminals has a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The current mode drive unit is arranged for outputting a first reference current from one of the first and second output terminals and receiving the first reference current from the other of the first and the second output terminals according to the first data input. The voltage mode drive unit is arranged for coupling a first reference voltage to one of the first and the second output terminals and coupling a second reference voltage to the other of the first and the second output terminals according to the first data input. | 01-22-2015 |
20150016466 | NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING DATA TO BUS WITH DATA BUS WIDTH AT EACH CYCLE BY GENERATING END OF PACKET AND START OF PACKET AT DIFFERENT CYCLES - A method used in a network device for outputting data to a bus with a data bus width at each cycle includes: using a packet generator for generating idle data after an end of packet for a packet at a cycle and generating a start of packet for a next packet at a different cycle; and using an inter-packet gap (IPG) generator for receiving data transmitted from the packet generator, dynamically writing the received data into the buffer, and inserting a gap of idle data between the end of packet and the start of packet according to the end of packet and the idle data generated by the packet generator. | 01-15-2015 |
20150012761 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING WAKE-UP CONTROL WITH AID OF WAKE-UP PACKET, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for performing wake-up control are provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device, and the method may include the steps of: detecting whether a predetermined wake-up action is input into the electronic device, wherein the predetermined wake-up action is a user action for wake-up control; and when it is detected that the predetermined wake-up action is input into the electronic device, sending a wake-up packet carrying predetermined wake-up information to allow an internal circuit of another electronic device to be woken up in response to detection of the predetermined wake-up information. | 01-08-2015 |
20140376549 | PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INPUT PACKET ACCORDING TO PACKET PROCESSING LIST CREATED BASED ON FORWARDING DECISION MADE FOR INPUT PACKET - A packet processing method includes receiving a forwarding decision made for an input packet; and creating a packet processing list of the input packet according to the forwarding decision. When the forwarding decision indicates that the input packet is required to undergo first packet processing operations, each including a common processing operation and an individual processing operation, to generate first output packets forwarded via first egress ports, respectively, first information indicative of the first egress ports is recorded in an egress port field of a first session of the packet processing list; second information indicative of the common processing operation shared by all of the first packet processing operations is recorded in a common processing field of the first session; and third information indicative of individual processing operations of the first packet processing operations is recorded in an individual processing field of the first session. | 12-25-2014 |
20140357208 | RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER, POWER COMBINERS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT THEREFOR - A radio frequency transmitter includes: power amplifier stages having paired output terminals, where a pair of output terminals is coupled to a respective amplifier stage. A power combining arrangement includes: first paired input terminals, second input terminals, such that each input of the first paired input terminals is coupled to the same second input terminal; and a power transfer circuit coupling the second input terminals. A first pair of cross coupled bond wires couples a pair of amplifier stage output terminals with a different second input terminal via terminals of different pairs of the first paired input terminals; and a second pair of cross coupled bond wires overlays the first pair of cross coupled bond wires and couples a further pair of amplifier stage output terminals with a different second input terminal via terminals of different pairs of the first paired input terminals. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357206 | RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER, POWER COMBINERS AND TERMINATIONS THEREFOR - A power combiner includes a planar figure-8 shaped primary winding and a planar figure-8 shaped secondary winding; wherein, the planar figure-8 shaped primary winding is substantially overlaid with the planar figure-8 shaped secondary winding. In addition, there is provided a radio frequency (RF) transmitter having a power combiner, where the power combiner includes a planar figure-8 shaped primary winding and a planar figure-8 shaped secondary winding, wherein the planar figure-8 shaped primary winding is substantially overlaid with the planar figure-8 shaped secondary winding. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355728 | RECEIVER FRONT-END CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION UNIT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A receiver front end circuit includes a low-noise amplifier including: a first receiver path having: a first low-noise transconductor to amplify a received signal and output the amplified received signal; and a first mixer to down-convert the amplified received signal. A second receiver path includes: an auxiliary receiver having: a second transconductor to output an amplified received signal; a baseband amplifier having an input port and an output port; a first resistance coupling the input port to the output port of the baseband amplifier and to convert the amplified received signal from current to voltage and set a voltage gain of the second receiver path; and a second resistance coupled from the output port of the baseband amplifier to the first mixer output. In some examples, frequency-upconversion feedback path includes a third mixer to frequency up-convert the amplified received signal at an output of the second receiver path. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355717 | RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER WITH EXTENDED POWER RANGE AND RELATED RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION METHOD - A radio frequency transmitter includes a digital power amplifier and a bias control circuit. The digital power amplifier is arranged for receiving at least a radio frequency input signal, a digital amplitude control word signal and at least one bias voltage to generate a radio frequency output signal. The bias control circuit is coupled to the digital power amplifier, and is arranged for adjusting the at least one bias voltage according to a power control signal. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355583 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM UTILIZING THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATING METHOD - A wireless communicating method for building direct communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The wireless communicating method comprises: (a) controlling the first electronic device and the second electronic device to exchange communicating information of each other, wherein the communicating information comprises first password information, and comprises at least one of first IP information and first service information; and (b) after the step (a), confirming the first password information. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355530 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING SEAMLESS TRANSMISSION CONTROL WITH AID OF REQUEST CARRYING FRAGMENT ID, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for performing seamless transmission control for an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes the steps of: sending a request frame carrying a fragment identification (ID) to trigger a responder in a wireless network system to initiate retransmission corresponding to the fragment ID, wherein the fragment ID indicates beginning of a remaining portion within a plurality of fragments of data being sent from the responder to the electronic device; and receiving at least one response frame sent from the responder, for utilizing the remaining portion within the plurality of fragments of the data, wherein the remaining portion within the plurality of fragments of the data is obtained from the at least one response frame. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354371 | RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER, POWER COMBINERS AND TERMINATIONS THEREFOR - A power combiner includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein at least the primary winding comprises a centre-tap; and a termination module operably coupled to the centre-tapped primary winding and arranged to provide harmonic terminations on a plurality of frequencies. In addition, there is provided a radio frequency transmitter having a power combiner, where the power combiner includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein at least the primary winding includes a centre-tap; and a termination module operably coupled to the centre-tapped primary winding and arranged to provide harmonic terminations on a plurality of frequencies. | 12-04-2014 |
20140348279 | DIGITAL SIGNAL UP-CONVERTING APPARATUS AND RELATED DIGITAL SIGNAL UP-CONVERTING METHOD - A digital signal up-converting apparatus includes: a clock generating circuit arranged to generate a reference clock signal; an adjusting circuit coupled to the clock generating circuit and arranged to generate a first clock signal and a second clock signal according to the reference clock signal; a baseband circuit coupled to the adjusting circuit for receiving the first clock signal, wherein the baseband circuit further generates a digital output signal according to the first clock signal; and a sampling circuit coupled to the adjusting circuit and the baseband circuit for receiving the second clock signal and the digital output signal, wherein the second clock signal and the digital output signal are non-overlapping; wherein the sampling circuit samples the digital output signal based on the second clock signal and then combines the sampled digital output signal in order to generate a combined digital signal. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348269 | DATA CONVERTING DEVICE, DIGITAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS USING THE DATA CONVERTING DEVICE, AND RALATED DATA CONVERTING METHOD - A data converting device includes: a data sampling circuit arranged to up-sample a digital signal to generate an up-sampling signal according to a clock signal; a voltage level generating circuit arranged to generate an adjustable voltage; and a signal converting circuit arranged to generate a converting signal according to the adjustable voltage and the up-sampling signal. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348265 | DIGITAL TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING MISMATCH IN DIGITAL TRANSMITTER - A digital transmitter includes: a plurality of converting devices arranged to generate a plurality of converting signals according to a plurality of digital input signals; a compensation device arranged to generate at least one compensation signal according to the plurality of digital input signals; and a combining circuit arranged to output an amplified output signal according to the plurality of converting signals and the at least one compensation signal. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348264 | DIGITAL TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING DIGITAL TRANSMITTER - A digital transmitter includes: a plurality of adjustable delay lines arranged to delay a plurality of digital input signals by a plurality of delay times to generate a plurality of delayed digital input signals respectively; a plurality of converting devices arranged to convert the plurality of delayed digital input signals into a plurality of converting signals respectively; and a calibration device arranged to adjust a delay time of at least one adjustable delay line in the plurality of adjustable delay lines to make the plurality of converting devices convert the plurality of delayed digital input signals at respective desire time points. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348259 | SIGNAL CONVERTING DEVICE AND DIGITAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS APPLYING THE SIGNAL CONVERTING DEVICE - A signal converting device includes: a first converting circuit arranged to receive a first inputting signal; and a first capacitive circuit coupled between an output terminal of the first converting circuit and a reference voltage; wherein the first converting circuit is arranged to generate a first converting signal on the output terminal of the first converting circuit according to the first inputting signal. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348222 | Method of Sample Adaptive Offset Processing for Video Coding and Inter-Layer Scalable Coding - A method of SAO (sample-adaptive offset) processing is disclosed, where EO classification is based on a composite EO type group. The composite EO type group comprises at least one first EO type from a first EO type group and at least one second EO type from a second EO type group. The first EO type group determines the EO classification based on the current reconstructed pixel and two neighboring reconstructed pixels, and the second EO type group determines the EO classification based on weighted outputs of the current reconstructed pixel and a number of neighboring reconstructed pixels. A method of inter-layer SAO processing is also disclosed. An inter-layer reference picture for an enhancement layer is generated from the BL reconstructed picture and the inter-layer SAO information is determined, where at least a portion of the inter-layer SAO information is predicted or re-used from the BL SAO information. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348217 | TRANSMITTER SYSTEM WITH DIGITAL PHASE ROTATOR USED FOR APPLYING DIGITAL PHASE ROTATION TO CONSTELLATION DATA AND RELATED SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A transmitter system includes a digital phase rotator, a phase rotation controller, and a digital radio-frequency (RF) transmitter. The digital phase rotator receives a first constellation data, and applies a digital phase rotation to the received first constellation data to generate a second constellation data. The phase rotation controller configures the digital phase rotation. The digital RF transmitter receives a digital input data derived from the second constellation data, and converts the digital input data into an analog RF output. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347127 | SWITCHING POWER AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SWITCHING POWER AMPLIFIER - A switching power amplifier includes: a first transistor controlled by a first digital signal to selectively output a first output signal; a second transistor controlled by a second digital signal to selectively output a second output signal; and a control circuit arranged to generate the second digital signal according to the first digital signal and a third digital signal; wherein the first output signal and the second output signal are outputted on a common connected node of the first transistor and the second transistor. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347094 | RECONFIGURABLE CIRCUIT BLOCK SUPPORTING DIFFERENT INTERCONNECTION CONFIGURATIONS FOR RATE-CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A reconfigurable circuit block includes a rate-conversion circuit, a processing circuit, a first asynchronous interface circuit, and a second asynchronous interface circuit. The rate-conversion circuit converts a first input signal into a first output signal. The processing circuit processes a second input signal to generate a second output signal. The first asynchronous interface circuit outputs a third output signal asynchronous with the first output signal. The second asynchronous interface circuit outputs a fourth output signal asynchronous with the second output signal. The controllable interconnection circuit transmits the third output signal to the processing circuit to serve as the second input signal when controlled to have a first interconnection configuration, and transmits the fourth output signal to the rate-conversion circuit to serve as the first input signal when controlled to have a second interconnection configuration. | 11-27-2014 |
20140341288 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SIZE OF PARALLEL MOTION ESTIMATION REGION BASED ON ENCODING RELATED INFORMATION AND RELATED VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - One exemplary video encoding method has the following steps: determining a size of a parallel motion estimation region according to encoding related information; and encoding a plurality of pixels by at least performing motion estimation based on the size of the parallel motion estimation region. One exemplary video decoding method has the following steps: decoding a video parameter stream to obtain a decoded size of a parallel motion estimation region; checking validity of the decoded size of the parallel motion estimation region, and accordingly generating a checking result; when the checking result indicates that the decoded size of the parallel motion estimation region is invalid, entering an error handling process to decide a size of the parallel motion estimation; and decoding a plurality of pixels by at least performing motion estimation based on the decided size of the parallel motion estimation region. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341233 | PROCESSING CIRCUITS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - An embodiment of the invention provides a processing circuit of a telecommunications device. The processing circuit includes a pre-buffer, a de-shuffler, and a processing module. The pre-buffer is configured to receive and buffer a plurality of sets of data of a transport block in a shuffled order. The sets of data correspond to a plurality of code blocks, respectively. The de-shuffler is coupled to the pre-buffer and is configured to retrieve the sets of data from the pre-buffer in a de-shuffled order. The de-shuffled order is different from the shuffled order. The processing module is coupled to the de-shuffler and is configured to receive the sets of data from the de-shuffler in the de-shuffled order to recover the code blocks. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341111 | LINKING METHOD BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND RELATED MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM - A linking method employed by a first communication device includes: transmitting a first network domain information to a second communication device before/after a link with the second communication device is established; receiving a second network domain information from the second communication device before/after the link with the second communication device is established; and when the first communication device is decided to be a group owner before/after the link with the second communication device is established, determining a network domain address of the link according to the first network domain information and the second network domain information. | 11-20-2014 |
20140340491 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REFERRING TO MOTION STATUS OF IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE TO GENERATE STEREO IMAGE PAIR TO AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY FOR STEREO PREVIEW - A stereo preview apparatus has an auto-stereoscopic display, an input interface, a motion detection circuit, and a visual transition circuit. The input interface receives at least an input stereo image pair including a left-view image and a right-view image generated from an image capture device. The motion detection circuit evaluates a motion status of the image capture device. The visual transition circuit generates an output stereo image pair based on the input stereo image pair, and outputs the output stereo image pair to the auto-stereoscopic display for stereo preview, wherein the visual transition circuit refers to the evaluated motion status to configure adjustment made to the input stereo image pair when generating the output stereo image pair. | 11-20-2014 |
20140335867 | Cell Reselection Enhancement for Power Saving LTE Devices - A method of cell reselection enhancement is proposed. A UE obtains parameters for extended cell reselection (ECR) in a mobile communication network. The UE goes to sleep and then wakes up periodically to monitor a paging channel. The UE either applies a normal paging cycle having a normal paging cycle length or applies a power-saving paging cycle having a very long paging cycle length. The UE performs cell selection if normal paging cycle is applied. The UE performs cell reselection based on the ECR parameters if the power-saving paging cycle is applied, and if the ECR parameters are still valid based on a list of conditions. In one novel aspect, the network provides the ECR parameters for a wider area for the UE such that the UE can still use cell reselection after waking up from a very long sleep to reduce power consumption. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334724 | Method and Apparatus for Residue Transform - A method and apparatus for a multiple-channel image/video coding system are disclosed. A residue generation process is applied to the image/video data to generate residue data. A set of integer operations is applied to the residue data across the input channels to generate residue transformed data having multiple output channels. In one embodiment, the residue transformed data associated with a first output channel is related to the difference between a first residue data associated with a first input channel and a second residue data associated with a second input channel. In another embodiment, the residue transformed data associated with a second output channel is related to the second difference between a threshold and a third residue data associated with a third input channel, and wherein the threshold corresponds to the first truncated or rounded average of the first residue data and the second residue data. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334366 | Long Paging Cycle and Paging Enhancement for Power Saving LTE Devices - An enhanced paging mechanism is provided for UEs waking up from a very long paging cycle to improve paging robustness and flexibility. Enhanced paging includes absolute time paging (ATP) and paging with extended wakeup time. For absolute time paging, a UE receives ATP configuration and uses the actual wall time to calculate paging occasion if a condition is satisfied. In one embodiment, the wall time is acquired from at least one of an internal UE clock, a GPS time, information broadcasted from the network, or information from a higher layer signaling. For paging with extended wakeup time, a UE applies a long paging cycle followed by multiple normal paging cycles after waking up from the long paging cycle. In one embodiment, the long paging cycle is infinite and the UE enters normal paging cycle only upon TAU-triggered paging or uplink traffic. | 11-13-2014 |
20140328389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TEXTURE IMAGE COMPRESSION IN 3D VIDEO CODING - A method and apparatus for 3D video coding system are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention apply SAO process (sample adaptive offset process) to at least one dependent-view image of the processed multi-view images if processed multi-view images are received. Also embodiments according to the present invention apply the SAO process to at least one dependent-view image of the processed multi-view images or at least one depth map of the processed multi-view depth maps if both processed multi-view images and the processed multi-view depth maps are received. The SAO can be applied to each color component of the processed multi-view images or the processed multi-view depth maps. The SAO parameters associated with a target region in one dependent-view image or in one depth map corresponding to one view may share or may be predicted by second SAO parameters associated with a source region corresponding to another view. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328271 | METHODS FOR PREVENTING IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A method for preventing in device coexistence (IDC) interference of a communications apparatus including at least a first radio module providing a first wireless communications service in a first wireless network in compliance with a first protocol and a second radio module providing a second wireless communications service in a second wireless network in compliance with a second protocol, the method includes: determining whether a protection scheme for preventing IDC interference is to be performed; determining a predetermined time to activate the protection scheme when the protection scheme is determined to be performed; and transmitting a predetermined message to the second wireless network at the predetermined time to activate the protection scheme. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328233 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST INFORMATION - A portable device for receiving broadcast information is provided. A mixer down-converts a radio-frequency signal with a local oscillation clock to provide an intermediate frequency signal. A filter is arranged to filter the intermediate frequency signal. An analog-to-digital converter converts the filtered intermediate frequency signal into a digital signal according to a sampling rate. The broadcast information is obtained according to the digital signal. The local oscillation clock has a first frequency in a normal mode and a second frequency in a power-saving mode, and the second frequency is lower than the first frequency. | 11-06-2014 |
20140325434 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD - An electronic apparatus controlling method, applied to an electronic apparatus displaying a first window and second window thereon. The electronic apparatus controlling method comprises: (a) determining one of the first window and the second window as a target window; and (b) displaying an input window on the electronic apparatus if the electronic apparatus receives an input triggering signal; wherein the input window does not substantially overlap any part of the target window. | 10-30-2014 |
20140323890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL ANALYZING AND PROCESSING MODULE - Embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a system for signal analyzing and a processing module of the system. The signal analyzing system includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a processing module. The first electrodes transmit a plurality of first input signals. The second electrodes transmit a plurality of second input signals. The processing module generates a body electrical signal according to at least one of the plurality of first input signals and at least one of the plurality of second input signals, generates a first filtered signal corresponding to the plurality of first input signals, generates a second filtered signal corresponding to the plurality of second input signals, and generates a lead signal according to the body electrical signal, the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321741 | METHODS OF PROCESSING MOSAICKED IMAGES - An embodiment of the invention provides a method of processing a mosaicked image. First, the mosaicked image is up-sampled along a first direction to generate a first intermediate image. Then, the first intermediate image is resized along the first direction to generate a second intermediate image. Next, the second intermediate image is up-sampled along a second direction to generate a third intermediate image. Afterward, the third intermediate image is resized along the second direction to generate a resized and partly demosaicked image. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321476 | PACKET OUTPUT CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR DEQUEUING MULTIPLE PACKETS FROM ONE SCHEDULED OUTPUT QUEUE AND/OR USING OVER-SCHEDULING TO SCHEDULE OUTPUT QUEUES - One packet output controller includes a scheduler and a dequeue device. The scheduler performs a single scheduler operation to schedule an output queue selected from a plurality of output queues associated with an egress port. The dequeue device dequeues multiple packets from the scheduled output queue decided by the single scheduler operation. Another packet output controller includes a scheduler and a dequeue device. The scheduler performs a plurality of scheduler operations each scheduling an output queue selected from a plurality of output queues associated with an egress port. The scheduler performs a current scheduler operation, regardless of a status of a packet transmission of a scheduled output queue decided by a previous scheduler operation. The dequeue device dequeues at least one packet from the scheduled output queue decided by the current scheduler operation after the packet transmission of the scheduled output queue decided by the previous scheduler operation is complete. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321475 | SCHEDULER FOR DECIDING FINAL OUTPUT QUEUE BY SELECTING ONE OF MULTIPLE CANDIDATE OUTPUT QUEUES AND RELATED METHOD - A scheduler performs a plurality of scheduler operations each scheduling an output queue selected from a plurality of output queues associated with an egress port. The scheduler includes a candidate decision logic and a final decision logic. The candidate decision logic is arranged to decide a plurality of candidate output queues for a current scheduler operation, regardless of a resultant status of packet transmission of at least one scheduled output queue decided by at least one previous scheduler operation. The final decision logic is arranged to select one of the candidate output queues as a scheduled output queue decided by the current scheduler operation after obtaining the resultant status of packet transmission of the at least one scheduled output queue decided by the at least one previous scheduler operation. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321474 | OUTPUT QUEUE OF MULTI-PLANE NETWORK DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD OF MANAGING OUTPUT QUEUE HAVING MULTIPLE PACKET LINKED LISTS - An output queue of a multi-plane network device includes a first processing circuit, a plurality of storage devices and a second processing circuit. The first processing circuit generates packet selection information based on an arrival sequence of a plurality of packets. The storage devices store a plurality of packet linked lists for the output queue. The second processing circuit dequeues a packet from the output queue by selecting a linked list entry from the packet linked lists according to the packet selection information. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321473 | ACTIVE OUTPUT BUFFER CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING PACKET DATA OUTPUT OF MAIN BUFFER IN NETWORK DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD - An active output buffer controller is used for controlling a packet data output of a main buffer in a network device. The active output buffer controller has a credit evaluation circuit and a control logic. The credit evaluation circuit estimates a credit value based on at least one of an ingress data reception status of the network device and an egress data transmission status of the network device. The control logic compares the credit value with a first predetermined threshold value to generate a comparison result, and controls the packet data output of the main buffer according to at least the comparison result. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321471 | SWITCHING FABRIC OF NETWORK DEVICE THAT USES MULTIPLE STORE UNITS AND MULTIPLE FETCH UNITS OPERATED AT REDUCED CLOCK SPEEDS AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A switching fabric of a network device has a load dispatcher, a plurality of store units, a storage device, a plurality of fetch units, and a load assembler. Each of the store units is used to perform a write operation upon the storage device. Each of the fetch units is used to perform a read operation upon the storage device. The load dispatcher is used to dispatch ingress traffic to the store units, wherein a data rate between the load dispatcher and each of the store units is lower than a data rate of the ingress traffic. The load assembler is used to collect outputs of the fetch units to generate egress traffic, wherein a data rate between the load assembler and each of the fetch units is lower than a data rate of the egress traffic. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321466 | PACKET PROCESSING METHOD FOR GETTING PACKET INFORMATION FROM LINK LIST AND RELATED PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A packet processing method includes at least the following steps: deriving a start address from a packet index of a packet to be processed; deriving link-list access control information corresponding to the packet to be processed; and reading packet information for the packet to be processed from a link list stored in a packet information table according to the start address and the link-list access control information, wherein the link list comprises a plurality of entries each indexed by a current address and storing a next address and one packet information. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321465 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING LINK-TAIL OF LINK LIST TO STORE DATA PATTERN WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF END OF LINK LIST AND AUXILIARY INFORMATION - A link list processing apparatus has a storage device and a link list controller. The link list controller sets link list information, and writes the link list information into the storage device to create a link list in the storage device. The link list has a plurality of nodes each having a next node address field. The link list information includes a data pattern configured to indicate an end of the link list as well as auxiliary information. The link list controller stores the data pattern into the next node address field of a link-tail node of the link list. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321464 | MULTI-LEVEL REPLICATION COUNTER STORAGE DEVICE FOR MULTICAST PACKET PROCESSING AND RELATED METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTICAST PACKET PROCESSING - A multi-level replication counter storage device for multicast packet processing includes a first-level storage device and a second-level storage device. The first-level storage device stores a plurality of first count values associated with a same cell data of a first multicast packet required to be broadcasted to a plurality of multicast targets, wherein a sum of the stored first count values is equal to a number of multicast targets to which the same cell data of the first multicast packet is not broadcasted yet. The second-level storage device stores a second count value which is adjusted based on the first count values to indicate whether a multicast operation of the same cell data of the first multicast packet is accomplished. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321304 | Maximum Output Power Configuration with UE Preference in Carrier Aggregation - A method of maximum output power configuration with UE preference in carrier aggregation is provided. A UE configures multiple component carriers (CCs) with carrier aggregation for communicating with a serving base station in a mobile communication network. The UE determines channel condition of multiple serving cells over the corresponding multiple CCs. The UE then determines maximum output power for each CC based at least in part on the corresponding channel condition of each CC. Finally, the UE transmits power headroom report (PHR) for each CC to the serving base station, wherein the PHR is calculated based on the determined maximum output power. As a result, the reported PH information is channel condition dependent, which can be used by eNB for facilitating better transmission scheduling. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321279 | RANDOM EARLY DROP BASED PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING RANDOM EARLY DROP BASED OPERATION ACCORDING TO AT LEAST TRIGGER EVENT GENERATED BASED ON SOFTWARE PROGRAMMABLE SCHEDULE - A random early drop (RED) based processing circuit includes a scheduler, an RED-based decision logic and a controller. The scheduler generates a trigger event according to an RED-based operation schedule. The scheduler is coupled to a software interface, and the RED-based operation schedule in the scheduler is programmed via the software interface. The RED-based decision logic performs at least a first RED-based operation to generate a first RED decision accordingly. The controller receives at least the trigger event, and triggers the RED-based decision logic to perform the first RED-based operation according to at least the trigger event. | 10-30-2014 |
20140317320 | UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS DEVICES SUPPORTING SUPER SPEED AND NON-SUPER SPEED CONNECTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A HOST DEVICE AND METHODS USING THE SAME - Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices supporting super speed and non-super speed connections for communication with a host device includes a plurality of endpoints (EPs), a non-super speed connection port, a super speed connection port and a configuration unit. The non-super speed connection port and the super speed connection port are connected to the host device. The configuration unit is arranged for dividing the EPs to first and second groups of EPs according to a bandwidth requirement, determining whether a super speed connection with the host device is successfully established and configuring the first group of EPs to operate at a super speed and configuring the second group of EPs to operate at a non-super speed when the super speed connection with the host device is successfully established such that the USB device communicates with the host device at both the super speed and the non-super speed. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315578 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A LOCATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AID OF INFORMATION CARRIED BY RESPONSES CORRESPONDING TO ONE BROADCAST REQUEST SENT TO MULTIPLE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for estimating a location of an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes the steps of: sending a pre-association broadcast request frame by the electronic device to multiple responders in a wireless network system; receiving a plurality of response frames corresponding to the pre-association broadcast request frame from the multiple responders; and performing a timing measurement according to information carried by the plurality of response frames for determining the location of the electronic device. For example, each of the response frames is sent from one of the responders, and each of the responders sends only one response frame corresponding to the pre-association broadcast request frame. As a result, the power consumption can be greatly decreased, and the related art problem of insufficiency of the total channel capacity of the wireless network system can be prevented. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315572 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING TIMING MEASUREMENT FOR LOCATION ESTIMATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AID OF ONE REQUEST SENT TO MULTIPLE PEER DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for performing timing measurement for location estimation of an electronic device are provided, where the method includes the steps of: sending a pre-association broadcast request frame to trigger multiple responders in a wireless network system to initiate timing measurement; and performing timing measurement according to a plurality of timestamps, for determining a location of the electronic device, wherein for a specific responder of the responders, a first timestamp and a second timestamp within the plurality of timestamps respectively correspond to a time of departure (ToD) and a time of arrival (ToA) of a pre-association uni-cast response frame received from the specific responder, and a third timestamp and a fourth timestamp within the plurality of timestamps respectively correspond to a ToD and a ToA of an acknowledgement frame corresponding to the pre-association uni-cast response frame, the acknowledgement frame sent from the electronic device to the specific responder. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314184 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTER FOR MULTI-MODE CONCURRENT TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS COMPLYING WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION STANDARDS - A wireless transmitter has a digital baseband module and a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter. The digital baseband module generates a multi-mode modulated signal by using a plurality of digital synthesizers. The RF transmitter has a frequency synthesizer and a digital power amplifier (DPA). The frequency synthesizer generates an oscillation signal with an RF carrier frequency. The DPA generates a multi-standard RF signal according to the multi-mode modulated signal and the oscillation signal. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314008 | METHODS FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes at least two cellular system radio transceivers capable of simultaneously performing transmitting/receiving radio activities in two cellular networks and a control entity. The control entity is coupled to the cellular system radio transceivers, collects radio activity information of the cellular system radio transceivers, determines whether interference will occur or is occurring and which cellular system radio transceiver is an aggressor transceiver and which cellular system radio transceiver is a victim transceiver when the interference occurs according to the radio activity information, and further determines control information according to the radio activity information for controlling the aggressor transceiver or the victim transceiver to mitigate the interference. The aggressor transceiver is the cellular system radio transceiver having the transmitting radio activity that will interfere or interferes with the receiving radio activity of the victim transceiver. | 10-23-2014 |
20140310824 | METHOD FOR MANAGING EXTERNAL PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE AND RELATED MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM - A method for managing an external portable storage device includes at least the following steps: when the external portable storage device having at least a non-encrypted partition is electrically connected to an electronic device, searching the external portable storage device for a default image file which is an encrypted partition; and when the default image file is found in the external portable storage device, mounting the default image file to an operating system of the electronic device, such that the encrypted partition and the non-encrypted partition are both available to the operating system for data access. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308899 | MULTI-STANDARDS TRANSCEIVER - A multi-standards transceiver includes: a first synthesizer arranged to generate a first oscillating signal; a second synthesizer arranged to generate a second oscillating signal; a first transceiver; a second transceiver; and a multiplexer coupled to the first synthesizer and the second synthesizer; wherein when the multi-standards transceiver operates under a first frequency mode, the first transceiver is arranged to use the first oscillating signal to modulate a first analog signal and the multiplexer is arranged to output the second oscillating signal to the second transceiver so that the second transceiver uses the second oscillating signal to modulate a second analog signal. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307812 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A power line communication device and a power control method thereof are provided. The power line communication device, coupled to a power line in a power line communication system, includes a transmitter, a power coupler, a signal detector and a controller. The transmitter is configured to produce a transmit signal. The power coupler, coupled to the transmitter, is configured to couple the transmit signal to the power line. The signal detector, coupled between the transmitter and the power coupler, is configured to detect the transmit signal. The controller, coupled to the transmitter and the signal detector, is configured to adapt a dynamic range of the transmitter based on the detected transmit signal without conducting a channel sounding procedure. | 10-16-2014 |
20140302864 | TRANSMISSION GAP CREATION AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes a first radio frequency (RF) signal processing device, a first baseband signal processing device and a processor. The first RF signal processing device transceives a plurality of RF signals to and from a peer communications apparatus to communicate with the peer communications apparatus in compliance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and processing the RF signals. The first baseband signal processing device processes a plurality of baseband signals corresponding to the RF signals. The processor obtains an uplink scheduling indicating a predetermined time assigned by the peer communications apparatus to transmit uplink data from the baseband signals, determines whether to transmit the uplink data at the predetermined time according to a gap-creation criterion, and transmits padding instead of the uplink data to the peer communications apparatus at the predetermined time when the gap-creation criterion is satisfied. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301429 | DATA PROCESSING METHODS PERFORMED BY UMTS-FDD DEVICE - A data processing method performed by a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Frequency Division Duplexing (UMTS-FDD) device includes at least the following steps: generating a control frame and a data frame, wherein the data frame is spread according to a fixed spreading factor which is not greater than a minimum spreading factor prescribed in a UMTS-FDD Release 99 specification, and the control frame includes a transport format combination indicator (TFCI) data; and transmitting the control frames through an uplink dedicated physical control channel (UL DPCCH) and transmitting the data frames through an uplink dedicated physical data channel (UP DPDCH). | 10-09-2014 |
20140295774 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER - A transceiver includes: a first transforming network arranged for using a first input impedance to receive a first modulated signal and using a first output impedance to output a first transformed signal during a transmitting mode of a first communication standard, and for using the first input impedance to receive a second modulated signal and using a second output impedance to output a second transformed signal during the transmitting mode of a second communication standard; a second transforming network arranged for using a second input impedance to receive the second transformed signal and using a third output impedance to output a first RF signal to a connecting port of the transceiver during the transmitting mode of the second communication standard; a power amplifier, arranged to generate a second RF signal; and a switching circuit for selectively coupling the second transformed signal to the second transforming network. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294090 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING PIXELS OF PICTURE IN STORAGE UNITS EACH HAVING STORAGE SIZE NOT DIVISIBLE BY PIXEL SIZE - A data arrangement method includes following steps: obtaining pixel data of a plurality of first N-bit pixels of a picture; and storing the obtained pixel data of the first N-bit pixels in a plurality of M-bit storage units of a first buffer according to a block-based scan order of the picture. The picture includes a plurality of data blocks, and the block-based scan order includes a raster-scan order for the data blocks. At least one of the M-bit storage units is filled with part of the obtained pixel data of the first N-bit pixels, M and N are positive integers, M is not divisible by N, and the first N-bit pixels include at least one pixel divided into a first part stored in one of the M-bit storage units in the first buffer and a second part stored in another of the M-bit storage units in the first buffer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293969 | UTILIZATION OF REDUNDANT INDICATION FIELD - A method of utilizing same indication fields of time slots for different purposes includes: transmitting an indication signal in an indication field of at least one first time slot on a dedicated physical channel (DPCH); and transmitting at least one known symbol in an indication field of at least one second time slot on the DPCH, wherein the known symbol is arranged for estimating channel characteristics. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293847 | DATA PROCESSING METHODS PERFORMED BY UMTS-FDD DEVICE WITH TFCI EARLY TERMINATION - A data processing method performed by a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Frequency Division Duplexing (UMTS-FDD) device includes at least the following steps: receiving a control frame from a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) and a data frame from a dedicated physical data channel (DPDCH), wherein the control frame includes n slots, and each slot thereof includes at least a portion of a transport format combination indicator (TFCI) codeword, wherein n is a positive integer, and the TFCI codeword is encoded from TFCI content for indicating a transport format combination of the data frame; and when m of the n slots are received, starting to decode the data frame according to the m slots, wherein m is a positive integer and less than n. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING PIXELS OF PICTURE IN STORAGE UNITS EACH HAVING STORAGE SIZE NOT DIVISIBLE BY PIXEL SIZE - An exemplary data arrangement method for a picture includes at least the following steps: obtaining pixel data of a plurality of first N-bit pixels of the picture; and storing the obtained pixel data of the first N-bit pixels in a plurality of M-bit storage units of a first buffer based on a raster-scan order of the picture, wherein M and N are positive integers, and M is not divisible by N. Besides, at least one of the M-bit storage units is filled with part of the obtained pixel data of the first N-bit pixels, and the first N-bit pixels include at least one pixel divided into a first part stored in one of the M-bit storage units in the first buffer and a second part stored in another of the M-bit storage units in the first buffer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140286315 | METHODS FOR RAPIDLY SWITCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RATS AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes an RF signal processing device, a baseband signal processing device and a processor. The processor controls operations of the RF signal processing device and the baseband signal processing device, camps on a first cell of a first RAT, receives a predetermined set of system information (SI) from one or more second cells of a second RAT and stores the predetermined set of SI in an SI early-reading database. When performing a RAT change procedure to switch from the first RAT to the second RAT is required, the processor further retrieves the predetermined set of SI of a target cell of the second RAT from the SI early-reading database and performs the RAT change procedure to camp on the target cell based on the retrieved predetermined set of SI. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286307 | METHODS FOR RAPIDLY SWITCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RATS AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes an RF signal processing device, a baseband signal processing device and a processor. The processor controls operations of the RF signal processing device and the baseband signal processing device, camps on a first cell of a first RAT, receives a mobile terminated (MT) or mobile originated (MO) service request and determines whether performing a RAT change procedure to switch from the first RAT to a second RAT is required. When determining that performing the RAT change procedure is required, the processor directly camps on a target cell of the second RAT and transmits a MT or MO service response for responding the MT or MO service request to the target cell. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286225 | Radio Resource Efficient Transmission for Group Communication over LTE eMBMS - A method of supporting group communication over LTE MBMS is provided. A UE first establishes a unicast Evolved Packet Service (EPS) bearer in an LTE network for group communication. The UE belongs to a communication group having a communication group ID. The UE receives access information from the network for monitoring downlink (DL) multicast traffic of the DL group communication based on a multicast decision. The UE is then ready for monitoring a multicast Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) bearer for receiving the DL multicast traffic. The multicast MBMS bearer is associated with a Temporary Mobile Group Identifier (TMGI), and wherein the TMGI is associated with the communication group ID. The UE de-multiplexes DL traffic received either from the multicast MBMS bearer or from the unicast EPS bearer into a single group communication application. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285637 | 3D IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD WITH 3D PREVIEW OF PREVIEW IMAGES GENERATED BY MONOCULAR CAMERA AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) image capture method, employed in an electronic device with a monocular camera and a 3D display, includes at least the following steps: while the electronic device is moving, deriving a 3D preview image from a first preview image and a second preview image generated by the monocular camera, and providing 3D preview on the 3D display according to the 3D preview image, wherein at least one of the first preview image and the second preview image is generated while the electronic device is moving; and when a capture event is triggered, outputting the 3D preview image as a 3D captured image. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285635 | VIDEO FRAME PROCESSING METHOD - A video frame processing method, which comprises: (a) capturing at least one first video frame via a first camera; (b) capturing at least one second video frame via a second camera; and (c) adjusting one candidate second video frame of the second video frames based on one of the first video frame to generate a target single view video frame. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285621 | VIDEO FRAME PROCESSING METHOD - A video frame processing method, which comprises: (a) capturing at least two video frames via a multi-view camera system comprising a plurality of cameras; (b) recording timestamps for each the video frame; (c) determining a major camera and a first sub camera out of the multi-view camera system, based on the timestamps, wherein the major camera captures a major video sequence comprising at least one major video frame, the first sub camera captures a video sequence of first view comprising at least one video frame of first view; (d) generating a first reference video frame of first view according to one first reference major video frame of the major video frames, which is at a reference timestamp corresponding to the first reference video frame of first view, and according to at least one the video frame of first view surrounding the reference timestamp; and (e) generating a multi-view video sequence comprising a first multi-view video frame, wherein the first multi-view video frame is generated based on the first reference video frame of first view and the first reference major video frame. | 09-25-2014 |
20140266298 | TERMINATION CIRCUITS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING DATA SIGNALS IN DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR PERFORMING IMPEDANCE MATCHING - A termination circuit is provided. The termination circuit includes a first receiving terminal, a second receiving terminal, a first resistive device, a second resistive device, a third resistive device, a fourth resistive device and a first switch. The first receiving terminal receives a first data signal. The second receiving terminal receives a second data signal. The first resistive device is coupled between a supply voltage and the first receiving terminal. The second resistive device is coupled between the supply voltage and the second receiving terminal. The third resistive device is coupled between the first receiving terminal and a first node. The fourth resistive device is coupled between the second receiving terminal and the first node. The first switch is coupled between the supply voltage and the first node. | 09-18-2014 |
20140264812 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE ASSEMBLY - The invention provides a semiconductor package assembly. The semiconductor package assembly includes a first semiconductor package. The first semiconductor package includes a first body having a first device-attach surface and a first bump-attach surface opposite to the first device-attach surface. A second semiconductor package is bonded to the first device-attach surface of the first semiconductor package. The second package includes a second body having a second device-attach surface and a second bump-attach surface opposite to the second device-attach surface. A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device is mounted on the second device-attach surface. A decoupling capacitor is mounted on the second device-attach surface. Conductive structures are disposed on the second bump-attach surface of the second package, connecting to the first bump-attach surface of the first body of the first semiconductor package. | 09-18-2014 |
20140258569 | SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The present invention provides a signal processing system and associated method. The signal processing system includes converter(s) for conversion between digital and analog, each converter includes multiple serially coupled units forming multiple frequency interfaces respectively associating with different frequencies, and each converter is partitioned, at a selected frequency interface, to a first portion and a second portion respectively formed in the first chip and the second chip. The partitioning frequency interface is selected to reduce implement cost. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254949 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH RATE CONTROL BY SELECTING TARGET BIT BUDGET FROM PRE-DEFINED CANDIDATE BIT BUDGETS AND RELATED IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image encoding method with rate control includes at least the following steps: defining a plurality of candidate bit budgets corresponding to different pre-defined maximum encoded bit lengths for one coding unit respectively; when encoding pixel data of a plurality of pixels within a current coding unit of an access unit of a frame, determining a target bit budget selected from the candidate bit budgets and allocating the target bit budget to the current coding unit; and outputting encoded pixel data of the pixels within the current coding unit that is generated from the encoder, wherein a bit length of the encoded pixel data is smaller than or equal to the target bit budget. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254929 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BIT-PLANE SCANNING CODING UPON PIXEL DATA AND RELATED IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image encoding method includes at least following steps: receiving a plurality of target pixels within a frame, wherein pixel data of each target pixel has at least one color channel data corresponding to at least one color channel; determining a bit budget of the target pixels; and performing bit-plane scanning coding upon selected pixels according to the bit budget and a scanning order, and accordingly generating encoded pixel data of the selected pixels as encoded data of the target pixels, wherein the selected pixels are derived from the target pixels, and the bit-plane scanning coding extracts partial bits of pixel data of each selected pixel as encoded pixel data of the selected pixel. In addition, a corresponding image decoding method is provided. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254917 | AUTO-CONVERGENCE SYSTEM WITH ACTIVE LEARNING AND RELATED METHOD AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An auto-convergence system includes a disparity unit, a convergence unit and an active learning unit. The disparity unit performs a disparity analysis upon an input stereo image pair, and accordingly obtains a disparity distribution of the input stereo image pair. The convergence unit adjusts the input stereo image pair adaptively according to the disparity distribution and a learned convergence range, and accordingly generates an output stereo image pair for playback. The active learning unit actively learns a convergence range during playback of stereo image pairs, and accordingly determines the learned convergence range. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254689 | VIDEO CODING METHOD USING AT LEAST EVALUATED VISUAL QUALITY AND RELATED VIDEO CODING APPARATUS - A video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target bit allocation of a rate-controlled unit in video coding. Besides, a video coding apparatus has a visual quality evaluation module, a rate controller and a coding circuit. The visual quality evaluation module evaluates visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop. The rate controller refers to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target bit allocation of a rate-controlled unit. The coding circuit has the coding loop included therein, and encodes the rate-controlled unit according to the target bit allocation. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254680 | VIDEO CODING METHOD USING AT LEAST EVALUATED VISUAL QUALITY AND RELATED VIDEO CODING APPARATUS - One video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for performing motion estimation. Another video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target coding parameter associated with motion estimation. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254663 | VIDEO CODING METHOD USING AT LEAST EVALUATED VISUAL QUALITY AND RELATED VIDEO CODING APPARATUS - One video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for performing sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering. Another video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target coding parameter associated with sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254662 | VIDEO CODING METHOD USING AT LEAST EVALUATED VISUAL QUALITY AND RELATED VIDEO CODING APPARATUS - One video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for performing de-blocking filtering. Another video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target coding parameter associated with de-blocking filtering. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254659 | VIDEO CODING METHOD USING AT LEAST EVALUATED VISUAL QUALITY AND RELATED VIDEO CODING APPARATUS - One exemplary video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target configuration of at least one of a coding unit, a transform unit and a prediction unit. Another exemplary video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target coding parameter associated with at least one of a coding unit, a transform unit and a prediction unit in video coding. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS MODULES - A wireless communications includes a first wireless communications and a second wireless communications. The first wireless communications module transmits or receives a first wireless signal in a first frequency band selected from a first frequency range. The second wireless communications module transmits or receives a second wireless signal in a second frequency band selected from a second frequency range, and adjusts a transmission power of the second wireless signal in response to that a frequency offset between the first frequency band and the second frequency band falls within a predetermined range. The first wireless communications module is further configured to determine an in-band range in the overlapping part of the first and second frequency ranges, and a transmission power of the second wireless signal is adjusted in response to a frequency offset between the first frequency band and the second frequency band. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254561 | METHOD FOR SELECTING OPTIMIAL RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A communication apparatus is provided. A processor camps on a first cell, which is associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and belongs to a first wireless network, via a radio transceiver module, and further camps on a second cell, which is associated with a second RAT and belongs to a second wireless network, via the radio transceiver module. The processor constructs a first packet switch connection with the first wireless network via the first cell to perform data transfer in the first wireless network, measures a first data transfer throughput of the first wireless network when performing the data transfer via the cell, and determines to perform the data transfer in the second wireless network via the second cell when a theoretical data transfer throughput corresponding to the second RAT is higher than the first data transfer throughput. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253785 | Auto Focus Based on Analysis of State or State Change of Image Content - A method and apparatus of auto focusing for a camera based on analysis of the image content in a target window are disclosed. According to the present invention, image content in a target window is analyzed to determine a state, a state change or both associated with the target window. The information associated with the state, the state change or both is provided to update the camera parameters. The state may be size, position, pose, behavior or gesture of one or more objects, or areas associated with one or more regions in the target window. The state may correspond to the motion field or optical flow associated with the target window. The state may correspond to object motion, extracted features or scales of the objects in the target window. The state may correspond to image content description of the segmented regions or deformable object contour in the target window. | 09-11-2014 |
20140249820 | VOICE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECIDING RESPONSE OF VOICE CONTROL ACCORDING TO RECOGNIZED SPEECH COMMAND AND DETECTION OUTPUT DERIVED FROM PROCESSING SENSOR DATA - A voice control device has a speech command recognizer, a sensor data processor and a decision making circuit. The speech command recognizer is arranged for performing speech command recognition to output a recognized speech command. The sensor data processor is arranged for processing sensor data generated from at least one auxiliary sensor to generate a detection output. The decision making circuit is arranged for deciding a response of the voice control device according to the recognized speech command and the detection output. The same speech command is able to trigger difference responses according to the detection output (e.g., detected motion). Besides, an adaptive training process may be employed to improve the accuracy of the sensor data processor. Hence, the voice control device may have improved performance of the voice control feature due to a reduce occurrence probability of miss errors and false alarm errors. | 09-04-2014 |
20140247884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MV SCALING WITH INCREASED EFFECTIVE SCALING RATIO - A method and apparatus for deriving a scaled MV (motion vector) for a current block based on a candidate MV associated with a candidate block are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention increase effective scaling factor of motion vector scaling. In one embodiment, a distance ratio of a first picture distance between a current picture and a target reference picture pointed to by a current motion vector of the current block to a second picture distance between a candidate picture corresponding to the candidate block and a candidate reference picture pointed to by the candidate MV is computed. The scaled MV is then generated based on the candidate MV according to the distance ratio, where the scaled MV has an effective scaling ratio between −m and n, and wherein m and n are positive integers greater than 4. The values of m and n can be 8, 16 or 32. | 09-04-2014 |
20140247165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DE-BINARIZATION - A method for generating a decoded value from a codeword which is binarized utilizing a concatenated unary/k-th order Exp-Golomb code includes: identifying a first portion of the codeword, a second portion of the codeword and a third portion of the codeword; generating an offset according to the second portion; decoding the third portion to generate an index value; and generating the decoded value by adding the offset and the index value. | 09-04-2014 |
20140241406 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION ACCORDING TO OPERATIONAL STATES OF CO-LOCATED INTERFACE APPARATUS AND RELATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS METHOD THERE OF - A wireless communications system co-located with an interface apparatus includes a radio subsystem. The radio subsystem includes a transmission circuit arranged for performing a radio transmission, and a reception circuit arranged for performing a radio reception when the interface apparatus operates in a first operational state. The interface apparatus operates in one of a plurality of operational states including the first operational state and a second operational state, and a power consumption of the interface apparatus in the first operational state is lower than a power consumption of the interface apparatus in the second operational state. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240053 | SUPPLY VOLTAGE DRIFT INSENSITIVE DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND PHASE LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT - A digitally controlled oscillator includes a ring oscillator and a first supplementary circuit. The ring oscillator is coupled to a supply voltage and generates a signal oscillated at an oscillating frequency. The oscillating frequency is controlled by a digital code and further varies with a supply voltage drift in a first direction. The first supplementary circuit is coupled to the ring oscillator and facilitates the oscillating frequency to vary with the supply voltage drift in a second direction reverse to the first direction. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240047 | DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED POWER AMPLIFIER WITH BANDPASS FILTERING/TRANSIENT WAVEFORM CONTROL AND RELATED DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED POWER AMPLIFIER CELL - A digitally-controlled power amplifier (DPA) includes a radio-frequency (RF) clock input, an amplitude control word (ACW) input, and a plurality of DPA cells. The RF clock input is arranged for receiving an RF clock. The ACW input is arranged for receiving a digital ACW signal. The DPA cells are coupled to the RF clock and the digital ACW signal, wherein at least one of the DPA cells is gradually turned on and off in response to at least one bit of the digital ACW signal. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238729 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD STRUCTURE WITH HEAT DISSIPATION FUNCTION - A printed circuit board (PCB) structure with a heat dissipation function is provided, including: a package substrate; a landing pad formed over a portion of the package substrate from a first surface thereof, wherein the landing pad has a rectangular configuration and has a plurality of corners; a plurality of ground traces formed over various portions of the package substrate, physically connecting to the bond pad from at least two of the corners thereof, respectively; a first through hole formed through the landing pad and the package substrate from substantially a center portion of the bonding pad; and a plurality of second through holes formed through the landing pad and the package substrate from substantially one of the corners of the bonding pad, wherein the second through holes are adjacent to the ground traces, respectively. | 08-28-2014 |
20140235175 | Method to Trigger In-Device Coexistence Interference Mitigation in Mobile Cellular Systems - A method to trigger in-device coexistence (IDC) interference mitigation is provided. A wireless device comprises a first radio module and a co-located second radio module. The first radio module measures a received radio signal based on a plurality of sampling instances. A control entity obtains Tx/Rx activity of the second radio module and informs Tx/Rx timing information to the first radio module. The first radio module determines a measurement result based on the obtained timing information. The first radio module triggers an IDC interference mitigation mechanism if the measurement result satisfies a configurable condition. In one embodiment, the first radio module reports IDC interference information and traffic pattern information of the second radio module to a base station for network-assisted coexistence interference mitigation. The IDC triggering mechanism prevents unnecessary and arbitrary IDC request from the device and thus improves network efficiency. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO DECODING USING MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - A method and apparatus for deblocking process using multiple processing units are disclosed. The video image is divided into at least two regions. The in-loop filter is applied to block boundaries associated with said at least two regions using multiple processing units. The in-loop filter is re-applied to one or more second block boundaries adjacent to region edge between two regions after applying the in-loop filter to the first block boundaries adjacent to the region edge. Furthermore, at least a first portion of said applying the in-loop filter to the first block boundaries and a second portion of said applying the in-loop filter to the second block boundaries are performed concurrently. The multiple processing units may correspond to multiple processing cores within one processor chip. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233441 | Diplexer and Transceiver thereof - A diplexer, for coupling a first radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to a first carrier frequency and a second RF signal corresponding to a second carrier frequency is disclosed. The diplexer includes a first port arranged to couple the first RF signal; a second port arranged to couple the second RF signal; a third port capable of connecting an antenna; a first impedance unit coupled to the first port and the third port; and a second impedance unit coupled to the second port and the third port; wherein the first port, the second port and the third port are coupled to a direct current (DC) ground; wherein the first impedance unit is arranged to provide an first open-circuit impedance against the second RF signal, and the second impedance unit is arranged to provide a second open-circuit impedance against the first RF signal. | 08-21-2014 |
20140223529 | Method of Sharing Credential and Wireless Communication System thereof - A method of sharing credential in a wireless communication system comprising a first user equipment, a second communication device and a network, includes transmitting a temporal credential and a credential custody request, from the first communication device, to the network; transmitting first custody information, by the network, to the first communication device; transmitting a credential acquiring request and second custody information, by the second communication device, to the network; and determining whether to transmit the temporal credential to the second communication device according to the second custody information. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222420 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD THAT SELECTIVELY PERFORMS ERROR CORRECTION OPERATION IN RESPONSE TO DETERMINATION BASED ON CHARACTERISTIC OF PACKETS CORRESPONDING TO SAME SET OF SPEECH DATA, AND ASSOCIATED DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing method for performing data processing on wireless received data and an associated data processing apparatus are provided, where the data processing method is applied to an electronic device. The data processing method includes the steps of: wirelessly receiving a plurality of packets corresponding to a same set of speech data from another electronic device; and selectively performing error correction operation on at least one of the plurality of packets to obtain the set of speech data, wherein whether to perform the error correction operation is determined according to at least one characteristic of the plurality of packets. More particularly, the error correction operation is selectively performed for at least one scenario of a timing critical scenario and a re-transmission limited scenario. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220974 | Low Overhead Mobility in Local Area Wireless Network - In a heterogeneous network, enhanced handover and reestablishment procedures are proposed within a local area network. The enhanced procedures are more efficient, e.g., with less signaling and less data interruption than the legacy mobility mechanism. In a local area network, a UE is served by an anchor eNB in macro cell layer and one or more drift eNBs in small cell layer. When the UE moves within the local area network, the UE anchor does not need to change. For cell change within the same anchor, the enhanced procedures reduces signaling overhead and data interruption time. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220922 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT WITH CIRCUIT INDUCED NOISE CANCELLATION - A signal processing circuit with noise cancellation includes an impedance matching unit and a transconductance stage. The impedance matching unit is disposed at a first path, and arranged to provide input impedance matching, wherein the impedance matching unit is a passive element, and the first path is coupled between a signal input port and a signal output port. The transconductance stage is disposed at a second path, and arranged to guide circuit introduced noise to the signal output port for noise cancellation at the signal output port, wherein the second path is coupled between the signal input port and the signal output port. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219451 | ADAPTIVE SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING SECURITY PARAMETER - An adaptive security apparatus is arranged for updating a security parameter in a database. The adaptive security apparatus includes a message receiver, a data processor, a security processor, and an adaptive parameter processor. The message receiver is arranged for receiving a message. The data processor is arranged for receiving the message from the message receiver and a security parameter from the database. The security processor is arranged for performing a deciphering process and a decoding process according to an output of the data processor. The adaptive parameter processor is arranged for updating the security parameter. Besides, an adaptive security method arranged for adaptively updating a security parameter includes: checking a status of a deciphering process and accordingly generating a checking result; and referring to the checking result to adaptively search a target pattern of the security parameter from a plurality of candidate patterns. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVATION OF MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOR CANDIDATE SET - A method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate set for a block are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention generate a complete full MVP candidate set based on the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set if one or more redundant MVP candidates exist. In one embodiment, the method generates the complete full MVP candidate set by adding replacement MVP candidates to the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set and a value corresponding to a non-redundant MVP is assigned to each replacement MVP candidate. In another embodiment, the method generates the complete full MVP candidate set by adding replacement MVP candidates to the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set and a value is as signed to each replacement MVP candidate according to a rule. The procedure of assigning value, checking redundancy, removing redundant MVP candidate are repeated until the MVP candidate set is complete and full. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219165 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING IPV6 DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM SERVER AND SIP SERVER ADDRESS - A mobile communications device, operating as a Mobile Terminal (MT), is provided. In the mobile communications device, a receiver is configured to receive a Router Advertisement from a service network, a processor is configured to set an O-Flag of the Router Advertisement to 1 when the O-Flag of the Router Advertisement from the service network is set to 0, and a transmitter is configured to transmit the Router Advertisement to a Terminal Equipment (TE), wherein the TE transmits a DHCPv6 INFORMATION-REQUEST message to the MT when the TE receives the Router Advertisement. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218471 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO STREAMS - An embodiment of the invention provides a method performed by a de-multiplexer that is coupled to a front-end stream buffer and a plurality of back-end video buffers. The front-end stream buffer is configured to buffer a plurality of video data units of a video stream. The video stream includes a plurality of subordinate video streams interleaved therein. Each of the back-end video buffers is configured to buffer the video information contained in a corresponding one of the subordinate video streams. First, the de-multiplexer determines whether it is blocked from fetching the video information of a first video data unit buffered in the front-end stream buffer. Then, if being blocked, the de-multiplexer skips accessing the first video data unit and instead fetches the video information of a second video data unit buffered in the front-end stream buffer. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218113 | DYNAMIC FEED-FORWARD OPAMP-BASED CIRCUIT - A dynamic feed-forward OPAMP-based circuit is provided. A first amplifying stage amplifies a pair of input differential signals to provide a pair of intermediate differential signals. A second amplifying stage amplifies the pair of intermediate differential signals to provide a pair of output differential signals. A first capacitor is coupled to a non-inverting input terminal of the first amplifying stage. A second capacitor is coupled to an inverting input terminal of the first amplifying stage. A feed-forward transconductance stage is coupled between the first and second capacitors and the second amplifying stage. The first and second capacitors and the feed-forward stage form a high-frequency path with a first gain curve, and the first amplifying stage and the second amplifying stage form a high-gain path with a second gain curve. The operational amplifier provides an open-loop gain according to the first and second gain curves. | 08-07-2014 |
20140217601 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises: a metal pad and a first specific metal layer routing. The metal pad is positioned on a first metal layer of the semiconductor device. The first specific metal layer routing is formed on a second metal layer of the semiconductor device, and directly under the metal pad. | 08-07-2014 |
20140211847 | VIDEO ENCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video processing method for a video image consisting of a plurality of units includes: generating a plurality of information types of at least a first unit and a second unit neighbouring the first unit; and storing the plurality of information types of the first unit in a first continuous address space in a buffer and storing the plurality of information types of the second unit in a second continuous address space in the buffer, wherein the first continuous address space is adjacent to the second continuous address space. The plurality of information types of the first and second units are required for coding a specific unit, and the order of the stored plurality of information types of the first and second units is manipulated in each of the first and second continuous address spaces. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210079 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF CIRCUIT SYSTEM AND RELATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM - A method for designing a power distribution network of a circuit system includes the following steps: determining positions of a plurality of power source nodes; estimating a current distribution condition of the circuit system; and creating a first part of the power distribution network according to at least the positions of the power source nodes. | 07-31-2014 |
20140205012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SOFTWARE ENGINE AND HARDWARE ENGINE COLLABORATED WITH EACH OTHER TO ACHIEVE HYBRID VIDEO ENCODING - One video encoding method includes: performing a first part of a video encoding operation by a software engine with instructions, wherein the first part of the video encoding operation comprises at least a motion estimation function; delivering a motion estimation result generated by the motion estimation function to a hardware engine; and performing a second part of the video encoding operation by the hardware engine. Another video encoding method includes: performing a first part of a video encoding operation by a software engine with instructions and a cache buffer; performing a second part of the video encoding operation by a hardware engine; performing data transfer between the software engine and the hardware engine through the cache buffer; and performing address synchronization to ensure that a same entry of the cache buffer is correctly addressed and accessed by both of the software engine and the hardware engine. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204783 | System and Methods of Dynamic TDD Configurations - Solutions to support the coexistence of legacy UEs and new released UEs in adaptive TDD systems are proposed. Methods of TDD grouping, RACH (random access channel) resource allocation, and DL/UL data transmission and HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) process to serve legacy UEs without interfering the operation of new released UEs are proposed. With the methods proposed in this invention, both the legacy UEs and the new released UEs can be served in the adaptive TDD systems and the data transmission from the legacy UEs would not interfere the data reception of the new released UEs. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203858 | INTERPOLATOR AND INTERPOLATION CELLS WITH NON-UNIFORM DRIVING CAPABILITIES THEREIN - An interpolator includes interpolation cells. Each interpolation cell includes a first driving unit and a second driving unit. The first driving unit includes a first pulling-up circuit for selectively coupling an output terminal to a high voltage, a first pulling-down circuit for selectively coupling the output terminal to a low voltage, and a pair of first switches for selectively enabling/disabling the first pulling-up circuit and the first pulling-down circuit. The second driving unit includes a second pulling-up circuit for selectively coupling the output terminal to the high voltage, a second pulling-down circuit for selectively coupling the output terminal to the low voltage, and a pair of second switches for selectively enabling/disabling the second pulling-up circuit and the second pulling-down circuit. Driving capabilities of the first and second pulling-up circuits are not all equal, and/or driving capabilities of the first and second pulling-down circuits are not all equal. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203853 | PHASE FREQUENCY DETECTOR AND CHARGE PUMP FOR PHASE LOCK LOOP FAST-LOCKING - The present invention provides for a solution to reduce locking time with satisfactory performance without the need for significant footprint area for the phase lock loop (PLL) circuits by boosting phase frequency detector (PFD) and charge pump (CP) gains through various circuitry configurations that employ one or more flip-flops, delay elements and advanced circuitry techniques. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203368 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION DEVICE - The invention provides an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device. The ESD protection device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active region. A first well region having a first conductive type is formed in the active region. A first doped region having the first conductive type is formed in the first well region. A first metal contact is disposed on the first doped region. A second metal contact is disposed on the active region, connecting to the first well region. The first metal contact and a second metal contact are separated by a poly pattern or an insulating layer pattern disposed on the first well region. | 07-24-2014 |
20140200060 | INTERACTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An interaction display system applied in a mobile device is provided. The system has a camera unit configured to capture images of a scene; a motion detection unit configured to detect motions of the mobile device during capturing the images; and a processing unit coupled to the camera unit and the motion detection unit, configured to estimate a geometry of the scene according to the captured images and the detected motions. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200042 | Communication Apparatus and a Timing Method Thereof - A timing method and communication apparatus therefor. The timing method, performed by a mobile communication device, includes: activating a first communication module; receiving updated information when the first communication module is active; determining and setting an expiry time for an adaptive timer based on the updated information; activating the adaptive timer to count to the determined expiry time; and activating a second communication module when the adaptive timer expires. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199818 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - A method for fabricating an ESD protection device . Agate electrode of a core device is formed in a non I/O region and a gate electrode of an ESD protection device is formed in a I/O region. A first photoresist film masks the I/O region and reveals the non I/O region. The first photoresist film includes at least an opening adjacent to the gate electrode of the ESD protection device in the I/O region. A core pocket implantation process using the first photoresist film as an implant mask is performed to implant dopants of a second conductivity type into the I/O region through the opening and into the non I/O region, thereby forming a core pocket doping region in the I/O region and core pocket doping regions in the non I/O region. | 07-17-2014 |
20140194155 | DYNAMICALLY SELECTING FILTERING PATHS TO AVOID MULTI-RADIO COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE IN A COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a first wireless module and a second wireless module. The first wireless module includes a communication device, an antenna module and a filter module. The filter module is coupled between the communication device and the antenna module and includes a first filter, a second filter, a first switch switching in response to a control signal, and a second switch switching in response to the control signal. The communication device includes a processor issuing the control signal according to a radio frequency utilized by the second wireless module to select the first filter or the second filter to electronically connect to the communication device and the antenna module. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFERRING TO BITSTREAM ADDRESS RELATED INFORMATION DERIVED FROM SEGMENT OF MULTI-TILE PICTURE TO DETERMINE BITSTREAM START ADDRESS OF TILE OF MULTI-TILE PICTURE - A tile processing method includes at least the following steps: parsing a bitstream of at least a multi-tile picture for deriving bitstream address related information from a segment header of at least a specific segment of the multi-tile picture; and utilizing a tile processing circuit for receiving at least the bitstream address related information and referring to at least the received bitstream address related information to determine a bitstream start address of a specific tile of the multi-tile picture. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REORDERED BINARIZATION OF SYNTAX ELEMENTS IN CABAC - A method and apparatus of context-based adaptive binary arithmetic encoding/decoding for syntax elements of one or more blocks are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the binarization results of the x and y positions of the last significant coefficient of a transform unit are reordered by collecting the bypass bins together. According to another embodiment of the present invention, binarization results of syntax elements from two or more of four Intra N×N prediction units, including prev_intra_luma_pred_flag, rem_intra_luma_pred_mode, and mpm_idx are reordered by collecting the bypass bins together. In yet another embodiment according to the present invention, the binarization results of other syntax elements are also reordered by collecting bypass bins together. Furthermore, the above reordering of binarization results may be used for binarization results corresponding to a block and its neighboring blocks. | 07-10-2014 |
20140189602 | METHOD AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHIC CONTENT ON EXTENSION SCREEN - A method for displaying graphic content on an extension screen, comprising: when a detected user activity at a host screen is matched to one of a plurality of gestures, providing a gesture icon in response to the matched gesture; and providing a shared content according to an original content, such that a combined content, which is a combination of the shared content and the gesture icon, can be displayed on the extension screen. An associated system is also disclosed. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189415 | MEDIA PERIPHERAL INTERFACE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MEDIA PERIPHERAL INTERFACE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD BETWEEN PROCESSOR AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A media peripheral interface for communication between a processor and a peripheral device includes a clock port, a plurality of data I/Os, and a data strobe port. The clock port is operative to transfer a clock signal to the peripheral device. The data I/Os are provided for command transfer to the peripheral device and for data transfer to and from the peripheral device. The data strobe port is operative to transfer a data strobe signal to or from the peripheral device according to an instruction that the processor issues to the peripheral device. According to the clock signal, command information transferred via the data I/Os is captured. According to rising edges and falling edges of the data strobe signal, data transferred via the data I/Os are captured. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189400 | PROCESSING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The present invention provides a processing system and associated method; the processing system includes a processing unit, a peripheral unit consuming system resource, a support unit capable of providing the system resource, a buffer capable of storing a portion of the system resource, and a system power manager (SPM). When the processing unit suspends for idle, the peripheral unit consumes the buffer and thus does not need system resource from the support unit, so the support unit and/or the corresponding system resource can be powered down. When the buffer is consumed, the SPM is capable of allocating the system resource for the peripheral unit in response to request of the peripheral unit, so the processing unit does not have to leave idle for allocating the system resource. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN ENVELOPE TRACKING SYSTEM - A method of calibrating an envelope tracking system for a supply voltage for a power amplifier module within a radio frequency (RF) transmitter of a wireless communication unit is described. The method comprising, within at least one signal processing module of the wireless communication unit, applying a training signal comprising an envelope that varies with time to an input of the RF transmitter, receiving at least an indication of instantaneous output signal values for the power amplifier module in response to the training signal, calculating instantaneous gain values based at least partly on the received output power values, and adjusting a mapping function between an instantaneous envelope of a waveform signal to be amplified by the power amplifier module and the power amplifier module supply voltage to achieve a power amplifier module gain, for example that is monotonically increasing as a function of power amplifier output power. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185403 | REFRESH METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT REFRESH TYPES BASED ON AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF VOLATILE MEMORY AND RELATED MEMORY CONTROLLER - A refresh method of a volatile memory includes at least the following steps: detecting at least one parameter of the volatile memory; selecting a target refresh type from a plurality of candidate refresh types according to the at least one parameter; and performing a refresh operation upon the volatile memory according to the target refresh type. In one embodiment, the candidate refresh types include at least a first candidate refresh type and a second candidate refresh type, each refresh command complying with the first candidate refresh type is arranged to refresh a first number of banks of the volatile memory, and each refresh command complying with the second candidate refresh type is arranged to refresh a second number of banks of the volatile memory. | 07-03-2014 |